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Title: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 06, 2007, 03:05:25 AM
Meh, Full House seasons 2-5 and a new bus pass for this month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on July 06, 2007, 08:41:49 AM
beer, i havent boughten any sportscards latley i did buy two cds though
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 06, 2007, 09:03:18 AM
My most recent purchase was Diet Pepsi Max, when I was out for my morning walk.

IT HAS GINSENG!!!!!  And I feel FANTASTIC!!!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 06, 2007, 09:51:17 AM

Water, food, shelter, clothing. Nothing really fun for me, lately.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on July 06, 2007, 11:57:40 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 06, 2007, 09:51:17 AM
Water, food, shelter, clothing. Nothing really fun for me, lately.
yah all that shit should be free, nobody i know gets to buy anything cool for themselves :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 06, 2007, 12:56:18 PM
My first BF was a communist and he believed everything should be free, we should be given things, house, cars, and clothes should be free and food and electricty and appliances. Everything you need. He said it was retarded to work and retarded to pay to live. He just didn't want to work.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 06, 2007, 01:59:34 PM
Bed of Roses soundtrack and a jigsaw puzzle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on July 06, 2007, 04:06:59 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 06, 2007, 09:03:18 AM
My most recent purchase was Diet Pepsi Max, when I was out for my morning walk.

IT HAS GINSENG!!!!!  And I feel FANTASTIC!!!  :woohoo:

Randy?? Is that you??  ;) :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 06, 2007, 05:24:39 PM
Quote from: Catkiller on July 06, 2007, 04:06:59 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 06, 2007, 09:03:18 AM
My most recent purchase was Diet Pepsi Max, when I was out for my morning walk.

IT HAS GINSENG!!!!!  And I feel FANTASTIC!!!  :woohoo:

Randy?? Is that you??  ;) :laugh:
Don't fuckn laugh at me but i inderstand i almost did an asthing youre saying im funny youre just not good at it because your an aspie but i can help you if you let me im an expert on this stuff trust me but right now i have to go masturbate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 06, 2007, 05:39:27 PM
Quote from: richard on July 06, 2007, 11:57:40 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 06, 2007, 09:51:17 AM
Water, food, shelter, clothing. Nothing really fun for me, lately.
yah all that shit should be free, nobody i know gets to buy anything cool for themselves :P

Without the pain of toil, you can know no pleasure.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 06, 2007, 07:01:02 PM
a new poxy monitor, AND a new cd/dvd drive.  poxy computer.

mind you, the site i use is cheap as chips, and delivers in under 24 hours.  anyone want the link?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on July 06, 2007, 07:12:15 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 06, 2007, 05:24:39 PM
Quote from: Catkiller on July 06, 2007, 04:06:59 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 06, 2007, 09:03:18 AM
My most recent purchase was Diet Pepsi Max, when I was out for my morning walk.

IT HAS GINSENG!!!!!  And I feel FANTASTIC!!!  :woohoo:

Randy?? Is that you??  ;) :laugh:
Don't fuckn laugh at me but i inderstand i almost did an asthing youre saying im funny youre just not good at it because your an aspie but i can help you if you let me im an expert on this stuff trust me but right now i have to go masturbate.

:LMAO:

 :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 06, 2007, 07:18:47 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 06, 2007, 07:01:02 PM
a new poxy monitor, AND a new cd/dvd drive.  poxy computer.

mind you, the site i use is cheap as chips, and delivers in under 24 hours.  anyone want the link?

Does this mean that you pay someone to figure out your computer shit for you?

:yikes:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on July 06, 2007, 07:19:23 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 06, 2007, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 06, 2007, 07:18:47 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 06, 2007, 07:01:02 PM
a new poxy monitor, AND a new cd/dvd drive.  poxy computer.

mind you, the site i use is cheap as chips, and delivers in under 24 hours.  anyone want the link?

Does this mean that you pay someone to figure out your computer shit for you?

:yikes:

good gods, no.  i meant for the hardware.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 06, 2007, 08:19:45 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 06, 2007, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 06, 2007, 07:18:47 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 06, 2007, 07:01:02 PM
a new poxy monitor, AND a new cd/dvd drive.  poxy computer.

mind you, the site i use is cheap as chips, and delivers in under 24 hours.  anyone want the link?

Does this mean that you pay someone to figure out your computer shit for you?

:yikes:

good gods, no.  i meant for the hardware.

*pats off sweat from brows*

Whew.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on July 06, 2007, 08:27:23 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 06, 2007, 05:24:39 PM
Quote from: Catkiller on July 06, 2007, 04:06:59 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 06, 2007, 09:03:18 AM
My most recent purchase was Diet Pepsi Max, when I was out for my morning walk.

IT HAS GINSENG!!!!!  And I feel FANTASTIC!!!  :woohoo:

Randy?? Is that you??  ;) :laugh:
Don't fuckn laugh at me but i inderstand i almost did an asthing youre saying im funny youre just not good at it because your an aspie but i can help you if you let me im an expert on this stuff trust me but right now i have to go masturbate.

 :laugh: :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 07, 2007, 12:47:46 AM
Some used clothes. Including another
rockin' pair of cords.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on July 07, 2007, 12:51:10 AM
Quote from: calandale on July 07, 2007, 12:47:46 AM
Some used clothes. Including another
rockin' pair of cords.  :laugh:

Are you auditioning for "That 70's show"??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 07, 2007, 01:12:09 AM
Quote from: Catkiller on July 07, 2007, 12:51:10 AM
Quote from: calandale on July 07, 2007, 12:47:46 AM
Some used clothes. Including another
rockin' pair of cords.  :laugh:

Are you auditioning for "That 70's show"??

They based it on me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 03:42:27 AM
naughty things!  details by PM for girlfriends (and shaggable blokes).    :eyebrows:   >:D  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 03:43:17 AM
What no shaggable girlfriends?  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 03:45:00 AM
tut.  girlfriends are automatically shaggable, dur.  ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 03:45:34 AM
Silly me  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 03:46:20 AM
 :eyebrows:

well?  you want the squealy PM or what?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on July 21, 2007, 03:46:37 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on July 06, 2007, 12:56:18 PM
My first BF was a communist and he believed everything should be free, we should be given things, house, cars, and clothes should be free and food and electricty and appliances. Everything you need. He said it was retarded to work and retarded to pay to live. He just didn't want to work.

Who did he think was going to work to produce the houses, cars, clothes etc that were to be given away?

I bought my food-shopping.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 03:47:04 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 03:46:20 AM
:eyebrows:

well?  you want the squealy PM or what?

I'm sad that you had to ask. :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 03:52:52 AM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 03:47:04 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 03:46:20 AM
:eyebrows:

well?  you want the squealy PM or what?

I'm sad that you had to ask. :'(

i didn't.  i was practising being polite.  :laugh:

(it's already written and ready to go, honeypie.   :eyebrows: )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 21, 2007, 08:21:10 AM
Food (ah - the horror of it), including donuts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 21, 2007, 09:00:18 AM
Quote from: Peter on July 21, 2007, 03:46:37 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on July 06, 2007, 12:56:18 PM
My first BF was a communist and he believed everything should be free, we should be given things, house, cars, and clothes should be free and food and electricty and appliances. Everything you need. He said it was retarded to work and retarded to pay to live. He just didn't want to work.

Who did he think was going to work to produce the houses, cars, clothes etc that were to be given away?

I bought my food-shopping.

This is America. We could just have all our slaves do everything for us.

::)


(I know - you aren't among the ones making this one-hundred-fifty-year-out-of-date argument, but it is the only way that type of communism works)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 09:16:36 AM
8 Balls of soy silk/wool blend yarn at sale prices of course.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 21, 2007, 10:59:30 AM

Heading out soon to buy my daredevil kid a "rock climb" at the county fair.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on July 21, 2007, 11:00:04 AM
Just bought a Thompson Center Encore single shot rifle in .22 Hornet.

Youcan remover the barrel with a single pin and throw on a different barrel, so more calibers will follow.  8)

I'm thinking of a .338-06 next, then maybe a .260 Remington  8)

You can even get shotgun barrels and muzzle-loader barrels for it.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 11:01:13 AM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 09:16:36 AM
8 Balls of soy silk/wool blend yarn at sale prices of course.

:drool:  :drool: :drool:

swap you for the free gift edible knickers i'm about to receive (at arm's length, i can assure you)?

was that from getknitted?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 02:17:20 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 11:01:13 AM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 09:16:36 AM
8 Balls of soy silk/wool blend yarn at sale prices of course.

:drool:  :drool: :drool:

swap you for the free gift edible knickers i'm about to receive (at arm's length, i can assure you)?

was that from getknitted?

Yeah it was and no-way am I swapping you for something I have no need for.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 21, 2007, 02:20:55 PM
Four TY beanies and a CD.

Wait I didn't buy them, a guy did today I was with.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 02:27:57 PM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 02:17:20 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 11:01:13 AM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 09:16:36 AM
8 Balls of soy silk/wool blend yarn at sale prices of course.

:drool:  :drool: :drool:

swap you for the free gift edible knickers i'm about to receive (at arm's length, i can assure you)?

was that from getknitted?

Yeah it was and no-way am I swapping you for something I have no need for.  :laugh:

excellent!  i may have to pay a visit on monday...  :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The_P on July 21, 2007, 02:28:48 PM
Oh, you two are meeting up? Nice one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 02:34:13 PM
Quote from: Basement-dwelling Peegai on July 21, 2007, 02:28:48 PM
Oh, you two are meeting up? Nice one.

I assume she meant to the get knitted shop- poor old me has to make do just ordering from them online- I can't go there and fondle all the balls ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The_P on July 21, 2007, 02:34:56 PM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 02:34:13 PM
Quote from: Basement-dwelling Peegai on July 21, 2007, 02:28:48 PM
Oh, you two are meeting up? Nice one.

I assume she meant to the get knitted shop- poor old me has to make do just ordering from them online- I can't go there and fondle all the balls ;)

Oh, fuck me. I'm just not "getting it" these days. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 02:35:40 PM
Quote from: Basement-dwelling Peegai on July 21, 2007, 02:34:56 PM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 02:34:13 PM
Quote from: Basement-dwelling Peegai on July 21, 2007, 02:28:48 PM
Oh, you two are meeting up? Nice one.

I assume she meant to the get knitted shop- poor old me has to make do just ordering from them online- I can't go there and fondle all the balls ;)

Oh, fuck me. I'm just not "getting it" these days. :P

I assume that wasn't a polite request.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 21, 2007, 04:29:43 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 21, 2007, 10:59:30 AM

Heading out soon to buy my daredevil kid a "rock climb" at the county fair.

It was a great time for her! She did not make it to the top on her first try, because she lost focus. Then again on her second try, but the third time, she rang the bell at the top!

My son would not even consider it or watch, preferring to line up rocks while she climbed.
 :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: willow on July 21, 2007, 04:31:03 PM
harry potter and the deathy hallows.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 21, 2007, 04:41:40 PM
Three days grace's first album, as I adorrrre their second.

Quote from: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 03:42:27 AM
naughty things!  details by PM for girlfriends (and shaggable blokes).    :eyebrows:   >:D  :drool:

I live for your PMs now.   Can I be on the mailing list?  :laugh:

Quote from: Basement-dwelling Peegai on July 21, 2007, 02:34:56 PM
Oh, fuck me. I'm just not "getting it" these days. :P

Whether or not you meant the double entendre,  :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 04:45:32 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 21, 2007, 04:41:40 PM
Three days grace's first album, as I adorrrre their second.

Quote from: Lucifer on July 21, 2007, 03:42:27 AM
naughty things!  details by PM for girlfriends (and shaggable blokes).    :eyebrows:   >:D  :drool:

I live for your PMs now.   Can I be on the mailing list?  :laugh:


on its way... 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Nomaken on July 21, 2007, 06:11:04 PM
A starburst shampoo and bodywash variety pack.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 06:11:40 PM
Quote from: Nomaken on July 21, 2007, 06:11:04 PM
A starburst shampoo and bodywash variety pack.

You big girl :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 21, 2007, 07:29:01 PM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 02:35:40 PM
Quote from: Basement-dwelling Peegai on July 21, 2007, 02:34:56 PM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on July 21, 2007, 02:34:13 PM
Quote from: Basement-dwelling Peegai on July 21, 2007, 02:28:48 PM
Oh, you two are meeting up? Nice one.

I assume she meant to the get knitted shop- poor old me has to make do just ordering from them online- I can't go there and fondle all the balls ;)

Oh, fuck me. I'm just not "getting it" these days. :P

I assume that wasn't a polite request.  :laugh:

I can't imagine what else it was,
since he's not getting it, these days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 21, 2007, 07:31:35 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?

No one else has,

but yes, YOU will be.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 21, 2007, 07:33:48 PM
Quote from: calandale on July 21, 2007, 07:31:35 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?

No one else has,

but yes, YOU will be.  :laugh:
Are you going to begin lambasting me then...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on July 21, 2007, 08:16:12 PM
I bought it earlier today as well cos it was only a fiver from the supermarket petrol station.  ;D My 10 year old son was stoked, which is my excuse for buying it. I still get first read. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 21, 2007, 08:17:03 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:33:48 PM
Quote from: calandale on July 21, 2007, 07:31:35 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?

No one else has,

but yes, YOU will be.  :laugh:
Are you going to begin lambasting me then...

Nah, I'm too crapped out to cook sheep.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Teejay on July 21, 2007, 08:43:49 PM
Secondhand PJ's and Boxer Shorts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on July 21, 2007, 09:43:22 PM
I'm buying a  Nintendo DS on Monday  8)
I think Wii is kinda cool thought but some of the Wii stuff is a fucking joke like the new Wii board $300 device that you can dance or hula hoop on or do yoga when a yoga DVD is like $10 or when I Hula Hoop i $3.50 . Don't buy that Wii board. You won't burn that many calories on that.

Today i bought a drink called Gerolistiner its a German brand of natural carbonated water and a bag of sesami chips...oh and a coke and Kaiser bun.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 21, 2007, 11:41:36 PM
Just played with a wii for the first time.
Golf. It was ok, but not really worth the
hype that I had heard. Stuff that is just
so much better is pretty close to being
available.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on July 21, 2007, 11:54:24 PM
Quote from: calandale on July 21, 2007, 08:17:03 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:33:48 PM
Quote from: calandale on July 21, 2007, 07:31:35 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?

No one else has,

but yes, YOU will be.  :laugh:
Are you going to begin lambasting me then...

Nah, I'm too crapped out to cook sheep.

I bought a lamb leg yesterday and roasted it with Garlic and Rosemary....yum....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 21, 2007, 11:56:07 PM
Quote from: Eclair on July 21, 2007, 11:54:24 PM
Quote from: calandale on July 21, 2007, 08:17:03 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:33:48 PM
Quote from: calandale on July 21, 2007, 07:31:35 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?

No one else has,

but yes, YOU will be.  :laugh:
Are you going to begin lambasting me then...

Nah, I'm too crapped out to cook sheep.

I bought a lamb leg yesterday and roasted it with Garlic and Rosemary....yum....

But not basted?

Damn, I wish I could get the energy up to
cook. Or do anything.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 22, 2007, 07:28:55 AM
Quote from: Nomaken on July 21, 2007, 06:11:04 PM
A starburst shampoo and bodywash variety pack.

BERRIES AND CREAM!  BERRIES AND CREAM!!!  You're the little lad who smells like BERRIES ANNDDD CRREEAAAMMM!!!!

(I hope I'm not the only one who's seen that gawdawful commercial)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on July 22, 2007, 07:33:05 AM
Quote from: calandale on July 21, 2007, 11:56:07 PM
Quote from: Eclair on July 21, 2007, 11:54:24 PM
Quote from: calandale on July 21, 2007, 08:17:03 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:33:48 PM
Quote from: calandale on July 21, 2007, 07:31:35 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?

No one else has,

but yes, YOU will be.  :laugh:
Are you going to begin lambasting me then...

Nah, I'm too crapped out to cook sheep.

I bought a lamb leg yesterday and roasted it with Garlic and Rosemary....yum....

But not basted?

Damn, I wish I could get the energy up to
cook. Or do anything.

No, you make slits into the leg and put in slivers of garlic and sprigs of rosemary.  I roasted it with potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and garlic cloves.  Then I made gravy....it was devine.  Love lamb.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on July 22, 2007, 07:34:32 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?
i can't wait to read it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 22, 2007, 07:38:22 AM
Quote from: McJagger on July 22, 2007, 07:34:32 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?
i can't wait to read it.

Ditto.  I plan to mooch off a friend.  I will likely buy my own copy enevtually but I'd be surprised if it's anywhere to be had right now (though if I hit up walmart today it would be worth checking).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 22, 2007, 08:06:25 AM

A new set of Martin heavy gauge guitar strings. They're a bitch to play, because they are so big, but they sound so good on my dad's old Gibson that I will accept the blisters at first.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 22, 2007, 08:12:47 AM
Quote from: Eclair on July 22, 2007, 07:33:05 AM
No, you make slits into the leg and put in slivers of garlic and sprigs of rosemary.  I roasted it with potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and garlic cloves.  Then I made gravy....it was devine.  Love lamb.
I want to eat dinner at your house. :)


I got the Harry Potter book today. I had pre-ordered it and got a fluffy toy owl given to me when I picked up the book.

(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p209/renaeden/P1000328.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 22, 2007, 09:02:20 AM
Not bought- but I sold my soul into sexual slavery.  :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 22, 2007, 09:14:27 AM
Quote from: renaeden on July 22, 2007, 08:12:47 AM
Quote from: Eclair on July 22, 2007, 07:33:05 AM
No, you make slits into the leg and put in slivers of garlic and sprigs of rosemary.  I roasted it with potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and garlic cloves.  Then I made gravy....it was devine.  Love lamb.
I want to eat dinner at your house. :)

Me too. Damn. I might give up some of my
ideals for someone who can cook (and loves
to) so much.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 22, 2007, 11:24:29 AM
i'd better shut up about my cooking skills then, hadn't i?  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 22, 2007, 11:26:07 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 22, 2007, 11:24:29 AM
i'd better shut up about my cooking skills then, hadn't i?  :P
Not neccesarly, you and Calandale may make a good couple...  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 24, 2007, 04:48:03 AM
delivery!  result - see you later, chaps.  :eyebrows:  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 24, 2007, 04:50:25 AM
Did you say you were already going out with him...?  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on July 24, 2007, 04:51:30 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 24, 2007, 04:48:03 AM
delivery!  result - see you later, chaps.  :eyebrows:  :drool:

OH?!   :eyebrows:   :eyelash: 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 24, 2007, 05:00:09 AM
;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 24, 2007, 06:23:11 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 24, 2007, 04:48:03 AM
delivery!  result - see you later, chaps.  :eyebrows:  :drool:

Marks out of 10?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 24, 2007, 06:24:18 AM
pah.  and double pah - battery-free zone, one of them.   :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 24, 2007, 06:26:08 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 24, 2007, 06:24:18 AM
pah.  and double pah - battery-free zone, one of them.   :grrr:

Don't tell me you forget to stock up on batteries?  Or have you warn then all out already?  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 24, 2007, 06:27:33 AM
i thought they'd both have batteries.  who the fuck uses four AAA batteries?  ::)

check your PMs for the detailed version.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 24, 2007, 06:29:10 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on July 24, 2007, 06:27:33 AM
i thought they'd both have batteries.  who the fuck uses four AAA batteries?  ::)

check your PMs for the detailed version.  ;)

That's the reason why I bought one that plugs into the mains  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on July 24, 2007, 06:35:22 AM
i'd be terrified, in case it got wet - i mean, there's electrifying orgasms, and then there's electrocution.  :yikes:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on July 24, 2007, 07:23:47 AM
Postage for a camp care package to Amber!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 24, 2007, 10:23:08 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 22, 2007, 07:38:22 AM
Quote from: McJagger on July 22, 2007, 07:34:32 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?
i can't wait to read it.

Ditto.  I plan to mooch off a friend.  I will likely buy my own copy enevtually but I'd be surprised if it's anywhere to be had right now (though if I hit up walmart today it would be worth checking).

Oh, BTW, I came across my local CVS's last copy of HP7 that day on my morning walk, and read it all the way through that day.  I consider it six or seven hours well spent.  (I think it was in that range, anyway.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 24, 2007, 04:08:48 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 24, 2007, 10:23:08 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 22, 2007, 07:38:22 AM
Quote from: McJagger on July 22, 2007, 07:34:32 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?
i can't wait to read it.

Ditto.  I plan to mooch off a friend.  I will likely buy my own copy enevtually but I'd be surprised if it's anywhere to be had right now (though if I hit up walmart today it would be worth checking).

Oh, BTW, I came across my local CVS's last copy of HP7 that day on my morning walk, and read it all the way through that day.  I consider it six or seven hours well spent.  (I think it was in that range, anyway.)
Did you enjoy it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ASpHole on July 24, 2007, 06:24:13 PM
In the past month? Here's the big purchases:

Nolan 100 watt valve guitar amp ( @ $210)
1968 - 1972 era Ampeg V-4/VT22 100 watt valve guitar amp chassis, awaiting 3 preamp valves and output valves. ( $77) --Perhaps this one needs new smoothing caps as well.

Redwing Steeltoe hiking boots for work, as my old steeltoes just died after 2 months usage ( @ $160, on order, as the local Redwing  store had none in my size)

Music, new:

Ministry - Rio Grand Blood
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
The Cramps - Bad Music For Bad People
Lock & Key - No Fate
Lock & Key - Pull Up The Floorboards
Movers & Shakers - CDR that came with 7" record


Music, used :

Turbonegro - Party Animals
GG Allin - Freaks, Faggots, Drunks & Junkies ( His horrible later period stuff, not the rocking X rated Jabbers era power pop)
The Unseen - The Anger And The Truth
Circle Jerks - Group Sex
Candiria - 300 Percent Density


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on July 24, 2007, 07:08:47 PM
beer, lots of it ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 24, 2007, 08:04:27 PM
Quote from: ASpHole on July 24, 2007, 06:24:13 PM
In the past month? Here's the big purchases:

Nolan 100 watt valve guitar amp ( @ $210)
1968 - 1972 era Ampeg V-4/VT22 100 watt valve guitar amp chassis, awaiting 3 preamp valves and output valves. ( $77) --Perhaps this one needs new smoothing caps as well.

Redwing Steeltoe hiking boots for work, as my old steeltoes just died after 2 months usage ( @ $160, on order, as the local Redwing  store had none in my size)

Music, new:

Ministry - Rio Grand Blood
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
The Cramps - Bad Music For Bad People
Lock & Key - No Fate
Lock & Key - Pull Up The Floorboards
Movers & Shakers - CDR that came with 7" record


Music, used :

Turbonegro - Party Animals
GG Allin - Freaks, Faggots, Drunks & Junkies ( His horrible later period stuff, not the rocking X rated Jabbers era power pop)
The Unseen - The Anger And The Truth
Circle Jerks - Group Sex
Candiria - 300 Percent Density




You have to order your shoes, Bigfoot? I have to because I am a widebody with fat feet.
:laugh:

Have you tried any of the Jap caps? They're kind of expensive, but Parts Express has a couple under the Dayton brand and I have heard good things about the Auricaps and V-Caps, some of which are silver/mica or Teflon/tin "audiophile grade" like used in the better SET amps. Upgrading the power caps is a good first step, usually, but Auricap has all sizes, even coupling caps available.

Where the hell are you finding used music from these esoteric groups, like Turbonegro?
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ASpHole on July 25, 2007, 03:14:01 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 24, 2007, 08:04:27 PM
Quote from: ASpHole on July 24, 2007, 06:24:13 PM
In the past month? Here's the big purchases:

Nolan 100 watt valve guitar amp ( @ $210)
1968 - 1972 era Ampeg V-4/VT22 100 watt valve guitar amp chassis, awaiting 3 preamp valves and output valves. ( $77) --Perhaps this one needs new smoothing caps as well.

Redwing Steeltoe hiking boots for work, as my old steeltoes just died after 2 months usage ( @ $160, on order, as the local Redwing  store had none in my size)

Music, new:

Ministry - Rio Grand Blood
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
The Cramps - Bad Music For Bad People
Lock & Key - No Fate
Lock & Key - Pull Up The Floorboards
Movers & Shakers - CDR that came with 7" record


Music, used :

Turbonegro - Party Animals
GG Allin - Freaks, Faggots, Drunks & Junkies ( His horrible later period stuff, not the rocking X rated Jabbers era power pop)
The Unseen - The Anger And The Truth
Circle Jerks - Group Sex
Candiria - 300 Percent Density




You have to order your shoes, Bigfoot? I have to because I am a widebody with fat feet.
:laugh:

Have you tried any of the Jap caps? They're kind of expensive, but Parts Express has a couple under the Dayton brand and I have heard good things about the Auricaps and V-Caps, some of which are silver/mica or Teflon/tin "audiophile grade" like used in the better SET amps. Upgrading the power caps is a good first step, usually, but Auricap has all sizes, even coupling caps available.

Where the hell are you finding used music from these esoteric groups, like Turbonegro?
:thumbup:

First with the shoes, The Redwing store in this town is lame, when I went to the redwing Store in South Portland, Maine The had nearly everything in stock. --I wear a relatively common shoe size.

With the caps, I actually need the large filtering caps for the PSU, as the ones that are currently in the Ampeg are the originals from the late 60's. One of my Seymore Duncans has been refitted with Hoveland Musicaps and Siderealcaps, which are the predecessors of Auricaps. --It sounds much better than the other which is stock.

As for the music, The local independant music store, which is owned by a former music professor. It's located a couple of blocks from the local University ( University of South Carolina) --He has a decent selection of music, the Turbonegro CD showed up used.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 25, 2007, 05:53:48 AM

I can't imagine having an indie music enthusiast shop IN-TOWN where I live. That's really cool. There are buttloads of CD shops here, but you have to wade through mountains of pop and country stuff to even find anything.

On the caps I was talking about these guys who are adding a smaller cap across the cans in the power supply "to improve speed" ...
I know it sounds ridiculous to talk about hearing a difference in "speed" of sound by adding faster caps to the power supply, but some people try anything for a unique sound, I guess. I would think it would make it a little quiter, but I doubt anyone expects that old Ampeg to be very quiet. Great find, though.
Right now, my work bench is chest deep in unrelated crap, all of it piled on top of my disassembled 'scope.

 :venere:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 25, 2007, 06:26:57 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 24, 2007, 04:08:48 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 24, 2007, 10:23:08 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 22, 2007, 07:38:22 AM
Quote from: McJagger on July 22, 2007, 07:34:32 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?
i can't wait to read it.

Ditto.  I plan to mooch off a friend.  I will likely buy my own copy enevtually but I'd be surprised if it's anywhere to be had right now (though if I hit up walmart today it would be worth checking).

Oh, BTW, I came across my local CVS's last copy of HP7 that day on my morning walk, and read it all the way through that day.  I consider it six or seven hours well spent.  (I think it was in that range, anyway.)
Did you enjoy it?

yeah.  it was a worthy purchase.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 25, 2007, 06:36:15 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 25, 2007, 06:26:57 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 24, 2007, 04:08:48 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 24, 2007, 10:23:08 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 22, 2007, 07:38:22 AM
Quote from: McJagger on July 22, 2007, 07:34:32 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 21, 2007, 07:30:33 PM
The new Harry Potter book. Am I going to get lambasted for it?
i can't wait to read it.

Ditto.  I plan to mooch off a friend.  I will likely buy my own copy enevtually but I'd be surprised if it's anywhere to be had right now (though if I hit up walmart today it would be worth checking).

Oh, BTW, I came across my local CVS's last copy of HP7 that day on my morning walk, and read it all the way through that day.  I consider it six or seven hours well spent.  (I think it was in that range, anyway.)
Did you enjoy it?

yeah.  it was a worthy purchase.
Good. Are you planning a reread?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 25, 2007, 06:37:26 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 25, 2007, 06:36:15 AM
Good. Are you planning a reread?

Not the whole thing, but maybe some parts of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 25, 2007, 06:49:54 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 25, 2007, 06:37:26 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 25, 2007, 06:36:15 AM
Good. Are you planning a reread?

Not the whole thing, but maybe some parts of it.
Just the parts you expect to nab good quotes from...?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 25, 2007, 08:11:45 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 25, 2007, 06:49:54 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 25, 2007, 06:37:26 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 25, 2007, 06:36:15 AM
Good. Are you planning a reread?

Not the whole thing, but maybe some parts of it.
Just the parts you expect to nab good quotes from...?

Nope.  I'd tell you which parts, but then I'd have to kill you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 25, 2007, 10:28:26 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 25, 2007, 08:11:45 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 25, 2007, 06:49:54 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on July 25, 2007, 06:37:26 AM
Quote from: Hadron on July 25, 2007, 06:36:15 AM
Good. Are you planning a reread?

Not the whole thing, but maybe some parts of it.
Just the parts you expect to nab good quotes from...?

Nope.  I'd tell you which parts, but then I'd have to kill you.
i thought that we would hit that little snag...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on July 26, 2007, 10:51:10 AM
some cds, and beer :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 26, 2007, 11:34:25 AM
Harry Potter book 7.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Silk on July 26, 2007, 11:41:24 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on July 26, 2007, 11:34:25 AM
Harry Potter book 7.

Ditto.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 26, 2007, 04:32:03 PM
Lots and lots of tank tops.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:03:27 PM
Harry Potter book 7 (which I'll start on when I finish reading American Shaolin).  Any Aspie who doesn't read Harry Potter books needs to be hit with a wet noodle.

Season 2 of Twin Peaks (Already watched it.  A co-worker is borrowing it right now.  I think that co-worker might be an Aspie and not know it... always telling me about his hobbies.)

One of those automatic shower cleaner thingies that hangs from the showerhead.  You push the button and then you have 15 seconds to close the shower curtain before it starts spraying cleaning solution all over the tile.  Works great, makes the soap scum turn into flakes that fall off the tile.  Y'all seen those?

A couple of used CDs for my car radio.

The usual food, rent, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 26, 2007, 05:07:30 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:03:27 PM
Harry Potter book 7 (which I'll start on when I finish reading American Shaolin).  Any Aspie who doesn't read Harry Potter books needs to be hit with a wet noodle.

Season 2 of Twin Peaks (Already watched it.  A co-worker is borrowing it right now.  I think that co-worker might be an Aspie and not know it... always telling me about his hobbies.)

One of those automatic shower cleaner thingies that hangs from the showerhead.  You push the button and then you have 15 seconds to close the shower curtain before it starts spraying cleaning solution all over the tile.  Works great, makes the soap scum turn into flakes that fall off the tile.  Y'all seen those?

A couple of used CDs for my car radio.

The usual food, rent, etc.

You better go and hit peegai and richard then, to name a few. How hard is this wet noodle?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:15:26 PM
I don't know.  "Wet noodle" is just an expression I've heard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on July 26, 2007, 05:23:24 PM
I loved Twin Peaks and keep meaning to see if I can get hold of both seasons.  I watched season one online recently- but lots of episodes were missing from season two so I haven't watched that since it was first on TV.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on July 26, 2007, 05:55:05 PM
i just picked up this little baby. willie mays jersey card,  :eyebrows:

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/Picture488.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 06:04:45 PM
Season 2 of Twin Peaks seems to have been released in the past couple of months.  I've had my Season 1 for over a year and couldn't find Season 2.  And then, a few weeks ago, I'm in a record store looking around, and boom there it was.  It should now be in any "big box" store that sells TV shows by the season.  I believe the price most places is around $45.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 26, 2007, 06:09:52 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:15:26 PM
I don't know.  "Wet noodle" is just an expression I've heard.
You do know noodle is a euphanism for penis, dont you?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:13:11 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:09:52 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:15:26 PM
I don't know.  "Wet noodle" is just an expression I've heard.
You do know noodle is a euphanism for penis, dont you?

... euphemism?

:hair:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 26, 2007, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:13:11 PM
... euphemism?

:hair:
Erm, what world should I use then instead...?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:16:28 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:13:11 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:09:52 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:15:26 PM
I don't know.  "Wet noodle" is just an expression I've heard.
You do know noodle is a euphanism for penis, dont you?

... euphemism?

:hair:
Erm, what world should I use then instead...?

Mars?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 26, 2007, 06:24:20 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:16:28 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:13:11 PM
... euphemism?

:hair:
Erm, what world should I use then instead...?

Mars?
How about Venus?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Silk on July 26, 2007, 06:37:47 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:03:27 PM
Harry Potter book 7 (which I'll start on when I finish reading American Shaolin). 


Your patience astounds me. Where do you find the will power to hold off on reading the last book?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 26, 2007, 07:08:37 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:24:20 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:16:28 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:13:11 PM
... euphemism?

:hair:
Erm, what world should I use then instead...?

Mars?
How about Venus?

Nah, still too close.
:laugh:


(Come on, ya gotta laugh, sometimes.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 26, 2007, 07:12:54 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 07:08:37 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:24:20 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:16:28 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:13:11 PM
... euphemism?

:hair:
Erm, what world should I use then instead...?

Mars?
How about Venus?

Nah, still too close.
:laugh:


(Come on, ya gotta laugh, sometimes.)
True true. How about Uranus, is that far away enough for you?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 26, 2007, 07:28:49 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 07:12:54 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 07:08:37 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:24:20 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:16:28 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:13:11 PM
... euphemism?

:hair:
Erm, what world should I use then instead...?

Mars?
How about Venus?

Nah, still too close.
:laugh:


(Come on, ya gotta laugh, sometimes.)
True true. How about Uranus, is that far away enough for you?

Yours, maybe.

(I was waiting for that.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on July 26, 2007, 07:34:43 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 07:28:49 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 07:12:54 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 07:08:37 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:24:20 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:16:28 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on July 26, 2007, 06:13:11 PM
... euphemism?

:hair:
Erm, what world should I use then instead...?

Mars?
How about Venus?

Nah, still too close.
:laugh:


(Come on, ya gotta laugh, sometimes.)
True true. How about Uranus, is that far away enough for you?

Yours, maybe.

(I was waiting for that.)
I know, thats why i couldnt resist a stop at Venus on the way. Was it worth the journey?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 08:31:10 PM
Quote from: Friar Tuck on July 26, 2007, 06:37:47 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:03:27 PM
Harry Potter book 7 (which I'll start on when I finish reading American Shaolin). 


Your patience astounds me. Where do you find the will power to hold off on reading the last book?


Well, the one I'm reading now is about an American who went to China to study Kung Fu, which involves alot of patience.  Maybe the patience comes from that.

Seriously, I need to get off this fucking computer, finish that book, and get started on HP.  Gotta get it ready before DragonCon.  The last time a Harry Potter book came out, there were people walking around at DragonCon with the spoiler printed on their t-shirts in big letters, followed by "I just saved you $25 and eight hours."  Assholes!  It's a good thing I had finished book 6 before that year's DragonCon.

I'll get it read soon enough.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 08:58:56 PM
Quote from: Hadron on July 26, 2007, 06:09:52 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:15:26 PM
I don't know.  "Wet noodle" is just an expression I've heard.
You do know noodle is a euphanism for penis, dont you?

Well then, instead of "wet noodle", I should have said "dripping wet bearded clam".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on July 26, 2007, 10:33:07 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 08:31:10 PM
Quote from: Friar Tuck on July 26, 2007, 06:37:47 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:03:27 PM
Harry Potter book 7 (which I'll start on when I finish reading American Shaolin). 


Your patience astounds me. Where do you find the will power to hold off on reading the last book?


Well, the one I'm reading now is about an American who went to China to study Kung Fu, which involves alot of patience.  Maybe the patience comes from that.

Seriously, I need to get off this fucking computer, finish that book, and get started on HP.  Gotta get it ready before DragonCon.  The last time a Harry Potter book came out, there were people walking around at DragonCon with the spoiler printed on their t-shirts in big letters, followed by "I just saved you $25 and eight hours."  Assholes!  It's a good thing I had finished book 6 before that year's DragonCon.

I'll get it read soon enough.


Don't read the thread Questions for Callousway, in that case.

 >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on July 26, 2007, 10:34:47 PM
so he does die.


i am on chapter 30.  my wife is on 29.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on July 27, 2007, 06:29:21 AM
Quote from: McFuck_Yeah! on July 26, 2007, 10:34:47 PM
so he does die.


i am on chapter 30.  my wife is on 29.

did she riun it for you on purpose or did she talk in her sleep?  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 07, 2007, 12:17:22 PM
Videogames and two books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 07, 2007, 01:55:29 PM
Quote from: garmonbozia on July 26, 2007, 05:03:27 PM
Harry Potter book 7 (which I'll start on when I finish reading American Shaolin).  Any Aspie who doesn't read Harry Potter books needs to be hit with a wet noodle.

Give me your best shot. Have to warn you, though; I will hit back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 07, 2007, 03:03:51 PM
yeah, me too.  i can't stand the bloody things.  :smarty:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 07, 2007, 03:07:13 PM
What I hate the most about the current Harry Potter hysteria is all those idiots that will try to bug you into reading one, in spite of me explaining that I'd rather go watch the grass grow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 07, 2007, 03:13:06 PM
really?  no-one tries to persuade me to read one.  can't imagine why.   :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 07, 2007, 03:18:24 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 07, 2007, 03:13:06 PM
really?  no-one tries to persuade me to read one.  can't imagine why.   :eyelash:

I think that maybe they would rather noodle you.

:P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 07, 2007, 03:22:14 PM
lol.  well, they can always try. 

have to say, though, the thought of being noodled by hysterical potter fans isn't in my top million of "things i must do before i die".  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 07, 2007, 03:37:02 PM

I didn't mean to imply that you would enjoy it. I doubt being noodled would do much for me either, but I might like fighting them off.

 :flog:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 07, 2007, 03:55:13 PM
want to come and fight them off for me?   :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 07, 2007, 04:25:53 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 07, 2007, 03:55:13 PM
want to come ...?   :eyelash:
(slight edit)

Of course, but I think I'll hold this peak a while longer, if that's OK.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on August 07, 2007, 04:54:10 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 07, 2007, 03:07:13 PM
What I hate the most about the current Harry Potter hysteria is all those peaguys that will try to bug you into reading one, in spite of me explaining that I'd rather go watch the grass grow.

But...peaguy doesn't like the stories,
even though he hasn't read them.  ???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on August 07, 2007, 06:01:54 PM
I encourage people who have seen the movies and enojyed them but not read the books to read the books, but otherwise leave well enogh alone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 07, 2007, 06:13:52 PM
Quote from: calandale on August 07, 2007, 04:54:10 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 07, 2007, 03:07:13 PM
What I hate the most about the current Harry Potter hysteria is all those peaguys that will try to bug you into reading one, in spite of me explaining that I'd rather go watch the grass grow.

But...peaguy doesn't like the stories,
even though he hasn't read them.  ???

word filters. guess what i really wrote? :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on August 07, 2007, 06:24:34 PM
idiot?  Actually the mildest of my guesses, but that's what came out as peaguy in the preview.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 07, 2007, 06:31:14 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 07, 2007, 04:25:53 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 07, 2007, 03:55:13 PM
want to come ...?   :eyelash:
(slight edit)

Of course, but I think I'll hold this peak a while longer, if that's OK.

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 07, 2007, 06:37:31 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on August 07, 2007, 06:24:34 PM
idiot?  Actually the mildest of my guesses, but that's what came out as peaguy in the preview.

just plussed you to 600. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on August 07, 2007, 06:50:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 07, 2007, 06:37:31 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on August 07, 2007, 06:24:34 PM
idiot?  Actually the mildest of my guesses, but that's what came out as peaguy in the preview.

just plussed you to 600. ;D

I'm not trying to say I concur, mind you, but I knew it couldn't be flattering, both in your context and in the context of the admin prankspree.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on August 07, 2007, 07:44:48 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 07, 2007, 03:13:06 PM
really?  no-one tries to persuade me to read one.  can't imagine why.   :eyelash:

Only because you already tried it and you didn't like it.

 :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 08, 2007, 02:11:59 AM
i reckon that's absolutely it, callaway, and nothing to do with my terrifying reputation (which i don't deserve  :angel: ).

;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 08, 2007, 03:42:15 AM
what reputation? :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 08, 2007, 03:45:08 AM
precisely.   :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Randy on August 08, 2007, 04:17:26 PM
Ginseng extact, dirty magazines, dandelion rt extract, fuckn horny goat weed, fresh cloves of garlic, fish oil, fuckn grass fed beef, get the picture?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 08, 2007, 04:55:55 PM
Quote from: AllDayGlowRandy on August 08, 2007, 04:17:26 PM
Ginseng extact, dirty magazines, dandelion rt extract, fuckn horny goat weed, fresh cloves of garlic, fish oil, fuckn grass fed beef, get the picture?
Yes. Did you enjoy your shopping escapade, flo?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on August 08, 2007, 05:21:41 PM
Quote from: AllDayGlowRandy on August 08, 2007, 04:17:26 PM
Ginseng extact, dirty magazines, dandelion rt extract, fuckn horny goat weed, fresh cloves of garlic, fish oil, fuckn grass fed beef, get the picture?

Indeed. You like to play with your food,
but need to look at human sexual acts
to get to feelin' the potatoes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 08, 2007, 06:37:52 PM
Rumskib CD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on August 09, 2007, 07:30:12 PM
burritos :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on August 09, 2007, 07:39:06 PM
Fuck all, because I'm broke as hell.

This however is first on my list:  Sennheiser HD 280 Pro (http://www.headphone.com/guide/by-headphone-type/sealed-type/sennheiser-hd-280-pro.php)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 09, 2007, 07:48:10 PM
Boring stuff.
Groceries
Sunscreen
Diapers (for the kid, not myself!)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on August 09, 2007, 08:26:31 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 09, 2007, 07:48:10 PM

Diapers (for the kid, not myself!)

anywhere else, you wouldn't have had to clarify that.  >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ASpHole on August 09, 2007, 08:54:53 PM
A 2 year old guitar amp in a local music store for a far cheaper price than it should have sold for. I had to delve into my change box and am now almost broke because of it. -- It's mine unless somebody can prove it stolen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 10, 2007, 06:13:05 AM
Cat food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Mr Smith on August 10, 2007, 06:16:36 AM
I bought Burger king. :o

By the way, I love that Jesus avatar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on August 10, 2007, 08:24:54 AM
Lots of new underwear.  I think I seriously might have had that last set for two years; it was at least one year, and it was getting holey.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 10, 2007, 09:01:50 AM
Quote from: ASpHole on August 09, 2007, 08:54:53 PM
A 2 year old guitar amp in a local music store for a far cheaper price than it should have sold for. I had to delve into my change box and am now almost broke because of it. -- It's mine unless somebody can prove it stolen.

Keeping it? Cool. Plug it in and rock, the fuck, out!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 10:13:50 AM
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARN!!!  :heart:

bargain buckets in wool shop - not The One, but lots of nice goodies for not very many pennies (well, wouldn't have been many pennies, if i hadn't bought loads.  ::) )

also a couple of books (more important than food), and a little silk top, which i think will go down well with...

oops...   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 10:15:35 AM
/me drools at the mention of nice yarn   :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 10:24:01 AM
oh yeah, and your b'day parcel is on its way.   :-*  ;D

(yarn details:  rowan summer tweed in dark lilac; (http://www.angelyarns.com/images/thumbs/17539.jpg)

some kidsilk night to finish off that little jacket, in deep purple;

and something called Moiselle by Wendy, in greens, black, lemon, grey and white.  it was cheap, lol).  (http://www.angelyarns.com/images/wendy/m754.jpg)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 10:31:09 AM
Thank you hun-  will let you know when it arrives  :-*

The yarn looks yummy btw, I love purple.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 10:35:09 AM
yes, do.  i managed to forget to put a note in with it.  ::)

honestly, my mother never used to (or does) put a note/card in with parcels, and i used to rail at her for years about it.

what's that saying: we all turn into our mothers?

christ on a pole - i'm doomed...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 10:40:39 AM
I never know what to put in those notes anyway so I don't always put one in either-especially with people I generally 'talk' to everyday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 10:41:59 AM
isuspect you'll know it's from me, anyway.   :eyebrows:

oh, and i forgot some instructions, but i'll PM you those on monday.  what a pillock i am...  ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 10:43:15 AM
I need instructions?? Sounds intriguing  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 10, 2007, 10:56:32 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 10:24:01 AM
oh yeah, and your b'day parcel is on its way.   :-*  ;D

(yarn details:  rowan summer tweed in dark lilac; (http://www.angelyarns.com/images/thumbs/17539.jpg)

some kidsilk night to finish off that little jacket, in deep purple;

and something called Moiselle by Wendy, in greens, black, lemon, grey and white.  it was cheap, lol).  (http://www.angelyarns.com/images/wendy/m754.jpg)



Ooooh, yarn!  That dark lilac is lovely!  Do you knit, or crochet?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 10:58:16 AM
Are you another mad yarn addict then Kiriana?  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 10, 2007, 11:35:44 AM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 10:58:16 AM
Are you another mad yarn addict then Kiriana?  :laugh:

Indeed! I just heard my local fancy schmancy yarn shop expanded, must get there soon!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 11:39:45 AM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 10, 2007, 11:35:44 AM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 10:58:16 AM
Are you another mad yarn addict then Kiriana?  :laugh:

Indeed! I just heard my local fancy schmancy yarn shop expanded, must get there soon!
Do you knit, crochet or both?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 10, 2007, 11:55:31 AM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 11:39:45 AM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 10, 2007, 11:35:44 AM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 10:58:16 AM
Are you another mad yarn addict then Kiriana?  :laugh:

Indeed! I just heard my local fancy schmancy yarn shop expanded, must get there soon!
Do you knit, crochet or both?

Mostly knit.  I know the basics of crochet, but I'm not very good at it!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 10, 2007, 12:05:19 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 09, 2007, 08:26:31 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 09, 2007, 07:48:10 PM

Diapers (for the kid, not myself!)

anywhere else, you wouldn't have had to clarify that.  >:D


great, another newbie knows.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Randy on August 10, 2007, 12:39:16 PM
PI.. drooling.. I will just hold back that obnoxious comment.  I laughed, damn it, can keep my own mouth shut. I am in a libary, people keep looking at me.

Bananas, corn flour tortillas, omega 3  enriched peanut butter, organic broccoli.  There Dunc, happy?  I do eat high fat shit to, but it does not do anything much to my weight.  Everything I do eat cause me to get fuckn horny.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 12:45:31 PM
Glad to have amused you with such a little thing. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on August 10, 2007, 12:53:13 PM
He amuses himself with a little thing all day.  :wanker: fuck, fuck, beef, its coming!  :wanker:

I bought a Lee Scratch Perry compilation I found in a bargain bin. :stoned:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Randy on August 10, 2007, 12:56:59 PM
Your the little thing PI, damn the AS confusion.  I will be looking for some way to get rid of it for you. ;D  That would make me feel really good.

You fuckn know it Dunc.

If I was rich, I would buy you both some alcohol.

I gave some guy some medical advice and he said I was a life saver.  I only comment when I know something.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 12:58:49 PM
Surprisingly enough the 'AS confusion' doesn't seem to bother me that much when I'm not reading your posts  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Randy on August 10, 2007, 01:01:02 PM
I am sure it bothers you alot.

I know I don't try much to make an reparations for your confusion, and I am sorry.

I am done with you, If you continue to mock me, I will ignore you.  I am to fuckn happy to care what you have obnoxious thing you have to say.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 10, 2007, 01:04:45 PM
I wasn't mocking you Randy I was just teasing you back- surely you can take a little gentle ribbing since you're so good at doing the same to other people?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Randy on August 10, 2007, 01:16:05 PM
Thankyou, I know I am, and you are not bad yourself. ;D

How about a drink, you and Dunc?

You wanna see tease?, you see the mean thing I did to my bitch.  I asked her if dumping her would make her cry, and then I asked if she would spank me if I did.  She got pissed at me, she knows, very well, how well I understand her disorder and what I can do to make her very happy.  I am talking on an emotional level.  I did it few more times with texting and she just ignored me.  She probably did get I was joking, I that is way out of character for a sensitive person like me.  I kind of got tears in my eyes now, I am assume its from her because she is on my mind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 02:49:56 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 10, 2007, 10:56:32 AM
Ooooh, yarn!  That dark lilac is lovely!  Do you knit, or crochet?

both.  taught myself to crochet this year - it's great in the summer, cos you don't get all that hot business all over you.  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 10, 2007, 02:52:33 PM
Bought a sofa today. Actually a whole group, 3+2+1. A bargain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 02:54:25 PM
flo, do calm down, dear.  you'll boil your beef.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 10, 2007, 02:55:57 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 02:49:56 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 10, 2007, 10:56:32 AM
Ooooh, yarn!  That dark lilac is lovely!  Do you knit, or crochet?

both.  taught myself to crochet this year - it's great in the summer, cos you don't get all that hot business all over you.  ;D
Did you go to Dorneywood?  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 02:58:01 PM
what's dorneywood?  never heard of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 10, 2007, 04:51:26 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 02:58:01 PM
what's dorneywood?  never heard of it.
Where Prescott was caught playing Crochet when he was supposed to be running the country. He got demoted over it effectively.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 05:28:43 PM
i think you probably mean "croquet". 

"crochet" is a form of needlecraft, related to knitting.

:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 10, 2007, 05:42:18 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 05:28:43 PM
i think you probably mean "croquet". 

"crochet" is a form of needlecraft, related to knitting.

:LMAO:
Oh well I was listening to Prescotts speeches on the matter, so hence the confusion...  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 10, 2007, 09:15:55 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 10, 2007, 05:42:18 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 10, 2007, 05:28:43 PM
i think you probably mean "croquet". 

"crochet" is a form of needlecraft, related to knitting.

:LMAO:
Oh well I was listening to Prescotts speeches on the matter, so hence the confusion...  :P

No comic could dream this shit up!

:rofl:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: willow on August 10, 2007, 11:37:28 PM
pencils.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 11, 2007, 12:50:51 AM
sharp ones?   :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Randy on August 11, 2007, 01:25:28 PM
Why, you gonna use them as a dildo?

Tell you what, Lucifer you can laugh at me if you want, I have no fuckn money.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 11, 2007, 03:03:04 PM
i can?  gosh, thanks!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on August 11, 2007, 03:06:53 PM
fairy money :pwned:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 11, 2007, 03:08:00 PM
but it's never there in the morning, you know.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on August 11, 2007, 03:12:58 PM
never. after you lose a tooth it comes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 11, 2007, 07:35:22 PM
Steven Kings book IT hardbound for one dollar at a tag sale
WD40 and a box of rags at Lowes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 11, 2007, 11:30:15 PM
The Simpsons season 10 DVD set and the memory card reader.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on August 11, 2007, 11:43:08 PM
What's a memory card reader?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 12, 2007, 12:26:58 AM
Quote from: calandale on August 11, 2007, 11:43:08 PM
What's a memory card reader?


Something you put your SD card in that goes into your computer to download pictures onto your computer from the card than using the camera cord from your dignital camera to your computer.



Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on August 12, 2007, 12:27:51 AM
I love how little I know of technology.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 12, 2007, 05:03:32 AM
Quote from: calandale on August 12, 2007, 12:27:51 AM
I love how little I know of technology.
I love how you know so little of technology and have a masters in Computer Science...  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Teejay on August 12, 2007, 05:10:29 AM
A Scientific and Statistics Calculator
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 13, 2007, 06:32:39 AM
 
My wife returned yesterday, from a major kid-clothes shopping marathon, got it all done, but included was a three dollar pair of "crocs" knock-offs for me. I love 'em.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on August 13, 2007, 07:47:47 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 12, 2007, 05:03:32 AM
Quote from: calandale on August 12, 2007, 12:27:51 AM
I love how little I know of technology.
I love how you know so little of technology and have a masters in Computer Science...  :P

That was rather the point.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 13, 2007, 07:49:13 PM
A whole bucket of donuts from Voo Doo Donuts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on August 13, 2007, 07:49:30 PM
helping hands for soldering
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 14, 2007, 10:28:47 AM
Bought four bottles of mineral water. This stupid projection booth is hot. /melts
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 14, 2007, 10:29:32 AM
melts?   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 14, 2007, 10:39:08 AM
40C+ between the projectors. so... melts, yes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 14, 2007, 10:39:55 AM
yuck.

need a fan?  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 20, 2007, 06:25:02 PM
Another motorcycle.  :green:

So much for my new years resolution.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on August 20, 2007, 08:07:25 PM
Jamaican blue... mmmm  :coffee:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: willow on August 20, 2007, 11:49:49 PM
pencils.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on August 21, 2007, 01:54:30 AM
Charcoal disks, an incense burner and a selection of raw resins for my mum's birthday; frankincense, myrrh, benzoin, kandea, mastic and storax.

Priacetam, pramiracetamum and Adrafinil for myself.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 21, 2007, 03:19:53 AM
A new TV. :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 21, 2007, 06:16:42 AM
^That's cool. 8)

I bought petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 21, 2007, 07:20:27 AM
it *is* cool. 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 21, 2007, 07:27:11 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 21, 2007, 07:20:27 AM
it *is* cool. 8)

Gadget Boy.  :P

isn't it a shame I don't have a remote control, eh?   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 21, 2007, 07:34:47 AM
who says you don't? :P :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 21, 2007, 07:36:52 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 21, 2007, 07:34:47 AM
who says you don't? :P :eyelash:

aha.  i wondered how you managed to get me to do all those things.  i never knew i was so bendy.   :eyelash:

 :-*

(oh, and it's "haven't", not "don't".  :P )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 21, 2007, 02:10:30 PM
who says you don't have one. ;D/me presses buttons on the remote.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 21, 2007, 02:27:18 PM
:diddle:

cor!  i LIKE that button!  press it again!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 21, 2007, 02:28:03 PM
wow. i wonder what *this* button does... :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 21, 2007, 02:29:53 PM
DON'TPRESSTHATONE!!!

ah, shit.  now you've done it.  i'll never get out of this corset on my own.   :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 21, 2007, 02:30:39 PM
:drool:

need some help? :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 21, 2007, 02:31:22 PM
you have a button for that?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 21, 2007, 02:32:44 PM
this was about *your* buttons, not mine. ;D

/presses another one
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 21, 2007, 02:34:04 PM
:LMAO:

you're so rude !!

(thank all known deities).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 21, 2007, 02:34:48 PM
Baby powder and baby lotion.
New toothbrush
South Park season 10.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on August 21, 2007, 05:48:31 PM
Two motors, two coaxial DC power plugs, and some assorted pots and trimmers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 21, 2007, 06:03:22 PM
diesel fuel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on August 21, 2007, 06:04:49 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 21, 2007, 05:48:31 PM
Two motors, two coaxial DC power plugs, and some assorted pots and trimmers.
What are you doing with the motors and power plugs....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on August 21, 2007, 06:36:45 PM
Quote from: ImNotTesla on August 21, 2007, 06:04:49 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 21, 2007, 05:48:31 PM
Two motors, two coaxial DC power plugs, and some assorted pots and trimmers.
What are you doing with the motors and power plugs....

The power plug was for my Arduino (http://www.arduino.cc/) (2 per package).  The motors I'm going to use to build some sort of vehicle.  I got the pots because I've been loosing them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on August 21, 2007, 10:10:06 PM
Looks pretty sweet.  Post up what you build, I'd be interested to see it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 21, 2007, 10:46:49 PM
School supplies.  Had to go to 3 different stores just to find a pack of wide ruled loose leaf paper.  WTF??? 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on August 21, 2007, 11:11:24 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 21, 2007, 10:46:49 PM
School supplies.  Had to go to 3 different stores just to find a pack of wide ruled loose leaf paper.  WTF??? 

Why, were the first two sold out or what?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 21, 2007, 11:28:58 PM
Quote from: Callaway on August 21, 2007, 11:11:24 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 21, 2007, 10:46:49 PM
School supplies.  Had to go to 3 different stores just to find a pack of wide ruled loose leaf paper.  WTF??? 

Why, were the first two sold out or what?

Was hard to tell by this point if they were sold out or never had any.  Of course, we probably shouldn't have waited until the weekend before school started, hmm?  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on August 21, 2007, 11:38:33 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 21, 2007, 11:28:58 PM
Quote from: Callaway on August 21, 2007, 11:11:24 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 21, 2007, 10:46:49 PM
School supplies.  Had to go to 3 different stores just to find a pack of wide ruled loose leaf paper.  WTF??? 

Why, were the first two sold out or what?

Was hard to tell by this point if they were sold out or never had any.  Of course, we probably shouldn't have waited until the weekend before school started, hmm?  :P

If you have Staples there, I saw a sale on loose leaf paper.  It was 15 cents for a 150 sheet package, with a limit of six packages.  It couldn't hurt to stock up a little.  I'm planning to go buy some tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: mordok on August 22, 2007, 05:10:14 AM
Quote from: Callaway on August 21, 2007, 11:11:24 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on August 21, 2007, 10:46:49 PM
School supplies.  Had to go to 3 different stores just to find a pack of wide ruled loose leaf paper.  WTF??? 

Why, were the first two sold out or what?

Actually, all 3 were sold out (Wal-Mart, Target, & Walgreens).  Thankfully a 2nd trip to Walgreens was successful yesterday between open houses.

Too bad we found out later that same day that we needed another one.   >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: vodz on August 23, 2007, 08:17:08 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on July 06, 2007, 03:05:25 AM
Meh, Full House seasons 2-5 and a new bus pass for this month.
Fuck you're dead boring.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 23, 2007, 09:25:01 AM
... a cheap $70 CD player for my deck system.

The old one crapped out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 23, 2007, 10:51:15 AM
A 600 watt work light and a nifty 12 led flash light.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 24, 2007, 06:51:38 AM
A Star Trek - Deep Space Nine book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 24, 2007, 10:51:36 AM
A gallon of milk
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on August 24, 2007, 10:53:08 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 24, 2007, 06:51:38 AM
A Star Trek - Deep Space Nine book.

what's your favorite Star Trek? mine's TNG and VOY.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on August 24, 2007, 03:10:00 PM
New steelies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 24, 2007, 04:45:00 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 24, 2007, 03:10:00 PM
New steelies.
Whats a steelie?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on August 24, 2007, 04:55:51 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 24, 2007, 04:45:00 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 24, 2007, 03:10:00 PM
New steelies.
Whats a steelie?

steelies = steel toed work boots.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 24, 2007, 05:21:39 PM
A two liter bottle of coke and a Dove bar
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 24, 2007, 08:16:43 PM
New shoes for the kids.  'Twas quite an adventure.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on August 24, 2007, 09:22:33 PM
my last name is mentioned on the 15th page of this thread.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on August 24, 2007, 09:37:34 PM
i knew it. you're Vin Diesel's brother, Leonard Diesel. aren'tcha? :P

(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l181/blindablanda/leonarddiesel.jpg)

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-hvze_RXg8
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 24, 2007, 10:32:26 PM
Quote from: McChachi on August 24, 2007, 09:22:33 PM
my last name is mentioned on the 15th page of this thread.
Coaxial? That would be a cool last name. I like that word.
Quote from: Pennywise on August 24, 2007, 10:53:08 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 24, 2007, 06:51:38 AM
A Star Trek - Deep Space Nine book.
what's your favorite Star Trek? mine's TNG and VOY.
I have a lot of Voyager books but I haven't seen much of it. It is hard to say what is my favourite. TNG had some awesome episodes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on August 24, 2007, 10:35:27 PM
it's Diesel, brah. Diesel. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on August 25, 2007, 12:04:45 AM
This. (http://www.tijc.com/index.cfm/act/Catalog.cfm/catalogid/7622/Subcategory/Prayer%20Box%20Necklace%20and%20Bracelet%20Charm%20Jewelry/category/Sterling%20Silver%20Charms/browse/null/MenuGroup/Home/desc/Tiny%20Treasure%20Chest%20Prayer%20Box%20Sterling%20Silver%20Charm%20Pendant%20Wholesale.htm)

(http://www.tijc.com/files/CPB00007/622.jpg)

It was that or a cross prayer box, which I didn't like as much but was sorta tempted because it reminded me of Cruel Intenitons.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 25, 2007, 07:06:24 AM
Coffee & raspberry coffee cake
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 25, 2007, 11:39:53 AM
Two salt water fishing poles,rope lights, and a one ton electric cable hoist
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on August 25, 2007, 11:48:23 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on August 25, 2007, 12:04:45 AM
This. (http://www.tijc.com/index.cfm/act/Catalog.cfm/catalogid/7622/Subcategory/Prayer%20Box%20Necklace%20and%20Bracelet%20Charm%20Jewelry/category/Sterling%20Silver%20Charms/browse/null/MenuGroup/Home/desc/Tiny%20Treasure%20Chest%20Prayer%20Box%20Sterling%20Silver%20Charm%20Pendant%20Wholesale.htm)

(http://www.tijc.com/files/CPB00007/622.jpg)

It was that or a cross prayer box, which I didn't like as much but was sorta tempted because it reminded me of Cruel Intenitons.

for cocaine? i love the cross Sarah Michelle has. if i did coke i would get one of those!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on August 25, 2007, 12:00:57 PM
Quote from: Pennywise on August 25, 2007, 11:48:23 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on August 25, 2007, 12:04:45 AM
This. (http://www.tijc.com/index.cfm/act/Catalog.cfm/catalogid/7622/Subcategory/Prayer%20Box%20Necklace%20and%20Bracelet%20Charm%20Jewelry/category/Sterling%20Silver%20Charms/browse/null/MenuGroup/Home/desc/Tiny%20Treasure%20Chest%20Prayer%20Box%20Sterling%20Silver%20Charm%20Pendant%20Wholesale.htm)

(http://www.tijc.com/files/CPB00007/622.jpg)

It was that or a cross prayer box, which I didn't like as much but was sorta tempted because it reminded me of Cruel Intenitons.

for cocaine? i love the cross Sarah Michelle has. if i did coke i would get one of those!

Naah; these aren't airtight enough even if I wasn't vehemntly opposed to being on coke.  This is for carrying around legal rx's and/or being able to ask people why they're looking at my chest.  XD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on August 25, 2007, 12:43:36 PM
A ice thingy from 'loaf'n'jug'
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on August 25, 2007, 02:38:34 PM
Bought a new umbrella- black, cheap, but hopefully big enough to actually be worth having in New England rainstorms.  It will now reside in my apartment.  My other one will live in my car in case of emergency; it's a good umbrella but has kittens all over it and is therefore not as dignified to carry around in a quiver when I'm out walking.

(Yes, I really do that.  It give me both hands free when it's not raining consitently- which it almost never does- or when it's not raining but looks like it might while I'm out walking.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 25, 2007, 02:40:34 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 24, 2007, 04:55:51 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 24, 2007, 04:45:00 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 24, 2007, 03:10:00 PM
New steelies.
Whats a steelie?

steelies = steel toed work boots.
Oh right, I never knew you worked in construction.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 25, 2007, 03:56:21 PM

Optical (fancy-ish) 3D glasses, so my son can watch his 3D dinosaur docudramas without getting too much of a head ache, maybe. These things aren't bad at all - miles better than those little paper things that came with the disks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on August 25, 2007, 04:14:50 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.
wuss
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 25, 2007, 04:23:38 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.

WTF does this mean? I have several pairs. They are just shoes - heavy duty shoes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 25, 2007, 04:38:47 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 25, 2007, 04:23:38 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.

WTF does this mean? I have several pairs. They are just shoes - heavy duty shoes.
Until you stamp on someone foot accidently, believe me I am clumsy enough to do that one on occasion.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The_P on August 25, 2007, 05:19:14 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:38:47 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 25, 2007, 04:23:38 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.

WTF does this mean? I have several pairs. They are just shoes - heavy duty shoes.
Until you stamp on someone's foot accidentally. Believe me: I am clumsy enough to do that one on occasion.

No need to thank me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 25, 2007, 05:20:21 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:38:47 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 25, 2007, 04:23:38 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.

WTF does this mean? I have several pairs. They are just shoes - heavy duty shoes.
Until you stamp on someone foot accidently, believe me I am clumsy enough to do that one on occasion.

They are really not much different from regular boot except they have a steel shell under the leather over your toes so you can't crush your toes so easy. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 25, 2007, 05:22:23 PM
Quote from: parts on August 25, 2007, 05:20:21 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:38:47 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 25, 2007, 04:23:38 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.

WTF does this mean? I have several pairs. They are just shoes - heavy duty shoes.
Until you stamp on someone foot accidently, believe me I am clumsy enough to do that one on occasion.

They are really not much different from regular boot except they have a steel shell under the leather over your toes so you can't crush your toes so easy. 
Doesnt that mean they make balencing difficult, with all the weight on the end of the foot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 25, 2007, 05:35:19 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 05:22:23 PM
Quote from: parts on August 25, 2007, 05:20:21 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:38:47 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 25, 2007, 04:23:38 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.

WTF does this mean? I have several pairs. They are just shoes - heavy duty shoes.
Until you stamp on someone foot accidently, believe me I am clumsy enough to do that one on occasion.

They are really not much different from regular boot except they have a steel shell under the leather over your toes so you can't crush your toes so easy. 
Doesnt that mean they make balencing difficult, with all the weight on the end of the foot.

I suppose it's possible, if you have next to zero muscle tone in your thighs, calves, ankles, feet ...

They are really not much different from any other heavy puddle jumper/ hiker type shoes.

If I intended to enter a stomping contest, I would wear my cowboy boots with a riding heel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 25, 2007, 05:36:06 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 05:22:23 PM
Quote from: parts on August 25, 2007, 05:20:21 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:38:47 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 25, 2007, 04:23:38 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.

I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.

Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.

WTF does this mean? I have several pairs. They are just shoes - heavy duty shoes.
Until you stamp on someone foot accidently, believe me I am clumsy enough to do that one on occasion.

They are really not much different from regular boot except they have a steel shell under the leather over your toes so you can't crush your toes so easy. 
Doesnt that mean they make balencing difficult, with all the weight on the end of the foot.

Not really they are heavy all around the metal in the toe doesn't add much overall. Then again I have worn boots steel toed and not for over twenty years and also wear stilts at work so I am used to it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on August 26, 2007, 12:00:37 AM
A RCA to cable adaptor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 26, 2007, 01:06:24 AM
sigh...  loads more yarn in the sale.  very cheap, but not when you buy it by the truckload.  :(

still, i've got most of my xmas presents organised now.  ;D  everyone's getting jumpers (or a hat and scarf, for my brother-in-law).  so it's actually going to save me money, in the long run (spot the capricorn, lol).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on August 26, 2007, 03:06:55 AM
christmas what!?

egads. i usually do the shopping days before. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on August 26, 2007, 03:10:08 AM
That is actually a good idea by Lucifer.   If I found sales to do that, then I should as I HATE going shopping in Christmas season.   Too many fucking people.   The earlier I can get my shopping done, the better I will feel Christmas time in regards to stress.   I love buying things for people that I think ahead of time about what to get, but I hate to walk around the mall with all those people.   I just grab exactly what I came for, then leave ASAP.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 26, 2007, 03:51:16 AM
i'm hideously organised, a lot of the time.  possibly, i should be shot.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 26, 2007, 04:18:23 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 26, 2007, 03:51:16 AM
i'm hideously organised, a lot of the time.  possibly, i should be shot.  :laugh:

If you're making people stuff for presents though you need to be organised- I wish I was more organised, I tend to leave stuff till just 2 or 3 weeks before  christmas and then I'm having to work on them all hours  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 26, 2007, 06:20:51 AM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 05:22:23 PM
Quote from: parts on August 25, 2007, 05:20:21 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:38:47 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 25, 2007, 04:23:38 PM
Quote from: Hadron on August 25, 2007, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on August 25, 2007, 04:11:32 PM
Quote from: Aerith on August 25, 2007, 02:42:37 PM
I have steel toed work boots.
I don't work in construction but I like rugged footwear.  They are waterproof and insulated so they'll be good in the winter.
Same here. Also I'm heavy set with wide feet, so anything other than work boots drops in bits.
Oh right, i didnt think you could walk around normally with steel toed boots, it seems a bit dangerous if everyone else doesnt wear them.
WTF does this mean? I have several pairs. They are just shoes - heavy duty shoes.
Until you stamp on someone foot accidently, believe me I am clumsy enough to do that one on occasion.
They are really not much different from regular boot except they have a steel shell under the leather over your toes so you can't crush your toes so easy. 
Doesnt that mean they make balencing difficult, with all the weight on the end of the foot.
If you buy a good pair of steel caps (that is the term in Australia), they can be realy comfortable. I used to work outside and the company I worked for used to give me a free pair every year.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 26, 2007, 07:36:54 AM
A large coffee,a Coke,a pastry and a donut for my dog
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on August 26, 2007, 07:49:22 AM
wine
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on August 27, 2007, 06:45:47 PM
A birthday present for my dad.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 27, 2007, 06:49:51 PM
Well, we went to Costco (one of those big warehouse type stores) so let's leave it at a CRAPLOAD of groceries, because trust me, noone wants to read the whole list.  Also low dose aspirin, heartburn medication, alcohol swabs, and a really cute outfit for the baby.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on August 27, 2007, 07:47:10 PM
Lotsa jaw hair clips.  I seem to need heavy-duty ones of late because my hair's so damn long.  Recently even the clips that used to work well have been failing a little, and I think it's because the water here is cleaner and my hair is therefore cleaner, and therefore slipperier.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 28, 2007, 01:26:01 AM
I just bought a next month's Adult All Zone bus pass for $60 from a guy. Boy I love craigslist.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on August 28, 2007, 02:47:01 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on August 27, 2007, 07:47:10 PM
Lotsa jaw hair clips. 

Why do you need to cut your jaw hair so much?

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on August 28, 2007, 02:48:41 AM
A bed (well, a bit of foam)
A pair of sneakers (no holes)
A pan with cover


AND

A pair of women's white pants.
Finally. Just happened to see what
a wanted in the women's section of
the thrift shop. I can get white pants
whenever I want now. Oh happy day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on August 28, 2007, 06:42:14 AM
Quote from: calandale on August 28, 2007, 02:47:01 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on August 27, 2007, 07:47:10 PM
Lotsa jaw hair clips. 

Why do you need to cut your jaw hair so much?



Cute.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on August 28, 2007, 11:52:29 AM
Quote from: calandale on August 28, 2007, 02:48:41 AM
A pair of women's white pants.
Finally. Just happened to see what
a wanted in the women's section of
the thrift shop. I can get white pants
whenever I want now. Oh happy day.
dude you wear womens pants
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on August 31, 2007, 01:40:46 AM
nothing but wine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 31, 2007, 07:32:16 AM
Actually went to the mall for the first time in ages.  Got a new pair of Crocs for the boy, spent too much on lotions at Bath and Body Works, found a massive clearance sale and got a couple things for the baby, including a onesie that says "shhhh...I'm downloading!"  lol and a shirt for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on August 31, 2007, 07:39:42 AM
I can not stand Bath and Body Works...  I can't stand to even go near it.  The smells permeating that place burn my nose and cause me to retch.  I move to the other side of the walkway when it approaches.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on August 31, 2007, 07:55:34 AM
Quote from: ImTeslaBitch! on August 31, 2007, 07:39:42 AM
I can not stand Bath and Body Works...  I can't stand to even go near it.  The smells permeating that place burn my nose and cause me to retch.  I move to the other side of the walkway when it approaches.

Yeah, I can understand that, the fragrances are strong!  I really like a few of them individually, but the smell in the store when they're all mixed gets overwhelming fast.  I just try to go in with a good idea of what I want so I can grab it and get out.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on August 31, 2007, 08:18:05 AM
cds
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on August 31, 2007, 12:21:34 PM
a 32oz of beer :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 31, 2007, 12:48:52 PM
A Douglas Fir The Talking Tree at a yard sale. Only a buck fifty.

I can remember my brother getting our mother one of those for Christmas and we brought it to my grandparents house as a joke and told them we brought them a tree since they don't have one up and it went off and started singing. My grandmother liked it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 31, 2007, 12:53:48 PM
bought a bunch of new speakers, yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on August 31, 2007, 01:09:07 PM
$458 worth of fucking textbooks.   I procrastinated until I really needed them, just need my grant money to come in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on August 31, 2007, 01:10:53 PM
Bought a few nuclear warheads from the INLA yesterday. They're now pointed at Spokane. T minus 60 minutes. lol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 31, 2007, 01:25:54 PM
Quote from: kubricksrevenge on August 31, 2007, 01:10:53 PM
Bought a few nuclear warheads from the INLA yesterday. They're now pointed at Spokane. T minus 60 minutes. lol

:LMAO: :plus: there's hope for you yet! :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on August 31, 2007, 01:28:33 PM
Quote from: kubricksrevenge on August 31, 2007, 01:10:53 PM
Bought a few nuclear warheads from the INLA yesterday. They're now pointed at Spokane. T minus 60 minutes. lol
Thank God they are not pointed at Rapid City. :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 31, 2007, 01:28:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2007, 12:53:48 PM
bought a bunch of new speakers, yesterday.

Ooh! Ooh! Oo h! Whadja get? Whadja get?


:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 31, 2007, 01:32:06 PM

A decent size batch of Quorn, assorted Italian spices.
I'm planning to make another massive quantity of my "meatless balls" and store meal sized quantities in the freezer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 31, 2007, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 31, 2007, 01:28:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2007, 12:53:48 PM
bought a bunch of new speakers, yesterday.

Ooh! Ooh! Oo h! Whadja get? Whadja get?


:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Danish speakers, from Dali. Great stuff. I got the "5" in "5.1" (already have a good sub). ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 31, 2007, 06:51:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2007, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 31, 2007, 01:28:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2007, 12:53:48 PM
bought a bunch of new speakers, yesterday.

Ooh! Ooh! Oo h! Whadja get? Whadja get?


:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Danish speakers, from Dali. Great stuff. I got the "5" in "5.1" (already have a good sub). ;D

Awesome!
I have not heard them, but they have an excellent reputation among the audiophile community, especially the dual-woofer, floor standers.

Do you have one of their bi-polar bass reflex subwoofers?


... or are you talking about a different subaudible system?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on August 31, 2007, 06:56:45 PM
Condoms
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on August 31, 2007, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on August 31, 2007, 06:56:45 PM
Condoms

:woohoo:   Hope you get lucky soon. ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on August 31, 2007, 07:07:03 PM
Quote from: purposefulinsanity on August 31, 2007, 07:05:00 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on August 31, 2007, 06:56:45 PM
Condoms

:woohoo:   Hope you get lucky soon. ;)
Well You never know.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 31, 2007, 07:14:48 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on August 31, 2007, 06:56:45 PM
Condoms

Do you wear one all the time - just in case?

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 31, 2007, 07:20:56 PM
My wife is a teacher but this past summer worked at Target for extra money she said she was amazed at th number of them she sold on Friday nights
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on August 31, 2007, 07:24:18 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 31, 2007, 07:14:48 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on August 31, 2007, 06:56:45 PM
Condoms

Do you wear one all the time - just in case?

:laugh:
Lets hope not. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 31, 2007, 07:57:31 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on August 31, 2007, 07:24:18 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 31, 2007, 07:14:48 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on August 31, 2007, 06:56:45 PM
Condoms

Do you wear one all the time - just in case?

:laugh:
Lets hope not. :laugh:
Shit, Kevv!
It sounds like you're not sure. Have you checked?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 01, 2007, 11:16:42 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on August 31, 2007, 12:48:52 PM
A Douglas Fir The Talking Tree at a yard sale. Only a buck fifty.

I can remember my brother getting our mother one of those for Christmas and we brought it to my grandparents house as a joke and told them we brought them a tree since they don't have one up and it went off and started singing. My grandmother liked it.

I have one of those! My son drives me nuts with it every Christmas. Scared the hell out of the cat last year.

Bought some books yesterday at a sale, a couple of TY beanies, groceries.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 01, 2007, 02:15:46 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 31, 2007, 06:51:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2007, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 31, 2007, 01:28:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2007, 12:53:48 PM
bought a bunch of new speakers, yesterday.

Ooh! Ooh! Oo h! Whadja get? Whadja get?


:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Danish speakers, from Dali. Great stuff. I got the "5" in "5.1" (already have a good sub). ;D

Awesome!
I have not heard them, but they have an excellent reputation among the audiophile community, especially the dual-woofer, floor standers.

Do you have one of their bi-polar bass reflex subwoofers?


... or are you talking about a different subaudible system?

i have an older pioneer subwoofer that i want to get rid of--it doesn't really compare to the dali speakers in any way. a dali subwoofer is on my shopping list, when i have enough money to spend again. ;D

i love the sound of these new speakers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 01, 2007, 02:34:42 PM
i bought "the matrix" on dvd today. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on September 01, 2007, 02:35:33 PM
Got a GI Joe with the Kng Fu grip.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: mordok on September 01, 2007, 02:36:36 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 01, 2007, 02:34:42 PM
i bought "the matrix" on dvd today. ;D

First DVD I ever bought.   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 01, 2007, 02:38:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 01, 2007, 02:34:42 PM
i bought "the matrix" on dvd today. ;D

boing, bounce, /dies!

:woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 01, 2007, 02:42:28 PM
i discovered just the other day that i didn't own a copy of the matrix. i thought i did. must be all those times i screened it. ???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 01, 2007, 02:48:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 01, 2007, 02:42:28 PM
i discovered just the other day that i didn't own a copy of the matrix. i thought i did. must be all those times i screened it. ???

i've only got it on video, and haven't got a telly, or a video player.  :bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 01, 2007, 02:49:40 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 01, 2007, 02:15:46 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 31, 2007, 06:51:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2007, 01:33:25 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 31, 2007, 01:28:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2007, 12:53:48 PM
bought a bunch of new speakers, yesterday.

Ooh! Ooh! Oo h! Whadja get? Whadja get?


:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Danish speakers, from Dali. Great stuff. I got the "5" in "5.1" (already have a good sub). ;D

Awesome!
I have not heard them, but they have an excellent reputation among the audiophile community, especially the dual-woofer, floor standers.

Do you have one of their bi-polar bass reflex subwoofers?


... or are you talking about a different subaudible system?

i have an older pioneer subwoofer that i want to get rid of--it doesn't really compare to the dali speakers in any way. a dali subwoofer is on my shopping list, when i have enough money to spend again. ;D

i love the sound of these new speakers.

I'll bet they do sound sweet! There's nothing better than a well matched system for your surround sound.

That Pioneer is severely outclassed, I would guess. I have heard many different ones and they are all loaded with second order harmonic distortion. Not too bad in the fourth and sixth harmonic range and the Intermodulation Distortion is tolerable, so they still sound OK, just not truly accurate. Once you upgrade that baby, you will be in audio nirvana!

I had a dual eighteen inch Velodyne for a couple of years, which is well respected on this side of the ocean. Believe it or not, I have replaced it with a pair of twin fifteen inch JBL based cabinets of my own design. I constructed a simple dual chamber bass reflex, one chamber tuned higher than the other so the resonant peaks are widely spread across the spectrum. It only goes down to sixteen Hertz though and I have measured eight Hertz on DVD audio tracks before. I guess I need to design an infrasonic system next.
 ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 01, 2007, 03:23:41 PM
oh, but JBL knows how to make speakers, DD. we have them at "my theatre" and they are simply awesome. the 8 Hz stuff probably isn't real on the dvd, though--in the case of Dolby SRD, they're probably an artifact of a bad transfer of the AC3 stream. don't know enough about dts to make that assumption, though.

and yes, i'm thinking of ditching the pioneer now. it doesn't match, and it's ugly to boot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 01, 2007, 05:32:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 01, 2007, 03:23:41 PM
oh, but JBL knows how to make speakers, DD. we have them at "my theatre" and they are simply awesome. the 8 Hz stuff probably isn't real on the dvd, though--in the case of Dolby SRD, they're probably an artifact of a bad transfer of the AC3 stream. don't know enough about dts to make that assumption, though.

and yes, i'm thinking of ditching the pioneer now. it doesn't match, and it's ugly to boot.
JBLs are my favorite raw drivers to build around, for most uses.

Oh, you could be right about there being some artifacts included in my stream and I understand their spec is from 20Hz to 20kHz, but the low frequencies are there, as coherent waveforms, during the cannon blasts in Master and Commander (I fucking love that movie!). Whether these Low Frequency Effects were actually recorded or just processed with a subharmonic generator, I don't know. It actually causes a little nausea in the sweet spot, even though my subwoofer system is about fifteen dB down from specs at eight Hertz. My calibration charts only go to sixteen Hertz, though, so I'm kind of interpolating decibels, below that. The only problem I have with my set-up is that my enclosures, which are designed to optimise a certain bandwidth, unload the drivers at around twelve Hertz. It's a good thing I don't have close neighbors, sometimes.
 :evillaugh:

I have seen some artifacts which may be like you're talking about though. There are often similar noises, not really tones, that start and stop suddenly on the scope, with no fade out on many soundtracks. They also look more like clipped sawtooth waveforms than sine based. I think compression and de-compression will always be a problem, no matter what they do.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 02, 2007, 05:10:09 AM
Quote from: richardworld on August 28, 2007, 11:52:29 AM
dude you wear womens pants

Indeed. Haven't broken down and
started wearing a skirt yet, but I love
this town. If I stay, I probably shall.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 02, 2007, 05:12:18 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on August 31, 2007, 07:14:48 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on August 31, 2007, 06:56:45 PM
Condoms

Do you wear one all the time - just in case?

:laugh:

Wearing two, and ripping one off before
sex, is the RIGHT way to do it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 02, 2007, 05:13:49 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 01, 2007, 11:16:42 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on August 31, 2007, 12:48:52 PM
A Douglas Fir The Talking Tree at a yard sale. Only a buck fifty.

I can remember my brother getting our mother one of those for Christmas and we brought it to my grandparents house as a joke and told them we brought them a tree since they don't have one up and it went off and started singing. My grandmother liked it.

I have one of those! My son drives me nuts with it every Christmas. Scared the hell out of the cat last year.


I used to torture my wife with the threat of
buying her one for Christmas. She was scared
of him.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 02, 2007, 05:14:31 AM
Quote from: kubricksreveng on September 01, 2007, 02:35:33 PM
Got a GI Joe with the Kng Fu grip.

I always wanted ChromeDome
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 02, 2007, 06:49:14 PM
Quote from: calandale on September 02, 2007, 05:13:49 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 01, 2007, 11:16:42 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on August 31, 2007, 12:48:52 PM
A Douglas Fir The Talking Tree at a yard sale. Only a buck fifty.

I can remember my brother getting our mother one of those for Christmas and we brought it to my grandparents house as a joke and told them we brought them a tree since they don't have one up and it went off and started singing. My grandmother liked it.

I have one of those! My son drives me nuts with it every Christmas. Scared the hell out of the cat last year.



I used to torture my wife with the threat of
buying her one for Christmas. She was scared
of him.  :laugh:


Can't say I blame her. At 2:00 am you trip down the steps after 3 glasses of wine and Douglas the Fir's eyes start glowing and he starts singing. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 02, 2007, 07:05:28 PM
At an estate sale today I bought a siren speaker off some sort of emergency vehicle, a set of those spiky thing that strap to your boots to climb trees,and a Remington power fastener odd lot huh?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 02, 2007, 07:15:33 PM
Quote from: parts on September 02, 2007, 07:05:28 PM
At an estate sale today I bought a siren speaker off some sort of emergency vehicle, a set of those spiky thing that strap to your boots to climb trees,and a Remington power fastener odd lot huh?

Well you did better than I did at least, today's yard sale haul was a bagful of curtains and a couple of throw rugs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 02, 2007, 07:24:11 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 02, 2007, 07:15:33 PM
Quote from: parts on September 02, 2007, 07:05:28 PM
At an estate sale today I bought a siren speaker off some sort of emergency vehicle, a set of those spiky thing that strap to your boots to climb trees,and a Remington power fastener odd lot huh?

Well you did better than I did at least, today's yard sale haul was a bagful of curtains and a couple of throw rugs.

They haven't been very good lately for me either.  I buy a lot of stuff for resale at a local flea market and I am starting to run low.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on September 02, 2007, 10:41:25 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 02, 2007, 06:49:14 PM
Quote from: calandale on September 02, 2007, 05:13:49 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 01, 2007, 11:16:42 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on August 31, 2007, 12:48:52 PM
A Douglas Fir The Talking Tree at a yard sale. Only a buck fifty.

I can remember my brother getting our mother one of those for Christmas and we brought it to my grandparents house as a joke and told them we brought them a tree since they don't have one up and it went off and started singing. My grandmother liked it.

I have one of those! My son drives me nuts with it every Christmas. Scared the hell out of the cat last year.



I used to torture my wife with the threat of
buying her one for Christmas. She was scared
of him.  :laugh:


Can't say I blame her. At 2:00 am you trip down the steps after 3 glasses of wine and Douglas the Fir's eyes start glowing and he starts singing. 

My mother bought one of those for my husband a few years ago for Christmas.  I love your description.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on September 03, 2007, 10:44:32 PM
I bought a new Zen V Plus Mp3 player because I'm sick of my stupid ipod always breaking down. The Zen player is much better than that apple shit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 04, 2007, 12:01:00 AM
"Aspergers in the Family" by Liane Holliday Willey.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on September 04, 2007, 12:21:54 AM
Trashcans with lids.  Fecking dogs developed a trash eating habit after years of mostly leaving it alone.   :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 04, 2007, 02:08:18 AM
shoes for the kids.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on September 04, 2007, 03:42:11 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 04, 2007, 02:08:18 AM
shoes for the kids.

Me too, along with new school uniforms and PE kits.

Also bought some yarn for christmas presents yesterday and some hair dye.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 04, 2007, 05:25:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 04, 2007, 02:08:18 AM
shoes for the kids.

Me too!
I hate buying kid's shoes. We bought shoes ones size smaller than my daughter had out-grown (by the numbers), but they were actually much larger and fit perfectly.

 >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 04, 2007, 06:30:26 AM
fairy booze.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on September 04, 2007, 06:49:19 AM
Quote from: calandale on September 04, 2007, 06:30:26 AM
fairy booze.

I thought fairies were more into powder/dust?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 04, 2007, 06:53:54 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on September 04, 2007, 06:49:19 AM
Quote from: calandale on September 04, 2007, 06:30:26 AM
fairy booze.

I thought fairies were more into powder/dust?

Not the irish ones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 04, 2007, 08:44:07 AM
The essentials, coffee, milk, cake, & cat food.  :kitten:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on September 04, 2007, 08:05:44 PM
ORAGANIC CHOCOLATE COOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Natures Path brand. Fuck those things are awesome
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on September 05, 2007, 01:59:53 PM
Clove Rock, Hunky Dorys and a Double Decker.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 05, 2007, 02:18:47 PM
three t-shirts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 05, 2007, 02:42:20 PM
new clothes, eh?  sprucing yourself up for something?   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on September 05, 2007, 02:47:32 PM
Some art supplies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 05, 2007, 04:38:39 PM
A 32 foot extension ladder.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 06, 2007, 08:57:35 AM
New controller for the PS2, two new light fixtures for outside (on sale), happy joy! more work for me.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on September 06, 2007, 08:09:29 PM
Yarn!!!!  Haven't bought new yarn in several months, this is very exciting.  ;)  Nothing fancy, just some Paton's SWS and some Lion Brand wool that was a little scratchy, but on clearance way too cheap to pass up.  If all else fails, I'll felt it!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 07, 2007, 09:51:04 AM
Kiriana do you knit or crochet? Love buying yarn myself, they have some really cool stuff now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on September 07, 2007, 01:08:15 PM
500 capsules of EPA Fish Oil and 500 of Calcium Magnesium Zinc for me brain!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on September 07, 2007, 02:53:56 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 07, 2007, 09:51:04 AM
Kiriana do you knit or crochet? Love buying yarn myself, they have some really cool stuff now.

Mostly knit.  I tried to teach myself to crochet recently but I'm not very good at it and I'm too impatient to keep practicing when I know I could knit something nice with the same yarn.   :lol:  They do make cool yarn these days.  The SWS I bought is a self striping wool/soy blend, that I'm going to attempt to make an entrelac blanket with.  Should be interesting!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 08, 2007, 12:23:14 PM
A key making machine and a couple hundred blank keys from the 1960's.  I can make keys for a Desoto now :clap:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on September 08, 2007, 03:56:58 PM
Quote from: calandale on September 04, 2007, 06:53:54 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on September 04, 2007, 06:49:19 AM
Quote from: calandale on September 04, 2007, 06:30:26 AM
fairy booze.

I thought fairies were more into powder/dust?

Not the irish ones.

Green Fairy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 09, 2007, 01:22:38 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on September 07, 2007, 02:53:56 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 07, 2007, 09:51:04 AM
Kiriana do you knit or crochet? Love buying yarn myself, they have some really cool stuff now.

Mostly knit.  I tried to teach myself to crochet recently but I'm not very good at it and I'm too impatient to keep practicing when I know I could knit something nice with the same yarn.   :lol:  They do make cool yarn these days.  The SWS I bought is a self striping wool/soy blend, that I'm going to attempt to make an entrelac blanket with.  Should be interesting!

I crochet, still trying to teach myself knitting, but I keep running into the same learning problem.  :green:

Early Christmas shopping today, kiddo has been wanting a ds since they appeared, picked up 2 nice used ones, he never wants to share with mom when he gets a cool new toy :'( . Mom just blew this weeks budget.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kiriana on September 09, 2007, 01:41:39 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 09, 2007, 01:22:38 PM
Quote from: Kiriana on September 07, 2007, 02:53:56 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 07, 2007, 09:51:04 AM
Kiriana do you knit or crochet? Love buying yarn myself, they have some really cool stuff now.

Mostly knit.  I tried to teach myself to crochet recently but I'm not very good at it and I'm too impatient to keep practicing when I know I could knit something nice with the same yarn.   :lol:  They do make cool yarn these days.  The SWS I bought is a self striping wool/soy blend, that I'm going to attempt to make an entrelac blanket with.  Should be interesting!

I crochet, still trying to teach myself knitting, but I keep running into the same learning problem.  :green:

Yeah, people debate endlessly on which one is "easier", but I think it's really just a matter which you learned first.

Quote
Early Christmas shopping today, kiddo has been wanting a ds since they appeared, picked up 2 nice used ones, he never wants to share with mom when he gets a cool new toy :'( . Mom just blew this weeks budget.

Better to have 2 anyway, so you can play some of the mulitplayer games together!  :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on September 09, 2007, 02:37:36 PM
I bought my freedom from a Turkish prison today. And boy is my ass sore!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on September 09, 2007, 02:41:23 PM
New Digital Camera.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 09, 2007, 03:57:28 PM
Quote from: Hadron on September 09, 2007, 02:41:23 PM
New Digital Camera.

Nice. What did you get?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on September 09, 2007, 04:57:15 PM
Quote from: Hadron on September 09, 2007, 02:41:23 PM
New Digital Camera.
post a pic of your cock.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 09, 2007, 05:31:10 PM
Bawk!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on September 09, 2007, 07:22:25 PM
i just bought an inflatable anal buttplug which adapts to my car cigarette lighter.

i used to drive so angry.  i wonder if this will help.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: vodz on September 09, 2007, 08:09:33 PM
A Squier California series P-bass.

AUS$250.

For the sake of tearing it up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on September 09, 2007, 09:16:52 PM
seafood cocktail, 2 Merlot Cabernet's.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on September 10, 2007, 04:16:10 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.

A pantry door?  The old one couldn't be fixed?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:00:38 AM

Much easier to replace it. If the door had been worth fixing, we would have seen pics of GA's hand in a cast.
 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:01:11 AM
Quote from: Callaway on September 10, 2007, 04:16:10 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.
A pantry door?  The old one couldn't be fixed?
No, there is too much damage done and bits of the door were flaking off because the wood is so thin. Plus the laundry door has a hole that needs to be fixed (GA kicked the crate I use to access the dryer into that door) and so does the computer room wardrobe door which GA threw his X-Box controller at.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:06:18 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:01:11 AM
Quote from: Callaway on September 10, 2007, 04:16:10 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.
A pantry door?  The old one couldn't be fixed?
No, there is too much damage done and bits of the door were flaking off because the wood is so thin. Plus the laundry door has a hole that needs to be fixed (GA kicked the crate I use to access the dryer into that door) and so does the computer room wardrobe door which GA threw his X-Box controller at.

Sounds like me in my twenties ...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:15:17 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:06:18 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:01:11 AM
Quote from: Callaway on September 10, 2007, 04:16:10 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.
A pantry door?  The old one couldn't be fixed?
No, there is too much damage done and bits of the door were flaking off because the wood is so thin. Plus the laundry door has a hole that needs to be fixed (GA kicked the crate I use to access the dryer into that door) and so does the computer room wardrobe door which GA threw his X-Box controller at.
Sounds like me in my twenties ...
Did you scare anyone? Because it is scary to see it happen...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:26:53 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:15:17 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:06:18 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:01:11 AM
Quote from: Callaway on September 10, 2007, 04:16:10 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.
A pantry door?  The old one couldn't be fixed?
No, there is too much damage done and bits of the door were flaking off because the wood is so thin. Plus the laundry door has a hole that needs to be fixed (GA kicked the crate I use to access the dryer into that door) and so does the computer room wardrobe door which GA threw his X-Box controller at.
Sounds like me in my twenties ...
Did you scare anyone? Because it is scary to see it happen...

I scared a lot of people and needlessly cost myself lots of money and several friends.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on September 10, 2007, 05:32:59 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:01:11 AM
Quote from: Callaway on September 10, 2007, 04:16:10 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.
A pantry door?  The old one couldn't be fixed?
No, there is too much damage done and bits of the door were flaking off because the wood is so thin. Plus the laundry door has a hole that needs to be fixed (GA kicked the crate I use to access the dryer into that door) and so does the computer room wardrobe door which GA threw his X-Box controller at.
this anger is illogical.  why break things that you will have to spend good money on to replace.

i do not condone these actions of violence.
knock it off, GA.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on September 10, 2007, 05:43:46 AM
i've become more violent toward inanimate objects. i would never have thrown a remote at the wall before. that could leave a dent.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:46:37 AM
Quote from: McMurphy on September 10, 2007, 05:32:59 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:01:11 AM
Quote from: Callaway on September 10, 2007, 04:16:10 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.
A pantry door?  The old one couldn't be fixed?
No, there is too much damage done and bits of the door were flaking off because the wood is so thin. Plus the laundry door has a hole that needs to be fixed (GA kicked the crate I use to access the dryer into that door) and so does the computer room wardrobe door which GA threw his X-Box controller at.
this anger is illogical.  why break things that you will have to spend good money on to replace.

i do not condone these actions of violence.
knock it off, GA.

Easier said than done!
I once jerked a Crown DC300 amplifier (about forty pounds of sharp pointed aluminum corners and a copper core) out of my rack of equipment and heaved it over the speaker stacks, because it blew. It landed in the middle of a fancy carved oak table and busted the shit out of it and dinged up two chairs and a setting of china. I had to replace the table, the amp, upholstery on two chairs, the china and the job, because a manager saw this neurotic behavior and would not let me in the building anymore. It cost me almost two thousand dollars, back when gasoline was about forty cents per gallon.

OH, that's not to mention all the future work I missed out on in that venue! A couple of hundred bucks would have fixed the amp, but I escalated the damage with my fit of rage and took out a fancy table.
 :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on September 10, 2007, 05:54:46 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:46:37 AM
Quote from: McMurphy on September 10, 2007, 05:32:59 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:01:11 AM
Quote from: Callaway on September 10, 2007, 04:16:10 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.
A pantry door?  The old one couldn't be fixed?
No, there is too much damage done and bits of the door were flaking off because the wood is so thin. Plus the laundry door has a hole that needs to be fixed (GA kicked the crate I use to access the dryer into that door) and so does the computer room wardrobe door which GA threw his X-Box controller at.
this anger is illogical.  why break things that you will have to spend good money on to replace.

i do not condone these actions of violence.
knock it off, GA.

Easier said than done!
I once jerked a Crown DC300 amplifier (about forty pounds of sharp pointed aluminum corners and a copper core) out of my rack of equipment and heaved it over the speaker stacks, because it blew. It landed in the middle of a fancy carved oak table and busted the shit out of it and dinged up two chairs and a setting of china. I had to replace the table, the amp, upholstery on two chairs, the china and the job, because a manager saw this neurotic behavior and would not let me in the building anymore. It cost me almost two thousand dollars, back when gasoline was about forty cents per gallon.

OH, that's not to mention all the future work I missed out on in that venue!
 :grrr:
this seems illogical.   why didn't you just take a wad of $100 bills and set them on fire?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:59:36 AM
Quote from: McMurphy on September 10, 2007, 05:54:46 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:46:37 AM
Quote from: McMurphy on September 10, 2007, 05:32:59 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 10, 2007, 05:01:11 AM
Quote from: Callaway on September 10, 2007, 04:16:10 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 09, 2007, 11:10:46 PM
A freaking door.
A pantry door?  The old one couldn't be fixed?
No, there is too much damage done and bits of the door were flaking off because the wood is so thin. Plus the laundry door has a hole that needs to be fixed (GA kicked the crate I use to access the dryer into that door) and so does the computer room wardrobe door which GA threw his X-Box controller at.
this anger is illogical.  why break things that you will have to spend good money on to replace.

i do not condone these actions of violence.
knock it off, GA.

Easier said than done!
I once jerked a Crown DC300 amplifier (about forty pounds of sharp pointed aluminum corners and a copper core) out of my rack of equipment and heaved it over the speaker stacks, because it blew. It landed in the middle of a fancy carved oak table and busted the shit out of it and dinged up two chairs and a setting of china. I had to replace the table, the amp, upholstery on two chairs, the china and the job, because a manager saw this neurotic behavior and would not let me in the building anymore. It cost me almost two thousand dollars, back when gasoline was about forty cents per gallon.

OH, that's not to mention all the future work I missed out on in that venue!
 :grrr:
this seems illogical.   why didn't you just take a wad of $100 bills and set them on fire?

The cost would have been about the same but the lessons would not have reached me as soon.
There are no logical paths through the fields of rage.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on September 10, 2007, 06:29:40 AM
indeed. i mean i threw a remote. if it had broken it would have sucked.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: vodz on September 10, 2007, 06:47:03 AM
Objects are far too precious to be deliberately broken. Exercise extreme caution, and prejudice to those who don't.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on September 10, 2007, 01:01:58 PM
Quote from: vodzy on September 10, 2007, 06:47:03 AM
Objects are far too precious to be deliberately broken. Exercise extreme caution, and prejudice to those who don't.
i guess you recently purchased some good shit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 10, 2007, 01:07:38 PM
B&J Poster, and two books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on September 10, 2007, 01:12:12 PM
I have occasionally threw a alarm clock at the wall.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 10, 2007, 01:19:23 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on September 10, 2007, 01:12:12 PM
I have occasionally threw a alarm clock at the wall.

I can't even tell you how many alarm clocks and clock radios I have smashed :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 10, 2007, 03:48:10 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:06:18 AM


Sounds like me in my twenties ...

Same. Or my first girlfriend.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 10, 2007, 03:49:50 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:59:36 AM

The cost would have been about the same but the lessons would not have reached me as soon.
There are no logical paths through the fields of rage.

Yeah. But one learns control.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:44:15 PM
Quote from: calandale on September 10, 2007, 03:49:50 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:59:36 AM

The cost would have been about the same but the lessons would not have reached me as soon.
There are no logical paths through the fields of rage.

Yeah. But one learns control.

The sooner the better and don't expect the passage of time to do the work for you. There are literally miles of shit to eat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 10, 2007, 06:00:54 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:44:15 PM
Quote from: calandale on September 10, 2007, 03:49:50 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:59:36 AM

The cost would have been about the same but the lessons would not have reached me as soon.
There are no logical paths through the fields of rage.

Yeah. But one learns control.

The sooner the better and don't expect the passage of time to do the work for you. There are literally miles of shit to eat.

Learning to avoid certain types of people
is big for me. Unfortunately, I've unlearned
a lot of the lessons that I thought I knew.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 10, 2007, 06:14:20 PM
Quote from: calandale on September 10, 2007, 06:00:54 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:44:15 PM
Quote from: calandale on September 10, 2007, 03:49:50 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 10, 2007, 05:59:36 AM

The cost would have been about the same but the lessons would not have reached me as soon.
There are no logical paths through the fields of rage.

Yeah. But one learns control.

The sooner the better and don't expect the passage of time to do the work for you. There are literally miles of shit to eat.

Learning to avoid certain types of people
is big for me. Unfortunately, I've unlearned
a lot of the lessons that I thought I knew.

Oh, gawd, we don't wanna talk about how many times we have had to go over some of those lessons.


Please.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 10, 2007, 06:20:00 PM
I had hopes. Really I did.
I mean, when you can tell
something is just WRONG
and dangerous, you should
follow your gut.

It shocks me that I ever erred.
But, I find myself trying to again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 10, 2007, 06:31:11 PM
Quote from: calandale on September 10, 2007, 06:20:00 PM
I had hopes. Really I did.
I mean, when you can tell
something is just WRONG
and dangerous, you should
follow your gut.

It shocks me that I ever erred.
But, I find myself trying to again.

It's not the whole gut that makes quick decisions, though. Often it is the anusbrain itself taking over or acting alone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 10, 2007, 06:39:59 PM
Yeah. I'm safer when I don't listen to my head.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on September 10, 2007, 09:12:22 PM
if i don't take the rage out on something i implode. i can't let the anger poison me, i have to let it out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Thagomizer on September 11, 2007, 11:12:11 AM
Some Dinosaurs Attack cards from 1988. The gum was still in the unopened packs, too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 11, 2007, 11:36:11 AM
The 2008 volcano calendar :headexplode:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 11, 2007, 05:24:15 PM
Coca cola,  $75.00 in gas and a head, it was at the local discount grocery store when I was getting the coca cola kinda bizarre don't you think it was just $3.00 had to get it
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/028.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on September 11, 2007, 05:26:54 PM
Parts, you must now take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha until you reach full enlightenment. There's no going back!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 11, 2007, 05:52:11 PM
Quote from: parts on September 11, 2007, 05:24:15 PM
Coca cola,  $75.00 in gas and a head, it was at the local discount grocery store when I was getting the coca cola kinda bizarre don't you think it was just $3.00 had to get it
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/028.jpg)

You will have an overwhelming desire to try all the positions listed in the Kama Sutra!

Oh and I always knew you'd get ahead in life! :oneliner:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 11, 2007, 06:35:02 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on September 11, 2007, 05:52:11 PM
Quote from: parts on September 11, 2007, 05:24:15 PM
Coca cola,  $75.00 in gas and a head, it was at the local discount grocery store when I was getting the coca cola kinda bizarre don't you think it was just $3.00 had to get it
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/028.jpg)

You will have an overwhelming desire to try all the positions listed in the Kama Sutra!

Oh and I always knew you'd get ahead in life! :oneliner:

I knew there was a reason I got it :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 11, 2007, 09:16:30 PM
Nothing like some "head" to make the day worthwhile! :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 12, 2007, 12:44:15 AM
Quote from: Thagomizer on September 11, 2007, 11:12:11 AM
Some Dinosaurs Attack cards from 1988. The gum was still in the unopened packs, too.
Is the gum edible?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on September 12, 2007, 04:55:40 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on September 11, 2007, 09:16:30 PM
Nothing like some "head" to make the day worthwhile! :eyebrows:

I knew there was a pun there dude I just couldn't quite word it!  :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 12, 2007, 05:57:20 PM
I do try to stay a-head of the game. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 14, 2007, 06:03:11 PM

I found a "S.E.T.I. Institute" t-shirt at Goodwill, today. I tried, but I could not pass that up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 14, 2007, 06:08:13 PM
Milk, Ice cream sandwiches and frozen pizza
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on September 15, 2007, 01:19:27 AM
Asessories for my Nintendo DS The next thing I'm gonna by is Ringo's new CD but my parents don't want me buying it cause my birthday is next month and they have to at least give me something I don't already have. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on September 15, 2007, 01:56:05 AM
I bought a CD today and I know I really want to play it, but it's going to remind me of my mother and make me sad.

It seemed like a good idea to buy it at the time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 15, 2007, 10:12:26 AM
A new B&J soundtrack because my other was all scratched up and was making those annoying sounds as it played in my car in two of the songs.
Videogames, DVDs, snacks and candy, and 101 Dalmatians stuff and other toys from yard sales and thrift stores.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on September 15, 2007, 12:36:41 PM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on September 15, 2007, 10:12:26 AM
A new B&J soundtrack because my other was all scratched up and was making those annoying sounds as it played in my car in two of the songs.
Videogames, DVDs, snacks and candy, and 101 Dalmatians stuff and other toys from yard sales and thrift stores.

Can't you make copies now so it doesnt happen again?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 15, 2007, 12:43:00 PM
Quote from: RupertPupkin on September 15, 2007, 12:36:41 PM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on September 15, 2007, 10:12:26 AM
A new B&J soundtrack because my other was all scratched up and was making those annoying sounds as it played in my car in two of the songs.
Videogames, DVDs, snacks and candy, and 101 Dalmatians stuff and other toys from yard sales and thrift stores.

Can't you make copies now so it doesnt happen again?

Of course!
Your favorite CDs should be backed up immmediately uppon purchase and used as reference only. Play your back-ups in the car!!!!

If someone breaks into your car and takes your CDs, you can easily replace them from your "Reference Library."
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 15, 2007, 01:21:52 PM
Good idea you two.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on September 15, 2007, 03:07:53 PM
Bought pack of CD-Rs. Well, PI got them for me anyway. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 15, 2007, 03:27:23 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on September 15, 2007, 03:07:53 PM
Bought pack of CD-Rs. Well, PI got them for me anyway. :P

I mis-read that as CCR, as Creedence Clearwater Revival. I thought of sending flowers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on September 15, 2007, 03:28:41 PM
Cd's from a couple of bands I saw.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on September 15, 2007, 07:27:08 PM
Blue Dragon and Bioshock for Xbox360 today.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 15, 2007, 10:15:07 PM
Jamaican beef patties YUM  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on September 15, 2007, 10:27:25 PM
Quote from: parts on September 15, 2007, 10:15:07 PM
Jamaican beef patties YUM  ;D

OK, 2 wines and I'm gone.

I read that as - Jamaican beef panties, YUM.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 18, 2007, 11:32:16 AM
$85.75 worth of gasoline :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 18, 2007, 01:11:17 PM
Old popcorn chenille bedspread in mint condition $3, bag of assorted yarn $2, cake pan $1, some bionicle figures for my son 3 for $1, 1997 McDonalds Hercules collector plates set of 12 mint con .50 for the stack, old Franco flashlight .25, some random junk.

Love those rummage sales.  :green:

 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Silk on September 19, 2007, 10:22:15 AM
Disturbia and Grandma's Boy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 22, 2007, 08:18:33 AM

I don't often think of how, seemiingly, insignificant things affect the happenings of my life, but there are times when I am so "grounded" that things get through even my thick skull.

I was sittting  on my deck just cooling down after a brisk walk, listening to my new configuration of deck sound (I have switched to an open back linear driver array, rather than the old horn-loaded system, but that's a diffferent story), enjoying a smoke and a cup of kaffa buni, just before sun-up as the sky lightened up, when a female hummingbird in the yard came up under the decking and got near me. She appproached within a foot of my face. I froze, of course, because I'm a tough old wolf and if she wanted to sample my nectar, she was welcome to some.

She just hovered there for over ten or twelve seconds, flitting back and forth, sizing me up, I guess, as I was perfectly stilll. I got an extraordinary look at her hottness, beauty and livelihood. I felt her wingwind on my face. She was a most lovely and healthy bird. She moved on.

I continue, after she left, even changed the music and re-filled my pipe and coffee mug. Time Comes to near eightish o'clock and I head out to the farmers market to bring back fresh vegetables that slept out last night, still alive if I'm lucky. I saw another bird, a dove, eating in the middle of the street and decided to just turn and take another route, to avoid disturbing him from his meal.

I came across a yardsale and impulse made me stop. I could not see any reason to stop from the street and my initial quick-search produced nothing of value to me. There were still some areas I could not see and ventured deeper into their property, when I saw a birdbath heater. I wasn't sure what it was at first, but it was electrical and I was drawn to it. After a little inspection I asked the old man if it was indeeed what I thought it was and he confirmed that it worked fine.

I tried for the second time, last winter to keep the birds in the yard, with fresh suet, warm water to drink and some cover left behind, instead of cut to the ground like I normally do. It was major pain in the ass to keep the water from freezing when the air temperatures are ten or so below zero. I failed on a number of of days to provide water for the ones tough enough to stick out the winter in Indiana.

I may now have conquered some of the human element. I bought the bird bath heater for a buck and it seems to work as claimed, but we will see if it can keep up with the weather in January. I can't hurt, that's for sure. I have convinced most of the other neighbors to switch from seeds to suet in November, but I am the only one who tries to keep water for them. This should help, tremendously!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 22, 2007, 09:10:40 AM
Tag sales are great.  Got some old wood planes for a dollar,a watt /voltage meter for a couple dollars, and a Snap-on 3/8 ratchet for a dollar.
Hope your birds stay around :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on September 22, 2007, 03:28:58 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 22, 2007, 08:18:33 AM
I was sittting  on my deck just cooling down after a brisk walk, listening to my new configuration of deck sound (I have switched to an open back linear driver array, rather than the old horn-loaded system, but that's a diffferent story), enjoying a smoke and a cup of kaffa buni, just before sun-up as the sky lightened up, when a female hummingbird in the yard came up under the decking and got near me. She appproached within a foot of my face. I froze, of course, because I'm a tough old wolf and if she wanted to sample my nectar, she was welcome to some.

She just hovered there for over ten or twelve seconds, flitting back and forth, sizing me up, I guess, as I was perfectly stilll. I got an extraordinary look at her hottness, beauty and livelihood. I felt her wingwind on my face. She was a most lovely and healthy bird. She moved on.

Awesome.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 22, 2007, 06:11:34 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on September 22, 2007, 03:28:58 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 22, 2007, 08:18:33 AM
I was sittting  on my deck just cooling down after a brisk walk, listening to my new configuration of deck sound (I have switched to an open back linear driver array, rather than the old horn-loaded system, but that's a diffferent story), enjoying a smoke and a cup of kaffa buni, just before sun-up as the sky lightened up, when a female hummingbird in the yard came up under the decking and got near me. She appproached within a foot of my face. I froze, of course, because I'm a tough old wolf and if she wanted to sample my nectar, she was welcome to some.

She just hovered there for over ten or twelve seconds, flitting back and forth, sizing me up, I guess, as I was perfectly stilll. I got an extraordinary look at her hottness, beauty and livelihood. I felt her wingwind on my face. She was a most lovely and healthy bird. She moved on.

Awesome.

Yes! You have no idea how it made my day. It is such a unlikely occurrence to even get a decent look at one around here. I feel like I was given a rare gift. They actually come into the yard often in the mornings, but never that close before.

Listen to me be all girlie.
 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on September 22, 2007, 06:17:14 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 22, 2007, 06:11:34 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on September 22, 2007, 03:28:58 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 22, 2007, 08:18:33 AM
I was sittting  on my deck just cooling down after a brisk walk, listening to my new configuration of deck sound (I have switched to an open back linear driver array, rather than the old horn-loaded system, but that's a diffferent story), enjoying a smoke and a cup of kaffa buni, just before sun-up as the sky lightened up, when a female hummingbird in the yard came up under the decking and got near me. She appproached within a foot of my face. I froze, of course, because I'm a tough old wolf and if she wanted to sample my nectar, she was welcome to some.

She just hovered there for over ten or twelve seconds, flitting back and forth, sizing me up, I guess, as I was perfectly stilll. I got an extraordinary look at her hottness, beauty and livelihood. I felt her wingwind on my face. She was a most lovely and healthy bird. She moved on.

Awesome.

Yes! You have no idea how it made my day. It is such a unlikely occurrence to even get a decent look at one around here. I feel like I was given a rare gift. They actually come into the yard often in the mornings, but never that close before.

Listen to me be all girlie.
 :laugh:

Maybe it's nature's way of thanking you for taking time out with your kids the other day to appreciate it :-*

So happy lots of nice things are happening for you at the moment DD.  It's great.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 22, 2007, 06:49:06 PM
Subway, double bacon BLT sandwich and AMber got an Italian double meat sub.  She's got the teenage growing like a weed appetite............either that or she's a chip off the ol' blockhead.  As in a Carnivore like her old man!   <sniff>  I'm so proud!  <sniff>
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 22, 2007, 08:17:16 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 22, 2007, 06:11:34 PM
Quote from: Silent Dunc on September 22, 2007, 03:28:58 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on September 22, 2007, 08:18:33 AM
I was sittting  on my deck just cooling down after a brisk walk, listening to my new configuration of deck sound (I have switched to an open back linear driver array, rather than the old horn-loaded system, but that's a diffferent story), enjoying a smoke and a cup of kaffa buni, just before sun-up as the sky lightened up, when a female hummingbird in the yard came up under the decking and got near me. She appproached within a foot of my face. I froze, of course, because I'm a tough old wolf and if she wanted to sample my nectar, she was welcome to some.

She just hovered there for over ten or twelve seconds, flitting back and forth, sizing me up, I guess, as I was perfectly stilll. I got an extraordinary look at her hottness, beauty and livelihood. I felt her wingwind on my face. She was a most lovely and healthy bird. She moved on.

Awesome.

Yes! You have no idea how it made my day. It is such a unlikely occurrence to even get a decent look at one around here. I feel like I was given a rare gift. They actually come into the yard often in the mornings, but never that close before.

Listen to me be all girlie.
 :laugh:

Wear a red hat, tends to attract them. Had one laying lifeless on the front porch last summer, picked it up and held it in my hand for a bit, thinking such a shame it was so beautiful. Set it down again and it suddenly sat up, must have knocked itself out cold flying into something is all I could figure. It sat there and it stared at me for a little bit and then flew off.

Good score with the birdbath heater, hope it works out for you.

Went to a few sales yesterday, Atari system w/over 50 some games $5, Older Pentex SLR camera w/lenses $5, L. Vuitton makeup bag $1 (not fake), L. Vuitton hat & scarf $2 (knockoff I think, but cute), drapes for kitchen window $2 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: purposefulinsanity on September 24, 2007, 04:43:11 AM
Good buy with the atari stuff especially- we still have an old one laying around the house, but unfortunately the joysticks with it are just about fucked so I'm never motivated enough to set it up to play.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2007, 05:35:15 AM
i bought a webcam thingy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 24, 2007, 05:57:41 AM
Some recordable CD's
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 24, 2007, 06:28:30 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 24, 2007, 05:35:15 AM
i bought a webcam thingy.

orly?

are you going to be posting videos of your knob all over the place now, then?

:yikes:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2007, 11:44:40 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 24, 2007, 06:28:30 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 24, 2007, 05:35:15 AM
i bought a webcam thingy.

orly?

are you going to be posting videos of your knob all over the place now, then?

:yikes:

yeah. that and the orges. :LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 24, 2007, 12:06:19 PM
Watch out for those ogres, they can be horny bastards, especially when they get excited! :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2007, 12:07:30 PM
sheesh, can't you spell? i'm talking about the orges i'm having.  :LMAO: :rofl:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 24, 2007, 12:09:39 PM
Your having ogres over for dinner???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2007, 12:11:53 PM
you need to read more of flo's posts. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 24, 2007, 12:41:42 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 24, 2007, 11:44:40 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 24, 2007, 06:28:30 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 24, 2007, 05:35:15 AM
i bought a webcam thingy.

orly?

are you going to be posting videos of your knob all over the place now, then?

:yikes:

yeah. that and the orges. :LMAO:

er, no, mainly.  i don't want My Bits all over the intergeek, thank you.  :P

;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 27, 2007, 06:57:07 PM
Two black ink cartridges
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 27, 2007, 09:23:53 PM
Samsung 512MB DDR400 RAM
AM2 AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+
Kingston 2G RAM Kit 667MHz DDR2
Zalman CNPS9700 LED CPU Cooler
Zalman CNPS9700 NT CPU Cooler
2x 120mm Quad-Green LED Ball Bearing Fans
ASUS Vento TA-861 PC Case+PSU
ASUS M2N-E SLI AM2 Motherboard   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The_P on September 29, 2007, 09:48:02 AM
Twilight Princess for £22. W00t!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 29, 2007, 12:23:41 PM
A hummingbird banner for next summer!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 29, 2007, 04:21:28 PM
30 bags cellulose insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 01, 2007, 12:48:17 PM
Online last night. 48" lighted animated snowman $15, a witch for my front door $4.75 (should amuse my ex)   :witch1:

Rummage sale haul. Wool oval braided rug for my kitchen (big 8x10?) $5 really nice, yarn .50 each, assorted skimpy tops to sleep in or make the neighbors stare depending on my mood, some hot wheels for my son, PS1 system with controllers $3, books, icicle lights new in box 3 @ $2. Spent $25 total, not bad.

Groceries, groceries, and more groceries.  :yawn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on October 01, 2007, 02:07:56 PM
Groceries, birthday cards for friends.  The few that I have anyway! :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on October 01, 2007, 05:15:55 PM
Need groceries. Need food.
Val hungers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on October 07, 2007, 07:03:24 AM
Knee socks that say "nerd" on them.  A necessary impulse buy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 07, 2007, 08:12:37 AM
175 tapered wood plugs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 07, 2007, 10:04:53 AM
a book called "broken english".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2007, 11:09:29 AM

Two new three hundred gigabyte hard drives.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 07, 2007, 02:25:45 PM
i bought a 250 Gb one last week. it was the smallest they had.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 07, 2007, 03:05:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 07, 2007, 02:25:45 PM
i bought a 250 Gb one last week. it was the smallest they had.

Funny my first computer had a 20 megabyte hard drive they have come a long way
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2007, 03:33:08 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 07, 2007, 02:25:45 PM
i bought a 250 Gb one last week. it was the smallest they had.

I bought them because they are older technology and were less than a hundred bucks per unit. This will allow me enough space for about eight thousand more songs and their back ups.

Music playback doesn't actually require the latest and greatest, speediest, high-tech equipment.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 07, 2007, 04:21:21 PM
Quote from: parts on October 07, 2007, 03:05:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 07, 2007, 02:25:45 PM
i bought a 250 Gb one last week. it was the smallest they had.

Funny my first computer had a 20 megabyte hard drive they have come a long way

the first one i used didn't have a hdd at all. any programs i wrote i had to store on a cassette tape drive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on October 07, 2007, 06:14:42 PM
Funny buttons with sarcastic saying s on them, a souvenir program from the Lippizaner Stallions show that I took Amber to for her birthday present.  Gas, groceries, and snacks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on October 07, 2007, 06:49:57 PM
Quote from: parts on October 07, 2007, 03:05:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 07, 2007, 02:25:45 PM
i bought a 250 Gb one last week. it was the smallest they had.

Funny my first computer had a 20 megabyte hard drive they have come a long way

Mine had a tape deck.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on October 07, 2007, 07:58:04 PM
mine's 20 years old and still works. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on October 07, 2007, 08:00:06 PM
Add a decade, for mine. Works too.
'Course, the hard drive is often what
goes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on October 07, 2007, 08:15:10 PM
Gas or Petrol for my car! :stinker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on October 07, 2007, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: calandale on October 07, 2007, 08:00:06 PM
Add a decade, for mine. Works too.
'Course, the hard drive is often what
goes.

computers today last a coupla years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on October 07, 2007, 08:25:24 PM
Eh. I have my brother's old PII, which works fine.
Gotta be 10 years old now. Actually, I've never had
one die, and neither has my dad. They just get obsolete.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on October 07, 2007, 08:58:32 PM
i've had one or two die. my current PC is crap and ready to die. my laptop is hanging in there.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on October 07, 2007, 09:03:27 PM
Funny. I'd imagine laptops are more fragile.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2007, 09:19:20 PM
Quote from: calandale on October 07, 2007, 08:25:24 PM
Eh. I have my brother's old PII, which works fine.
Gotta be 10 years old now. Actually, I've never had
one die, and neither has my dad. They just get obsolete.

Believe it or not, I have a 486 that still works, perfectly. It's just slow as fuck. 25mHz, I think.
:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on October 07, 2007, 09:24:17 PM
Quote from: calandale on October 07, 2007, 09:03:27 PM
Funny. I'd imagine laptops are more fragile.


it's my newest
and not crammed full of stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on October 07, 2007, 09:30:55 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on October 07, 2007, 09:19:20 PM
Quote from: calandale on October 07, 2007, 08:25:24 PM
Eh. I have my brother's old PII, which works fine.
Gotta be 10 years old now. Actually, I've never had
one die, and neither has my dad. They just get obsolete.

Believe it or not, I have a 486 that still works, perfectly. It's just slow as fuck. 25mHz, I think.
:D

Yeah. We have a couple 486/386's. The TRS-80 with 4k is still the
big shocker though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on October 07, 2007, 10:05:03 PM
The problem with computers these days is that the power supplys are complete shite. They are always going tits up, especially in..... ah fuck it, they are all crap cos no one wants to spend serious ca$h on the things. Plus they lie on the damn things. 430W PSU handles more like a 250-300W, and therefore craps out and takes out as much hardware as it can with it.

Also you hear about a lot of MotherBoard that are DOA, lucky most places are pretty good with swapping them for another one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 08, 2007, 01:02:19 AM
i've had a couple of motherboards die on me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on October 08, 2007, 01:05:55 AM
Four TY Beanes, all for seven dollars.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on October 08, 2007, 03:25:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 08, 2007, 01:02:19 AM
i've had a couple of motherboards die on me.

What's worse is when they slowly die and just go weird on you.

The one I replaced in my 5yo's PC would kill the keyboard off if the BIOS settings weren't just right, like you had to manually assign IRQ's. It was an Abit BX6 I think. Plus it wouldnt take this Gigabit Card I got for it, so that's when I decided to build him up something somewhat modern, hence the ASUS M2N-E SLI AM2 Motherboard I bought a few days ago  :green:

He's happy, he can now play LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Star WarsII, both awesomely funny and enjoyable games  :vader:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 08, 2007, 06:31:03 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 08, 2007, 01:02:19 AM
i've had a couple of motherboards die on me.

Me, too. I had a PC Chips P3 board (I can't remember who bought them out, but they have a new name) and an Intel P4 board both die.

The P3 board's BIOS chip became corrupt and it would not take a flash. Doubt that was power related. On the Intel board the north bridge went south, which could have been power related, but I have a bigger power supply (650W Antec) than Intel recommended.

They were both under warranty, though. Both companies sent upgraded replacements. Intel sent me a new board pre-loaded with an upgraded processor and 512MB of RAM, if I sent them the old processor, first. I thought that was pretty damn cool.

I agree, though. In general power supply inadequacies take down all kinds of electronic equipment.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on October 08, 2007, 07:15:53 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on October 08, 2007, 06:31:03 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 08, 2007, 01:02:19 AM
i've had a couple of motherboards die on me.

Me, too. I had a PC Chips P3 board

PC Chips, Enuff Said?  ::)

Man they were crap!!! Every time someone I knew, family usually, told me they knew some computer guy and he got them a good deal (They never asked my opinion, that's family for you), it always ended up having this cheap ass PC Chips MotherBoard, oh and a Cyrix CPU  :bangbang:. And to top it off, you'd find a 4.3GB Maxtor, which would only last a couple of years and then die.

Before buying any PC gear, always read lots of reviews and support forums of said hardware.

btw, the Zalman CNPS9700 NT CPU Cooler (http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=231&code=005) kicks fucking ass!!! Got my wife's Athlon 64 X2 4400+ idling at 10°C.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 08, 2007, 07:53:33 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on October 08, 2007, 07:15:53 AM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on October 08, 2007, 06:31:03 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 08, 2007, 01:02:19 AM
i've had a couple of motherboards die on me.

Me, too. I had a PC Chips P3 board

PC Chips, Enuff Said?  ::)

Man they were crap!!! Every time someone I knew, family usually, told me they knew some computer guy and he got them a good deal (They never asked my opinion, that's family for you), it always ended up having this cheap ass PC Chips MotherBoard, oh and a Cyrix CPU  :bangbang:. And to top it off, you'd find a 4.3GB Maxtor, which would only last a couple of years and then die.

Before buying any PC gear, always read lots of reviews and support forums of said hardware.

btw, the Zalman CNPS9700 NT CPU Cooler (http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=231&code=005) kicks fucking ass!!! Got my wife's Athlon 64 X2 4400+ idling at 10°C.

You're right. I bought it because I wanted a second box going on the cheap and had most of the other stuff lying around. It was a pain to get it going, but the replacement board still works in a friends house. (poor guy) I really didn't know squat about computers, back then in the early Pentium era. (still don't)
Buying that PC Chips board was a good learning experience.
:D

I really liked the way Intel treated me with their warranty, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 08, 2007, 09:09:41 AM
PC Chips *shudder*

Ex MIL bought this ungodly over-priced system a couple years back and I had to hear about how "totally wonderful" it was over and over again while I was scraping up enough money to build myself something a bit better than the ancient piece of shit I had.

She didn't have the system a year and it was sitting on my kitchen table with a dead hard drive, PC Chips & Maxtor.  :lol:  The motherboard went 3 months later after I replaced the hard drive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 08, 2007, 03:41:53 PM
A cordless right angle drill for getting in some tight spots tommrow
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on October 09, 2007, 05:50:58 PM
A book. Play Doh, gummi maker set, and two notebook keychains.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on October 09, 2007, 08:32:27 PM
You can make gummi candy now?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 09, 2007, 09:00:39 PM
Three new feather pillows
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on November 04, 2007, 04:32:42 AM
i want gummi leems.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 04, 2007, 04:44:54 AM
I bought "Sea of Love" on DVD. OK film, but the reason I wanted the DVD was the end title music, a Tom Waits song.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on November 04, 2007, 05:46:08 AM
Quote from: Ass Fairy 85 on October 09, 2007, 05:50:58 PM
A book. Play Doh, gummi maker set, and two notebook keychains.

OHHH MYYY GAAAAAWWWDD!!! I just bought the exact same things!!!! Is the book about fur coats???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 04, 2007, 07:14:47 AM
My sunday papers, The Boston Globe and The Lewiston Sun Journal
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on November 04, 2007, 10:34:17 AM
cigarettes for PI, coke, milk and butter
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 04, 2007, 10:40:40 AM
Quote from: Ass Fairy8 on November 04, 2007, 04:32:42 AM
i want gummi leems.


LEEMS
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on November 04, 2007, 01:01:35 PM
i just bought BEER :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on November 04, 2007, 01:05:09 PM
Quote from: Ass Fairy10 on November 04, 2007, 10:34:17 AM
cigarettes for PI, coke, milk and butter

can you buy me those? what brand does she smoke?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on November 04, 2007, 01:06:08 PM
i bought vodka but i drank it already.

Quote from: Ass Fairy2 on November 04, 2007, 10:40:40 AM
Quote from: Ass Fairy8 on November 04, 2007, 04:32:42 AM
i want gummi leems.


LEEMS

 :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on November 04, 2007, 03:10:33 PM
Quote from: Ass Fairy8 on November 04, 2007, 01:05:09 PM
Quote from: Ass Fairy10 on November 04, 2007, 10:34:17 AM
cigarettes for PI, coke, milk and butter

can you buy me those? what brand does she smoke?

I don't think the milk would travel well. :P she smokes Marlboro Lights.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on November 04, 2007, 03:11:31 PM
A Logitech MX Revolution mouse.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 04, 2007, 05:04:44 PM
Quote from: First Tsurugi on November 04, 2007, 03:11:31 PM
A Logitech MX Revolution mouse.

Do you like it?

I use one at work and I have yet to decide.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on November 04, 2007, 06:01:40 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 04, 2007, 05:04:44 PM
Quote from: First Tsurugi on November 04, 2007, 03:11:31 PM
A Logitech MX Revolution mouse.

Do you like it?

I use one at work and I have yet to decide.

Yes, it's excellent.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fritz the Cat on November 04, 2007, 07:57:05 PM
The latest thing I bought was food actually... But it'll change today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 05, 2007, 05:07:09 PM
TY Beanie
Care Bears coloring book
Full House season 6
To Grandmoher's House we go
Z100 morning zoo christmas discs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 05:17:51 PM
i got 3 happy hippos, a bag of aero balls or whatever they're called, 2 packets of pickled onion monster munch and 2 bottles of purple lucozade from spar. so today i'll be back to my normal eating routine i think.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 05:18:59 PM
None of that sounds like food.  :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 05:25:20 PM
well it's not exactly healthy, but it is food  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 05, 2007, 05:27:03 PM
What are happy hippos  besides ones that are free to roam and swim in Africa?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 05:31:48 PM
(http://frn.sdstate.edu/Lending_LibraryPics/Inventory%20Pictures/Hungry,%20Hungry%20Hippos%203457.jpg)

Is what I always think of.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 05, 2007, 05:34:57 PM
That's Happy Happy Hippo I can see eating the marbles but the rest of the plastic doesn't look like it would go down well :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 05:39:19 PM
i can't eat plastic  ???

(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7175/happyhipposll4.png)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 05, 2007, 05:45:36 PM
Quote from: Arse Fairy4 on November 05, 2007, 05:39:19 PM
i can't eat plastic  ???

(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7175/happyhipposll4.png)

Look tasty

Well okay your can this time :P

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 05:47:12 PM
they're nice. :)
they're only about 23p as well, i should have got more than just 3
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 05:48:38 PM
Quote from: parts on November 05, 2007, 05:34:57 PM
That's Happy Happy Hippo I can see eating the marbles but the rest of the plastic doesn't look like it would go down well :laugh:

Actually, hungry, hungry hippos.
But, I can't help thinking it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 05, 2007, 05:50:40 PM
Quote from: Ass Fairy2 on November 05, 2007, 05:48:38 PM
Quote from: parts on November 05, 2007, 05:34:57 PM
That's Happy Happy Hippo I can see eating the marbles but the rest of the plastic doesn't look like it would go down well :laugh:

Actually, hungry, hungry hippos.
But, I can't help thinking it.

I remember the commercial just had a brain fart on the name
It's stuck in my head now too damn TV
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 05:53:28 PM
 :laugh:

It always looked so lame to me.
The closest I remember to that kind
of game was Operation, which didn't
thrill me either. Though, I suppose it's
more fun drunk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 05, 2007, 05:55:14 PM
Quote from: Ass Fairy2 on November 05, 2007, 05:53:28 PM
:laugh:

It always looked so lame to me.
The closest I remember to that kind
of game was Operation, which didn't
thrill me either. Though, I suppose it's
more fun drunk.

Operation is good if you hook it up to house current :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 05:55:31 PM
i like the one where you have to put loads of stuff on a donkey
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 06:01:04 PM
Quote from: parts on November 05, 2007, 05:55:14 PM


Operation is good if you hook it up to house current :laugh:

I was actually thinking that.

Quote from: Arse Fairy4 on November 05, 2007, 05:55:31 PM
i like the one where you have to put loads of stuff on a donkey

Sounds like a porn game to me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on November 05, 2007, 07:12:31 PM

Or mousetrap?

Always liked lining up dominos aswell... _ _ _ _ ///////////////!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  never seemed to have enough though  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 07:16:42 PM
(http://i17.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/c1/9a/3235_1.JPG)

Didn't realize this was such an old game.
'Twas a lot of fun.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 07:39:01 PM
i loved mousetrap
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 05, 2007, 08:08:26 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 05, 2007, 08:10:02 PM
Quote from: Arse Fairy4 on November 05, 2007, 07:39:01 PM
i loved mousetrap

I always wanted it but never got it :violin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 05, 2007, 09:48:42 PM
Mousetrap was good.... but i found a better (and very cheesey-er) game...

Remember this ?
(http://www.surgery3000.com/images/surgimage/Covers/supermarket_sweep.jpg)

but the board game lol....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 05, 2007, 09:50:24 PM
anywho i just gone and bought this little beautie :D

(http://images.play.com/banners/3496174l.jpg)

i am now well and truly hooked......   anyone else play and if so what server cos i like questing :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 09:53:08 PM
i never even knew there was a supermarket sweep game lol
thats the kind of thing you should be ashamed of  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 09:55:15 PM
Board games are NEVER to be shameful.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 09:57:50 PM
dale winton ones are  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 05, 2007, 10:03:44 PM
well maybe a sligght amount of shame is aquired when doing anything that isnt normal.... but that goes with the territory dont it ??

i bet we all have something we think is alright that others think is shamefull right soph ?

mine is Pokemon (even tho i'm 24) what's yours ?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 10:05:34 PM
i have imaginary friends. is that shameful?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 10:06:13 PM
Quote from: Arse Fairy4 on November 05, 2007, 10:05:34 PM
i have imaginary friends. is that shameful?

I AM an imaginary friend.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 10:06:48 PM
you're my favourite imaginary friend
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 10:07:14 PM
 :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 05, 2007, 10:07:26 PM
Quote from: Arse Fairy4 on November 05, 2007, 10:05:34 PM
i have imaginary friends. is that shameful?

not really, may be construed as vaguely childish but i dont think so... what are their names ?? (if more than one) ?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 10:15:33 PM
Quote from: BadgerTobi on November 05, 2007, 10:07:26 PM
Quote from: Arse Fairy4 on November 05, 2007, 10:05:34 PM
i have imaginary friends. is that shameful?

not really, may be construed as vaguely childish but i dont think so... what are their names ?? (if more than one) ?
they dont have names actually. which might be a bit weird. they have very complex personalities though.
god i need to grow up. maybe im going insane from spending too much time in my room.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 05, 2007, 10:18:01 PM
now that is vaguely weird... but still only vaguely...

god you dont need to grow up... just get out a bit more...

staying in your room all day maybe fun but not for your personal hygiene to say the least... or being social (if that is you actually socialise (no offence))...

Not really setting a good standard for the english ru soph ?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 10:22:08 PM
i don't think it affects my hygiene, i have 5 showers a day sometimes.
and i dont socialise. i've tried plenty of times and failed. my social anxiety is pretty bad and most people dont like me so little chance to socialise.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 05, 2007, 10:49:03 PM
as i just said in my rather long winded message
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?topic=6509.msg291192#msg291192

it dont matter if ur crap at socialising... do you think that everyone is great to begin with... hah hell no... i wish.

just get out there... gradually at first if its too much... but just putting your foot in the door is a good start, thats how i did it... and now i can pretty much socialise with any group of people... its all about finding common ground, or if that fails, finding something to connect with others, pretty much any aspect of life can be used to convey a social message, given the right context.

and if that fails then your trying too hard or mixing with the wrong people.

it gets better with practise tho... i can asure you.

:sandmage:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 05, 2007, 10:50:21 PM
And, it gets worse with neglect.
I was much better, in my 20's, than
I am today. I'm probably as bad off as
I was when a teen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 05, 2007, 10:51:39 PM
true... although i'm mid way thru my 20's so i'm still going and havent given up............. yet
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 11:05:09 PM
whenever i managed to go to the pub or a club or anything, i hated it and ended up with a migraine when i got home. i don't see how it's worth it unless you actually want to do that kind of thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 05, 2007, 11:12:46 PM
ok then... i tryed.... maybe you just need to go out with people you feel safe with first off...

however if you dont have any actual friends then it may be hard (i'm not trying to be offensive here but it is a pickle none the less)...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 05, 2007, 11:22:18 PM
im not offended, its true  :-\
i have zero friends IRL
and ive lost my real friend online as well now so im stuck here too
i never seem to be able to make friends now though
i had a couple of people talk to me when i went out on saturday, but i screwed both up. and one of them was definately because of my AS - he was being sarcastic and i missed it and looked like a twat so he went off to talk to someone else lol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 06, 2007, 04:34:36 AM
well i feel sorry for you, in a very non offensive way... i'll be your friend if you want... get to know me i'm pretty easy going...

i'd hate to have no friends so i'll keep you company if you need anything ok :naruto4:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 06, 2007, 02:11:26 PM

I bought an NVidia 512Mb vid card for thirty six bucks. There must have been a problem with the pricing system, because it is a two hundred and eighty dollar card, but I saw the price and whipped out my checkbook, before the store opened.

:hide:

I may have taken advantage of someone's mistake.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on November 06, 2007, 02:14:42 PM
Nice job Dawg haha.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 06, 2007, 02:42:50 PM
Shoulda bought more than one,
and sold the rest on e-bay.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 07, 2007, 05:32:42 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 06, 2007, 02:11:26 PM

I bought an NVidia 512Mb vid card for thirty six bucks. There must have been a problem with the pricing system, because it is a two hundred and eighty dollar card, but I saw the price and whipped out my checkbook, before the store opened.

:hide:

I may have taken advantage of someone's mistake.

Can you get me one, too? :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 07, 2007, 01:11:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 07, 2007, 05:32:42 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 06, 2007, 02:11:26 PM

I bought an NVidia 512Mb vid card for thirty six bucks. There must have been a problem with the pricing system, because it is a two hundred and eighty dollar card, but I saw the price and whipped out my checkbook, before the store opened.

:hide:

I may have taken advantage of someone's mistake.

Can you get me one, too? :laugh:

No, sorry.
It was corrected within the hour. The price should have been two hundred thirty five ninety nine. I feel a little bad, but not bad enough to take it back. I will find a use for it and honor their mistake in that way for years to come.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 07, 2007, 02:43:27 PM
The price that they pay for not paying for competent help.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 07, 2007, 06:32:24 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 07, 2007, 01:11:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 07, 2007, 05:32:42 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 06, 2007, 02:11:26 PM

I bought an NVidia 512Mb vid card for thirty six bucks. There must have been a problem with the pricing system, because it is a two hundred and eighty dollar card, but I saw the price and whipped out my checkbook, before the store opened.

:hide:

I may have taken advantage of someone's mistake.

Can you get me one, too? :laugh:

No, sorry.
It was corrected within the hour. The price should have been two hundred thirty five ninety nine. I feel a little bad, but not bad enough to take it back. I will find a use for it and honor their mistake in that way for years to come.

Their mistake, don't feel bad about it.  Maybe thats unethical of me to say that, but, I'v been ripped off too many times to sympathize with the "corporations".  And since they pay their employees shit wages and benefits, .........well you get what you pay for.  Their problem, not yours.  Enjoy!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 07, 2007, 09:54:22 PM
I bought a "Voltron, Defender of the Universe" t-shirt.
I used to love that show when I was a kid, I drove my sisters crazy talking about it. So I will wear that shirt when I see them next. :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rocketturtle on November 07, 2007, 11:18:47 PM
a piano and lessons to go with it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 08, 2007, 07:21:18 AM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 07, 2007, 11:18:47 PM
a piano and lessons to go with it


No shit?

What kind?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 08, 2007, 07:21:58 AM
Food. Yippee!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 08, 2007, 07:23:46 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on November 07, 2007, 06:32:24 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 07, 2007, 01:11:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 07, 2007, 05:32:42 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 06, 2007, 02:11:26 PM

I bought an NVidia 512Mb vid card for thirty six bucks. There must have been a problem with the pricing system, because it is a two hundred and eighty dollar card, but I saw the price and whipped out my checkbook, before the store opened.

:hide:

I may have taken advantage of someone's mistake.

Can you get me one, too? :laugh:

No, sorry.
It was corrected within the hour. The price should have been two hundred thirty five ninety nine. I feel a little bad, but not bad enough to take it back. I will find a use for it and honor their mistake in that way for years to come.

Their mistake, don't feel bad about it.  Maybe thats unethical of me to say that, but, I'v been ripped off too many times to sympathize with the "corporations".  And since they pay their employees shit wages and benefits, .........well you get what you pay for.  Their problem, not yours.  Enjoy!

That's the way I am justifying it in my mind. There may be benefits to this "shit job,"  but I will have to be ready to harvest them when they are ready for picking.

I found that another employee bought a dual core laptop for four hundred bucks. It should have been fourteen hundred bucks. the same mistake!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 08, 2007, 08:57:12 AM
Bought a used AC fan for my car. Turned out it was for a different car model...  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 08, 2007, 10:42:16 AM
New slippers from L.L. Bean for my cold toesies!  Also a bunch of Bella Sara trading cards for Amber, her latest obsession! :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 08, 2007, 07:30:06 PM
Five Happy Hippos, three packets of Worcester Sauce French Fries and a bottle of purple Lucozade.
I think it was buy one get one free on the Lucozade though, but I'm a bit thick like that so I only got one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rocketturtle on November 08, 2007, 11:06:23 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 08, 2007, 07:21:18 AM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 07, 2007, 11:18:47 PM
a piano and lessons to go with it


No shit?

What kind?

a heintzman 130A in polished ebony. it has a tone similar to the schimmel but it is one third the price (i don't have a 25000$ budget yet for a schimmel), so i consider it a good runner up for a first purchase.

http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2 (http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2) the site has a crappy audio clip with major sound wave loss playing that doesn't do the piano any justice.

if you go to http://rickjonespianos.com/ (http://rickjonespianos.com/), there are some schimmel samples there you can listen to if you're interested. the recordings are a bit better but still not the best quality.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 09, 2007, 07:40:04 PM
Chinese food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 09, 2007, 08:09:51 PM
Quote from: parts on November 09, 2007, 07:40:04 PM
Chinese food
I want some
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 09, 2007, 08:11:29 PM
All gone sorry :bunny:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 09, 2007, 08:34:26 PM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 08, 2007, 11:06:23 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 08, 2007, 07:21:18 AM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 07, 2007, 11:18:47 PM
a piano and lessons to go with it


No shit?

What kind?

a heintzman 130A in polished ebony. it has a tone similar to the schimmel but it is one third the price (i don't have a 25000$ budget yet for a schimmel), so i consider it a good runner up for a first purchase.

http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2 (http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2) the site has a crappy audio clip with major sound wave loss playing that doesn't do the piano any justice.

if you go to http://rickjonespianos.com/ (http://rickjonespianos.com/), there are some schimmel samples there you can listen to if you're interested. the recordings are a bit better but still not the best quality.

Still a nice piece of gear!

Congratulations. I hope you can get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rocketturtle on November 09, 2007, 08:44:41 PM
Quote from: Ass Dragon on November 09, 2007, 08:34:26 PM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 08, 2007, 11:06:23 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 08, 2007, 07:21:18 AM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 07, 2007, 11:18:47 PM
a piano and lessons to go with it


No shit?

What kind?

a heintzman 130A in polished ebony. it has a tone similar to the schimmel but it is one third the price (i don't have a 25000$ budget yet for a schimmel), so i consider it a good runner up for a first purchase.

http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2 (http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2) the site has a crappy audio clip with major sound wave loss playing that doesn't do the piano any justice.

if you go to http://rickjonespianos.com/ (http://rickjonespianos.com/), there are some schimmel samples there you can listen to if you're interested. the recordings are a bit better but still not the best quality.

Still a nice piece of gear!

Congratulations. I hope you can get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

considering that i've wanted a piano since i was 4 (i am now almost 30), and that i literally wore out the key contacts on a yamaha electric keyboard i had for 3.5 years, i would say that this piano will get excellent usage.

it was just delivered this morning and it still hasn't sunk in yet that i actually own a piano. it's so... foreign.

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 09, 2007, 08:45:59 PM
^That's lovely. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 09, 2007, 08:48:02 PM
Pretty. We always used to buy ours used.
Don't think I've ever seen one that looked
so modern.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on November 09, 2007, 10:59:18 PM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 09, 2007, 08:44:41 PM
Quote from: Ass Dragon on November 09, 2007, 08:34:26 PM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 08, 2007, 11:06:23 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 08, 2007, 07:21:18 AM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 07, 2007, 11:18:47 PM
a piano and lessons to go with it


No shit?

What kind?

a heintzman 130A in polished ebony. it has a tone similar to the schimmel but it is one third the price (i don't have a 25000$ budget yet for a schimmel), so i consider it a good runner up for a first purchase.

http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2 (http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2) the site has a crappy audio clip with major sound wave loss playing that doesn't do the piano any justice.

if you go to http://rickjonespianos.com/ (http://rickjonespianos.com/), there are some schimmel samples there you can listen to if you're interested. the recordings are a bit better but still not the best quality.

Still a nice piece of gear!

Congratulations. I hope you can get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

considering that i've wanted a piano since i was 4 (i am now almost 30), and that i literally wore out the key contacts on a yamaha electric keyboard i had for 3.5 years, i would say that this piano will get excellent usage.

it was just delivered this morning and it still hasn't sunk in yet that i actually own a piano. it's so... foreign.

That's an amazing piano.

Mine (my parents' actually) was my great-grandmother's, but I don't have it now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 10, 2007, 01:24:16 PM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 09, 2007, 08:44:41 PM
Quote from: Ass Dragon on November 09, 2007, 08:34:26 PM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 08, 2007, 11:06:23 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 08, 2007, 07:21:18 AM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 07, 2007, 11:18:47 PM
a piano and lessons to go with it


No shit?

What kind?

a heintzman 130A in polished ebony. it has a tone similar to the schimmel but it is one third the price (i don't have a 25000$ budget yet for a schimmel), so i consider it a good runner up for a first purchase.

http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2 (http://www.hzmpiano.com/products.aspx?page=pianos&pl=2) the site has a crappy audio clip with major sound wave loss playing that doesn't do the piano any justice.

if you go to http://rickjonespianos.com/ (http://rickjonespianos.com/), there are some schimmel samples there you can listen to if you're interested. the recordings are a bit better but still not the best quality.

Still a nice piece of gear!

Congratulations. I hope you can get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

considering that i've wanted a piano since i was 4 (i am now almost 30), and that i literally wore out the key contacts on a yamaha electric keyboard i had for 3.5 years, i would say that this piano will get excellent usage.

it was just delivered this morning and it still hasn't sunk in yet that i actually own a piano. it's so... foreign.

That's a beauty! I'm a little jealous.
:D

I have always wanted a piano, too. I can't play it, but I know many people who could.
Enjoy!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on November 10, 2007, 02:00:09 PM
Will you be attempting the Rach 3 anytime soon, RT?    :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 10, 2007, 02:27:12 PM
pizza cheese
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 11, 2007, 10:41:58 AM
Nintendo DS Lite
Picross

(Thought I reward myself with a videogame but instead got a new DS too)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on November 11, 2007, 11:48:34 AM
I haven't played any of the stylus based games for DS.  Except Phantom Hourglass, it is all stylus. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rocketturtle on November 11, 2007, 12:45:54 PM
Quote from: RupertPupkin on November 10, 2007, 02:00:09 PM
Will you be attempting the Rach 3 anytime soon, RT?    :laugh:

unfortunately, that is beyond my skill level at the moment.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 11, 2007, 01:05:44 PM
The sunday papers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on November 11, 2007, 01:39:50 PM
Quote from: rocketturtle on November 11, 2007, 12:45:54 PM
Quote from: RupertPupkin on November 10, 2007, 02:00:09 PM
Will you be attempting the Rach 3 anytime soon, RT?    :laugh:

unfortunately, that is beyond my skill level at the moment.

Just kidding. Great looking piano. Enjoy!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 12, 2007, 07:46:41 AM
Stick on labels , a black sharpie, and some Coca Cola
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 12, 2007, 09:56:09 AM
5 packets of crisps and 2 bottles of lucozade
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 12, 2007, 10:53:41 AM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 12, 2007, 02:23:22 PM
I bought some food, saline, toothpaste, and WINE, oh glorious wine, yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 12, 2007, 03:27:01 PM

Most recently?

Beer. It's time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 12, 2007, 05:11:37 PM
Tea at a convenience store
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 13, 2007, 05:23:58 AM
Milk, Cookies and Cadbury's Caramel double packs :naruto4:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on November 13, 2007, 08:34:04 AM
I went on a bit of a spree, possibly in part because I'd not been to the mall in at least a month.  I got lotion for myself (I desperately needed some), some earring backings (also needed), some music (wanted) and some gifts for people whose birthdays are coming up (I realized while I was wrapping that I went a little crazy on stuff for one friend (not too bad, but I was surprised by how much had accumulated), but she's worth it- plus her reaction should be entertaining.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 13, 2007, 10:04:22 AM
I got $56.00 in gas before it goes up again and that was only a half a tank
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 13, 2007, 06:07:08 PM
shit thats a point...

its like just over a quid now per litre of petrol i think...

i hate high prices... gonna get a moped by the end of it tho i think...

a bright orange one at that :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 13, 2007, 07:37:39 PM
Quote from: parts on November 13, 2007, 10:04:22 AM
I got $56.00 in gas before it goes up again and that was only a half a tank

Don't worry about it. Dollars aren't worth much anymore.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 13, 2007, 07:55:33 PM
Quote from: Paul Barras on November 13, 2007, 07:37:39 PM
Quote from: parts on November 13, 2007, 10:04:22 AM
I got $56.00 in gas before it goes up again and that was only a half a tank

Don't worry about it. Dollars aren't worth much anymore.  :laugh:

Maybe I should charging people in pounds :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 13, 2007, 07:57:01 PM
lol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 14, 2007, 03:09:56 PM
8.5 GB DVD-R discs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 14, 2007, 03:10:33 PM
/bounces
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on November 14, 2007, 05:21:47 PM
why did you buy bounces? and what are they?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on November 14, 2007, 05:26:13 PM
14 prilosec pills
60 100mg wellbutrin pills
2 liter pepsi
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 16, 2007, 07:01:49 AM
bought some games yesterday
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on November 17, 2007, 12:29:27 AM
what games?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 17, 2007, 11:27:11 AM
tony hawks proving ground
resident evil 4
and big brain academy :P

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on November 17, 2007, 05:24:58 PM
is tony hawk a snowboarder or a skater? :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 17, 2007, 05:26:17 PM
skater  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 17, 2007, 07:01:47 PM
Quote from: Sehnsucht on November 17, 2007, 05:26:17 PM
skater  8)

Skateboarder actually, if memory serves me correctly! :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on November 17, 2007, 08:11:11 PM
only sort of skater I can think of :P

tony hawk was a big name vert skater back when I was agile enough to skate. I was mostly a street skater though, other than a few makeshift ramps in factories and stuff. *reminisces, shins throbbing nostalgically*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 17, 2007, 08:19:40 PM
figure and roller
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 17, 2007, 08:35:44 PM
Nothing because I am broke at the moment :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on November 17, 2007, 09:00:49 PM
beer. if i die i die. life is just so short anyways and extremely ghey :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 17, 2007, 09:17:09 PM
Quote from: parts on November 17, 2007, 08:35:44 PM
Nothing because I am broke at the moment :-[

BTDTSTT

Gawd that sucks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 17, 2007, 09:18:39 PM
Just gas mostly. Shit, my car has developed a case of the ass!!

I am gettin shit mileage
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 18, 2007, 02:00:02 AM
A new DS game. Kirby Squeak Squad.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on November 18, 2007, 02:53:49 AM
Quote from: Michel Ney on November 17, 2007, 08:19:40 PM
figure and roller

cheers captain obvious.  :asthing: they don't count, on the grounds of being lame. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 18, 2007, 08:01:17 AM
The Sunday papers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 18, 2007, 04:12:34 PM
Full cream milk  ohhh yes...

Work only get the white water (skimmed) yuck....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 18, 2007, 04:14:30 PM
Various groceries, earlier today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 18, 2007, 04:15:39 PM
ooooh got a cool pair of butternut squash's earlier for next to no money :D

they're real good in soups :naruto4:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 18, 2007, 04:36:39 PM
Dinner at a chinese restaurant
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 18, 2007, 04:46:12 PM
oooooh i'm off there for my Xmas do for my voluntary work :D (well a similar one unless ur coming to mine in wales :D )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 18, 2007, 04:51:18 PM
A small external hard drive. USB2 technology and it's only 160GB, but I plan to exchange music and pictures with my grown-up son, using this little drive and snail mail. It was on sale for fifty four bucks, because it's old school.

I'm planning to load it up and send it to him. He can then copy the things he wants and format it it and load it up with his things and send it back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on November 18, 2007, 04:57:31 PM
Quote from: Emperor MANGO on November 18, 2007, 02:53:49 AM
Quote from: Michel Ney on November 17, 2007, 08:19:40 PM
figure and roller

cheers captain obvious.  :asthing: they don't count, on the grounds of being lame. :P

Less annoying that skateboarders. I've NEVER felt like
shooting an ice skater, for example.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on November 18, 2007, 05:20:42 PM
they're probably on par with each other....

but EMO's are well easier to consider killing :D


(oh and chavs)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on November 19, 2007, 09:02:24 AM
Electric leaf-blower/vacuum.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 19, 2007, 12:03:16 PM
A whole bunch of groceries in preparation for Thanksgiving!  Oy, my brain hurts! :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 19, 2007, 02:02:18 PM
Insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on November 19, 2007, 02:22:49 PM
nothing :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 19, 2007, 02:30:20 PM
wool, needle things, pattern books.  :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 19, 2007, 03:09:57 PM
A birthday present for my daughter (she will be 11 tomorrow). :party:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 19, 2007, 05:33:24 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2007, 03:09:57 PM
A birthday present for my daughter (she will be 11 tomorrow). :party:
Mine will be 9 tomorrow
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 19, 2007, 05:35:23 PM
Quote from: parts on November 19, 2007, 05:33:24 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2007, 03:09:57 PM
A birthday present for my daughter (she will be 11 tomorrow). :party:
Mine will be 9 tomorrow

That's so cool. Tell her I said congrats! ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on November 19, 2007, 05:40:18 PM
Mine will be 9 on wednesday, but cos she's going to visit PI's parents in France she had her english birthday on sunday and will have her anniversaire francais on wednesday when she gets to her nana and grandad's.  :laugh:

I bought diesel fuel, bread and cigarettes from the garage earlier.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 19, 2007, 05:42:45 PM
Congratulations to all the birthday kids this week :birthday:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on November 19, 2007, 06:05:42 PM
A newspaper and a tea from a convenience store
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on November 19, 2007, 06:18:29 PM
i haven't bought anything since i got some games a few days ago. i probably won't buy anything for a while. maybe some lucozade from spar in a few days. :) and i need to get my brothers' some xmas presents. i'll probably walk up to the museum and go in the dinosaur shop there. they have some cool stuff for kids (and me  :laugh:) in there. i was planning on buying sophie something for xmas from the other museum shop. maybe i still will.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 19, 2007, 08:06:37 PM
Three used PS1 games. Arther Ready and Race, Spice World, and Austin Powers Pinball.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 19, 2007, 08:24:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2007, 05:35:23 PM
Quote from: parts on November 19, 2007, 05:33:24 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2007, 03:09:57 PM
A birthday present for my daughter (she will be 11 tomorrow). :party:
Mine will be 9 tomorrow

That's so cool. Tell her I said congrats! ;D
Quote from: The Main Moon on November 19, 2007, 05:40:18 PM
Mine will be 9 on wednesday, but cos she's going to visit PI's parents in France she had her english birthday on sunday and will have her anniversaire francais on wednesday when she gets to her nana and grandad's.  :laugh:


WOW!
Three birthdays in one week, here. Congrats to all of you guys!



Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Silk on November 28, 2007, 05:31:09 PM
Smokin' Aces
300
Planet Terror
Slither

A bunch of hoodies, a tank top, and pants. I love Black Friday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 29, 2007, 02:08:42 AM
More videogames and my two DVDs came in the mail. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 29, 2007, 10:37:14 AM
$88 worth of gas :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on November 29, 2007, 10:52:23 AM
I could only afford to put $5.00 in last night.  It was amazing how little that filled the tank up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 29, 2007, 10:53:37 AM
I have a 35 gallon tank and it's amazing how fast it goes :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 29, 2007, 12:30:46 PM
I put $10 in two days ago. It was actually my BF's money and he was just being nice when he gave it to me for gas. Gave me 1/4 of a tank. Amazing how fast it goes down. I used to be able to go over 90 miles with 3 gallons of gas in my car and now the gage goes down fast and I haven't even driven 90 miles yet. What gives? Maybe if I get the air filter cleaned that would help but I haven't been to the car store yet to buy the cleaning kit. I hate driving now is why.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on November 30, 2007, 08:10:19 AM
im going into town today to buy a haircut, rocks and sportscards
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on December 01, 2007, 04:06:26 PM
PS2 games for Spud; a vac belt; and a few bottles of beer, since the Oktoberfest was reduced to clear. I like it too much to leave it for other flok to drink.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on December 01, 2007, 08:04:56 PM
Groceries...........boring ain't I! :finger:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on December 01, 2007, 08:09:31 PM
some dvds and a couple books
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 02, 2007, 12:48:01 AM


They dumoped a bunch of batteries from inventory. I bought sixteen pack AA batteries (common use in kids' toys) for one twenty five  x times four x   today.

I also use the ""D"" sixe in my flash lights when we go for a walk. (IWANT THE KIDS TO HAVE A BRIGHT FLASHLIGHT AT NIGHT FOR OUR WALKS!!!!!!!) for forty three cents for fa four pack!

:smilie:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on December 21, 2007, 07:00:22 AM
ooooh how exciting ;D

I just got meself a copy of Nomahs Land off iTunes music store ;D

It's by Metisse and features a track off Dead Like Me ;D

God i love iTunes :naruto4:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on December 21, 2007, 07:16:15 AM
The local newspaper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on December 21, 2007, 01:55:26 PM
A book I'm too scared to read.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on December 21, 2007, 02:47:59 PM
Milk and frozen egg rolls.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 21, 2007, 04:11:06 PM
Beer, some pressies, and food. Oh, and a book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on December 21, 2007, 04:29:43 PM
Quote from: <°)))>< on December 21, 2007, 01:55:26 PM
A book I'm too scared to read.  :orly:

what book? :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on December 21, 2007, 04:36:06 PM
White Oleander  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on December 21, 2007, 05:15:50 PM
Quote from: <°)))>< on December 21, 2007, 01:55:26 PM
A book I'm too scared to read.  :orly:

What book?

Oops. Never mind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Soph on December 21, 2007, 05:18:36 PM
lol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on December 24, 2007, 02:30:41 AM
I spent $112 on old Nintendo Power issues. I'm working on that collection


I bought a hand made game called The Real Game of Life and a plant for my aunt and uncle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on December 24, 2007, 06:10:33 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on December 24, 2007, 02:30:41 AM


I bought a hand made game called The Real Game of Life

I've met the guy who made that.
Peddles it at the saturday market here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on December 24, 2007, 10:57:02 AM
nothing. but on the 26 i get paid so i'll probably get some new sportscards
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on December 24, 2007, 01:11:43 PM
Quote from: Azathoth on December 24, 2007, 06:10:33 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on December 24, 2007, 02:30:41 AM


I bought a hand made game called The Real Game of Life

I've met the guy who made that.
Peddles it at the saturday market here.


That's where I got it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 24, 2007, 02:37:55 PM
a bag off kissses for my wife.

we agreed to not exchannge gifts. Rather all outr spare revenue went to the kids's gifts/

I don''t know if I am cheating ot nor but I bought her some cheaap choccloate

I hope she likes it as much as i do giving it too her.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on December 24, 2007, 03:03:32 PM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on December 24, 2007, 01:11:43 PM
Quote from: Azathoth on December 24, 2007, 06:10:33 AM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on December 24, 2007, 02:30:41 AM


I bought a hand made game called The Real Game of Life

I've met the guy who made that.
Peddles it at the saturday market here.


That's where I got it.

You were in Eugene?  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Sophgay on February 21, 2008, 04:14:52 PM
I got a poster of two red-eyed tree frogs today
I don't know where I will put it
It won't match my maps
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 21, 2008, 04:32:32 PM
(http://www.skechers.com/images/productimages/large/50134_CHOC.jpg) (http://www.skechers.com/catalog/browse.do?function=displayProductList&gender=M&catId=-1&index=0&viewAll=false&sort=newest&prodId=26332&REFID=GOOSALE35)


I bought these today, except in black. (the pic of the black ones does not show up well)

They are very comfortable and a huge improvement over a similar, competitive brand, which I already had.

Should prove to be quite a relief while I'm bouncing around on concrete for eight or ten hours.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 21, 2008, 04:37:42 PM
Windshield wiper fluid and oil
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on February 21, 2008, 10:41:31 PM
A new backpack and some new clothes for my daughter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on February 21, 2008, 11:28:37 PM
hmmm well the last thing i bought was Rock Band.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2008, 01:22:39 AM
Well... I bought that ergonomic keyboard, but then I returned it. :-\

Post # 18,000 for me. Yay! ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 07:04:22 AM
Quote from: parts on February 21, 2008, 04:37:42 PM
Windshield wiper fluid and oil

Thanks for remindding me. My car is allmost out.

Have you discovereded that putting some Rain-X in the washer fluuid makes the water not stick to yourr windshield, yet.

It only takes aboutt a teaspoon in a gallon for the effect.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 07:17:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 01:22:39 AM
Well... I bought that ergonomic keyboard, but then I returned it. :-\

Post # 18,000 for me. Yay! ;D

Oh gawd, how much did that cost you??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 07:19:06 AM
Quote from: Beatle Soul on February 21, 2008, 11:28:37 PM
hmmm well the last thing i bought was Rock Band.





ASPIES ROCK......litterally

Is that it or do they stone and stonewall?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:34:56 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 07:17:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 01:22:39 AM
Well... I bought that ergonomic keyboard, but then I returned it. :-\

Post # 18,000 for me. Yay! ;D

Oh gawd, how much did that cost you??

In painkillers or in doctor's bills?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 07:40:35 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:34:56 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 07:17:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 01:22:39 AM
Well... I bought that ergonomic keyboard, but then I returned it. :-\

Post # 18,000 for me. Yay! ;D

Oh gawd, how much did that cost you??

In painkillers or in doctor's bills?

In time spent, instead of doing things that produce comforts.

)I'm not complaining, really. I have much comfort to be thankful for. "things are getting a little better all the ti-i-ime"(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:43:28 AM
Well, my total time online here is a little less than 62 days. :-\

Not that I'm complaining.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:44:31 AM
Oh, and I bought a book today: "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan. I have an unhealthy fascination for his writing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 10:11:15 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:43:28 AM
Well, my total time online here is a little less than 62 days. :-\

Not that I'm complaining.

Time well spent invested in my book.


I think I have read every aspie word in every miserable thread posted on this entire site. (CLOSE, at least)

I often LOL, but I sometimes want to offer something to help. Unfortunately it seems as if those who are easy to identify with are all gone.

Half the time I have no idea who I am talking to.

 :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on February 22, 2008, 01:18:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 01:22:39 AM
Well... I bought that ergonomic keyboard, but then I returned it. :-\

Post # 18,000 for me. Yay! ;D
:plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2008, 03:04:49 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 10:11:15 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:43:28 AM
Well, my total time online here is a little less than 62 days. :-\

Not that I'm complaining.

Time well spent invested in my book.

I've met some good people. As I said, I'm not complaining. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 22, 2008, 03:26:06 PM
I'm supposed to be getting to 1960's Geiger counters waiting to hear when to pick them up
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:16:13 PM
Quote from: parts on February 22, 2008, 03:26:06 PM
I'm supposed to be getting to 1960's Geiger counters waiting to hear when to pick them up

Very cool.

You know some people bought them to keep in their fallout shelters during the late fifties and early sixties.

:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:35:30 PM
I have actually spent money like a wildman this week.

Tally ...

Everyone has new shoes
Everyone has some new clothes
I have twelve new CDs, seven new DVDs, twenty nine new (old) LPs.
The pantry is extremely well stocked with back-ups on all the big ticket grocery store items, like laundry detergent
We have a new refrigerator, a new dishwasher, two new toilets, a new bath tub, four new doors and a new inflatable mattress for when we "camp-in"

I intend to buy a new freezer next week also
I then will get both cars checked, serviced and tuned up, etc
I also plan to get the other two tires replaced on my car.


Oh, and I bought a new pipe, a Peterson.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2008, 04:39:18 PM
I bought "LA Story" on DVD. Incredibly cheap. Am I the only one to like that film?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 22, 2008, 04:42:34 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:16:13 PM
Quote from: parts on February 22, 2008, 03:26:06 PM
I'm supposed to be getting to 1960's Geiger counters waiting to hear when to pick them up

Very cool.

You know some people bought them to keep in their fallout shelters during the late fifties and early sixties.

:D

Yes I collect stuff from that era it fascinates me
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:45:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 04:39:18 PM
I bought "LA Story" on DVD. Incredibly cheap. Am I the only one to like that film?

No, not at all. That's a good find.

I had to check the IMDb to remind myself which one that was, but I like that one a lot. I would certainly buy it if I found it used or discounted.

I don't really need to though, because our library has that one.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:49:07 PM
Quote from: parts on February 22, 2008, 04:42:34 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:16:13 PM
Quote from: parts on February 22, 2008, 03:26:06 PM
I'm supposed to be getting to 1960's Geiger counters waiting to hear when to pick them up

Very cool.

You know some people bought them to keep in their fallout shelters during the late fifties and early sixties.

:D

Yes I collect stuff from that era it fascinates me

Yeah it is fascinating, but aren't our countrymen weird?

My brother used to collect gas masks and contained breathing apparatus stuff from that era. His display area was creepy as fucck!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 04:50:59 PM
nowt.  i'm broke.  :(

i should get myself a PhD pressie if all goes well though, shouldn't i?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2008, 05:06:14 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:45:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 04:39:18 PM
I bought "LA Story" on DVD. Incredibly cheap. Am I the only one to like that film?

No, not at all. That's a good find.

I had to check the IMDb to remind myself which one that was, but I like that one a lot. I would certainly buy it if I found it used or discounted.

I don't really need to though, because our library has that one.



I think I paid round $5, USD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 06:05:46 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 05:06:14 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:45:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 04:39:18 PM
I bought "LA Story" on DVD. Incredibly cheap. Am I the only one to like that film?

No, not at all. That's a good find.

I had to check the IMDb to remind myself which one that was, but I like that one a lot. I would certainly buy it if I found it used or discounted.

I don't really need to though, because our library has that one.



I think I paid round $5, USD.

Yeah, that's a bargain, I'd say.

My "favorite store" sells any name brand studio DVDs, used, for six to ten bucks. When I was flush with cash I would stop there about once per week, but they turn over so much stock that if you see something you might want, you better take it, because it won't be there tomorrow.

I have bought most of my DVD collection used, but it's been about three years since any top movie was five bucks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 22, 2008, 06:30:29 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:49:07 PM
Quote from: parts on February 22, 2008, 04:42:34 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 04:16:13 PM
Quote from: parts on February 22, 2008, 03:26:06 PM
I'm supposed to be getting to 1960's Geiger counters waiting to hear when to pick them up

Very cool.

You know some people bought them to keep in their fallout shelters during the late fifties and early sixties.

:D

Yes I collect stuff from that era it fascinates me

Yeah it is fascinating, but aren't our countrymen weird?

My brother used to collect gas masks and contained breathing apparatus stuff from that era. His display area was creepy as fucck!
Yes they are and I am one :laugh:
People think I am somewhat creepy I take it as a compliment
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 08:42:16 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 04:50:59 PM
nowt.  i'm broke.  :(

i should get myself a PhD pressie if all goes well though, shouldn't i?

I have not really ignored you, here, but I just don't know what to say.

"Congratulations," seems so weak. I am simply GAh GAh, as they say. I truly hope that it DOES go well for you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 08:43:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:44:31 AM
Oh, and I bought a book today: "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan. I have an unhealthy fascination for his writing.

I'm still trying to work out why this would be an unhealthy fascination.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 10:41:26 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 08:43:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:44:31 AM
Oh, and I bought a book today: "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan. I have an unhealthy fascination for his writing.

I'm still trying to work out why this would be an unhealthy fascination.

cos he'll get me banging on about how mcewan's literary masturbation is self-congratulatory, pretentious claptrap.

:D

he is a jolly good writer, sadly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 10:41:45 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 08:42:16 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 04:50:59 PM
nowt.  i'm broke.  :(

i should get myself a PhD pressie if all goes well though, shouldn't i?

I have not really ignored you, here, but I just don't know what to say.

"Congratulations," seems so weak. I am simply GAh GAh, as they say. I truly hope that it DOES go well for you.

thanks, dawg.  :-*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on February 23, 2008, 03:34:00 AM
Two Blazer bears.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 23, 2008, 08:57:58 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 10:41:26 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 08:43:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:44:31 AM
Oh, and I bought a book today: "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan. I have an unhealthy fascination for his writing.

I'm still trying to work out why this would be an unhealthy fascination.

cos he'll get me banging on about how mcewan's literary masturbation is self-congratulatory, pretentious claptrap.

:D

Well, it is (I present to you exhibit A, "Saturday"), but he's a bloody good writer. Even "Saturday" is actually a terrific read if you get past the fact that it's really about nothing else than his musings on the post 9/11 London.

Quote
he is a jolly good writer, sadly.

He is one of the best.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 23, 2008, 08:58:39 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 04:50:59 PM
nowt.  i'm broke.  :(

i should get myself a PhD pressie if all goes well though, shouldn't i?

 :indeed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on February 23, 2008, 11:54:53 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 23, 2008, 08:58:39 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 04:50:59 PM
nowt.  i'm broke.  :(

i should get myself a PhD pressie if all goes well though, shouldn't i?

 :indeed:

Yes indeedy, you go get that PhD.   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 23, 2008, 12:13:34 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 10:41:26 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 08:43:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:44:31 AM
Oh, and I bought a book today: "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan. I have an unhealthy fascination for his writing.

I'm still trying to work out why this would be an unhealthy fascination.

cos he'll get me banging on about how mcewan's literary masturbation is self-congratulatory, pretentious claptrap.

:D

he is a jolly good writer, sadly.

Again.

"Sadly," you say. I have been so against fictional works in the last year, that I'm stupid, now.  Do I   want to read him or not?





(This is my thirteen thousandth post. KEWL!)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 23, 2008, 04:58:47 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 23, 2008, 12:13:34 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 22, 2008, 10:41:26 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2008, 08:43:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2008, 07:44:31 AM
Oh, and I bought a book today: "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan. I have an unhealthy fascination for his writing.

I'm still trying to work out why this would be an unhealthy fascination.

cos he'll get me banging on about how mcewan's literary masturbation is self-congratulatory, pretentious claptrap.

:D

he is a jolly good writer, sadly.

Again.

"Sadly," you say. I have been so against fictional works in the last year, that I'm stupid, now.  Do I   want to read him or not?

Yes, I think you should. He is an exceptionally good writer, one of the best. Try "Enduring Love" first. Or one of his early ones, like "The Comfort of Strangers". Or the short stories he started out with. Then, when you know what you think, read "Saturday".

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(This is my thirteen thousandth post. KEWL!)

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 23, 2008, 04:59:46 PM
yeah, wot the O Man said, dawg.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 26, 2008, 05:02:30 AM
had to buy a new kettle on ebay.  broke the whistle on my old one last night, and can't find where to get a replacement whistle.  the kettle is old and knackered, but i fucking hate not being able to replace parts, cos it's still functional.  fucking consumer society.

now all i have to do is replace my shower, washing machine and vacuum cleaner.  it never rains...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on February 26, 2008, 06:02:34 AM
I had visitors staying for a few weeks. They called me an hour from arriving and said "Be there soon put a cuppa on for us"
I replied "Yeah, no worries. See ya then."

I only then realised. I do not drink tea or coffee and did not own a kettle.  :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 26, 2008, 07:08:05 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 26, 2008, 05:02:30 AM
had to buy a new kettle on ebay.  broke the whistle on my old one last night, and can't find where to get a replacement whistle.  the kettle is old and knackered, but i fucking hate not being able to replace parts, cos it's still functional.  fucking consumer society.

now all i have to do is replace my shower, washing machine and vacuum cleaner.  it never rains...
I have always tried to be "green" (fucking miserable buzzword of the moment!) but it has become ever more difficult.

:hair:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on February 27, 2008, 12:38:32 AM
excedrin
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on February 27, 2008, 06:51:07 PM
beer :zoinks: :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 27, 2008, 09:21:26 PM
Hilti 3 inch speed plugs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2008, 02:03:54 AM
Had to buy a "maintenance license" for a piece of software I use when working.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 28, 2008, 02:41:14 AM
I bought GA three shirts and bought my car some petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 28, 2008, 02:09:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 28, 2008, 02:03:54 AM
Had to buy a "maintenance license" for a piece of software I use when working.

:bigcry:

Don't you fuckking hate that!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 02:12:27 PM
still haven't worked out what to get myself for a pressie. 

any suggestions?  (apart from the predictable ones.  :P )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Sophgay on February 28, 2008, 02:22:08 PM
just bought mothers day present and car
I hope it gets here in time :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on February 28, 2008, 03:15:40 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 02:12:27 PM
still haven't worked out what to get myself for a pressie. 

any suggestions?  (apart from the predictable ones.  :P )

A nice piece of silver Jewlery that REALLY appeals to you!   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 03:20:03 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on February 28, 2008, 03:15:40 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 02:12:27 PM
still haven't worked out what to get myself for a pressie. 

any suggestions?  (apart from the predictable ones.  :P )

A nice piece of silver Jewlery that REALLY appeals to you!   8)

ooooooh, yes!  earrings...  :pinkbeat:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on February 28, 2008, 03:21:36 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 03:20:03 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on February 28, 2008, 03:15:40 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 02:12:27 PM
still haven't worked out what to get myself for a pressie. 

any suggestions?  (apart from the predictable ones.  :P )

A nice piece of silver Jewlery that REALLY appeals to you!   8)

ooooooh, yes!  earrings...  :pinkbeat:

With a nice Wiccan symbol.  Either the Star or the Tree of life.   8)  Or maybe a nice Crescent moon and star, I have a friend who has that as his personal symbol and he's not muslim.   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Persona on February 28, 2008, 03:23:24 PM
I have a silver faerie necklace  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 03:26:16 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on February 28, 2008, 03:21:36 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 03:20:03 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on February 28, 2008, 03:15:40 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 02:12:27 PM
still haven't worked out what to get myself for a pressie. 

any suggestions?  (apart from the predictable ones.  :P )

A nice piece of silver Jewlery that REALLY appeals to you!   8)

ooooooh, yes!  earrings...  :pinkbeat:

With a nice Wiccan symbol.  Either the Star or the Tree of life.   8)  Or maybe a nice Crescent moon and star, I have a friend who has that as his personal symbol and he's not muslim.   8)

got all of those - i have rather an extensive collection...  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 03:27:05 PM
ooooooh!  just had an idea - i could get a new tattoo, with a connexion to the thesis!

:woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Persona on February 28, 2008, 03:31:33 PM
What is your thesis on?  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 03:38:34 PM
witches.  :witch1:

 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Persona on February 28, 2008, 03:40:51 PM
Used to obsessed with stuff like that.

Still have my Tarot cards and crystals  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on February 28, 2008, 03:49:15 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 03:27:05 PM
ooooooh!  just had an idea - i could get a new tattoo, with a connexion to the thesis!

:woohoo:

There ya go!   :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 03:52:50 PM
but where?

 :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on February 28, 2008, 03:56:19 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 03:52:50 PM
but where?

 :evillaugh:

Oh, I have a few thoughts.....................but, I'll leave that to the O-man!   :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 04:02:54 PM
yeah, i suppose he'd be the best one to comment.

'ere, O Meister - where would you like should i have my next tattoo?   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2008, 04:17:45 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 28, 2008, 02:09:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 28, 2008, 02:03:54 AM
Had to buy a "maintenance license" for a piece of software I use when working.

:bigcry:

Don't you fuckking hate that!

 :agreed:  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2008, 04:18:35 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 04:02:54 PM
yeah, i suppose he'd be the best one to comment.

'ere, O Meister - where would you like should i have my next tattoo?   :eyebrows:

I can't possibly comment on that here. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 04:22:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 28, 2008, 04:18:35 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 04:02:54 PM
yeah, i suppose he'd be the best one to comment.

'ere, O Meister - where would you like should i have my next tattoo?   :eyebrows:

I can't possibly comment on that here. :P

whisper it to me later, then?   :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on February 28, 2008, 04:24:26 PM
Mom bought me "American Curves magazine" and "Playboy".  American curves doesn't have nudes, but they let it hang out, and I learned stuff about getting more sex.  Its pretty logical though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 04:25:03 PM
your... mother bought you those?

my brain hurts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on February 28, 2008, 04:31:57 PM
I consider myself lucky, she wants me to have the real thing, with someone else, and preferably a woman.  This woman, Lura, seems to be intrested in me, I mentioned I could do 11 hours of aerobics, and she says she can to.  She grew uglier, but she is  real nice to me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 04:37:30 PM
preferably a woman?  but a gerbil would do, right?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2008, 05:00:21 PM
So far, the services of said gerbil have been ineffable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 05:01:09 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 28, 2008, 05:00:21 PM
So far, the services of said gerbil have been impenetrable.

fixed.

:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SovaNu on February 28, 2008, 05:04:57 PM
6pack
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2008, 05:08:18 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on February 28, 2008, 05:01:09 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 28, 2008, 05:00:21 PM
So far, the services of said gerbil have been impenetrable.

fixed.

:LMAO:

:rofl:

I owe you a +
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on February 28, 2008, 06:37:38 PM
i bought a micowaved tv dinner down at the local buttfuck country store they have out here :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 29, 2008, 07:30:50 PM
$86 in gas :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on February 29, 2008, 09:02:24 PM
Quote from: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on February 28, 2008, 04:24:26 PM
Mom bought me "American Curves magazine" and "Playboy".  American curves doesn't have nudes, but they let it hang out, and I learned stuff about getting more sex.  Its pretty logical though.

American Curves magazine??  What is that?  A bunch of fat chicks?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on February 29, 2008, 09:23:10 PM
Quote from: Tesla on February 29, 2008, 09:02:24 PM
Quote from: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on February 28, 2008, 04:24:26 PM
Mom bought me "American Curves magazine" and "Playboy".  American curves doesn't have nudes, but they let it hang out, and I learned stuff about getting more sex.  Its pretty logical though.

American Curves magazine??  What is that?  A bunch of fat chicks?

The family thats deluded together..........stays together.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Coral on March 01, 2008, 09:26:33 AM
Hey, hey, hey... those two are the only deluded ones! And you're right, they stick together like glue
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 01, 2008, 03:37:19 PM
Quote from: Tesla on February 29, 2008, 09:02:24 PM
Quote from: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on February 28, 2008, 04:24:26 PM
Mom bought me "American Curves magazine" and "Playboy".  American curves doesn't have nudes, but they let it hang out, and I learned stuff about getting more sex.  Its pretty logical though.

American Curves magazine??  What is that?  A bunch of fat chicks?
I had not heard of it so I just googled.
Doesn't seem like fat people from the cover. Looks like a fitness magazine.

(http://www.getbig.com/magazine/americancurves/curves0212.jpg) (http://www.getbig.com/magazine/americancurves/curves0212.htm)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on March 01, 2008, 06:31:52 PM
Quote from: parts on February 29, 2008, 07:30:50 PM
$86 in gas :(
yikes, makes me happy i dont drive or own a car :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 01, 2008, 07:20:08 PM
Quote from: Soph on February 28, 2008, 02:22:08 PM
just bought mothers day present and car
I hope it gets here in time :(
I know you meant card but it didn't stop me from thinking, "you bought a car?" at first.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Sophgay on March 02, 2008, 09:34:24 AM
Oops lol
I never noticed that
Some of my keys aren't working right from crumbs I've dropped on the keyboard while eating...
I didn't buy her a car, no :P
I got her some chocolates, and a mothers day thing with a cat on it
I drew her a picture of me and my brothers and the cat and the rabbit as well
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on March 02, 2008, 06:03:55 PM
My sunday papers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 03, 2008, 02:00:43 PM
A bunch of vinyl. None of which I have ever owned before. I am often buying an earlier pressing, but this time it was all about exploration.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 03, 2008, 03:00:41 PM
More books. "Kafka on the Beach" by Haruki Murakami and "First Among Equals" by Jeffrey Archer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on March 03, 2008, 03:01:35 PM
A watch battery for my wife's pocket watch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:14:37 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 03:00:41 PM
More books. "Kafka on the Beach" by Haruki Murakami and "First Among Equals" by Jeffrey Archer.

you bought a book by that tory cunt?!!!  :jawdrop:

i may have to kill you.

don't read it, ffs - your brain will try and escape.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:26:43 PM
I don't buy books based on their authors' political convictions. It's supposed to be a decent read.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:28:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:26:43 PM
I don't buy books based on their authors' political convictions. It's supposed to be a decent read.

i'll remind you you said that, when you've read more than a couple of lines of his appalling "prose".

put it this way: he makes dan brown look like a winner of the nobel prize for literature.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:36:08 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:28:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:26:43 PM
I don't buy books based on their authors' political convictions. It's supposed to be a decent read.

i'll remind you you said that, when you've read more than a couple of lines of his appalling "prose".

put it this way: he makes dan brown look like a winner of the nobel prize for literature.

Well, if it's bad, I'll not finish it. But I'll not read it now, in any case. I have a couple of books to read first.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:36:08 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:28:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:26:43 PM
I don't buy books based on their authors' political convictions. It's supposed to be a decent read.

i'll remind you you said that, when you've read more than a couple of lines of his appalling "prose".

put it this way: he makes dan brown look like a winner of the nobel prize for literature.

Well, if it's bad, I'll not finish it. But I'll not read it now, in any case. I have a couple of books to read first.

the murakami is great (but he can' write endings).  oh, and there's some sort of angelic one too, right?   :angel:  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:47:40 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:36:08 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:28:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:26:43 PM
I don't buy books based on their authors' political convictions. It's supposed to be a decent read.

i'll remind you you said that, when you've read more than a couple of lines of his appalling "prose".

put it this way: he makes dan brown look like a winner of the nobel prize for literature.

Well, if it's bad, I'll not finish it. But I'll not read it now, in any case. I have a couple of books to read first.

the murakami is great (but he can' write endings).  oh, and there's some sort of angelic one too, right?   :angel:  :eyelash:

OMG, do you have access to my whole reading list? :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:50:05 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:47:40 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:36:08 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:28:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:26:43 PM
I don't buy books based on their authors' political convictions. It's supposed to be a decent read.

i'll remind you you said that, when you've read more than a couple of lines of his appalling "prose".

put it this way: he makes dan brown look like a winner of the nobel prize for literature.

Well, if it's bad, I'll not finish it. But I'll not read it now, in any case. I have a couple of books to read first.

the murakami is great (but he can' write endings).  oh, and there's some sort of angelic one too, right?   :angel:  :eyelash:

OMG, do you have access to my whole reading list? :o

:witch1:  had a peek last night, just before i crept into bed with yo...

oops.  :-[

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:55:09 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:50:05 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:47:40 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:36:08 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:28:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:26:43 PM
I don't buy books based on their authors' political convictions. It's supposed to be a decent read.

i'll remind you you said that, when you've read more than a couple of lines of his appalling "prose".

put it this way: he makes dan brown look like a winner of the nobel prize for literature.

Well, if it's bad, I'll not finish it. But I'll not read it now, in any case. I have a couple of books to read first.

the murakami is great (but he can' write endings).  oh, and there's some sort of angelic one too, right?   :angel:  :eyelash:

OMG, do you have access to my whole reading list? :o

:witch1:  had a peek last night, just before i crept into bed with yo...

oops.  :-[

:laugh:

So you saw the illustra--

Oops.

:-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:59:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:55:09 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:50:05 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:47:40 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:42:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:36:08 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 03, 2008, 04:28:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 03, 2008, 04:26:43 PM
I don't buy books based on their authors' political convictions. It's supposed to be a decent read.

i'll remind you you said that, when you've read more than a couple of lines of his appalling "prose".

put it this way: he makes dan brown look like a winner of the nobel prize for literature.

Well, if it's bad, I'll not finish it. But I'll not read it now, in any case. I have a couple of books to read first.

the murakami is great (but he can' write endings).  oh, and there's some sort of angelic one too, right?   :angel:  :eyelash:

OMG, do you have access to my whole reading list? :o

:witch1:  had a peek last night, just before i crept into bed with yo...

oops.  :-[

:laugh:

So you saw the illustra--

Oops.

:-[

yes.  i didn't realise i could get into those positions.   :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on March 03, 2008, 05:07:30 PM
A large cup of tea and a newspaper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 02:46:00 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on March 03, 2008, 05:07:30 PM
A large cup of tea and a newspaper

whoa!  push that boat out, ozy!

:rofl:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on March 04, 2008, 06:21:25 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 02:46:00 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on March 03, 2008, 05:07:30 PM
A large cup of tea and a newspaper

whoa!  push that boat out, ozy!

:rofl:

When ah drinks ma tea, ah drinks ma tea...............large with two tea bags.   :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 07:01:02 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on March 04, 2008, 06:21:25 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 02:46:00 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on March 03, 2008, 05:07:30 PM
A large cup of tea and a newspaper

whoa!  push that boat out, ozy!

:rofl:

When ah drinks ma tea, ah drinks ma tea...............large with two tea bags.   :green:

you rebel!  careful - you'll burn yourself out before long.   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on March 04, 2008, 07:12:26 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 07:01:02 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on March 04, 2008, 06:21:25 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 02:46:00 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on March 03, 2008, 05:07:30 PM
A large cup of tea and a newspaper

whoa!  push that boat out, ozy!

:rofl:

When ah drinks ma tea, ah drinks ma tea...............large with two tea bags.   :green:

you rebel!  careful - you'll burn yourself out before long.   8)

Live fast, die young........... :hotrodder:                           :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 10:37:52 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on March 04, 2008, 07:12:26 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 07:01:02 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on March 04, 2008, 06:21:25 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 02:46:00 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on March 03, 2008, 05:07:30 PM
A large cup of tea and a newspaper

whoa!  push that boat out, ozy!

:rofl:

When ah drinks ma tea, ah drinks ma tea...............large with two tea bags.   :green:

you rebel!  careful - you'll burn yourself out before long.   8)

Live fast, drink tea........... :hotrodder:                           :P

fixed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on March 04, 2008, 10:54:49 AM
YOWSAH................ARRIBA ARRIBA, YEEHAH YEEHAH  my name ees Speedy Gonzalez   :toporly:




oh and just between you and me........you gotta be careful about saying "fixed" around men!!   :eyebrows:   :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 10:55:29 AM
thank fuck he doesn't drink coffee...

:GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 04, 2008, 11:00:20 AM
Bought some chocolate. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on March 04, 2008, 11:06:15 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 04, 2008, 11:00:20 AM
Bought some chocolate. :P

for me?   :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 04, 2008, 12:33:19 PM
A Sprite for my son with an upset stomach
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on March 04, 2008, 01:10:50 PM
milk
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on March 04, 2008, 05:07:33 PM
101 Dalmatians (the animated movie)
2 cans of shaving cream and dental floss
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 04, 2008, 06:24:37 PM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on March 04, 2008, 05:07:33 PM
101 Dalmatians (the animated movie)
2 cans of shaving cream and dental floss

Do we need to be concerned with you buying two cans of shaving cream and dental floss at once or was it a coincidence?

:D.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on March 04, 2008, 08:35:48 PM
1 quart of Ultra White - Flat paint.
0.64kg package of Shady area Wildflower seeds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 04, 2008, 08:37:42 PM
$86.13 in gas :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dexter Morgan on March 04, 2008, 09:42:46 PM
New Radiohead CD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on March 05, 2008, 02:25:15 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 04, 2008, 06:24:37 PM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on March 04, 2008, 05:07:33 PM
101 Dalmatians (the animated movie)
2 cans of shaving cream and dental floss

Do we need to be concerned with you buying two cans of shaving cream and dental floss at once or was it a coincidence?

:D.


I like to stock up and we were out of dental floss
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Sophgay on March 06, 2008, 02:43:10 PM
Today I got a new shirts, three plain hoodies (black, grey and white), and three more prints:

(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8968/stuffsyv2.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tristeza on March 06, 2008, 04:58:25 PM
Schweet!  Those prints are great, Soph.  :)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Sophgay on March 06, 2008, 04:59:20 PM
thanks :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on March 06, 2008, 07:02:10 PM
More groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 06, 2008, 09:21:54 PM
More Hilti speed plugs for work,a case of staples the usual
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 04, 2008, 12:00:45 PM

A nice compact flash card reader.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on April 04, 2008, 10:59:50 PM
Groceries.

 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Taimaat on April 09, 2008, 03:39:44 PM
a couple play station 2 memory cards.  I had one, but I lost it.  I guess the fairies took it to their magic lair.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 09, 2008, 05:06:21 PM
Server space. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 09, 2008, 05:47:33 PM
Over $100 in gas and a Shirt the says The Godfather in the lettering like the movie but has James Brown on it :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on April 13, 2008, 02:49:10 AM
Just another video game.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 13, 2008, 09:42:38 AM
The book "Mozart and the Whale". Couldn't resist.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 13, 2008, 11:17:38 AM
New Dremel tool
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 13, 2008, 12:27:56 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 09, 2008, 05:06:21 PM
Server space. :P

... and from those of us who actually do care, we salute you.


Nah, that would be out of character and probably unwelcome, but thanks.

:)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 13, 2008, 02:37:17 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 13, 2008, 12:27:56 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 09, 2008, 05:06:21 PM
Server space. :P

... and from those of us who actually do care, we salute you.


Nah, that would be out of character and probably unwelcome, but thanks.

:)

:)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 14, 2008, 02:35:05 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 13, 2008, 09:42:38 AM
The book "Mozart and the Whale". Couldn't resist.
I have that book. I found it somewhat depressing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 14, 2008, 12:20:51 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 14, 2008, 02:35:05 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 13, 2008, 09:42:38 AM
The book "Mozart and the Whale". Couldn't resist.
I have that book. I found it somewhat depressing.

I have yet to read it. So many books, so little time. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 14, 2008, 01:44:50 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 14, 2008, 02:35:05 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 13, 2008, 09:42:38 AM
The book "Mozart and the Whale". Couldn't resist.
I have that book. I found it somewhat depressing.

I met the guy who wrote it never read it though :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on April 14, 2008, 09:32:52 PM
2 2GB Kingston DDR2 667 Ram kits (2x1GB) and 2 ASUS Nvidia 8600GT 512MB Video cards for my older boys computers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2008, 01:16:10 AM
<jedi mind-trick>
you will give one of those Nvidia cards to me.
</jedi mind-trick>
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 05:14:41 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 15, 2008, 01:16:10 AM
<jedi mind-trick>
you will give one of those Nvidia cards to me.
</jedi mind-trick>

They were only AUD $92 each

After I upgrade my PC to a Quad Core I wanna get at least an Nvidia 8800GT 512MB.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: klox on April 15, 2008, 06:31:53 AM
8800gt goes nice. I like mine. I thought there may have been a 'real' new geforce 9 around about now but it seems quiet in the nvidia camp at the moment. Lack of competition from AMD/ATI I suppose.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2008, 08:33:29 AM
I'll have to wait until I can afford a new pooter. Maybe there will be a GeForce 9 series by then.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 09:19:29 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 15, 2008, 08:33:29 AM
I'll have to wait until I can afford a new pooter. Maybe there will be a GeForce 9 series by then.

NVIDIA GeForce 9 series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#GeForce_9_series)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 09:27:21 AM
Quote from: klox on April 15, 2008, 06:31:53 AM
8800gt goes nice. I like mine. I thought there may have been a 'real' new geforce 9 around about now but it seems quiet in the nvidia camp at the moment. Lack of competition from AMD/ATI I suppose.

But thats the thing, you have the G92 8800s (GS/GT/GTS512) which by the sounds of the 9 in G92 are 9xxx series cards with an 8xxx series name. I think they are just having trouble making anything faster at the moment seeing as either can AMD/ATi.

I mean their top line card now has 2x GPUs on it, and we all know how well that works out in the real world.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2008, 01:42:51 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 09:19:29 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 15, 2008, 08:33:29 AM
I'll have to wait until I can afford a new pooter. Maybe there will be a GeForce 9 series by then.

NVIDIA GeForce 9 series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#GeForce_9_series)

Thanks. :laugh: I guess I should have a look before complaining.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2008, 01:44:12 PM
Bought some gloop to be applied on sensitive skin.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on April 15, 2008, 02:28:10 PM
what's wrong with your skin, my love? :(  :hug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2008, 02:30:38 PM
Nothing. It's not for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on April 15, 2008, 02:34:06 PM
:-* :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 15, 2008, 10:39:02 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 09:27:21 AM
Quote from: klox on April 15, 2008, 06:31:53 AM
8800gt goes nice. I like mine. I thought there may have been a 'real' new geforce 9 around about now but it seems quiet in the nvidia camp at the moment. Lack of competition from AMD/ATI I suppose.

But thats the thing, you have the G92 8800s (GS/GT/GTS512) which by the sounds of the 9 in G92 are 9xxx series cards with an 8xxx series name. I think they are just having trouble making anything faster at the moment seeing as either can AMD/ATi.

I mean their top line card now has 2x GPUs on it, and we all know how well that works out in the real world.

No, we don't all. Tell us, please.

Aren't there several multi-core cards available? What is it that creates problems?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: klox on April 15, 2008, 11:32:50 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 15, 2008, 10:39:02 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 09:27:21 AM
Quote from: klox on April 15, 2008, 06:31:53 AM
8800gt goes nice. I like mine. I thought there may have been a 'real' new geforce 9 around about now but it seems quiet in the nvidia camp at the moment. Lack of competition from AMD/ATI I suppose.

But thats the thing, you have the G92 8800s (GS/GT/GTS512) which by the sounds of the 9 in G92 are 9xxx series cards with an 8xxx series name. I think they are just having trouble making anything faster at the moment seeing as either can AMD/ATi.

I mean their top line card now has 2x GPUs on it, and we all know how well that works out in the real world.

No, we don't all. Tell us, please.

Aren't there several multi-core cards available? What is it that creates problems?


I think he is getting at the fact that performance gains are nowhere near two-fold and quite often a paltry 10% in a lot of games. They are just generally a clumsy design.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 11:46:33 PM
Quote from: klox on April 15, 2008, 11:32:50 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 15, 2008, 10:39:02 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 09:27:21 AM
Quote from: klox on April 15, 2008, 06:31:53 AM
8800gt goes nice. I like mine. I thought there may have been a 'real' new geforce 9 around about now but it seems quiet in the nvidia camp at the moment. Lack of competition from AMD/ATI I suppose.

But thats the thing, you have the G92 8800s (GS/GT/GTS512) which by the sounds of the 9 in G92 are 9xxx series cards with an 8xxx series name. I think they are just having trouble making anything faster at the moment seeing as either can AMD/ATi.

I mean their top line card now has 2x GPUs on it, and we all know how well that works out in the real world.

No, we don't all. Tell us, please.

Aren't there several multi-core cards available? What is it that creates problems?


I think he is getting at the fact that performance gains are nowhere near two-fold and quite often a paltry 10% in a lot of games. They are just generally a clumsy design.

Yeah that, at best you might get about 30% performance boost in real world gaming situations. Considering its to GPU cores and costs an ass load.... meh.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 16, 2008, 04:52:42 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 11:46:33 PM
Quote from: klox on April 15, 2008, 11:32:50 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 15, 2008, 10:39:02 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 09:27:21 AM
Quote from: klox on April 15, 2008, 06:31:53 AM
8800gt goes nice. I like mine. I thought there may have been a 'real' new geforce 9 around about now but it seems quiet in the nvidia camp at the moment. Lack of competition from AMD/ATI I suppose.

But thats the thing, you have the G92 8800s (GS/GT/GTS512) which by the sounds of the 9 in G92 are 9xxx series cards with an 8xxx series name. I think they are just having trouble making anything faster at the moment seeing as either can AMD/ATi.

I mean their top line card now has 2x GPUs on it, and we all know how well that works out in the real world.

No, we don't all. Tell us, please.

Aren't there several multi-core cards available? What is it that creates problems?


I think he is getting at the fact that performance gains are nowhere near two-fold and quite often a paltry 10% in a lot of games. They are just generally a clumsy design.

Yeah that, at best you might get about 30% performance boost in real world gaming situations. Considering its to GPU cores and costs an ass load.... meh.

Maybe I'm confused by my understanding of camera and lighting equipment on real world things in three dimensions, in real time, but in order to really make a benchmark improvement in speed and power in computing, don't you really need to use a logarithmic scale rather than a linear scale to compare terms and processes?

Adding to this ""real world""  application of our thought processes, wouldn't you really need to think of improving computing capabilities in the cube range at least rather than at 2X?

I know that Odeon is more the physicist than I, but aren't gamers and graphics companies generally computing in THREE dimensions in order to increase the graphic realism?

If so then "doubling your power" (like adding one processor) would lead to virtually no gain, right? For instance, if you are going to move one hundred pixels in three dimensional space, don't you need to calculate at least one hundred thousand positions in order to make any movement predictable. That only gets you started yet, also.


Anyway, I'm not trying to sound like a know-it-all, I'm trying to ask a complex question in a simple way.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on April 16, 2008, 09:07:06 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 16, 2008, 04:52:42 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 11:46:33 PM
Quote from: klox on April 15, 2008, 11:32:50 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 15, 2008, 10:39:02 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on April 15, 2008, 09:27:21 AM
Quote from: klox on April 15, 2008, 06:31:53 AM
8800gt goes nice. I like mine. I thought there may have been a 'real' new geforce 9 around about now but it seems quiet in the nvidia camp at the moment. Lack of competition from AMD/ATI I suppose.

But thats the thing, you have the G92 8800s (GS/GT/GTS512) which by the sounds of the 9 in G92 are 9xxx series cards with an 8xxx series name. I think they are just having trouble making anything faster at the moment seeing as either can AMD/ATi.

I mean their top line card now has 2x GPUs on it, and we all know how well that works out in the real world.

No, we don't all. Tell us, please.

Aren't there several multi-core cards available? What is it that creates problems?


I think he is getting at the fact that performance gains are nowhere near two-fold and quite often a paltry 10% in a lot of games. They are just generally a clumsy design.

Yeah that, at best you might get about 30% performance boost in real world gaming situations. Considering its to GPU cores and costs an ass load.... meh.

Maybe I'm confused by my understanding of camera and lighting equipment on real world things in three dimensions, in real time, but in order to really make a benchmark improvement in speed and power in computing, don't you really need to use a logarithmic scale rather than a linear scale to compare terms and processes?

Adding to this ""real world""  application of our thought processes, wouldn't you really need to think of improving computing capabilities in the cube range at least rather than at 2X?

I know that Odeon is more the physicist than I, but aren't gamers and graphics companies generally computing in THREE dimensions in order to increase the graphic realism?

If so then "doubling your power" (like adding one processor) would lead to virtually no gain, right? For instance, if you are going to move one hundred pixels in three dimensional space, don't you need to calculate at least one hundred thousand positions in order to make any movement predictable. That only gets you started yet, also.


Anyway, I'm not trying to sound like a know-it-all, I'm trying to ask a complex question in a simple way.

Well on the simple side of things, what you have is a 3D scene represented as 3D objects as verticies in a 3D space also represented as verticies, what the hardware has to do is represent that as a 2D image. Even with a 3D headset or what have you, its still just 2x 2D images, one for each eye. everything else is just light sources and masking and how they are represented on surfaces and bump mapping etc.

Someone correct me if Im wrong or if I just worded it wrong.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Blasted on April 16, 2008, 09:07:19 AM
Films :pinkbeat:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on April 21, 2008, 05:38:42 PM
Quote from: Soph on February 21, 2008, 04:14:52 PM
I got a poster of two red-eyed tree frogs today
I don't know where I will put it
It won't match my maps
Quote from: Callista on March 24, 2008, 01:10:36 PM
Current obsession: psychology. 'scuse lecture.

My idiot psychiatrist tried to diagnose me with OCD. Twice. I read several books about it and concluded that not only didn't I have OCD, I didn't have an anxiety disorder, period. Turns out the guy can't tell OCD obsessions from Aspie obsessions, OCD neatness from Aspie need for organization. You'd think telling OCD from Asperger's would be easy, but apparently it's not. Not that you can't have both, of course... actually I would guess OCD is more common with Aspies than with NTs, because we're naturally organized, and comforted by repetition, predictability, etc.

Anyway, so far as I can tell, OCD's an anxiety disorder... kind of... so there's a bunch of different things you can try with it. There's the anti-anxiety pills, yeah; but they're not going to do anything if you can't get at the basis of the problem--the thoughts that get stuck in your head, and the way you have to do stuff to make yourself feel less anxious. Pills never solve anything; they just make it easier to solve... kind of like putting oil in your engine; it won't make the engine start up but it sure makes it easier. So there's a lot of things you can try (and probably take a lot of practice) to try to live with obsessions (OCD ones, not Aspie ones)... One guy I met just started distracting himself by doing something non-repetitive whenever he felt like he needed to count stuff... he had kind of mild OCD though, and he was taking some kind of pill too. I guess if it'd been stronger OCD he would've just ended up with a new compulsion out of it.

I've also heard that OCD is something like your brain getting the hiccups--the tendency to not be able to throw away one thought and start with a new one. Apparently there are medications that help with that... originally developed for seizures, I think?... Anyway, they probably need you to work on the OCD habits, too; another way of making it easier.

Oh, and there's the "suppression" theory. If you try not to think of something, you think of it even more--that's true for everybody but apparently for OCD brains it causes anxiety, causes you to feel like you can't stop your own thoughts, like you're out of control. If you could somehow stop yourself from trying to suppress the obsession, then maybe the OCD wouldn't be as annoying. Don't know if it would help, but it's an idea.

Then there's the phobic tendencies... when you start to fear certain things or actions... Those can get dealt with the same way you deal with a phobia. Technical name is progressive desensitization; in practical terms it means easing into doing or encountering whatever you fear, so you get used to it. You start out with something that's just a little bit uncomfortable and work up to until you can tolerate the worst possible thing... Like if you were scared of heights you'd start out by imagining standing on a step stool and work up to actually going up to the 12th floor balcony. That kind of thing. Helps to learn relaxation techniques.

Speaking of relaxation... That helps with everything, even if you don't have OCD... Highly recommended to learn a few things... Not like the crazy new-agey stuff, but the kind of thing that can get the tension out of your muscles and stop you getting your blood pressure up about stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on May 09, 2008, 01:27:10 AM
Bought Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii and 2 Wii Remote Charging stations so I can charge all 4 remotes at once if need be (plus you need all the remotes to have rechargable battery packs with pass through contacts on the battery covers).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 09, 2008, 03:26:19 AM
Two tyres for the car. Now I am waiting for the registration bill to come in the mail.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 09, 2008, 02:42:25 PM
Bought "Der Untergang" on DVD today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on May 10, 2008, 02:39:17 AM
Bought a remote control for my PlayStation2, and Star Trek Conquest for the Wii
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 10, 2008, 02:45:20 AM
not a lot - too poor.  :violin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 10, 2008, 03:00:21 AM
kitty litter
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 03:52:41 AM
Wireless headphones.  I didn't think they would work in my yard, because of all the EMI I have to deal with. They operate by FM, though.

I am pleasantly surprised!

 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 10, 2008, 07:30:34 AM
You should try living around me if you want to have EMI it's awful here
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 10, 2008, 01:47:03 PM
went to morrison's, 15 mins before it closed, and got loads of bargains (just as well, cos i can't afford anything normal priced).

amazingly, they had a joint of roast pork for 25p, and a quarter of a roasted chicken for 19p.  i was really thinking about whether or not to get them, and start eating meat again, cos that's loads cheaper than my usual protein sources.  but then i think of all the hormones and shit in them - they weren't organic.

i walked round the park first, and i reckon this is going to be a new regimen - walk for a couple of miles (exercise), listening to my language mp3s (study), then buy all the cheap stuff just before the shop closes.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 10, 2008, 01:49:50 PM
come to think of it, i should have got the chicken, cos the lovely fox i see in my garden would appreciate it, i'm sure.  and yesterday morning, i disturbed two fox cubs, who shot off down the garden.

i'm so enthralled by the whole fox thing!  :pinkbeat:  :belly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 10, 2008, 02:03:10 PM
You should get live chicken for that fox. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 10, 2008, 02:21:04 PM
i :heart: the fox cubs, though.  i was so excited i squealed!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 02:25:23 PM
Quote from: parts on May 10, 2008, 07:30:34 AM
You should try living around me if you want to have EMI it's awful here

My area is full of EMI, too. I am constanttly moving cables to compensate.

Don't start!..!


If I tell you about the emails I have exchanged with the engineeeers who maintain this area, you would not even enter this discussion with me. I have sent them dozens of o'scope captured graphs which cover week long periods at a time and reveal fluctuations in the millions of stray joules on multiple detectors.

Suffice it to say that only the strongest of FM broadcast stations can breach my sphere of horror and none of the AM can get in. We'll go from there if you know what that means.

I am somewhat impressed that these relatively affordable headphones can do what they do.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 10, 2008, 02:31:39 PM
What make and model are they, Dawg?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 10, 2008, 04:13:16 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 02:25:23 PM
Quote from: parts on May 10, 2008, 07:30:34 AM
You should try living around me if you want to have EMI it's awful here

My area is full of EMI, too. I am constanttly moving cables to compensate.

Don't start!..!


If I tell you about the emails I have exchanged with the engineeeers who maintain this area, you would not even enter this discussion with me. I have sent them dozens of o'scope captured graphs which cover week long periods at a time and reveal fluctuations in the millions of stray joules on multiple detectors.

Suffice it to say that only the strongest of FM broadcast stations can breach my sphere of horror and none of the AM can get in. We'll go from there if you know what that means.

I am somewhat impressed that these relatively affordable headphones can do what they do.

 They don't realy care in general as I have found out :-[  I have had them on the phone and the only time they come is when something breaks to the point of not working for them not me
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 04:36:38 PM
Quote from: parts on May 10, 2008, 04:13:16 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 02:25:23 PM
Quote from: parts on May 10, 2008, 07:30:34 AM
You should try living around me if you want to have EMI it's awful here

My area is full of EMI, too. I am constanttly moving cables to compensate.

Don't start!..!


If I tell you about the emails I have exchanged with the engineeeers who maintain this area, you would not even enter this discussion with me. I have sent them dozens of o'scope captured graphs which cover week long periods at a time and reveal fluctuations in the millions of stray joules on multiple detectors.

Suffice it to say that only the strongest of FM broadcast stations can breach my sphere of horror and none of the AM can get in. We'll go from there if you know what that means.

I am somewhat impressed that these relatively affordable headphones can do what they do.

 They don't realy care in general as I have found out :-[  I have had them on the phone and the only time they come is when something breaks to the point of not working for them not me

You got that right, but I have fought with them for several years. The electric company has actually put recording equipment on our main AC lines to confirm my complaints.

They said nothing was out of the ordinary, then replaced an enormous transformer about two weeks later. I could see the fucking thing glowing with plasma during the early hours of the day and it made something like Northern Lights above it on foggy mornings.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 10, 2008, 04:41:36 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 04:36:38 PM
Quote from: parts on May 10, 2008, 04:13:16 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 02:25:23 PM
Quote from: parts on May 10, 2008, 07:30:34 AM
You should try living around me if you want to have EMI it's awful here

My area is full of EMI, too. I am constanttly moving cables to compensate.

Don't start!..!


If I tell you about the emails I have exchanged with the engineeeers who maintain this area, you would not even enter this discussion with me. I have sent them dozens of o'scope captured graphs which cover week long periods at a time and reveal fluctuations in the millions of stray joules on multiple detectors.

Suffice it to say that only the strongest of FM broadcast stations can breach my sphere of horror and none of the AM can get in. We'll go from there if you know what that means.

I am somewhat impressed that these relatively affordable headphones can do what they do.

 They don't realy care in general as I have found out :-[  I have had them on the phone and the only time they come is when something breaks to the point of not working for them not me

You got that right, but I have fought with them for several years. The electric company has actually put recording equipment on our main AC lines to confirm my complaints.

They said nothing was out of the ordinary, then replaced an enormous transformer about two weeks later. I could see the fucking thing glowing with plasma during the early hours of the day and it made something like Northern Lights above it on foggy mornings.

A person I know who works for the power company once told me to get a pellet gun and shoot the bottom of them till the leak
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 04:59:15 PM
Quote from: parts on May 10, 2008, 04:41:36 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 04:36:38 PM
Quote from: parts on May 10, 2008, 04:13:16 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 02:25:23 PM
Quote from: parts on May 10, 2008, 07:30:34 AM
You should try living around me if you want to have EMI it's awful here

My area is full of EMI, too. I am constanttly moving cables to compensate.

Don't start!..!


If I tell you about the emails I have exchanged with the engineeeers who maintain this area, you would not even enter this discussion with me. I have sent them dozens of o'scope captured graphs which cover week long periods at a time and reveal fluctuations in the millions of stray joules on multiple detectors.

Suffice it to say that only the strongest of FM broadcast stations can breach my sphere of horror and none of the AM can get in. We'll go from there if you know what that means.

I am somewhat impressed that these relatively affordable headphones can do what they do.

 They don't realy care in general as I have found out :-[  I have had them on the phone and the only time they come is when something breaks to the point of not working for them not me

You got that right, but I have fought with them for several years. The electric company has actually put recording equipment on our main AC lines to confirm my complaints.

They said nothing was out of the ordinary, then replaced an enormous transformer about two weeks later. I could see the fucking thing glowing with plasma during the early hours of the day and it made something like Northern Lights above it on foggy mornings.

A person I know who works for the power company once told me to get a pellet gun and shoot the bottom of them till the leak

No, this was one that was anchored to the ground by a few dozen,  inch thick bolts into a concrete slab. They moved it with an eight-axle crane, using outriggers to help the crane truck remain stable.

It was huge. The one that sits there now is even larger.

Our problems are more to do with the lines which criss-cross our neighborhood, though.








... sounds like a fun trick though. I would be afraid that I would be caught. No one but ME has a gun of any type around here, except for my cop neighbor two blocks away.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 10, 2008, 06:32:01 PM
A new Rx of Xanax :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: tiredofit on May 10, 2008, 07:13:22 PM
Let's see - I've bought another damn dog  :laugh: and I've got to run and get some more cigs very soon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 08:19:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 10, 2008, 02:31:39 PM
What make and model are they, Dawg?

Sorry, I didn't see this before, but info is here (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8241422&productCategoryId=pcmcat143000050011&type=product&tab=1&id=1168044601934#productdetail).


Don't read this set of reviews, though, because they are retarded as fuck. One reviewer posted that he wanted more "explosive sound and bass"

All I can say is that his sound card, DA/AD converter or what ever must be a piece of shit, because it is the dynamics that have seduced me.

I have some decent headsets to compare with - professional Koss, hi-dollar Bose, serious (four different) AKG, vintage electrostatics, two Beyer Dynamic, several Sennheisers and two vintage Shure,  but all are wired. They don't stand in the same room with my thousand dollar (twenty years ago) Sennheisers or (half that price) AKGs  (which are the only ones I have compared them with as yet - I know. Unfair!), but these are fine for what I need.

I have recently had the Koss and the Bose out, too,  and I think these sound better than the Koss, but similar to the Bose. I would have to try them side-by-side to determine a favorite.


They also offer a set with an AD/DA converter built in and they work in the 2.4 Ghz range. That would eliminate any FM radio issues, but they are three times the price of these.

Happy!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on May 10, 2008, 08:27:48 PM
Steak. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 08:30:46 PM
Quote from: tiredofit on May 10, 2008, 07:13:22 PM
Let's see - I've bought another damn dog  :laugh: and I've got to run and get some more cigs very soon

Ease up a bit on my kindred.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: tiredofit on May 10, 2008, 08:38:13 PM
hehehe - I wouldn't have 4 of them if I didn't love them  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 11, 2008, 04:16:18 AM
Quote from: tiredofit on May 10, 2008, 07:13:22 PM
Let's see - I've bought another damn dog  :laugh: and I've got to run and get some more cigs very soon

yay - cigs! 

we social pariahs should stick together.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: tiredofit on May 11, 2008, 07:17:23 AM
Damn city outlawed smoking in bars where I live on 7/1 - aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  :finger:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 11, 2008, 08:51:07 AM
Quote from: tiredofit on May 11, 2008, 07:17:23 AM
Damn city outlawed smoking in bars where I live on 7/1 - aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  :finger:

I really think this is a bad idea even thought I don't smoke make non smoking bars for those who want them
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 11, 2008, 03:40:39 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 10, 2008, 08:19:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 10, 2008, 02:31:39 PM
What make and model are they, Dawg?

Sorry, I didn't see this before, but info is here (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8241422&productCategoryId=pcmcat143000050011&type=product&tab=1&id=1168044601934#productdetail).

Have to look into those. What's their range, have you found out yet?

Quote
Don't read this set of reviews, though, because they are retarded as fuck. One reviewer posted that he wanted more "explosive sound and bass"

All I can say is that his sound card, DA/AD converter or what ever must be a piece of shit, because it is the dynamics that have seduced me.

I have some decent headsets to compare with - professional Koss, hi-dollar Bose, serious (four different) AKG, vintage electrostatics, two Beyer Dynamic, several Sennheisers and two vintage Shure,  but all are wired. They don't stand in the same room with my thousand dollar (twenty years ago) Sennheisers or (half that price) AKGs  (which are the only ones I have compared them with as yet - I know. Unfair!), but these are fine for what I need.

I have recently had the Koss and the Bose out, too,  and I think these sound better than the Koss, but similar to the Bose. I would have to try them side-by-side to determine a favorite.

I've had trouble taking Bose seriously ever since they installed a 3-metre subwoofer "pipe" in a cinema I worked at, plus tiny little screen channels to handle all the rest... This pipe thingy produced only discrete frequencies, namely those that matched its length, and sounded awful, in my humble opinion.

But maybe their headphones are better?!

Koss, on the other hand... I love them. :)

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They also offer a set with an AD/DA converter built in and they work in the 2.4 Ghz range. That would eliminate any FM radio issues, but they are three times the price of these.

Happy!

but you'd face problems with people who have wireless internets... ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 11, 2008, 04:49:44 PM
Quarter wave designs often do an amazing job of controlling a driver's free air resonance, but I don't see that approach as beneficial in a high output system.

I have not discovered the max range of my headphones, yet. I think the specifications mention something about one hundred fifty feet.  I am sure that assumes ideal conditions, which I do not have.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 12, 2008, 12:58:23 PM
The sound quality will probably suffer long before that, right?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 12, 2008, 07:42:52 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 12, 2008, 12:58:23 PM
The sound quality will probably suffer long before that, right?

I have only tried them to about seventy feet, but assuming an exponential depreciation rate ...

... my fence is not much farther away.

There is no detectable difference in one foot and seventy feet, for what ever that amt be worth.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 13, 2008, 05:33:39 AM
Gas at $3.90 a gallon :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 13, 2008, 03:42:43 PM
Quote from: parts on May 13, 2008, 05:33:39 AM
Gas at $3.90 a gallon :o

How much is that in hurdygurdies?

:D

(sorry, but you had to be there)

Local cheap gas at Meijer hit four dollars per gallon, today. It made the news, here.




Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on May 14, 2008, 03:49:43 AM
All converted for you, we pay about ~USD$4.94 a gallon (~AUD$1.40 a litre)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 14, 2008, 02:34:05 PM
That's cheap when compared to what we pay for it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 14, 2008, 02:36:15 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 13, 2008, 03:42:43 PM
Quote from: parts on May 13, 2008, 05:33:39 AM
Gas at $3.90 a gallon :o

How much is that in hurdygurdies?

:D

(sorry, but you had to be there)

that sounds like swedish.  :LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 14, 2008, 04:42:04 PM
Spray expandable foam and an extra long gun applicator
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 15, 2008, 12:18:18 PM
is this some kind of sexual euphemism?  the image i'm getting is bloody outrageous!

:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 15, 2008, 02:45:47 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 15, 2008, 12:18:18 PM
is this some kind of sexual euphemism?  the image i'm getting is bloody outrageous!

:LMAO:

Well it would be useful on those who don't pay their bills
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/001-15.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 15, 2008, 02:53:02 PM
Both uses are beyond me. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on May 16, 2008, 07:24:05 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 14, 2008, 02:34:05 PM
That's cheap when compared to what we pay for it.

Considering we have out own gas and oil platforms etc it would be cheaper, but the prices are atificially raised to world standards.

Plus the fact that european countries are smaller than here, it probably works out the same.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on May 16, 2008, 08:20:53 AM
Sunglasses; one pair small/clearish, one pair small/pink lenses ("rose-colored glasses," lol- I bought them just so I could make the joke in all honesty), and a clearish pair that looks kinda like goggles.  Very dorky looking but for some reason I actually like how they look.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 16, 2008, 10:53:34 AM
Apocalypse Now on DVD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 16, 2008, 10:57:20 AM
Extra Dark chocolate for the missus, a book and a haircut! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 16, 2008, 02:27:10 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on May 16, 2008, 07:24:05 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 14, 2008, 02:34:05 PM
That's cheap when compared to what we pay for it.

Considering we have out own gas and oil platforms etc it would be cheaper, but the prices are atificially raised to world standards.

Plus the fact that european countries are smaller than here, it probably works out the same.

We pay around 2.40 AUD. You tell me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 16, 2008, 02:27:44 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on May 16, 2008, 10:57:20 AM
Extra Dark chocolate for the missus, a book and a haircut! 

All for the missus? :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 16, 2008, 02:29:16 PM
some wool.  shock!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 16, 2008, 02:33:12 PM
:yikes:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 16, 2008, 03:18:26 PM

I wud lub shome wool shocks ...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on May 16, 2008, 05:24:27 PM
Quote from: parts on May 13, 2008, 05:33:39 AM
Gas at $3.90 a gallon :o

We pay $10.02 a gallon.  (£1.126/litre)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 16, 2008, 05:49:24 PM
Quote from: Peter on May 16, 2008, 05:24:27 PM
Quote from: parts on May 13, 2008, 05:33:39 AM
Gas at $3.90 a gallon :o

We pay $10.02 a gallon.  (£1.126/litre)

How much of that is taxes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 16, 2008, 05:53:49 PM
Quote from: Peter on May 16, 2008, 05:24:27 PM
Quote from: parts on May 13, 2008, 05:33:39 AM
Gas at $3.90 a gallon :o

We pay $10.02 a gallon.  (£1.126/litre)

You pay as much as we do.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on May 16, 2008, 05:58:22 PM
Quote from: parts on May 16, 2008, 05:49:24 PM
Quote from: Peter on May 16, 2008, 05:24:27 PM
Quote from: parts on May 13, 2008, 05:33:39 AM
Gas at $3.90 a gallon :o

We pay $10.02 a gallon.  (£1.126/litre)

How much of that is taxes

This much:  (diagram is based on petrol at 107.9p/litre)

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 16, 2008, 06:04:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 16, 2008, 02:27:44 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on May 16, 2008, 10:57:20 AM
Extra Dark chocolate for the missus, a book and a haircut! 

All for the missus? :o

Yep, I'm a milk chocolate fanatic meself!  So thats more for her!  I only like dark chocolate in a Chocolate Mousse!  YUM   :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 16, 2008, 07:51:00 PM
What do you get for your taxes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 16, 2008, 08:12:02 PM
The down payment on a new emergency generator for the house !   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 16, 2008, 08:13:39 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on May 16, 2008, 08:12:02 PM
The down payment on a new emergency generator for the house !   8)

How big of an emergency generator do you have
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 16, 2008, 08:31:57 PM
I can't remember the amperage, but, in winter it will run the Furnace, water pump, lights and tv, even the computer.  The new one is supposed to put out even more, yet be more energy efficient.  (it runs on propane) Which supplies our heating, hot water and cooking needs.

Never mind, I looked at the quote, it's a Kohler Model 12RES, rated at 12 Kw,KVA producing 50 amps at 120/240 volts phase 60 Hz.  Except for the Ice storm of 1998, we have not lost power for more than 12 hours, BUT, we do lose power for several hours at least 3-6 times a year.   ::)   

Having a generator hardwired to our house has been a lifesaver.  The original was installed 3 months before the Ice storm and we lost power for 3 days.  AND we were lucky, most others lost power for 1-2 weeks! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on May 16, 2008, 08:33:22 PM
Quote from: parts on May 16, 2008, 07:51:00 PM
What do you get for your taxes

Speed cameras.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 16, 2008, 08:42:50 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on May 16, 2008, 08:31:57 PM
I can't remember the amperage, but, in winter it will run the Furnace, water pump, lights and tv, even the computer.  The new one is supposed to put out even more, yet be more energy efficient.  (it runs on propane) Which supplies our heating, hot water and cooking needs.

Never mind, I looked at the quote, it's a Kohler Model 12RES, rated at 12 Kw,KVA producing 50 amps at 120/240 volts phase 60 Hz.  Except for the Ice storm of 1998, we have not lost power for more than 12 hours, BUT, we do lose power for several hours at least 3-6 times a year.   ::)   

Having a generator hardwired to our house has been a lifesaver.  The original was installed 3 months before the Ice storm and we lost power for 3 days.  AND we were lucky, most others lost power for 1-2 weeks! 

I just have them for work portable ones 5.6Kw and a 2.5Kw   haven't had an outage at the house for more than two hours in more than 15 years
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 16, 2008, 08:43:58 PM
Quote from: Peter on May 16, 2008, 08:33:22 PM
Quote from: parts on May 16, 2008, 07:51:00 PM
What do you get for your taxes

Speed cameras.

So they can collect more money sounds like a well organized scam
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 17, 2008, 01:50:25 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 16, 2008, 03:18:26 PM

I wud lub shome wool shocks ...

oooooh, i haven't knitted socks, dawg.  sounds like a plan - tell me size and colour and whether you're okay with wool, and i'll get on the case.  :-*  (http://bellamoden.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/knit.gif)

(i have a backlog of stuff, though, so it'll be a while.  but then, i could do you some proper winter socks.  :cheer: )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 17, 2008, 05:40:51 AM
Quote from: parts on May 16, 2008, 08:42:50 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on May 16, 2008, 08:31:57 PM
I can't remember the amperage, but, in winter it will run the Furnace, water pump, lights and tv, even the computer.  The new one is supposed to put out even more, yet be more energy efficient.  (it runs on propane) Which supplies our heating, hot water and cooking needs.

Never mind, I looked at the quote, it's a Kohler Model 12RES, rated at 12 Kw,KVA producing 50 amps at 120/240 volts phase 60 Hz.  Except for the Ice storm of 1998, we have not lost power for more than 12 hours, BUT, we do lose power for several hours at least 3-6 times a year.   ::)   

Having a generator hardwired to our house has been a lifesaver.  The original was installed 3 months before the Ice storm and we lost power for 3 days.  AND we were lucky, most others lost power for 1-2 weeks! 

I just have them for work portable ones 5.6Kw and a 2.5Kw   haven't had an outage at the house for more than two hours in more than 15 years

Your probably closer to the main transmission lines than I am.  That makes a difference in time!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 17, 2008, 06:24:04 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 17, 2008, 01:50:25 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 16, 2008, 03:18:26 PM

I wud lub shome wool shocks ...

oooooh, i haven't knitted socks, dawg.  sounds like a plan - tell me size and colour and whether you're okay with wool, and i'll get on the case.  :-*  (http://bellamoden.files.wordpress.com/2006/08/knit.gif)

(i have a backlog of stuff, though, so it'll be a while.  but then, i could do you some proper winter socks.  :cheer: )

Thanks for the offer, but better to think of your O'man for that project.

... but yes ... I love wool socks. I wear them a lot - the extra sensation from them is a life saver at times.They conform well to my weird feet, too. I have wide feet and even though footwear manufactures have recognised those of us with wideness, they still have not come to grips with the fact that SOME of us actually have TALL feet as well. Mine are quite brick shaped and covered with large flexy, grindy tendons.

 Even though I am approaching fifty three years old, I still spend about a quarter of my day dancing around like a spazz on my tiptoes. My feet are quite strong.

:D


Thanks, though. Make some for yourself first. If wool is a problem, try other types, like alpaca or llama.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 17, 2008, 09:07:36 AM
An old smoking table from the 1920's, a chrome and wood blow dryer from the 50's and a funky radio from the 50's plus a bunch of other stuff
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: driftingblizzard on May 17, 2008, 10:25:36 AM
Quote from: parts on May 17, 2008, 09:07:36 AM
An old smoking table from the 1920's, a chrome and wood blow dryer from the 50's and a funky radio from the 50's plus a bunch of other stuff

you bought a table from the 1920's and its STILL smoking?  must have been one hell of a fire.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 17, 2008, 12:36:29 PM
Quote from: parts on May 16, 2008, 07:51:00 PM
What do you get for your taxes

More taxes. ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 17, 2008, 12:37:28 PM
Quote from: driftingblizzard on May 17, 2008, 10:25:36 AM
Quote from: parts on May 17, 2008, 09:07:36 AM
An old smoking table from the 1920's, a chrome and wood blow dryer from the 50's and a funky radio from the 50's plus a bunch of other stuff

you bought a table from the 1920's and its STILL smoking?  must have been one hell of a fire.

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: driftingblizzard on May 17, 2008, 05:54:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 17, 2008, 12:37:28 PM
Quote from: driftingblizzard on May 17, 2008, 10:25:36 AM
Quote from: parts on May 17, 2008, 09:07:36 AM
An old smoking table from the 1920's, a chrome and wood blow dryer from the 50's and a funky radio from the 50's plus a bunch of other stuff

you bought a table from the 1920's and its STILL smoking?  must have been one hell of a fire.

:laugh:
;D ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on May 17, 2008, 06:37:34 PM
Bought a 70amp welder for $20 and a ride to the store to get beer and cigarettes.

This is it:
http://www.cpocampbellhausfeld.com/welding_equipment/ws0970.html (http://www.cpocampbellhausfeld.com/welding_equipment/ws0970.html)

So fucking excited... I have been wanting to get a welder for years.  Even though it's only 70amps, I'm freakin thrilled.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 17, 2008, 06:42:36 PM
Quote from: Tesla on May 17, 2008, 06:37:34 PM
Bought a 70amp welder for $20 and a ride to the store to get beer and cigarettes.

This is it:
http://www.cpocampbellhausfeld.com/welding_equipment/ws0970.html (http://www.cpocampbellhausfeld.com/welding_equipment/ws0970.html)

So fucking excited... I have been wanting to get a welder for years.  Even though it's only 70amps, I'm freakin thrilled.

 :thumbup:
make sure you get eye protection
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 17, 2008, 06:54:31 PM
Quote from: driftingblizzard on May 17, 2008, 05:54:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 17, 2008, 12:37:28 PM
Quote from: driftingblizzard on May 17, 2008, 10:25:36 AM
Quote from: parts on May 17, 2008, 09:07:36 AM
An old smoking table from the 1920's, a chrome and wood blow dryer from the 50's and a funky radio from the 50's plus a bunch of other stuff

you bought a table from the 1920's and its STILL smoking?  must have been one hell of a fire.

:laugh:
;D ;D
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on May 17, 2008, 08:17:45 PM
Quote from: parts on May 17, 2008, 06:42:36 PM
Quote from: Tesla on May 17, 2008, 06:37:34 PM
Bought a 70amp welder for $20 and a ride to the store to get beer and cigarettes.

This is it:
http://www.cpocampbellhausfeld.com/welding_equipment/ws0970.html (http://www.cpocampbellhausfeld.com/welding_equipment/ws0970.html)

So fucking excited... I have been wanting to get a welder for years.  Even though it's only 70amps, I'm freakin thrilled.

 :thumbup:
make sure you get eye protection
It came with a mask, and a box of electrodes.   ;D

I've already repaired our broken bed frame. 

I need a whole lot of practice though.   :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 18, 2008, 12:26:17 PM
Quote from: Tesla on May 17, 2008, 08:17:45 PM
Quote from: parts on May 17, 2008, 06:42:36 PM
Quote from: Tesla on May 17, 2008, 06:37:34 PM
Bought a 70amp welder for $20 and a ride to the store to get beer and cigarettes.

This is it:
http://www.cpocampbellhausfeld.com/welding_equipment/ws0970.html (http://www.cpocampbellhausfeld.com/welding_equipment/ws0970.html)

So fucking excited... I have been wanting to get a welder for years.  Even though it's only 70amps, I'm freakin thrilled.

 :thumbup:
make sure you get eye protection
It came with a mask, and a box of electrodes.   ;D

I've already repaired our broken bed frame. 

I need a whole lot of practice though.   :laugh:

*chuckles at the image of Tesla doing a bedbreaker or two*


:woohoo:


So, practice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 18, 2008, 01:37:29 PM
Not bought but given a troy built pony rototiller I did buy a spark plug for it though :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 18, 2008, 01:54:25 PM
Quote from: parts on May 18, 2008, 01:37:29 PM
Not bought but given a troy built pony rototiller I did buy a spark plug for it though :laugh:

Given?

Cool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on May 18, 2008, 02:09:11 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:


Sure, as soon as the second degree burns on my fingertips heal.   :laugh:  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 18, 2008, 02:13:05 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 18, 2008, 01:54:25 PM
Quote from: parts on May 18, 2008, 01:37:29 PM
Not bought but given a troy built pony rototiller I did buy a spark plug for it though :laugh:

Given?

Cool.

Only condition is that if he needs it some day I let him use it ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 02:32:11 PM
Quote from: Tesla on May 18, 2008, 02:09:11 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:


Sure, as soon as the second degree burns on my fingertips heal.   :laugh:  ;D

:laugh:

i luuuurve dangerous tools.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:



Er, you don't want to have that welder anywhere near your antique bed. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 02:56:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:



Er, you don't want to have that welder anywhere near your antique bed. :P

do you mean welder as in tool, or welder as in man?

 :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:57:59 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 02:56:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:



Er, you don't want to have that welder anywhere near your antique bed. :P

do you mean welder as in tool, or welder as in man?

 :eyelash:

 >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 18, 2008, 02:58:29 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:



Er, you don't want to have that welder anywhere near your antique bed. :P


You're being cautious on both counts.


:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 03:00:09 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:57:59 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 02:56:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:



Er, you don't want to have that welder anywhere near your antique bed. :P

do you mean welder as in tool, or welder as in man?

 :eyelash:

 >:(

that's why i asked, silly.

i won't, on both counts, okay?  :-*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 03:00:49 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 18, 2008, 02:58:29 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:



Er, you don't want to have that welder anywhere near your antique bed. :P


You're being cautious on both counts.


:D

indeed, especially as it was his faul...

ahem!

/whistles innocently...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 18, 2008, 03:01:47 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 18, 2008, 02:58:29 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:



Er, you don't want to have that welder anywhere near your antique bed. :P


You're being cautious on both counts.


:D

I actually realised this when writing the post. Clever, me. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 18, 2008, 03:02:04 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 03:00:09 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:57:59 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 02:56:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 18, 2008, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:



Er, you don't want to have that welder anywhere near your antique bed. :P

do you mean welder as in tool, or welder as in man?

 :eyelash:

 >:(

that's why i asked, silly.

i won't, on both counts, okay?  :-*

:-*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 18, 2008, 05:07:21 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 02:32:11 PM
Quote from: Tesla on May 18, 2008, 02:09:11 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 18, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
hey, tesla, can you repair my broken bed frame, too?  it's an antique, so i can't just cobble it together.  :(

bloody sexual enthusiasm, eh?  and not mine, this time, i hasten to add.

thank the gods.  :drool:


Sure, as soon as the second degree burns on my fingertips heal.   :laugh:  ;D

:laugh:

i luuuurve dangerous tools.  ;)

The human male finger tips............better than any sex toy!   :eyebrows:   Especially when connected to the hands and mind of a skillful and sensitive user!   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 19, 2008, 09:08:43 PM
Have to buy two new tires tommrow
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on May 20, 2008, 06:53:58 AM
Quote from: parts on May 19, 2008, 09:08:43 PM
Have to buy two new tires tommrow

I wrote this a while back, maybe it'll help you:

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Good-Deal-on-Tires (http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Good-Deal-on-Tires)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 20, 2008, 08:40:58 AM
Quote from: Tesla on May 20, 2008, 06:53:58 AM
Quote from: parts on May 19, 2008, 09:08:43 PM
Have to buy two new tires tommrow

I wrote this a while back, maybe it'll help you:

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Good-Deal-on-Tires (http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Good-Deal-on-Tires)
Thanks :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 20, 2008, 12:53:11 PM
milk and tobacco, today.  whoopy-do.  ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 20, 2008, 01:44:47 PM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 21, 2008, 05:43:29 PM
This freaky knife it's for cutting insulation and is razor sharp little scary :o
 (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/011-3.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on May 21, 2008, 06:23:20 PM
Quote from: Tesla on May 20, 2008, 06:53:58 AM
Quote from: parts on May 19, 2008, 09:08:43 PM
Have to buy two new tires tommrow

I wrote this a while back, maybe it'll help you:

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Good-Deal-on-Tires (http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Good-Deal-on-Tires)

Cool, Tesla.  I bookmarked that, even though I don't need tires just now.

 :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on May 21, 2008, 06:57:10 PM
I bought, juice, cereal, candy, and some canned pasta.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 22, 2008, 04:41:57 AM
Nothing yet, but I've been "stimulated economically."

... and BBy has the entire series of Babylon 5  on sale. I will get the complete five season series for one hundred dollars and the taxes. What I have not mentioned is that my son has become a bit obsessed with this series, after borrowing the second year from the library. We will have it all, now, at his easy grasp.

I plan on getting my daughter a pretty big beginner's artists set of brushes, paints, charcoal, chalks, dye markers and a small bit of refined artist's paper for her watercolor interests.





 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 22, 2008, 04:58:27 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 22, 2008, 04:41:57 AM
Nothing yet, but I've been "stimulated economically."

... and BBy has the entire series of Babylon 5  on sale. I will get the complete five season series for one hundred dollars and the taxes. What I have not mentioned is that my son has become a bit obsessed with this series, after borrowing the second year from the library. We will have it all, now, at his easy grasp.

I plan on getting my daughter a pretty big beginner's artists set of brushes, paints, charcoal, chalks, dye markers and a small bit of refined artist's paper for her watercolor interests.





 

Very jealous that was on of my favorite shows
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on May 22, 2008, 05:10:25 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 22, 2008, 04:41:57 AM
Nothing yet, but I've been "stimulated economically."

... and BBy has the entire series of Babylon 5  on sale. I will get the complete five season series for one hundred dollars and the taxes. What I have not mentioned is that my son has become a bit obsessed with this series, after borrowing the second year from the library. We will have it all, now, at his easy grasp.

I plan on getting my daughter a pretty big beginner's artists set of brushes, paints, charcoal, chalks, dye markers and a small bit of refined artist's paper for her watercolor interests.


Ah! Good choice. I got the entire series when it was on sale here for $29.95 a season, also got the movie boxset too. Got the new movie and have the Rangers movie on order, Just need Crusade now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on May 22, 2008, 05:14:49 AM
We've been "stimulated" as well.  Pretty much all of it is going to go towards keeping our house and the lights on.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 22, 2008, 05:21:09 AM
Quote from: Tesla on May 22, 2008, 05:14:49 AM
We've been "stimulated" as well.  Pretty much all of it is going to go towards keeping our house and the lights on.

Pretty much "Awesome,"   dude!

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 22, 2008, 01:54:04 PM
Bought a short story collection by Ian Rankin the other day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 22, 2008, 02:10:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 22, 2008, 01:54:04 PM
Bought a short story collection by Ian Rankin the other day.

they're not his best, to be honest.  don't let them put you off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 22, 2008, 02:31:42 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 22, 2008, 02:10:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 22, 2008, 01:54:04 PM
Bought a short story collection by Ian Rankin the other day.

they're not his best, to be honest.  don't let them put you off.

I'll read the first Inspector Rebus novel first, anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 22, 2008, 03:08:48 PM

A pound each of marigold, snapdragon, petunia, pansy and cossmos seeds. I plan to spread about one third of each around our property (they are cold hardy seeds - I will enjoy them for years yet yet to come). The rest will go at random around our local park's walkwayss.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on May 22, 2008, 03:20:54 PM
My economic stimulus check was for $305 and my parents got $600 each (1,200 total).   How do they get more than me when they make 6 digit income lol?   They have no dependents either, but they file a joint return as they are married.   My friend who basically makes no money received $300, and same with his parents.  Fucking retarded.

I bought some groceries with my economic stimulus check, along with gasoline and paid my electric bill.  I think I might cancel Comcast as I rarely watch TV and the Internet is a bad distraction for me personally.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 22, 2008, 03:46:37 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 22, 2008, 02:31:42 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 22, 2008, 02:10:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 22, 2008, 01:54:04 PM
Bought a short story collection by Ian Rankin the other day.

they're not his best, to be honest.  don't let them put you off.

I'll read the first Inspector Rebus novel first, anyway.

oh, phew.  wouldn't want you to get the wrong impression.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 22, 2008, 03:46:52 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 22, 2008, 03:08:48 PM

A pound each of marigold, snapdragon, petunia, pansy and cossmos seeds. I plan to spread about one third of each around our property (they are cold hardy seeds - I will enjoy them for years yet yet to come). The rest will go at random around our local park's walkwayss.

:heart:

for a minute there, i thought you had metmorphosed into flo, and were telling us what you'd taken/eaten today.

:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 22, 2008, 04:36:12 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 22, 2008, 03:46:52 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 22, 2008, 03:08:48 PM

A pound each of marigold, snapdragon, petunia, pansy and cossmos seeds. I plan to spread about one third of each around our property (they are cold hardy seeds - I will enjoy them for years yet yet to come). The rest will go at random around our local park's walkwayss.

:heart:

for a minute there, i thought you had metmorphosed into flo, and were telling us what you'd taken/eaten today.

:LMAO:




*waves the smell out of the air*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 22, 2008, 06:44:27 PM
Everhard brand shears  :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 24, 2008, 01:44:17 PM
Couldn't resist... bought "Life of Brian" on DVD. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 24, 2008, 02:48:25 PM
A rake
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 24, 2008, 06:34:33 PM
Quote from: parts on May 22, 2008, 06:44:27 PM
Everhard brand shears  :eyebrows:

I don't know why, but I keep reading, "Englehard" and wondering why you (no really, I mean YOU) are buying gold bullion shears.




.......       and wondering if you really meant to spell out shares, instead of shears.







:GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 24, 2008, 06:40:03 PM
They are contractor grade scissors  but I did spell them wrong at first
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on May 29, 2008, 07:14:42 AM
Bought a new ADSL2+ wireless-g modem/router. A Billion BIPAC-7402GL-M (http://au.billion.com/product/wireless/bipac7402gl.php)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 29, 2008, 11:29:45 AM
Dove sensitive skin soap, hydrocortisone cream, Imodium (for my colitis), and a large cup of tea and an Ice cream sandwich.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 29, 2008, 11:55:12 AM
paid for two copies of my bound thesis.  it looks so cool.   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 29, 2008, 01:25:10 PM

I've decided to trash this install of WinXP. (about three months old, I think)

I came home with a 500GB (EIDE) internal for seventy bucks and a I'll probably install it tomorrow and load it up. I'm keeping the 320GB I've been using for an additional backup. I'll rob the relevant files off the old drive at my leisure.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Blasted on May 29, 2008, 01:29:34 PM
Fairy tales.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 29, 2008, 02:11:09 PM
Bought "The Commitments" on DVD.  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on May 29, 2008, 10:57:47 PM
I bought a PSP. Actually I didn't buy it.  I traded a bunch of games for it at EB Games. They were impressed with what I had and they gave me a brand new PSP and duo memory stick for free when the original deal was that I trade in 6 games and get a USED PSP for $20.00.
So that was pretty cool. I went and bought, Patapon, God Of War and Final Fantasy Crisis Core.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 30, 2008, 11:27:37 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 29, 2008, 01:25:10 PM

I've decided to trash this install of WinXP. (about three months old, I think)

I came home with a 500GB (EIDE) internal for seventy bucks and a I'll probably install it tomorrow and load it up. I'm keeping the 320GB I've been using for an additional backup. I'll rob the relevant files off the old drive at my leisure.

Fuck this.

It's outside time.

This plan is on hold.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on May 30, 2008, 11:29:13 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 30, 2008, 11:27:37 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 29, 2008, 01:25:10 PM

I've decided to trash this install of WinXP. (about three months old, I think)

I came home with a 500GB (EIDE) internal for seventy bucks and a I'll probably install it tomorrow and load it up. I'm keeping the 320GB I've been using for an additional backup. I'll rob the relevant files off the old drive at my leisure.

Fuck this.

It's outside time.

This plan is on hold.

Fuck, I do that shit all the time for friends and family, Plus I've been trying out different flavours of Windows on my youngest sons computer.

Need and help/advice?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 30, 2008, 12:05:40 PM
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/004-10.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 30, 2008, 12:20:02 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on May 30, 2008, 11:29:13 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 30, 2008, 11:27:37 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 29, 2008, 01:25:10 PM

I've decided to trash this install of WinXP. (about three months old, I think)

I came home with a 500GB (EIDE) internal for seventy bucks and a I'll probably install it tomorrow and load it up. I'm keeping the 320GB I've been using for an additional backup. I'll rob the relevant files off the old drive at my leisure.

Fuck this.

It's outside time.

This plan is on hold.

Fuck, I do that shit all the time for friends and family, Plus I've been trying out different flavours of Windows on my youngest sons computer.

I've done a few of those, too. Thankfully, others have now taken the reins to the family carriage.


Quote

Need and help/advice?


Thanks, but I'm good.


What other  "flavors"  have you tried?




(I still run my kid's DOS educational apps on Win98SE)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 30, 2008, 01:38:50 PM
I've tried every version of Windows there ever was, with the exception of Vista. I've seen Vista, and I've toyed with a friend's pooter running Vista, but I haven't had it installed myself.

And guess what: they're all shite.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 30, 2008, 02:59:05 PM
i bought some yarn today - wool, and some gorgeous silk, in mouthwatering colours - cos i had to get some for one of my undergrads, who's commissioned me to make her a bag and matching hat.  can't afford it, but spending money when i really haven't got any seems to attract more to me, for some weird reason.   :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 30, 2008, 03:48:33 PM
More fun that way. Spending when you know you shouldn't. ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on May 31, 2008, 12:07:13 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 30, 2008, 12:20:02 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on May 30, 2008, 11:29:13 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 30, 2008, 11:27:37 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 29, 2008, 01:25:10 PM

I've decided to trash this install of WinXP. (about three months old, I think)

I came home with a 500GB (EIDE) internal for seventy bucks and a I'll probably install it tomorrow and load it up. I'm keeping the 320GB I've been using for an additional backup. I'll rob the relevant files off the old drive at my leisure.

Fuck this.

It's outside time.

This plan is on hold.

Fuck, I do that shit all the time for friends and family, Plus I've been trying out different flavours of Windows on my youngest sons computer.

I've done a few of those, too. Thankfully, others have now taken the reins to the family carriage.


Quote

Need and help/advice?


Thanks, but I'm good.


What other  "flavors"  have you tried?




(I still run my kid's DOS educational apps on Win98SE)

Played around with XP64, XP+SP3 intergrated from MSDN, XP+SP2 with an XP to MCE Converter (non official of course, lets you have a VLK versin of MCE, so doesnt need cracking), Vista32 with SP1 intergrated from MSDN as well as the 64bit verson, and Win2000 with unofficial SP5.

Vista 64 with SP1 seems to run well out of the 64 bit offerings from MS (cracked with VistaLoader 2.2.0), and XP with SP3 intergrated from MSDN with AutoPatcher shows promise (VLK)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:49:35 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 30, 2008, 03:48:33 PM
More fun that way. Spending when you know you shouldn't. ;)

sort of, but i do fret about how i'm going to pay the mortgage next month  :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 31, 2008, 08:04:10 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:49:35 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 30, 2008, 03:48:33 PM
More fun that way. Spending when you know you shouldn't. ;)

sort of, but i do fret about how i'm going to pay the mortgage next month  :'(

That's no fun. :hug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 31, 2008, 10:13:36 AM
Giant ice tongs and a bunch of tools
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on May 31, 2008, 12:36:41 PM
Quote from: parts on May 31, 2008, 10:13:36 AM
Giant ice tongs and a bunch of tools

I read that as giant ice thongs.

I worry myself some days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:11:45 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on May 31, 2008, 12:36:41 PM
Quote from: parts on May 31, 2008, 10:13:36 AM
Giant ice tongs and a bunch of tools

I read that as giant ice thongs.

I worry myself some days.

that's a sensible response, i feel.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:12:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 31, 2008, 08:04:10 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:49:35 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 30, 2008, 03:48:33 PM
More fun that way. Spending when you know you shouldn't. ;)

sort of, but i do fret about how i'm going to pay the mortgage next month  :'(

That's no fun. :hug:

none at all.  i'll manage, i expect: i usually do, because i have to.  emoemoemo.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 31, 2008, 02:17:39 PM
A Crosby, Stills and Nash CD,  "Daylight Again".   :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:19:44 PM
ooooh, is that a recent one?  i have loads by them, including some rather ill-judged stuff from the 80s.  but who cares - the combination of their voices is worth suffering quite a lot of awful, dated arrangements for.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 31, 2008, 02:27:45 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:19:44 PM
ooooh, is that a recent one?  i have loads by them, including some rather ill-judged stuff from the 80s.  but who cares - the combination of their voices is worth suffering quite a lot of awful, dated arrangements for.

Actually, I believe it's from the late 80's to early 90's.  I consider it one of their timeless and  best works.  I bought it to replace the vinyl album version that was getting scratched.  If you like them, I strongly suggest Crosby and Nash's collaboration "Sanctuary" and the song "Lay me down".  It's beautiful!   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:38:48 PM
i saw david crosby solo, in 1979-80ish.  his voice is just heartbreaking.  sublime.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 31, 2008, 03:00:20 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:38:48 PM
i saw david crosby solo, in 1979-80ish.  his voice is just heartbreaking.  sublime.

The solo  he did for Melissa Etheridge and her bride came a little later in his career.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on May 31, 2008, 05:11:37 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on May 31, 2008, 02:38:48 PM
i saw david crosby solo, in 1979-80ish.  his voice is just heartbreaking.  sublime.

He's still got it!   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on June 01, 2008, 12:54:56 AM
i know - a fat, heroin-addled freak, with the voice of an angel.  sigh...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 01, 2008, 06:40:56 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 01, 2008, 12:54:56 AM
i know - a fat, heroin-addled freak, with the voice of an angel.  sigh...

Well, it took a failed liver and a liver transplant to wake him up.  But, he's been clean and sober for several years now!   :asthing:  He's still a bit chunky, but, he's still putting out the music!
 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 01, 2008, 02:21:26 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 01, 2008, 06:40:56 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 01, 2008, 12:54:56 AM
i know - a fat, heroin-addled freak, with the voice of an angel.  sigh...

Well, it took a failed liver and a liver transplant to wake him up.  But, he's been clean and sober for several years now!   :asthing:  He's still a bit chunky, but, he's still putting out the music!
 8)

So, my remark about his  "solos"  took root, after all?

I didn't think anyone got it.

 :asthing:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 01, 2008, 02:41:39 PM
Boooks :)

Looks like I am beginning to enjoy reading again.. :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 01, 2008, 02:48:47 PM
Good. I know that feeling. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 01, 2008, 02:51:24 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2008, 02:48:47 PM
Good. I know that feeling. :)
I need that feeling with a few more things, over the past year or so I have become a tad too disengaged at times.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 01, 2008, 02:53:08 PM
But books are special. I love reading.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 01, 2008, 02:58:56 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2008, 02:53:08 PM
But books are special. I love reading.

Ditto!

plusses to the book gods.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 01, 2008, 03:45:15 PM
A new wireless mouse
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 01, 2008, 03:51:38 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2008, 02:53:08 PM
But books are special. I love reading.
True. I probably should not have left the magic drift away. Reading again has been surprisingly introspective for me, though thats probably my choice of reading material more than anything else.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 01, 2008, 04:21:58 PM
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooks, I wants them precioussssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 01, 2008, 04:23:37 PM
^ :D

Quote from: parts on June 01, 2008, 03:45:15 PM
A new wireless mouse
Fun stuff. I like gadgets, its verging on becoming an addiction of mine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 02, 2008, 01:51:11 PM
Added a 22" LCD screen to my pooter order.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 02, 2008, 02:39:40 PM
Oh, and I forgot: bought two Ian Rankin novels, his two earliest Rebus novels. Couldn't help it--I borrowed the first from the library and haven't had the time to read it yet, so I have been getting very stressed about it.

This is much better. I hate borrowing books I really want to read.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 02, 2008, 03:31:23 PM
$4000.00 in insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on June 02, 2008, 05:38:03 PM
L glutamine powder
mitake mushroom capsules
tomatoe
cucumber
zucchini squash
apple
watercress
shitake mushrooms
omega 3 enriched eggs]
american ginseng in addition to panax I already have
2 rice protein powder enriched with spirulina  enzymes adaptogenic herbs like ginseng powdered vegetables
enzymes
chamomile tea
perfect food by garden of life
Backed corn chips, lightly toched with oil after being cooked
Salsa, no salt added with apple cide vingear
organic apple  cider vinegar
quinoa
bee pollen
hawthorn berry
spider vein flavonoids, I don't have any, but capillar problems maybe.
trim form weight loss herbs
spirlina pills
alfalfa pills
rasins
apple cider diet pills
broccoli
bilberrry
parsley
book on healing power of foods by an ND
Acai berry capsules
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 02, 2008, 05:45:46 PM
Blimey, thats quite a shopping list Flo!

Shitake mushrooms = yum :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 02, 2008, 08:39:04 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.
I do that as well too. Looks like this bodily wear and tear of mine is going to stack up...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:41:52 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:39:04 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.
I do that as well too. Looks like this bodily wear and tear of mine is going to stack up...

If I had the money, I'd get all my teeth replaced with titanium false teeth, medically screwed into my jaw and skull.  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 02, 2008, 08:44:32 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:41:52 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:39:04 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.
I do that as well too. Looks like this bodily wear and tear of mine is going to stack up...

If I had the money, I'd get all my teeth replaced with titanium false teeth, medically screwed into my jaw and skull.  :evillaugh:
I am banking on them being able to regrow my teeth 10 or so years down the line when i really need it. Now onto how we repair the rest of my body...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:50:38 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:44:32 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:41:52 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:39:04 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.
I do that as well too. Looks like this bodily wear and tear of mine is going to stack up...

If I had the money, I'd get all my teeth replaced with titanium false teeth, medically screwed into my jaw and skull.  :evillaugh:
I am banking on them being able to regrow my teeth 10 or so years down the line when i really need it. Now onto how we repair the rest of my body...
Nanobots
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 02, 2008, 08:52:31 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:50:38 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:44:32 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:41:52 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:39:04 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.
I do that as well too. Looks like this bodily wear and tear of mine is going to stack up...

If I had the money, I'd get all my teeth replaced with titanium false teeth, medically screwed into my jaw and skull.  :evillaugh:
I am banking on them being able to regrow my teeth 10 or so years down the line when i really need it. Now onto how we repair the rest of my body...
Nanobots
Yeah. Though I suspect I might be a write off by that point. Maybe they could grow me an entire body instead...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 11:18:06 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:52:31 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:50:38 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:44:32 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:41:52 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:39:04 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.
I do that as well too. Looks like this bodily wear and tear of mine is going to stack up...

If I had the money, I'd get all my teeth replaced with titanium false teeth, medically screwed into my jaw and skull.  :evillaugh:
I am banking on them being able to regrow my teeth 10 or so years down the line when i really need it. Now onto how we repair the rest of my body...
Nanobots
Yeah. Though I suspect I might be a write off by that point. Maybe they could grow me an entire body instead...

Yeah, they could clone your body and artificially accelerate the growth to adulthood, but you would probably still need nanobots to re-wire all the neurons in your brain to be an exact copy of what you had now or at the time of the mind transfer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 03, 2008, 01:13:09 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 01, 2008, 02:21:26 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 01, 2008, 06:40:56 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 01, 2008, 12:54:56 AM
i know - a fat, heroin-addled freak, with the voice of an angel.  sigh...

Well, it took a failed liver and a liver transplant to wake him up.  But, he's been clean and sober for several years now!   :asthing:  He's still a bit chunky, but, he's still putting out the music!
 8)

So, my remark about his  "solos"  took root, after all?

I didn't think anyone got it.

 :asthing:



I got it.

 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 03, 2008, 01:15:15 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.

Does the guard help?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 03, 2008, 03:28:12 AM
Quote from: Callaway on June 03, 2008, 01:15:15 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.

Does the guard help?

I dont have one to be honest, I probably should, but that would mean going to the dentist and they are my mortal enemy (well I act that way anyway).

Or are you talking about one of those hanibal Lecter mouth guards so as I dont bite people?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 03, 2008, 04:57:44 AM
Tomorrow I am going to buy a sticker for my car and it will cost $300. Yay me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 03, 2008, 04:59:08 AM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Me is carnivore...... :bloody:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 03, 2008, 05:03:52 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 03, 2008, 04:57:44 AM
Tomorrow I am going to buy a sticker for my car and it will cost $300. Yay me.

Registration ?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 03, 2008, 08:42:56 AM
Quote from: Callaway on June 03, 2008, 01:13:09 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 01, 2008, 02:21:26 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 01, 2008, 06:40:56 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 01, 2008, 12:54:56 AM
i know - a fat, heroin-addled freak, with the voice of an angel.  sigh...

Well, it took a failed liver and a liver transplant to wake him up.  But, he's been clean and sober for several years now!   :asthing:  He's still a bit chunky, but, he's still putting out the music!
 8)

So, my remark about his  "solos"  took root, after all?

I didn't think anyone got it.

 :asthing:



I got it.

 :laugh:

yeah, but you have dirty thoughts,  too.


:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 03, 2008, 09:16:56 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 03, 2008, 04:59:08 AM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Me is carnivore...... :bloody:


Me is "vagi"tarian ...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 03, 2008, 09:35:25 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 03, 2008, 09:16:56 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 03, 2008, 04:59:08 AM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Me is carnivore...... :bloody:


Me is "vagi"tarian ...

That too, along with the special sauce..... :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on June 03, 2008, 05:45:08 PM
Adding more...

Superfood powdered form
Protein powder rice for at total of 3
co enzyme 10 water and fat souble, improved absorption by up to 300%
alpha lipoic acid ester c dmae lotion, for dark circles, inflammated capillaries
dark circle under eye serum  the cause is presuambly  leaking capillaries of hemoglobin  antioxiant therapy, with alpha lipoic acid seems to help.  I must act mature, modify my behavior to go with the cream.  The alpha lipoic acid cream is good for scars
Scar zone cream with onion bulb extract and green tea
spice grinder  grinds up grn tea into a fine powder for faster absorption
white tea organic
red peppers
cucumbers
4 bottles of powdered ginger
encyclopedia on healing power of foods
I want some wolfberry!
pomegranate extract, increase fertility
milk thistle seed
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 03, 2008, 05:47:42 PM
Quote from: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on June 03, 2008, 05:45:08 PM
Adding more...

Superfood powdered form
Protein powder rice for at total of 3
co enzyme 10 water and fat souble, improved absorption by up to 300%
alpha lipoic acid ester c dmae lotion, for dark circles, inflammated capillaries
dark circle under eye serum  the cause is presuambly  leaking capillaries of hemoglobin  antioxiant therapy, with alpha lipoic acid seems to help.  I must act mature, modify my behavior to go with the cream.  The alpha lipoic acid cream is good for scars
Scar zone cream with onion bulb extract and green tea
spice grinder  grinds up grn tea into a fine powder for faster absorption
white tea organic
red peppers
cucumbers
4 bottles of powdered ginger
encyclopedia on healing power of foods
I want some wolfberry!
pomegranate extract, increase fertility
milk thistle seed

So does the guy at the heath food store get a hard on when you walk in or what :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 04, 2008, 02:45:46 AM
Quote from: parts on June 03, 2008, 05:03:52 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 03, 2008, 04:57:44 AM
Tomorrow I am going to buy a sticker for my car and it will cost $300. Yay me.
Registration ?
Yes. :( The car is a money pit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 04, 2008, 06:14:43 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 04, 2008, 02:45:46 AM
Quote from: parts on June 03, 2008, 05:03:52 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 03, 2008, 04:57:44 AM
Tomorrow I am going to buy a sticker for my car and it will cost $300. Yay me.
Registration ?
Yes. :( The car is a money pit.

Hey, the rhymes with 'piece of shit'

I've had cars like that, they were also money pits.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 04, 2008, 03:53:50 PM
A new computer, LCD screen, and two wireless network cards (for the kids). :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on June 04, 2008, 06:00:29 PM
Mircowave
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 04, 2008, 06:12:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 04, 2008, 03:53:50 PM
A new computer, LCD screen, and two wireless network cards (for the kids). :woohoo:
*is jealous*
Quote from: kevv729 on June 04, 2008, 06:00:29 PM
Mircowave
*wants in his room*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 05, 2008, 04:43:50 PM

Bought a little set of outdoor speakers today. Too cheap to pass up. I can hang them in a tree and forget them, except for when we pool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on June 06, 2008, 06:44:47 AM
A bluetooth headset; I've coupled it with my iPAQ and set them to record sound continuously.  Depending on how the batteries on my iPAQ and headset hold out, I might manage 6-8 hours of audio per charge, recording everything that goes on around me.  My tinfoil hat even works as a parabolic dish, enhancing the signal between the devices.   :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 06, 2008, 07:32:08 PM
$114.47 in gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 06, 2008, 08:07:03 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 03, 2008, 03:28:12 AM
Quote from: Callaway on June 03, 2008, 01:15:15 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.

Does the guard help?

I dont have one to be honest, I probably should, but that would mean going to the dentist and they are my mortal enemy (well I act that way anyway).

Or are you talking about one of those hanibal Lecter mouth guards so as I dont bite people?  :orly:

I found a place online that makes custom mouth guards and you don't have to leave your home to get them, but unfortunately none in Australia:

http://www.precisiondentalworks.com/night_guards_tmj.html
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on June 06, 2008, 08:18:11 PM
Quote from: Callaway on June 06, 2008, 08:07:03 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 03, 2008, 03:28:12 AM
Quote from: Callaway on June 03, 2008, 01:15:15 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.

Does the guard help?

I dont have one to be honest, I probably should, but that would mean going to the dentist and they are my mortal enemy (well I act that way anyway).

Or are you talking about one of those hanibal Lecter mouth guards so as I dont bite people?  :orly:

I found a place online that makes custom mouth guards and you don't have to leave your home to get them, but unfortunately none in Australia:

http://www.precisiondentalworks.com/night_guards_tmj.html
Alternatively, look in the rugby section of any sports shop. They nearly always have rubber mouth guards...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 07, 2008, 04:15:29 AM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 06, 2008, 08:18:11 PM
Quote from: Callaway on June 06, 2008, 08:07:03 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 03, 2008, 03:28:12 AM
Quote from: Callaway on June 03, 2008, 01:15:15 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:37:28 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 08:29:22 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 02, 2008, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Irate Student on June 02, 2008, 07:51:01 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 02, 2008, 07:49:24 PM
With a marsala sauce, some steamed asparagus, green beans and carrots!  And a few medallions of veal!
Me is veggie...

*sulks*

Crybaby, we have canine teeth for a reason you know.  ;)
Mine are slowly been worn away by my caffiene + alcohol addiction...

Mine are being worn away by jaw clenching and grinding my teeth when I sleep.

Does the guard help?

I dont have one to be honest, I probably should, but that would mean going to the dentist and they are my mortal enemy (well I act that way anyway).

Or are you talking about one of those hanibal Lecter mouth guards so as I dont bite people?  :orly:

I found a place online that makes custom mouth guards and you don't have to leave your home to get them, but unfortunately none in Australia:

http://www.precisiondentalworks.com/night_guards_tmj.html
Alternatively, look in the rugby section of any sports shop. They nearly always have rubber mouth guards...

That's actually a really good idea. I might look into that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on June 07, 2008, 10:22:08 AM
or a sex shop, although i believe they're called "dental dams" there.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 07, 2008, 12:11:14 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 07, 2008, 10:22:08 AM
or a sex shop, although i believe they're called "dental dams" there.  :laugh:

I must say, I want to hear the reason for that!   :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on June 07, 2008, 01:34:07 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 07, 2008, 12:11:14 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 07, 2008, 10:22:08 AM
or a sex shop, although i believe they're called "dental dams" there.  :laugh:

I must say, I want to hear the reason for that!   :laugh:

safe sex.   :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 07, 2008, 01:38:31 PM
Ok, I finally figured out what that was,  :P sometimes I'm a little slow on the uptake with these new fangled contrapshuns.   :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 07, 2008, 01:40:32 PM
90 degrees out, community yard sale. Massive truck-load of stuff.

Kid's clothes
DragonballZ movies
South Park talking dolls  :headbang2:
and a bunch of other stuff.

Best find of the day, a $25.00 lightweight 2 year old snow blower for my mom's that looks to have been used maybe twice, sells for $300.00 new.

Now I just need some damn snow. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 07, 2008, 10:58:22 PM
Code: [Select]
http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=VI-IM211056&input[category_id]=1227
iMON Inside IR Remote Control with Black 3.5 Bay USB Receiver

for my MediaPC in the loungeroom.




stupid fucking square brackets fucking with fucking forum codes, fuckety fuck fuck...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 08, 2008, 03:13:11 PM
It's been removed already. DId you buy the last one?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 09, 2008, 12:02:13 AM
SMF didnt like the URL so it magled it up heaps cos if the square brackets and all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on June 09, 2008, 07:05:50 AM
Some Hanes boyshort underwear, to be a bit less indecent when wearing short skirts.  It was a pleasant surprise to find out that they in fact do not look like granny panties when I put them on.   :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on June 09, 2008, 07:31:33 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 09, 2008, 07:05:50 AM
Some Hanes boyshort underwear, to be a bit less indecent when wearing short skirts.  It was a pleasant surprise to find out that they in fact do not look like granny panties when I put them on.   :laugh:
Pics or it didn't happen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on June 09, 2008, 10:05:21 AM
PSP games, Sling shot, Marbles (as sling shot ammo) My two new baby rats, a cage for the rats.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 09, 2008, 10:14:04 AM
boxes and bubble wrap
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 09, 2008, 02:12:53 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 09, 2008, 12:02:13 AM
SMF didnt like the URL so it magled it up heaps cos if the square brackets and all.

So will you tell me what it was? :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 09, 2008, 04:03:10 PM
A check up for my old car!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 09, 2008, 08:12:00 PM
Quote from: parts on June 09, 2008, 10:14:04 AM
boxes and bubble wrap

Hey, I know what you got that for.  ;D

Today I am buying sterilisation for the cat.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 10, 2008, 03:56:49 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 09, 2008, 02:12:53 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 09, 2008, 12:02:13 AM
SMF didnt like the URL so it magled it up heaps cos if the square brackets and all.

So will you tell me what it was? :laugh:

I fixed it sorta, just means you have to cut and paste...

Code: [Select]
http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=VI-IM211056&input[category_id]=1227
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 10, 2008, 12:38:18 PM
Quote from: renaeden on June 09, 2008, 08:12:00 PM
Quote from: parts on June 09, 2008, 10:14:04 AM
boxes and bubble wrap

Hey, I know what you got that for.  ;D

Today I am buying sterilisation for the cat.  :zoinks:

Tell us, please. I simply MUST know!

*pictures sterilising boxes of cats with bubble wrap*

 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 10, 2008, 01:20:09 PM
A new Volcano book, "Volcano, a visual guide" by Donna OMeara.  It's gots lots of picturesssssssss, preciousssssssssss   :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Coral on June 10, 2008, 01:36:56 PM
Cremation for my cat's remains, my fluffy loverboy died this morning, I'm extremely heartbroken.  :'( There should be a broken heart smiley guy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: thepeaguy on June 10, 2008, 01:54:43 PM
Quote from: Coral on June 10, 2008, 01:36:56 PM
Cremation for my cat's remains, my fluffy loverboy died this morning, I'm extremely heartbroken.  :'( There should be a broken heart smiley guy.

Your brother would probably grieve with you if he had the mental capacity to do so.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on June 10, 2008, 02:05:57 PM
Quote from: Coral on June 10, 2008, 01:36:56 PM
Cremation for my cat's remains, my fluffy loverboy died this morning, I'm extremely heartbroken.  :'( There should be a broken heart smiley guy.

:'(

:hug:

that's poo, coral.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 10, 2008, 02:09:35 PM
Quote from: Coral on June 10, 2008, 01:36:56 PM
Cremation for my cat's remains, my fluffy loverboy died this morning, I'm extremely heartbroken.  :'( There should be a broken heart smiley guy.


I'm sorry for you. Losing a pet can be rough.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 10, 2008, 03:33:09 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 10, 2008, 03:56:49 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 09, 2008, 02:12:53 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 09, 2008, 12:02:13 AM
SMF didnt like the URL so it magled it up heaps cos if the square brackets and all.

So will you tell me what it was? :laugh:

I fixed it sorta, just means you have to cut and paste...

Code: [Select]
http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=VI-IM211056&input[category_id]=1227

WTF *is* that? :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 10, 2008, 03:33:29 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 09, 2008, 04:03:10 PM
A check up for my old car!

Actually did that yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 10, 2008, 03:34:12 PM
Quote from: Coral on June 10, 2008, 01:36:56 PM
Cremation for my cat's remains, my fluffy loverboy died this morning, I'm extremely heartbroken.  :'( There should be a broken heart smiley guy.

:( :hug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 10, 2008, 04:08:17 PM
Quote from: Coral on June 10, 2008, 01:36:56 PM
Cremation for my cat's remains, my fluffy loverboy died this morning, I'm extremely heartbroken.  :'( There should be a broken heart smiley guy.

Pets are like family, I grieve for thee!   :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 10, 2008, 04:31:49 PM
New registration for my truck
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Coral on June 10, 2008, 04:36:43 PM
I actually walked around my house talking to my cat all the time telling him that we were in love! He made wherever I lived feel like home, he'll be sadly missed. He was my BFF! I got really great news the hour before I found out he died, I got into the nursing program and I start full time in the fall. Randy better hurry with his medical degree so that he can boss me around! :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 10, 2008, 04:41:37 PM
Quote from: Coral on June 10, 2008, 04:36:43 PM
I actually walked around my house talking to my cat all the time telling him that we were in love! He made wherever I lived feel like home, he'll be sadly missed. He was my BFF! I got really great news the hour before I found out he died, I got into the nursing program and I start full time in the fall. Randy better hurry with his medical degree so that he can boss me around! :eyebrows:

I will have great amusement picturing him in Medical School.  AND I have much experience with watching medical students from Albany Medical Center Medical School to observing their internships at my first Nursing job at The Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, NY.    SO, where is he getting his "pre-med" program??   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Coral on June 10, 2008, 05:38:42 PM
The half century old medical book that my mother left him. I think that is his medical schooling... yet he belittles my quest for a college degree! ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 10, 2008, 05:43:07 PM
Quote from: Coral on June 10, 2008, 05:38:42 PM
The half century old medical book that my mother left him. I think that is his medical schooling... yet he belittles my quest for a college degree! ::)

The biggest idiots I know are "book learned, and school dumb", but, more than a few I met with degrees are even dumber.  It's  a matter of perspective.  That little piece of paper may be despised by some, but, it's also a trophy showing that one can surmount the system. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on June 10, 2008, 06:06:28 PM
Corrie, I have an updated medical book specifically on adults, I got that for something to do.  You and mom accusing me of aspie this and that, and yet it seems like you don't understand my feelings now.  I belittled your schooling because your trashing me constantly, rarely do I ever hear good things from you.  Mom does the same thing, yet she still doesn't understand that the sick can't handle hearing certain things, that is why she was thrown out of the nursing home.  Maybe she is trying to stir up trouble, part of mania.  I HOPE ITS NOT SOMETHING TO DO WITH PRESTROKE SYSMPTOMS.  Sometimes mom doesn't look like she know what she is saying, and I have to correct her.  I tend to pay attention to cause and affect repeating offensive behavior of all kinds, and also of other people.  My grandmother's memory seem to have gotten worse near the stroke.

I didn't buy all these at once, numerous trips.

Perfect food (basically powered grass juice, enzymes, and probiotics.  I noticed a mislabeling of such, it says one scoop =5-10 servings of vegetables, now I have never done this, but someone else may just use this for their full vegetable requirement.  336mg of potassium is  5 servings of vegetables?  really?  I don't think so!  When you dehydrate vegetables, they loose nutrients, so techincally, that statement is false.  I know what he meant though, but someone else might not.)

enzymes

fresh grn beans

organic quinoa

fresh asparagus

fresh cabbage

2 packets of grns to go  A mix of superfoods, enzymes, and probiotics in a sweet berry flavor

fresh tomatoes

fresh zuccihinin squash

pinto beans

soft corn tortillas

smart balance oil

tomatoe paste

body powder

epsom salt

rubbing alcohol

deoderant

yogi tea green tea energy

yogi tea royal vitality

yogi tea detox tea  if you don't eat purely organic foods, you need to detox  fresh vegetables do that to

bananas

spice grinder

alfalfa pills

blue green algae pills

mitake mushroom extract

b vitamins 50 units all except folic acid  includes alfalfa watercress brewer's yeast and parsley

gota kola capsules

co enzyme q10 300% better absorption than regular variety, water and fat souble

dhea steroidal hormone


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 11, 2008, 03:55:47 AM
^Good to see you are eating more food and less pills, Randy.
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 10, 2008, 12:38:18 PM
Quote from: renaeden on June 09, 2008, 08:12:00 PM
Quote from: parts on June 09, 2008, 10:14:04 AM
boxes and bubble wrap
Hey, I know what you got that for.  ;D

Today I am buying sterilisation for the cat.  :zoinks:
Tell us, please. I simply MUST know!

*pictures sterilising boxes of cats with bubble wrap*

 :laugh:
:lol:
parts is sending GA a clarinet.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 11, 2008, 04:32:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 10, 2008, 03:33:09 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 10, 2008, 03:56:49 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 09, 2008, 02:12:53 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 09, 2008, 12:02:13 AM
SMF didnt like the URL so it magled it up heaps cos if the square brackets and all.

So will you tell me what it was? :laugh:

I fixed it sorta, just means you have to cut and paste...

Code: [Select]
http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.php?input[product_code]=VI-IM211056&input[category_id]=1227

WTF *is* that? :o

It's a remote control for a PC and the IR receiver is installed internally in the 3 1/2" Floppy Drive bay. It has ATX Motherboard Power pass through thingie and you can turn on the PC with the remote. Makes using the Media PC's software (MediaPortal) a lot easier to use.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 11, 2008, 02:42:33 PM
Cool. 8)

I bought some books at the Book Depository today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on June 11, 2008, 02:51:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 11, 2008, 02:42:33 PM
Cool. 8)

I bought some books at the Book Depository today.

oooooh, tell me!  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 11, 2008, 03:04:11 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 11, 2008, 02:51:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 11, 2008, 02:42:33 PM
Cool. 8)

I bought some books at the Book Depository today.

oooooh, tell me!  :drool:

Oxford's Plain English (plan to give it to a salesperson with a particularly, er, interesting way of writing) and Through the Eyes of Aliens (another AS book)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on June 11, 2008, 03:05:07 PM
:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 11, 2008, 03:27:55 PM
You should read his stuff. You'd die laughing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on June 11, 2008, 03:32:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 11, 2008, 03:27:55 PM
You should read his stuff. You'd die laughing.

get thee to a scanner, NOW!

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 11, 2008, 03:35:59 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 11, 2008, 03:32:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 11, 2008, 03:27:55 PM
You should read his stuff. You'd die laughing.

get thee to a scanner, NOW!

:laugh:

And copy classified documents? The scanner would crash. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on June 11, 2008, 03:48:20 PM
tut.  and i thought you'd do anything for me.  /sulk.

how about if i offer to flash you my tits?  or, failing that, some dotty bread and pulla?  oh, and something with raspberries.   :-*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 11, 2008, 03:51:53 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 11, 2008, 03:48:20 PM
tut.  and i thought you'd do anything for me.  /sulk.

how about if i offer to flash you my tits?  or, failing that, some dotty bread and pulla?  oh, and something with raspberries.   :-*

:laugh:

OK, if you insist.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 11, 2008, 07:36:22 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 11, 2008, 03:48:20 PM
tut.  and i thought you'd do anything for me.  /sulk.

how about if i offer to flash you my tits?  or, failing that, some dotty bread and pulla?  oh, and something with raspberries.   :-*

Do all of that and you'll have a male harem for life, with Odeon as dominant male!   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 11, 2008, 09:49:54 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on June 11, 2008, 03:48:20 PM
tut.  and i thought you'd do anything for me.  /sulk.

how about if i offer to flash you my tits?  or, failing that, some dotty bread and pulla?  oh, and something with raspberries.   :-*

What was the name of that book again? ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 13, 2008, 04:34:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 11, 2008, 03:04:11 PM
Through the Eyes of Aliens (another AS book)
I read that book when I first got diagnosed and it answered quite a few questions for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Silk on June 13, 2008, 08:16:15 AM
Nothing but food and hygiene poducts because I'm broke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 13, 2008, 08:31:50 AM
A cheap little work radio at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 13, 2008, 03:26:55 PM
Quote from: renaeden on June 13, 2008, 04:34:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 11, 2008, 03:04:11 PM
Through the Eyes of Aliens (another AS book)
I read that book when I first got diagnosed and it answered quite a few questions for me.

Was it any good?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 14, 2008, 02:32:43 AM
Some parts, yes because I was having difficulty explaining things to my mum about me, so I showed her some paragraphs that were applicable. She was upset about some of it because she didn't realise that that's the way things are for me. Unfortunately, I can't remember a lot of what was written in that book now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 14, 2008, 06:43:05 AM
A newspaper  :yawn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 14, 2008, 07:53:20 AM
Two old funky wood planes and two draw knives
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on June 15, 2008, 08:01:36 AM
This, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers_collections--kits/marble-vibe-assortment-4-colors/) this, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_books/little-black-book-of-kama-sutra/) a slightly more expensive and versitile version of this (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers/waterproof-finger-fun-massager/), and a cow keychain that lights up and moos (all in the same go).  God only knows what that women  who rang me up thought I was planning- I think the juxtaposition of the cow was prolly pretty scary to contemplate.   :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on June 15, 2008, 08:49:43 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 15, 2008, 08:01:36 AM
This, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers_collections--kits/marble-vibe-assortment-4-colors/) this, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_books/little-black-book-of-kama-sutra/) a slightly more expensive and versitile version of this (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers/waterproof-finger-fun-massager/), and a cow keychain that lights up and moos (all in the same go).  God only knows what that women  who rang me up thought I was planning- I think the juxtaposition of the cow was prolly pretty scary to contemplate.   :lol:
Congrats on your purchases.  Sounds like a good night.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 15, 2008, 09:34:56 AM
News paper and a coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on June 15, 2008, 10:02:45 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 15, 2008, 08:49:43 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 15, 2008, 08:01:36 AM
This, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers_collections--kits/marble-vibe-assortment-4-colors/) this, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_books/little-black-book-of-kama-sutra/) a slightly more expensive and versitile version of this (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers/waterproof-finger-fun-massager/), and a cow keychain that lights up and moos (all in the same go).  God only knows what that women  who rang me up thought I was planning- I think the juxtaposition of the cow was prolly pretty scary to contemplate.   :lol:
Congrats on your purchases.  Sounds like a good night.
Hopefully more than just one night, 'else I'll feel pretty damn ripped off.

The cow keychain is much less funny if I give the sane, nonsexual explanation for its purchase- it's a replacement for my Current's old light-up mooing keychain cow, which he wore out.  It was tons of fun in its heyday though, it used to go off in his pocket.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 15, 2008, 12:06:53 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 15, 2008, 08:01:36 AM
This, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers_collections--kits/marble-vibe-assortment-4-colors/) this, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_books/little-black-book-of-kama-sutra/) a slightly more expensive and versitile version of this (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers/waterproof-finger-fun-massager/), and a cow keychain that lights up and moos (all in the same go).  God only knows what that women  who rang me up thought I was planning- I think the juxtaposition of the cow was prolly pretty scary to contemplate.   :lol:


Well, if your boyfriend develops an irresistible urge to go "cow tipping", we"ll know the source!   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on June 15, 2008, 12:39:22 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 15, 2008, 12:06:53 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 15, 2008, 08:01:36 AM
This, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers_collections--kits/marble-vibe-assortment-4-colors/) this, (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_books/little-black-book-of-kama-sutra/) a slightly more expensive and versitile version of this (http://www.spencersonline.com/luv-stuff_massagers/waterproof-finger-fun-massager/), and a cow keychain that lights up and moos (all in the same go).  God only knows what that women  who rang me up thought I was planning- I think the juxtaposition of the cow was prolly pretty scary to contemplate.   :lol:


Well, if your boyfriend develops an irresistible urge to go "cow tipping", we"ll know the source!   :eyebrows:

lol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 15, 2008, 01:56:45 PM
A small forge and about 40lbs of coal :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 15, 2008, 04:07:36 PM
Iron on patches for my daughters "Holey" pants.  Her choice!   :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dexter Morgan on June 16, 2008, 02:46:16 PM
a PS3
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on June 16, 2008, 02:50:13 PM
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on June 16, 2008, 02:46:16 PM
a PS3
Did you get Metal Gear Solid 4?   From what I have played on a friend's PS3, it is amazing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 16, 2008, 02:58:31 PM
2007 Toyota Corolla
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on June 16, 2008, 03:59:09 PM
Aspie cure potion, step up and recieve what I made :laugh: :laugh:

Buy it!

no its free ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dexter Morgan on June 16, 2008, 05:35:11 PM
Quote from: Alex179 on June 16, 2008, 02:50:13 PM
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on June 16, 2008, 02:46:16 PM
a PS3
Did you get Metal Gear Solid 4?   From what I have played on a friend's PS3, it is amazing.
I'm waiting until I have and HDTV to get it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 16, 2008, 08:47:08 PM
A new laptop computer, since the old laptop never worked right after my daughter threw a jar of jelly beans at it.

It's a Sony, but this model was available only in pink.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.

The last thing I bought was food at the grocery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 17, 2008, 04:38:07 AM
^The last thing GA and I bought, too. Apart from a reed for his clarinet which was a luxury item (for us). :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on June 17, 2008, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Of course not- that would subvert the empowering sense of autonomy that ordinarily comes with masturbation.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 08:01:46 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Of course not- that would subvert the empowering sense of autonomy that ordinarily comes with masturbation.
I'd rather get a blowjob.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:45:30 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 08:01:46 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Of course not- that would subvert the empowering sense of autonomy that ordinarily comes with masturbation.
I'd rather get a blowjob.

They selling those at the mall these days?  :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 17, 2008, 09:47:52 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:45:30 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 08:01:46 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Of course not- that would subvert the empowering sense of autonomy that ordinarily comes with masturbation.
I'd rather get a blowjob.

They selling those at the mall these days?  :eyebrows:

Damn, why didn't they tell me about those shops when I was younger!   >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:53:09 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 17, 2008, 09:47:52 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:45:30 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 08:01:46 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Of course not- that would subvert the empowering sense of autonomy that ordinarily comes with masturbation.
I'd rather get a blowjob.

They selling those at the mall these days?  :eyebrows:

Damn, why didn't they tell me about those shops when I was younger!   >:(

I dunno, sounds like a new thing, I think its one of those deals where they also sell coffee or its a bookstore, probably and adult bookstore by the sounds of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 10:03:16 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:53:09 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 17, 2008, 09:47:52 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:45:30 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 08:01:46 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Of course not- that would subvert the empowering sense of autonomy that ordinarily comes with masturbation.
I'd rather get a blowjob.

They selling those at the mall these days?  :eyebrows:

Damn, why didn't they tell me about those shops when I was younger!   >:(

I dunno, sounds like a new thing, I think its one of those deals where they also sell coffee or its a bookstore, probably and adult bookstore by the sounds of it.
You put a dollar or two in quarters into the video machine, then there's a hole in the wall....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on June 17, 2008, 11:24:16 AM
What I'm about to buy.  I need a new HD, since I've run out of space; currently I have a 30GB HD, a 200GB HD and a 400GB HD, with the most important personal data backed up on each HD, but with the rest (movies and sci-fi shows mostly) not being backed up at all.  The 1TB HD will let me back up everything I currently have, but there won't be space to back up new data, so I'm getting a DVD writer so that I can back things up onto DVDs.  I also want a new case, since my current one is falling apart, does very little to reduce the noise of the components inside it and is poorly designed for airflow, and a new 120mm silent fan and 120-80mm adaptor to replace the loud 80mm fan on my CPU heatsink (I'll have to remove that fan by cutting it off with wire cutters, since the screws holding it on require a special tool that I don't have and have never seen).  I'm also getting a SATA raid controller to use as an ordinary SATA PCI adaptor, since I have an old motherboard that only has IDE connections, and although I already have a SATA PCI card, I won't have enough ports on it for what I'm getting.  It's a bit annoying to be spending £20 on a card for an ageing system since it'll be obsolete when I finally upgrade my motherboard, CPU, RAM, graphics card and possibly soundcard, but that could be several years from now, and it's an acceptable stop-gap measure. 

I'm getting some RAM for my laptop too, since it runs like shit on the 256MB it came with, an extension for my PSU so that it'll reach my motherboard from it's unusual position at the bottom of the new Antec case and various other power adaptors and splitters, some good quality Sennheiser in-ear headphones, since I'm tired of the shitty sound I get from my cheap and nasty plastic headphones that are held together with cellotape (I chose the Sennheiser CX 95's (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-040-SN) over a Sennheiser PC350 Pro-Gaming Headset (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-042-SN) since it's cheaper and a review claimed it had a better audio balance and that the bass was weak in the PC350, but if any audiophiles want to chime in with advice, please do.  5.1 surround sound would have been nice, but I'm not even sure if my bittorrented videos support surround sound, and I don't play FPS's much), a 2GB compact flash card to replace a 256MB one I have and a new card reader, since my current card reader can't take the mini-SD card for my iPAQ and I've lost the SD adapter for it.

It's going to cost me £453, but it should improve my enjoyment of life by a fair bit, or at least diminish my annoyance at life.  I'm particularly sick of having a loud whine and woosh from my computer in my ear all day, every day, though I think most of the high-pitched whine comes from the ancient 30GB HD, which will be off-lined shortly.

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Other things for my future wish-list are a bigger LCD to replace my 17" slightly scratched one, and the aforementioned complete overhaul of my major system components.  I'm running with an Athlon 2600XP, 1GB PC2700 DDR RAM and a Radeon 9600 graphics card, but it's still acceptable for most things I do, and the longer I put off a major upgrade, the better the components will be for the same money when I finally do upgrade.

Anyone have any advice before I wave goodbye to my money?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 17, 2008, 11:34:58 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 10:03:16 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:53:09 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 17, 2008, 09:47:52 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:45:30 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 08:01:46 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Of course not- that would subvert the empowering sense of autonomy that ordinarily comes with masturbation.
I'd rather get a blowjob.

They selling those at the mall these days?  :eyebrows:

Damn, why didn't they tell me about those shops when I was younger!   >:(

I dunno, sounds like a new thing, I think its one of those deals where they also sell coffee or its a bookstore, probably and adult bookstore by the sounds of it.
You put a dollar or two in quarters into the video machine, then there's a hole in the wall....

No way, I'm ain't putting junior in no hole in the wall.    :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on June 17, 2008, 02:19:59 PM
Nobody's giving me shopping advice.  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 17, 2008, 02:26:58 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 17, 2008, 09:47:52 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:45:30 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 08:01:46 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Of course not- that would subvert the empowering sense of autonomy that ordinarily comes with masturbation.
I'd rather get a blowjob.

They selling those at the mall these days?  :eyebrows:

Damn, why didn't they tell me about those shops when I was younger!   >:(

They warned you about them. And it wasn't the mall. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 17, 2008, 02:28:20 PM
Quote from: Peter on June 17, 2008, 11:24:16 AM
Anyone have any advice before I wave goodbye to my money?

Yes: Buy an Nvidia card instead. Radeon drivers suck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 17, 2008, 02:28:49 PM
Quote from: Peter on June 17, 2008, 02:19:59 PM
Nobody's giving me shopping advice.  :(

Hey, I just did. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 17, 2008, 02:44:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 17, 2008, 02:26:58 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on June 17, 2008, 09:47:52 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 17, 2008, 09:45:30 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 08:01:46 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:45:49 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 17, 2008, 07:41:06 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on June 17, 2008, 07:15:03 AM
Quote from: Tesla on June 16, 2008, 08:54:26 PM
How come everyone is buying cool shit.  I want cool shit.
Go to your local shopping mall or other gathering of vendors of nonessential purchaseables if it will ease your envy.  If you feel the need to buy "cool shit" similar to that which has been recently featured, I would heartily reccommend buying yourself a vibrator, good sir.
You paying?
Of course not- that would subvert the empowering sense of autonomy that ordinarily comes with masturbation.
I'd rather get a blowjob.

They selling those at the mall these days?  :eyebrows:

Damn, why didn't they tell me about those shops when I was younger!   >:(

They warned you about them. And it wasn't the mall. :P

Considering what I have seen walking around malls, past and present!  Anything is for sale!   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on June 17, 2008, 04:35:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 17, 2008, 02:28:20 PM
Quote from: Peter on June 17, 2008, 11:24:16 AM
Anyone have any advice before I wave goodbye to my money?

Yes: Buy an Nvidia card instead. Radeon drivers suck.

I'll keep that in mind for when I'm looking for a new graphics card in a few years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on June 17, 2008, 06:06:02 PM
Tomatoe paste, corn tortillas. 

I can make healthy corn chips.

Cut the soft corn tortillas, or make some yourself and add powdered vegetables .  Put them in the toaster, dash with with oil after crisping them.  Add a little salt if you wish to.   Paste, spices, and unpasturized apple cider vingegar make a great salsa.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 17, 2008, 06:49:16 PM
Spray paint
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 18, 2008, 03:25:13 AM
Quote from: Peter on June 17, 2008, 02:19:59 PM
Nobody's giving me shopping advice.  :(

The case you are getting doesn't seem to come with a power supply. I hope the one you already have has enough juice to power all yer stuff, otherwise get a good brand name power supply. Cheap ones can die a horrible death and take themselves as well as other parts out in a spectacular way.

Take this (http://www.overclockers.com.au/news.php?id=688801) for an example...

Oh and make the fastest HDD the boot drive too, but you already knew that right. Apart from that, everything seems okay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 18, 2008, 03:02:54 PM
Didn't actually *buy* anything, but I had to pay the dentist. He's a specialist (I have jaw muscle problems, it seems) so it cost a bloody fortune.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 18, 2008, 05:13:12 PM
Pizza
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 18, 2008, 11:15:45 PM
Wifes birthday, so I had to get cake, candles, sticky tape, pen (we have a pen gobblin in the house it seems) wrapping paper.

Bought her the Charmed Box Set that comes in The Book of Shadows.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 19, 2008, 12:36:23 AM
A cheap car amplifier. I loaned out my Iso-Bomb to a young guy at work, but he did not have an amp.

I was in the mood to show-off my little bass box a bit. He will probably blow the drivers, but that's OK. It has served its purpose as a proof of my design. I will build a big one next for use with live music.

:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on June 19, 2008, 06:53:31 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 18, 2008, 11:15:45 PM
Wifes birthday, so I had to get cake, candles, sticky tape, pen (we have a pen gobblin in the house it seems) wrapping paper.

Oh, is that where all the damn pens are coming from?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 19, 2008, 07:10:20 AM
A coffee and and an orange juice
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 19, 2008, 08:59:16 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on June 19, 2008, 06:53:31 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 18, 2008, 11:15:45 PM
Wifes birthday, so I had to get cake, candles, sticky tape, pen (we have a pen gobblin in the house it seems) wrapping paper.

Oh, is that where all the damn pens are coming from?

:D

Maybe so! I find them everywhere.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 19, 2008, 09:10:08 AM
Went to Lowe's (:hurl:)

Came home with a decent "passby" garden clipper, a new hedge trimmer, two varieties of lavender I had not seen before, a Japanese maple tree (common, hardy variety) and five, seven-ply sheets of oak hardwood plywood.

Five sheets will be enough for two enclosures, based upon my Iso-Bomb design, but scaled up for Pro-Audio fifteen inch drivers.

I have completed my paper plans, even without a hardware "thousand degree" protractor. The enclosures will be large and very heavy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 11:17:34 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on June 19, 2008, 06:53:31 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 18, 2008, 11:15:45 PM
Wifes birthday, so I had to get cake, candles, sticky tape, pen (we have a pen gobblin in the house it seems) wrapping paper.

Oh, is that where all the damn pens are coming from?

So the wormhole ends at your place.

I think you need to reverse the polarity or something.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 19, 2008, 12:03:33 PM
Well, I thought I needed to buy some pens but, all of sudden I keep finding them all over the place!   ???   :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 12:59:17 PM
Have any of you bastards got any of my odd socks, I think I have a wromhole in the washing machine as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 19, 2008, 01:51:29 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 12:59:17 PM
Have any of you bastards got any of my odd socks, I think I have a wromhole in the washing machine as well.

Not here, in fact my daughter is losing odd socks as well! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 19, 2008, 01:56:08 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 12:59:17 PM
Have any of you bastards got any of my odd socks, I think I have a wromhole in the washing machine as well.

I may have them here.  I have lots of socks looking for mates.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 02:06:50 PM
Meanwhile scientists waste time on all that other shit when they need to figure out the sock and pen problem in the world.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 19, 2008, 02:25:27 PM
Quote from: Callaway on June 19, 2008, 01:56:08 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 12:59:17 PM
Have any of you bastards got any of my odd socks, I think I have a wromhole in the washing machine as well.

I may have them here.  I have lots of socks looking for mates.

Looking for a mate seems to be a common thread around here. Let's hope the horny socks become more suave and personable in the near future and have a better chance of finding a mate.

One thing worse than being single is being married and single at the same time. I feel for the horny socks, everywhere.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 19, 2008, 04:43:30 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 12:59:17 PM
Have any of you bastards got any of my odd socks, I think I have a wromhole in the washing machine as well.

I have a few of those. I'll give them back to you if you give back mine. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 19, 2008, 04:44:52 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 19, 2008, 02:25:27 PM
Quote from: Callaway on June 19, 2008, 01:56:08 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 12:59:17 PM
Have any of you bastards got any of my odd socks, I think I have a wromhole in the washing machine as well.

I may have them here.  I have lots of socks looking for mates.

Looking for a mate seems to be a common thread around here. Let's hope the horny socks become more suave and personable in the near future and have a better chance of finding a mate.

One thing worse than being single is being married and single at the same time. I feel for the horny socks, everywhere.

Horny socks will probably be of little use to me. What size do you suppose the newborn will be, anyway? :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 20, 2008, 02:35:25 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 19, 2008, 04:43:30 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 12:59:17 PM
Have any of you bastards got any of my odd socks, I think I have a wromhole in the washing machine as well.

I have a few of those. I'll give them back to you if you give back mine. :P

I find it really creepy when you discover washing that isnt yours and you can find no reason for it being there.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 20, 2008, 11:58:56 AM
A 20 gallon air compressor, hose and reel for it at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 20, 2008, 12:11:37 PM
Soaps, shampoos and writing paper for Amber's camp supplies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 20, 2008, 03:55:26 PM
Quote from: parts on June 20, 2008, 11:58:56 AM
A 20 gallon air compressor, hose and reel for it at a tag sale

I have one of those. It's great for speeding up the BBQ fire. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 20, 2008, 05:11:34 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 20, 2008, 03:55:26 PM
Quote from: parts on June 20, 2008, 11:58:56 AM
A 20 gallon air compressor, hose and reel for it at a tag sale

I have one of those. It's great for speeding up the BBQ fire. :zoinks:

I have used my compressor and my leaf blower for that heats up quick :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 21, 2008, 03:52:25 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 12:59:17 PM
Have any of you bastards got any of my odd socks, I think I have a wromhole in the washing machine as well.
We have that wormhole too, socks go out and pens come in, the wormhole must be in the spare room. And the pens are coming through not working, the ink has dried up.

I was going to buy a long-sleeved shirt bit I didn't have the money.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 21, 2008, 04:33:57 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 21, 2008, 03:52:25 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 19, 2008, 12:59:17 PM
Have any of you bastards got any of my odd socks, I think I have a wromhole in the washing machine as well.
We have that wormhole too, socks go out and pens come in, the wormhole must be in the spare room. And the pens are coming through not working, the ink has dried up.

I was going to buy a long-sleeved shirt bit I didn't have the money.

If the pens dont work, then they are definitly mine. None of the pens that remain work either.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on June 23, 2008, 10:03:00 PM
Nintendo Power magazines.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 24, 2008, 05:01:19 AM
A Five piece Bosch cordless tool set
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 24, 2008, 02:34:45 PM
Monty Python episodes (all of 'em) on DVD. There was a sale and I could not resist... :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on June 24, 2008, 03:53:25 PM
Who the fuck is Monty Python?

I finally got a playboy magazine

2 packets of greens to go

kale

zuccihini squash

can of mushrooms

bee pollen capsules

hawthorn berry capsules

apple

alfalfa sprouts

onion powder

garlic powder

parsley flakes

raw parsley

watercress and its in the blue grn algae capsules to

red peppers

frozen brussel sprouts  Those fuckers are delicious about as good as broccoli

frozen stir fry blend

frozen turnips

frozen pepper blend

avocado

unsweetened cocoa powder also delicious

 raw collard grns a cousin of dandelion :wanker:

ginger

itallian seasoning

relax all blue grn algae capsules  I take 16 a day

alfalfa pills  I take 63 a day

intense x (sex pills)

I am so horny
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 24, 2008, 04:36:26 PM
Take out Pizza for supper!   :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on June 24, 2008, 05:19:57 PM
One of the worst meals I've eaten in a very long time.

I will never order pasta at a restaurant again.  No one knows how to cook pasta.  The red sauce was like ketchup.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 24, 2008, 05:26:56 PM
Quote from: Tesla on June 24, 2008, 05:19:57 PM
One of the worst meals I've eaten in a very long time.

I will never order pasta at a restaurant again.  No one knows how to cook pasta.  The red sauce was like ketchup.

So what kind of place did you eat at??? 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on June 24, 2008, 06:32:31 PM
http://www.mimiscafe.com/

I couldn't figure out what kind of restaurant they're trying to be.  They had a ton of cliche french shit on the walls, but served Parmesan crusted chicken over spaghetti???  And pot roast... chicken pot pie... jambalaya... it was just weird.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 25, 2008, 01:23:10 AM
I have only ever had breakfast there, but they had pretty good omelets and muffins.

If you want really good pasta, you should go to an Italian restaurant, IMO.

I believe I remember eating at Ragazzi's when I visited North Carolina and thinking that it was good.

I have no idea how far that is from you, though.

http://www.ragazzisofcary.com/
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on June 25, 2008, 04:51:39 AM
That's right down the street.  We have a really good italian place real close.  I'll have pasta there still, their pasta comes out al-dente, not a tasteless, textureless mass of starch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 25, 2008, 02:19:02 PM
Yes, it's no good when it's cooked to death.

We had a local place here that made their own fresh pasta and it was so delicious, but the people retired and their son took over.  He uses regular pasta and it's not nearly as good as it used to be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 25, 2008, 03:07:57 PM

When I lived in Nashville, I often went to The Old Spaghetti Factory. It was an excellent place to explore Italian style pasta. Everything was hand made, on site.

Nothing like a great pasta place!

(http://www.osf.com/history/lou.jpg).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 25, 2008, 09:26:13 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 25, 2008, 03:07:57 PM

When I lived in Nashville, I often went to The Old Spaghetti Factory. It was an excellent place to explore Italian style pasta. Everything was hand made, on site.

Nothing like a great pasta place!

(http://www.osf.com/history/lou.jpg).

 :agreed:

I love The Old Spaghetti Factory.  There's one in Denver.

There's also one in Saint Louis.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 26, 2008, 01:51:01 AM
Got a FREE Xbox 1, chipped, with 2 controllers, and 5 games from Freecycle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 26, 2008, 07:01:40 AM
Dump permit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 26, 2008, 09:26:14 AM
Quote from: parts on June 26, 2008, 07:01:40 AM
Dump permit


You need a permit to take a shit? Wow, tough area!

 ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 26, 2008, 10:29:26 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 26, 2008, 09:26:14 AM
Quote from: parts on June 26, 2008, 07:01:40 AM
Dump permit


You need a permit to take a shit? Wow, tough area!

 ;)

Only if you have a pick up truck other wise it's free my wife balks at me putting shit in he car though
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 26, 2008, 01:25:34 PM
:LMAO:

I'm sure you had other images in mind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 26, 2008, 01:43:07 PM


:LMAO:


(Excellent! I haven't had a "diaphragm response" to anything humorous in too damn long!)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on June 26, 2008, 04:09:13 PM
The new registration for the new wheels!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 28, 2008, 04:45:34 PM
4 tires, ouch.

 :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 28, 2008, 07:08:30 PM
A drill press and a load for other good stuff at tag sales :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 29, 2008, 04:12:34 PM
Two Ian Rankin novels from The Book Depository.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: vodz on July 01, 2008, 10:50:01 AM
Quote from: parts on June 26, 2008, 10:29:26 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on June 26, 2008, 09:26:14 AM
Quote from: parts on June 26, 2008, 07:01:40 AM
Dump permit


You need a permit to take a shit? Wow, tough area!

 ;)

Only if you have a pick up truck other wise it's free my wife balks at me putting shit in he car though

I once took a shit on the bonnet of a car, and one of my cousins has done this as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 02, 2008, 03:13:37 AM
^Why? ???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: mig29fulcrum on July 04, 2008, 11:33:54 AM
a 850 W Power supply unit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 04, 2008, 02:58:05 PM
Beer for tomorrow night. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 05, 2008, 10:10:52 PM
Some different coloured paper (pastel colours and parchment) and some folders.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 06, 2008, 02:00:51 PM
A digital TV receiver for the cottage.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on July 06, 2008, 06:03:42 PM
Quote from: mig29fulcrum on July 04, 2008, 11:33:54 AM
a 850 W Power supply unit

Are you taking the 'monster rig' approach to central heating?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 07, 2008, 01:01:07 PM
Paid $200 for a truck load of stuff from an estate going back for the rest next week
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 07, 2008, 05:27:37 PM
More video games, old ones from the early 90's except one, it's a Dreamcast game.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on July 07, 2008, 08:49:15 PM
Medicines for my flu.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on July 08, 2008, 11:02:44 AM
Advanced AV Pack for the Xbox and a TosLink cable so now I can enjoy digital audio from it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 08, 2008, 02:38:30 PM
... an internal hard drive, seven hundred fifty gigabytes for sixty two bucks.

Couldn't resist - never enough storage space these days!


Less than a dime per gig is a decent price (actually it's more like eight and two thirds cents, but who's counting, really?) and I can always fill it up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 08, 2008, 03:34:45 PM
Acne cream
Toilet Paper
Paper towels
Tampons
Pads
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 08, 2008, 03:57:15 PM
Quote from: Spokane Girl on July 08, 2008, 03:34:45 PM
Acne cream
Toilet Paper
Paper towels
Tampons
Pads

:yikes:

It really sounds urgent when you put it all together like that!

Hope you didn't spill any.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on July 08, 2008, 06:00:43 PM
The store had a crazy sale on Coca Cola products.  Buy 2, get 3 free.

I now have four cases of coke, and one case of diet coke for a total price of $11.86.  That's only 20 cents per can! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: GalileoAce on July 09, 2008, 09:14:12 AM
Nothing...Cos I'm poor :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ALLDAYGLOWRANDY on July 09, 2008, 04:27:54 PM
mung bean sprouts

Lemon juice, a lymphatic cleanser

bee pollen a natural steroid

dandelion root, promotes hormone production

celery, contain a photochemical that is reportedly desireable to women, but bioavailability may be poor.

spinach

collard grns a relative of dandelion greens

brussel sprouts

okra

Am I crazy, I love my vegetables :laugh:

cocoa powder plain

bananas

frozen broccoli

alfalfa

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on July 10, 2008, 01:39:00 PM
I have bought a wireless mouse.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 10, 2008, 03:00:52 PM
Cool. What make and model?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on July 10, 2008, 06:38:56 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on July 10, 2008, 01:39:00 PM
I have bought a wireless mouse.

 8)

I bought a pink Sony mouse to go with my pink laptop.

 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 10, 2008, 11:20:08 PM
^Pics or it didn't happen! I have never heard of a pink mouse.

I bought a new black bag because my other one was falling apart.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 10, 2008, 11:29:17 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 10, 2008, 11:20:08 PM
^Pics or it didn't happen! I have never heard of a pink mouse.

I bought a new black bag because my other one was falling apart.

You have GOT to get out more!

 :hahaha:


Personally, I want the Mondo Grape (purple) one. A Blachcherry looks kind of nice, too.


... but, see, I'm a guy. I can't place importance on the color of things or I become ghey.

 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: GalileoAce on July 10, 2008, 11:34:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 10, 2008, 11:29:17 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 10, 2008, 11:20:08 PM
^Pics or it didn't happen! I have never heard of a pink mouse.

I bought a new black bag because my other one was falling apart.

You have GOT to get out more!

 :hahaha:


Personally, I want the Mondo Grape (purple) one. A Blachcherry looks kind of nice, too.


... but, see, I'm a guy. I can't place importance on the color of things or I become ghey.

 :laugh:

Why? Don't place too much emphasis on what society thinks, go with your own instincts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 10, 2008, 11:40:19 PM
Quote from: GalileoAce on July 10, 2008, 11:34:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 10, 2008, 11:29:17 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 10, 2008, 11:20:08 PM
^Pics or it didn't happen! I have never heard of a pink mouse.

I bought a new black bag because my other one was falling apart.

You have GOT to get out more!

 :hahaha:


Personally, I want the Mondo Grape (purple) one. A Blachcherry looks kind of nice, too.


... but, see, I'm a guy. I can't place importance on the color of things or I become ghey.

 :laugh:

Why? Don't place too much emphasis on what society thinks, go with your own instincts.

*offers to clean GA's Magic Sarcasm Detecting Glasses for him*


No worries, mate. I got this one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: GalileoAce on July 10, 2008, 11:52:02 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 10, 2008, 11:40:19 PM
Quote from: GalileoAce on July 10, 2008, 11:34:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 10, 2008, 11:29:17 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 10, 2008, 11:20:08 PM
^Pics or it didn't happen! I have never heard of a pink mouse.

I bought a new black bag because my other one was falling apart.

You have GOT to get out more!

 :hahaha:


Personally, I want the Mondo Grape (purple) one. A Blachcherry looks kind of nice, too.


... but, see, I'm a guy. I can't place importance on the color of things or I become ghey.

 :laugh:

Why? Don't place too much emphasis on what society thinks, go with your own instincts.

*offers to clean GA's Magic Sarcasm Detecting Glasses for him*


No worries, mate. I got this one.

Wait? I have sarcasm detecting glasses? Where?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on July 11, 2008, 12:29:24 AM
Quote from: GalileoAce on July 10, 2008, 11:52:02 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 10, 2008, 11:40:19 PM
Quote from: GalileoAce on July 10, 2008, 11:34:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 10, 2008, 11:29:17 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 10, 2008, 11:20:08 PM
^Pics or it didn't happen! I have never heard of a pink mouse.

I bought a new black bag because my other one was falling apart.

You have GOT to get out more!

 :hahaha:


Personally, I want the Mondo Grape (purple) one. A Blachcherry looks kind of nice, too.


... but, see, I'm a guy. I can't place importance on the color of things or I become ghey.

 :laugh:

Why? Don't place too much emphasis on what society thinks, go with your own instincts.

*offers to clean GA's Magic Sarcasm Detecting Glasses for him*


No worries, mate. I got this one.

Wait? I have sarcasm detecting glasses? Where?

They are on top of your head.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 11, 2008, 09:11:33 AM
A keg tap, torque wrench, big iron keys, and a horn from a 1920's car
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 11, 2008, 03:10:18 PM
A PC game, "Virtual Skipper 5".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 11, 2008, 03:49:35 PM
Quote from: parts on July 11, 2008, 09:11:33 AM
A keg tap, torque wrench, big iron keys, and a horn from a 1920's car

Interesting about the old keys.

Didn't mention it here, because all my earlier references to my locomotive enthusiasm were ignored, but a few weeks ago, I bought four old, bigger than HUGE, solid brass locomotive engineer keys from the time just after the turn of the last century (WWI era).

Nickel Plate #42, Monon #25, Wells Fargo Express B and Baltimore and Ohio #12, are inscribed on the keys. They are mostly worthless, but I like to hold them and look at how they are worn down from use.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 11, 2008, 05:14:19 PM
Locomotive stuff is interesting I have some myself in the stuff I don't sell.  Let me assure you at the flea market the stuff flies off the table and or more than you would think
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on July 11, 2008, 08:42:53 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 10, 2008, 11:20:08 PM
^Pics or it didn't happen! I have never heard of a pink mouse.



Computer with Mouse (but my mouse is lighter pink, I think, since it matches the computer)

(http://www.gizmodiva.com/entry_images/0906/28/c_pink_bk_with-mouse_300_lg-1111.jpg)

My husband actually bought the mouse for me.

He snitched my old mini-mouse when his broke because mine was identical to his, so I started using a big mouse I had from a long time ago.  He said that he would replace my mini-mouse when he took it and I was kidding around that I wanted a mouse to match the computer and he thought that would be funny, so he found it for me online at the Sony website and had it shipped.

We both think it's a hoot that the computer is pink.  It reminds us of the movie "Legally Blonde."

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 12, 2008, 04:06:20 AM
Quote from: Callaway on July 11, 2008, 08:42:53 PM
We both think it's a hoot that the computer is pink.  It reminds us of the movie "Legally Blonde."
Yes, I remember that. I liked that movie.

I bought my medication. I added up how much it would cost if I wasn't able to receive pension discount and it was $260.   :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on July 12, 2008, 10:47:56 PM
A $15 digital camera. 

0.3 megapixels!   :laugh:

And a replacement charger for my Canon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on July 12, 2008, 11:08:40 PM
Mass Effect PC game
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on July 13, 2008, 05:06:08 AM
4 Sata cables and a micro-SD card.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 13, 2008, 10:05:35 PM
Games games games, four games on ebay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: GalileoAce on July 14, 2008, 02:53:18 AM
Which games?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 14, 2008, 08:47:32 PM
Quote from: GalileoAce on July 14, 2008, 02:53:18 AM
Which games?


Lego racers, Rush, and Rush 2 for N64. I thought I got four games but I just checked and I didn't. I had one of them on my watch list and decided today I wasn't going to bid on it. I've spent enough money on games and Nintendo power magazine and two player guides and of course sega Pico Games I won.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 14, 2008, 08:50:22 PM
14 issues of old Nintendo Power issues on Craigslist,  Link's Crossbow Training and a CD at Best Buy. Did that all this morning.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:05:04 AM
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Silver
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Silver 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy drive
Antec TriCool LED Fan 120mm Blue
OCZ DDR2 ReaPeR 1066 4GB (2x2GB) Ram Kit
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
Gigabyte 512MB Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Pioneer 215D SATA DVDWriter
250GB WD SATA HDD
----------------------
Gonna go build me a new PC!!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on July 15, 2008, 09:16:03 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:05:04 AM
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Silver
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Silver 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy drive
Antec TriCool LED Fan 120mm Blue
OCZ DDR2 ReaPeR 1066 4GB (2x2GB) Ram Kit
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
Gigabyte 512MB Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Pioneer 215D SATA DVDWriter
250GB WD SATA HDD
----------------------
Gonna go build me a new PC!!!
That sounds fun. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:19:22 AM
Quote from: kevv729 on July 15, 2008, 09:16:03 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:05:04 AM
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Silver
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Silver 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy drive
Antec TriCool LED Fan 120mm Blue
OCZ DDR2 ReaPeR 1066 4GB (2x2GB) Ram Kit
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
Gigabyte 512MB Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Pioneer 215D SATA DVDWriter
250GB WD SATA HDD
----------------------
Gonna go build me a new PC!!!
That sounds fun. :thumbup:

It will be fun when its finished. Building computers from brand new parts that cost lots of my money is one of the most stressful things that Im willing to do. Right now Im posting because Im putting it off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on July 15, 2008, 09:28:23 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:19:22 AM
Quote from: kevv729 on July 15, 2008, 09:16:03 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:05:04 AM
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Silver
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Silver 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy drive
Antec TriCool LED Fan 120mm Blue
OCZ DDR2 ReaPeR 1066 4GB (2x2GB) Ram Kit
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
Gigabyte 512MB Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Pioneer 215D SATA DVDWriter
250GB WD SATA HDD
----------------------
Gonna go build me a new PC!!!
That sounds fun. :thumbup:

It will be fun when its finished. Building computers from brand new parts that cost lots of my money is one of the most stressful things that Im willing to do. Right now Im posting because Im putting it off.
So it must go like this  :kevv: Then like this :hair: and this to  :smash: Then when finshed :hooray:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 15, 2008, 02:40:13 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:05:04 AM
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Silver
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Silver 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy drive
Antec TriCool LED Fan 120mm Blue
OCZ DDR2 ReaPeR 1066 4GB (2x2GB) Ram Kit
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
Gigabyte 512MB Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Pioneer 215D SATA DVDWriter
250GB WD SATA HDD
----------------------
Gonna go build me a new PC!!!

Cool. 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: GalileoAce on July 15, 2008, 04:01:08 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:05:04 AM
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Silver
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Silver 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy drive
Antec TriCool LED Fan 120mm Blue
OCZ DDR2 ReaPeR 1066 4GB (2x2GB) Ram Kit
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
Gigabyte 512MB Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Pioneer 215D SATA DVDWriter
250GB WD SATA HDD
----------------------
Gonna go build me a new PC!!!

Sweet... :D
Though why is there a floppy drive in there? Does anyone still use them these days? :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 05:40:52 PM
Quote from: GalileoAce on July 15, 2008, 04:01:08 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:05:04 AM
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Silver
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Silver 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy drive
Antec TriCool LED Fan 120mm Blue
OCZ DDR2 ReaPeR 1066 4GB (2x2GB) Ram Kit
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
Gigabyte 512MB Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Pioneer 215D SATA DVDWriter
250GB WD SATA HDD
----------------------
Gonna go build me a new PC!!!

Sweet... :D
Though why is there a floppy drive in there? Does anyone still use them these days? :lol:

Just in case (pun intended)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 05:43:12 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on July 15, 2008, 09:28:23 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:19:22 AM
Quote from: kevv729 on July 15, 2008, 09:16:03 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:05:04 AM
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Silver
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Silver 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy drive
Antec TriCool LED Fan 120mm Blue
OCZ DDR2 ReaPeR 1066 4GB (2x2GB) Ram Kit
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
Gigabyte 512MB Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Pioneer 215D SATA DVDWriter
250GB WD SATA HDD
----------------------
Gonna go build me a new PC!!!
That sounds fun. :thumbup:

It will be fun when its finished. Building computers from brand new parts that cost lots of my money is one of the most stressful things that Im willing to do. Right now Im posting because Im putting it off.
So it must go like this  :kevv: Then like this :hair: and this to  :smash: Then when finshed :hooray:

Yeah pretty much, but I don't consider it finished until I have all my software re-installed and all my setting transfered over.

But yeah, I was almost crying cos the heat sink fan was a total bitch hole to get on, I thought I was never going to get it on or at least break the motherboard trying. But I finally got it on and destroyed the muscles in my arms in the process. Now they hurt like hell and I can't pick up anything moderatly heavy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 15, 2008, 08:05:07 PM
A game for two dollars, juice, cereal, crackers, shaving cream, and noodles.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 16, 2008, 10:26:19 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 05:40:52 PM
Quote from: GalileoAce on July 15, 2008, 04:01:08 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on July 15, 2008, 09:05:04 AM
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Case Silver
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler
Silver 3.5" 1.44mb Floppy drive
Antec TriCool LED Fan 120mm Blue
OCZ DDR2 ReaPeR 1066 4GB (2x2GB) Ram Kit
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU
Gigabyte 512MB Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Pioneer 215D SATA DVDWriter
250GB WD SATA HDD
----------------------
Gonna go build me a new PC!!!

Sweet... :D
Though why is there a floppy drive in there? Does anyone still use them these days? :lol:

Just in case (pun intended)

It makes you seem like an incorrigible flasher.

:flasher:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dexter Morgan on July 17, 2008, 10:39:40 PM
Do you really need a floppy drive?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 18, 2008, 12:51:04 AM
it just struck me that I don't have one either. :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: GalileoAce on July 18, 2008, 02:46:53 AM
These days you don't really need them. USB flash drives are perfectly suitable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 18, 2008, 11:45:27 AM
I guess... Somehow I feel uneasy about not having one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 18, 2008, 02:32:23 PM
900 pounds of cellulose
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 18, 2008, 02:33:14 PM
Beer and crisps. -hic-
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 18, 2008, 02:42:06 PM
Beer and a bottle of Jägermeister. :beer:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on July 19, 2008, 06:39:08 AM
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on July 17, 2008, 10:39:40 PM
Do you really need a floppy drive?

Quote from: GalileoAce on July 18, 2008, 02:46:53 AM
These days you don't really need them. USB flash drives are perfectly suitable.

Ha! Take that you fuckers! I actually NEEDED my floppy drive to update my BIOS. Couldnt even do it with USB Flash Drive. (Okay, so that makes the bios on the X48-DQ6 a piece of shit, but at least it makes me win!!)

Also need it for SATA drivers during install with XP, even though using native SATA mode on this board made XP install BSOD (fuckers). So I'm using IDE mode for SATA I think? (nothing is clear yet, need moar research).

Okay, so that means I chickened out with using Vista, I installed it, but then decided to put XP on.

Seriously I have no idea why Im doing this. Building up new computers stresses me out and makes me crazy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on July 19, 2008, 07:29:40 PM
a declux dustpan and a book on shower curtain rings

oh and a bottle of Jameson
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 19, 2008, 07:35:37 PM
A room Ac at lest one room will be cool
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 26, 2008, 06:59:42 PM
A small used mig welder
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 02, 2008, 02:12:46 PM
Another Ian Rankin: "Let It Bleed".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 02, 2008, 08:31:07 PM
A $400 right angle drill
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 02, 2008, 09:44:24 PM
First yard sale I stopped at on my route, a beat-up Louis Vuitton, a really nice Coach purse, and a Dooney & Bourke makeup bag, all authentic. $7.00 for the lot.

Two big bags of clothes, most new w/tags. $2.00 a bag.

Damn I love those community yard sales. :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on August 03, 2008, 12:20:39 PM
3 Scythe Hard Drive Coolers with 10cm fans for my main rig.

Western Digital AV 750GB SATA HDD for the Media PC.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ApotheosisIV on August 04, 2008, 05:57:50 PM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on August 03, 2008, 12:20:39 PM
3 Scythe Hard Drive Coolers with 10cm fans for my main rig.

Western Digital AV 750GB SATA HDD for the Media PC.
:lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 04, 2008, 07:17:51 PM
A House of Staunton chess set, Reykjavik II series, Lacquered Rosewood and Boxwood.

A chess table.

A notebook. (Not a computer, just a regular notebook.)

Some clothes (two pairs of jeans, three sweaters for fall).

Some porcelain figurines, a Grecian tea cup, and an old music box from a local Antique Mall.

1st edition of the book, Chessmen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 04, 2008, 07:29:49 PM
welding gloves
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 04, 2008, 07:59:07 PM
Four of these (http://www.partsexpress.com/images/295-455m.jpg). I expect that they will smoke ass on my name brand, JBLs in an open baffle arrrangement. I will pozst again about them

They are designed to be used similarly to how I intend use them, although not inside some wall

Ah shit!

I linked the image.

Try this (http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=295-455&FTR=infinite%20baffle&CFID=6167823&CFTOKEN=14589406).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 04, 2008, 09:57:31 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 04, 2008, 07:59:07 PM
Four of these (http://www.partsexpress.com/images/295-455m.jpg). I expect that they will smoke ass on my name brand, JBLs in an open baffle arrrangement. I will pozst again about them

They are designed to be used similarly to how I intend use them, although not inside some wall

Ah shit!

I linked the image.

Try this (http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=295-455&FTR=infinite%20baffle&CFID=6167823&CFTOKEN=14589406).

LOL, by the address (www.partsexpress) I was thinking some sex toys were gonna come up.

I read that  www.  part  sex  press-- Imagine my surprise when a subwoofer came up. :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 05, 2008, 03:48:02 AM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 04, 2008, 09:57:31 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 04, 2008, 07:59:07 PM
Four of these (http://www.partsexpress.com/images/295-455m.jpg). I expect that they will smoke ass on my name brand, JBLs in an open baffle arrrangement. I will pozst again about them

They are designed to be used similarly to how I intend use them, although not inside some wall

Ah shit!

I linked the image.

Try this (http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=295-455&FTR=infinite%20baffle&CFID=6167823&CFTOKEN=14589406).

LOL, by the address (www.partsexpress) I was thinking some sex toys were gonna come up.

I read that  www.  part  sex  press-- Imagine my surprise when a subwoofer came up. :LOL:

Looking for dirty pictures :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: punkdrew on August 05, 2008, 05:47:49 AM
I'm a tweeter meself.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 05, 2008, 06:14:31 AM

"part sex press"

:LMAO:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: klox on August 08, 2008, 11:09:26 PM
New wiper blades for the chariot and a doovde box set.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Teejay on August 09, 2008, 05:08:13 AM
Three second-hand t-shirts all in quite good condition, also a pair of second hand jeans again in good condition. I've been buying a large amount of clothes lately, including three flannel shirts for $15 and 6 singlets for $14 from Big-W.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on August 09, 2008, 05:28:21 AM
A newspaper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Christopher McCandless on August 09, 2008, 05:42:38 AM
Ubuntu and a stick to put it on...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 09, 2008, 01:08:20 PM
Community yard sales yesterday & today.

Computer desk for my son $25
Kitchen table & chairs $15
A ton of clothes for my son
Box full of Knex .50
A few video games.
All in one with a fax $10
Some nice re-sale stuff
Other assorted stuff.
And some tight jeans for my middle age ass since I've lost weight cutting everyone's grass this summer. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 09, 2008, 01:53:09 PM
Quote from: Fook Mi on August 09, 2008, 05:42:38 AM
Ubuntu and a stick to put it on...

WTF!

You should NOT have to buy unbuntu. They sent me a live CD for free in about a week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 09, 2008, 03:25:39 PM
Ordered "Black and Blue" from The Book Depository yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 09, 2008, 03:45:42 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 09, 2008, 03:53:07 PM
Well, I have to make sure I don't run out, don't I?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 09, 2008, 04:07:18 PM
i can furnish you with anything your little finnish heart desires, my love.  :-*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on August 09, 2008, 04:23:11 PM
Some new cd's.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 09, 2008, 04:30:13 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 09, 2008, 04:07:18 PM
i can furnish you with anything your little finnish heart desires, my love.  :-*

I'll get the Rankins from the Book Depository, but I do have some additional ideas. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 09, 2008, 04:36:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 09, 2008, 04:30:13 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 09, 2008, 04:07:18 PM
i can furnish you with anything your little finnish heart desires, my love.  :-*

I'll get the Rankins from the Book Depository, but I do have some additional ideas. ;D

"additional" is now a euphemism, folks.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 09, 2008, 05:00:11 PM
Isn't it all?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on August 09, 2008, 07:14:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 09, 2008, 05:00:11 PM
Isn't it all?

Oh just get a room, you two!   ::)   :laugh:   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2008, 01:12:23 AM
we're on it.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2008, 01:12:57 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 09, 2008, 05:00:11 PM
Isn't it all?

for you, yes, you filthy-minded perv.

(thank the gods...  :eyelash: )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: punkdrew on August 10, 2008, 02:17:43 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on August 09, 2008, 07:14:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 09, 2008, 05:00:11 PM
Isn't it all?

Oh just get a room, you two!   ::)   :laugh:   :eyebrows:

 :LMAO:  :wedding:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Mr Smith on August 10, 2008, 04:52:07 AM
I bought an excersise bike
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on August 10, 2008, 04:56:44 AM
Quote from: The Gog Gog Gog on August 10, 2008, 04:52:07 AM
I bought an excersise bike

Will you be posting your butt before & after pictures? lol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Mr Smith on August 10, 2008, 05:04:29 AM
no.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on August 10, 2008, 05:08:42 AM
Ok so just the triumphant after-shots, thats cool, we can wait..

How 'cheeky' of me
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2008, 10:39:41 AM
Quote from: wandrew on August 10, 2008, 02:17:43 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on August 09, 2008, 07:14:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 09, 2008, 05:00:11 PM
Isn't it all?

Oh just get a room, you two!   ::)   :laugh:   :eyebrows:

 :LMAO:  :wedding:

you obviously haven't been on here much in the last year or so.  :P

we're already e-married.  :LMAO:

you might want to check this out:

http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,8161.0.html

:laugh:

actually, it's about time that thread was resurrected, methinks...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on August 10, 2008, 03:37:12 PM
A movie ticket.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 10, 2008, 04:18:27 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 10, 2008, 01:12:23 AM
we're on it.  ;)

In it is preferable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2008, 04:19:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 10, 2008, 04:18:27 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on August 10, 2008, 01:12:23 AM
we're on it.  ;)

In it is preferable.

you speak for yourself.  i find that sort of thing v difficult, not having a :P enis.

:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 10, 2008, 04:22:35 PM
I meant the room. :P

Silly witchy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 10, 2008, 04:22:51 PM
nothing I haven't even left my yard today
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on August 10, 2008, 04:26:25 PM
A Milky Way candy bar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on August 10, 2008, 04:36:14 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 10, 2008, 04:22:35 PM
I meant the room. :P

Silly witchy.

oops.  :asthing:

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 10, 2008, 04:36:44 PM
:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 13, 2008, 01:20:46 PM
Too much. I have bought far too much.

Books mostly: My Art, My Life by Diego Rivera, Chess Fundamentals By Jose Raul Capablanca, Frida's Fiestas by Guadalupe Rivera and Marie-Pierre Colle. I also bought some Darjeeling tea (for the tin, not really for the tea, heh).

I also purchased The God Delusion by Dawkins for a religion class I'll be taking. Plus a whole load of other inordinately expensive books for the two science classes I'll be taking in my final semester. $195.00 for one fecking chemistry book!!!  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 13, 2008, 01:25:48 PM
Of course you buy Darjeeling tea for the tea, at least if it's Darjeeling ff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 13, 2008, 02:21:29 PM


Even fucking more school clothes.

We were both tuggging on my daughter's favorite skirt/top combo, early this morning. Mommmy was pulling it down in the front, because her bellly buttton was showing and watching it spring back, while I was pulling down the back of her skirt, because her asss was showing. She HAD to go change!

We went kid clothes shopping again. Many that we thought would carry us through the fall are too smalll for my daughter, who grows slowly, we thought.

She has shot up this past month (we performed this same exercise a month ago, but she has growwn)!



 :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 13, 2008, 02:26:04 PM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 13, 2008, 01:20:46 PM
Too much. I have bought far too much.

Books mostly: My Art, My Life by Diego Rivera, Chess Fundamentals By Jose Raul Capablanca, Frida's Fiestas by Guadalupe Rivera and Marie-Pierre Colle. I also bought some Darjeeling tea (for the tin, not really for the tea, heh).

I also purchased The God Delusion by Dawkins for a religion class I'll be taking. Plus a whole load of other inordinately expensive books for the two science classes I'll be taking in my final semester. $195.00 for one fecking chemistry book!!!  >:(

Any good, the Capablanca book?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 13, 2008, 04:06:03 PM
Duct tape
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on August 13, 2008, 05:13:00 PM
More books
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 14, 2008, 07:34:55 AM
Quote from: TheoK on August 13, 2008, 01:25:48 PM
Of course you buy Darjeeling tea for the tea, at least if it's Darjeeling ff.

The tea was weak.  :-\

Quote from: odeon on August 13, 2008, 02:26:04 PM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 13, 2008, 01:20:46 PM
Too much. I have bought far too much.

Books mostly: My Art, My Life by Diego Rivera, Chess Fundamentals By Jose Raul Capablanca, Frida's Fiestas by Guadalupe Rivera and Marie-Pierre Colle. I also bought some Darjeeling tea (for the tin, not really for the tea, heh).

I also purchased The God Delusion by Dawkins for a religion class I'll be taking. Plus a whole load of other inordinately expensive books for the two science classes I'll be taking in my final semester. $195.00 for one fecking chemistry book!!!  >:(

Any good, the Capablanca book?

Very good book so far. Not quite the thing you sit down to read without a chess board in front of you though. And like classic Capablanca, the book starts off with Endgames.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 14, 2008, 08:05:16 AM
Darjeeling is weak, though Darjeeling is to other teas what champagne is to other wines.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 14, 2008, 10:18:37 AM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 14, 2008, 07:34:55 AM
Quote from: TheoK on August 13, 2008, 01:25:48 PM
Of course you buy Darjeeling tea for the tea, at least if it's Darjeeling ff.

The tea was weak.  :-\

Quote from: odeon on August 13, 2008, 02:26:04 PM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 13, 2008, 01:20:46 PM
Too much. I have bought far too much.

Books mostly: My Art, My Life by Diego Rivera, Chess Fundamentals By Jose Raul Capablanca, Frida's Fiestas by Guadalupe Rivera and Marie-Pierre Colle. I also bought some Darjeeling tea (for the tin, not really for the tea, heh).

I also purchased The God Delusion by Dawkins for a religion class I'll be taking. Plus a whole load of other inordinately expensive books for the two science classes I'll be taking in my final semester. $195.00 for one fecking chemistry book!!!  >:(

Any good, the Capablanca book?

Very good book so far. Not quite the thing you sit down to read without a chess board in front of you though. And like classic Capablanca, the book starts off with Endgames.

It's one of those books that I've always thought of getting, but... :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on August 15, 2008, 08:15:51 AM
Super Smash Bros Brawl for the Wii
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: GalileoAce on August 15, 2008, 08:17:42 AM
Any good?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on August 15, 2008, 08:38:51 AM
Quote from: Galileo The Hutt on August 15, 2008, 08:17:42 AM
Any good?

I've only played it for about 30mins so far, but it seems exactly the same as the last 2 but with updated GFX. Haven't played the other 2 for a long time seeing as my kids lost the GameCube disc for melee (grumble grumble), so should be something different.

Will play it some on the weekend and then there will be Wii night at my place this week (we have some gamer women come over for Wii and snacks). Basicly its my wifes friends and we all have a Wii now so it rotates weekly as to whos house its at.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2008, 12:40:05 PM
New tyres for the car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 01:13:11 PM
:beer: and pear liqueur.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 15, 2008, 02:02:00 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2008, 12:40:05 PM
New tyres for the car.

:yikes:

I have seven tires to buy before winter.

(My car has a new tire, because I broke one last winter, avoiding an accident, and had to replace it in the snow.)

Both cars need tires.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2008, 02:28:55 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 15, 2008, 02:02:00 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2008, 12:40:05 PM
New tyres for the car.

:yikes:

I have seven tires to buy before winter.

(My car has a new tire, because I broke one last winter, avoiding an accident, and had to replace it in the snow.)

Both cars need tires.

Seven? Don't you need to buy them in pairs? I think there's a law or regulation of some description here that forces us to buy them in pairs.

Anyway, I have four more to buy before winter, if we keep this one. I'm hoping for a mild winter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 02:31:47 PM
No, we don't, though I'd bought eight, if I was going to buy seven anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2008, 02:50:36 PM
You sure? I was always under the impression that there was a regulation like that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 03:14:10 PM
There are regulations for when they're allowed and when they're compulsory, but I've never ever heard that you have to buy them in pairs. What would the pigs do? Force you to attest that you haven't bought them at different occasions?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 15, 2008, 03:29:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2008, 02:50:36 PM
You sure? I was always under the impression that there was a regulation like that.

We have no such regulation in this country. Periodic vehicle inspection makes this unnecessary. Most states require some kind of inspection in order to register your vehicles for road use, each year. Some states carry this too far and some are too lax. It balances out for the most part.

I "broke" a tire last winter, jumping a curb to avoid an accident. It was about six degrees Fahrenheit (overnight temperature, which is also negative fourteen Celsius, although it was a little warmer after sunrise.) and so it didn't just go flat, it fucking broke in half and I bought a new one. I have about seven hundred miles on it. That tire is essentially like-new, still.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 03:32:27 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 15, 2008, 03:29:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2008, 02:50:36 PM
You sure? I was always under the impression that there was a regulation like that.

We have no such regulation in this country. Periodic vehicle inspection makes this unnecessary. Most states require some kind of inspection in order to register your vehicles for road use, each year. Some states carry this too far and some are too lax. It balances out for the most part.

I "broke" a tire last winter, jumping a curb to avoid an accident. It was about six degrees Fahrenheit (negative fourteen Celsius) and so it didn't just go flat, it fucking broke in half and I bought a new one. I have about seven hundred miles on it. That tire is essentially like-new, still.

We have yearly inspections for most cars here too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2008, 03:34:17 PM
Quote from: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 03:14:10 PM
There are regulations for when they're allowed and when they're compulsory, but I've never ever heard that you have to buy them in pairs. What would the pigs do? Force you to attest that you haven't bought them at different occasions?

And minimum tread depth.

But anyway, I just realised what I was thinking about re pairs: the tyres forming a pair would have be identical, as in having the same dimensions, obviously, but also tread patterns, that sort of thing. I was not talking about *buying* them in pairs but rather having the same type of tyres in each pair. And I don't know if there is actually a requirement to that effect, or if it is simply a good idea.

Funny how you'd use this discussion to refer to one authority or the other as "pigs". Shows your real priorities. Mine were about reasonably safe driving.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 03:41:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2008, 03:34:17 PM
Funny how you'd use this discussion to refer to one authority or the other as "pigs". Shows your real priorities. Mine were about reasonably safe driving.

Authorities are only there to oppress you, so of course I refer to them as "pigs". You should too, if you were a real liberal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 15, 2008, 03:47:21 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2008, 03:34:17 PM
Quote from: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 03:14:10 PM
There are regulations for when they're allowed and when they're compulsory, but I've never ever heard that you have to buy them in pairs. What would the pigs do? Force you to attest that you haven't bought them at different occasions?

And minimum tread depth.

But anyway, I just realised what I was thinking about re pairs: the tyres forming a pair would have be identical, as in having the same dimensions, obviously, but also tread patterns, that sort of thing. I was not talking about *buying* them in pairs but rather having the same type of tyres in each pair. And I don't know if there is actually a requirement to that effect, or if it is simply a good idea.

Funny how you'd use this discussion to refer to one authority or the other as "pigs". Shows your real priorities. Mine were about reasonably safe driving.

I totally understand this and I bought ONE mid-grade Goodyear tire, which is still available. I will buy at least three more identical tires next month and put the newest ones on the front. I rarely drive the car, so by the time it becomes wise to rotate the tires, I doubt that there will be much difference in the wear patterns.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2008, 03:52:12 PM
Quote from: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 03:41:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2008, 03:34:17 PM
Funny how you'd use this discussion to refer to one authority or the other as "pigs". Shows your real priorities. Mine were about reasonably safe driving.

Authorities are only there to oppress you, so of course I refer to them as "pigs". You should too, if you were a real liberal.

::)

That's not what "liberal" means at all, not even by the fast-and-loose definition you and your mate Delusionist support. Look it up.

I have little doubt that they are oppressing *you*, however. In my ever-so-humble opinion, they should.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 03:56:27 PM
I know a Social Democrat aspie guy (a Swede) who is more "liberal" than you seem to be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: punkdrew on August 15, 2008, 04:21:06 PM
Isn't this about the point in the thread where Thagomizer tries taking the piss to see who'll respond?  :P

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 15, 2008, 04:55:19 PM
$115.10 in 87 octane gas :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 05:03:28 PM
Quote from: parts on August 15, 2008, 04:55:19 PM
$115.10 in 87 octane gas :o

That's nothing. It's not even a full tank in my car with the prices we have here, and it helds 73 litres (almost 20 US gallons).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 15, 2008, 05:08:57 PM
It's my work truck and towing a 3000lbs trailer and having it full I only get about 8mpg that was my gas for the week.  Had a smaller truck blew the transmission and engine overloading it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 05:11:12 PM
Damned.  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 15, 2008, 05:22:21 PM
Can't complain too much the more oil costs the more work I get
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on August 16, 2008, 12:00:55 PM
fuck all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 16, 2008, 02:08:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 14, 2008, 10:18:37 AM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 14, 2008, 07:34:55 AM
Quote from: TheoK on August 13, 2008, 01:25:48 PM
Of course you buy Darjeeling tea for the tea, at least if it's Darjeeling ff.

The tea was weak.  :-\

Quote from: odeon on August 13, 2008, 02:26:04 PM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on August 13, 2008, 01:20:46 PM
Too much. I have bought far too much.

Books mostly: My Art, My Life by Diego Rivera, Chess Fundamentals By Jose Raul Capablanca, Frida's Fiestas by Guadalupe Rivera and Marie-Pierre Colle. I also bought some Darjeeling tea (for the tin, not really for the tea, heh).

I also purchased The God Delusion by Dawkins for a religion class I'll be taking. Plus a whole load of other inordinately expensive books for the two science classes I'll be taking in my final semester. $195.00 for one fecking chemistry book!!!  >:(

Any good, the Capablanca book?

Very good book so far. Not quite the thing you sit down to read without a chess board in front of you though. And like classic Capablanca, the book starts off with Endgames.

It's one of those books that I've always thought of getting, but... :-\

Do it do it do it!!!  :green:

Yesterday, I was at a little street fair thingy (happened upon it by accident) and there was a booth of Mexican Indian type goods and so I bought a little musicky whistle thingy that I've since been annoying my cats with. I'm sure for someone who knows how to play it WELL, it sounds lovely. For now, my cats wish they could cover their ears.  >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 16, 2008, 03:20:19 PM
Quote from: TheoK on August 15, 2008, 03:56:27 PM
I know a Social Democrat aspie guy (a Swede) who is more "liberal" than you seem to be.

According to your definition? I don't care.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 16, 2008, 04:24:10 PM
A big antique broad axe
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on August 16, 2008, 07:52:24 PM
Quote from: parts on August 16, 2008, 04:24:10 PM
A big antique broad axe

Sweet! Got pics?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 16, 2008, 07:56:58 PM
Quote from: Pyraxis on August 16, 2008, 07:52:24 PM
Quote from: parts on August 16, 2008, 04:24:10 PM
A big antique broad axe

Sweet! Got pics?

Tomorrow I will too tired now
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 16, 2008, 10:18:34 PM



my drivers aree due to arrrive on Monday.

i'e tuesday off fthough. Monday I will try to set them to their break-ins so tuedsay I can get some ideas of their characteres
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: klox on August 28, 2008, 04:26:03 AM
Quote from: parts on August 15, 2008, 04:55:19 PM
$115.10 in 87 octane gas :o

You could have got a barrel of crude for that.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 28, 2008, 07:18:01 AM
"Dead Souls" by Ian Rankin.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 28, 2008, 07:58:47 AM
New battery for my wife's car
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on August 28, 2008, 12:46:16 PM
New 22" Samsung monitor. Now I can stop feeling like I'm designing through a post-it note.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 28, 2008, 04:31:59 PM
Quote from: Pyraxis on August 28, 2008, 12:46:16 PM
New 22" Samsung monitor. Now I can stop feeling like I'm designing through a post-it note.

YaY!!

I'll bet you're happy.

I've been looking at the Samsungs, too. We have many on clearance pricing right now and no place to display seven (as of this morning) new ones that have arrived. Prices on the 220, 240 and 260 (twenty two inch, twenty four inch and twenty six inch, respectively) models are dropping like crazy. All have been replaced by a line which are capable of higher refresh rates.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on August 28, 2008, 07:22:17 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 28, 2008, 04:31:59 PM
YaY!!

I'll bet you're happy.

I've been looking at the Samsungs, too. We have many on clearance pricing right now and no place to display seven (as of this morning) new ones that have arrived. Prices on the 220, 240 and 260 (twenty two inch, twenty four inch and twenty six inch, respectively) models are dropping like crazy. All have been replaced by a line which are capable of higher refresh rates.

I just set it up. Multiple monitor setup from my laptop. The world just got bigger.  ;D

It's a Samsung SyncMaster 2232 GW. Up to 1680 by 1050 resolution. The next big test will be color quality. According to online reviews, it's supposed to be pretty good for the price range, but I don't have much to compare it to except the screen of my laptop. Refresh rates aren't too important because I need the quality more for still images than games or watching movies.

Took me a while to work up the nerve to get it - I haven't bought a toy for myself in ages. Life is good.  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on August 28, 2008, 08:18:07 PM
Nice monitor, that is some good resolution.   All I have is a 17 inch, that does 1600x1200.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 28, 2008, 09:05:06 PM
Definitely a nice monitor!

We still have a display of that model marked down really low, but it has literally been on, almost non-stop, since March or April. You would not want that one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: klox on August 29, 2008, 03:27:33 AM
I have a 215TW and I love it to death. Great for my graphics work. I'm sure the newer specs are even better.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on August 29, 2008, 08:57:11 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 28, 2008, 09:05:06 PM
We still have a display of that model marked down really low, but it has literally been on, almost non-stop, since March or April. You would not want that one.

True.

At work, we were specifically not supposed to turn our monitors off, because they would need to be recalibrated when they were turned back on. Otherwise they were just calibrated once a month or whenever someone noticed them drifting off balance. I don't know how often they were replaced.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 29, 2008, 02:10:18 PM
Fake wood trim
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 03, 2008, 04:50:30 PM
A metal cutting band saw  Why I haven't a clue but it was cheep ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 04, 2008, 02:53:35 PM
Nothing. But I had to return a PC game I bought v cheap. The licence key was missing from all of their copies. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 05, 2008, 01:09:03 PM
i buyed new shoooooooooooooooooooes!  satin, pointy, spikey and only £2!  one small drawback - they're a size too small, but they'll stretch, they will!  :laugh:

(the photos aren't very good, but i couldn't get any better ones without dislocating my knee.  :laugh: )

i loved them as soon as i saw them, and then, when i got them home and stopped mimping about in them long enough to remove the price sticker from over the label, i saw who made them: it's in the last photo, and i nearly died!  talk about synchronicity, eh?   :o





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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 05, 2008, 01:20:50 PM
:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 07, 2008, 07:29:43 PM
A chainsaw >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on September 07, 2008, 07:31:01 PM
Beans, coke, Ramen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on September 07, 2008, 07:47:42 PM
lmao the odeon related label was the kicker.   What a coincidence.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 08, 2008, 02:51:35 AM
Quote from: Alex179 on September 07, 2008, 07:47:42 PM
lmao the odeon related label was the kicker.   What a coincidence.

tell me about it!  :rofl:

and then imagine me trying to explain why it was so funny to my mum.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 08, 2008, 01:19:44 PM
Did she understand any of it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 08, 2008, 01:38:35 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 08, 2008, 01:19:44 PM
Did she understand any of it?

i doubt it.  it's difficult to tell.  bless her.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 08, 2008, 02:00:37 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 08, 2008, 01:38:35 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 08, 2008, 01:19:44 PM
Did she understand any of it?

i doubt it.  it's difficult to tell.  bless her.

She's probably forgotten about it now, anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 08, 2008, 02:11:23 PM
sad but true.  didn't ring her today - i must do so tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 08, 2008, 02:12:45 PM
Fresh water catfish for supper tomorrow nite!   :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 12, 2008, 07:54:44 AM
Canon MP610 All in One Printer Scanner Copier.

to replace the old Canon BJC-210-SP that we bought about 10 years ago or something.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2008, 01:25:56 PM
Ordered "Set In Darkness" and "The Falls", both by Ian Rankin, from the Book Depository.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 01:54:38 PM
just reading The Falls now... ;)

ordered a solar-powered mp3/mobile phone charger today.  wish i already had it, cos i bet my mp3 player will die halfway back from my fucking stupid long drive tomorrow.   :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2008, 02:15:43 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 01:54:38 PM
just reading The Falls now... ;)

ordered a solar-powered mp3/mobile phone charger today.  wish i already had it, cos i bet my mp3 player will die halfway back from my fucking stupid long drive tomorrow.   :grrr:

Cool. I didn't know there was such a thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 02:37:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 12, 2008, 02:15:43 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 01:54:38 PM
just reading The Falls now... ;)

ordered a solar-powered mp3/mobile phone charger today.  wish i already had it, cos i bet my mp3 player will die halfway back from my fucking stupid long drive tomorrow.   :grrr:

Cool. I didn't know there was such a thing.

it is v cool:

http://www.thegreenstoreonline.co.uk/default.aspx/Page/97/Product/292/Freeloader_Portable_Solar_Power_Supply?gclid=CI_sotON15UCFQuJ1QodrlJwZA

that's where i bought it from, although it was cheaper on amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ApotheosisIV on September 12, 2008, 02:39:44 PM
I bought a T-Shirt and a CD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 12, 2008, 02:40:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 12, 2008, 02:15:43 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 01:54:38 PM
just reading The Falls now... ;)

ordered a solar-powered mp3/mobile phone charger today.  wish i already had it, cos i bet my mp3 player will die halfway back from my fucking stupid long drive tomorrow.   :grrr:

Cool. I didn't know there was such a thing.

I didn't either until I unpacked a crate of them at work one day.

I scratched my head, busted out laughing, then decided this was a really cool idea in the space of about three seconds.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2008, 02:41:23 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 02:37:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 12, 2008, 02:15:43 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 01:54:38 PM
just reading The Falls now... ;)

ordered a solar-powered mp3/mobile phone charger today.  wish i already had it, cos i bet my mp3 player will die halfway back from my fucking stupid long drive tomorrow.   :grrr:

Cool. I didn't know there was such a thing.

it is v cool:

http://www.thegreenstoreonline.co.uk/default.aspx/Page/97/Product/292/Freeloader_Portable_Solar_Power_Supply?gclid=CI_sotON15UCFQuJ1QodrlJwZA

that's where i bought it from, although it was cheaper on amazon.

A bit disappointing that it has a battery. I can see why, though. :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 02:44:32 PM
the battery is for charging up by solar power, silly.  then it holds the charge for you to use as and when.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 02:45:38 PM
Quote from: The_Gorpen_One on September 12, 2008, 02:39:44 PM
I bought a T-Shirt and a CD.

details, cos then i can be a vicarious consumer.  ;)

dunno why, though - ordered the charger earlier, and HAD to order the belly dance dvd just now - i'm in luuuurve!

(see away/back thread for details and sexiness).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2008, 02:55:52 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 02:44:32 PM
the battery is for charging up by solar power, silly.  then it holds the charge for you to use as and when.

Yes, I know that, but it's still vaguely disappointing. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ApotheosisIV on September 12, 2008, 03:56:23 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 12, 2008, 02:45:38 PM
Quote from: The_Gorpen_One on September 12, 2008, 02:39:44 PM
I bought a T-Shirt and a CD.

details, cos then i can be a vicarious consumer.  ;)

dunno why, though - ordered the charger earlier, and HAD to order the belly dance dvd just now - i'm in luuuurve!

(see away/back thread for details and sexiness).

I went to see Mark Kozelek last night. I bought a T-Shirt and CD: I'm his biggest fan.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 13, 2008, 12:39:53 PM
the name is familiar - do i know him?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ApotheosisIV on September 13, 2008, 12:55:01 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 13, 2008, 12:39:53 PM
the name is familiar - do i know him?

I never asked him.

He was in Red House Painters, now his band is called Sun Kil Moon.
I recommend their latest album called "April" - it's beautiful.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 13, 2008, 01:35:04 PM
 :lol:

it'll be red house painters.

i may well have to investigate sun kil moon, though...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 14, 2008, 04:14:50 PM
Quote from: The_Gorped_One on September 13, 2008, 12:55:01 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 13, 2008, 12:39:53 PM
the name is familiar - do i know him?

I never asked him.

He was in Red House Painters, now his band is called Sun Kil Moon.
I recommend their latest album called "April" - it's beautiful.

christ, you are so right - it's fucking gorgeous!!  i've logeed on especially to say so - i can see me being completely addicted to this album - "lucky man" is almost tear-worthy.  can just imagine playing it, late at night, glass of wine, etc., and then shagging someone stupid.  (possibly, just me, but that's the image it conjures up).

 :plus: for introducing mark wotsit into my consciousness.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tristeza on September 15, 2008, 04:01:13 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 14, 2008, 04:14:50 PM
christ, you are so right - it's fucking gorgeous!!  i've logeed on especially to say so - i can see me being completely addicted to this album - "lucky man" is almost tear-worthy.  can just imagine playing it, late at night, glass of wine, etc., and then shagging someone stupid.  (possibly, just me, but that's the image it conjures up).

 :plus: for introducing mark wotsit into my consciousness.
I just downloaded this album a few days ago myself.  Finally got a chance to listen to it this morning.  Quite beautiful, indeed.

Didn't conjure up a shagging image for me.  Made me want to go driving around to my old neighborhood at 2am, with Marlboro Reds and a big old Diet Coke, park my car across from the house where I used to live, and just sit there and listen.

Maybe I'll do this some night.  :laugh:

Anyway, it's wonderful.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on September 15, 2008, 10:54:14 PM
New camera look at my new topic.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 19, 2008, 04:13:48 PM
Aside from the flash drives, I sprang for the entire, Page mastered, Led Zeppelin collection.

I've only heard the first disk, but I am surprised at the quality. I know that the early CD releases, (pre- Japanese re-mastering) used compressed second generation tapes to digitize. The rumor is that the original rough-mixed multi-track masters were used to create this set. I can tell you for sure that the tracks I have heard have a different sound than any of my other CD versions.

The thing that I notice right away is that that Bonham kick sounds better than ever on any CD ( almost analog!) and Page's old feud with JPJ has apparently been set aside in favor of re-creating the old ZEP for the fans! The bass kick ass, TOO, in other words. Clean, deep and up-front.

I hear none of the really trashy over- compressed digi-noise which ruined ALL the previous CDs. There is actually some dynamics to be felt.

(remember, when these came out on LP, even the average person's analog rig was capable of far superior fidelity and subtle nuances, compared to the garbage that ninety percent of the public listen through these days.)

I can't wait to get a chance to hear the rest of this collection with my "good stuff."
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 19, 2008, 06:03:29 PM
"Scientific American" and "Archeology" magazines.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 19, 2008, 06:21:41 PM
a funny looking blunt hatchet with a square hole in it made by the Bell system
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ApotheosisIV on September 20, 2008, 03:12:44 PM
A Playstation 2 and some chillies and spices from the indian supermarket. The fuckers had no Habaneros though.  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 20, 2008, 04:09:31 PM
bastards.  grow your own.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 25, 2008, 01:48:09 PM
"Resurrection Men" and "A Question of Blood" by Ian Rankin. Can you tell I'm obsessed?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 25, 2008, 02:38:45 PM
Insolvent at the moment so nothing :(  I hate when people owe you money can't buy stuff with an IOU
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 25, 2008, 02:39:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 25, 2008, 01:48:09 PM
"Resurrection Men" and "A Question of Blood" by Ian Rankin. Can you tell I'm obsessed?

see?  i introduced you to the cocteaus, nouvelle vague and rankin - how much do you love me?  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 25, 2008, 02:40:11 PM
Quote from: parts on September 25, 2008, 02:38:45 PM
Insolvent at the moment so nothing :(  I hate when people owe you money can't buy stuff with an IOU

QFT.

i'm usually too poor to buy much, but i'm splashing out at the mo cos i'm spending my birthday money from last year. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 25, 2008, 02:44:50 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 25, 2008, 02:39:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 25, 2008, 01:48:09 PM
"Resurrection Men" and "A Question of Blood" by Ian Rankin. Can you tell I'm obsessed?

see?  i introduced you to the cocteaus, nouvelle vague and rankin - how much do you love me?  :laugh:

Lots :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 25, 2008, 02:51:26 PM
times many?  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 25, 2008, 02:55:56 PM
i bought shoes and shoes and leggings and towels and a wok.

ooooh, and discovered marlboro menthol - ideal for colds, when smoking ordinary fags feels like swallowing razorblades.  :laugh:

(yes, i know, but i'm an addict).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 25, 2008, 03:30:24 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 25, 2008, 02:55:56 PM
i bought shoes and shoes and leggings and towels and a wok.

ooooh, and discovered marlboro menthol - ideal for colds, when smoking ordinary fags feels like swallowing razorblades.  :laugh:

(yes, i know, but i'm an addict).

Just curious how much do marlboros go for there they are just over $5 here
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 26, 2008, 01:34:01 AM
nearly £6, which is about $13, i think.

and so they should be, cos i agree that cig should be expensive, as a disincentive to smoke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ApotheosisIV on September 26, 2008, 03:51:24 AM
a tin of coke
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 26, 2008, 04:34:09 AM
Quote from: Kosmofish on September 26, 2008, 03:51:24 AM
a tin of coke

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iYp8q2ieL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 26, 2008, 02:36:10 PM
Just bought "The Naming of the Dead" at the Book Depository. My Rebus collection is now complete. :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on September 26, 2008, 03:05:54 PM
A bunch of new bras from walmart- the 'batch' I bought last year is dying, bra-by-bra.  God, I hate bra shopping.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on September 26, 2008, 03:50:19 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on September 26, 2008, 03:05:54 PM
A bunch of new bras from walmart- the 'batch' I bought last year is dying, bra-by-bra.  God, I hate bra shopping.

Making mountains out of molehills?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 26, 2008, 06:18:12 PM
New beds for the kids WoW that was fun ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 26, 2008, 06:33:48 PM
Some groceries and sam-e dietary supplement!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on September 28, 2008, 07:52:03 AM
Quote from: Mike Pupkin on September 26, 2008, 03:50:19 PM
Quote from: PMS Elle on September 26, 2008, 03:05:54 PM
A bunch of new bras from walmart- the 'batch' I bought last year is dying, bra-by-bra.  God, I hate bra shopping.

Making mountains out of molehills?
Lol- naaaah, just keepin' the molehills in check.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 28, 2008, 09:27:20 AM
Quote from: parts on September 26, 2008, 06:18:12 PM
New beds for the kids WoW that was fun ::)

Reminds me, we have to get some guy to build us a triple bunk bed for the boys room.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 28, 2008, 10:07:35 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on September 28, 2008, 09:27:20 AM
Quote from: parts on September 26, 2008, 06:18:12 PM
New beds for the kids WoW that was fun ::)

Reminds me, we have to get some guy to build us a triple bunk bed for the boys room.

Too bad your so far away
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 28, 2008, 10:59:39 PM
Quote from: parts on September 28, 2008, 10:07:35 AM
Quote from: Lord Phlexor on September 28, 2008, 09:27:20 AM
Quote from: parts on September 26, 2008, 06:18:12 PM
New beds for the kids WoW that was fun ::)

Reminds me, we have to get some guy to build us a triple bunk bed for the boys room.

Too bad your so far away

Thanks, but yeah, I don't think build by post has caught on quite yet for some reason.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 29, 2008, 04:45:49 AM
yay!  my lovely new shoes!

had to twiddle with the photo cos it looked as though i had some form of leprosy - one day, i will work out how to take photos...  :(



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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 29, 2008, 06:40:51 AM
Soul Caliber IV :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ApotheosisIV on September 29, 2008, 06:57:42 AM
RType Final and Black for the PS2.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 29, 2008, 10:35:36 AM
Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme Heatsink for my Core2Quad Q6600 because I wasn't happy with the OCZ Vendetta 2 Cooler I had on before.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on September 29, 2008, 10:47:24 AM
(http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/miller_products/image/miller.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 29, 2008, 11:28:58 AM
1040 lbs cellulose insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 29, 2008, 12:36:09 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 29, 2008, 04:45:49 AM
yay!  my lovely new shoes!

had to twiddle with the photo cos it looked as though i had some form of leprosy - one day, i will work out how to take photos...  :(



Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on September 29, 2008, 12:37:49 PM
Nothing yet, maybe later!   :-\ :yawn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on September 29, 2008, 12:52:23 PM
Quote from: Tesla on September 29, 2008, 10:47:24 AM
(http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/miller_products/image/miller.jpg)

Just the one?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on September 29, 2008, 02:55:24 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 29, 2008, 12:36:09 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on September 29, 2008, 04:45:49 AM
yay!  my lovely new shoes!

had to twiddle with the photo cos it looked as though i had some form of leprosy - one day, i will work out how to take photos...  :(



Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!

knew you'd like them.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 02, 2008, 01:32:08 PM
"The Naming of the Dead" arrived today. :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 02, 2008, 02:57:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 02, 2008, 01:32:08 PM
"The Naming of the Dead" arrived today. :woohoo:

huzzah!

did you get me a pressie?   :eyelash:  :-*

i have one lined up, btw.   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 02, 2008, 03:16:24 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on October 02, 2008, 02:57:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 02, 2008, 01:32:08 PM
"The Naming of the Dead" arrived today. :woohoo:

huzzah!

did you get me a pressie?   :eyelash:  :-*

Not from there. ;)

Quote
i have one lined up, btw.   8)

 :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 02, 2008, 03:20:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 02, 2008, 03:16:24 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on October 02, 2008, 02:57:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 02, 2008, 01:32:08 PM
"The Naming of the Dead" arrived today. :woohoo:

huzzah!

did you get me a pressie?   :eyelash:  :-*

Not from there. ;)

Quote
i have one lined up, btw.   8)

 :eyelash:

i'm just waiting until it gets a little colder...   8)

(there's a clue!)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 02, 2008, 03:25:48 PM
A lot of insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on October 02, 2008, 04:12:44 PM
A book:  "Crisis in Utopis, Tristan Da Cunha" by Peter Munch.  A volcano related book about an eruption of Tristan Da Cunha in the Extreme South Atlantic in 1962 and it's unique inhabitants and their fight with the UK government to return home.  The UK wanted to stop having it as a part of the "empire".   ::) 

I wanted more info and found it!   :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ozymandias on October 02, 2008, 04:19:37 PM
Acoustic guitar strings
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on October 03, 2008, 02:20:34 AM
For my Nintendo Wii, White GameCube Controllers for whatever I need.

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on October 03, 2008, 09:27:18 AM
The Wavebird pwns all as far as GC wireless controllers go.   I think it is funny when people go for the GC controller over the Wii controller.   Kinda defeats the entire purpose of the Wii.   The Wii isn't really that much more powerful than a GC graphically, the big difference is the peripherals which could have been adopted on the GC.   Nintendo really failed with the Wii as it is too much of a gimmick system for me to take seriously.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 09:31:27 AM
a new mug for work!  :LMAO:

what d'you think my students will think of it?   :eyelash:

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on October 03, 2008, 09:40:43 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 09:31:27 AM
a new mug for work!  :LMAO:

what d'you think my students will think of it?   :eyelash:

They'll say 'Fucking Everything Queen' more like!

  >:D  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 10:02:18 AM
you're so right!

:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on October 03, 2008, 10:09:13 AM
Just bought a couple of Anne MacCaffrey books, a Naruto Manga, and Star Wars Jedi Twilight: Coruscant Nights II - Street Of Shadows from Amazon Dot Com.

Quote from: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 09:31:27 AM
a new mug for work!  :LMAO:

what d'you think my students will think of it?   :eyelash:

 :respect:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 10:09:54 AM
:laugh:

i doubt it, but isn't that a fab thought?   :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on October 03, 2008, 10:13:20 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 10:09:54 AM
:laugh:

i doubt it, but isn't that a fab thought?   :thumbup:

If it makes you feel any better, here is me:

 :worship:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 10:14:31 AM
WORSHIP MY FUCKING MUG, YOU PEASANTS!!!

/cracking up!

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on October 03, 2008, 10:24:36 AM
You are fucking everything?   I missed out then.   Since you are the queen of fucking.... not just things, but every single thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on October 03, 2008, 10:28:41 AM
Quote from: Alex179 on October 03, 2008, 10:24:36 AM
You are fucking everything?   I missed out then.   Since you are the queen of fucking.... not just things, but every single thing.

Don't feel bad. Apparently I missed out too! :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 10:31:37 AM
you are not things, you are FREE MEN!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on October 03, 2008, 10:36:44 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 10:31:37 AM
you are not things, you are FREE MEN!
We do have things though, our body parts are things. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on October 03, 2008, 10:41:53 AM
Quote from: Trigger11 on October 03, 2008, 10:09:13 AM
Just bought a couple of Anne MacCaffrey books

Which ones?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on October 03, 2008, 10:49:36 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on October 03, 2008, 10:41:53 AM
Quote from: Trigger11 on October 03, 2008, 10:09:13 AM
Just bought a couple of Anne MacCaffrey books

Which ones?

I'm trying to get caught up on The Dragonriders of Pern. I read a lot of these back in high school and college, but have so many Star Wars books to read, I stopped even checking for new ones from Anne McCaffrey. I just bought Dragon's Fire and Dragon's Kin. I need to figure out where I am in the chronology too. I have had for a number of years Dragonseye, The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, and The Dolphins of Pern, but haven't read them. I have at least 46 Star Wars books to read still, with more coming out in the next few years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 03, 2008, 02:35:44 PM
Quote from: Trigger11 on October 03, 2008, 10:28:41 AM
Quote from: Alex179 on October 03, 2008, 10:24:36 AM
You are fucking everything?   I missed out then.   Since you are the queen of fucking.... not just things, but every single thing.

Don't feel bad. Apparently I missed out too! :'(

 :hahaha:

Sorry. Well, I'm not, but you can believe it if you want.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 03, 2008, 02:37:13 PM
Even more insulation fuck I hope these people pay me or I'm screwed
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 02:43:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 03, 2008, 02:35:44 PM
Quote from: Trigger11 on October 03, 2008, 10:28:41 AM
Quote from: Alex179 on October 03, 2008, 10:24:36 AM
You are fucking everything?   I missed out then.   Since you are the queen of fucking.... not just things, but every single thing.

Don't feel bad. Apparently I missed out too! :'(

 :hahaha:

Sorry. Well, I'm not, but you can believe it if you want.

you nasty creature.

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on October 03, 2008, 02:44:38 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 03, 2008, 02:35:44 PM
Quote from: Trigger11 on October 03, 2008, 10:28:41 AM
Quote from: Alex179 on October 03, 2008, 10:24:36 AM
You are fucking everything?   I missed out then.   Since you are the queen of fucking.... not just things, but every single thing.

Don't feel bad. Apparently I missed out too! :'(

 :hahaha:

Sorry. Well, I'm not, but you can believe it if you want.

 :finger:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 02:49:10 PM
oh, stop it, you two.

why's your heart broken, trig?  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on October 03, 2008, 03:26:41 PM
Last year I get left at the altar, only to find out she had a sex change. Then I find my soul mate, but he (formerly she) has her already. :bangbang: I just can't go on...




















Okay, I can't really pull that off. You got me. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 03, 2008, 03:31:59 PM
You're joking, right? :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on October 03, 2008, 03:35:14 PM
Quote from: Trigger11 on October 03, 2008, 03:26:41 PM
Last year I get left at the altar, only to find out she had a sex change. Then I find my soul mate, but he (formerly she) has her already. :bangbang: I just can't go on...

:LMAO:

oops - distinct lack of sympathy, there.  :P


Quote
Okay, I can't really pull that off. You got me. :-[

awwww, and you really had me going there for a... cuntisecond.  :smarty:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on October 03, 2008, 11:18:12 PM
Quote from: Alex179 on October 03, 2008, 09:27:18 AM
The Wavebird pwns all as far as GC wireless controllers go.   I think it is funny when people go for the GC controller over the Wii controller.   Kinda defeats the entire purpose of the Wii.   The Wii isn't really that much more powerful than a GC graphically, the big difference is the peripherals which could have been adopted on the GC.   Nintendo really failed with the Wii as it is too much of a gimmick system for me to take seriously.

Yeah, but what are you gonna do when you wanna play gamecube games? (Okay I could have left the gamecube set up when I bought the Wii, used a switchbox or something, but hey, those white gc controllers look pretty fucking cool I think).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 24, 2008, 01:55:34 PM
One pound of powdered graphite
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on October 26, 2008, 12:39:39 PM
What do you do with powdered graphite?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 26, 2008, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Pyraxis on October 26, 2008, 12:39:39 PM
What do you do with powdered graphite?

Lubricate non sexual and/or metallic things which do not work well with fluid lubricants.

Most of my heavy duty (capable of  supporting just around one hundred pounds) lighting stands would fail if I used liquid lubricants, but powder keeps them working as designed.

Clean them with alcohol, then lubricate them with powder = excellent. Add a few drops of oil and they will not hold even twenty pounds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 26, 2008, 02:26:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on October 26, 2008, 01:36:40 PM
Quote from: Pyraxis on October 26, 2008, 12:39:39 PM
What do you do with powdered graphite?

Lubricate non sexual and/or metallic things which do not work well with fluid lubricants.

Most of my heavy duty (capable of  supporting just around one hundred pounds) lighting stands would fail if I used liquid lubricants, but powder keeps them working as designed.

Clean them with alcohol, then lubricate them with powder = excellent. Add a few drops of oil and they will not hold even twenty pounds.

You got it.  For me I add it in with the insulation in the blower to keep things running smoothly.  It's also really good on locks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 26, 2008, 03:06:57 PM
I have rarely used more than half an ounce maintaining all thirty odd stands, including posing stools, background supports, quick-retractable cabling and camera bellows.

A litttle goes a long way, unless you spray it ...

 :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 26, 2008, 03:44:17 PM
I use it several ounces at a time  dumped in the hopper about once a month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dexter Morgan on October 31, 2008, 03:11:25 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61nPZmlHfKL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61gprbsY7FL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 31, 2008, 03:34:56 PM
Staropramen :beergrin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on October 31, 2008, 04:59:11 PM
a medication labeled that my doctor feels that it is worth the bad side effects from this medicine for it's potential benefits to my health.

NEVER believe it, and NEVER take Mepron...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 31, 2008, 05:10:29 PM
not much cash crunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Johnny on October 31, 2008, 06:33:15 PM
ammo
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on November 01, 2008, 05:07:25 AM
hiking gear - waterproof pants, gaiters, proofing spray and a new trekking pole for prodding the bogs with. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 01, 2008, 11:39:19 AM
Quote from: duncvis on November 01, 2008, 05:07:25 AM
hiking gear - waterproof pants, gaiters, proofing spray and a new trekking pole for prodding the bogs with. 

to make sure they're dead?

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on November 01, 2008, 11:40:28 AM
yep. the live ones slither across the hillside after you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 01, 2008, 11:43:42 AM
Quote from: duncvis on November 01, 2008, 11:40:28 AM
yep. the live ones slither across the hillside after you.

blimey, that's terrifying.  i mean, usually, if a threat is imminent, one runs for the hills.  where the fuck does one run to if the hills are full of slithering bogs?!  :yikes:

:hide:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on November 01, 2008, 11:58:24 AM
under the bed? I dunno. good job I'm talking out of my arse.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 01, 2008, 02:12:18 PM
Quote from: duncvis on November 01, 2008, 11:58:24 AM
under the bed? I dunno. good job I'm talking out of my arse.

as opposed to me, as i'm talking out of delirium.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 01, 2008, 02:26:17 PM
cellulose and 2 and a half inch wood plugs.  I just thrill you all I know
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 01, 2008, 02:31:46 PM
Quote from: parts on November 01, 2008, 02:26:17 PM
cellulose and 2 and a half inch wood plus.  I just thrill you all I know

i am thrilled to my core, parts.  i awake every morning, and my first thought is, "what's parts bought recently?!" and the urge, nay compulsion, to find out propels me from my bed and onto the computer.

:-*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 01, 2008, 03:37:03 PM
:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Johnny on November 02, 2008, 10:53:33 AM
food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kasa on November 05, 2008, 08:17:18 AM
I bought a heated mouse.  I hate winter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 05, 2008, 11:22:51 AM
i bought a mouse, too, but i hope it isn't heated - i loathe having hot hands.

i also bought two books; one about the british and food, and one about poisons -  research for my next novel.   :eyebrows:

AND i bought a turtle fridge magnet and a knitting pattern for socks for my secret santa thing on the knitting site i frequent.  i'm going to get her lots of little things, so she spends ages opening them all - projecting like mad, me, cos i love that!   :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on November 05, 2008, 11:25:22 AM
I bought an urn for my Mother. Expensive they are. Plus I paid for the cremation service to the tune of several thousand dollars. We should have held a Jedi Ceremony instead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 05, 2008, 11:28:44 AM
chrsit, that's steep.  i hope my lot have the sense to either donate my body to medical science, or shove me in the ground in a cardboard box (pagan funerals do), so i can make the flowers grow quicker, and save all that cash.

which reminds me, i should put that in my will...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on November 05, 2008, 02:05:55 PM
Indeed! My Wife and Sister know to burn me as cheap as possible or throw me in a compost pile. Otherwise donate me to the Women's Orgasm Society for their personal pleasure. No ceremony and no tributes, etc.

What I have learned is that everyone should write a will, or whatever you have, including yourself, may end up being controlled by some evil corporation.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ApotheosisIV on November 05, 2008, 03:30:47 PM
Speedo swimming trunks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on November 05, 2008, 08:41:29 PM
Quote from: Trigger11 on November 05, 2008, 02:05:55 PM
What I have learned is that everyone should write a will, or whatever you have, including yourself, may end up being controlled by some evil corporation.

How does that work? Was it because of the debt, or is there somebody whose job it is to step in whenever a death certificate is filed?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on November 07, 2008, 08:40:13 PM
Bought 2 tree lamps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 08, 2008, 10:26:37 AM
A Rolling Stones compilation. "The Departed" on DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: duncvis on November 08, 2008, 11:34:41 AM
a book of South Pennine walks.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 08, 2008, 02:41:19 PM
arrived today - a book about poisons (for my next novel, honest) and a book about the english and food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 08, 2008, 03:01:41 PM
  My wife got a new to her car all I got was a  new respirator. :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 08, 2008, 03:14:03 PM

Four new tires (Rest, now, Odeon. The ONE, individual, singular, replacement tire, which I bought during the sub zero February, last, incident is now residing in my spare tire bay. It's the first full sized spare tire my car has ever been blessed with. Actually, that one half-day use was the only time my car has ever needed a spare tire in ten years of driving it.)  on my van.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 08, 2008, 03:47:52 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 08, 2008, 03:14:03 PM

Four new tires (Rest, now, Odeon. The ONE, individual, singular, replacement tire, which I bought during the sub zero February, last, incident is now residing in my spare tire bay. It's the first full sized spare tire my car has ever been blessed with. Actually, that one half-day use was the only time my car has ever needed a spare tire in ten years of driving it.)  on my van.

Glad to hear it, Dawg.

I need to buy new tyres soon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 08, 2008, 04:03:38 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 08, 2008, 03:47:52 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 08, 2008, 03:14:03 PM

Four new tires (Rest, now, Odeon. The ONE, individual, singular, replacement tire, which I bought during the sub zero February, last, incident is now residing in my spare tire bay. It's the first full sized spare tire my car has ever been blessed with. Actually, that one half-day use was the only time my car has ever needed a spare tire in ten years of driving it.)  on my van.

Glad to hear it, Dawg.

I need to buy new tyres soon.

BTW, my spare tire has less than one thousand miles on it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on November 09, 2008, 03:00:52 AM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 08, 2008, 02:41:19 PM
arrived today - a book about poisons (for my next novel, honest) and a book about the english and food.

Aren't those 2 books related?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 03:26:14 AM
 :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2008, 04:49:15 AM
Dinner's on me, the next time around.

And I don't mean that in the Hannibal Lecter way.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 07:29:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 04:49:15 AM
Dinner's on me, the next time around.

And I don't mean that in the Hannibal Lecter way.

or the nyotaimori way, i hope.   :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2008, 02:36:52 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 07:29:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 04:49:15 AM
Dinner's on me, the next time around.

And I don't mean that in the Hannibal Lecter way.

or the nyotaimori way, i hope.   :o

No, but since you're quite a dish... :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 03:22:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 02:36:52 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 07:29:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 04:49:15 AM
Dinner's on me, the next time around.

And I don't mean that in the Hannibal Lecter way.

or the nyotaimori way, i hope.   :o

No, but since you're quite a dish... :eyebrows:

/ignores ghastly pun.

strange - i rather thought you liked the idea of nyotaimori...  :tongue:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2008, 03:35:25 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 03:22:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 02:36:52 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 07:29:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 04:49:15 AM
Dinner's on me, the next time around.

And I don't mean that in the Hannibal Lecter way.

or the nyotaimori way, i hope.   :o

No, but since you're quite a dish... :eyebrows:

/ignores ghastly pun.

strange - i rather thought you liked the idea of nyotaimori...  :tongue:

If I'm the one doing the eating. :tongue:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 03:42:17 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 03:35:25 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 03:22:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 02:36:52 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 07:29:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 04:49:15 AM
Dinner's on me, the next time around.

And I don't mean that in the Hannibal Lecter way.

or the nyotaimori way, i hope.   :o

No, but since you're quite a dish... :eyebrows:

/ignores ghastly pun.

strange - i rather thought you liked the idea of nyotaimori...  :tongue:

If I'm the one doing the eating. :tongue:

ahhh, bendicks...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2008, 03:45:13 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 03:42:17 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 03:35:25 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 03:22:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 02:36:52 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 07:29:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2008, 04:49:15 AM
Dinner's on me, the next time around.

And I don't mean that in the Hannibal Lecter way.

or the nyotaimori way, i hope.   :o

No, but since you're quite a dish... :eyebrows:

/ignores ghastly pun.

strange - i rather thought you liked the idea of nyotaimori...  :tongue:

If I'm the one doing the eating. :tongue:

ahhh, bendicks...

Delicious. :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 03:46:09 PM
depraved...   :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: klox on November 09, 2008, 09:37:43 PM
I bought Farcry 2. No regrets so far.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on November 10, 2008, 02:34:01 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 08, 2008, 03:14:03 PM

Four new tires (Rest, now, Odeon. The ONE, individual, singular, replacement tire, which I bought during the sub zero February, last, incident is now residing in my spare tire bay. It's the first full sized spare tire my car has ever been blessed with. Actually, that one half-day use was the only time my car has ever needed a spare tire in ten years of driving it.)  on my van.

That's really good.  We need to buy four new tires soon, too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 10, 2008, 03:22:37 PM
Quote from: Lucifer on November 09, 2008, 03:46:09 PM
depraved...   :angel:

:eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 10, 2008, 03:35:45 PM
750 2  1/2 inch foam plugs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 10, 2008, 03:41:28 PM
Bought some paint and a brush.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: klox on November 11, 2008, 05:25:47 AM
480oC proof spraypaint.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on November 11, 2008, 07:10:59 PM
Quote from: klox on November 11, 2008, 05:25:47 AM
480oC proof spraypaint.

What are you going to paint with that, a barbecue grill?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 11, 2008, 08:21:32 PM
Hand mirror
4 boxes of cereal
Shower curtain
Two aspie book and one of them is by Jenny McCarthy, the one lot of autistics hate.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on November 11, 2008, 08:25:25 PM
Why do they hate Jenny McCarthy?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 12, 2008, 12:20:09 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on November 11, 2008, 08:25:25 PM
Why do they hate Jenny McCarthy?

No shit!

Tell us why!

When I met her, she was fat - really fucking fat (by Hollywood standards and out of wrok). I still thought she was hawt. I saw her again a few months later on television and she was a hank of hair supported by thin bones, once again. Not sure how she did it?

Aside from any of that, I got the impression that she was quite intelligent, surprisingly wholesome and mostly a cave troll, by her conversation (or maybe she was just that good at recognising how to deal with people and saw right away how to punk me).

What has she done involviong any of the autistic community worthy of any emotion at all?!?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on November 12, 2008, 12:32:32 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 12, 2008, 12:20:09 PM
Quote from: kevv729 on November 11, 2008, 08:25:25 PM
Why do they hate Jenny McCarthy?

No shit!

Tell us why!

When I met her, she was fat - really fucking fat (by Hollywood standards and out of wrok). I still thought she was hawt. I saw her again a few months later on television and she was a hank of hair supported by thin bones, once again. Not sure how she did it?

Aside from any of that, I got the impression that she was quite intelligent, surprisingly wholesome and mostly a cave troll, by her conversation (or maybe she was just that good at recognising how to deal with people and saw right away how to punk me).

What has she done involviong any of the autistic community worthy of any emotion at all?!?

I don't hate her, but she has made some adult autistics angry with her "Autism is curable" Generation Rescue (http://www.generationrescue.org/) statements, where she says that childhood vaccines caused her son to become autistic and a casein and gluten free diet cured him.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 12, 2008, 01:14:36 PM
OK

I did not know that she was a part of that noise, now. She had no child, when I saw her.
If the cause was vaccines, it could possibly be reversed, granted. Cured? That would at least require an understanding of the actual scientific reasons for the anomalous behaviors some of us share.

It would be great if there was something concrete to blame for why our kids have troubles, but reality is different from blame, quite often.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tesla on November 12, 2008, 07:12:06 PM
Maybe she wasn't quite so fat, as pregnant when you met her Dawg. 

 :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 12, 2008, 08:10:25 PM
I thought everyone here knew about Jenny. I knew of her after she appeared in Scream 3 and then I learned she had an autistic son. Then I started seeing hateful discussions about her in the autistic community and I saw some of the videos about her. She appeared on talk shows.


I think she wouldn't be hated in the autistic community if she didn't say she cured her son and she was going to save him from the autism and say the vaccine made her son autistic.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: klox on November 12, 2008, 08:16:23 PM
Quote from: Callaway on November 11, 2008, 07:10:59 PM
Quote from: klox on November 11, 2008, 05:25:47 AM
480oC proof spraypaint.

What are you going to paint with that, a barbecue grill?

Australian barbecues are at least...uh...three times hotter than that!  :P

But seriously, it is for the brakes on the car. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 12, 2008, 11:47:25 PM
Kind of weird, but I have gone a little nutty buying music DVDs. I bought every one they had at the  Half - Priced Book store today (a place to buy used stuff).

Some rock, some jazz.

The Who
Cream
Charlie Parker
Chick Corea
BB King
(Various artists) Jazz In The Park
Stray Cats
Donna Summer
Tesla
Bob Dylan

and

Four from the PBS series titled simply, "Jazz" about the beginnings of jazz.

I'm going to spring for the Jimi Hendrix DVD collection we have at work, too. I have one serious hell-of-a-lot of his work on CDs and LPs, but I only own one Super8 format vid, and one worn out "In The West" VHS. I don't even own a projector for the 8mm anymore, so I can't watch that one at all.
 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 13, 2008, 12:20:26 AM
Quote from: Tesla on November 12, 2008, 07:12:06 PM
Maybe she wasn't quite so fat, as pregnant when you met her Dawg. 

 :zoinks:

Uhm, no. There is quite an obvious difference to me.



Spokane Girl, as far as following the "autistic community"  ...

I honestly don't bother with it. I tried Wrong Planet for a few months, then found this place and quit looking. The only other sites I have been to were the ones associated with members here, such as Dunc's Drivel, OTS, Kevv's site, P's site. I joined the Elder (what ever it was) but did not know anyone and found nothing of interest at all at the place. I haven't been back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 13, 2008, 08:21:59 PM
In Hollywood, if you don't wear a size 0, you're fat. In the none Hollywood community, you are not fat, even if you wear a size 8. So lot of celebrities get called fat even though they are not.



Autistic community, I didn't mean just WP, I have seen it on other autism sites; AFF, autism speaks, IMDB forum about her (I assume the autistics made the hateful posts about her there), I think that's it. But I also thought some here also heard about her because some of them seem to do research on autism and bam, that's how they heard of her and post article links about her in the forums. Callaway sure knew about her somehow. I knew through reading Parenting magazines but I already knew because it said on IMDB. It was random.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 13, 2008, 09:12:34 PM

I knew what you meant about the "community."  Kind of like the site that Callaway linked to to bring me up to speed on the McCarthy thing - to me all those kind of sites are hype, either promotional or political hype. Those things are the scourge of the internet, in my opinion, like commercial television.

When I saw her at an MDA charity function (I was still doing volunteer work for them, then), it was sometime in 2000 and she was probably a size eight, but like you said not "celebrity model material" anymore. Still very attractive, though. She was not there because of her modeling career, either. She was doing a stand-up comedy routine. Her best material was making the audience think that she was about to get into trouble over telling a really dirty joke and the punchline turns out to be totally "G-rated."  I think she had just finished a movie, maybe the one you were talking about.

When I researched the vaccine thing, there was no evidence that it could cause symptoms of autism. I did not know that she had started it and appeared on Oprah, etc. Shows you how much television I watch, eh?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on November 13, 2008, 11:16:27 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 13, 2008, 09:12:34 PM

I knew what you meant about the "community."  Kind of like the site that Callaway linked to to bring me up to speed on the McCarthy thing - to me all those kind of sites are hype, either promotional or political hype. Those things are the scourge of the internet, in my opinion, like commercial television.

...

The Generation Rescue site that I linked is actually Jenny McCarthy's site.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 14, 2008, 12:08:18 AM
Quote from: Callaway on November 13, 2008, 11:16:27 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 13, 2008, 09:12:34 PM

I knew what you meant about the "community."  Kind of like the site that Callaway linked to to bring me up to speed on the McCarthy thing - to me all those kind of sites are hype, either promotional or political hype. Those things are the scourge of the internet, in my opinion, like commercial television.

...

The Generation Rescue site that I linked is actually Jenny McCarthy's site.

Yes, I went there and developed the opinion that it is strictly a commercial site used to promote her books and appearances. It's full of hype.

I generally avoid using those, if I can.

:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: punkdrew on November 14, 2008, 04:48:30 AM
Copy holder for my (temporary) data entry job. Best $10 I've spent in a while, besides beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on November 14, 2008, 01:32:46 PM
A Sony PS3.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 14, 2008, 02:47:19 PM
Insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 14, 2008, 03:35:42 PM
Bought the services of carpenters and various handymen to replace roof tiles and windows.

Not cheap.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 14, 2008, 04:11:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 14, 2008, 03:35:42 PM
Bought the services of carpenters and various handymen to replace roof tiles and windows.

Not cheap.

You could always fly me over :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 14, 2008, 04:15:55 PM
Quote from: jeremiah johnson on November 14, 2008, 04:11:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 14, 2008, 03:35:42 PM
Bought the services of carpenters and various handymen to replace roof tiles and windows.

Not cheap.

You could always fly me over :laugh:

Believe me, mate, I would have if at all possible, financially speaking.

The beers would have been on me also.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 14, 2008, 04:29:03 PM
2 small bottles of Jagermeister
1 small bottle of JDs
Vindaloo (holy fuck it was hot :gwah:)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on November 15, 2008, 08:55:29 PM
a kevin garnett rookie, a topps progression peyton manning autograph and signifigance amare staudamire autograph
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on November 17, 2008, 08:13:59 PM
Fallout 3, Diablo battle chest and Skull Candy head phones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on November 17, 2008, 08:21:15 PM
two pounds of halloween candy for $1.13.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on November 17, 2008, 11:05:37 PM
750ml of Crown Royal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 18, 2008, 03:04:58 AM
Disney DVDs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 18, 2008, 05:09:36 AM
cedar wood moth repellent, sigh.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 18, 2008, 05:31:19 AM
Does it work?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 18, 2008, 11:36:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 18, 2008, 05:31:19 AM
Does it work?

numerous people say so.  i'll let you know.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on November 18, 2008, 01:17:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 18, 2008, 05:31:19 AM
Does it work?

Cedar works to repel moths and it smells a million times better than paradichlorobenzene (mothballs).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 18, 2008, 05:03:34 PM
Over $4000 in insulation :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 18, 2008, 09:17:31 PM
Quote from: Callaway on November 18, 2008, 01:17:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 18, 2008, 05:31:19 AM
Does it work?

Cedar works to repel moths and it smells a million times better than paradichlorobenzene (mothballs).

I agree - it works.

A few years ago (before we moved into this house) I lined all the closets in cedar siding. Every spring, we wash down the cedar with plain water and the resulting evaporation refreshes the whole house with cedar scent. I love it!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ApotheosisIV on November 19, 2008, 02:02:36 PM
Valium and a computer desk.
Well i was given it anyway - the desk, I mean.
I got some Tiger Prawns for half price too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on November 19, 2008, 02:23:27 PM
Quote from: PARTS on November 18, 2008, 05:03:34 PM
Over $4000 in insulation :o

a fur coat?  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on November 19, 2008, 02:32:55 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 18, 2008, 09:17:31 PM
Quote from: Callaway on November 18, 2008, 01:17:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 18, 2008, 05:31:19 AM
Does it work?

Cedar works to repel moths and it smells a million times better than paradichlorobenzene (mothballs).

I agree - it works.

A few years ago (before we moved into this house) I lined all the closets in cedar siding. Every spring, we wash down the cedar with plain water and the resulting evaporation refreshes the whole house with cedar scent. I love it!

That sounds like a great idea, DirtDawg.

My dresser drawers are all lined with cedar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 19, 2008, 02:57:33 PM
my order of cedar stuff should arrive tomorrow or the day after - some are cedarwood balls, and there are also some herbal things to hang in the wardrobe.  the balls can be rubbed with fine grade sandpaper after a few months, when they start to lose their smell.  i've got some cedarwood essential oil, so i'll probably rub some of that in to refresh them, too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 19, 2008, 02:58:34 PM
Quote from: Mike P. on November 19, 2008, 02:23:27 PM
Quote from: PARTS on November 18, 2008, 05:03:34 PM
Over $4000 in insulation :o

a fur coat?  :laugh:

Yes a real itchy one :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 21, 2008, 04:55:21 AM
Something camera related today, hopefuly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 21, 2008, 06:11:54 AM
Even more insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on November 21, 2008, 07:02:16 AM
A 1TB Western Digital "A/V" Hard Drive for my Media PC (yeah I ran out of room again, now its 2x 750GB and 1x 1TB).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 21, 2008, 09:10:26 AM
Quote from: Shleeeeed on November 21, 2008, 04:55:21 AM
Something camera related today, hopefuly.

Sounds like the hopes of an ebay bidder.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lucifer on November 21, 2008, 02:38:12 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 18, 2008, 09:17:31 PM
Quote from: Callaway on November 18, 2008, 01:17:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 18, 2008, 05:31:19 AM
Does it work?

Cedar works to repel moths and it smells a million times better than paradichlorobenzene (mothballs).

I agree - it works.

A few years ago (before we moved into this house) I lined all the closets in cedar siding. Every spring, we wash down the cedar with plain water and the resulting evaporation refreshes the whole house with cedar scent. I love it!

my house smells all of cedar now*.  it's gorgeous.

*apart from my kitchen, which smells of the organic smoked paprika i've been cooking with for the last two days - got a tin from my organic shop the other day, for only £1.55, and it's utterly fabulous.  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on November 21, 2008, 02:55:42 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 21, 2008, 03:02:43 PM
Anchor Steam Beer. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 21, 2008, 03:05:01 PM
Got a new lens for the camera, image stabilization built in and gives good picture quality. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 21, 2008, 03:15:49 PM
Image stabilization built into the lens? What kind of lens is that, and what's the camera?

I must be getting old--my idea of a good SLR is still a Nikon F1.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 21, 2008, 03:20:09 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 21, 2008, 03:15:49 PM
Image stabilization built into the lens? What kind of lens is that, and what's the camera?

I must be getting old--my idea of a good SLR is still a Nikon F1.

Cameras have actually improved since the era of the Nikon F1, unlike audio reproduction.

 :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 21, 2008, 03:30:53 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 21, 2008, 03:20:09 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 21, 2008, 03:15:49 PM
Image stabilization built into the lens? What kind of lens is that, and what's the camera?

I must be getting old--my idea of a good SLR is still a Nikon F1.

Cameras have actually improved since the era of the Nikon F1, unlike audio reproduction.

 :angel:

 :'(

I *am* getting old.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 21, 2008, 03:45:14 PM
yet even more insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 21, 2008, 03:49:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 21, 2008, 03:15:49 PM
Image stabilization built into the lens? What kind of lens is that, and what's the camera?

I must be getting old--my idea of a good SLR is still a Nikon F1.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm IS US, the camera is the trusty 400d. Does the job quite well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 21, 2008, 03:50:19 PM
Quote from: Shleeeeed on November 21, 2008, 03:49:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 21, 2008, 03:15:49 PM
Image stabilization built into the lens? What kind of lens is that, and what's the camera?

I must be getting old--my idea of a good SLR is still a Nikon F1.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm IS US, the camera is the trusty 400d. Does the job quite well.

I'd say. You're a really good photographer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on October 04, 2009, 10:11:16 AM
An absolutely fabulous new trenchcoat, on a pretty darn good sale (for a fabulous trenchcoat, anyway).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on October 04, 2009, 10:15:12 AM
A new wenchcoat. :toporly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on October 04, 2009, 01:41:24 PM
I bought this original print at a local art show yesterday:

(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a27/Sufist/carp.jpg)

The photo doesn't do the colors justice; they're much subtler in person. I want to get it framed in the next couple months. (Don't have the $$$ this month.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 05, 2009, 12:41:40 PM
A yearly dump permit $50
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 05, 2009, 02:49:49 PM
Bought The Traveling Wilburys Vol 3 on CD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on October 05, 2009, 03:24:40 PM
Books. It never fails that I go to the bookstore to buy one specific book that costs $12 but they don't have it. So I browse and end up leaving the store with $80 worth of novels that I wasn't planning on getting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 05, 2009, 03:26:11 PM
I do that a lot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on October 05, 2009, 04:12:44 PM
Bought a couple of DVDs and a book on Amazon: Scrooge, The Bishop's Wife (Cary Grant version), Singin' in the Rain, and the book, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 05, 2009, 06:09:24 PM


Bought a remote starter.


Yay warm car this winter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on October 05, 2009, 06:10:20 PM
some halloween toys and a new shirt
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Leto729 on October 07, 2009, 07:35:26 PM
Bought a sonic toothbrush.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 08, 2009, 03:28:05 PM
12 pairs of seamless socks for my youngest daughter.

Hope it will save huge amounts of time and aggravation in the morning.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 08, 2009, 03:45:53 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 08, 2009, 03:28:05 PM
12 pairs of seamless socks for my youngest daughter.

Hope it will save huge amounts of time and aggravation in the morning.


I buy no other type and the same color mostly it does save lots of time
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 08, 2009, 03:57:05 PM
I go barefoot, as long as the weather lets me. Then try to find socks that I like, as seamless as possible and indeed, same colour is best. And after a while I have left and right socks

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 08, 2009, 05:25:10 PM


Same here. The side for the big toe gets stretched out further.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on October 08, 2009, 05:35:39 PM
I only wear socks if I absolutely have to. I don't have sensory issues with them, I've just always been a barefoot girl. Prefer it that way.

I bought my cat some expensive medical care :P Vets make a killing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 09, 2009, 08:03:02 AM
Will buy some beer later. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 09, 2009, 09:01:58 AM


Ordered a custom Euro plate for my car. Should be here next week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 09, 2009, 09:18:47 AM
A really old socket set,a Bailey #5 wood plane, an old book and a 1950's power drill all shiny chrome
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on October 09, 2009, 12:44:57 PM
today i bought a cuttle fish, some stuff for my birds and a dogg beer bottle toy
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 11, 2009, 12:30:15 PM
Propane, 2, 2 1/2 inch  hole saws
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on October 11, 2009, 12:35:49 PM
Food and a watch for my new job. Acne cream, snuggie, present for my sister in law.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on October 12, 2009, 06:30:45 AM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on October 08, 2009, 05:35:39 PM
I only wear socks if I absolutely have to. I don't have sensory issues with them, I've just always been a barefoot girl. Prefer it that way.

I bought my cat some expensive medical care :P Vets make a killing.

Same here. Over the last couple weeks I've spent about $400 in vet bills. And will probably add another $100 to that before the month is out. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Toad on October 12, 2009, 06:34:04 AM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on October 12, 2009, 06:30:45 AM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on October 08, 2009, 05:35:39 PM
I only wear socks if I absolutely have to. I don't have sensory issues with them, I've just always been a barefoot girl. Prefer it that way.

I bought my cat some expensive medical care :P Vets make a killing.

Same here. Over the last couple weeks I've spent about $400 in vet bills. And will probably add another $100 to that before the month is out. :(
Worst I had was around £800 in one hit,and she wasn't insured...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 12, 2009, 07:30:31 AM
Quote from: Toad on October 12, 2009, 06:34:04 AM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on October 12, 2009, 06:30:45 AM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on October 08, 2009, 05:35:39 PM
I only wear socks if I absolutely have to. I don't have sensory issues with them, I've just always been a barefoot girl. Prefer it that way.

I bought my cat some expensive medical care :P Vets make a killing.

Same here. Over the last couple weeks I've spent about $400 in vet bills. And will probably add another $100 to that before the month is out. :(
Worst I had was around £800 in one hit,and she wasn't insured...


I spent that once on my favorite car and was relieved when he got better as they said it wasn't guaranteed
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Toad on October 12, 2009, 11:43:51 AM
Ah lets not get started with the car, just over £1k in the last month or so...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 12, 2009, 02:14:06 PM
Quote from: parts on October 12, 2009, 07:30:31 AM
Quote from: Toad on October 12, 2009, 06:34:04 AM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on October 12, 2009, 06:30:45 AM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on October 08, 2009, 05:35:39 PM
I only wear socks if I absolutely have to. I don't have sensory issues with them, I've just always been a barefoot girl. Prefer it that way.

I bought my cat some expensive medical care :P Vets make a killing.

Same here. Over the last couple weeks I've spent about $400 in vet bills. And will probably add another $100 to that before the month is out. :(
Worst I had was around £800 in one hit,and she wasn't insured...


I spent that once on my favorite car and was relieved when he got better as they said it wasn't guaranteed

I meant cat opps.    For my truck that's nothing
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on October 13, 2009, 03:23:21 PM
Quote from: parts on October 12, 2009, 02:14:06 PM
Quote from: parts on October 12, 2009, 07:30:31 AM
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Quote from: Celticgoddess on October 08, 2009, 05:35:39 PM
I only wear socks if I absolutely have to. I don't have sensory issues with them, I've just always been a barefoot girl. Prefer it that way.

I bought my cat some expensive medical care :P Vets make a killing.

Same here. Over the last couple weeks I've spent about $400 in vet bills. And will probably add another $100 to that before the month is out. :(
Worst I had was around £800 in one hit,and she wasn't insured...


I spent that once on my favorite car and was relieved when he got better as they said it wasn't guaranteed

I meant cat opps.    For my truck that's nothing

So far it has cost me $969 CDN and he has another round of blood work which is $150-$200.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on October 13, 2009, 03:24:22 PM
Today I bought groceries, a new water bottle for one of the rabbits, and some new candles for me because my supply is out. I forgot the bubble bath though darnit.
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 13, 2009, 03:24:45 PM


Got some melatonin. And my euro plate came in today.
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 13, 2009, 03:25:30 PM
awesome. I hope you have a good nights sleep tonight. 8)
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 13, 2009, 03:34:55 PM


yes. happy dreams of the Canadiangoddess tonight.   ;D
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 13, 2009, 04:28:04 PM
If they're lucid, I expect a fully detailed report. :dom:
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Post by: Frolic_Fun on October 13, 2009, 04:47:56 PM
Some IR filter 2 weeks ago, never fucking came. Opened a paypal dispute with the seller.
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 14, 2009, 07:51:24 AM


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/SDC10212.jpg)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/SDC10213.jpg)
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 14, 2009, 08:57:06 AM
Holy crap! That fucking rocks, D! Damn. I wish you could keep it on. That's hot. 8)
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Post by: odeon on October 14, 2009, 02:00:44 PM
A DVD: "Things We Lost in the Fire"
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Post by: Adam on October 14, 2009, 02:06:27 PM
some nice sweeties from the shop, and a cherry lucozade and a poppy
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 14, 2009, 02:35:38 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 14, 2009, 02:00:44 PM
A DVD: "Things We Lost in the Fire"

Excellent movie!! I bought it a few months ago.  :thumbup:
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Post by: odeon on October 14, 2009, 02:56:05 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on October 14, 2009, 02:35:38 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 14, 2009, 02:00:44 PM
A DVD: "Things We Lost in the Fire"

Excellent movie!! I bought it a few months ago.  :thumbup:

I screened it at a film festival last year. Saw about a third of it and wanted to see the rest
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 18, 2009, 04:21:22 PM
I bought a pair of boots: (crappy webcam shot)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Canuk1975/Snapshot_20091018_2.jpg)

and a bag. The leather is soooo soft. It's awesome. 8)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Canuk1975/Snapshot_20091018.jpg)
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Post by: Blasted on October 18, 2009, 04:31:36 PM
Those boots are hawt  :eyelash:
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 18, 2009, 04:33:06 PM
Thank god they were on sale. I saw them in the store window and it was like shoe porn. I was hooked. Can't take a good pic of the bag. Looks way better IRL. Goes well with the boots too. 8)
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Post by: Blasted on October 18, 2009, 04:34:03 PM
Is it the messanger type bag or a general over the shoulder one?
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 18, 2009, 04:38:53 PM
Shaped like a messenger bag but the strap is only long enough for over the shoulder, if that makes sense.
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Post by: Blasted on October 18, 2009, 04:41:39 PM
Oh I like the sound of it  :orly:

You must get a proper picture.  I nicked a brown bag the other day :P 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: matthe on October 20, 2009, 02:51:01 AM
i bought a beer, lately.
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Post by: Parts on October 20, 2009, 04:38:33 AM
500 2 1/2 inch foam plugs :zoinks:
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Post by: matthe on October 20, 2009, 04:41:10 AM
^that should last you a few years
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 20, 2009, 05:33:34 AM
Cosmo magazine "Bad girl issue for sexy bitches only" *cha-ching*
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Post by: Parts on October 20, 2009, 06:20:03 AM
Quote from: matthe on October 20, 2009, 04:41:10 AM
^that should last you a few years

It's only about three houses worth
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Post by: matthe on October 20, 2009, 07:16:49 AM
Quote from: parts on October 20, 2009, 06:20:03 AM
Quote from: matthe on October 20, 2009, 04:41:10 AM
^that should last you a few years

It's only about three houses worth

167 plugs per house? is that pairs?

even if it is, 84 is alot of earplugs for a house.

wtf are you doing to the houses?
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 20, 2009, 07:37:14 AM


I don't think 2 1/2 inch foam plugs would make good earplugs.
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Post by: Parts on October 20, 2009, 07:48:36 AM
Plugging up holes after blowing in insulation here's some before
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/workfairfeild005.jpg)
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 20, 2009, 07:52:40 AM


Do you epoxy them in, or press fit?
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Post by: P7PSP on October 20, 2009, 08:01:32 AM
I traded a SIG P245 that I no longer use for a LNIB unfired Smith & Wesson M&Pc 9mm.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on October 20, 2009, 09:02:28 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 20, 2009, 07:37:14 AM


I don't think 2 1/2 inch foam plugs would make good earplugs.

:laugh:
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Post by: Parts on October 20, 2009, 09:23:31 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 20, 2009, 07:52:40 AM


Do you epoxy them in, or press fit?

Press fit foam them in if they ask
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Post by: odeon on October 20, 2009, 12:39:53 PM
A book on Swedish intelligence, written buy someone who worked undercover for it for years. The title, roughly translated, is "They all have to die anyway".
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Post by: matthe on October 20, 2009, 07:06:07 PM
:lol:  :asthing:
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Post by: Parts on October 20, 2009, 07:13:45 PM
Just went out and got an Iced tea at the store only to get home and find out it has stuff I am allergic to in it :violin:
That was a twofer a bitch and what did you buy :laugh:
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Post by: SleepyDragon on October 21, 2009, 05:13:38 PM
Jewelry findings: split rings, jump rings, lobster clasps, spring-ends for leather, toggle clasps.
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Post by: Parts on October 21, 2009, 05:48:35 PM
Lunch at Duchess
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Post by: P7PSP on October 21, 2009, 07:03:16 PM
Quote from: parts on October 20, 2009, 07:13:45 PM
Just went out and got an Iced tea at the store only to get home and find out it has stuff I am allergic to in it :violin:
That was a twofer a bitch and what did you buy :laugh:
What is the stuff you are allergic to?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 21, 2009, 07:30:29 PM
Aspartame other non sugar sweeteners make me nervous too
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 21, 2009, 07:31:46 PM
Fuck that non sugar stuff. I use honey to sweeten my tea.  :indeed:
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 21, 2009, 07:36:12 PM


That stuff tastes funny to me. Tastes like chemicals.
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Post by: P7PSP on October 21, 2009, 07:40:39 PM
Even Coke Zero, which is the best of a bad lot, tastes off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on October 25, 2009, 02:51:33 PM
Mario Kart for DS.   I am surprised that I managed to own a DS for this long and put off buying a Mario Kart title.
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 25, 2009, 02:54:05 PM
Quote from: Alex179 on October 25, 2009, 02:51:33 PM
Mario Kart for DS.   I am surprised that I managed to own a DS for this long and put off buying a Mario Kart title.

I love my DS. It has helped me through many a sleepless night, as has Mario Kart. ;) I like the Lego series (Indiana Jones, Batman, Star Wars) 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on October 25, 2009, 02:55:31 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on October 25, 2009, 02:54:05 PM
Quote from: Alex179 on October 25, 2009, 02:51:33 PM
Mario Kart for DS.   I am surprised that I managed to own a DS for this long and put off buying a Mario Kart title.

I love my DS. It has helped me through many a sleepless night, as has Mario Kart. ;) I like the Lego series (Indiana Jones, Batman, Star Wars) 8)
Final Fantasy IV (3d remake) is pretty great for DS as well.   I like the Castlevania games too.   The New Super Mario Brothers is a fun game too.   
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Post by: Blasted on October 25, 2009, 02:59:51 PM
I steal my sister's DS usually  :laugh:  I still have my old Game Boy Colour somewhere as well.  I was so good at the Pokemon games.
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 25, 2009, 03:18:01 PM
Quote from: Alex179 on October 25, 2009, 02:55:31 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on October 25, 2009, 02:54:05 PM
Quote from: Alex179 on October 25, 2009, 02:51:33 PM
Mario Kart for DS.   I am surprised that I managed to own a DS for this long and put off buying a Mario Kart title.

I love my DS. It has helped me through many a sleepless night, as has Mario Kart. ;) I like the Lego series (Indiana Jones, Batman, Star Wars) 8)
Final Fantasy IV (3d remake) is pretty great for DS as well.   I like the Castlevania games too.   The New Super Mario Brothers is a fun game too.   

My son's obsession is Mario so we've got nearly every Mario DS and Gameboy game. Although I basically suck at most of them. :laugh: I'll have to try out the Final Fantasy and Castlevania games.
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 25, 2009, 03:50:28 PM


I used to have a DS, loved playing Sim City on it.
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Post by: Celticgoddess on October 25, 2009, 03:58:38 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 25, 2009, 03:50:28 PM


I used to have a DS, loved playing Sim City on it.

I loved the original Sim City for the computer. I was all excited when they released it for the Wii but I can't figure the damn thing out. :P
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 25, 2009, 04:04:12 PM


I wonder if they have it for the PS3... I love that game.
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Post by: Parts on October 25, 2009, 04:19:50 PM
At an estate sale a forstner bit set,  a couple small vices, two tiny hammers and a kit to make keys and rekey locks
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Post by: Gluey on October 29, 2009, 08:44:57 PM
I bought these really cool headphones at the thrift store. Their like those big recording studio ones. They have volume control on both sides of the ears and a switch for mono/stereo. They work pretty good but the sound just seeps through them. It pisses off the store keepers and people in town when they hear 

" FIFTY THIRD AND THIRD STANDING ON THE STREET FIFTY THIRD AND THIRD I'M TRYING TO TURN A TRICK FIFTY THIRD AND THIRD GOTTA MAKE YA FEEL SICK
THEN I TOOK OUT MY RAZOR BLADE AND I DID WHAT GOD FORBADE BUT NOW THE COPS ARE AFTER ME AND I PROVED THAT IM NO SISSY"
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Post by: odeon on October 31, 2009, 02:53:14 PM
Beer.
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Post by: 'andersom' on November 01, 2009, 03:18:08 PM
A lot.

Two couches, for nothing, so gave a pot of flowers to thank them.
Bought myself a pot of flowers too.
And went to a flee-market/bazaar yesterday, where we could fill a huge bag with goodies for a fixed price.
Found a very nice intricate boardgame, loads of candles, some vases, fit for one flower. Waste basket, Cool hat for my youngest, cool cap for the oldest, and for the rest my girls have stuffed the bag with things they wanted. Oh, and my oldest found seventies sunglasses. Huge. Half her face is gone when she wears it.

And now I have to find a place for those things. I was clearing.  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 01, 2009, 03:49:21 PM
prickly pears,2 knives,a respirator and 4 plug ends
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Blasted on November 01, 2009, 09:00:04 PM
Me personally nothing but a friend bought me concert tickets cause he's a lovely lovely man  :thumbup:
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 01, 2009, 09:09:56 PM


Quote from: Bint on November 01, 2009, 09:00:04 PM
Me personally nothing but a friend bought me concert tickets cause he wants to fuck me  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Blasted on November 01, 2009, 09:11:07 PM
You all are dirty minded and disgusting human beings
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 01, 2009, 09:14:33 PM


Quote from: Bint on November 01, 2009, 09:11:07 PM
You all are dirty minded and disgusting human beings and I love you all
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Post by: Blasted on November 01, 2009, 09:15:54 PM
Tru tru  :(
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 01, 2009, 09:18:03 PM


Quote from: Bint on November 01, 2009, 09:15:54 PM
Tru tru, especially ebm   :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on November 01, 2009, 09:24:57 PM
A plane ticket and a hotel room.
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Post by: Scrapheap on November 01, 2009, 09:47:23 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on November 01, 2009, 09:24:57 PM
A plane ticket and a hotel room.

Ooooooooooh Dooooooooooooo tell!!  :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Blasted on November 01, 2009, 09:47:53 PM
Quote from: Scrapheap on November 01, 2009, 09:47:23 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on November 01, 2009, 09:24:57 PM
A plane ticket and a hotel room.

Ooooooooooh Dooooooooooooo tell!!  :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:

Not for you  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on November 01, 2009, 10:09:37 PM
Quote from: Scrapheap on November 01, 2009, 09:47:23 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on November 01, 2009, 09:24:57 PM
A plane ticket and a hotel room.

Ooooooooooh Dooooooooooooo tell!!  :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:

I can't. It's top secret.  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 01, 2009, 10:22:33 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on November 01, 2009, 10:09:37 PM
Quote from: Scrapheap on November 01, 2009, 09:47:23 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on November 01, 2009, 09:24:57 PM
A plane ticket and a hotel room.

Ooooooooooh Dooooooooooooo tell!!  :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:

I can't. It's top secret.  :eyelash:

I have a top secret clearance.  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on November 04, 2009, 03:38:59 PM
Tickets to see Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy on January 8th. I am ridiculously excited as I'm a huge fan of the Blue Collar Crew, especially Larry the Cable Guy. 16 rows from the stage. Yay me!!!
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Post by: Parts on November 04, 2009, 04:20:15 PM
Two 2  1/2 inch hole saws and a filter for my machine
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Post by: 'andersom' on November 04, 2009, 04:29:36 PM
Not bought, but very pleased.

Got a phonecall of a friend, if I'd like the quite new purple bicycle of her daughter for one of my girls. Her girl got a bigger one recently. My youngest loves purple, and will need a bigger bicycle next spring. Very happy with the prospect of getting that bicycle.

And bought some fresh bread today. Do that almost every day.
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Post by: 'andersom' on November 24, 2009, 07:04:16 PM
On our way to get the legs of the specs of my girl adjusted I saw something nice. On a whim got myself a nice black long and warm top, two leggings, dark grey and purple, and a nice bra. Took just a few minutes to find them and try them on. And affordable too. This way going shopping ain't that bad.
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Post by: Scrapheap on November 24, 2009, 07:36:33 PM
Quote from: Boobalicious on November 04, 2009, 03:38:59 PM
Tickets to see Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy on January 8th. I am ridiculously excited as I'm a huge fan of the Blue Collar Crew, especially Larry the Cable Guy. 16 rows from the stage. Yay me!!!

Ron White was the funniest of them all IMO.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on November 24, 2009, 07:51:56 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 24, 2009, 07:04:16 PM
On our way to get the legs of the specs of my girl adjusted I saw something nice. On a whim got myself a nice black long and warm top, two leggings, dark grey and purple, and a nice bra. Took just a few minutes to find them and try them on. And affordable too. This way going shopping ain't that bad.
:plus: for good shopping karma.

It's when you have some very specific (and usually very small and inexpensive) item in mind, such as a student's 30 cm ruler, and every shop in the city seems to be sold out of them? That's when shopping does go bad. :duh: :laugh:
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Post by: odeon on November 25, 2009, 01:40:39 PM
A Stones CD.
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Post by: Parts on November 25, 2009, 03:29:11 PM
A coffee
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Post by: Icequeen on November 25, 2009, 05:50:48 PM
Eggnog for the kid.

He loves it, must be some god-awful trait he inheirted from his father. :zombiefuck:

That crap is disgusting.   :P

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 10, 2010, 06:29:00 PM
Tulips, red, with yellow lining. And some black Spanish slippers.

The tulips look good in candlelight too I see. And my slippers are very comfy and warm.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 10, 2010, 07:06:57 PM
cat litter :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 10, 2010, 07:10:49 PM
Quote from: parts on January 10, 2010, 07:06:57 PM
cat litter :zombiefuck:

Because of all the snow?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on January 10, 2010, 07:40:19 PM
new ipod
crisps
paper for my nana
jacket
pants
and rammstein tickets  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on January 10, 2010, 07:56:34 PM
A great many gadgets, tools and supplies related to my clay work which I really ought to go and DO something with, in order to justify having bought them in the first place.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on January 10, 2010, 08:42:56 PM
A new keyboard

Several video games:

DS:
* Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

PC:
* Prototype
* Wolfenstein
* Left 4 Dead 2 (I bought it because someone found a way to bypass the censorship), if there's any aussiefags here who are interested to know, read this thread:
http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=836639 (http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=836639)
(Note: Your server options are severely limited when using this bypass, you must redo the alteration every time the game files are updated, also, achievements do not save, the link gives details.)
* Unreal Tournament 3
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on January 11, 2010, 12:11:03 AM
Quote from: SleepyDragon on January 10, 2010, 07:56:34 PM
A great many gadgets, tools and supplies related to my clay work which I really ought to go and DO something with, in order to justify having bought them in the first place.

Stuff for more bead making, or for the magnets?

I bought a memory foam mattress pad to pad my splint and a tiny coffee maker with a stainless steel pot to replace the one that broke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on January 11, 2010, 04:14:16 AM
Quote from: Callaway on January 11, 2010, 12:11:03 AM
Stuff for more bead making, or for the magnets?

Could be used for either, actually. I got a heat gun, which is handy when you use liquid clays or lacquers, and you want them to cure/set/dry quickly. Also a handheld rotary sander/buffing tool for pieces that are too big or the wrong shape to be tumbled. Just before Christmas I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool to make more decos for the tree?" and I got a few packets of red, green and metallic clay. (Never ended up making those; maybe next year? :) ) And there's a 2-dollar shop close to where I live which is closing down, and everything is half-price, so I grabbed up a big pile of jump rings and clasps and other jewelry findings. Now, if I can just tear myself away from the computer for five minutes....  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 11, 2010, 06:19:53 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 10, 2010, 07:10:49 PM
Quote from: parts on January 10, 2010, 07:06:57 PM
cat litter :zombiefuck:

Because of all the snow?


Because of the cats :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 11, 2010, 06:33:21 AM
My cat only wanted to be on a litter-box if the ground outside was frozen or covered in snow, that's why I asked.
And salt has become so scarce here that people buy cat-litter to make their paths less slippery now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 11, 2010, 06:45:41 AM
I have tried the kitty litter on the ice before it makes a mess. I buy 25 kilo bags of ice melt every two years
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 16, 2010, 02:35:01 AM
I bought a light green Billabong shirt yesterday for $10. There is a secondhand surfwear shop in the middle of town and it is awesome. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on January 16, 2010, 02:47:38 AM
Vitamins, usual medicine, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on January 16, 2010, 08:35:39 PM
Various lego bits from ebay. Bought a mindstorms set to arse about with a week back so I can make it do useful things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 16, 2010, 09:18:22 PM
Corn chips
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on January 21, 2010, 02:53:45 AM
1 x AMD Athlon II 425 X3 Socket AM3 512KB L2 Cache
1 x MSI NF750-G55 NVIDIA MCP72 SATA RAID
1 x Kingston KHX1333C7D3K2/4G - 1333MHZ DDR3 NON-ECC CL7 7-7-7 2X2GB
1 x Intel X25-M G2 80GB SSD
2 x Western Digital WD15EARS 1.5TB Hard Drive SATAII 5400rpm 64MB Cache
1 x Logitech MX518 Optical Gaming Mouse

Plus various cables and other bits and pieces.  The motherboard has integrated graphics, which I'll try to subsist on until Fermi cards become available at a price that I can bear.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 21, 2010, 09:51:30 AM
Hole saw arbor
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on January 21, 2010, 03:30:54 PM
Condoms and strawberries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on January 21, 2010, 04:12:03 PM
This week's Angler's Mail, 50 grams of Golden Vaginia, three packets of normal size silver Rizlas and two packets of Cadbury's Mini Eggs (normally £1.09 per packet, but two reduced to £2.00 for two packets, resulting in a saving of 18p. Actually, re-reading that makes me wonder why I bothered. It's not as if I particularly like chocolate anyway. I could have saved £2.00 by just not buying them. Stupid brain).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on January 21, 2010, 06:21:23 PM
School requisites for the kids. Less than a week till Term 1 starts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 22, 2010, 01:38:42 AM
A used sampling card to the synth.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on January 22, 2010, 02:25:30 AM
An 8" firework mortar of steel. We'll see if I may build anything fitting to it for Easter (one of the two big "firework" holidays in Sweden) or if I'll have to wait almost another year to make a shell that big.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 22, 2010, 07:16:01 AM
Quote from: TheoK on January 22, 2010, 02:25:30 AM
An 8" firework mortar of steel. We'll see if I may build anything fitting to it for Easter (one of the two big "firework" holidays in Sweden) or if I'll have to wait almost another year to make a shell that big.  8)

Take photos
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Post by: TheoK on January 22, 2010, 07:26:22 AM
Must borrow a camera again. But I won't fire anything before Easter.
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Post by: Grey Area on January 22, 2010, 08:28:39 AM
20 Marlboro Reds, two packets of pickled onion Monster Munch, and a 500ml bottle of cherry Coke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 22, 2010, 09:05:30 AM
Quote from: TheoK on January 22, 2010, 07:26:22 AM
Must borrow a camera again. But I won't fire anything before Easter.

Save up and get one you do lots of stuff that would be good to document
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 22, 2010, 04:05:24 PM
Cold sore cream with pencliclovir in it.
Coughing candy (to stop coughing)
A present for my brother.
Groceries.
And I found some better fingerless gloves, so treated myself on those.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 22, 2010, 05:33:17 PM
A gallon of milk
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Post by: odeon on January 22, 2010, 05:39:04 PM
Beer. :zoinks:
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Post by: SleepyDragon on January 22, 2010, 09:26:15 PM
I think I may be able to get through today without having to purchase anything, thank Unnamed Deity for that!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 23, 2010, 12:10:27 AM
I bought a Caterpillar bag for uni. It looks like this:
(http://www.bagworld.com.au/shop/image/id/2391/size/sml/)
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Post by: DukeNukem on January 24, 2010, 01:22:44 PM
I bought a prostate massager. It better work. :wanker: :zoinks: :bonban: :flasher: :doggy: :redneck: :penis: :cfm: :pee: :flames: :pirate: :jedi: :techprob: :soapbox: :halitosis:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on January 24, 2010, 05:11:42 PM
More than I should have done on ebay... :tinfoil:
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Post by: Frolic_Fun on January 24, 2010, 05:54:01 PM
Same. More lego bits.

Might get some more batteries for my cameras.
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Post by: Parts on January 24, 2010, 09:03:44 PM
$80 worth of gasoline
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 24, 2010, 09:39:56 PM
Wireless adapter.

Quote from: parts on January 24, 2010, 09:03:44 PM
$80 worth of gasoline

Ouch.

Filled up both tanks did we?

Need to put gas in mine tomorrow, it's no slouch for it's size either.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 25, 2010, 05:05:47 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 25, 2010, 06:23:15 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 24, 2010, 09:39:56 PM
Wireless adapter.

Quote from: parts on January 24, 2010, 09:03:44 PM
$80 worth of gasoline

Ouch.

Filled up both tanks did we?

Need to put gas in mine tomorrow, it's no slouch for it's size either.  :P

Just one tank but it's 35 gallons


I bought insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on January 25, 2010, 06:28:04 PM
A new hat mothafuckas  :2thumbsup:
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Post by: 'andersom' on January 25, 2010, 06:59:46 PM
Some flowers to make it a bit springlike.

Tulips and two long stemmed purple calla's. They look great.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on January 26, 2010, 01:30:55 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 24, 2010, 09:39:56 PM
Wireless adapter.

Quote from: parts on January 24, 2010, 09:03:44 PM
$80 worth of gasoline

Ouch.

Filled up both tanks did we?

Need to put gas in mine tomorrow, it's no slouch for it's size either.  :P

That's what one full tank in a big Volvo costs here in Sweden.  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 26, 2010, 01:54:46 PM
Quote from: TheoK on January 26, 2010, 01:30:55 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 24, 2010, 09:39:56 PM
Wireless adapter.

Quote from: parts on January 24, 2010, 09:03:44 PM
$80 worth of gasoline

Ouch.

Filled up both tanks did we?

Need to put gas in mine tomorrow, it's no slouch for it's size either.  :P

That's what one full tank in a big Volvo costs here in Sweden.  :thumbdn:

Build a wood gasifer http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/gas-wood-generator.html
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on January 26, 2010, 02:00:21 PM
Some people actually do. We had lots of them here in Sweden during WWII, since there was shortage of oil.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on January 26, 2010, 02:10:06 PM
Headphones and extension cables.  Mum's partner is going deaf, and headphones mean he can turn up the volume on the TV as much as he wants without making everyone else deaf.  It's been really irritating me, having the TV blasting through the house, and it hasn't been much fun for my mum or dog either.  He might have nothing more serious than wax in his ears, but he refuses to go to the doctor and get it checked out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 26, 2010, 02:30:25 PM
Quote from: Peter on January 26, 2010, 02:10:06 PM
Headphones and extension cables.  Mum's partner is going deaf, and headphones mean he can turn up the volume on the TV as much as he wants without making everyone else deaf.  It's been really irritating me, having the TV blasting through the house, and it hasn't been much fun for my mum or dog either.  He might have nothing more serious than wax in his ears, but he refuses to go to the doctor and get it checked out.

I'd be disabling the TV.  :zombiefuck:


Hope the headphones work for you, that would drive me nuts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 26, 2010, 03:17:03 PM
Two bottles of benzos :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on January 27, 2010, 12:26:22 AM
Mass Effect 2 for Xbox360

Uncharted 2:  Among Thieves for PS3

An eighth of weed
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Blasted on February 26, 2010, 11:17:15 AM
Films and a book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 26, 2010, 11:25:46 AM
new headphones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on February 28, 2010, 08:13:50 PM
New-baby gift for neighbour.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 01, 2010, 12:59:03 PM
18 bags of R 21 insulation all have to go back :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 01, 2010, 02:54:12 PM
A Hitler biography (aren't you proud of me, Lit?)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 02, 2010, 12:58:39 PM
More cat food. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on March 02, 2010, 03:45:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 01, 2010, 02:54:12 PM
A Hitler biography (aren't you proud of me, Lit?)

which one?

i bought a couple more soviet hats recently
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 02, 2010, 04:38:04 PM
Some stainless steel chain and cable connectors at a discount overstock type store for about 20% of their cost at lumberyards
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 02, 2010, 04:51:50 PM
Quote from: who the FUCK is Quasimodo? on March 02, 2010, 03:45:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 01, 2010, 02:54:12 PM
A Hitler biography (aren't you proud of me, Lit?)

which one?

i bought a couple more soviet hats recently

The one by Ian Kershaw. It's the thinner version, not the double volumes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on March 02, 2010, 04:53:31 PM
yeah I have that in one volume too

kershaw is the best (at least if you want a recent one)

you can get it in paperback now - mine is a bloody big heavy hardback one... like reading a brick  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 02, 2010, 04:55:04 PM
Quote from: who the FUCK is Quasimodo? on March 02, 2010, 04:53:31 PM
yeah I have that in one volume too

kershaw is the best (at least if you want a recent one)

you can get it in paperback now - mine is a bloody big heavy hardback one... like reading a brick  :laugh:

Yeah, mine is a hardback, too. It's very good, so far.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Blasted on March 02, 2010, 08:13:27 PM
Monty Python's Flying Circus boxset and 'If...' DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 02, 2010, 08:28:38 PM
Really exciting guys.  Four boxes of assorted miscellaneous bent-and-dent food (ground coffee, canned vegetables, soups, ramen noodles, etc.).  About 10 to 15 items in a box for 2 dollars each.  Nineteen cents an item.  Can't beat that price for coffee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 03, 2010, 08:25:29 PM
Quote from: Weakling on March 02, 2010, 08:28:38 PM
Really exciting guys.  Four boxes of assorted miscellaneous bent-and-dent food (ground coffee, canned vegetables, soups, ramen noodles, etc.).  About 10 to 15 items in a box for 2 dollars each.  Nineteen cents an item.  Can't beat that price for coffee.

Hope it's good coffee.  8)

I just bought some cab rides!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 03, 2010, 10:30:01 PM
By definition, at less than a penny a cup it's good coffee.  BTW fixed dinner for 3 tonight - tomato soup, tuna sandwiches, fruit, tea.  Total cost (thank you great dented-tin-can goddess) was USD1.47. :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 04, 2010, 06:40:12 AM
My absolute favourite chocolate was for sale again in a discount place. Only have found it there, it's not often they have it.

Dark chocolate with lemon and black pepper.  >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 04, 2010, 06:45:44 AM
A nice hot cup of coffee from my favorite local coffee shop
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on March 06, 2010, 02:30:46 AM
Another Kylie Chan novel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on March 06, 2010, 05:44:20 AM
my mum some chocolates fpor mothers day
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 06, 2010, 05:48:25 AM
Quote from: Thingie on March 06, 2010, 05:44:20 AM
my mum some chocolates fpor mothers day

When is it there?  Not until May here
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 06, 2010, 07:14:34 AM
Last night I bought paper towels, magazines, and some Russell Stover dark chocolate-coconut Easter eggs.  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 06, 2010, 11:31:51 AM
480 lbs cellulose
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 06, 2010, 11:36:12 AM
Vacuum parts. ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on March 06, 2010, 11:38:10 AM
Quote from: parts on March 06, 2010, 11:31:51 AM
480 lbs cellulose

Nitrate it and then... :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 06, 2010, 11:42:32 AM
Quote from: TheoK on March 06, 2010, 11:38:10 AM
Quote from: parts on March 06, 2010, 11:31:51 AM
480 lbs cellulose

Nitrate it and then... :orly:

That would go over big with the homeowner after I blew it in there house.  I am not sure what the effects of the borate fire retardants in it would be
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 06, 2010, 05:33:20 PM
Didn't buy this, but...   Went to a rummage sale a few minutes after closing (by accident).  Asked the lady if she minded me looking at the clothes.  Said that was no problem (only a few items left.)  DD picked a pair of undies from a shopping bag on the table.  Lady said to take the whole bag.  Result - 1 bra, 1 pair shorts, 2 camisole tops, 1 pair of unworn slippers and 34 pairs of panties.  Let me tell you this.  Date a Methodist woman.  They're a lot of fun based on the panties.  LOL
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 06, 2010, 06:43:18 PM
Little bottle of house-plant food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on March 07, 2010, 04:48:48 AM
Movie ticket, box of popcorn and a bottle of drink.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 07, 2010, 02:42:31 PM
Gas only $20 it was much more expensive where I was working than near home
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Blasted on March 17, 2010, 03:34:47 PM
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy: And Other Stories by Tim Burton and The Last Unicorn DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 18, 2010, 03:36:21 PM
Beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 18, 2010, 07:40:41 PM
My local P.I.A.S. had some Discraft misprints on sale for $8. I got a couple of X Comets for field practice.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Blasted on March 19, 2010, 06:34:26 AM
Amphigorey.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 19, 2010, 07:03:06 AM
Milk, coconut and a Coke
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on March 19, 2010, 06:04:50 PM
I've just bought a stunning array of trinkets, bagatelles & baubles from the local haberdashery.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 19, 2010, 06:50:37 PM
Quote from: enronhubbard on March 19, 2010, 06:04:50 PM
I've just bought a stunning array of trinkets, bagatelles & baubles from the local haberdashery.  :2thumbsup:

My grandmothers uncle owned a haberdashery
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 19, 2010, 08:09:12 PM
I'm a golf disc buying whore. After getting rid of about 50 discs, I still have 180!!  :o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 19, 2010, 10:30:19 PM
One of my ancestors came from France to America where he worked in a haberdashery.  He would often return to France for the latest fashions and I suspect to visit his European wife (?), since I'm pretty sure my family tree has it's fair share of randy characters.

What I bought lately was sandwiches for dinner. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on March 20, 2010, 05:50:24 AM
Petrol, a cool drink and a sausage roll.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 20, 2010, 06:00:05 AM
Last night I bought paper towels, magazines, tabloids, delicious torte, and 2 bottles of Simply Apple!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: enronh on March 26, 2010, 08:09:25 AM
(http://www.mymemory.co.uk/images/product_shots/22234_1259940346.jpg)
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Post by: Phlexor on March 26, 2010, 08:28:29 AM
 :headbang2:

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Post by: Parts on March 26, 2010, 09:22:26 AM
A coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 26, 2010, 01:40:30 PM
Books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 27, 2010, 05:22:10 PM
Bunch of roses for me, and a bunch of red tulips and white buttercups for someone else.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 27, 2010, 05:24:01 PM
Pizza
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 27, 2010, 05:25:24 PM
A trailer full of insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 31, 2010, 02:18:54 PM
Two bunches of tulips.

They look great. Yellow ones with pointy petals, and ones with red, more rounded petals with a yellow lining at the outside of each petal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on March 31, 2010, 02:20:53 PM
From Amsterdam. :toporly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 31, 2010, 02:33:53 PM
Books. DVDs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 31, 2010, 03:36:04 PM
medicine
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on March 31, 2010, 08:13:35 PM
^^^ Same; I filled a few prescriptions.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 01, 2010, 11:53:28 AM
Beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 01, 2010, 12:22:14 PM
Some woman kept chatting me up in the supermarket and I forgot what I was there for.

So, didn't buy what I want.

Have got some Easter-eggs to hide for Sunday though, so it isn't all bad. :thumbup:

But I haven't got a nice drink.  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 01, 2010, 12:38:07 PM
that sucks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 01, 2010, 05:06:26 PM
Some hook and loop sanding discs WOW what excitement
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on April 01, 2010, 09:17:13 PM
A rather large quantity of chocolate eggs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 01, 2010, 09:55:13 PM
A soft fluffy torte, two bottles of Simply Apple, a pile of crap magazines, and assorted necessities for my exciting life!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 02, 2010, 03:09:32 PM
I haz got my drinks now.  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 02, 2010, 03:14:30 PM
No Cobra 6 for Easter?  :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 02, 2010, 03:19:34 PM
No, we don't do fireworks for Easter, only bonfires.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on April 02, 2010, 05:52:39 PM
A Logitech C600 webcam.

It was 50 dollars, but I don't know if it was a good choice. The videos look pretty good but the colors in the pictures can look wrong if lighting isn't very good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SleepyDragon on April 02, 2010, 11:06:20 PM
A surge-protected power board and a new flatscreen TV to go with it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on April 04, 2010, 07:50:49 AM


New (used) seats. Corbeau Legacy LG1's.


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/o2designs/Kona/DSC00001.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 04, 2010, 02:33:12 PM
Quote from: StupidFlanders on April 04, 2010, 07:50:49 AM


New (used) seats. Corbeau Legacy LG1's.


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/o2designs/Kona/DSC00001.jpg)

They look like they have a lot of support and are comfy
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on April 04, 2010, 02:43:23 PM


They're great. Really hold you in through hard cornering, and really comfortable on long trips.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 07, 2010, 02:31:56 PM
Too much, but nothing that makes no sense.

The bed-covers are great. Washing them now. And got myself a proper curtain for the kitchen door. Wanted to make one myself, but it just didn't happen. And this green one looked so good...
Will hang it up tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 08, 2010, 11:46:08 AM
Quote from: StupidFlanders on April 04, 2010, 07:50:49 AM


New (used) seats. Corbeau Legacy LG1's.


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/o2designs/Kona/DSC00001.jpg)

Awesome. 8)

I had a nice set in the bug, the sport style without the opening in the back. Loved them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 08, 2010, 12:02:42 PM
3600lbs cellulose for my brother who is having issues with the supplier
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 08, 2010, 02:22:39 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 08, 2010, 10:28:28 PM
Quote from: parts on April 08, 2010, 12:02:42 PM
3600lbs cellulose for my brother who is having issues with the supplier

OK, I'm intrigued...what does one do with 3600 lbs of cellulose?! :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 09, 2010, 01:10:33 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 09, 2010, 01:14:19 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 08, 2010, 10:28:28 PM
Quote from: parts on April 08, 2010, 12:02:42 PM
3600lbs cellulose for my brother who is having issues with the supplier

OK, I'm intrigued...what does one do with 3600 lbs of cellulose?! :zombiefuck:

Use a machine and blow it into houses as insulation it is my primary source of income and my brothers only though he as 3-6 employees depending on the amount of work he has


I bought lunch out today also
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on April 09, 2010, 06:42:30 PM
Pizza
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on April 09, 2010, 07:06:27 PM
Logitech M500 Laser Mouse

Netcomm NB6Plus4W ADSL2+ Modem/Router
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on April 09, 2010, 07:18:54 PM
Ordered a Coolermaster ATCS 840, an XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB and a Zalman front panel fan controller.

£514 with VAT and next day delivery.

Ow. My wallet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on April 09, 2010, 07:22:48 PM
Discraft Cyclone X  :headbang2:

(http://gottagogottathrow.com/discgolf/images/dg/dc-FDXCyclone.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 10, 2010, 01:27:08 PM
I will buy some grapefruit to get change from a large bill so I can buy a ticket to the baseball game and some outrageiously priced food there.

 :clap:   :asthing:   :clap:  Go Team!!! 

Why do football and basketball have cheerleaders and baseball doesn't? (Semi-rhetorical question)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 10, 2010, 02:57:26 PM
Quote from: Weakling on April 10, 2010, 01:27:08 PM
I will buy some grapefruit to get change from a large bill so I can buy a ticket to the baseball game and some outrageiously priced food there.

 :clap:   :asthing:   :clap:  Go Team!!! 

Why do football and basketball have cheerleaders and baseball doesn't? (Semi-rhetorical question)

That is a good question, darned if I know! :chin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on April 10, 2010, 04:50:29 PM
bought a snickers icecream bar ( reward for cutting grass)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 10, 2010, 07:17:50 PM
mini doughnuts
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 10, 2010, 08:31:43 PM
TORTE! :clap:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:01:58 PM
I just bought some Bio Oil and nailpolish - I really nice colour that I haven't been able to find for years  :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 10, 2010, 09:02:52 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:01:58 PM
I just bought some Bio Oil and nailpolish - I really nice colour that I haven't been able to find for years  :woohoo:

Please describe the color! :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:21:14 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 10, 2010, 09:02:52 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:01:58 PM
I just bought some Bio Oil and nailpolish - I really nice colour that I haven't been able to find for years  :woohoo:

Please describe the color! :)

Like a very soft dusty plum colour...googling, couldn't find it, but very close to this lipstick colour...with ever so soft tiny gold flecks when it's in the light;

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/20/202586/30_2008/nars%20Lipstick%20in%20Senorita.preview.jpg
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 10, 2010, 09:24:04 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:21:14 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 10, 2010, 09:02:52 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:01:58 PM
I just bought some Bio Oil and nailpolish - I really nice colour that I haven't been able to find for years  :woohoo:

Please describe the color! :)

Like a very soft dusty plum colour...googling, couldn't find it, but very close to this lipstick colour...with ever so soft tiny gold flecks when it's in the light;

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/20/202586/30_2008/nars%20Lipstick%20in%20Senorita.preview.jpg


Very sophisticated. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:28:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 10, 2010, 09:24:04 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:21:14 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 10, 2010, 09:02:52 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:01:58 PM
I just bought some Bio Oil and nailpolish - I really nice colour that I haven't been able to find for years  :woohoo:

Please describe the color! :)

Like a very soft dusty plum colour...googling, couldn't find it, but very close to this lipstick colour...with ever so soft tiny gold flecks when it's in the light;

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/20/202586/30_2008/nars%20Lipstick%20in%20Senorita.preview.jpg


Very sophisticated. :thumbup:

Thanks...I think!  :laugh:

I have this thing, where my nails grow pretty long and then one hand just has nails that start to break. So, even though darker colours would look great on the hand with long nails, not so good on the short nails....so I had to get something neutral, that is flattering to both hands!
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 10, 2010, 09:35:31 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:28:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 10, 2010, 09:24:04 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:21:14 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 10, 2010, 09:02:52 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 10, 2010, 09:01:58 PM
I just bought some Bio Oil and nailpolish - I really nice colour that I haven't been able to find for years  :woohoo:

Please describe the color! :)

Like a very soft dusty plum colour...googling, couldn't find it, but very close to this lipstick colour...with ever so soft tiny gold flecks when it's in the light;

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/20/202586/30_2008/nars%20Lipstick%20in%20Senorita.preview.jpg


Very sophisticated. :thumbup:

Thanks...I think!  :laugh:

I have this thing, where my nails grow pretty long and then one hand just has nails that start to break. So, even though darker colours would look great on the hand with long nails, not so good on the short nails....so I had to get something neutral, that is flattering to both hands!

Yes, best not to show favoritism. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on April 28, 2010, 09:25:44 PM
I bought my first Swedish Golf Disc, a XXX from Latitude 64.  :viking:

(http://gottagogottathrow.com/discgolf/images/products/l64-XXX.jpg)

Although this isn't the first Scandinavian Golf Disc I bought. My last one was a Power Driver (P-PD) from Discmania (Finland).  :viking:

(http://www.discgolfcenter.com/Images/Products/Disc%20Golf/Discs/Discmania/PD_Power_Driver_P_Line_Freak.jpg)
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Post by: Icequeen on April 28, 2010, 09:28:13 PM
A new blade for the mower. :asthing:
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Post by: Diesel on April 29, 2010, 04:47:12 AM
Groceries
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 29, 2010, 05:26:34 AM
Quote from: Scrap Vicious on April 28, 2010, 09:25:44 PM
I bought my first Swedish Golf Disc, a XXX from Latitude 64.  :viking:

(http://gottagogottathrow.com/discgolf/images/products/l64-XXX.jpg)

Although this isn't the first Scandinavian Golf Disc I bought. My last one was a Power Driver (P-PD) from Discmania (Finland).  :viking:

(http://www.discgolfcenter.com/Images/Products/Disc%20Golf/Discs/Discmania/PD_Power_Driver_P_Line_Freak.jpg)

How many do you have now? 8)
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Post by: TheoK on April 29, 2010, 07:41:08 AM
20 pcs of 8" firework hemispheres, a 20 mm star pump and 1 kilo of soluble glutinous rice starch.

Here is one of the hemispheres. Inside it is a 5" hemisphere, a 2.5" and a 2" for comparison.  8)



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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 29, 2010, 07:46:40 AM
Quote from: TheoK on April 29, 2010, 07:41:08 AM
20 pcs of 8" firework hemispheres, a 20 mm star pump and 1 kilo of soluble glutinous rice starch.

Here is one of the hemispheres. Inside it is a 5" hemisphere, a 2.5" and a 2" for comparison.  8)



Looks like a set of salad bowls! :laugh:
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Post by: TheoK on April 29, 2010, 10:54:22 AM
They will kinda toss the salad good, especially the 8".  :viking:
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Post by: Scrapheap on April 29, 2010, 10:56:29 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 29, 2010, 05:26:34 AM
Quote from: Scrap Vicious on April 28, 2010, 09:25:44 PM
I bought my first Swedish Golf Disc, a XXX from Latitude 64.  :viking:

(http://gottagogottathrow.com/discgolf/images/products/l64-XXX.jpg)

Although this isn't the first Scandinavian Golf Disc I bought. My last one was a Power Driver (P-PD) from Discmania (Finland).  :viking:

(http://www.discgolfcenter.com/Images/Products/Disc%20Golf/Discs/Discmania/PD_Power_Driver_P_Line_Freak.jpg)

How many do you have now? 8)

about 190. :emb:
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Post by: skyblue1 on April 29, 2010, 12:33:49 PM
just groceries...nothing special
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Post by: Parts on April 29, 2010, 01:28:56 PM
50 feet 2 1/2 inch hose :zoinks:
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Post by: odeon on April 29, 2010, 03:25:26 PM
DVDs, yesterday. Lunch, today. And groceries.
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 30, 2010, 05:41:24 AM
Quote from: TheoK on April 29, 2010, 10:54:22 AM
They will kinda toss the salad good, especially the 8".  :viking:

BOOM! :rofl:
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Post by: TheoK on April 30, 2010, 06:22:18 AM
 :agreed:
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Post by: Gluey on April 30, 2010, 07:42:34 AM
Yesterday, some weird tacky looking sci-fi book. I gotta post pics. It look too awesome but I gotta get ready for work or mom will nag.
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Post by: Parts on April 30, 2010, 09:53:40 AM
One bag R-30 kraft faced insulation
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Post by: skyblue1 on April 30, 2010, 11:43:14 AM
portable  air conditioner
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Post by: odeon on April 30, 2010, 11:52:07 AM
Beer and crisps.
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Post by: Diesel on April 30, 2010, 08:28:53 PM
a big ass cooler
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Post by: 'andersom' on May 01, 2010, 03:54:03 AM
Quote from: Diesel on April 30, 2010, 08:28:53 PM
a big ass cooler

Do you wear it? Or is it something to sit in, cooling your ass down, on a hot day.
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Post by: Diesel on May 01, 2010, 05:46:53 AM
 :clap: :rofl:
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2010, 06:14:36 AM
I bought some azithromycin for my bronchitis! :2thumbsup:
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Post by: Parts on May 01, 2010, 10:13:59 AM
Two books on outdoor living from the seventies with some really racist illustrations of Mexicans,Indians and Eskimos for fifty cents
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Post by: Blasted on May 01, 2010, 04:03:27 PM
Films.  Tons of lovely films  8)
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Post by: normal_impaired on May 01, 2010, 07:25:49 PM
half an hour ago I spent my last remaining 10 bucks on a pack of Marlboro reds and a 40oz bottle of Colt45 malt liquor.  Being unemployed sucks, but not as much as having to work.
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Post by: skyblue1 on May 02, 2010, 04:15:59 PM
ice cream
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Post by: Gluey on May 03, 2010, 11:40:19 PM
I found an audio tape about Nazi's at the library. I donated two bucks for it.
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Post by: Frolic_Fun on May 14, 2010, 03:47:15 AM
Wireless keyboard with trackpad, so I can annoy the fuck out of you lot from the comfort of my bed. 8)
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 14, 2010, 05:34:50 AM
I bought bread and cheese, among other things, so now I am having a little breakfast! ;D
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Post by: Adam on May 14, 2010, 06:25:52 AM
old photograph
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Post by: odeon on May 14, 2010, 12:16:16 PM
Gremlins on DVD.
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Post by: Mr Smith on May 14, 2010, 02:06:43 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on May 02, 2010, 04:15:59 PM
ice cream

Me too! Last thing I bought was a biscotti and chocolate flavoured icecream... at midnight last night!
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Post by: Parts on May 14, 2010, 02:10:33 PM
Just bought a Coke going out for beer later
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 14, 2010, 04:19:15 PM
Quote from: fatty mcblob on May 14, 2010, 02:06:43 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on May 02, 2010, 04:15:59 PM
ice cream

Me too! Last thing I bought was a biscotti and chocolate flavoured icecream... at midnight last night!


Any left over? :drool:
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Post by: Parts on May 20, 2010, 07:20:28 PM
A small analogue multimeter to leave in my wok trailer
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Post by: Diesel on May 21, 2010, 09:43:44 AM
Ten 40lbs bags of cement and grass seed.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on May 21, 2010, 11:26:39 AM
Quote from: Diesel on May 21, 2010, 09:43:44 AM
Ten 40lbs bags of cement and grass seed.

Piece of advice.  Do not mix or confuse the two.  Grey lawns aren't pretty, you'll break your lawnmower and people might be tempted to throw bricks at grass houses. 
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Post by: Parts on May 21, 2010, 02:44:27 PM
A wire brush for a angle grinder
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Post by: odeon on May 21, 2010, 02:46:19 PM
Beer. A CD on eBay.
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Post by: TheoK on May 21, 2010, 02:55:30 PM
Chemicals. Whisky.  8)
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Post by: Diesel on May 21, 2010, 06:53:30 PM
Quote from: Weakling on May 21, 2010, 11:26:39 AM
Quote from: Diesel on May 21, 2010, 09:43:44 AM
Ten 40lbs bags of cement and grass seed.

Piece of advice.  Do not mix or confuse the two.  Grey lawns aren't pretty, you'll break your lawnmower and people might be tempted to throw bricks at grass houses. 


Thanks for the tip.  :thumbup: :laugh:
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Post by: Parts on May 22, 2010, 10:07:57 PM
Some stuff to sell that the market, a hello kitty digital camera for my daughter for getting on honor role
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Post by: Icequeen on May 22, 2010, 10:12:26 PM
Groceries & gas. :P
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 23, 2010, 09:12:27 AM
A lot of fatty and sugary foods, plus a pile of supermarket tabloids! :2thumbsup:
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Post by: odeon on May 23, 2010, 03:17:23 PM
A shirt to wear for Tuesday's workshop.
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Post by: Diesel on May 23, 2010, 07:28:55 PM
60 lb bag of mortar mix and 2 more shrubs for out front
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Post by: odeon on May 24, 2010, 02:35:32 PM
Food.
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Post by: Parts on May 24, 2010, 02:37:23 PM
Rebar for my project
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Post by: Diesel on May 24, 2010, 06:49:36 PM
Groceries
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Post by: Parts on May 24, 2010, 07:10:16 PM
More sodium carbonate
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Post by: SBI_Patience on May 25, 2010, 08:56:46 AM
Chips :P
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Post by: 'andersom' on May 25, 2010, 02:09:15 PM
Shoes, t-shirts, knickers, pears, milk, chocolate, and chocolate cookies.  :thumbup:
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Post by: Parts on May 25, 2010, 04:39:14 PM
This hi tech multimeter :headbang2:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/001-50.jpg)
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Post by: odeon on May 28, 2010, 03:36:18 PM
That's VERY high-tech. :zoinks:
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Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2010, 03:55:00 PM

A one thousand watt power supply for my latest Core i5 kludge box.  Nothing in the box is really "state of the art,"  but much of it is "second best available"  stuff.  I'm lovin' it.
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Post by: Adam on May 28, 2010, 04:01:30 PM
6 packets of tangy toms,fruitella, 3 milky bars and an england football bracelet
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Post by: Queen Victoria on May 28, 2010, 04:17:36 PM
Groceries and some used books
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Post by: Parts on May 28, 2010, 05:30:49 PM
A slaters hammer, a breaker bar with extension, a pipe vise, an old wooden plane, and an ice hammer for $10. The slate hammer goes for over $100 new will get about 30 for it :2thumbsup:
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Post by: Phlexor on May 28, 2010, 08:31:05 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 28, 2010, 03:55:00 PM

A one thousand watt power supply for my latest Core i5 kludge box.  Nothing in the box is really "state of the art,"  but much of it is "second best available"  stuff.  I'm lovin' it.

Second best usually means big savings over state of the art.
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Post by: Charlotte Quin on May 29, 2010, 03:56:39 AM
$40 worth of petrol
Two bottles of Gatorade
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 29, 2010, 04:55:14 AM
I've bought lots of food! :2thumbsup:
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Post by: DirtDawg on May 29, 2010, 02:16:32 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on May 28, 2010, 08:31:05 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 28, 2010, 03:55:00 PM

A one thousand watt power supply for my latest Core i5 kludge box.  Nothing in the box is really "state of the art,"  but much of it is "second best available"  stuff.  I'm lovin' it.

Second best usually means big savings over state of the art.

That was my goal in throwing this thing together.  I know calling it a kludge makes it seem as if it is barely able to hold its own, but to be most honest, this is the best computer I have ever had the privilege to touch, much less own.

I have downloaded some of my freeware fractal programs (as MY OWN acid/litmus test - that is how I will most often use this knew toyy, after all) to some of our "best in store,"  high-grade, name brand computers and this simple, skinny, half-way there work of art I have set into life, makes all but the fifteen hundred dollar beast look like stumbling, sleepy, weak little siblings.

I spent just over half that sum (well nine fifty in American dollars, instead of fifteen hundred; that is not too bad), including pony-ing up  (A full fucking fifth of the entire cost for an OS - goddamnit) for legal Win7. With all this RAM and all this video processing power (found a deal on a "470") and this killer main cpu assembly thing, all else not fucking even running on this machine - this thing is light-butted and fucking flies. I have all possible "windows services and funtionality"  turned off or disabled and as little third party crap onboard as possible.  This is my new graphics machine - all it has to do is render (clock cycles) pixels and keep them all in a row.

I don't really give a shit that I have to plug into it to save the results of its toil on another drive. It spits out large files in hours, instead of days or weeks, unlike my old one  (from around '05, running warez XP - I think that was the last one I put together - now you know why I am SO pleased with myself ans shit) that this mid-grade thing replaced.

i'm lovin' it!!
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Post by: Adam on May 29, 2010, 02:33:41 PM
2 pot noodles
2 bottles of cloudy lemonade
2 boxes of strawberries
2 boxes of blackcurrants
2 packs of strawberry ribena
3 blackcurrant jellies
2 raspberry jellies with raspberries in
3 solero lollies
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Post by: Parts on May 29, 2010, 02:46:19 PM
 1949 pedal car for $20 :headbang2:
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Post by: odeon on May 29, 2010, 03:57:01 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 29, 2010, 02:16:32 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on May 28, 2010, 08:31:05 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 28, 2010, 03:55:00 PM

A one thousand watt power supply for my latest Core i5 kludge box.  Nothing in the box is really "state of the art,"  but much of it is "second best available"  stuff.  I'm lovin' it.

Second best usually means big savings over state of the art.

That was my goal in throwing this thing together.  I know calling it a kludge makes it seem as if it is barely able to hold its own, but to be most honest, this is the best computer I have ever had the privilege to touch, much less own.

I have downloaded some of my freeware fractal programs (as MY OWN acid/litmus test - that is how I will most often use this knew toyy, after all) to some of our "best in store,"  high-grade, name brand computers and this simple, skinny, half-way there work of art I have set into life, makes all but the fifteen hundred dollar beast look like stumbling, sleepy, weak little siblings.

I spent just over half that sum (well nine fifty in American dollars, instead of fifteen hundred; that is not too bad), including pony-ing up  (A full fucking fifth of the entire cost for an OS - goddamnit) for legal Win7. With all this RAM and all this video processing power (found a deal on a "470") and this killer main cpu assembly thing, all else not fucking even running on this machine - this thing is light-butted and fucking flies. I have all possible "windows services and funtionality"  turned off or disabled and as little third party crap onboard as possible.  This is my new graphics machine - all it has to do is render (clock cycles) pixels and keep them all in a row.

I don't really give a shit that I have to plug into it to save the results of its toil on another drive. It spits out large files in hours, instead of days or weeks, unlike my old one  (from around '05, running warez XP - I think that was the last one I put together - now you know why I am SO pleased with myself ans shit) that this mid-grade thing replaced.

i'm lovin' it!!

Will you post a fractal or two that resulted? :)
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Post by: Icequeen on May 29, 2010, 05:09:42 PM
Quote from: parts on May 29, 2010, 02:46:19 PM
1949 pedal car for $20 :headbang2:

Damn. Nice shape?
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Post by: 'andersom' on May 29, 2010, 05:28:20 PM
Vinegar.

Hope it will help the poor mosquito bitten feet of my youngest. Bandaged the swollen feet and soaked the bandage in vinegar. Covered it up with some plastic and big socks. Hope her feet will be a lot better when she wakes.
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Post by: TheoK on May 29, 2010, 05:30:19 PM
Vinegar= :viking:
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Post by: Parts on May 29, 2010, 06:39:13 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 29, 2010, 05:09:42 PM
Quote from: parts on May 29, 2010, 02:46:19 PM
1949 pedal car for $20 :headbang2:

Damn. Nice shape?

Oh Yeah :2thumbsup:

Bids starting at the market tomorrow at $250
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/001-51.jpg)
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/002-44.jpg)
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Post by: Osensitive1 on May 29, 2010, 07:05:52 PM
That's pretty cool.
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 29, 2010, 09:37:20 PM
I bought this crummy raisin bran with hardly any raisins in it! :thumbdn:
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Post by: Icequeen on May 29, 2010, 10:26:52 PM
Awesome deal. Looks all original too. 8)
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 30, 2010, 12:20:56 AM


Quote from: parts on May 25, 2010, 04:39:14 PM
This hi tech multimeter :headbang2:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/001-50.jpg)


That is really cool. I prefer analog multimeters, because if there is any inductance or capacitance built up in the circuit, you will see the needle jump when you touch the leads to it. You can't see that with a digital meter.

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Post by: Eclair on May 30, 2010, 05:11:07 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 29, 2010, 05:28:20 PM
Vinegar.

Hope it will help the poor mosquito bitten feet of my youngest. Bandaged the swollen feet and soaked the bandage in vinegar. Covered it up with some plastic and big socks. Hope her feet will be a lot better when she wakes.

Does this really work? Black or white vinegar? I'm allergic to mosquito bites. They can itch for weeks on me, so understand how your baby must be feeling....especially if the bites are on the feet. Yuck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 30, 2010, 05:32:42 AM
Quote from: Eclair on May 30, 2010, 05:11:07 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 29, 2010, 05:28:20 PM
Vinegar.

Hope it will help the poor mosquito bitten feet of my youngest. Bandaged the swollen feet and soaked the bandage in vinegar. Covered it up with some plastic and big socks. Hope her feet will be a lot better when she wakes.

Does this really work? Black or white vinegar? I'm allergic to mosquito bites. They can itch for weeks on me, so understand how your baby must be feeling....especially if the bites are on the feet. Yuck.

Yes, it does help. Her feet look a lot better.

I try to prevent needing it though. The itching gets worse from scratching. Not scratching would be the best. So, when I see bites on feet I often put lidocaine ear-drops on them. That numbs the skin, reduces the itching, reduces the scratching, speeds up the healing.

With a true allergy, I don't know how well vinegar works. I used white. My Mum used both colours when I was a kid.
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Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 31, 2010, 09:17:31 PM


I found a really cool steering wheel at a swap meet.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/DSC00215.jpg)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/DSC00217.jpg)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/DSC00218.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 14, 2010, 04:03:45 PM
I bought my son a fairly modest stereo of his own for use in his bedroom.

He has a Sony five disc changer, a one hundred watt per channel receiver and brand new bookshelf speakers, all his own. This is a perk he deserves for finishing school as well as he did. We had many troubles during the year, but once the chips all felll, his grades were quite improved and TBH, outstanding.


He is probably the only eleven year old boy in town who has his own component stereo system.
 :2thumbsup:




I made him put it all together on the kitchen table for now (to make sure it all works, etc.  this is not only a perk, but an exercise for him. He did it !)

Tomorrow, we will spend some time actually installing it into its home and mounting the speakers. (I will drill holes in the wall to mount his speakers properly, run the speaker cables, but he will do the rest of the hook ups.)
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Post by: richard on June 14, 2010, 08:39:46 PM
i bought a fucking mountain. and i paid for it in paper, something of wich im shure the mountain was displeased but oh well
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 15, 2010, 06:33:52 AM
Quote from: richard on June 14, 2010, 08:39:46 PM
i bought a fucking mountain. and i paid for it in paper, something of wich im shure the mountain was displeased but oh well

Pics please! :laugh:
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Post by: Parts on June 15, 2010, 11:12:45 AM
Insulation
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Post by: richard on June 15, 2010, 03:48:40 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 15, 2010, 06:33:52 AM
Quote from: richard on June 14, 2010, 08:39:46 PM
i bought a fucking mountain. and i paid for it in paper, something of wich im shure the mountain was displeased but oh well

Pics please! :laugh:
your cute. just imagine me handing a gigantic rock money
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 15, 2010, 08:57:20 PM
Quote from: richard on June 15, 2010, 03:48:40 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 15, 2010, 06:33:52 AM
Quote from: richard on June 14, 2010, 08:39:46 PM
i bought a fucking mountain. and i paid for it in paper, something of wich im shure the mountain was displeased but oh well

Pics please! :laugh:
your cute. just imagine me handing a gigantic rock money

Did the gigantic rock have a wallet?  :rofl:
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Post by: odeon on June 17, 2010, 05:06:03 AM
Bought a USB memory stick for my son.
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Post by: Phlexor on June 17, 2010, 05:23:07 AM
A birthday present for someone special  :pinkbeat:

oh and LEGO Rockband  :rock:
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Post by: odeon on June 17, 2010, 02:13:09 PM
LEGO rockband?!? WTF?
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Post by: 'andersom' on June 17, 2010, 04:43:34 PM
Chocolate biscuits. Lemons, and a beer.
Toilet paper too, for the curious amongst you.
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Post by: Parts on June 17, 2010, 05:18:10 PM
More insulation
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Post by: Phlexor on June 17, 2010, 07:18:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 17, 2010, 02:13:09 PM
LEGO rockband?!? WTF?

Yep!

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Post by: odeon on June 18, 2010, 01:17:20 AM
Quote from: Phlexor on June 17, 2010, 07:18:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 17, 2010, 02:13:09 PM
LEGO rockband?!? WTF?

Yep!

:GA:

I don't know what to say.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 18, 2010, 02:29:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 18, 2010, 01:17:20 AM
Quote from: Phlexor on June 17, 2010, 07:18:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 17, 2010, 02:13:09 PM
LEGO rockband?!? WTF?

Yep!

:GA:

I don't know what to say.

It's for the kids, honestly!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 18, 2010, 03:42:11 AM
Quote from: Phlexor on June 18, 2010, 02:29:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 18, 2010, 01:17:20 AM
Quote from: Phlexor on June 17, 2010, 07:18:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 17, 2010, 02:13:09 PM
LEGO rockband?!? WTF?

Yep!

:GA:

I don't know what to say.

It's for the kids, honestly!

 :laugh:

That's what my Dad said, when st Nic brought my brother a caterpillar on batteries. (That's an evening celebration with us)

The next morning the batteries were flat.....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 19, 2010, 12:32:13 PM
Bought pizza and beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 19, 2010, 12:34:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 19, 2010, 12:32:13 PM
Bought pizza and beer.

*repeats slowly*  :pizza: and :beer:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on June 19, 2010, 01:38:29 PM
Monster Hunter 3 for my nintendo wii
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 19, 2010, 04:43:46 PM

I bought a "Red Wine Audio"  modified, all tube input and output, including a remote, external, shielded power supply to replace the original internal power supply, which will support the best DAC chipsets (Burr Brown, included in the chassis) along with the quad AX7 tube output, Dual Mono Wadia, Digital to Analog Converter Chassis.  It is like a pre-amp and a DAC in one (well two, since I must also include the external power supply to make it work) unit.

I have been using one of my older computer's hard drive units as a simple digital source for about three years now (a vbery good way to go for the least amount of distortion, assuming the hard drive audio files have never been compressed), along with a homemade external, battery operated DAC or a number of fancy assed sound card, wi-fi, or USB outputs. This unit will take the raw USB buss feed and create analog as close to the source as possible and supply a two volt (heavy line level - six hundred ohm) analog output for my tube amps.

It should arrive on Monday.

I am anxious!!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 19, 2010, 08:21:14 PM
I bought a new pair of work shoes with slip-resistant soles!  :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on June 19, 2010, 09:13:20 PM
Quote from: Spastic² on June 19, 2010, 01:38:29 PM
Monster Hunter 3 for my nintendo wii

Any good?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 21, 2010, 07:02:56 AM
Thinking of CG, I got myself a lemon scrub. Not with sugar, but with salt. Looking forward to trying it out tonight.

Also got myself a summer-top/short dress. And it looks good I think.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on June 21, 2010, 07:05:27 AM
Quote from: Phlexor on June 19, 2010, 09:13:20 PM
Quote from: Spastic² on June 19, 2010, 01:38:29 PM
Monster Hunter 3 for my nintendo wii

Any good?

yeah I like it. I've not got very far yet tho - still on my first quest  lol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 21, 2010, 03:52:49 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 19, 2010, 04:43:46 PM

I bought a "Red Wine Audio"  modified, all tube input and output, including a remote, external, shielded power supply to replace the original internal power supply, which will support the best DAC chipsets (Burr Brown, included in the chassis) along with the quad AX7 tube output, Dual Mono Wadia, Digital to Analog Converter Chassis.  It is like a pre-amp and a DAC in one (well two, since I must also include the external power supply to make it work) unit.

I have been using one of my older computer's hard drive units as a simple digital source for about three years now (a vbery good way to go for the least amount of distortion, assuming the hard drive audio files have never been compressed), along with a homemade external, battery operated DAC or a number of fancy assed sound card, wi-fi, or USB outputs. This unit will take the raw USB buss feed and create analog as close to the source as possible and supply a two volt (heavy line level - six hundred ohm) analog output for my tube amps.

It should arrive on Monday.

I am anxious!!!

Just had a look at their website. Very cool. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on June 21, 2010, 04:33:58 PM
I just picked up a PS2 slim. I had a PS2 a while back, and miss playing it. Some of my favorite games are on this console.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 21, 2010, 05:49:44 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 21, 2010, 03:52:49 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 19, 2010, 04:43:46 PM

I bought a "Red Wine Audio"  modified, all tube input and output, including a remote, external, shielded power supply to replace the original internal power supply, which will support the best DAC chipsets (Burr Brown, included in the chassis) along with the quad AX7 tube output, Dual Mono Wadia, Digital to Analog Converter Chassis.  It is like a pre-amp and a DAC in one (well two, since I must also include the external power supply to make it work) unit.

I have been using one of my older computer's hard drive units as a simple digital source for about three years now (a vbery good way to go for the least amount of distortion, assuming the hard drive audio files have never been compressed), along with a homemade external, battery operated DAC or a number of fancy assed sound card, wi-fi, or USB outputs. This unit will take the raw USB buss feed and create analog as close to the source as possible and supply a two volt (heavy line level - six hundred ohm) analog output for my tube amps.

It should arrive on Monday.

I am anxious!!!

Just had a look at their website. Very cool. :thumbup:

It arrived today, via UPS. It is "running in" right now.


I am taking a short break from the pool to check it, but my excuse was that I needed to check on our rice, beef, muliti-veg, one dish meal, which will be ready in about thirty minutes. That is coming along well, too.

This DAC is awesome!  From what I can tell in the two hours I have had it up, I am going to fall in love with digi-music, all over again.

(Where is the "Bull Penis"   smilie?)
 :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 21, 2010, 05:55:48 PM

(please do not think less of me for spending three month's wage on a toy. I have put this off for way too  long.)


Aside from that I found about sixty pieces at my favorite book store (thirty seven CDs, twelve books, an armload of LPs).



Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 21, 2010, 06:00:33 PM
Proper vents and a air filter for the rototiller
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 22, 2010, 03:29:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 21, 2010, 05:55:48 PM

(please do not think less of me for spending three month's wage on a toy. I have put this off for way too  long.)


I'd never *dream* of thinking less of anyone choosing to spend money on something like that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 22, 2010, 08:19:56 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 22, 2010, 03:29:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 21, 2010, 05:55:48 PM

(please do not think less of me for spending three month's wage on a toy. I have put this off for way too  long.)


I'd never *dream* of thinking less of anyone choosing to spend money on something like that.

 :agreed:  Good for you for having the discipline to save up that much money in the first place!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on June 24, 2010, 10:17:56 AM
I just paid some parking fines.   FUCK YOU UNF PARKING SERVICES!!!!   I had a fucking parking pass and those asswipes still gave me tickets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 24, 2010, 10:35:53 AM
Quote from: Alex179 on June 24, 2010, 10:17:56 AM
I just paid some parking fines.   FUCK YOU UNF PARKING SERVICES!!!!   I had a fucking parking pass and those asswipes still gave me tickets.

I thought you were going to say that you'd bought some Maryjowanna!  :stoned:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on June 24, 2010, 10:37:09 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 24, 2010, 10:35:53 AM
Quote from: Alex179 on June 24, 2010, 10:17:56 AM
I just paid some parking fines.   FUCK YOU UNF PARKING SERVICES!!!!   I had a fucking parking pass and those asswipes still gave me tickets.

I thought you were going to say that you'd bought some Maryjowanna!  :stoned:
That will happen later.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 24, 2010, 11:39:44 AM
A new recliner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 24, 2010, 03:21:00 PM
Beer. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on June 24, 2010, 03:23:55 PM
I bought a kurt cobain action figure  :laugh:

it's cool coz he's wearing the same clothes he had in the smells like teen spirit vid
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 24, 2010, 03:55:03 PM

Bought a new 2TB external drive, today.

Only problem is that I am out of USB ports. Either, I need to buy another powered hub or disconnect one of the older ones.
 :violin:

(I want ALL my music available at a click of the mouse, but this is proving to be a challenge)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Alex179 on June 24, 2010, 06:34:14 PM
Quote from: Alex179 on June 24, 2010, 10:37:09 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 24, 2010, 10:35:53 AM
Quote from: Alex179 on June 24, 2010, 10:17:56 AM
I just paid some parking fines.   FUCK YOU UNF PARKING SERVICES!!!!   I had a fucking parking pass and those asswipes still gave me tickets.

I thought you were going to say that you'd bought some Maryjowanna!  :stoned:
That will happen later.
I bought 2 different types of weed today!   Not one but two!!!!!!  Hooray for variety!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 24, 2010, 07:09:40 PM
A hanging tomato planter so I can grow good tomatoes instead of those shit ethylene gassed ones in the store. I also got a DeLonghi coffee maker so I can make esspresso at home and to avoid buying a communist chinese coffee pot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 25, 2010, 04:10:54 AM
I bought some candles for GA's cake.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 25, 2010, 02:29:12 PM
Quote from: Spastic² on June 24, 2010, 03:23:55 PM
I bought a kurt cobain action figure  :laugh:

it's cool coz he's wearing the same clothes he had in the smells like teen spirit vid

Does it blow its head off with a shotgun?

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 26, 2010, 07:05:58 PM
A used riding mower.

It's old, a little faded & beat up, somewhat noisy, but runs & cuts like a champ.

Whoo hoo, do I love this thing, cut two lawns last night in record time.

Kid wants to paint flames on the hood. :laugh:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 26, 2010, 10:34:08 PM
Quote from: Alex179 on June 24, 2010, 10:17:56 AM
I just paid some parking fines.   FUCK YOU UNF PARKING SERVICES!!!!   I had a fucking parking pass and those asswipes still gave me tickets.

Why did they ticket you if you had a parking pass?  Couldn't you appeal the tickets?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 27, 2010, 05:43:09 AM
I have recently bought lots of apples and carrots! Begone, fat belly! :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on June 27, 2010, 11:28:58 PM
I got my "bitch" book!! :laugh:

http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Humour/General/9781580088299/?cf=3&rid=886446828&i=1&keywords=i+bitch+therefore+i+am
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 28, 2010, 11:23:32 AM
Ordered a new screen for the nephew's itouch that he dropped.

Comes with tools for installation...they should include Valium. Looks like it's going to be a bitch to get apart. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 28, 2010, 11:24:55 AM
I have recently bought wheat pita bread, dried blueberries, raisin bran, skim milk, trash bags, and lots of paper goods! :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 28, 2010, 03:27:10 PM
Shoes!!!,

grapes, lots of grapes, melon, carrots, ice-cream, lots of ice-lollies, bread, milk, juice and chocolate.  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on June 28, 2010, 03:46:24 PM
4 year old Alienware area 51 laptop....bought off craigslist for $450
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 28, 2010, 03:56:41 PM


I bought a beaded (Aztec patterned) dreamcatcher for my daughter at a starving artist show, downtown.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 28, 2010, 06:05:09 PM
rags
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 28, 2010, 06:10:57 PM
I'm about as cheerful as Parts.  I filled a prescription (thankfully only $10).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 28, 2010, 06:33:20 PM
Quote from: Weakling on June 28, 2010, 06:10:57 PM
I'm about as cheerful as Parts.  I filled a prescription (thankfully only $10).
a and wax
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 28, 2010, 09:59:20 PM
Quote from: parts on June 28, 2010, 06:33:20 PM
Quote from: Weakling on June 28, 2010, 06:10:57 PM
I'm about as cheerful as Parts.  I filled a prescription (thankfully only $10).
a and wax

So.  Who or what are you going to polish?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 29, 2010, 04:52:44 AM
A CD.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 29, 2010, 08:43:41 AM
Quote from: Weakling on June 28, 2010, 09:59:20 PM
Quote from: parts on June 28, 2010, 06:33:20 PM
Quote from: Weakling on June 28, 2010, 06:10:57 PM
I'm about as cheerful as Parts.  I filled a prescription (thankfully only $10).
a and wax

So.  Who or what are you going to polish?

A wagon wheel for the market it was while with old decaying wood when I got it must be about 120 years old.  I sanded and stained it first
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 04, 2010, 09:39:38 PM
A cordless drill motor from Lowes yesterday. I went there because I got a $80 gift card from work, after going there I have concluded that I won't go there again unless I get another free gift card.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 05, 2010, 12:32:30 AM
Bought a couple of cheap DVDs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on July 05, 2010, 03:11:50 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.

Have you dug under your couch cushions?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 05, 2010, 06:17:22 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 04, 2010, 09:39:38 PM
A cordless drill motor from Lowes yesterday. I went there because I got a $80 gift card from work, after going there I have concluded that I won't go there again unless I get another free gift card.


And think Lowes is MUCH better than Home Depot. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 05, 2010, 11:18:13 AM
Quote from: Callaway on July 05, 2010, 03:11:50 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.

Have you dug under your couch cushions?
Good idea, I try that later.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 02:19:38 PM
I few movies, mostly old ones I had watched on VHS, but never replaced on DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 06, 2010, 03:33:50 PM
Bought lunch today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 06, 2010, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
I can't argue with that logic. Maybe I should try that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
I can't argue with that logic. Maybe I should try that.

Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 07, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
I can't argue with that logic. Maybe I should try that.

Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)

I am the King of Clutter so I am firmly against that method :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 07, 2010, 04:45:28 AM
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
I can't argue with that logic. Maybe I should try that.

Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)

I am the King of Clutter so I am firmly against that method :zoinks:

If you're Catholic, you could pray to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items!  :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 07, 2010, 05:39:04 AM
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
I can't argue with that logic. Maybe I should try that.

Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)

I am the King of Clutter so I am firmly against that method :zoinks:

I try to differentiate between clutter and clutter.  :laugh:

Still a lot here that should go, because they are more my ex's than mine, and of no use or pleasure to me. And de-cluttering will make me find my valued things again.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 07, 2010, 06:13:43 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 07, 2010, 04:45:28 AM
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
I can't argue with that logic. Maybe I should try that.

Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)

I am the King of Clutter so I am firmly against that method :zoinks:

If you're Catholic, you could pray to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items!  :angel:

He was my grandma's favorite :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 07, 2010, 06:14:41 AM
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 06:13:43 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 07, 2010, 04:45:28 AM
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
I can't argue with that logic. Maybe I should try that.

Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)

I am the King of Clutter so I am firmly against that method :zoinks:

If you're Catholic, you could pray to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items!  :angel:

He was my grandma's favorite :thumbup:

Did he find a lot of things for her?  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 07, 2010, 06:05:40 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
I am the King of Clutter so I am firmly against that method :zoinks:
:LOL: Thanks Parts, Hykeaswell's well intended insensitive remark re my clutter sent a chill down my spine and almost made me feel invalidated.

Quote from: couldbecousin on July 07, 2010, 04:45:28 AM
If you're Catholic, you could pray to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items!  :angel:
Good idea but priests make me nervous.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 08, 2010, 01:05:48 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 07, 2010, 06:05:40 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
I am the King of Clutter so I am firmly against that method :zoinks:
:LOL: Thanks Parts, Hykeaswell's well intended insensitive remark re my clutter sent a chill down my spine and almost made me feel invalidated.
Didn't mean to hurt you  :'(
Should maybe have said, "rearrange  clutter".

Quote
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 07, 2010, 04:45:28 AM
If you're Catholic, you could pray to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items!  :angel:
Good idea but priests make me nervous.  :zombiefuck:

And that's even without looking at that picture Parts posted elsewhere?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 08, 2010, 04:11:01 AM
Just bought lunch. McDonald's.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 08, 2010, 08:52:47 AM
 :watermelonwedge :
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 08, 2010, 02:01:08 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 07, 2010, 06:14:41 AM
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 06:13:43 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 07, 2010, 04:45:28 AM
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
I can't argue with that logic. Maybe I should try that.

Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)

I am the King of Clutter so I am firmly against that method :zoinks:

If you're Catholic, you could pray to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items!  :angel:

He was my grandma's favorite :thumbup:

Did he find a lot of things for her?  :)

She thought so but usually it was me finding it because she needed new glasses :LOL:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 08, 2010, 02:06:49 PM
Quote from: parts on July 08, 2010, 02:01:08 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 07, 2010, 06:14:41 AM
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 06:13:43 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 07, 2010, 04:45:28 AM
Quote from: parts on July 07, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 07, 2010, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:59:09 PM
Quote from: parts on July 06, 2010, 07:52:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 06, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 06, 2010, 06:23:25 PM
Quote from: PPK on July 05, 2010, 12:34:35 AM
I have a bunch of DVDs but don't watch any lately because I can't find the DVD player remote.


There are universal, programmable alternative remotes available for less than ten bucks.


... and really nice ones in the thirty dollar range.


I know but I'll just wait until I find mine, wherever it is buried.

Buy one bring it home and your sure to find the original one within an hour
I can't argue with that logic. Maybe I should try that.

Fool proof method indeed.


The other one is systematically and thoroughly go through your house to clean and de-clutter. (That's what I tell my kids to do when something is lost)

I am the King of Clutter so I am firmly against that method :zoinks:

If you're Catholic, you could pray to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost items!  :angel:

He was my grandma's favorite :thumbup:

Did he find a lot of things for her?  :)

She thought so but usually it was me finding it because she needed new glasses :LOL:



St. Parts!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 17, 2010, 08:37:38 PM
A Gerber Covert Auto Automatic Kinfe w 3.875" blade and I received some percussion caps that Parts sent me. Will post pics later. Need to send Parts a thank you pm.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on July 17, 2010, 09:23:09 PM
This book which was a part of The Hunter Games... It seems so interesting, I guarantee you would get hooked into it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 18, 2010, 04:31:00 PM

At a garage sale, I found some olden Pioneer speakers and a matching receiver. These date from the late seventies. The receiver is supposed to be three hundred fifty watts per channel and the speakers are a three way twelve inch woofer variety.

To my surprise and great pleasure, the speakers are still good, have a very mellow (Pioneer, musical, but not accurate, sound) and the receiver actually works like new.  I plan to try the speakers in my garage, but the receiver is going to my bedroom for now.

I bought them, speakers and amp, for fifty bucks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on July 18, 2010, 10:58:51 PM
An old second hand briar pipe to replace my previous pipe which I burnt out by smoking it too hard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on July 19, 2010, 08:16:55 AM
Milk & Motor Oil.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 19, 2010, 09:25:14 AM
CDs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on July 19, 2010, 09:37:27 AM
Dynasty Warriors vol.2 for my PSP... Soon as I saw it, I just went for it... Now I'm hooked on that game.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 19, 2010, 05:07:49 PM
Quote from: Diesel on July 19, 2010, 08:16:55 AM
Milk & Motor Oil.

Remember to put them in the right place and for heavens sake, don't mix the two!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 19, 2010, 07:35:12 PM
Quote from: Weakling on July 19, 2010, 05:07:49 PM
Quote from: Diesel on July 19, 2010, 08:16:55 AM
Milk & Motor Oil.

Remember to put them in the right place and for heavens sake, don't mix the two!

 :plus: I knew something sounded funny about that combination, but I couldn't quite figure out how to respond.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 19, 2010, 07:36:23 PM
Quote from: Weakling on July 19, 2010, 05:07:49 PM
Quote from: Diesel on July 19, 2010, 08:16:55 AM
Milk & Motor Oil.

Remember to put them in the right place and for heavens sake, don't mix the two!
:lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 20, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on July 20, 2010, 07:23:58 AM
Demons Souls for my PS3.

Fuck me, this game is hard. It's...not bullshit hard, it's not unfairly hard, it's just...really punishing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 20, 2010, 06:40:31 PM


We bought two sets of semi-fancy mattresses for the two kids' beds.  They are both very happy about this!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 20, 2010, 08:34:44 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 20, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:
 

I don't know, but it probably wouldn't moove. (ouch)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 20, 2010, 09:01:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 20, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:

While there is some fat in milk, which might be a short term substitute for oil, the amount of sugars in milk would almost immediately turn to solid carbon compounds after exposure to the degree of heat inherent to a working engine and seize the mechanical moving parts before you could get far.  I do not think that even a Holstein cow (well known as having the highest fat content in their milk) could keep an engine going for long with her most heavily flowing mucous excretion.

It would be a relatively quick death for that engine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on July 21, 2010, 07:53:21 AM
Evangellion 1.11 on Bluray and Metroid Prime Trilogy for the Wii
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 21, 2010, 10:49:26 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 20, 2010, 09:01:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 20, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:

While there is some fat in milk, which might be a short term substitute for oil, the amount of sugars in milk would almost immediately turn to solid carbon compounds after exposure to the degree of heat inherent to a working engine and seize the mechanical moving parts before you could get far.  I do not think that even a Holstein cow (well known as having the highest fat content in their milk) could keep an engine going for long with her most heavily flowing mucous excretion.

It would be a relatively quick death for that engine.

I bet it would stink also :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 21, 2010, 01:51:03 PM
Lens assembly for $15 for a digital camera someone gave me, older 8.1 MP but I like the camera buttons are in all the right places :zoinks:.

Lens however is fucked up.  :zombiefuck:

Another thing to take apart. :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 21, 2010, 03:37:26 PM
Quote from: Weakling on July 20, 2010, 08:34:44 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 20, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:
 

I don't know, but it probably wouldn't moove. (ouch)

*groan*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 21, 2010, 03:38:29 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 21, 2010, 01:51:03 PM
Lens assembly for $15 for a digital camera someone gave me, older 8.1 MP but I like the camera buttons are in all the right places :zoinks:.

Lens however is fucked up.  :zombiefuck:

Another thing to take apart. :lol:

Post pics if you have another camera available.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 21, 2010, 03:50:26 PM
Lots of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 21, 2010, 04:36:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 21, 2010, 03:38:29 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 21, 2010, 01:51:03 PM
Lens assembly for $15 for a digital camera someone gave me, older 8.1 MP but I like the camera buttons are in all the right places :zoinks:.

Lens however is fucked up.  :zombiefuck:

Another thing to take apart. :lol:

Post pics if you have another camera available.

I do.

Just have to wait on the mailman. Gotta love Ebay they have everything. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 21, 2010, 05:05:02 PM
Quote from: parts on July 21, 2010, 10:49:26 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 20, 2010, 09:01:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 20, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:

While there is some fat in milk, which might be a short term substitute for oil, the amount of sugars in milk would almost immediately turn to solid carbon compounds after exposure to the degree of heat inherent to a working engine and seize the mechanical moving parts before you could get far.  I do not think that even a Holstein cow (well known as having the highest fat content in their milk) could keep an engine going for long with her most heavily flowing mucous excretion.

It would be a relatively quick death for that engine.

I bet it would stink also :zombiefuck:

Very distinct stench too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 21, 2010, 08:28:15 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 21, 2010, 01:51:03 PM
Lens assembly for $15 for a digital camera someone gave me, older 8.1 MP but I like the camera buttons are in all the right places :zoinks:.

Lens however is fucked up.  :zombiefuck:

Another thing to take apart. :lol:
Congrats on your new toy.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 22, 2010, 03:56:29 PM


Nothing, but another Two Tera-byte external. external.

I have had the guys tell me to steer clear of the current 2ts, because of massive failures.  But, I have four of them and I have had no troubles yet.








... this will make number five.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 22, 2010, 04:00:03 PM
Two TERAbyte? Wow. I want one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 22, 2010, 06:10:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 22, 2010, 04:00:03 PM
Two TERAbyte? Wow. I want one.

I have mostly music on two of them and  mostly movies on the others.  (I have them all hooked up, but disabled in the BIOS of my main computer - otherwise the stupid thing would try to index each one during the boot process, being USB and all)

My living room plasma (newish last winter) has wi-fi built in and only requires an antenna and I can play any of the many files on the four, two terabyte drives right on the screen, but my bedroom television requires a separate "player, wi-fi device"  in order to access things.  The data is simply recognised within the television as another input (HDMI with the "proper box"  but I just use the net stuff - it kicks ass as well as most of the files I have at hand - my movie files are mostly DVD rips, but as bluray becomes the new standard, I will probably need to replace a great many of my favorite files with rips from true HD bluray discs (OH, I forgot to mention, yesterday - I will need to multiply my storage space by a factor of seven as I move into Bluray rips for all my movies).  Right now, I am happy with upconverting ...), but the television remote will access all my files, via wi-fi/usb/cable modem, etc.  as long as the main computer is up.  (I do not actually use that computer, except as a "server"  or a central connection point.  I am posting on a six month old, store-bought Gateway, that I got for a song in closeout. The one I built recently does the central stuff and - as it rests - my hobby interest graphical renderings. )

So far, it ALL works fine.  (OH, I forgot to mention, I have another setup [same in theory, but somewhat different in protocol] feeding files to my garage/outdoor system as well)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 23, 2010, 12:38:02 PM
Very cool, dawg. I'd love a demo of the setups. I've been thinking about setting up something like that but so far it's just a thought.

Me, I've bought this......

DVDs
New maps for the GPS
Electronics solvent
Miniature screwdrivers
ESD wristband thingie

and of course, the D-50  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lemon Aguilera on July 23, 2010, 02:12:14 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 21, 2010, 03:37:26 PM
Quote from: Weakling on July 20, 2010, 08:34:44 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 20, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
I wonder what would happen to an engine with milk instead of motor oil... :laugh:
 

I don't know, but it probably wouldn't moove. (ouch)

*groan*

haha that's funny. moo jokes always get me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 23, 2010, 02:47:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 23, 2010, 12:38:02 PM
Very cool, dawg. I'd love a demo of the setups. I've been thinking about setting up something like that but so far it's just a thought.

Me, I've bought this......

DVDs
New maps for the GPS
Electronics solvent
Miniature screwdrivers
ESD wristband thingie

and of course, the D-50  :headbang2:


Ya gotta start somewhere, right?


I saw this happening about twelve years ago, wanted it immediately, but I could not afford to do more than imagine how cool this could be.  I never imagined that I could buy a television (at a substantial discount due to manufacturer's employee accommodations) that would "seamlessly"  melt into the network system with nothing else added and access the internet with my remote.  Shit, we are there, Pal!!

BTW, I edited my earlier post to add:

"OH, I forgot to mention, yesterday - I will need to multiply my available storage space by a factor of seven as I move into Bluray rips for all my movies."


I have seen that 3T drives, both externals and internals, are on the near horizon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 25, 2010, 07:11:29 PM
Today I bought assorted paper goods for the home, sliced turkey, pita bread, various yogurts and cottage cheese products, skim milk,
artichoke-and-spinach hummus, ruby grapefruits and Pink Lady apples!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 25, 2010, 07:20:29 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 25, 2010, 07:11:29 PM
Today I bought assorted paper goods for the home, sliced turkey, pita bread, various yogurts and cottage cheese products, skim milk,
artichoke-and-spinach hummus, ruby grapefruits and Pink Lady apples!  :2thumbsup:
 

Ooh, Pink Lady Apples are great.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 25, 2010, 07:23:46 PM
Quote from: Weakling on July 25, 2010, 07:20:29 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 25, 2010, 07:11:29 PM
Today I bought assorted paper goods for the home, sliced turkey, pita bread, various yogurts and cottage cheese products, skim milk,
artichoke-and-spinach hummus, ruby grapefruits and Pink Lady apples!  :2thumbsup:
 

Ooh, Pink Lady Apples are great.

They are awesome! And I couldn't see them in the produce section at first...turns out another type of apples had been layered on top of them!
I carefully picked out 2 bags' worth of Pink Ladies from underneath the impostors and am all set for the week!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 25, 2010, 07:35:05 PM
I managed to snag some peaches at Whole Food for 99 cents last week, lowest price of all the groceries.  They weren't organic, but DH really likes peaches.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 25, 2010, 07:35:49 PM
new meds
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 25, 2010, 07:36:54 PM
Quote from: parts on July 25, 2010, 07:35:49 PM
new meds

Hope they do the trick.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 25, 2010, 07:39:52 PM
Quote from: Weakling on July 25, 2010, 07:35:05 PM
I managed to snag some peaches at Whole Food for 99 cents last week, lowest price of all the groceries.  They weren't organic, but DH really likes peaches.

Peaches are a summer classic.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 26, 2010, 09:01:23 AM
Crisps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 26, 2010, 08:17:47 PM

Older jazz LPs.






(I can not stop myself)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 26, 2010, 08:19:24 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 26, 2010, 08:17:47 PM

Older jazz LPs.






(I can not stop myself)

Are these by any chance Dixieland Jazz lps?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 27, 2010, 03:35:20 PM
Books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 27, 2010, 06:48:52 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 27, 2010, 03:35:20 PM
Books.

Ah, yes.  Books and coffee, the essentials of my life.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 27, 2010, 08:19:02 PM
more gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on July 28, 2010, 03:57:35 AM
Antibiotics, Junior Mints and the obligatory nail polish because I was at the chemist.

I wish I'd bought Jelly Beans and not the Junior Mints though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 28, 2010, 04:19:07 AM
Quote from: Eclair on July 28, 2010, 03:57:35 AM
Antibiotics, Junior Mints and the obligatory nail polish because I was at the chemist.

I wish I'd bought Jelly Beans and not the Junior Mints though.

Send the Junior Mints to me!  :2thumbsup:


What color nail polish is it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on July 28, 2010, 04:29:21 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 28, 2010, 04:19:07 AM
Quote from: Eclair on July 28, 2010, 03:57:35 AM
Antibiotics, Junior Mints and the obligatory nail polish because I was at the chemist.

I wish I'd bought Jelly Beans and not the Junior Mints though.

Send the Junior Mints to me!  :2thumbsup:


What color nail polish is it?

It's called Silk Champagne. This one;

http://www.oztion.com.au/buy/auction.aspx?itemid=9966562&d=&sort=0&pg=1&cat=1141&view=List&f1=&f2=&type2=&type3=&type4=&type5=&s=&pcode=&dis=0&freepost=

Although those fake fingernails don't look to good in the shot!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on July 28, 2010, 04:33:36 AM
Random Useless Facts; this is the actual colour I'm wearing now though;

http://www.makeup.uk.com/bbys-nail-polish---jazzed-up-no-45b-364-p.asp

ps. you can have my Junior Mints. I'd never seen them before. They are imported from Tootsies, the American Brand? Do they call them Junior Mints over there?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 28, 2010, 04:35:58 AM
Quote from: Eclair on July 28, 2010, 04:33:36 AM
Random Useless Facts; this is the actual colour I'm wearing now though;

http://www.makeup.uk.com/bbys-nail-polish---jazzed-up-no-45b-364-p.asp

ps. you can have my Junior Mints. I'd never seen them before. They are imported from Tootsies, the American Brand? Do they call them Junior Mints over there?

Both colors are pretty, but I agree, the fake nails are just scary-looking!  :o


I didn't even know Junior Mints were made by Tootsies. We do call them Junior Mints here too, and they're very good,
except for the occasional one in which the mint filling has dried out.  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 28, 2010, 07:52:32 AM
New mattress for the futon.

Sofa died. Picked up a nice used futon figuring it would be more versatile. Should have sat for a 1/2 hour on it first, I would have understood why they never used it. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on July 28, 2010, 11:58:19 AM
An aquarium.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 28, 2010, 01:15:34 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 28, 2010, 07:52:32 AM
New mattress for the futon.

Sofa died. Picked up a nice used futon figuring it would be more versatile. Should have sat for a 1/2 hour on it first, I would have understood why they never used it. :zombiefuck:

Could it be a mispronounciation of Foot on it?  Meaning it's only good as a ginormous foot rest?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 28, 2010, 02:57:37 PM
Quote from: Weakling on July 27, 2010, 06:48:52 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 27, 2010, 03:35:20 PM
Books.

Ah, yes.  Books and coffee, the essentials of my life.

Mine too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 28, 2010, 02:58:53 PM
Bought a magazine on studio mixing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on July 31, 2010, 10:31:30 PM
The Sims 3 - Ambitions

And may I say, have those cheap assholes ever heard of 'beta-testing', ever? Really I found a significant glitch within a few hours on first play run. It should have been easily picked up by a week of beta-testing by developers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 31, 2010, 10:33:24 PM
A Smith & Wesson Model 60 Lady Smith 38 snubbie, will post pics when I get off my ass to do so.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on July 31, 2010, 10:56:26 PM
I got myself Warriors Orochi 2 for xbox 360, still waiting for it to come at my door at the moment. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on August 01, 2010, 01:31:11 AM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on July 31, 2010, 10:31:30 PM
The Sims 3 - Ambitions

And may I say, have those cheap assholes ever heard of 'beta-testing', ever? Really I found a significant glitch within a few hours on first play run. It should have been easily picked up by a week of beta-testing by developers.

What's the glitch?

I can't go near Sims. Or many games really. I'm the Amy Winehouse of computer games.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on August 01, 2010, 03:04:17 AM
Quote from: Eclair on August 01, 2010, 01:31:11 AM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on July 31, 2010, 10:31:30 PM
The Sims 3 - Ambitions

And may I say, have those cheap assholes ever heard of 'beta-testing', ever? Really I found a significant glitch within a few hours on first play run. It should have been easily picked up by a week of beta-testing by developers.

What's the glitch?

I can't go near Sims. Or many games really. I'm the Amy Winehouse of computer games.



The glitch is in-game and involves the consignment store, after a while items your sim cosigns refuse to sell daily no matter how long you wait game time; or whenever you remove cosignments, add new items, anything you do doesn't fix it (except restarting a new save). When you go there to cancel consignments, one entry will list an object will list as -1 days on shelf and even after removing it, fails to fix it. Another glitch I found recently too is that, inventory items (the harvester) will sometimes get stuck in the inventory after using it, with no ability to sell or move them out of it. That fixes itself somehow but then it decides to duplicate the object in the process, weird.

Like I said, significant glitches (as in, ones any user can encounter in a short amount of time without much effort) that beta-testing would find quickly if they did it within a week. I think the mechanism that rejects unsold cosign items is faulty, or there's a bug in the cosign interaction somewhere.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 02, 2010, 04:23:28 PM
Bought a hat. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 02, 2010, 05:20:25 PM
Fire rated string poly :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 02, 2010, 07:08:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 02, 2010, 04:23:28 PM
Bought a hat. ;D

Post a pic of your  :viking: new Parisian hat!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 02, 2010, 07:31:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 02, 2010, 04:23:28 PM
Bought a hat. ;D

Was it a beret?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 03, 2010, 08:44:18 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 02, 2010, 07:08:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 02, 2010, 04:23:28 PM
Bought a hat. ;D

Post a pic of your  :viking: new Parisian hat!

(http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/images/viewer/IndianaJonesLimitedEdition/large_IndianaJonesLimitedEdition1.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 03, 2010, 01:02:24 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 03, 2010, 08:44:18 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 02, 2010, 07:08:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 02, 2010, 04:23:28 PM
Bought a hat. ;D

Post a pic of your  :viking: new Parisian hat!

(http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/images/viewer/IndianaJonesLimitedEdition/large_IndianaJonesLimitedEdition1.jpg)

That's a real man's hat :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 03, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: parts on August 03, 2010, 01:02:24 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 03, 2010, 08:44:18 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 02, 2010, 07:08:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 02, 2010, 04:23:28 PM
Bought a hat. ;D

Post a pic of your  :viking: new Parisian hat!

(http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/images/viewer/IndianaJonesLimitedEdition/large_IndianaJonesLimitedEdition1.jpg)

That's a real man's hat :plus:
Damn right.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 03, 2010, 07:20:42 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 03, 2010, 07:17:43 PM
Quote from: parts on August 03, 2010, 01:02:24 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 03, 2010, 08:44:18 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 02, 2010, 07:08:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 02, 2010, 04:23:28 PM
Bought a hat. ;D

Post a pic of your  :viking: new Parisian hat!

(http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/images/viewer/IndianaJonesLimitedEdition/large_IndianaJonesLimitedEdition1.jpg)

That's a real man's hat :plus:
Damn right.

Indeed!  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 03, 2010, 08:52:48 PM
Odeon - You're going to have all the girls following you.  Better get your whip ready to fight them off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 03, 2010, 09:01:42 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 03, 2010, 08:52:48 PM
Odeon - You're going to have all the girls following you.  Better get your whip ready to fight them off.


Look! There he is, whip in hand and WEARING THE HAT!  :whipped:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on August 03, 2010, 10:50:38 PM
A JW Young & Sons Trudex centrepin reel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 03, 2010, 11:42:06 PM
Finally bought my daughter a desktop computer.  It should come about 8/20.  Her laptop was rode hard and put up wet, and she wanted a big monitor like Mommy and Daddy have.  Now she gets to find out about buying things on credit (via our account).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 04, 2010, 07:42:51 AM
$75 worth of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 04, 2010, 08:09:14 AM


Eight, eighteen-inch B&C drivers to help out a "friend's"  club PA system. (They are reimbursing me) I am not building the enclosures, this time. I am merely overseeing the construction at a local cabinet shop. I have a feeling that these "furniture builders"  are capable of doing a far better job than my minimalist toolset is capable of.   For instance, I suggested butt joints with cleats and they immediately upgraded to rabbet joinery with cleats for even less than I had expected to pay.

I got a great price on the drivers, at three hundred per, but we are actually saving about one thousand dollars in having the enclosures built. They will have four kick-ass, dual eighteen bass cabinets for less than eight thousand bucks plus around three thousand more for proper amplifier power after a couple of more gigs.

In the present economy, this cabinet shop is so grateful for the work that I can not imagine that they agreed to build these four, fairly complex, PA enclosures for the price they quoted.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 04, 2010, 11:37:03 AM
1982 Schwinn Traveler  bike
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 07, 2010, 07:49:30 AM
Nectarines and eclairs. They both were on offer  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 08:04:10 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 07, 2010, 07:49:30 AM
Nectarines and eclairs. They both were on offer  :asthing:

I was on offer? Well, how dare you imply that ;)

I love eclairs. I scoop out most of the cream though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 07, 2010, 12:11:58 PM
Quote from: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 08:04:10 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 07, 2010, 07:49:30 AM
Nectarines and eclairs. They both were on offer  :asthing:

I was on offer? Well, how dare you imply that ;)

I love eclairs. I scoop out most of the cream though.

I remember Banana Split Eclairs from about 25 years ago.  To the best of my recall they were a regular eclair with banana, strawberries, and pineapple mixed into the filling and topped with a cherry.  Delicious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 07, 2010, 12:59:50 PM
gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 07, 2010, 01:00:51 PM
Beer. Food for the family. Petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 07, 2010, 07:18:00 PM
General Chou's chicken and egg rolls from Kwangnan.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 07, 2010, 08:14:53 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 07:18:00 PM
General Chou's chicken and egg rolls from Kwangnan.
:devour:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 07, 2010, 08:17:55 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 07:18:00 PM
General Chou's chicken and egg rolls from Kwangnan.

I love crab rangoons and duck sauce! Are there rangoons without seafood, and if so, do you like them?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 07, 2010, 08:25:02 PM
I never heard of Rangoon as a food cbc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 08:25:57 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 07, 2010, 08:17:55 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 07:18:00 PM
General Chou's chicken and egg rolls from Kwangnan.

I love crab rangoons and duck sauce! Are there rangoons without seafood, and if so, do you like them?  :orly:

I'm trying to google this...is it a chain cafe / restaurant over there?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 07, 2010, 08:28:28 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 08:25:02 PM
I never heard of Rangoon as a food cbc.

(http://www.originalrangoon.com/images/products/crab.jpg)

Crab rangoons, and I believe that is duck sauce on the side! :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 07, 2010, 08:30:43 PM
Quote from: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 08:25:57 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 07, 2010, 08:17:55 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 07:18:00 PM
General Chou's chicken and egg rolls from Kwangnan.

I love crab rangoons and duck sauce! Are there rangoons without seafood, and if so, do you like them?  :orly:

I'm trying to google this...is it a chain cafe / restaurant over there?
No, Kwangnan is a restaurant in Vallejo CA that I like a lot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 08:38:50 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 08:30:43 PM
Quote from: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 08:25:57 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 07, 2010, 08:17:55 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 07:18:00 PM
General Chou's chicken and egg rolls from Kwangnan.

I love crab rangoons and duck sauce! Are there rangoons without seafood, and if so, do you like them?  :orly:

I'm trying to google this...is it a chain cafe / restaurant over there?
No, Kwangnan is a restaurant in Vallejo CA that I like a lot.

Kwongnan, I got that. Just food obsessing!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 07, 2010, 08:40:39 PM
Quote from: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 08:38:50 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 08:30:43 PM
Quote from: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 08:25:57 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 07, 2010, 08:17:55 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 07:18:00 PM
General Chou's chicken and egg rolls from Kwangnan.

I love crab rangoons and duck sauce! Are there rangoons without seafood, and if so, do you like them?  :orly:

I'm trying to google this...is it a chain cafe / restaurant over there?
No, Kwangnan is a restaurant in Vallejo CA that I like a lot.

Kwongnan, I got that. Just food obsessing!
Fuck, I spelled it wrong!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 09:13:43 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 07, 2010, 08:28:28 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 08:25:02 PM
I never heard of Rangoon as a food cbc.

(http://www.originalrangoon.com/images/products/crab.jpg)

Crab rangoons, and I believe that is duck sauce on the side! :laugh:

Now, that's just mean to post that in front of me.  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 07, 2010, 09:17:15 PM
Quote from: Eclair on August 07, 2010, 09:13:43 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 07, 2010, 08:28:28 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 07, 2010, 08:25:02 PM
I never heard of Rangoon as a food cbc.

(http://www.originalrangoon.com/images/products/crab.jpg)

Crab rangoons, and I believe that is duck sauce on the side! :laugh:

Now, that's just mean to post that in front of me.  :hahaha:

*sends you some from the Chinese restaurant down the street*  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 07, 2010, 09:20:29 PM
I wish we had more good Indian restaurants here.  There's only one good one.  The other ones are about 90 miles north.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 08, 2010, 07:38:33 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 07, 2010, 09:20:29 PM
I wish we had more good Indian restaurants here.  There's only one good one.  The other ones are about 90 miles north.

A good Indian restaurant that's impossible :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 08, 2010, 02:57:13 PM
Quote from: parts on August 08, 2010, 07:38:33 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 07, 2010, 09:20:29 PM
I wish we had more good Indian restaurants here.  There's only one good one.  The other ones are about 90 miles north.

A good Indian restaurant that's impossible :zombiefuck:

There's a terrific one in Malmö in Sweden but I guess that's a bit too far for you, right? :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 08, 2010, 03:31:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 08, 2010, 02:57:13 PM
Quote from: parts on August 08, 2010, 07:38:33 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 07, 2010, 09:20:29 PM
I wish we had more good Indian restaurants here.  There's only one good one.  The other ones are about 90 miles north.

A good Indian restaurant that's impossible :zombiefuck:

There's a terrific one in Malmö in Sweden but I guess that's a bit too far for you, right? :zoinks:

Down the block is too far for me.  Indian food is my brothers thing I hate it.  He has even been to India 2 or 3 times and has an Indian girl friend
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 08, 2010, 04:12:27 PM
It took me 7 or 8 years to convince my husband to try Indian food because he thought it was spicy and prefers his food mild.  He's been hooked for over 10 years.  The only decent restaurant has 5 tables and a limited menu with high prices.  It's run by an elderly Sikh gentleman and his wife.  They've been in business forever.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on August 08, 2010, 05:25:07 PM
Getting a new Nokia 5230 phone, it won't come until probably Tuesday, must try and be up early just incase I forget and I would have to take a really long trip just to get my delivery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 08, 2010, 05:34:26 PM
Milk
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 08, 2010, 05:53:50 PM
Lots of Yoplait Whips! and fruit and cereal and stuff like that. Light food to eat while dogsitting!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 08, 2010, 05:55:42 PM
Too many meals from out.  We're eating our way to the poorhouse.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 08, 2010, 05:57:05 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 08, 2010, 05:55:42 PM
Too many meals from out.  We're eating our way to the poorhouse.

You seem to cook wonderful meals...time for more home cooking!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 09, 2010, 06:08:08 AM
MIDI cables.  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 09, 2010, 08:17:53 AM
Lots of insulation for my brother
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 09, 2010, 08:17:50 PM
Quote from: parts on August 09, 2010, 08:17:53 AM
Lots of insulation for my brother
My youngest brother got me to check a couple of circuits for him some years back. All the fuck he did was ask me irritating questions i.e. "what are you doing?" etc and every time I would start to explain he whined about it being too detailed.  :grrr: It became apparent that he knows nothing of common point trouble shooting, general mechanical principles, layout, getting a reference, transposing from a known to an unknown or any other fucking thing of value but he is too goddamn stupid to either watch, listen and learn or shut the fuck up. After I repaired the first ckt he did something that really pissed me off and I told him to shut the fuck up or he was going to get his ass kicked! At that point I quit doing work for him. This particular brother was in some sort of Trauma counseling unit in the Army (and I know more about Psychology than him, go figure) and then tried being a cop when he got out and apparently fucked both of those up. No wonder he wasn't in Combat Arms MOS or a real cop, he lacks brains and balls. I won't do a fucking thing for him again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 09, 2010, 08:31:02 PM
My brother lacks reliability and has been black listed by many of the local suppliers his last job nothing was bought in his name mine and another guy.  I will get paid within a week only because he is my brother.  Guess we all have relatives like this :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 09, 2010, 08:47:13 PM
Pretty much.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 09, 2010, 09:45:33 PM
Relatives.  Can't buy them or we would get better models.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 10, 2010, 01:01:50 AM
Thankfully I don't have anyone that messed up in my immediate family. As for the rest, I live far away from them. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 10, 2010, 12:44:26 PM
lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 10, 2010, 02:12:39 PM
Test probes for my multimeter. Broke the ones I had.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 10, 2010, 02:58:48 PM
Two tool boxes filled with various wood working tools mostly though I did find a WW1 bayonet without the handle just the tang in one of them
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 10, 2010, 07:15:44 PM


The complete "Star Trek, Deep Space Nine" series.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Vertex on August 11, 2010, 06:52:22 AM
A print of a New York city street for the office wall. Was a good find.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on August 11, 2010, 11:00:03 AM
Nintendo DSi XL and a Rockband 2 Fender Strat
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 11, 2010, 12:54:48 PM
Lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 11, 2010, 02:28:42 PM
A bolster pillow for my back while watching TV.  Since I'm not 5 feet tall, I either have my legs sticking straight off the sofa, or my back doesn't touch the sofa back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 11, 2010, 05:36:49 PM
Firewood storage rack
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 11, 2010, 09:12:35 PM
Some books and food, two pair of shorts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 11, 2010, 09:15:33 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 11, 2010, 02:28:42 PM
A bolster pillow for my back while watching TV.  Since I'm not 5 feet tall, I either have my legs sticking straight off the sofa, or my back doesn't touch the sofa back.
Sounds convenient.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 12, 2010, 04:39:48 AM
Trailer hitch.

......and a truck to put it on.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 12, 2010, 04:55:52 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 12, 2010, 04:39:48 AM
Trailer hitch.

......and a truck to put it on.

More details please
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 12, 2010, 06:33:03 PM
Got a Nissan Frontier Pro-4X six speed a month or so ago. ....(Nissan Navara for those of you outside of North America)

I've been holding out for years waiting for someone to offer a small or mid sized diesel truck, but no one wants to do it in the States. I officially gave up after all the delays with Mahindra bringing their diesel trucks here. It's a year late and then a few months ago I found they haven't even applied for CARB/EPA certification.....and then their distributor filed suite against them for the delays.  :wanker: :finger: :thumbdn:......not to mention they were only going to offer it with an automatic tranny, blah.  :thumbdn:

Couldn't wait any longer so I got this.
I like it. Capable, comfortable & a good value.....and I love sitting up off the road.


(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4761283862_3e4e1f900e_b.jpg)



(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4761284014_f87e163de9_b.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 12, 2010, 06:35:39 PM
Have truck will travel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 12, 2010, 07:14:05 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 11, 2010, 09:15:33 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 11, 2010, 02:28:42 PM
A bolster pillow for my back while watching TV.  Since I'm not 5 feet tall, I either have my legs sticking straight off the sofa, or my back doesn't touch the sofa back.
Sounds convenient.  :thumbup:

Little people are so cute! I work with a lady who is 4'11" and she is always standing on a stool to reach things!  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 12, 2010, 08:05:55 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 12, 2010, 06:33:03 PM
Got a Nissan Frontier Pro-4X six speed a month or so ago. ....(Nissan Navara for those of you outside of North America)

I've been holding out for years waiting for someone to offer a small or mid sized diesel truck, but no one wants to do it in the States. I officially gave up after all the delays with Mahindra bringing their diesel trucks here. It's a year late and then a few months ago I found they haven't even applied for CARB/EPA certification.....and then their distributor filed suite against them for the delays.  :wanker: :finger: :thumbdn:......not to mention they were only going to offer it with an automatic tranny, blah.  :thumbdn:

Couldn't wait any longer so I got this.
I like it. Capable, comfortable & a good value.....and I love sitting up off the road.


(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4761283862_3e4e1f900e_b.jpg)



(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4761284014_f87e163de9_b.jpg)
Nice truck Diesel.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 12, 2010, 09:07:27 PM

A new little network diddy to connect shit outdoors to my indoor network.

So, now my massive outdoor, deck mounted, PA system (a bit larger than most bands have as a club system, actually, when you consider that I am running about five thousand watts outside through eight - fifteen inch drivers, four - four inch horns, four one inch horns and four one inch bullet horns, alll quad-amped, EQ'ed, etc.) will be available to me at the touch of my mouse. NO more running in and out to make shit go to the player in a specific format. I just play shit on my player and there it goes!

I had a puny net system going that way, but it was a punk to deal with. This diddy will allow my outdoor system to recognise Winamp or any other player I choose to use in my main computer.

:woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: StupidOldMan on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 14, 2010, 09:49:22 PM
 :thumbup: on the awesome truck Diesel.

Stopped at a yard sale.  Bought the kiddo another bike since he's fairly proficent at riding now (he finally got the hang of balancing just late last year, mom had trouble with that one too  :P ).

Schwinn OCC Stingray chopper, for $40. Mom took the first turn at riding it.  :zoinks:

Not sure who loves riding it more, him, me, or the kid down the street.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 14, 2010, 10:02:42 PM
An HK USP 45 Compact. I will pick it up in 10 days after work. Here is a pic of my other USPs with the P7PSP. Top left USP 40 Compact, top right USP 9mm, lower left P7PSP, lower right USP 45. The USPc 45 is close to the same size as the USPc 40 on top left.
(http://i26.tinypic.com/2rrvy46.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on August 15, 2010, 06:05:16 AM
6kg of ground turmeric and 0.9kg of magnesium oxide.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 15, 2010, 07:35:46 AM
Quote from: Peter on August 15, 2010, 06:05:16 AM
6kg of ground turmeric and 0.9kg of magnesium oxide.

What are those for?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on August 15, 2010, 09:24:50 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 15, 2010, 07:35:46 AM
Quote from: Peter on August 15, 2010, 06:05:16 AM
6kg of ground turmeric and 0.9kg of magnesium oxide.

What are those for?  :orly:

They're for eating. 

I bought 1kg of turmeric about 6 months ago and finished it a few days ago, and since I can get turmeric for £4.05/kg but pay £7.99 delivery for anything from 2-19kg, I decided to get 6kg and store the excess in the freezer until I need it.  I buy all my herbs and spices in bulk, but I use more turmeric than anything else.

The magnesium oxide is a dietary supplement.  This particular package of magnesium oxide was marketed as a supplement for horses, but it's about a tenth the price of magnesium supplements that are marketed for humans and should be perfectly adequate.  For about £13, I get enough magnesium oxide to last me for a couple of years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 15, 2010, 09:30:29 AM
Quote from: Peter on August 15, 2010, 09:24:50 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 15, 2010, 07:35:46 AM
Quote from: Peter on August 15, 2010, 06:05:16 AM
6kg of ground turmeric and 0.9kg of magnesium oxide.

What are those for?  :orly:

They're for eating. 

I bought 1kg of turmeric about 6 months ago and finished it a few days ago, and since I can get turmeric for £4.05/kg but pay £7.99 delivery for anything from 2-19kg, I decided to get 6kg and store the excess in the freezer until I need it.  I buy all my herbs and spices in bulk, but I use more turmeric than anything else.

The magnesium oxide is a dietary supplement.  This particular package of magnesium oxide was marketed as a supplement for horses, but it's about a tenth the price of magnesium supplements that are marketed for humans and should be perfectly adequate.  For about £13, I get enough magnesium oxide to last me for a couple of years.

Thanks, I thought they were to be used in making explosives! Duh... :duh: :duh: :duh:  :laugh:


I hope those magnesium oxide supplements will be safe, having been formulated for horses!  :nerd!:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on August 15, 2010, 09:52:53 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 15, 2010, 09:30:29 AM
Quote from: Peter on August 15, 2010, 09:24:50 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 15, 2010, 07:35:46 AM
Quote from: Peter on August 15, 2010, 06:05:16 AM
6kg of ground turmeric and 0.9kg of magnesium oxide.

What are those for?  :orly:

They're for eating. 

I bought 1kg of turmeric about 6 months ago and finished it a few days ago, and since I can get turmeric for £4.05/kg but pay £7.99 delivery for anything from 2-19kg, I decided to get 6kg and store the excess in the freezer until I need it.  I buy all my herbs and spices in bulk, but I use more turmeric than anything else.

The magnesium oxide is a dietary supplement.  This particular package of magnesium oxide was marketed as a supplement for horses, but it's about a tenth the price of magnesium supplements that are marketed for humans and should be perfectly adequate.  For about £13, I get enough magnesium oxide to last me for a couple of years.

Thanks, I thought they were to be used in making explosives! Duh... :duh: :duh: :duh:  :laugh:


I hope those magnesium oxide supplements will be safe, having been formulated for horses!  :nerd!:

In theory, I could use the turmeric as a fuel in a fuel-air explosion, but I think eating it is a better option.

If the horses survive eating the magnesium oxide, it's probably free of dangerous contaminants.  It's just plain old magnesium oxide with nothing added to it, so there aren't any horse-specific-formulation issues, and it's the same stuff that's used in many magnesium supplements for humans.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 15, 2010, 01:44:08 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

Thanks PPK for upholding the Gentlemen of Intensity Squared Code of Honor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 15, 2010, 01:49:50 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 15, 2010, 01:44:08 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

Thanks PPK for upholding the Gentlemen of Intensity Squared Code of Honor.

And quite amazing that no male has asked for a picture without the dress yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 15, 2010, 01:53:53 PM
It is almost 3:00.  I have been sort of up since 6:15 this morning and for the first time in I can't tell you how long, I haven't bought a thing.  Will have to go out this evening and buy gas for the car, but that's something I didn't get a chance to do yesterday, so I'll count that on yesterday's purchases.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 15, 2010, 01:55:19 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 15, 2010, 01:49:50 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 15, 2010, 01:44:08 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

Thanks PPK for upholding the Gentlemen of Intensity Squared Code of Honor.

And quite amazing that no male has asked for a picture without the dress yet.

No doubt, one will! You know how it is here!   :sex?:   :lolhit:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2010, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

But pics of you without the dress are OK too. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 15, 2010, 03:20:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2010, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

But pics of you without the dress are OK too. :zoinks:
That's not what you said when I posted pics w/o a shirt on.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2010, 03:26:33 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 03:20:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2010, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

But pics of you without the dress are OK too. :zoinks:
That's not what you said when I posted pics w/o a shirt on.  :laugh:

:laugh: :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 15, 2010, 03:39:02 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 03:20:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2010, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

But pics of you without the dress are OK too. :zoinks:
That's not what you said when I posted pics w/o a shirt on.  :laugh:


Ooooohhh, where can I find these?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 15, 2010, 03:45:09 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 15, 2010, 03:39:02 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 03:20:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2010, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

But pics of you without the dress are OK too. :zoinks:
That's not what you said when I posted pics w/o a shirt on.  :laugh:


Ooooohhh, where can I find these?

Elders forum condensed photo thread, top of page 2! But that's only one pic, where are the others?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 15, 2010, 03:48:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 15, 2010, 03:45:09 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 15, 2010, 03:39:02 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 03:20:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2010, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

But pics of you without the dress are OK too. :zoinks:
That's not what you said when I posted pics w/o a shirt on.  :laugh:


Ooooohhh, where can I find these?

Elders forum condensed photo thread, top of page 2! But that's only one pic, where are the others?  :orly:

You are inquisitive.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 15, 2010, 03:55:12 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 15, 2010, 03:48:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 15, 2010, 03:45:09 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 15, 2010, 03:39:02 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 03:20:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 15, 2010, 03:17:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 14, 2010, 09:52:02 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately
Pics or it didn't happen!
Quote from: Weakling on August 14, 2010, 08:23:17 PM
Quote from: bearheart on August 14, 2010, 08:15:14 PM
I bought a nice dress lately

I'll bet it's two posts before one of the guys asks for a picture of you in the dress. 
Glad to oblige, I am a gentleman.  :zoinks:

But pics of you without the dress are OK too. :zoinks:
That's not what you said when I posted pics w/o a shirt on.  :laugh:


Ooooohhh, where can I find these?

Elders forum condensed photo thread, top of page 2! But that's only one pic, where are the others?  :orly:

You are inquisitive.  :laugh:

Indeed I am! All in the name of science!  :nerd!:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 15, 2010, 04:28:59 PM
four, three quarter inch dive sockets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 15, 2010, 04:33:34 PM
Quote from: parts on August 15, 2010, 04:28:59 PM
four, three quarter inch dive sockets
Is that a commonly used size in your work?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 15, 2010, 04:34:49 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 04:33:34 PM
Quote from: parts on August 15, 2010, 04:28:59 PM
four, three quarter inch dive sockets
Is that a commonly used size in your work?

I love to hear shop talk!  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 15, 2010, 04:38:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 04:33:34 PM
Quote from: parts on August 15, 2010, 04:28:59 PM
four, three quarter inch dive sockets
Is that a commonly used size in your work?

Not at all I got them for fixing things.  I needed some once and was taken aback by how much they cost, I have since been trying to build a set cheep so when I see them and they are a cheep I get them
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 15, 2010, 04:39:57 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 15, 2010, 04:34:49 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 04:33:34 PM
Quote from: parts on August 15, 2010, 04:28:59 PM
four, three quarter inch dive sockets
Is that a commonly used size in your work?

I love to hear shop talk!  ;D
When Hyke said men talk a lot she neglected to mention that it is generally about important stuff like sockets, dremels, layout and fire.  :indeed:

Quote from: parts on August 15, 2010, 04:38:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 04:33:34 PM
Quote from: parts on August 15, 2010, 04:28:59 PM
four, three quarter inch dive sockets
Is that a commonly used size in your work?

Not at all I got them for fixing things.  I needed some once and was taken aback by how much they cost, I have since been trying to build a set cheep so when I see them and they are a cheep I get them
And having spares. Good idea Parts.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 15, 2010, 09:34:44 PM
Quote from: parts on August 15, 2010, 04:38:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 04:33:34 PM
Quote from: parts on August 15, 2010, 04:28:59 PM
four, three quarter inch dive sockets
Is that a commonly used size in your work?

Not at all I got them for fixing things.  I needed some once and was taken aback by how much they cost, I have since been trying to build a set cheep so when I see them and they are a cheep I get them

I have a set of standard & metric (metric might be missing a couple), don't use them alot, but when you need them you need them. Have alot of larger size metrics setting around I used for the VW's (crankshaft nut was 30mm I think), probably never use them again, but they're there.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 16, 2010, 10:55:56 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 15, 2010, 04:39:57 PM

When Hyke said men talk a lot she neglected to mention that it is generally about important stuff like sockets, dremels, layout and fire.  :indeed:


Aaah, but when men talk about that, it is interesting and doesn't take that long.

When 5 men try reconstructing who lives and lived where, moved where, with whom and why, and what job they had and have, that's where my head gets done in. And it takes ages before they stop chatting like that. Women use it to fill soundless space, annoying too. Men start that way, and then go on till they have it all sorted. 

I should have videotaped it the last time I got overdosed on male small talk.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 16, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
Chocolate, with orange chocolate filling,
Bed-covers, white with a purple decoration,
Dividers for in 23 ring maps.
Green, yellow, orange and pink tekst markers.
Baguette and brie, easy feeding this evening, after a very tiresome day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 16, 2010, 06:05:57 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 16, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
Chocolate, with orange chocolate filling,
Bed-covers, white with a purple decoration,
Dividers for in 23 ring maps.
Green, yellow, orange and pink tekst markers.
Baguette and brie, easy feeding this evening, after a very tiresome day.

I hope you bought enough food for cbc and me.  I'll pick her up on my way over.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 16, 2010, 06:10:08 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 16, 2010, 06:05:57 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 16, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
Chocolate, with orange chocolate filling,
Bed-covers, white with a purple decoration,
Dividers for in 23 ring maps.
Green, yellow, orange and pink tekst markers.
Baguette and brie, easy feeding this evening, after a very tiresome day.

I hope you bought enough food for cbc and me.  I'll pick her up on my way over.

The two of you are welcome. The bread is in the green enamel bread box, the brie in the fridge, butter and chocolate in the kitchen cupboard. If you find that I am sleeping, please don't wake me, but help yourself. I will be meeting you in the morning then.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 16, 2010, 06:16:39 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 16, 2010, 06:10:08 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 16, 2010, 06:05:57 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 16, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
Chocolate, with orange chocolate filling,
Bed-covers, white with a purple decoration,
Dividers for in 23 ring maps.
Green, yellow, orange and pink tekst markers.
Baguette and brie, easy feeding this evening, after a very tiresome day.

I hope you bought enough food for cbc and me.  I'll pick her up on my way over.

The two of you are welcome. The bread is in the green enamel bread box, the brie in the fridge, butter and chocolate in the kitchen cupboard. If you find that I am sleeping, please don't wake me, but help yourself. I will be meeting you in the morning then.

Fantastic hostess.  Thanks :cheese:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 16, 2010, 07:28:42 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 16, 2010, 06:05:57 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 16, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
Chocolate, with orange chocolate filling,
Bed-covers, white with a purple decoration,
Dividers for in 23 ring maps.
Green, yellow, orange and pink tekst markers.
Baguette and brie, easy feeding this evening, after a very tiresome day.

I hope you bought enough food for cbc and me.  I'll pick her up on my way over.

Yay, Weakling and I are going to   :plane:   to see hyke!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 16, 2010, 07:29:45 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 16, 2010, 06:10:08 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 16, 2010, 06:05:57 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 16, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
Chocolate, with orange chocolate filling,
Bed-covers, white with a purple decoration,
Dividers for in 23 ring maps.
Green, yellow, orange and pink tekst markers.
Baguette and brie, easy feeding this evening, after a very tiresome day.

I hope you bought enough food for cbc and me.  I'll pick her up on my way over.

The two of you are welcome. The bread is in the green enamel bread box, the brie in the fridge, butter and chocolate in the kitchen cupboard. If you find that I am sleeping, please don't wake me, but help yourself. I will be meeting you in the morning then.

Will you be making us breakfast then?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 16, 2010, 08:49:47 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 16, 2010, 07:29:45 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 16, 2010, 06:10:08 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 16, 2010, 06:05:57 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 16, 2010, 10:58:27 AM
Chocolate, with orange chocolate filling,
Bed-covers, white with a purple decoration,
Dividers for in 23 ring maps.
Green, yellow, orange and pink tekst markers.
Baguette and brie, easy feeding this evening, after a very tiresome day.

I hope you bought enough food for cbc and me.  I'll pick her up on my way over.

The two of you are welcome. The bread is in the green enamel bread box, the brie in the fridge, butter and chocolate in the kitchen cupboard. If you find that I am sleeping, please don't wake me, but help yourself. I will be meeting you in the morning then.

Will you be making us breakfast then?  :zoinks:

Cocoa and croissants please.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 08:06:51 AM
I'll have three fried eggs, four slices of bacon, a can of fried hash, and five slices of toast.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on August 19, 2010, 08:15:35 AM
^ I made a pie, you can have some of that :*

Bought washing powder, pork chops, noodles. Tomorrow I buy a haircut and colour.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 19, 2010, 08:18:22 AM
Quote from: Eclair on August 19, 2010, 08:15:35 AM
^ I made a pie, you can have some of that :*

Bought washing powder, pork chops, noodles. Tomorrow I buy a haircut and colour.

Ooooo, pie! What kind?  *doesn't care, knows it will be great because Eclair made it, dashes over and grabs it*  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 08:23:20 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 19, 2010, 08:18:22 AM
Quote from: Eclair on August 19, 2010, 08:15:35 AM
^ I made a pie, you can have some of that :*

Bought washing powder, pork chops, noodles. Tomorrow I buy a haircut and colour.

Ooooo, pie! What kind?  *doesn't care, knows it will be great because Eclair made it, dashes over and grabs it*  :drool:

*plucks out of hands with a chuckle.*

*Puts hand on cbc's head, holding her back. Eats.*


I win again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 19, 2010, 08:34:19 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 08:23:20 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 19, 2010, 08:18:22 AM
Quote from: Eclair on August 19, 2010, 08:15:35 AM
^ I made a pie, you can have some of that :*

Bought washing powder, pork chops, noodles. Tomorrow I buy a haircut and colour.

Ooooo, pie! What kind?  *doesn't care, knows it will be great because Eclair made it, dashes over and grabs it*  :drool:

*plucks out of hands with a chuckle.*

*Puts hand on cbc's head, holding her back. Eats.*


I win again.


MINE!!!! Not fair!  :bigcry: :angrydance: :bigcry: :angrydance: :bigcry: :angrydance: :bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 08:35:28 AM
*remainder of pie finds its way in cbc's face.*

*turns 360 degrees and moonwalks away*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 19, 2010, 10:04:15 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 08:35:28 AM
*remainder of pie finds its way in cbc's face.*

*turns 360 degrees and moonwalks away*

Wouldn't you walk right into cbc?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 10:08:14 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 19, 2010, 10:04:15 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 08:35:28 AM
*remainder of pie finds its way in cbc's face.*

*turns 360 degrees and moonwalks away*

Wouldn't you walk right into cbc?
*guffaws*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 19, 2010, 10:09:00 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 19, 2010, 10:04:15 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 08:35:28 AM
*remainder of pie finds its way in cbc's face.*

*turns 360 degrees and moonwalks away*

Wouldn't you walk right into cbc?

She's right! 360 degrees = full circle, right back where you started!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 19, 2010, 11:46:02 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 19, 2010, 10:09:00 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 19, 2010, 10:04:15 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 08:35:28 AM
*remainder of pie finds its way in cbc's face.*

*turns 360 degrees and moonwalks away*

Wouldn't you walk right into cbc?

She's right! 360 degrees = full circle, right back where you started!  :laugh:

I had a deja vu experience.

Quote from: hykeaswell on January 27, 2010, 11:16:47 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on January 27, 2010, 09:41:33 AM
What you do is turn 360 degrees and walk away.  :zoinks:

360 degrees?

Wouldn't you be walking over them then? Is an option too, I know.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on August 19, 2010, 12:00:50 PM
All your base... ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 19, 2010, 12:47:53 PM
New work shoes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 19, 2010, 02:17:11 PM
Quote from: parts on August 19, 2010, 12:47:53 PM
New work shoes

Replacing your old work shoes is very important, especially once the slip-resistant treads begin to wear smooth!  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 19, 2010, 02:56:21 PM


LoL!!

Fishing bait, in the form of earthworms.  I ate my morning panfish catch for lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 19, 2010, 03:04:40 PM
A Thai cookbook.  Don't know if I'll ever cook Thai, but if the King of Siam ever invites me to dine at least I won't be a complete idiot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 19, 2010, 03:09:12 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 19, 2010, 02:56:21 PM


LoL!!

Fishing bait, in the form of earthworms.  I ate my morning panfish catch for lunch.

Did you use tartar sauce? I love tartar sauce and use it in place of mayonnaise whenever I can!  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Chair on August 23, 2010, 01:39:45 PM
First editions:

(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/431/bestshortstories250.jpg)

(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1962/gdsadgs.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 23, 2010, 01:43:52 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 19, 2010, 03:09:12 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 19, 2010, 02:56:21 PM


LoL!!

Fishing bait, in the form of earthworms.  I ate my morning panfish catch for lunch.

Did you use tartar sauce? I love tartar sauce and use it in place of mayonnaise whenever I can!  :drool:


No. We "traveled light."  The only condiments I brought along were salt and pepper. I did find some wild sage, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 23, 2010, 02:39:19 PM
Quote from: Chair on August 23, 2010, 01:39:45 PM
First editions:

(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/431/bestshortstories250.jpg)

(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1962/gdsadgs.jpg)

A book person :thumbup:  I love books .  Were the ones you got expensive or did you find them at an estate sale or somewhere people did not concern themselves with the fact they are first editions.  My brother once got The Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from the early 1900's all signed and in excellent condition  for free when they were tossing it out in the trash at the thrift store next to his store.  He sold them to a collector for over a thousand dollars
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 23, 2010, 02:51:06 PM
I found complete yearly editions of the Strand magazine from the Sherlock Holmes days in an antique store once but couldn't afford to buy them. I really wanted to.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 23, 2010, 03:02:17 PM
Estate sales are the way to go not many people look really close at the books and most antique dealers don't know a lot about them.  My brother has thousand at his store only a few are worth anything
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Chair on August 23, 2010, 04:02:04 PM
Quote from: parts on August 23, 2010, 02:39:19 PM
A book person :thumbup:  I love books .  Were the ones you got expensive or did you find them at an estate sale or somewhere people did not concern themselves with the fact they are first editions.  My brother once got The Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from the early 1900's all signed and in excellent condition  for free when they were tossing it out in the trash at the thrift store next to his store.  He sold them to a collector for over a thousand dollars

They were rather expensive, but mostly due to the expensive shipping. The J.G. Ballard book's shipping was 2x the cost of the book itself, which was unfortunate, but I decided to bite the bullet and go through with the purchase as I couldn't find a first-edition anywhere else in such good condition.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on August 24, 2010, 10:55:24 AM
Essential oils and an electric vaporiser for my mum's birthday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 24, 2010, 11:01:43 AM
Quote from: Peter on August 24, 2010, 10:55:24 AM
Essential oils and an electric vaporiser for my mum's birthday.

Nice present. Do the essential oils go into the vaporizer, to scent the air, or are the two purchases unrelated?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2010, 11:17:27 AM
B'fast - a McD's hamburger meal
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 24, 2010, 01:58:57 PM
Stick clips and insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 24, 2010, 03:22:41 PM
Lunch at McDonald's.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on August 24, 2010, 04:43:06 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 24, 2010, 11:01:43 AM
Quote from: Peter on August 24, 2010, 10:55:24 AM
Essential oils and an electric vaporiser for my mum's birthday.

Nice present. Do the essential oils go into the vaporizer, to scent the air, or are the two purchases unrelated?

Yes, the vaporiser is for the essential oils.  I've bought her oils before and she has some oil heaters that use candles to heat a shallow dish of oil, but the candles are a bit sooty and smelly and I think she'll find an electric vaporiser more convenient.  She particularly liked some orange oil that I got her previously, so I got her lemon and lime oils to expand her range of citrus scents, lavender to replace stuff that she's used up and also peppermint, rosemary and vanilla for variety.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 24, 2010, 06:39:33 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2010, 06:55:44 PM
Ham, cheese and turkey, cole slaw and potato salad from the deli with rosemary foccacio for a cold platter for dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 24, 2010, 07:03:32 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 24, 2010, 06:55:44 PM
Ham, cheese and turkey, cole slaw and potato salad from the deli with rosemary foccacio for a cold platter for dinner.

Any leftovers?  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2010, 07:06:09 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 24, 2010, 07:03:32 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 24, 2010, 06:55:44 PM
Ham, cheese and turkey, cole slaw and potato salad from the deli with rosemary foccacio for a cold platter for dinner.

Any leftovers?  :drool:

Unfortunately no.  I do have some peeled oranges I can  :plane: over.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 24, 2010, 07:08:04 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 24, 2010, 07:06:09 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 24, 2010, 07:03:32 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 24, 2010, 06:55:44 PM
Ham, cheese and turkey, cole slaw and potato salad from the deli with rosemary foccacio for a cold platter for dinner.

Any leftovers?  :drool:

Unfortunately no.  I do have some peeled oranges I can  :plane: over.

Excellent! You are most resourceful, and seem to have a well-stocked kitchen!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 07:10:07 AM
e-cigarette liguid
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 25, 2010, 07:12:04 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 07:10:07 AM
e-cigarette liguid

Are you quitting smoking?  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 25, 2010, 10:36:10 AM
B'fast so far.  Will probably stop by McDonalds for a  :coffee: frappe later on while I'm out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 10:57:51 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 25, 2010, 07:12:04 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 07:10:07 AM
e-cigarette liguid

Are you quitting smoking?  :viking:
already have
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 25, 2010, 11:16:44 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 10:57:51 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 25, 2010, 07:12:04 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 07:10:07 AM
e-cigarette liguid

Are you quitting smoking?  :viking:
already have

Great for you.  Keep up the good work.  It will be worth it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 11:26:09 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 25, 2010, 11:16:44 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 10:57:51 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 25, 2010, 07:12:04 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 07:10:07 AM
e-cigarette liguid

Are you quitting smoking?  :viking:
already have

Great for you.  Keep up the good work.  It will be worth it.
thanks...........
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 25, 2010, 12:28:19 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 25, 2010, 12:58:25 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 25, 2010, 11:16:44 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 10:57:51 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 25, 2010, 07:12:04 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 25, 2010, 07:10:07 AM
e-cigarette liguid

Are you quitting smoking?  :viking:
already have

Great for you.  Keep up the good work.  It will be worth it.

 :agreed:  Then you can post with us for many happy, healthy years!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 25, 2010, 01:00:40 PM
I bought back my shut-off cable service, but the box has to be turned back on outside the house, which won't happen till Monday afternoon.
Fortunately they don't need anyone inside the apartment, since I will be at work that day!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 25, 2010, 03:00:46 PM
A coffee and more stick-clips
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 25, 2010, 08:01:17 PM
Donnie Darko on Blue-Ray and a 22 ton log splitter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 25, 2010, 08:04:57 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 25, 2010, 08:01:17 PM
Donnie Darko on Blue-Ray and a 22 ton log splitter.

Show us the log splitter!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 25, 2010, 08:40:21 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 25, 2010, 08:04:57 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 25, 2010, 08:01:17 PM
Donnie Darko on Blue-Ray and a 22 ton log splitter.

Show us the log splitter!  :viking:
Yes, that sounds like cool equipment.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 25, 2010, 08:42:44 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 25, 2010, 08:40:21 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 25, 2010, 08:04:57 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 25, 2010, 08:01:17 PM
Donnie Darko on Blue-Ray and a 22 ton log splitter.

Show us the log splitter!  :viking:
Yes, that sounds like cool equipment.

Post film of it on Youtube, splitting a winter's worth of firewood!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 25, 2010, 10:35:13 PM
I bought a book for uni titled Social Psychology. It was over $80. I hope I get some good use out of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 26, 2010, 05:00:25 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 25, 2010, 08:40:21 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 25, 2010, 08:04:57 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 25, 2010, 08:01:17 PM
Donnie Darko on Blue-Ray and a 22 ton log splitter.

Show us the log splitter!  :viking:
Yes, that sounds like cool equipment.




(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4926789987_85973e79b4_o.jpg)


Here's a vid of someone else using the same splitter.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4pAx2zJeLc
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 26, 2010, 05:10:45 AM
Excellent purchase!  :viking:


I'm a bit  :dunce:  about stuff like that, so I thought the log splitter *weighed* 22 tons and I wondered how you got it home!  :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on August 26, 2010, 05:22:41 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 26, 2010, 05:10:45 AM
Excellent purchase!  :viking:


I'm a bit  :dunce:  about stuff like that, so I thought the log splitter *weighed* 22 tons and I wondered how you got it home!  :lol:


I thought the same :laugh:


I bought junk food delicious supermarket items earlier this evening.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 26, 2010, 05:26:11 AM
I have used those just watch for were the woo is falling and wear steel toe shoes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 26, 2010, 05:27:55 AM
Quote from: YOURMUM on August 26, 2010, 05:22:41 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 26, 2010, 05:10:45 AM
Excellent purchase!  :viking:


I'm a bit  :dunce:  about stuff like that, so I thought the log splitter *weighed* 22 tons and I wondered how you got it home!  :lol:


I thought the same :laugh:


I bought junk food delicious supermarket items earlier this evening.

I need to buy some fatty snacks fruits and vegetables myself!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 26, 2010, 05:16:45 PM
Wallpaper. Intensely purple for one wall, white with a black pattern for another wall, and plain white for the remaining two walls.

That 9 year old is going to get an impressive room  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 26, 2010, 05:20:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 26, 2010, 05:16:45 PM
Wallpaper. Intensely purple for one wall, white with a black pattern for another wall, and plain white for the remaining two walls.

That 9 year old is going to get an impressive room  :asthing:

It sounds quite regal.  I am fighting against our dear daughter wanting a blindingly bright pink room, all 4 walls.  I would prefer your daughter's choices.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 26, 2010, 05:27:34 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 26, 2010, 05:20:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 26, 2010, 05:16:45 PM
Wallpaper. Intensely purple for one wall, white with a black pattern for another wall, and plain white for the remaining two walls.

That 9 year old is going to get an impressive room  :asthing:

It sounds quite regal.  I am fighting against our dear daughter wanting a blindingly bright pink room, all 4 walls.  I would prefer your daughter's choices.


Ah, I am happy to say that both my girls have gone past the pink stage. The room of the youngest is still in pink now, but, it's more a Mexican red than the painful pink that is used in lots of girls rooms.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 26, 2010, 05:49:44 PM
Quote from: parts on August 26, 2010, 05:26:11 AM
I have used those just watch for were the woo is falling and wear steel toe shoes

I know what you were intending to write, but if your woo is falling, is it long enough that you need steel toed shoes?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 26, 2010, 05:58:11 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 26, 2010, 05:49:44 PM
Quote from: parts on August 26, 2010, 05:26:11 AM
I have used those just watch for were the woo is falling and wear steel toe shoes

I know what you were intending to write, but if your woo is falling, is it long enough that you need steel toed shoes?

When your woo is falling you should get some Viagra  :eyebrows:


I almost always wear safety shoes just a habit for me
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 26, 2010, 06:06:47 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 26, 2010, 05:27:34 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 26, 2010, 05:20:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 26, 2010, 05:16:45 PM
Wallpaper. Intensely purple for one wall, white with a black pattern for another wall, and plain white for the remaining two walls.

That 9 year old is going to get an impressive room  :asthing:

It sounds quite regal.  I am fighting against our dear daughter wanting a blindingly bright pink room, all 4 walls.  I would prefer your daughter's choices.


Ah, I am happy to say that both my girls have gone past the pink stage. The room of the youngest is still in pink now, but, it's more a Mexican red than the painful pink that is used in lots of girls rooms.



Pink. *shudder*

I can honestly say I never went through that stage. When I was 9 I wanted my room painted black.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 26, 2010, 06:31:32 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on August 26, 2010, 06:06:47 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 26, 2010, 05:27:34 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 26, 2010, 05:20:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 26, 2010, 05:16:45 PM
Wallpaper. Intensely purple for one wall, white with a black pattern for another wall, and plain white for the remaining two walls.

That 9 year old is going to get an impressive room  :asthing:

It sounds quite regal.  I am fighting against our dear daughter wanting a blindingly bright pink room, all 4 walls.  I would prefer your daughter's choices.


Ah, I am happy to say that both my girls have gone past the pink stage. The room of the youngest is still in pink now, but, it's more a Mexican red than the painful pink that is used in lots of girls rooms.



Pink. *shudder*

I can honestly say I never went through that stage. When I was 9 I wanted my room painted black.  :zoinks:

My Mother said she would warn off any possible boyfriends since from a small child my favorite color was black.  She thought I might make a career of widowhood.  And I guess I did since I'm now Queen Victoria.   ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 26, 2010, 06:40:37 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on August 26, 2010, 06:06:47 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 26, 2010, 05:27:34 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 26, 2010, 05:20:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 26, 2010, 05:16:45 PM
Wallpaper. Intensely purple for one wall, white with a black pattern for another wall, and plain white for the remaining two walls.

That 9 year old is going to get an impressive room  :asthing:

It sounds quite regal.  I am fighting against our dear daughter wanting a blindingly bright pink room, all 4 walls.  I would prefer your daughter's choices.


Ah, I am happy to say that both my girls have gone past the pink stage. The room of the youngest is still in pink now, but, it's more a Mexican red than the painful pink that is used in lots of girls rooms.



Pink. *shudder*

I can honestly say I never went through that stage. When I was 9 I wanted my room painted black.  :zoinks:

Did they give in to your wishes?

Last year my youngest wanted hers black (ceiling too) and dark purple only. I did not allow it. But, did admire her taste.  :witch1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 26, 2010, 06:44:11 PM
I wanted black but was always told no.  I settled for black out curtains
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 26, 2010, 07:00:24 PM
Quote from: parts on August 26, 2010, 06:44:11 PM
I wanted black but was always told no.  I settled for black out curtains

Same here. I got the matching comforter too though.

Grew up in gov. owned house, so you were limited on color choices.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 26, 2010, 07:42:37 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on August 26, 2010, 07:00:24 PM
Quote from: parts on August 26, 2010, 06:44:11 PM
I wanted black but was always told no.  I settled for black out curtains

Same here. I got the matching comforter too though.

Grew up in gov. owned house, so you were limited on color choices.

We had a rental and at my grandmothers well she had one of those showcase antique houses
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 26, 2010, 07:58:08 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 26, 2010, 05:49:44 PM
Quote from: parts on August 26, 2010, 05:26:11 AM
I have used those just watch for were the woo is falling and wear steel toe shoes

I know what you were intending to write, but if your woo is falling, is it long enough that you need steel toed shoes?

 :plus:  She does it again!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 26, 2010, 08:13:22 PM
Last night I picked up this H&K USP 45 Compact. It has an AC (2002) date code and has been fired less than 500 rounds according to the original owner. I have three other USPs and know the wear to look for and his stated usage appears to be spot on. It has Tru Dot tritium night sights.
(http://i34.tinypic.com/2q1e0ax.jpg)

And here it is hanging out with my other compact 45 ACPs. Top left Kimber Ultra CDP II, top right Bond Arms Texas Defender derringer, bottom left Glock 36 with hard chromed upper and bottom right the new USPc. This picture sucks but I am too lazy to take another one.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2lkbnmx.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 26, 2010, 08:20:09 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 26, 2010, 08:13:22 PM
Last night I picked up this H&K USP 45 Compact. It has an AC (2002) date code and has been fired less than 500 rounds according to the original owner. I have three other USPs and know the wear to look for and his stated usage appears to be spot on. It has Tru Dot tritium night sights.
(http://i34.tinypic.com/2q1e0ax.jpg)

And here it is hanging out with my other compact 45 ACPs. Top left Kimber Ultra CDP II, top right Bond Arms Texas Defender derringer, bottom left Glock 36 with hard chromed upper and bottom right the new USPc. This picture sucks but I am too lazy to take another one.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2lkbnmx.jpg)

I love your gun centerfolds! That beige couch makes such a flattering setting for them.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 26, 2010, 08:22:15 PM
I must have known on some level that one day I would have a digital camera and desktop when I bought that couch.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 26, 2010, 08:25:07 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 26, 2010, 08:22:15 PM
I must have known on some level that one day I would have a digital camera and desktop when I bought that couch.  :zoinks:

And that its color and fabric would make a lovely background for whomwhatever you might wish to photograph!  :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 26, 2010, 09:57:08 PM
PPK if you ever join the Royal Court I will make your The Duke of Armory and in charge of all my military.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 26, 2010, 10:02:00 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 26, 2010, 09:57:08 PM
PPK if you ever join the Royal Court I will make your The Duke of Armory and in charge of all my military.
That is a nice offer, I have to finish out my current job before thinking any further on it.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 27, 2010, 04:04:19 PM
A parking ticket. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 27, 2010, 04:24:05 PM
Makes mr want to go shooting
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 27, 2010, 09:06:46 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 27, 2010, 04:04:19 PM
A parking ticket. :orly:

How does one buy a parking ticket?  Does it allow you to park anywhere or just one place?  Surely you don't mean that you paid for a parking infraction?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 28, 2010, 01:33:06 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 27, 2010, 09:06:46 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 27, 2010, 04:04:19 PM
A parking ticket. :orly:

How does one buy a parking ticket?  Does it allow you to park anywhere or just one place?  Surely you don't mean that you paid for a parking infraction?

It allowed me to park anywhere. Well, on any street that belongs to the same parking zone.

And one buys them from machines strategically placed where parking is allowed. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 28, 2010, 03:59:31 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 28, 2010, 01:33:06 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 27, 2010, 09:06:46 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 27, 2010, 04:04:19 PM
A parking ticket. :orly:

How does one buy a parking ticket?  Does it allow you to park anywhere or just one place?  Surely you don't mean that you paid for a parking infraction?

It allowed me to park anywhere. Well, on any street that belongs to the same parking zone.

And one buys them from machines strategically placed where parking is allowed. :orly:

That's cool! Here in the States, parking ticket are a penalty, not a convenience.  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 28, 2010, 12:56:50 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 28, 2010, 03:59:31 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 28, 2010, 01:33:06 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 27, 2010, 09:06:46 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 27, 2010, 04:04:19 PM
A parking ticket. :orly:

How does one buy a parking ticket?  Does it allow you to park anywhere or just one place?  Surely you don't mean that you paid for a parking infraction?

It allowed me to park anywhere. Well, on any street that belongs to the same parking zone.

And one buys them from machines strategically placed where parking is allowed. :orly:

That's cool! Here in the States, parking ticket are a penalty, not a convenience.  :thumbdn:

Same word for two things. We get that kind of tickets too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 28, 2010, 01:05:07 PM
An Ammeter and some Happy Hippos
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on August 28, 2010, 02:24:40 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 28, 2010, 12:56:50 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 28, 2010, 03:59:31 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 28, 2010, 01:33:06 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 27, 2010, 09:06:46 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 27, 2010, 04:04:19 PM
A parking ticket. :orly:

How does one buy a parking ticket?  Does it allow you to park anywhere or just one place?  Surely you don't mean that you paid for a parking infraction?

It allowed me to park anywhere. Well, on any street that belongs to the same parking zone.

And one buys them from machines strategically placed where parking is allowed. :orly:

That's cool! Here in the States, parking ticket are a penalty, not a convenience.  :thumbdn:

Same word for two things. We get that kind of tickets too.

Here we call it a parking permit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 28, 2010, 04:01:22 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on August 28, 2010, 02:24:40 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 28, 2010, 12:56:50 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 28, 2010, 03:59:31 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 28, 2010, 01:33:06 AM
Quote from: Weakling on August 27, 2010, 09:06:46 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 27, 2010, 04:04:19 PM
A parking ticket. :orly:

How does one buy a parking ticket?  Does it allow you to park anywhere or just one place?  Surely you don't mean that you paid for a parking infraction?

It allowed me to park anywhere. Well, on any street that belongs to the same parking zone.

And one buys them from machines strategically placed where parking is allowed. :orly:

That's cool! Here in the States, parking ticket are a penalty, not a convenience.  :thumbdn:

Same word for two things. We get that kind of tickets too.

Here we call it a parking permit.

Oh yeah, I think we do have those. Having a different name for it eliminates the confusion.  :duh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 28, 2010, 06:01:33 PM
Quote from: parts on August 28, 2010, 01:05:07 PM
An Ammeter and some Happy Hippos
Inductive or in series type?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 28, 2010, 06:24:17 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 28, 2010, 06:01:33 PM
Quote from: parts on August 28, 2010, 01:05:07 PM
An Ammeter and some Happy Hippos
Inductive or in series type?
Inductive it was just $5 at a tag sale and I got a nice leather punch with it that makes a 13/16 inch hole
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 29, 2010, 02:14:50 PM
Today?


Three new two terabyte external drives.

Two will be used as storage space to rip all the decent video off the massive box of tapes my "friend" gave me and the remaining one will be where I store my editing efforts, until I have the time to author DVD sized portions for future reference and also as gifts back to he who gave me this treasure and massively tasking project.

(It will take all winter to get through this stack of stuff.     :woohoo:   I will survive the winter!!!)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 29, 2010, 02:39:34 PM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 29, 2010, 02:45:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 29, 2010, 02:39:34 PM
Groceries.
\
Mundane, but essential.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 29, 2010, 02:51:55 PM
Quote from: Weakling on August 29, 2010, 02:45:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 29, 2010, 02:39:34 PM
Groceries.
\
Mundane, but essential.

Unavoidable, I'd say.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 30, 2010, 06:38:23 PM
Gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 30, 2010, 06:41:52 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 30, 2010, 06:38:23 PM
Gas

Or was it Diesel :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 30, 2010, 06:47:22 PM
Filled up my gas tank after work today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 30, 2010, 07:12:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

I have a 35 gallon tank and a 496 big block V8
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 30, 2010, 07:21:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:12:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

I have a 35 gallon tank and a 496 big block V8
I have a 3.7 litre V6. My main reason for getting a truck is that some of the parking lots we have to park in have bumps, potholes and other shit that make a truck suspension more desirable than my little Grand Am had.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 30, 2010, 07:24:08 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:21:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:12:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

I have a 35 gallon tank and a 496 big block V8
I have a 3.7 litre V6. My main reason for getting a truck is that some of the parking lots we have to park in have bumps, potholes and other shit that make a truck suspension more desirable than my little Grand Am had.

I carry up to a ton regularly  in the bed and tow a trailer.  I have had over 3000 lbs in the bed before a few times :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 30, 2010, 07:26:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:24:08 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:21:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:12:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

I have a 35 gallon tank and a 496 big block V8
I have a 3.7 litre V6. My main reason for getting a truck is that some of the parking lots we have to park in have bumps, potholes and other shit that make a truck suspension more desirable than my little Grand Am had.

I carry up to a ton regularly  in the bed and tow a trailer.  I have had over 3000 lbs in the bed before a few times :o
I bet that makes it sag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 30, 2010, 07:28:10 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:26:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:24:08 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:21:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:12:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

I have a 35 gallon tank and a 496 big block V8
I have a 3.7 litre V6. My main reason for getting a truck is that some of the parking lots we have to park in have bumps, potholes and other shit that make a truck suspension more desirable than my little Grand Am had.

I carry up to a ton regularly  in the bed and tow a trailer.  I have had over 3000 lbs in the bed before a few times :o
I bet that makes it sag.

Yeah but it wreaked my last truck.  My brother has broken leaf springs doing it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 30, 2010, 07:38:42 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:28:10 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:26:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:24:08 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:21:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:12:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

I have a 35 gallon tank and a 496 big block V8
I have a 3.7 litre V6. My main reason for getting a truck is that some of the parking lots we have to park in have bumps, potholes and other shit that make a truck suspension more desirable than my little Grand Am had.

I carry up to a ton regularly  in the bed and tow a trailer.  I have had over 3000 lbs in the bed before a few times :o
I bet that makes it sag.

Yeah but it wreaked my last truck.  My brother has broken leaf springs doing it
As in more than once?  :LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 30, 2010, 07:43:42 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:38:42 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:28:10 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:26:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:24:08 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:21:14 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 07:12:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

I have a 35 gallon tank and a 496 big block V8
I have a 3.7 litre V6. My main reason for getting a truck is that some of the parking lots we have to park in have bumps, potholes and other shit that make a truck suspension more desirable than my little Grand Am had.

I carry up to a ton regularly  in the bed and tow a trailer.  I have had over 3000 lbs in the bed before a few times :o
I bet that makes it sag.

Yeah but it wreaked my last truck.  My brother has broken leaf springs doing it
As in more than once?  :LMAO:


He drives them till they drive no more and has a new one every other time I see him :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on August 31, 2010, 05:00:19 AM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:41:52 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 30, 2010, 06:38:23 PM
Gas

Or was it Diesel :zoinks:

lol

It was gas becasue I can't get a small diesel truck in this country.
But I just found out yesterday the Mahindra got EPA certification to sell their trucks here........maybe other established truck makers will follow and offer a diesel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on August 31, 2010, 05:51:25 PM
I just ordered a new external hard drive abd im expecting it by this Friday and the least.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 31, 2010, 05:55:53 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 31, 2010, 05:00:19 AM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:41:52 PM
Quote from: Diesel on August 30, 2010, 06:38:23 PM
Gas

Or was it Diesel :zoinks:

lol

It was gas becasue I can't get a small diesel truck in this country.
But I just found out yesterday the Mahindra got EPA certification to sell their trucks here........maybe other established truck makers will follow and offer a diesel

The Mahindras looked interesting I would consider one next time around and it would be a diesel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 31, 2010, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Ouch. I guess that partly accounts for the popularity of mopeds/vespas in Europe. Here in the states the "coolest" two wheeled vehicle is considered by many to be a Harley. If I had a full sized bike I would want a reliable modern engine rather than a cool noise. Of course you will never see me wear a Support Your Local Red And White sticker or shirt either.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on August 31, 2010, 11:58:43 PM
Quote from: superboyian on August 31, 2010, 05:51:25 PM
I just ordered a new external hard drive abd im expecting it by this Friday and the least.

How big?

I just bought 2x 2TB hard drives for my Media PC.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 01, 2010, 12:38:57 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 31, 2010, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Ouch. I guess that partly accounts for the popularity of mopeds/vespas in Europe. Here in the states the "coolest" two wheeled vehicle is considered by many to be a Harley. If I had a full sized bike I would want a reliable modern engine rather than a cool noise. Of course you will never see me wear a Support Your Local Red And White sticker or shirt either.

The past year, one of the branches that does well, because of the crisis, is the bicycle trade. Even in our tiny village we have one now. Bicycles are booming business, not using any fuel at all, and saving on the costs for the gym in the mean time too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on September 01, 2010, 04:39:44 AM
Quote from: Phlexor on August 31, 2010, 11:58:43 PM
Quote from: superboyian on August 31, 2010, 05:51:25 PM
I just ordered a new external hard drive abd im expecting it by this Friday and the least.

How big?

I just bought 2x 2TB hard drives for my Media PC.

About 500GB, my sister couldn't use her card on amazon for some reason, so I had to use mine, she's obviously going to pay me back though.
But isn't 2x 2TB pretty pricey?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 01, 2010, 05:51:06 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 01, 2010, 12:38:57 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 31, 2010, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Ouch. I guess that partly accounts for the popularity of mopeds/vespas in Europe. Here in the states the "coolest" two wheeled vehicle is considered by many to be a Harley. If I had a full sized bike I would want a reliable modern engine rather than a cool noise. Of course you will never see me wear a Support Your Local Red And White sticker or shirt either.

The past year, one of the branches that does well, because of the crisis, is the bicycle trade. Even in our tiny village we have one now. Bicycles are booming business, not using any fuel at all, and saving on the costs for the gym in the mean time too.
Bicycles are a good idea.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 01, 2010, 06:02:22 AM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 05:51:06 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 01, 2010, 12:38:57 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 31, 2010, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Ouch. I guess that partly accounts for the popularity of mopeds/vespas in Europe. Here in the states the "coolest" two wheeled vehicle is considered by many to be a Harley. If I had a full sized bike I would want a reliable modern engine rather than a cool noise. Of course you will never see me wear a Support Your Local Red And White sticker or shirt either.

The past year, one of the branches that does well, because of the crisis, is the bicycle trade. Even in our tiny village we have one now. Bicycles are booming business, not using any fuel at all, and saving on the costs for the gym in the mean time too.
Bicycles are a good idea.

Can you ride a bicycle? I never learned!  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 01, 2010, 06:05:19 AM
Quote from: superboyian on September 01, 2010, 04:39:44 AM
Quote from: Phlexor on August 31, 2010, 11:58:43 PM
Quote from: superboyian on August 31, 2010, 05:51:25 PM
I just ordered a new external hard drive abd im expecting it by this Friday and the least.

How big?

I just bought 2x 2TB hard drives for my Media PC.

About 500GB, my sister couldn't use her card on amazon for some reason, so I had to use mine, she's obviously going to pay me back though.
But isn't 2x 2TB pretty pricey?

Only $139 aussie dollars each.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 01, 2010, 09:19:50 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 31, 2010, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Ouch. I guess that partly accounts for the popularity of mopeds/vespas in Europe. Here in the states the "coolest" two wheeled vehicle is considered by many to be a Harley. If I had a full sized bike I would want a reliable modern engine rather than a cool noise. Of course you will never see me wear a Support Your Local Red And White sticker or shirt either.

Yup, it hurts every time I need fuel. I've never been interested in anything two-wheeled myself but I can sort of understand the attraction.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 01, 2010, 07:11:11 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2010, 06:02:22 AM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 05:51:06 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 01, 2010, 12:38:57 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 31, 2010, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Ouch. I guess that partly accounts for the popularity of mopeds/vespas in Europe. Here in the states the "coolest" two wheeled vehicle is considered by many to be a Harley. If I had a full sized bike I would want a reliable modern engine rather than a cool noise. Of course you will never see me wear a Support Your Local Red And White sticker or shirt either.

The past year, one of the branches that does well, because of the crisis, is the bicycle trade. Even in our tiny village we have one now. Bicycles are booming business, not using any fuel at all, and saving on the costs for the gym in the mean time too.
Bicycles are a good idea.

Can you ride a bicycle? I never learned!  :zoinks:
I can actually ride a bicycle and chew gum at the same time.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 01, 2010, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 07:11:11 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2010, 06:02:22 AM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 05:51:06 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 01, 2010, 12:38:57 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 31, 2010, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Ouch. I guess that partly accounts for the popularity of mopeds/vespas in Europe. Here in the states the "coolest" two wheeled vehicle is considered by many to be a Harley. If I had a full sized bike I would want a reliable modern engine rather than a cool noise. Of course you will never see me wear a Support Your Local Red And White sticker or shirt either.

The past year, one of the branches that does well, because of the crisis, is the bicycle trade. Even in our tiny village we have one now. Bicycles are booming business, not using any fuel at all, and saving on the costs for the gym in the mean time too.
Bicycles are a good idea.

Can you ride a bicycle? I never learned!  :zoinks:
I can actually ride a bicycle and chew gum at the same time.  :2thumbsup:

I can't do either.  :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 01, 2010, 08:05:31 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2010, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 07:11:11 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2010, 06:02:22 AM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 05:51:06 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 01, 2010, 12:38:57 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 31, 2010, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Ouch. I guess that partly accounts for the popularity of mopeds/vespas in Europe. Here in the states the "coolest" two wheeled vehicle is considered by many to be a Harley. If I had a full sized bike I would want a reliable modern engine rather than a cool noise. Of course you will never see me wear a Support Your Local Red And White sticker or shirt either.

The past year, one of the branches that does well, because of the crisis, is the bicycle trade. Even in our tiny village we have one now. Bicycles are booming business, not using any fuel at all, and saving on the costs for the gym in the mean time too.
Bicycles are a good idea.

Can you ride a bicycle? I never learned!  :zoinks:
I can actually ride a bicycle and chew gum at the same time.  :2thumbsup:

I can't do either.  :-[
??? You can't chew gum either?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 01, 2010, 08:08:41 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 08:05:31 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2010, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 07:11:11 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2010, 06:02:22 AM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 05:51:06 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 01, 2010, 12:38:57 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 31, 2010, 06:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 30, 2010, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: parts on August 30, 2010, 06:56:37 PM
When I fill up it's over $80 these days :-\
:thumbdn: That sucks. In my truck it is usually $54 or so.

Filling up the Volvo is around $110 here.
Ouch. I guess that partly accounts for the popularity of mopeds/vespas in Europe. Here in the states the "coolest" two wheeled vehicle is considered by many to be a Harley. If I had a full sized bike I would want a reliable modern engine rather than a cool noise. Of course you will never see me wear a Support Your Local Red And White sticker or shirt either.

The past year, one of the branches that does well, because of the crisis, is the bicycle trade. Even in our tiny village we have one now. Bicycles are booming business, not using any fuel at all, and saving on the costs for the gym in the mean time too.
Bicycles are a good idea.

Can you ride a bicycle? I never learned!  :zoinks:
I can actually ride a bicycle and chew gum at the same time.  :2thumbsup:

I can't do either.  :-[
??? You can't chew gum either?

I tried it a couple of times as a kid and it creeped me out.   :sick:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 01, 2010, 08:10:52 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2010, 08:08:41 PM
I tried it a couple of times as a kid and it creeped me out.   :sick:
Well your postwhoring skills are pretty good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 01, 2010, 08:12:51 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 01, 2010, 08:10:52 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2010, 08:08:41 PM
I tried it a couple of times as a kid and it creeped me out.   :sick:
Well your postwhoring skills are pretty good.

Thank you! That's because postwhoring neither creeps me out, nor calls for any athleticism!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 02, 2010, 01:50:25 PM
That's a very weird rationalisation of postwhoring. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 02, 2010, 03:37:49 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 02, 2010, 01:50:25 PM
That's a very weird rationalisation of postwhoring. :laugh:

Postwhoring: The sport for non-athletes!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 02, 2010, 03:58:12 PM
I bought many things today, but the thing that stands out in my mind is the  tartar sauce!

Now I can have tuna salad the way I like it!  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 02, 2010, 04:23:23 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 02, 2010, 03:58:12 PM
I bought many things today, but the thing that stands out in my mind is the  tartar sauce!

Now I can have tuna salad the way I like it!  :green:

Sometimes the smallest pleasure means the most.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 02, 2010, 04:35:10 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 02, 2010, 04:23:23 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 02, 2010, 03:58:12 PM
I bought many things today, but the thing that stands out in my mind is the  tartar sauce!

Now I can have tuna salad the way I like it!  :green:

Sometimes the smallest pleasure means the most.

 :agreed:  Simple things make me very happy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 02, 2010, 06:47:47 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 02, 2010, 03:58:12 PM
I bought many things today, but the thing that stands out in my mind is the  tartar sauce!

Now I can have tuna salad the way I like it!  :green:
I like tartar sauce too.

Quote from: Weakling on September 02, 2010, 04:23:23 PM

Sometimes the smallest pleasure means the most.
Yes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 02, 2010, 06:58:28 PM
a coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 03, 2010, 12:32:43 PM
A Jaguar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2010, 03:05:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 03, 2010, 12:32:43 PM
A Jaguar.

I move that we close this  thread, because I doubt anyone can top that post.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 03, 2010, 03:08:58 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 03:05:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 03, 2010, 12:32:43 PM
A Jaguar.

I move that we close this  thread, because I doubt anyone can top that post.

Don't be so sure about that.

'70 Cougar. With a 428. Bitches.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 03, 2010, 03:43:14 PM
32 gallons gasoline
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 03, 2010, 04:21:55 PM
Spending a lot the past few days.

Books. Lemony Snicket parts 4,5,6,7,8,9 in two volumes. Bargain, found them in the remaindered books part of a shop. So, hearing a kid laughing out loud quite a lot lately.  :laugh:
Clothes for the youngest, at a village sale.
A tyrannosaurus and a great crane at the same village sale too.
The dino looks cute, and feels great to lay a hand on. About 50 cm long, and 23 cm high.  ;D
The crane will be a present for my 2 year old nephew. It's taller than he is.


Need to get myself on a tighter budget again.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 03, 2010, 07:12:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 03, 2010, 12:32:43 PM
A Jaguar.


Pic's or it didn't happen....j/k


Congrats!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on September 03, 2010, 07:53:47 PM
Dremel toolkit with about 120 attachments.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 03, 2010, 08:40:04 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 03:05:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 03, 2010, 12:32:43 PM
A Jaguar.

I move that we close this  thread, because I doubt anyone can top that post.

Did you see the picture of it in another thread? Very cool car.  :toporly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2010, 08:51:37 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 03, 2010, 08:40:04 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 03:05:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 03, 2010, 12:32:43 PM
A Jaguar.

I move that we close this  thread, because I doubt anyone can top that post.

Did you see the picture of it in another thread? Very cool car.  :toporly:

Yes, and I think it tops:

"'70 Cougar. With a 428. Bitches"  in any cat fight.    :kitten:    :flo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 03, 2010, 08:53:01 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 08:51:37 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 03, 2010, 08:40:04 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 03:05:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 03, 2010, 12:32:43 PM
A Jaguar.

I move that we close this  thread, because I doubt anyone can top that post.

Did you see the picture of it in another thread? Very cool car.  :toporly:

Yes, and I think it tops:

"'70 Cougar. With a 428. Bitches"  in any cat fight.    :kitten:    :flo:

Who made the "70 Cougar" post?  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2010, 08:53:35 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 03, 2010, 08:53:01 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 08:51:37 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 03, 2010, 08:40:04 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 03:05:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 03, 2010, 12:32:43 PM
A Jaguar.

I move that we close this  thread, because I doubt anyone can top that post.

Did you see the picture of it in another thread? Very cool car.  :toporly:

Yes, and I think it tops:

"'70 Cougar. With a 428. Bitches"  in any cat fight.    :kitten:    :flo:

Who made the "70 Cougar" post?  :laugh:

Judy
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 03, 2010, 08:54:54 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 08:53:35 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 03, 2010, 08:53:01 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 08:51:37 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 03, 2010, 08:40:04 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 03, 2010, 03:05:30 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 03, 2010, 12:32:43 PM
A Jaguar.

I move that we close this  thread, because I doubt anyone can top that post.

Did you see the picture of it in another thread? Very cool car.  :toporly:

Yes, and I think it tops:

"'70 Cougar. With a 428. Bitches"  in any cat fight.    :kitten:    :flo:

Who made the "70 Cougar" post?  :laugh:

Judy

Ah, OK, of course.  :facepalm2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 04, 2010, 03:43:06 AM
I bought a new wireless keyboard and mouse for my stepdad as it is Father's Day tomorrow here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 04, 2010, 06:46:03 AM
What model of Jaguar was it? An S-Type? An X-Type? An XKR? For all we know, you could have a bitchin' Jaguar XJ220!

And I was lying about the 1970 Mercury Cougar XR-7, but hell if THAT isn't a badass car!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Mercury_Cougar_(Orange_Julep).JPG)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 04, 2010, 03:03:33 PM
Quote from: Judy on September 04, 2010, 06:46:03 AM
What model of Jaguar was it? An S-Type? An X-Type? An XKR? For all we know, you could have a bitchin' Jaguar XJ220!

It's an S-Type. I posted a pic of it elsewhere.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 04, 2010, 03:45:12 PM
a new computer and that sweet thing in my avatar
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 04, 2010, 03:46:17 PM
Hi Richard. Good to see you around. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 04, 2010, 03:48:07 PM
oh well thanks, now that i have a new computer i'll probably be here everyday here now :eiffel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 04, 2010, 05:54:31 PM
Quote from: Judy on September 04, 2010, 06:46:03 AM
What model of Jaguar was it? An S-Type? An X-Type? An XKR? For all we know, you could have a bitchin' Jaguar XJ220!

And I was lying about the 1970 Mercury Cougar XR-7, but hell if THAT isn't a badass car!

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Mercury_Cougar_(Orange_Julep).JPG)

Showing my age again, but the first car I bought was the 1970(?) Shaft Dodge Charger.  Not exactly like his in the movie, but same color scheme - tan with black vinyl roof and all black interior.  Hot Stuff for a 24 year old white girl.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 04, 2010, 05:59:26 PM
Quote from: richard on September 04, 2010, 03:48:07 PM
oh well thanks, now that i have a new computer i'll probably be here everyday here now :eiffel:

 :plus:  It will be nice to have you back!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 04, 2010, 09:21:40 PM
Quote from: parts on September 04, 2010, 05:59:26 PM
Quote from: richard on September 04, 2010, 03:48:07 PM
oh well thanks, now that i have a new computer i'll probably be here everyday here now :eiffel:

 :plus:  It will be nice to have you back!

 :agreed:  Congratulations on your new computer!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 04, 2010, 09:22:58 PM
Quote from: richard on September 04, 2010, 03:48:07 PM
oh well thanks, now that i have a new computer i'll probably be here everyday here now :eiffel:
Hi Richard, how has your demented self been? Good to see you here.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 05, 2010, 11:47:50 AM
Quote from: richard on September 04, 2010, 03:48:07 PM
oh well thanks, now that i have a new computer i'll probably be here everyday here now :eiffel:

That's good news. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 06, 2010, 04:10:30 PM
Birthday cards and presents for some IRL friends.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on September 06, 2010, 05:27:52 PM
Speakers for my mp3 player. Now I don't have to sit with my earphones in. And it doesn't fall out of my pocket everytime I stand up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Chair on September 10, 2010, 11:29:01 AM
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9708/picture001op.jpg) (http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5820/picture002qq.jpg)

I was surprised to get The Cider House Rules in the mail today. The funny thing is that... I didn't even pay for it! I don't know why, but when I ordered the book, it didn't even transfer any funds from my PayPal account; it just said that I ordered the book. So now I have this high-quality first edition hardcover version of The Cider House Rules, which is perhaps my favorite novel, that I didn't pay a cent for.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 10, 2010, 11:59:35 AM
today i was thinking about buying some cheap food that will fill me up. hopefully safeway has a sell on ranch beans my favorite!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 10, 2010, 12:09:49 PM
bought crisps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 10, 2010, 03:34:07 PM
A number 5 wood plane at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 12, 2010, 08:16:09 PM
Diapers (for my baby)
Wheat crackers
Shampoo
Shell noodles


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 13, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
Two detail belt sanders, a grinder, wrenches, a milling vise, two machinist vises including one about 40 lbs and all three original Star Wars movies on Laser Disc
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on September 13, 2010, 09:33:20 AM
A power suply unit for my computer. WOOHOO. We have internet again :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 13, 2010, 09:59:28 AM
Quote from: Butterflies on September 13, 2010, 09:33:20 AM
A power suply unit for my computer. WOOHOO. We have internet again :2thumbsup:


Well done, welcome back!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 13, 2010, 06:42:20 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
Two detail belt sanders, a grinder, wrenches, a milling vise, two machinist vises including one about 40 lbs and all three original Star Wars movies on Laser Disc

That's going to be one hell of an orgy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 13, 2010, 07:33:52 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 13, 2010, 06:42:20 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
Two detail belt sanders, a grinder, wrenches, a milling vise, two machinist vises including one about 40 lbs and all three original Star Wars movies on Laser Disc

That's going to be one hell of an orgy.
Are you Princess Leja's mum? I can understand your consternation.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 13, 2010, 07:35:59 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 13, 2010, 06:42:20 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
Two detail belt sanders, a grinder, wrenches, a milling vise, two machinist vises including one about 40 lbs and all three original Star Wars movies on Laser Disc

That's going to be one hell of an orgy.

 :evilplus:  I love the way your mind works!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 13, 2010, 08:32:18 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 13, 2010, 07:33:52 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 13, 2010, 06:42:20 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
Two detail belt sanders, a grinder, wrenches, a milling vise, two machinist vises including one about 40 lbs and all three original Star Wars movies on Laser Disc

That's going to be one hell of an orgy.
Are you Princess Leja's mum? I can understand your consternation.

Stuff for work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 13, 2010, 08:36:22 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 08:32:18 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 13, 2010, 07:33:52 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 13, 2010, 06:42:20 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
Two detail belt sanders, a grinder, wrenches, a milling vise, two machinist vises including one about 40 lbs and all three original Star Wars movies on Laser Disc

That's going to be one hell of an orgy.
Are you Princess Leja's mum? I can understand your consternation.

Stuff for work

Well, now we know how you moonlight.    :dominatrix: :worship: :3some: :moon:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 14, 2010, 12:56:42 AM
Quote from: Weakling on September 13, 2010, 08:36:22 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 08:32:18 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 13, 2010, 07:33:52 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 13, 2010, 06:42:20 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
Two detail belt sanders, a grinder, wrenches, a milling vise, two machinist vises including one about 40 lbs and all three original Star Wars movies on Laser Disc

That's going to be one hell of an orgy.
Are you Princess Leja's mum? I can understand your consternation.

Stuff for work

Well, now we know how you moonlight.    :dominatrix: :worship: :3some: :moon:
:rofl:

* straightens her gown, and goes on with serving Her Majesty with a straight face *
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on September 14, 2010, 03:54:37 AM
I dropped nearly $300 on Eddie Bauer online.  :eyelash:

I needed to get a coat for winter, so I got one of those goose-filled down jackets for ~$80. Also bought a fleece jacket, a cardigan, and a belt. (Yes, somehow that all totalled over $292.)

It's been ages since I bought any clothes...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on September 15, 2010, 09:53:11 AM
Bought a colony of ~20 cherry shrimp on Ebay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 15, 2010, 01:04:57 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 14, 2010, 12:56:42 AM
Quote from: Weakling on September 13, 2010, 08:36:22 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 08:32:18 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 13, 2010, 07:33:52 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 13, 2010, 06:42:20 PM
Quote from: parts on September 13, 2010, 05:24:26 AM
Two detail belt sanders, a grinder, wrenches, a milling vise, two machinist vises including one about 40 lbs and all three original Star Wars movies on Laser Disc

That's going to be one hell of an orgy.
Are you Princess Leja's mum? I can understand your consternation.

Stuff for work

Well, now we know how you moonlight.    :dominatrix: :worship: :3some: :moon:
:rofl:

* straightens her gown, and goes on with serving Her Majesty with a straight face *


 :roses: to you.

Well, Lady Weeble keeps me informed of the "seamier" side of my empire.  Besides I've heard that the Dutch do some entertaining things with their chocolate and tulips.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 15, 2010, 02:53:30 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on September 15, 2010, 02:54:21 PM
tomorrow I'm gonna buy a new computer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 15, 2010, 04:08:04 PM
Quote from: Spastic² on September 15, 2010, 02:54:21 PM
tomorrow I'm gonna buy a new computer

 :thumbup:

I bought 32.6 gallons of gas :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 15, 2010, 05:11:39 PM
A tape deck and cassettes. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on September 15, 2010, 05:16:10 PM
You should buy some new teeth, and a tummy tuck, and brain surgery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Squidusa on September 15, 2010, 05:19:50 PM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on September 15, 2010, 05:16:10 PM
You should buy some new teeth, and a tummy tuck, and brain surgery.

And new sheep they look exhausted.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 15, 2010, 05:23:00 PM
Quote from: Feral Aspie on September 15, 2010, 05:11:39 PM
A tape deck and cassettes. :orly:

Most of the cassettes I've run across in the thrift stores don't seem to play well at all.  Must be something with the ribbon thingy getting stretched.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 15, 2010, 05:24:44 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 15, 2010, 05:23:00 PM
Quote from: Feral Aspie on September 15, 2010, 05:11:39 PM
A tape deck and cassettes. :orly:

Most of the cassettes I've run across in the thrift stores don't seem to play well at all.  Must be something with the ribbon thingy getting stretched.

I got new Maxell-brand cassettes from Amazon and some random used cassette tape deck from eBay that ended up costing 30 dollars. I hope it works. I want that analog sound!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 15, 2010, 07:09:53 PM
Milk
Bananas
Gala apples
Potato chips
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 15, 2010, 09:41:54 PM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on September 15, 2010, 05:16:10 PM
You should buy some new teeth, and a tummy tuck, and brain surgery.

Rage, please be nice.  He's making a little bit of an effort to answer serious posts.  How can we expect him to change and mature if we don't encourage him? 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 16, 2010, 03:39:36 PM
blueberry juice, im trying to detox my body. and its a nice subsatue for alcohol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on September 17, 2010, 06:07:05 AM
Bought a shitload of Magic the Gathering cards:

4 Birds of Paradise
8 Ornithopter
4 Dark Ritual (which I think is on the restricted list but oh well)
4 Counterspell
4 Volcanic Hammer
3 Lava Axe
4 Drill-Skimmer
4 Scarecrone
4 Elvish Harbinger
4 Grim Poppet
4 Lockjaw Snapper
2 reaper King
8 Scuttlemutt
4 Tatterkite
4 Savage Lands
8 Pilgrim's Eye
2 Eternity Vessel
4 Khalni Heart Expedition
4 Crumbling Necropolis
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 17, 2010, 11:24:57 AM
i have exactly $17 dollars for food until this comming wensday. so looks like im eating next to nothing, im gonna try my best at the store though :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 17, 2010, 01:59:59 PM
Beer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 17, 2010, 06:22:15 PM
Antibiotics!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 17, 2010, 06:24:13 PM
A phone card for the cell phone, Ultra DSL (like I need it), shoes and some minor things
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 17, 2010, 07:10:23 PM
Fried chicken, pastrami and Havarti cheese.  :thumbup: :eiffel: :viking: :laugh: >:D :green: 8) :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 17, 2010, 07:12:12 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:10:23 PM
Fried chicken, pastrami and Havarti cheese.  :thumbup: :eiffel: :viking: :laugh: >:D :green: 8) :P

Not for one sandwich I hope.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 17, 2010, 07:13:12 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 17, 2010, 07:12:12 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:10:23 PM
Fried chicken, pastrami and Havarti cheese.  :thumbup: :eiffel: :viking: :laugh: >:D :green: 8) :P

Not for one sandwich I hope.

Sounds like a picnic basket's worth!  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 17, 2010, 07:15:47 PM
No, a one pound pastrami sandwich with half pound of Havarti is too much.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 17, 2010, 07:19:05 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:15:47 PM
No, a one pound pastrami sandwich with half pound of Havarti is too much.  :zombiefuck:

Unless you are trying to make someone leave you alone...  :halitosis:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 17, 2010, 07:20:55 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 17, 2010, 07:19:05 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:15:47 PM
No, a one pound pastrami sandwich with half pound of Havarti is too much.  :zombiefuck:

Unless you are trying to make someone leave you alone...  :halitosis:
Have you tried Havarti cheese yet cbc? It is delicious, I like cheddar just like you do and I believe you will like Havarti.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 17, 2010, 07:21:40 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:20:55 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 17, 2010, 07:19:05 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:15:47 PM
No, a one pound pastrami sandwich with half pound of Havarti is too much.  :zombiefuck:

Unless you are trying to make someone leave you alone...  :halitosis:
Have you tried Havarti cheese yet cbc? It is delicious, I like cheddar just like you do and I believe you will like Havarti.

I will keep it in mind next time I go to the store!  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 17, 2010, 07:22:23 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:15:47 PM
No, a one pound pastrami sandwich with half pound of Havarti is too much.  :zombiefuck:

I was referring to adding fried chicken to the pastrami and havarti.

On rye I presume?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 17, 2010, 07:24:56 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 17, 2010, 07:22:23 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:15:47 PM
No, a one pound pastrami sandwich with half pound of Havarti is too much.  :zombiefuck:

I was referring to adding fried chicken to the pastrami and havarti.

On rye I presume?
I usually make my sandwiches on potato bread but I have bagels in the house right now. My only concern is that I don't want to start fomenting conspiracies and seeking control of banking.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 17, 2010, 07:26:26 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:24:56 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 17, 2010, 07:22:23 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:15:47 PM
No, a one pound pastrami sandwich with half pound of Havarti is too much.  :zombiefuck:

I was referring to adding fried chicken to the pastrami and havarti.

On rye I presume?
I usually make my sandwiches on potato bread but I have bagels in the house right now. My only concern is that I don't want to start fomenting conspiracies and seeking control of banking.  :zoinks:

Oy, I understand.  Better you should try gefilte fish sandwiches and ask Squid_thing over for dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 17, 2010, 07:28:14 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 17, 2010, 07:26:26 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:24:56 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 17, 2010, 07:22:23 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:15:47 PM
No, a one pound pastrami sandwich with half pound of Havarti is too much.  :zombiefuck:

I was referring to adding fried chicken to the pastrami and havarti.

On rye I presume?
I usually make my sandwiches on potato bread but I have bagels in the house right now. My only concern is that I don't want to start fomenting conspiracies and seeking control of banking.  :zoinks:

Oy, I understand.  Better you should try gefilte fish sandwiches and ask Squid_thing over for dinner.
:LMAO: Gelfite fish just doesn't sound that good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 17, 2010, 07:29:57 PM
Gefilte fish are over-rated.  I suspect we'd choose sushi if we have the choice to change one culinary tradition.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 17, 2010, 07:36:14 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 17, 2010, 07:29:57 PM
Gefilte fish are over-rated.  I suspect we'd choose sushi if we have the choice to change one culinary tradition.
I think fruitcake serves the same niche in my family tree. Or maybe cranberry sauce.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 17, 2010, 08:31:28 PM


Probably my last camera: Canon D60.

I know, I am a Nikon man, but we have a great employee accommodation with Canon, right now. I only cost nine hundred bucks with a zoom lens. I plan to take lots of pictures,lol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 17, 2010, 08:59:55 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:36:14 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 17, 2010, 07:29:57 PM
Gefilte fish are over-rated.  I suspect we'd choose sushi if we have the choice to change one culinary tradition.
I think fruitcake serves the same niche in my family tree. Or maybe cranberry sauce.  :zombiefuck:

I love a moist fruit rich fruitcake, one with very little batter. 

And whole cranberry sauce.  Have you tried a peanut butter, bacon and cranberry sauce on good quality whole wheat toast sandwich?  Divine.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Badkitty on September 18, 2010, 07:04:29 AM
I like grilled peanut butter banana with bacon sandwich
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 18, 2010, 08:52:37 AM
Some bar glasses, tools and old Christmas stuff for the flea market 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 18, 2010, 08:53:34 AM
Quote from: Weakling on September 17, 2010, 08:59:55 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 17, 2010, 07:36:14 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 17, 2010, 07:29:57 PM
Gefilte fish are over-rated.  I suspect we'd choose sushi if we have the choice to change one culinary tradition.
I think fruitcake serves the same niche in my family tree. Or maybe cranberry sauce.  :zombiefuck:

I love a moist fruit rich fruitcake, one with very little batter. 

And whole cranberry sauce.  Have you tried a peanut butter, bacon and cranberry sauce on good quality whole wheat toast sandwich?  Divine.


I probably won't try that one since I really don't like cranberry sauce.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on September 18, 2010, 09:33:58 AM
More cards and a pair of tennis shoes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 18, 2010, 12:11:13 PM
yesterday at the grocherie store i bought,

 4 pizzas, 1.53 pounds of jalepenos, 1 jar of prepaired gucamole, and a package of thinly scliced turkey

cost? $13.62 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 18, 2010, 03:35:08 PM
Quote from: richard on September 18, 2010, 12:11:13 PM
yesterday at the grocherie store i bought,

 4 pizzas, 1.53 pounds of jalepenos, 1 jar of prepaired gucamole, and a package of thinly scliced turkey

cost? $13.62 :laugh:

Wait.  Didn't you only have $15 or so to last you until Wednesday?  Or was it someone else?  I think your tummy's going to turn into a fire agate if you eat that much jalapenos.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 18, 2010, 03:59:00 PM
I reactivated my GameFly account, that was 25 dollars down the drain. I am enjoying GTA IV: Episodes From Liberty City, lots of fun, like the original GTA IV was.

I played Gears of War for like 5 minutes before cramming it back into the envelope and sending it back. I knew the hype for this game was very unjustified! :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 18, 2010, 07:47:03 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 18, 2010, 03:35:08 PM
Quote from: richard on September 18, 2010, 12:11:13 PM
yesterday at the grocherie store i bought,

 4 pizzas, 1.53 pounds of jalepenos, 1 jar of prepaired gucamole, and a package of thinly scliced turkey

cost? $13.62 :laugh:

Wait.  Didn't you only have $15 or so to last you until Wednesday?  Or was it someone else?  I think your tummy's going to turn into a fire agate if you eat that much jalapenos.
i had $17 my lady, i still have a couple bucks left over for my launder, i love jalepenos and i wish her majesty would call up the royal wizard to turn me into a fire agate!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 18, 2010, 07:56:03 PM
2 boxes of 38 Special +P ammo for my Lady Smith revolver and Weezer and INXS Cds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 18, 2010, 09:00:04 PM
Quote from: richard on September 18, 2010, 07:47:03 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 18, 2010, 03:35:08 PM
Quote from: richard on September 18, 2010, 12:11:13 PM
yesterday at the grocherie store i bought,

 4 pizzas, 1.53 pounds of jalepenos, 1 jar of prepaired gucamole, and a package of thinly scliced turkey

cost? $13.62 :laugh:

Wait.  Didn't you only have $15 or so to last you until Wednesday?  Or was it someone else?  I think your tummy's going to turn into a fire agate if you eat that much jalapenos.
i had $17 my lady, i still have a couple bucks left over for my launder, i love jalepenos and i wish her majesty would call up the royal wizard to turn me into a fire agate!

There's always The Starving Actor's Meal:  Order a cup of tea, with the tea bag on the side and some crackers.  Add ketchup to the hot water.  Put jelly, if available, on the crackers for desert.  Ask for more water to make your cup of tea.


I think we fired the last of the Royal Wizards around the time of Bloody Mary.  Could you use the Wizard of Menlo Park?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 19, 2010, 01:52:42 PM
if it isnt located in california, yes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 19, 2010, 03:46:00 PM
Wire cup brush for a grinder and some cement
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on September 19, 2010, 07:23:13 PM
Argh, more cards!!!!!

Stop me... stop me please...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2010, 07:31:01 PM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on September 19, 2010, 07:23:13 PM
Argh, more cards!!!!!

Stop me... stop me please...

You are getting sleepy.  (Repeat several times.)  I will not buy more cards (Repeat several times).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 20, 2010, 11:30:08 AM
nothing. im all about saving money now :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 20, 2010, 03:25:49 PM
Lunch. And petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 20, 2010, 05:28:46 PM
More pizza.  the original one slid out of the box and fell face down on the floor. :duh: 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 20, 2010, 06:22:03 PM
Finally got the tape deck and blank cassette tapes today. I recorded an album by connecting the microphone port on the tape deck to the headphone port on my computer by using a wire that came with a set of noise-cancelling headphones I had, when I play it back, it recorded just fine, but somehow, the recorder picked up some radio signals! I had nothing else going on while recording onto tape. Damn, there goes my dreams of analogue sound because of these worthless FM radio stations I live nearby! And 40-50 dollars of my money down the drain! :grrr:

EDIT: Now I am going to reattempt the recording by connecting my tape deck to my MP3 player. The recording is working for that as well, but we will see if some stupid FM interference sneaks into this one. So far, so good, but so what?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 09:34:12 AM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 21, 2010, 09:38:21 AM
Quote from: Feral Aspie on September 20, 2010, 06:22:03 PM
Finally got the tape deck and blank cassette tapes today. I recorded an album by connecting the microphone port on the tape deck to the headphone port on my computer by using a wire that came with a set of noise-cancelling headphones I had, when I play it back, it recorded just fine, but somehow, the recorder picked up some radio signals! I had nothing else going on while recording onto tape. Damn, there goes my dreams of analogue sound because of these worthless FM radio stations I live nearby! And 40-50 dollars of my money down the drain! :grrr:

EDIT: Now I am going to reattempt the recording by connecting my tape deck to my MP3 player. The recording is working for that as well, but we will see if some stupid FM interference sneaks into this one. So far, so good, but so what?

How did the new attempt go?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 21, 2010, 10:01:52 AM
New glasses for the oldest. New strength, new frame, we can pick them up next week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 21, 2010, 10:16:35 AM
Well, my tape came out just fine. No radio interference, just the music I wanted to record to tape, from my MP3 player of all things! Somehow, the two albums I recorded to tape sounded even better on tape. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 21, 2010, 10:20:19 AM
Quote from: Feral Aspie on September 21, 2010, 10:16:35 AM
Well, my tape came out just fine. No radio interference, just the music I wanted to record to tape, from my MP3 player of all things! Somehow, the two albums I recorded to tape sounded even better on tape. :orly:

Glad it worked.  I know Prince Albert would understand the technicals.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 21, 2010, 10:37:44 AM

Four new tires today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 21, 2010, 11:10:10 AM
7 bags R-19 fiberglass insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 21, 2010, 11:48:49 AM
Cat food, gatorade, & Lucky Charms.  Don't ask. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on September 21, 2010, 02:04:09 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 21, 2010, 11:48:49 AM
Cat food, gatorade, & Lucky Charms.  Don't ask. :laugh:

Oh, but I have to!  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 21, 2010, 03:31:47 PM
Quote from: Feral Aspie on September 20, 2010, 06:22:03 PM
Finally got the tape deck and blank cassette tapes today. I recorded an album by connecting the microphone port on the tape deck to the headphone port on my computer by using a wire that came with a set of noise-cancelling headphones I had, when I play it back, it recorded just fine, but somehow, the recorder picked up some radio signals! I had nothing else going on while recording onto tape. Damn, there goes my dreams of analogue sound because of these worthless FM radio stations I live nearby! And 40-50 dollars of my money down the drain! :grrr:

EDIT: Now I am going to reattempt the recording by connecting my tape deck to my MP3 player. The recording is working for that as well, but we will see if some stupid FM interference sneaks into this one. So far, so good, but so what?

The mic port has the wrong impedance. You've created an antenna.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 21, 2010, 06:51:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

Perhaps Lady Hykeaswell could instruct you on planting them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:56:51 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 06:51:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

Perhaps Lady Hykeaswell could instruct you on planting them.


I could use some advice being I've never planted flower bulbs before....all I know at this point is that they are to be planted during the fall season.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Squidusa on September 21, 2010, 06:58:17 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:56:51 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 06:51:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

Perhaps Lady Hykeaswell could instruct you on planting them.


I could use some advice being I've never planted flower bulbs before....all I know at this point is that they are to be planted during the fall season.


Lady Hyke is a keen/proffesional gardener so shes definately a good person to ask  :indeed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 07:01:30 PM
Awesome. I'll be sure to track her down if she doesn't see this post.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 21, 2010, 07:03:52 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 21, 2010, 03:31:47 PM
Quote from: Feral Aspie on September 20, 2010, 06:22:03 PM
Finally got the tape deck and blank cassette tapes today. I recorded an album by connecting the microphone port on the tape deck to the headphone port on my computer by using a wire that came with a set of noise-cancelling headphones I had, when I play it back, it recorded just fine, but somehow, the recorder picked up some radio signals! I had nothing else going on while recording onto tape. Damn, there goes my dreams of analogue sound because of these worthless FM radio stations I live nearby! And 40-50 dollars of my money down the drain! :grrr:

EDIT: Now I am going to reattempt the recording by connecting my tape deck to my MP3 player. The recording is working for that as well, but we will see if some stupid FM interference sneaks into this one. So far, so good, but so what?

The mic port has the wrong impedance. You've created an antenna.

I see. Well, it was connected to the headphone port of my speakers which were connected to my computer. I was trying to record from my computer. Recording from my MP3 player's headphone port to the microphone port of the tape deck works just fine, though. The sound is clear and there's no radio interference.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 21, 2010, 07:08:15 PM
Quote from: Squid_thing on September 21, 2010, 06:58:17 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:56:51 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 06:51:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

Perhaps Lady Hykeaswell could instruct you on planting them.


I could use some advice being I've never planted flower bulbs before....all I know at this point is that they are to be planted during the fall season.


Lady Hyke is a keen/proffesional gardener so shes definately a good person to ask  :indeed:
:agreed: And she has wooden shoes and pigtails.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 21, 2010, 07:21:02 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 21, 2010, 07:08:15 PM
Quote from: Squid_thing on September 21, 2010, 06:58:17 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:56:51 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 06:51:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

Perhaps Lady Hykeaswell could instruct you on planting them.


I could use some advice being I've never planted flower bulbs before....all I know at this point is that they are to be planted during the fall season.


Lady Hyke is a keen/proffesional gardener so shes definately a good person to ask  :indeed:
:agreed: And she has wooden shoes and pigtails.

And I got BALLS OF STEEL(TM)!!! Hah hah! Couldn't resist! :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 21, 2010, 07:54:20 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

What color are theflowers going to be?  I'm familiar with tulips and their colors and different types of petals, but don't know about dutch iris.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 08:05:09 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 07:54:20 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

What color are theflowers going to be?  I'm familiar with tulips and their colors and different types of petals, but don't know about dutch iris.

Got 20 bulbs of 'Eye of the tiger'  http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=eye+of+the+tiger+iris&rlz=1B3DVFA_en___US361&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1550&bih=968


and 20 mixed (purple, yellow, white)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 21, 2010, 08:31:45 PM
The cream and purple/brown or the blue and purple/brown?  Either way it's a stunning bloom.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 21, 2010, 08:46:56 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 08:05:09 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 07:54:20 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

What color are theflowers going to be?  I'm familiar with tulips and their colors and different types of petals, but don't know about dutch iris.

Got 20 bulbs of 'Eye of the tiger'  http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=eye+of+the+tiger+iris&rlz=1B3DVFA_en___US361&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1550&bih=968


and 20 mixed (purple, yellow, white)

Nice.  8)

I have a few rust, alot of white & yellow, some purple & white varigated, and some deep purple (my favorite).

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 22, 2010, 01:00:16 AM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:56:51 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 06:51:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

Perhaps Lady Hykeaswell could instruct you on planting them.


I could use some advice being I've never planted flower bulbs before....all I know at this point is that they are to be planted during the fall season.

Thumb rule, pointy tip up, and bulbs covered with a layer of soil at least as high as the bulb itself. What I read about the Iris Hollandica is that they like to be a little deeper than that. This  link (http://www.dutchbulbs.com/resources/gardenguide/bulbsandtubers/variety/iris) may help you a little further on Dutch bulbs.

I've never had Iris Hollandica, this lazy girl has two varieties of rhizome irises, but the thumb rule for bulbs does work mostly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 22, 2010, 01:03:57 AM
Quote from: Squid_thing on September 21, 2010, 06:58:17 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:56:51 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 06:51:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

Perhaps Lady Hykeaswell could instruct you on planting them.


I could use some advice being I've never planted flower bulbs before....all I know at this point is that they are to be planted during the fall season.


Lady Hyke is a keen/proffesional gardener so shes definately a good person to ask  :indeed:

I'm a lazy gardener lately, and I do like a garden to do the most of the job. Just correct here and there, not much more.
Certainly no pro. But I do live in one of the bulb-growing areas of my country. So, it is bulbs all around, and you just can't miss seeing bulbs when you live here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 22, 2010, 04:37:50 AM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 08:31:45 PM
The cream and purple/brown or the blue and purple/brown?  Either way it's a stunning bloom.


Blue & Purple/brown
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 22, 2010, 04:39:34 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 22, 2010, 01:00:16 AM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:56:51 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 21, 2010, 06:51:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on September 21, 2010, 06:50:16 PM
Dutch Iris bulbs

Perhaps Lady Hykeaswell could instruct you on planting them.


I could use some advice being I've never planted flower bulbs before....all I know at this point is that they are to be planted during the fall season.

Thumb rule, pointy tip up, and bulbs covered with a layer of soil at least as high as the bulb itself. What I read about the Iris Hollandica is that they like to be a little deeper than that. This  link (http://www.dutchbulbs.com/resources/gardenguide/bulbsandtubers/variety/iris) may help you a little further on Dutch bulbs.

I've never had Iris Hollandica, this lazy girl has two varieties of rhizome irises, but the thumb rule for bulbs does work mostly.


Thanks!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 22, 2010, 01:39:58 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 21, 2010, 07:03:52 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 21, 2010, 03:31:47 PM
Quote from: Feral Aspie on September 20, 2010, 06:22:03 PM
Finally got the tape deck and blank cassette tapes today. I recorded an album by connecting the microphone port on the tape deck to the headphone port on my computer by using a wire that came with a set of noise-cancelling headphones I had, when I play it back, it recorded just fine, but somehow, the recorder picked up some radio signals! I had nothing else going on while recording onto tape. Damn, there goes my dreams of analogue sound because of these worthless FM radio stations I live nearby! And 40-50 dollars of my money down the drain! :grrr:

EDIT: Now I am going to reattempt the recording by connecting my tape deck to my MP3 player. The recording is working for that as well, but we will see if some stupid FM interference sneaks into this one. So far, so good, but so what?

The mic port has the wrong impedance. You've created an antenna.

I see. Well, it was connected to the headphone port of my speakers which were connected to my computer. I was trying to record from my computer. Recording from my MP3 player's headphone port to the microphone port of the tape deck works just fine, though. The sound is clear and there's no radio interference.

With the same cable? And are you sure it's the mic port on the tape deck and not the line in?

OTOH, how you position the equipment plays a role too. Antennas are all about length, direction and impedance.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on September 23, 2010, 04:59:55 PM
Gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 23, 2010, 05:55:08 PM
Ice cream for my scratchy throat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 23, 2010, 06:26:47 PM
More insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 23, 2010, 06:35:38 PM


I am disappointed, because my last 2T hard drive only shows as a 1T drive.  I only used it for back-ups, so I intend to take it right back and have it replaced.

My fear is that it is a dual 1T drive and that one of the drives has quit working.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 24, 2010, 01:31:28 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 23, 2010, 06:35:38 PM


I am disappointed, because my last 2T hard drive only shows as a 1T drive.  I only used it for back-ups, so I intend to take it right back and have it replaced.

My fear is that it is a dual 1T drive and that one of the drives has quit working.

Damn, I had no idea someone would have THAT much porn to wank to. Sicko! :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 24, 2010, 05:34:04 AM
I actually have twelve TB of storage.

Mostly music, though. 






... but seriously, why do you feel the inclination to be a kind of infantile prick, BTW?

Let's see if I can help you a bit:

 :finger:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 24, 2010, 02:37:37 PM
jalepenoes, sour cream, and sub sandwiches :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2010, 02:43:04 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 24, 2010, 05:34:04 AM


I actually have twelve TB of storage.

Mostly music, though. 

I want that kind of storage. It would make my life a lot easier.

I bought beer today. Anchor Steam, finally. It's been a while.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 24, 2010, 04:51:46 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 24, 2010, 02:43:04 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 24, 2010, 05:34:04 AM


I actually have twelve TB of storage.

Mostly music, though. 

I want that kind of storage. It would make my life a lot easier.

I bought beer today. Anchor Steam, finally. It's been a while.

You must understand that I do not compress my music into little - nine tenths of the music deleted forever - MP3 files.

When I rip, I use wav format which is basically the same size per song as what is on a CD. The fact that I have been ripping my fairly large CD collection for almost ten years using this method accounts for my need for large amounts of storage. In addition, I learned about five years ago that I do not have to use the same, barely adequate, methods for saving "vinyl to digital"  rips. I can create much larger files at much higher resolution, going from analog to digital than would even fit on any disk storage size before Blu-ray was available. One LP can end up being ten, twenty or more GB in file size when ripped at 48/192. So, the only way to save them efficiently and have them available instantly, with the kind of bandwidth transfer rates to get the most out of this system is to keep them at full resolution on a hard drive.

The seven thousand CDs,  three thousand LPs,  and thousands of hours of live tapes I have converted to high resolution digital all take up quite a bit of space, but the eight hundred odd movies I have decrypted and saved from my DVD collection are not compressed either.  It all adds up after a while. I am thankful to have larger drive sizes these days, so that I do not have to do so much shuffling of drives to get to all my music and movies. I am gradually replacing a huge pile of eighty GB, forty GB, one hundred twenty GB (etc.) size drives where all my backups were for a long while.


BTW, I wasn't counting the huge pile of smaller drives I am gradually replacing when I mentioned that I have twelve TB of storage available to me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 24, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
A paperback Qur'an
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 24, 2010, 07:38:34 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 24, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
A paperback Qur'an

Thinking of converting :zoinks:

I bought ratcheting tie downs for the truck
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 24, 2010, 07:40:46 PM
Quote from: parts on September 24, 2010, 07:38:34 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 24, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
A paperback Qur'an

Thinking of converting :zoinks:

I bought ratcheting tie downs for the truck

 No.  The paperbacks at the local Goodwill are 45 cents each or 5 for $1.  I thought Prince Albert might be interested in scaring the minister by showing up Sunday at church carrying it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 24, 2010, 07:46:22 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 24, 2010, 07:40:46 PM
Quote from: parts on September 24, 2010, 07:38:34 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 24, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
A paperback Qur'an

Thinking of converting :zoinks:

I bought ratcheting tie downs for the truck

 No.  The paperbacks at the local Goodwill are 45 cents each or 5 for $1.  I thought Prince Albert might be interested in scaring the minister by showing up Sunday at church carrying it.

I used to have the Book of Mormon that I acquired the same way.I would have bought it too at that price
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 24, 2010, 07:49:38 PM
Quote from: parts on September 24, 2010, 07:46:22 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 24, 2010, 07:40:46 PM
Quote from: parts on September 24, 2010, 07:38:34 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 24, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
A paperback Qur'an

Thinking of converting :zoinks:

I bought ratcheting tie downs for the truck

 No.  The paperbacks at the local Goodwill are 45 cents each or 5 for $1.  I thought Prince Albert might be interested in scaring the minister by showing up Sunday at church carrying it.

I used to have the Book of Mormon that I acquired the same way.I would have bought it too at that price

I have bought books that I have no interest in, but that I thought I could re-sell to the used bookstore in the town my sister lives in.  It helps keep the cost down on the books we buy when we travel there.  Oh, and I forgot to mention the 15% discount I get for being a senior citizen.  It brings the pre-tax price down to 85 cents for 5 books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 24, 2010, 08:00:11 PM
the devils piss :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 24, 2010, 08:00:54 PM
Quote from: richard on September 24, 2010, 08:00:11 PM
the devils piss :zoinks:

Regular or diet :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 24, 2010, 08:05:52 PM
im drinking what the native americans drink. thats whats up, i think its like 9 % by volume :facepalm2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 24, 2010, 09:58:22 PM
I bought book vouchers for my nephews, they are both having their first communion. So that is my present to them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 24, 2010, 11:58:16 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 24, 2010, 07:40:46 PM
Quote from: parts on September 24, 2010, 07:38:34 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 24, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
A paperback Qur'an

Thinking of converting :zoinks:

I bought ratcheting tie downs for the truck

 No.  The paperbacks at the local Goodwill are 45 cents each or 5 for $1.  I thought Prince Albert might be interested in scaring the minister by showing up Sunday at church carrying it.
At that price I would buy one to burn with bacon grease on it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 25, 2010, 12:02:52 AM
Quote from: parts on September 24, 2010, 08:00:54 PM
Quote from: richard on September 24, 2010, 08:00:11 PM
the devils piss :zoinks:

Regular or diet :green:

 :plus:  for speed and efficiency!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on September 25, 2010, 03:14:39 AM
A second 54 litre glass aquarium, a germicidal fluorescent tube, air pump, clam shrimp, albino Triops cancriformis and gonochoric Triops longicaudatus.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 25, 2010, 12:36:39 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 24, 2010, 04:51:46 PM
You must understand that I do not compress my music into little - nine tenths of the music deleted forever - MP3 files.

I do understand. I use FLAC myself, when given the choice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on September 25, 2010, 01:27:31 PM
I stick to MP3, but I usually compress at 192-320kps. I barely notice any difference at such high bitrates compared to WAV/FLAC etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 25, 2010, 04:49:07 PM
FLAC sounds better on my iAudio, IMO. It's subjective, of course, but more importantly, the MP3 decoder I use is not as good as one would hope.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 25, 2010, 05:14:33 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)

This is going to sound weird to some here (and I wish you wouldn't make fun of this), but from what I can see you have lovely (great, attractive) hands.  I think a man's hands are what I'm attracted to first.  It all started in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest with the close-up of the Chief's hands when he tore whatever it was out of place.  Anyway, I guess this should have posted in the thread about personal useless trivia.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 25, 2010, 05:31:08 PM
 :plus:

For appreciating good men's hands
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 26, 2010, 03:23:36 AM
Quote from: Mr Shledge on September 25, 2010, 01:27:31 PM
I stick to MP3, but I usually compress at 192-320kps. I barely notice any difference at such high bitrates compared to WAV/FLAC etc.

Lame3.97.exe --preset fast standard

VBR MP3 FTW!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on September 26, 2010, 08:50:33 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)

Excellent! Looks like crap. Do you bite your fingernails?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 26, 2010, 09:19:23 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)

Looks good.  I like old tech :thumbup:


I just spent almost $900 on tires :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 26, 2010, 09:37:46 AM
I am trying to locate a specific firing pin block spring and trigger return spring for my HK P2000SK to lighten the trigger pull from 8 pounds + down to 5.5 or so. No luck yet but I will find them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 26, 2010, 09:53:19 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Mainly that MP3 has wider compatibility.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 26, 2010, 11:34:30 AM
Quote from: PPK on September 26, 2010, 09:37:46 AM
I am trying to locate a specific firing pin block spring and trigger return spring for my HK P2000SK to lighten the trigger pull from 8 pounds + down to 5.5 or so. No luck yet but I will find them.

I am guessing that lighter trigger pull = easier  :litigious: !
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 26, 2010, 11:36:01 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Not all MP3 players will support Ogg Vorbis.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 26, 2010, 11:48:01 AM
Quote from: PPK on September 26, 2010, 09:37:46 AM
I am trying to locate a specific firing pin block spring and trigger return spring for my HK P2000SK to lighten the trigger pull from 8 pounds + down to 5.5 or so. No luck yet but I will find them.

You could always just work out with finger weights :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 26, 2010, 11:49:03 AM
Quote from: parts on September 26, 2010, 11:48:01 AM
Quote from: PPK on September 26, 2010, 09:37:46 AM
I am trying to locate a specific firing pin block spring and trigger return spring for my HK P2000SK to lighten the trigger pull from 8 pounds + down to 5.5 or so. No luck yet but I will find them.

You could always just work out with finger weights :zoinks:

 :plus:  Pump up those fingers!  :asthing: :asthing: :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 26, 2010, 12:40:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 11:36:01 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Not all MP3 players will support Ogg Vorbis.

iRiver brand MP3 players do. But good point, because my SanDisk Sansa does not support OGG files as well. But I dislike the side effects of MP3 compression on sound, especially when it's 128 kbps or less. Sounds like a typical YouTube video.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 26, 2010, 12:44:48 PM
Quote from: Sir_Les_Patterson on September 26, 2010, 08:50:33 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)

Excellent! Looks like crap. Do you bite your fingernails?

Of course it looks like crap! It's a "commercial" tape player built in 2002! And I do not bite my fingernails, I clip them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on September 26, 2010, 12:48:17 PM
some chinese, chocolate, sweets and wrapping paper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 26, 2010, 12:49:11 PM
Quote from: Spastic² on September 26, 2010, 12:48:17 PM
some chinese, chocolate, sweets and wrapping paper

So you can wrap all the food and send it to me? How thoughtful!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 26, 2010, 12:59:39 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 26, 2010, 12:49:11 PM
Quote from: Spastic² on September 26, 2010, 12:48:17 PM
some chinese, chocolate, sweets and wrapping paper

So you can wrap all the food and send it to me? How thoughtful!  :2thumbsup:

And then gift it to me! How thoughtful! :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 26, 2010, 02:41:13 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:40:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 11:36:01 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Not all MP3 players will support Ogg Vorbis.

iRiver brand MP3 players do. But good point, because my SanDisk Sansa does not support OGG files as well. But I dislike the side effects of MP3 compression on sound, especially when it's 128 kbps or less. Sounds like a typical YouTube video.

Any format will sound bad at 128 or less.

Both of my iAudio (Cowon) players, as well as my phone, support Ogg, btw. I like the format but I prefer FLAC.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 26, 2010, 03:07:44 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:59:39 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 26, 2010, 12:49:11 PM
Quote from: Spastic² on September 26, 2010, 12:48:17 PM
some chinese, chocolate, sweets and wrapping paper

So you can wrap all the food and send it to me? How thoughtful!  :2thumbsup:

And then gift it to me! How thoughtful! :green:

MY food. MINE.  :flame:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 26, 2010, 03:10:02 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 26, 2010, 03:07:44 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:59:39 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 26, 2010, 12:49:11 PM
Quote from: Spastic² on September 26, 2010, 12:48:17 PM
some chinese, chocolate, sweets and wrapping paper

So you can wrap all the food and send it to me? How thoughtful!  :2thumbsup:

And then gift it to me! How thoughtful! :green:

MY food. MINE.  :flame:

LOL, weeble going feral.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 26, 2010, 03:12:30 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 26, 2010, 03:10:02 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 26, 2010, 03:07:44 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:59:39 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 26, 2010, 12:49:11 PM
Quote from: Spastic² on September 26, 2010, 12:48:17 PM
some chinese, chocolate, sweets and wrapping paper

So you can wrap all the food and send it to me? How thoughtful!  :2thumbsup:

And then gift it to me! How thoughtful! :green:

MY food. MINE.  :flame:

LOL, weeble going feral.  :2thumbsup:

Exactly. Never try to take food away from me!  >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 26, 2010, 04:04:21 PM
You just need to get a head start.  She doesn't have legs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 26, 2010, 04:14:49 PM
Quote from: Weakling on September 26, 2010, 04:04:21 PM
You just need to get a head start.  She doesn't have legs.

But I can wobble *really fast!*  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 26, 2010, 04:17:59 PM
Not up stairs you can't.  And you can't reach the elevator buttons.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 26, 2010, 06:00:39 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)

What ever.

At this point, I pretty much think of you as a useless fake of a cunt, no matter what old shit you post about.

 :thumbdn:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 26, 2010, 06:42:46 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 26, 2010, 06:00:39 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)

What ever.

At this point, I pretty much think of you as a useless fake of a cunt, no matter what old shit you post about.

 :thumbdn:



Is that all?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 26, 2010, 07:06:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 02:41:13 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:40:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 11:36:01 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Not all MP3 players will support Ogg Vorbis.

iRiver brand MP3 players do. But good point, because my SanDisk Sansa does not support OGG files as well. But I dislike the side effects of MP3 compression on sound, especially when it's 128 kbps or less. Sounds like a typical YouTube video.

Any format will sound bad at 128 or less.

Both of my iAudio (Cowon) players, as well as my phone, support Ogg, btw. I like the format but I prefer FLAC.

What about AAC at 128? I really need to learn more about AAC encoding (settings) because My DSiXL only plays AACs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 26, 2010, 11:10:53 PM
Diapers
Baby clothes
Halloween candy
Something for the PS3. I forget what it was. Some camera thing and a controller and a game.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 27, 2010, 08:43:39 AM
Another Honda self-propelled mower for $30.

Same model as the one I have figured it would be good for parts, went to look at it and all it needed was 2 rear tires which I already have stashed in the basement. 

Looks like it wasn't used too much, hasn't even started to blow smoke on start up like most Honda's of that age.

The other one makes a wonderful mosquito fogger on those hot summer evenings.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on September 27, 2010, 08:45:48 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:42:46 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 26, 2010, 06:00:39 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)

What ever.

At this point, I pretty much think of you as a useless fake of a cunt, no matter what old shit you post about.

 :thumbdn:



Is that all?

Not quite. I agree with him.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 27, 2010, 09:18:34 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on September 27, 2010, 08:45:48 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:42:46 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 26, 2010, 06:00:39 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)

What ever.

At this point, I pretty much think of you as a useless fake of a cunt, no matter what old shit you post about.

 :thumbdn:



Is that all?

Not quite. I agree with him.

I can post about whatever I see fit. If you don't like it, well too bad, so sad for YOU! :violin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on September 27, 2010, 09:27:27 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 27, 2010, 09:18:34 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on September 27, 2010, 08:45:48 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:42:46 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 26, 2010, 06:00:39 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 25, 2010, 11:19:22 AM
My tape recorder that I have recently bought has six 1/4" ports for headphones on the left side, which is far too big for most headphones and speakers to plug into, which have 1/8" jacks. So I have ordered an 1/4" to 1/8" male to female adapter, which was 99 cents on eBay. Strangely enough, the front microphone and aux in ports are 1/8". The tape recorder does have a good speaker built in, but I'd rather plug in my computer speakers which are 2.1 and has a 1/8" jack.

Here is a picture of my Eiki tape recorder, which was almost 40 dollars in total! Half of that was shipping! :zombiefuck:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/taperecorder.jpg)

What ever.

At this point, I pretty much think of you as a useless fake of a cunt, no matter what old shit you post about.

 :thumbdn:



Is that all?

Not quite. I agree with him.

I can post about whatever I see fit. If you don't like it, well too bad, so sad for YOU! :violin:

Don't be mad Judy. You buck-toothed inbred, redneck. Life is good and people care about you.

(Disclaimer not all I just wrote is completely factual)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 27, 2010, 09:27:58 AM
Oh, and another thing...

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture97-1.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: stardustshine on September 27, 2010, 12:43:06 PM
peanuts, just now :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 27, 2010, 03:10:47 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on September 26, 2010, 07:06:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 02:41:13 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:40:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 11:36:01 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Not all MP3 players will support Ogg Vorbis.

iRiver brand MP3 players do. But good point, because my SanDisk Sansa does not support OGG files as well. But I dislike the side effects of MP3 compression on sound, especially when it's 128 kbps or less. Sounds like a typical YouTube video.

Any format will sound bad at 128 or less.

Both of my iAudio (Cowon) players, as well as my phone, support Ogg, btw. I like the format but I prefer FLAC.

What about AAC at 128? I really need to learn more about AAC encoding (settings) because My DSiXL only plays AACs.

AAC is somewhat better but I don't have a player that supports it. And in the end it sucks too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 27, 2010, 04:23:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 27, 2010, 03:10:47 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on September 26, 2010, 07:06:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 02:41:13 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:40:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 11:36:01 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Not all MP3 players will support Ogg Vorbis.

iRiver brand MP3 players do. But good point, because my SanDisk Sansa does not support OGG files as well. But I dislike the side effects of MP3 compression on sound, especially when it's 128 kbps or less. Sounds like a typical YouTube video.

Any format will sound bad at 128 or less.

Both of my iAudio (Cowon) players, as well as my phone, support Ogg, btw. I like the format but I prefer FLAC.

What about AAC at 128? I really need to learn more about AAC encoding (settings) because My DSiXL only plays AACs.

AAC is somewhat better but I don't have a player that supports it. And in the end it sucks too.

How does Windows Media Lossless and FLAC compare?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 27, 2010, 08:32:22 PM
Had to have it.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/glitter.jpg)

 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 27, 2010, 08:50:00 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 27, 2010, 08:32:22 PM
Had to have it.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/glitter.jpg)

 

Is it a lamp? I love the sparkly blue side.  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 27, 2010, 08:56:24 PM
Glitter lamp, it didn't photograph real well though. The other side is silver.

My new favorite lamp next to this one.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/fiberoptic.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 27, 2010, 09:00:40 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 27, 2010, 08:56:24 PM
Glitter lamp, it didn't photograph real well though. The other side is silver.

My new favorite lamp next to this one.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/fiberoptic.jpg)

I think this one is more befitting an Icequeen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on September 27, 2010, 09:16:23 PM
Bought all 9 of the Clone Wars Tech Deck toys from McDonalds today!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 28, 2010, 03:47:39 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 27, 2010, 04:23:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 27, 2010, 03:10:47 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on September 26, 2010, 07:06:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 02:41:13 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:40:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 11:36:01 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Not all MP3 players will support Ogg Vorbis.

iRiver brand MP3 players do. But good point, because my SanDisk Sansa does not support OGG files as well. But I dislike the side effects of MP3 compression on sound, especially when it's 128 kbps or less. Sounds like a typical YouTube video.

Any format will sound bad at 128 or less.

Both of my iAudio (Cowon) players, as well as my phone, support Ogg, btw. I like the format but I prefer FLAC.

What about AAC at 128? I really need to learn more about AAC encoding (settings) because My DSiXL only plays AACs.

AAC is somewhat better but I don't have a player that supports it. And in the end it sucks too.

How does Windows Media Lossless and FLAC compare?

FLAC wins, every time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on September 28, 2010, 03:49:53 PM
A large ice cream cone with a flake and chocolate sprinkles.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 28, 2010, 03:56:40 PM
Lots more paper supplies and cereal than I immediately need!  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on September 28, 2010, 04:11:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 28, 2010, 03:47:39 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 27, 2010, 04:23:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 27, 2010, 03:10:47 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on September 26, 2010, 07:06:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 02:41:13 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:40:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 11:36:01 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Not all MP3 players will support Ogg Vorbis.

iRiver brand MP3 players do. But good point, because my SanDisk Sansa does not support OGG files as well. But I dislike the side effects of MP3 compression on sound, especially when it's 128 kbps or less. Sounds like a typical YouTube video.

Any format will sound bad at 128 or less.

Both of my iAudio (Cowon) players, as well as my phone, support Ogg, btw. I like the format but I prefer FLAC.

What about AAC at 128? I really need to learn more about AAC encoding (settings) because My DSiXL only plays AACs.

AAC is somewhat better but I don't have a player that supports it. And in the end it sucks too.

How does Windows Media Lossless and FLAC compare?

FLAC wins, every time.

Elaborate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on September 28, 2010, 06:09:17 PM
nothing. tomorrow im gonna go to the store, and buy foods
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: General Razorbeard on September 29, 2010, 10:55:29 AM
All the newest artist albums;

Dimmu Borgir-Abrahadabra, Kent-En Plats I Solen, Linkin Park-A Thousand Suns, 1349-Demonoir, Bjørn Johan Muri-Airwaves.

Here are some tracks off some of the albums;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-g257u7b8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTCsx4IWPoo


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 29, 2010, 02:39:18 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 28, 2010, 04:11:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 28, 2010, 03:47:39 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 27, 2010, 04:23:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 27, 2010, 03:10:47 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on September 26, 2010, 07:06:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 02:41:13 PM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 12:40:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 26, 2010, 11:36:01 AM
Quote from: Mudkipz on September 26, 2010, 06:45:07 AM
Why not use Ogg Vorbis instead of MP3?

Not all MP3 players will support Ogg Vorbis.

iRiver brand MP3 players do. But good point, because my SanDisk Sansa does not support OGG files as well. But I dislike the side effects of MP3 compression on sound, especially when it's 128 kbps or less. Sounds like a typical YouTube video.

Any format will sound bad at 128 or less.

Both of my iAudio (Cowon) players, as well as my phone, support Ogg, btw. I like the format but I prefer FLAC.

What about AAC at 128? I really need to learn more about AAC encoding (settings) because My DSiXL only plays AACs.

AAC is somewhat better but I don't have a player that supports it. And in the end it sucks too.

How does Windows Media Lossless and FLAC compare?

FLAC wins, every time.

Elaborate.

Well, apart from FLAC sounding a whole lot better, Windows Media whatever is still Microsoft and not to be trusted. It's like trusting Sony, FFS.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on September 29, 2010, 04:29:59 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 27, 2010, 08:56:24 PM
Glitter lamp, it didn't photograph real well though. The other side is silver.

My new favorite lamp next to this one.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/fiberoptic.jpg)
I have a christmas tree with that fiber optic-y stuff in it.  It's fucking pretty as all fucking fuck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on October 01, 2010, 11:27:36 AM
Nothing really. Probably a meal from McDonalds, that's about it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 01, 2010, 11:28:37 AM
A comprehensive vehicle test for the Jag. Cost me a fortune but now I know exactly what I need the sealer to fix and what I need to do myself.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on October 01, 2010, 12:20:44 PM
I gave in to temptation and got a chicken and pineapple pizza :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 01, 2010, 01:29:56 PM
A bag of 2.5 inch tapered wood plugs :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 01, 2010, 02:26:25 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Chair on October 01, 2010, 04:00:48 PM
Nothing, nothing and nothing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on October 01, 2010, 05:59:05 PM
A great New York strip steak lunch and then groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 01, 2010, 07:24:06 PM
Pizza and a salad with blue cheese dressing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 01, 2010, 07:25:29 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 01, 2010, 07:24:06 PM
Pizza and a salad with blue cheese dressing.

I am sensing a strong love of   :cheese:  !
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 01, 2010, 07:29:25 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 01, 2010, 07:25:29 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 01, 2010, 07:24:06 PM
Pizza and a salad with blue cheese dressing.

I am sensing a strong love of   :cheese:  !
:thumbup: Have you tried Havarti yet?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 01, 2010, 07:30:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 01, 2010, 07:29:25 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 01, 2010, 07:25:29 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 01, 2010, 07:24:06 PM
Pizza and a salad with blue cheese dressing.

I am sensing a strong love of   :cheese:  !
:thumbup: Have you tried Havarti yet?

No, I'll get some on my next supermarket trip.  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 01, 2010, 07:32:49 PM
I bought my daughter a fancy purple cast for her broken arm and an extremely loud, gold glitter pen for all her "friends"  to use to sign their names on it.


 :'(


I put my name on the cast first with a "heart/kiss" over the worst of the pain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 01, 2010, 07:33:35 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 01, 2010, 07:30:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 01, 2010, 07:29:25 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 01, 2010, 07:25:29 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 01, 2010, 07:24:06 PM
Pizza and a salad with blue cheese dressing.

I am sensing a strong love of   :cheese:  !
:thumbup: Have you tried Havarti yet?

No, I'll get some on my next supermarket trip.  :viking:
:2thumbsup: It is good to try things out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 01, 2010, 10:19:31 PM
I was out yesterday and I bought deodorant, a toothbrush and 3 pairs of socks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 02, 2010, 02:34:32 PM
Stuff to get my bicycle fixed + fixing costs.
Groceries,
Bus tickets for Monday morning,
Best of all, cherry liquor chocolates.  :meditate:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 02, 2010, 02:38:22 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 02, 2010, 02:34:32 PM
Stuff to get my bicycle fixed + fixing costs.
Groceries,
Bus tickets for Monday morning,
Best of all, cherry liquor chocolates.  :meditate:
Where are you going Mopnday morning?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 02, 2010, 02:55:42 PM
Testing of my youngest will start that day. She'll have tests coming Friday and the Monday after that too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on October 04, 2010, 11:10:14 AM
I got this rare album:

(http://www.galeon.com/allmusic/caratulas/w/White_Zombie_-_Make_Them_Die_Slowly-front.jpg)

on cassette tape, from eBay for 12 USD. :green:

EDIT: Whoops. Major screw up!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on October 04, 2010, 08:45:26 PM
white zombies best cd is astro creep 2000

i havent bought anything, but tomorrow im going to the dollar store to buy scented candles :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 05, 2010, 12:19:18 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 05, 2010, 03:07:15 PM
A coke
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on October 05, 2010, 03:16:45 PM
Quote from: richard on October 04, 2010, 08:45:26 PM
white zombies best cd is astro creep 2000

i havent bought anything, but tomorrow im going to the dollar store to buy scented candles :laugh:

I respectfully disagree. Make Them Die Slowly is my personal favorite from White Zombie. I wish they made more albums like that instead of what whizz-bang electro-crap with looped guitars and drum machines. And those fucking movie samples grate on my nerves. Make Them Die Slowly has NONE of that. It is just a good 'ole hard rock/heavy metal album with a touch of thrash and no fillers. It is a vastly underrated album, though, it seems like no one can get past the production (which is actually what makes this thing great for me, the guitars sound spacey and heavy) and see what it has to offer. It's unique.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB6hcsXubeQ
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on October 05, 2010, 05:05:20 PM
you are right obviously. but astro creep 2000 isnt a shitty album, atleast i dont think so. i LOVE sound effects in music so..

cheers to you, and me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on October 05, 2010, 05:41:27 PM
15 leucistic axolotl eggs, 10 swan mussels, 10 great pond snails and 50 red ramshorn snails.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 05, 2010, 05:42:40 PM
Quote from: Peter on October 05, 2010, 05:41:27 PM
15 leucistic axolotl eggs, 10 swan mussels, 10 great pond snails and 50 red ramshorn snails.

Your new pets?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on October 05, 2010, 05:55:42 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 05, 2010, 05:42:40 PM
Quote from: Peter on October 05, 2010, 05:41:27 PM
15 leucistic axolotl eggs, 10 swan mussels, 10 great pond snails and 50 red ramshorn snails.

Your new pets?  :orly:

Dual-purpose pets and breeding stock.  I was looking around Ebay for things that would tolerate the Scottish climate when I stumbled upon the axolotl eggs, and I looked up their temperature requirements, expecting them to be in the tropical range, but I was surprised to discover that their native habitat has almost exactly the same temperature range as the pond in my garden.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 05, 2010, 06:03:07 PM
Quote from: Peter on October 05, 2010, 05:55:42 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 05, 2010, 05:42:40 PM
Quote from: Peter on October 05, 2010, 05:41:27 PM
15 leucistic axolotl eggs, 10 swan mussels, 10 great pond snails and 50 red ramshorn snails.

Your new pets?  :orly:

Dual-purpose pets and breeding stock.  I was looking around Ebay for things that would tolerate the Scottish climate when I stumbled upon the axolotl eggs, and I looked up their temperature requirements, expecting them to be in the tropical range, but I was surprised to discover that their native habitat has almost exactly the same temperature range as the pond in my garden.

Good luck with this new venture!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 05, 2010, 06:17:56 PM


Bracketry, hardwood plywood, glue, a new saw blade, six - eighteen inch pro audio sub drivers, condensed fiber dampening ...


Another project for a "friend"  is in the making.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Untermensch on October 09, 2010, 05:26:04 AM
Regina Spektor's latest album Far, it seriously rocks!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on October 09, 2010, 06:36:25 PM
Just baby stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 09, 2010, 07:06:32 PM
Fudge.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 09, 2010, 08:28:49 PM
Some reel to reel tape machines and tube amps have not even looked at them yet bought a lot over the phone for $50
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 09, 2010, 08:31:14 PM
A Copier/Scanner/Printer/Fax machine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 09, 2010, 08:33:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 09, 2010, 08:31:14 PM
A Copier/Scanner/Printer/Fax machine.

It's amazing what they can put into one machine. Ours doesn't have a scanner, but has a phone.  Wait, if it has a fax I guess it has to have a phone :duh:.  that's why I'm a Victorian Queen, not too sharp with modern technology.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 09, 2010, 08:34:24 PM
Quote from: Weakling on October 09, 2010, 08:33:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 09, 2010, 08:31:14 PM
A Copier/Scanner/Printer/Fax machine.

It's amazing what they can put into one machine. Ours doesn't have a scanner, but has a phone.  Wait, if it has a fax I guess it has to have a phone :duh:.  that's why I'm a Victorian Queen, not too sharp with modern technology.
You're cool anyway.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 09, 2010, 08:34:45 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 09, 2010, 08:31:14 PM
A Copier/Scanner/Printer/Fax machine.

I need a new one mine is getting temperamental
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 09, 2010, 08:44:02 PM
Quote from: parts on October 09, 2010, 08:34:45 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 09, 2010, 08:31:14 PM
A Copier/Scanner/Printer/Fax machine.

I need a new one mine is getting temperamental
I will only use mine to print plane tickets and resin via fax at my Union Hall when I am out of work.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 09, 2010, 08:49:59 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 09, 2010, 08:44:02 PM
Quote from: parts on October 09, 2010, 08:34:45 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 09, 2010, 08:31:14 PM
A Copier/Scanner/Printer/Fax machine.

I need a new one mine is getting temperamental
I will only use mine to print plane tickets and resin via fax at my Union Hall when I am out of work.

I used mine for everything lots of contractors still use faxes I did but email is so much easier
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on October 09, 2010, 09:36:44 PM
8 DVDs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on October 10, 2010, 12:23:33 AM
Three pond liners, an additional 120 axolotl eggs, Daphnia magna, water slaters and another Rena 600 air pump.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dayko on October 10, 2010, 12:45:10 AM
I bought on september a laser printer a home theatre system and a bluetooth hands free in october i purchased a new video component and analogic cable to the home theatre system the past month purchased a computer headset and just that
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Untermensch on October 10, 2010, 03:40:34 AM
A album by Australian Singer Sarah Blasko entitled the The Overture & the Underscore.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Untermensch on October 10, 2010, 04:12:29 AM
Copies of both Led Zeppelin I and II albums.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 10, 2010, 05:03:44 AM
Hi scandiskwindows9x, how are you?




I strolled a huge vegetables and fruit market last Friday.

Delicious. And all those colours. I hate shopping in supermarkets and such, but an outdoor market, I really love it now and then.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: General Razorbeard on October 10, 2010, 05:41:20 AM
Candy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 10, 2010, 04:13:27 PM
Quote from: General Razorbeard on October 10, 2010, 05:41:20 AM
Candy.

Sold by a dirty old man who got you to join him in his car?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 10, 2010, 04:14:40 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 10, 2010, 04:13:27 PM
Quote from: General Razorbeard on October 10, 2010, 05:41:20 AM
Candy.

Sold by a dirty old man who got you to join him in his car?

Hey, it could have been a dirty old woman.  We're equal opportunity perverts here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 10, 2010, 04:16:23 PM
Quote from: Weakling on October 10, 2010, 04:14:40 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 10, 2010, 04:13:27 PM
Quote from: General Razorbeard on October 10, 2010, 05:41:20 AM
Candy.

Sold by a dirty old man who got you to join him in his car?

Hey, it could have been a dirty old woman.  We're equal opportunity perverts here.

Yeah, but I'm old school and a sexist pig.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on October 10, 2010, 05:54:07 PM
nothing. tomorrow i will be buying laundry matts time
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 10, 2010, 06:21:27 PM
Food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 10, 2010, 10:17:01 PM
A new PC, my old one took a shit so rather than keep a 6 year old outdated computer I got a new one. It has better processor speed by 6X and way the fuck more memory than I will ever use.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 10, 2010, 10:30:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 10, 2010, 10:17:01 PM
A new PC, my old one took a shit so rather than keep a 6 year old outdated computer I got a new one. It has better processor speed by 6X and way the fuck more memory than I will ever use.

Somehow the remark about more memory than you will ever use left me thoughtless.  I can't think of a snappy comeback. :duh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 11, 2010, 12:15:05 PM
WD-40. Instrument lamps. Alloy wheel solvent.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 11, 2010, 12:26:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 11, 2010, 12:15:05 PM
WD-40. Instrument lamps. Alloy wheel solvent.

I'm sure it's bad for you but I love the smell of WD-40
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 11, 2010, 12:29:07 PM
Quote from: parts on October 11, 2010, 12:26:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 11, 2010, 12:15:05 PM
WD-40. Instrument lamps. Alloy wheel solvent.

I'm sure it's bad for you but I love the smell of WD-40

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on October 11, 2010, 02:14:23 PM
Two games for my PC. TrackMania United Forever and Cities XL 2011 (pre-order). Also, about a hundred dollars worth of groceries, so I hope that does me for a few weeks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on October 11, 2010, 02:17:15 PM
US$800 and Travel Insurance.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on October 11, 2010, 02:53:41 PM
Aaaand just paid for my ESTA, approved, I can now enter the US any time for the next two years.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 11, 2010, 04:08:29 PM
Sheets, a diary, lunch, storage box, spices, chocolate.

Spent most of my waiting time in the city with walking along the old canals, and reading a fun magazine though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Untermensch on October 11, 2010, 07:10:03 PM
The Presence and Led Zeppelin IV albums by Led Zeppelin.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 11, 2010, 07:23:41 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 11, 2010, 02:53:41 PM
Aaaand just paid for my ESTA, approved, I can now enter the US any time for the next two years.  :2thumbsup:
:duh: Fucking great.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on October 12, 2010, 09:26:17 AM
Some ginormous honey-crisp apples.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 12, 2010, 09:42:07 AM
lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on October 12, 2010, 10:19:38 AM
Two 2ft by 2ft, 4mm thick acrylic greenhouse panes.  I'm building a raised pond, and I'm going to try to make a couple of windows in the sides of it with the acrylic sheets.  Hopefully it won't turn out to be a nightmare trying to get a watertight seal around them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on October 12, 2010, 11:55:03 AM
my sister gave me $25 dollars last nite so i'll be going to the store and buy food later on
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 13, 2010, 03:23:35 PM
house on DVD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 13, 2010, 06:02:51 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 11, 2010, 04:08:29 PM
Sheets, a diary, lunch, storage box, spices, chocolate.

Spent most of my waiting time in the city with walking along the old canals, and reading a fun magazine though.

This post illustrates my ignorance about Holland.  Is Amsterdam the only city with canals?  I would imagine that most cities would have them, just not as famously as Amsterdam.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 14, 2010, 04:32:22 AM
Quote from: Weakling on October 13, 2010, 06:02:51 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 11, 2010, 04:08:29 PM
Sheets, a diary, lunch, storage box, spices, chocolate.

Spent most of my waiting time in the city with walking along the old canals, and reading a fun magazine though.

This post illustrates my ignorance about Holland.  Is Amsterdam the only city with canals?  I would imagine that most cities would have them, just not as famously as Amsterdam.

Most old cities have canals, or had canals.

Amsterdam has a lot of them.

The city I was in has one fortress like "ring" and a not complete "ring" around it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on October 14, 2010, 09:21:43 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 11, 2010, 02:53:41 PM
Aaaand just paid for my ESTA, approved, I can now enter the US any time for the next two years.  :2thumbsup:

Where are you planning to go?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 15, 2010, 03:16:26 PM
Bought crisps and beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 15, 2010, 07:46:05 PM
Three books on sewing, one on the development of the English language and chinese take-out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on October 15, 2010, 08:50:17 PM
Tomorrow I'm buying an iPad.  Wish the Germans could release WePad quicker >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on October 15, 2010, 09:27:49 PM
just ships, i mean chips.  :facepalm2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on October 15, 2010, 10:50:17 PM
Plane and train tickets. Off to see Emma on the 23rd for over a week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 16, 2010, 03:23:50 PM
Things at a jumble sale organised by the local church.

Great poster, candles, candleholders, clothes, CDs, books, breadknife, things for the Christmas tree and more. End of the sale, you just buy a bag and are allowed to fill it to the rim.

Also bought a very nice parasol there. Will come in handy next summer.


Very pleased with what I got myself.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: kaileen on October 17, 2010, 02:35:31 AM
coffee and cigs and food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on October 17, 2010, 04:58:46 AM
Quote from: Callaway on October 14, 2010, 09:21:43 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 11, 2010, 02:53:41 PM
Aaaand just paid for my ESTA, approved, I can now enter the US any time for the next two years.  :2thumbsup:

Where are you planning to go?

I'm flying to Columbus OH first, to see some friends, then I'm flying down to Orlando - I've got VIP tickets for the viewing area at the KSC, for the final launch of Discovery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 17, 2010, 06:41:17 AM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 17, 2010, 04:58:46 AM
Quote from: Callaway on October 14, 2010, 09:21:43 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 11, 2010, 02:53:41 PM
Aaaand just paid for my ESTA, approved, I can now enter the US any time for the next two years.  :2thumbsup:

Where are you planning to go?

I'm flying to Columbus OH first, to see some friends, then I'm flying down to Orlando - I've got VIP tickets for the viewing area at the KSC, for the final launch of Discovery.

I'm jealous :thumbup:


I bought a coffee for me and a doughnut for the dog
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on October 17, 2010, 11:31:21 AM
Quote from: kaileen on October 17, 2010, 02:35:31 AM
coffee and cigs and food.

Smoking's bad for you, mmmkay?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 17, 2010, 12:08:39 PM
PARTS - "I bought a coffee for me and a doughnut for the dog"

You got your priorities right. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 17, 2010, 03:14:31 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 17, 2010, 04:58:46 AM
Quote from: Callaway on October 14, 2010, 09:21:43 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 11, 2010, 02:53:41 PM
Aaaand just paid for my ESTA, approved, I can now enter the US any time for the next two years.  :2thumbsup:

Where are you planning to go?

I'm flying to Columbus OH first, to see some friends, then I'm flying down to Orlando - I've got VIP tickets for the viewing area at the KSC, for the final launch of Discovery.

Very cool. Hope the launch isn't delayed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 17, 2010, 06:09:32 PM
Quote from: Weakling on October 17, 2010, 12:08:39 PM
PARTS - "I bought a coffee for me and a doughnut for the dog"

You got your priorities right. 

My former landlady adopted a wonderful Irish wolfhound/German shepherd dog from a shelter many years ago, and she heard that he'd survived
on the streets by begging outside the Burger King and the Dunkin' Donuts in his neighborhood. Strangers kept him alive with little handouts.
I think that's why he loved everyone he met. He was one of the great ones. Rest in peace, Cerne.  :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 17, 2010, 06:13:47 PM
Quote from: Weakling on October 17, 2010, 12:08:39 PM
PARTS - "I bought a coffee for me and a doughnut for the dog"

You got your priorities right. 

she loves the doughnuts  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on October 18, 2010, 12:49:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 17, 2010, 03:14:31 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 17, 2010, 04:58:46 AM
Quote from: Callaway on October 14, 2010, 09:21:43 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 11, 2010, 02:53:41 PM
Aaaand just paid for my ESTA, approved, I can now enter the US any time for the next two years.  :2thumbsup:

Where are you planning to go?

I'm flying to Columbus OH first, to see some friends, then I'm flying down to Orlando - I've got VIP tickets for the viewing area at the KSC, for the final launch of Discovery.

Very cool. Hope the launch isn't delayed.

I shall be massively PISSED if it is.

Still, my flight home is on the 3rd - Discovery is due to go up on the 1st - Hopefully that's enough leeway for a delay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on October 18, 2010, 02:02:41 AM
Chrono Trigger DS (finally!)

DVDS: Bitch Slap, The Toxic Avenger, Hot Tub Time Machine, Class of Nuke 'em High, A tales of the crypt movie (can't remember the exact name)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on October 18, 2010, 03:42:45 AM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on October 18, 2010, 02:02:41 AM
Bitch Slap

I wanna see that!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: kaileen on October 18, 2010, 08:54:28 AM
caaaaaandyyy ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on October 18, 2010, 08:57:30 AM
Candy huh? I think i'll get some chocolate when I go to the coffee shop in a few...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 18, 2010, 03:26:33 PM
Petrol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on October 18, 2010, 03:38:35 PM
A hot-melt glue gun, outdoor wood varnish, a couple of types of silicone sealant, a mitre saw, a router, live daphnia and tubifex, brine shrimp eggs, 100 metres of airline tubing, 3 pond liners and various other things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on October 18, 2010, 05:22:12 PM
Coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 18, 2010, 05:24:09 PM
Quote from: parts on October 17, 2010, 06:13:47 PM
Quote from: Weakling on October 17, 2010, 12:08:39 PM
PARTS - "I bought a coffee for me and a doughnut for the dog"

You got your priorities right. 

she loves the doughnuts  :2thumbsup:

Maybe she was a policeman in a former life.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on October 19, 2010, 09:18:17 AM
More rocks on eBay
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on October 22, 2010, 05:47:01 PM
I got a new car. A little green Renault Clio. It's too cold to drive my scooter around this weather, so I got a car. I'm the worst driver, so God help anybody else who has the misfortune to share the road with me :laugh: . I cannot reverse, and I'm crap at parking.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on October 22, 2010, 05:50:30 PM
That's great. Is it your first car? First cars are the best cars.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on October 22, 2010, 06:13:51 PM
Quote from: Osensitive1 on October 22, 2010, 05:50:30 PM
That's great. Is it your first car? First cars are the best cars.

I've had a couple of second hand cars that people have given me before, but this is the first time I've had a brand new one. I've been driving around trying to get the hang of driving again, but I'm just hopeless at it. My cousin doesn't have a license, but he's much better than me, and he's been taking me out trying to teach me to drive again :-[

I've been putting off buying a car because I hate driving them, but I couldn't put it off any longer because it's coming into winter here, and I'm the only person in the house that has a license. I much prefer driving scooters, but they're not pleasant to drive in the cold and rain. But, at least when I crash and kill myself I'll be warm and dry :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on October 22, 2010, 06:20:53 PM
Been driving a long time and still not too great at it. lol
Congrats on your new car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 22, 2010, 06:28:56 PM
 :agreed: Congrats on your new car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on October 22, 2010, 06:41:54 PM
Quote from: Osensitive1 on October 22, 2010, 06:20:53 PM
Been driving a long time and still not too great at it. lol
Congrats on your new car.

Quote from: PPK on October 22, 2010, 06:28:56 PM
:agreed: Congrats on your new car.

Thank you :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on October 22, 2010, 06:54:24 PM
Congrats!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 22, 2010, 08:02:41 PM
You can rise to the challenge.  Just stay cool, calm and collected.  Remember to keep your eyes open when driving.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on October 22, 2010, 08:06:07 PM
Quote from: Peter on October 18, 2010, 03:38:35 PM
A hot-melt glue gun, outdoor wood varnish, a couple of types of silicone sealant, a mitre saw, a router, live daphnia and tubifex, brine shrimp eggs, 100 metres of airline tubing, 3 pond liners and various other things.

 :zombiefuck: Sounds like you're going to create all kinds of destruction with that!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on October 22, 2010, 08:08:38 PM
Quote from: Diesel on October 22, 2010, 06:54:24 PM
Congrats!

 :2thumbsup:

Quote from: Weakling on October 22, 2010, 08:02:41 PM
You can rise to the challenge.  Just stay cool, calm and collected.  Remember to keep your eyes open when driving.

 :2thumbsup:

It's funny. I'm a good driver on my scooter. I just can;t judge distances in cars. They're just so big and awkward. I'm OK at driving forward. I just hate manouvering them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 22, 2010, 08:10:56 PM
Stopped at a garage sale and bought 3 pairs of blunt scissors (useful for trimming bangs and keeping in the purse when needed outside the house) and a set of risers for beds.  We don't need them in the house, but they could be useful for the odd job or craft.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on October 22, 2010, 08:14:30 PM
Quote from: Owens Valleyheap on October 22, 2010, 08:06:07 PM
Quote from: Peter on October 18, 2010, 03:38:35 PM
A hot-melt glue gun, outdoor wood varnish, a couple of types of silicone sealant, a mitre saw, a router, live daphnia and tubifex, brine shrimp eggs, 100 metres of airline tubing, 3 pond liners and various other things.

 :zombiefuck: Sounds like you're going to create all kinds of destruction with that!
Yes, sounds suspicious.

Quote from: Butterflies on October 22, 2010, 08:08:38 PM
I just can;t judge distances in cars.
Also have trouble with distance, mostly when turning left in front of oncoming traffic. It's hard to tell how much space is enough space. Also have to have a smaller car. Can't see the front corners of big ones and bump things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on October 22, 2010, 08:25:07 PM
Quote from: Butterflies on October 22, 2010, 08:08:38 PM
I just can;t judge distances in cars.
Also have trouble with distance, mostly when turning left in front of oncoming traffic. It's hard to tell how much space is enough space. Also have to have a smaller car. Can't see the front corners of big ones and bump things.
[/quote]

I can't judge if I can fit through gaps and end up with the cars behind me peeping their horns, and then I get stressed out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on October 22, 2010, 08:25:33 PM
Quote from: Butterflies on October 22, 2010, 08:08:38 PM
It's funny. I'm a good driver on my scooter. I just can;t judge distances in cars. They're just so big and awkward. I'm OK at driving forward. I just hate manouvering them.


That's nothing that can't be fixed by more experience. Offer to drive your friends around in exchance for gas money. You'll be ready to drive in the World Rally Championship in no time!!  ;) :hotrodder:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 22, 2010, 09:46:35 PM
^agreed.
I can't judge distance as I have no depth perception. But I still drive, it just takes practice. You will get better at it. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 22, 2010, 09:51:20 PM
I had an aunt who lost the sight in one eye when she was about 7 years old.  When she was in her 60's she decided to learn to drive and did well.  She was a cautious driver because of the vision deficit, and she never had an accident.  And no, she wasn't your caricacture Little Old Lady driver.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 23, 2010, 01:45:37 AM
My mother lost the sight in one of her eyes over the past few years. Took her some adapting, but, she is driving. And, at an age where you need tests to get your drivers licence renewed, she was considered to see good enough.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 23, 2010, 04:16:29 PM
In Treatment, second season, on DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on October 23, 2010, 04:36:48 PM
Quote from: Owens Valleyheap on October 22, 2010, 08:06:07 PM
Quote from: Peter on October 18, 2010, 03:38:35 PM
A hot-melt glue gun, outdoor wood varnish, a couple of types of silicone sealant, a mitre saw, a router, live daphnia and tubifex, brine shrimp eggs, 100 metres of airline tubing, 3 pond liners and various other things.

 :zombiefuck: Sounds like you're going to create all kinds of destruction with that!

I'll post some pics when I'm done.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on October 23, 2010, 04:47:44 PM
Six kilos of shredded paper wool for £5.99

50g bags of the same are usually 50p to 85p, so that's saved me a few pence (to put it mildly).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 24, 2010, 02:59:19 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on October 23, 2010, 04:47:44 PM
Six kilos of shredded paper wool for £5.99

50g bags of the same are usually 50p to 85p, so that's saved me a few pence (to put it mildly).

What do you do with it?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 29, 2010, 05:46:57 PM
kids clothes, for winter.
bread and groceries.
train and bustickets
and finally got myself a new bra. Rage, I did it in 5 minutes, according to my daughters even within 3, but I think it took 5.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on October 30, 2010, 08:11:46 PM
FIRE WOKRS BITCHES ERRRRRROOOWWWWW  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 30, 2010, 08:30:58 PM
$45 worth of food for 3 people to have an in-house tailgating party tomorrow.  We'll have some leftovers, so it won't be too bad on the budget.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 05, 2010, 01:06:51 PM
I bought a Pentagram t-shirt off of eBay for 20 dollars including shipping and taxes. It got here in just 2 days! Here is a picture of the shirt. It's just like my avatar, except there's no "RELENTLESS" at the bottom. Here's a picture of me wearing the shirt. The decoration is actually a glittery silver, not white. Also, the shirt is a little small for me, it's an Extra Large, but then again, I need to lose some weight. It would be worth it, because chances are, you won't see anyone else wearing a shirt like this.

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture4.jpg)

If you don't know, Pentagram is a heavy metal band that has been around ever since the early 70's, but never became popular. It took them forever to release their first record, Relentless, in 1985, but they managed to release several other records over the years with the last one being Show Em How in 2004. The music of the band can be summed up as the American equivalent of Black Sabbath. Their songs are so brilliant and memorable, I highly recommend this band to anyone with even a passing interest in true heavy metal. I love Pentagram. They are the greatest American heavy metal band I have ever heard in my life. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram_(band)

And remember folks, just because it's popular doesn't mean it's good. Likewise, just because it is NOT popular, doesn't mean it's bad.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 05, 2010, 01:14:36 PM
The shirt seems to fit you well.   Glad to read that you're happy about buying it and posted a pic.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 05, 2010, 03:51:40 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 05, 2010, 01:06:51 PM
I bought a Pentagram t-shirt off of eBay for 20 dollars including shipping and taxes. It got here in just 2 days! Here is a picture of the shirt. It's just like my avatar, except there's no "RELENTLESS" at the bottom. Here's a picture of me wearing the shirt. The decoration is actually a glittery silver, not white. Also, the shirt is a little small for me, it's an Extra Large, but then again, I need to lose some weight. It would be worth it, because chances are, you won't see anyone else wearing a shirt like this.

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture4.jpg)

If you don't know, Pentagram is a heavy metal band that has been around ever since the early 70's, but never became popular. It took them forever to release their first record, Relentless, in 1985, but they managed to release several other records over the years with the last one being Show Em How in 2004. The music of the band can be summed up as the American equivalent of Black Sabbath. Their songs are so brilliant and memorable, I highly recommend this band to anyone with even a passing interest in true heavy metal. I love Pentagram. They are the greatest American heavy metal band I have ever heard in my life. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram_(band)

And remember folks, just because it's popular doesn't mean it's good. Likewise, just because it is NOT popular, doesn't mean it's bad.

:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 05, 2010, 07:16:32 PM
Quote from: Shleed. on November 05, 2010, 03:51:40 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 05, 2010, 01:06:51 PM
I bought a Pentagram t-shirt off of eBay for 20 dollars including shipping and taxes. It got here in just 2 days! Here is a picture of the shirt. It's just like my avatar, except there's no "RELENTLESS" at the bottom. Here's a picture of me wearing the shirt. The decoration is actually a glittery silver, not white. Also, the shirt is a little small for me, it's an Extra Large, but then again, I need to lose some weight. It would be worth it, because chances are, you won't see anyone else wearing a shirt like this.

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture4.jpg)

If you don't know, Pentagram is a heavy metal band that has been around ever since the early 70's, but never became popular. It took them forever to release their first record, Relentless, in 1985, but they managed to release several other records over the years with the last one being Show Em How in 2004. The music of the band can be summed up as the American equivalent of Black Sabbath. Their songs are so brilliant and memorable, I highly recommend this band to anyone with even a passing interest in true heavy metal. I love Pentagram. They are the greatest American heavy metal band I have ever heard in my life. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram_(band)

And remember folks, just because it's popular doesn't mean it's good. Likewise, just because it is NOT popular, doesn't mean it's bad.

:LMAO:

What's so funny Shleed? It's just a normal picture of me wearing my new shirt. At least I don't look like a dork unlike you! :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on November 05, 2010, 09:00:12 PM
^ That's a good pic of you Pentagram.

A) Bought more time with my lawyer. No photo proof though :P

B) Bought new earbuds. They're pretty cool. Sony Piiq's. They clip under the ear instead of over it. Stay in place and they're comfy.

(http://i1.pricewatch.com/images/3706/t2/c43455634e525252f14f444e0f7e01fd.jpg)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 06, 2010, 03:42:15 AM
No Koss Porta Pros yet?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on November 06, 2010, 04:27:48 AM
25kg of magnesium sulphate, 5kg of calcium chloride and 2.5kg of potassium chloride.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 06, 2010, 04:32:07 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 05, 2010, 07:16:32 PM
What's so funny Shleed? It's just a normal picture of me wearing my new shirt. At least I don't look like a dork unlike you! :wanker:

:LMAO:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on November 06, 2010, 04:32:15 AM
Food from McDonalds.

I tell you it's a drought for buying things lately for me. However I plan to buy automated roller blinds for the bedroom windows in a month's time or whenever really.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on November 06, 2010, 02:33:08 PM
Lots of Clipper tea.
iPod for my sister.
Canon 550D for myself.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 06, 2010, 03:15:32 PM
A bottle brush
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on November 06, 2010, 03:23:34 PM
strawberry ice cream and Reeses sticks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on November 07, 2010, 01:42:01 AM
6 DVDs: Creepshow 2, The men who stared at goats, Repo men, Triangle, Carriers, Species: Awakening
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 07, 2010, 05:27:59 AM
Battery grip for 550D + 4 batteries off ebay.
Fallout: New Vegas (Pirated version stopped working, refused to accept any patches)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 07, 2010, 09:30:38 AM
Quote from: Shleed. on November 07, 2010, 05:27:59 AM
Fallout: New Vegas (Pirated version stopped working, refused to accept any patches)

That's a waste of 50 dollars right there. ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 07, 2010, 11:48:53 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 07, 2010, 09:30:38 AM
Quote from: Shleed. on November 07, 2010, 05:27:59 AM
Fallout: New Vegas (Pirated version stopped working, refused to accept any patches)

That's a waste of 50 dollars right there. ::)

I bought it for €35. :orly:

You fail at being a game snob.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 07, 2010, 12:54:45 PM
I bought some trash bags that turned out to be IMMENSE! I don't have any bins big enough for them.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 07, 2010, 02:52:40 PM
Quote from: parts on November 06, 2010, 03:15:32 PM
A bottle brush

The plant or the cleaning device?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 07, 2010, 02:55:21 PM
From Goodwill:

5 paperbacks - they're 39 cents each or 5 for 99 cents, go figure.
2 bath rugs
6 bath towels (found 4 protecting the lawn mower last night.  NO wonder I'm short on towels, darn Prince Albert)
2 tops for the Princess Royal
A lava lamp for the Princess Royal
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 07, 2010, 02:57:45 PM
Quote from: Weakling on November 07, 2010, 02:55:21 PM
From Goodwill:

5 paperbacks - they're 39 cents each or 5 for 99 cents, go figure.
2 bath rugs
6 bath towels (found 4 protecting the lawn mower last night.  NO wonder I'm short on towels, darn Prince Albert)
2 tops for the Princess Royal
A lava lamp for the Princess Royal


They probably want to encourage people to buy more so they can clear shelf space for the newer arrivals.  :chin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 07, 2010, 03:02:45 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on November 07, 2010, 12:54:45 PM
I bought some trash bags that turned out to be IMMENSE! I don't have any bins big enough for them.  :laugh:

I have the opposite of that problem. I have trouble finding trash bags big enough for my 32 gallon trash bin. :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 07, 2010, 03:28:01 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 07, 2010, 03:02:45 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on November 07, 2010, 12:54:45 PM
I bought some trash bags that turned out to be IMMENSE! I don't have any bins big enough for them.  :laugh:

I have the opposite of that problem. I have trouble finding trash bags big enough for my 32 gallon trash bin. :LOL:

*places some of the big bags in the Transporter room and beams them to you*  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 07, 2010, 03:36:53 PM
A bow of 3/4 inch sockets of various sizes to add to my set
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: kaileen on November 08, 2010, 10:01:15 AM
black eyeliner :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on November 08, 2010, 10:24:11 AM
A few DVDs: Gremlins 1 & 2, Airplane 1 & 2, The Children's Hour, Let The Right One In, The Wave and Black Cat, White Cat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 08, 2010, 02:40:06 PM
Ordered the Fry & Laurie box from Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on November 08, 2010, 04:08:29 PM
I hate stuff, I just hate it. Cant stand it, so i dont buy much. But I DID just pay 90$ to get my computer fixed. So I bought tech support :(  :violin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 09, 2010, 06:39:20 AM
Candy, candy, candy, candles, tea, tea, tea.

Lots of candy for StMartens day. Don't know how many kids will be at my doorstep. Could be six, could be over sixty. Differs every year.

I know some people get over a hundred kids, so I did probably buy too much, but, better safe than sorry. Was my favourite feast as a kid, want it to be nice for kids now too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 09, 2010, 11:14:08 AM
Race Pro for the Xbox 360 for 10 dollars. Very good bargain. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 09, 2010, 01:09:11 PM
Quote from: eris on November 08, 2010, 04:08:29 PM
I hate stuff, I just hate it. Cant stand it, so i dont buy much. But I DID just pay 90$ to get my computer fixed. So I bought tech support :(  :violin:

Learn to do it yourself = free fixes!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 09, 2010, 01:43:25 PM
Quote from: Shleed. on November 09, 2010, 01:09:11 PM
Quote from: eris on November 08, 2010, 04:08:29 PM
I hate stuff, I just hate it. Cant stand it, so i dont buy much. But I DID just pay 90$ to get my computer fixed. So I bought tech support :(  :violin:

Learn to do it yourself = free fixes!

Yeah. And it's very easy to do. You just got to follow a few simple tips from the experts and follow the instructions on the screen.

It amazes me how computers confuse the general population when they have never been simpler to work with!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on November 09, 2010, 04:56:22 PM
Yeah I am pretty shit at computers . :thumbdn: im just not that interested. I cant fix shit.

problem was IE was corrupted and I couldnt view anything with a graphic program, includiing the anti-virus program. I didnt know that. I had just given up, and i wanted to check my email. I needed to check it to see what I was doing that night, so I just gave in and bought it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 09, 2010, 05:09:30 PM
I love stuff things are better than most people :2thumbsup: 

I bought two Cokes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 09, 2010, 08:09:34 PM
If only women were objects under your will instead of people. :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 09, 2010, 08:36:46 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 09, 2010, 01:43:25 PM
Quote from: Shleed. on November 09, 2010, 01:09:11 PM
Quote from: eris on November 08, 2010, 04:08:29 PM
I hate stuff, I just hate it. Cant stand it, so i dont buy much. But I DID just pay 90$ to get my computer fixed. So I bought tech support :(  :violin:

Learn to do it yourself = free fixes!

Yeah. And it's very easy to do. You just got to follow a few simple tips from the experts and follow the instructions on the screen.

It amazes me how computers confuse the general population when they have never been simpler to work with!

that seems like an oxymoron to me.  If the computer isn't working how can you access the internet?  Please,don't bother explaining to me.  I know it can be done, I'm just not up to it yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 10, 2010, 04:11:14 PM
Sixteen ten inch drivers from Parts Express. These are a type of design that works well in an open back style of baffle. 


... along with two hundred, two inch tweeters (I expect to find some that are not up to snuff ) that "electronically" should mate well with the tens. I plan to build an Open Back, Linear Array Speaker System for a friend (a kind of inverse Di'Apollito design that I have had success with, with the bass drivers singled in the center and the treble drivers doubled along the outside - eight, ten inch drivers is equal in linear measurement to forty, two inch drivers - forty on either side of the eighty inch line of bass drivers) who has never heard Open Back speaker systems, nor Linearly Arrayed speaker systems. I will create a Pole of Power, then show him what TWO TUBE WATTS can do across such an emense radiating area at realistic listening distances, such as his  basement party room.

The tens will face directly into the "sweetspot,"  with the two planes of tweets facing a negative nineteen degrees from the plane of the tens.  I have done something similar with fifteens several times, once with twelves, but not yet with tens.

Tens in open air generally prove to be highly dynamic and extremely responsive. It will be fun to use an array of them taller than I stand.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 10, 2010, 06:49:03 PM
I bought some groceries and a bathroom scale. I weigh around 275 lbs, I am only 6 feet 2... this cannot be good, I used to weigh around 225-230 lbs several months ago. :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 10, 2010, 08:20:46 PM
I bought 3 hardcover books (75 cents each), 8 paperback books (38 cents each) and 6 DVDs ($1.88 each).  I love, love, love senior discount.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 11, 2010, 01:26:02 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 10, 2010, 06:49:03 PM
I bought some groceries and a bathroom scale. I weigh around 275 lbs, I am only 6 feet 2... this cannot be good, I used to weigh around 225-230 lbs several months ago. :grrr:

Eat less then. Simple.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 11, 2010, 02:32:04 AM
Quote from: Shleed. on November 11, 2010, 01:26:02 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 10, 2010, 06:49:03 PM
I bought some groceries and a bathroom scale. I weigh around 275 lbs, I am only 6 feet 2... this cannot be good, I used to weigh around 225-230 lbs several months ago. :grrr:

Eat less then. Simple.

Maybe it's the medication that has caused my weight gain, not my eating habits. Maybe my appetite got too fucked around with, thanks to the Adderall. I heard that those who get their stomach stapled can actually get fatter from snacking all of the time rather than having a few big meals a day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 11, 2010, 02:43:16 AM
My brother-in-law had some sort of stomach surgery to curb his eating. He has lost a load of weight but he hasn't learnt a thing about having a healthy diet.

I think my meds have made me put on weight so I have been eating less and exercising a bit. It has made a bit of difference I think.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 11, 2010, 06:26:15 AM
Well, after the store opens, I WILL buy more mastic.

My calculations show that I will use one and one half gallons of mastic.


... oops! I only bought one.

 :hahaha:


After the aliphatic resin has set up, I will go fetch even more shit from the store.


We need another gallon of polymer resin adhesive/mastic for the last layer.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on November 11, 2010, 06:01:12 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 11, 2010, 02:32:04 AM
Quote from: Shleed. on November 11, 2010, 01:26:02 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 10, 2010, 06:49:03 PM
I bought some groceries and a bathroom scale. I weigh around 275 lbs, I am only 6 feet 2... this cannot be good, I used to weigh around 225-230 lbs several months ago. :grrr:

Eat less then. Simple.

Maybe it's the medication that has caused my weight gain, not my eating habits. Maybe my appetite got too fucked around with, thanks to the Adderall. I heard that those who get their stomach stapled can actually get fatter from snacking all of the time rather than having a few big meals a day.

Medication my arse. From what you said, you fucking eat more than even me.

I managed to stay at 15 and a half stone for a good half year so far. It'll probably slowly start to lower over time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 11, 2010, 06:22:51 PM
insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 12, 2010, 12:52:27 PM
Beer. :beergrin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on November 12, 2010, 01:13:23 PM
Milk
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 12, 2010, 03:27:16 PM
Boots for the young ladies.

And some tops for the oldest.

Forgot to get weekend groceries though, I always do that on Saturday, straight after work.

But, am away tomorrow from 6:45 am on..... No shops open on Sunday here... Oh well, we'll live. There is dried yeast and flour, I can always bake my own bread if need be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 12, 2010, 04:25:37 PM
A toilet :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on November 13, 2010, 08:33:24 AM
Quote from: parts on November 12, 2010, 04:25:37 PM
A toilet :zombiefuck:

Was it used? :laugh:

I bought Force Unleashed II for my PS3! TRU had a deal where with any PS3 or XBox game for $59.99 you get a $20 giftcard or $50 giftcard for two. I also bought it for my nephews an their XBox. Now I have a $50 giftcard to TRU.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 13, 2010, 09:52:26 AM
Quote from: Trigger11 on November 13, 2010, 08:33:24 AM
Quote from: parts on November 12, 2010, 04:25:37 PM
A toilet :zombiefuck:

Was it used? :laugh:

I bought Force Unleashed II for my PS3! TRU had a deal where with any PS3 or XBox game for $59.99 you get a $20 giftcard or $50 giftcard for two. I also bought it for my nephews an their XBox. Now I have a $50 giftcard to TRU.

Used  :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck:

No new I still had to install it though.

I just bought some old tools , an old kitchen clock, a slide rule and a bugle
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: kaileen on November 13, 2010, 10:12:54 AM
chocolate ice cream  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 13, 2010, 10:22:59 AM
Quote from: Trigger11 on November 13, 2010, 08:33:24 AM
Quote from: parts on November 12, 2010, 04:25:37 PM
A toilet :zombiefuck:

Was it used? :laugh:

I bought Force Unleashed II for my PS3! TRU had a deal where with any PS3 or XBox game for $59.99 you get a $20 giftcard or $50 giftcard for two. I also bought it for my nephews an their XBox. Now I have a $50 giftcard to TRU.

You're much better off getting a GameFly subscription than sinking money into games that you may get tired of in a few weeks. Just saying. ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on November 13, 2010, 10:34:45 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 13, 2010, 10:22:59 AM
Quote from: Trigger11 on November 13, 2010, 08:33:24 AM
Quote from: parts on November 12, 2010, 04:25:37 PM
A toilet :zombiefuck:

Was it used? :laugh:

I bought Force Unleashed II for my PS3! TRU had a deal where with any PS3 or XBox game for $59.99 you get a $20 giftcard or $50 giftcard for two. I also bought it for my nephews an their XBox. Now I have a $50 giftcard to TRU.

You're much better off getting a GameFly subscription than sinking money into games that you may get tired of in a few weeks. Just saying. ;)

Quite the opposite for me! I only play certain games, Star Wars and Naruto, plus I collect them, and I do not play very often. GameFly would be a waste of money for me!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 13, 2010, 10:55:58 AM
Quote from: Trigger11 on November 13, 2010, 10:34:45 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 13, 2010, 10:22:59 AM
Quote from: Trigger11 on November 13, 2010, 08:33:24 AM
Quote from: parts on November 12, 2010, 04:25:37 PM
A toilet :zombiefuck:

Was it used? :laugh:

I bought Force Unleashed II for my PS3! TRU had a deal where with any PS3 or XBox game for $59.99 you get a $20 giftcard or $50 giftcard for two. I also bought it for my nephews an their XBox. Now I have a $50 giftcard to TRU.

You're much better off getting a GameFly subscription than sinking money into games that you may get tired of in a few weeks. Just saying. ;)

Quite the opposite for me! I only play certain games, Star Wars and Naruto, plus I collect them, and I do not play very often. GameFly would be a waste of money for me!

Oh, well, I guess GameFly isn't a very good option if you only play a few games. I'm considering canceling my subscription, since the only Xbox 360 game I have been playing lately is Race Pro. It's the best racing game I have ever played for the Xbox 360, despite its flaws in the presentation and features, when it comes down to the driving experience, it beats all. Including Forza 2 and 3, GRiD, DiRT, even Need For Speed: Shift. I bought the copy that I was renting from GameFly for 10 dollars, and they mailed me the case for it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 13, 2010, 12:29:11 PM
Bought three smallish boxes of various wrenches and hand tools after finding a Snap-on wrench in one for ten dollars No other Snap-on stuff but found a few other good things
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 13, 2010, 01:17:27 PM
Quote from: parts on November 13, 2010, 12:29:11 PM
Bought three smallish boxes of various wrenches and hand tools after finding a Snap-on wrench in one for ten dollars No other Snap-on stuff but found a few other good things

I love surprise boxes. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Silk on November 13, 2010, 01:27:47 PM
A bookshelf and a "Paddle faster, I hear banjos" t-shirt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 14, 2010, 04:02:57 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 10, 2010, 06:49:03 PM
I bought some groceries and a bathroom scale. I weigh around 275 lbs, I am only 6 feet 2... this cannot be good, I used to weigh around 225-230 lbs several months ago. :grrr:


You weigh that much and you go out and BUY EVEN MORE FOOD?  WTF??!!!??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 14, 2010, 04:38:01 PM
A bridesmaid dress for the Princess Royal to use as a formal if she goes to the Christmas Dance.  It was only $25 at the thrift shop
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 14, 2010, 05:13:16 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 14, 2010, 04:02:57 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 10, 2010, 06:49:03 PM
I bought some groceries and a bathroom scale. I weigh around 275 lbs, I am only 6 feet 2... this cannot be good, I used to weigh around 225-230 lbs several months ago. :grrr:


You weigh that much and you go out and BUY EVEN MORE FOOD?  WTF??!!!??

What was I going to do? Starve myself? I was out of food, so I had to go buy more. Besides, my food stamps kicked in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 14, 2010, 05:26:39 PM
Orange soda, much which of which I just spilled on the floor,
necessitating a cleanup and the purchase of MORE orange soda!  :duh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 14, 2010, 05:46:32 PM
A basin wrench an a one and a sixteenth socket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 14, 2010, 05:47:13 PM
Quote from: parts on November 14, 2010, 05:46:32 PM
A basin wrench an a one and a sixteenth socket

Was the sixteenth a bonus with the one socket?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on November 14, 2010, 06:32:48 PM
Petrol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 14, 2010, 06:35:38 PM
Quote from: Chaos on November 13, 2010, 01:27:47 PM
A bookshelf and a "Paddle faster, I hear banjos" t-shirt.


Cool shirt. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Silk on November 14, 2010, 07:16:24 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 14, 2010, 06:35:38 PM
Quote from: Chaos on November 13, 2010, 01:27:47 PM
A bookshelf and a "Paddle faster, I hear banjos" t-shirt.


Cool shirt. :thumbup:

I hope it lasts because I'm going to wear the hell out of it. I just bought a bottle of Welch's sparkling blueberry grape juice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 14, 2010, 07:28:07 PM
Quote from: Chaos on November 14, 2010, 07:16:24 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 14, 2010, 06:35:38 PM
Quote from: Chaos on November 13, 2010, 01:27:47 PM
A bookshelf and a "Paddle faster, I hear banjos" t-shirt.


Cool shirt. :thumbup:

I hope it lasts because I'm going to wear the hell out of it. I just bought a bottle of Welch's sparkling blueberry grape juice.

That juice sounds delicious! I just bought another bottle of orange soda!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on November 14, 2010, 07:47:16 PM
A new router, the old one started dying on me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on November 15, 2010, 08:02:06 AM
Electronic scales that are accurate to 0.01 grams, a PH meter, more brine shrimp eggs and another air pump.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2010, 09:23:30 AM
Quote from: Chaos on November 14, 2010, 07:16:24 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 14, 2010, 06:35:38 PM
Quote from: Chaos on November 13, 2010, 01:27:47 PM
A bookshelf and a "Paddle faster, I hear banjos" t-shirt.


Cool shirt. :thumbup:

I hope it lasts because I'm going to wear the hell out of it. I just bought a bottle of Welch's sparkling blueberry grape juice.

I find that letting Tshirts dry on a hanger rather in the dryer keeps them longer, both in length and in wearing life.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: kaileen on November 15, 2010, 11:14:02 AM
black pants and champagne
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2010, 12:10:16 PM
2 books for Prince Albert, The Red Badge of Courage and Mutiny on the Bounty, Illustrated Classics versions.  Before someone asks, he's losing his eyesight and needs large print books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 15, 2010, 02:18:00 PM
Ordered a CD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on November 15, 2010, 08:11:55 PM
Lunch
Oz Lotto tickets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 15, 2010, 08:26:13 PM
Quote from: kaileen on November 15, 2010, 11:14:02 AM
black pants and champagne

For a moment I thought this was the "What are you wearing?" thread, and found your post confusing!  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2010, 10:27:37 PM
A used Russian Grammar book for Prince Albert from EBay
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: kaileen on November 16, 2010, 12:14:06 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on November 15, 2010, 08:26:13 PM
Quote from: kaileen on November 15, 2010, 11:14:02 AM
black pants and champagne

For a moment I thought this was the "What are you wearing?" thread, and found your post confusing!  :zoinks:

:D
how could I wear champagne? :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 16, 2010, 05:59:09 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 14, 2010, 05:13:16 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 14, 2010, 04:02:57 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 10, 2010, 06:49:03 PM
I bought some groceries and a bathroom scale. I weigh around 275 lbs, I am only 6 feet 2... this cannot be good, I used to weigh around 225-230 lbs several months ago. :grrr:


You weigh that much and you go out and BUY EVEN MORE FOOD?  WTF??!!!??

What was I going to do? Starve myself? I was out of food, so I had to go buy more. Besides, my food stamps kicked in.

Good food will help you in losing weight. So, it will depend on what you bought.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 16, 2010, 11:53:25 AM
Quote from: kaileen on November 16, 2010, 12:14:06 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on November 15, 2010, 08:26:13 PM
Quote from: kaileen on November 15, 2010, 11:14:02 AM
black pants and champagne

For a moment I thought this was the "What are you wearing?" thread, and found your post confusing!  :zoinks:

:D
how could I wear champagne? :D

I can think of a way!!!  :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 16, 2010, 11:56:01 AM
Post pics, please. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 16, 2010, 12:02:32 PM
Quote from: kaileen on November 16, 2010, 12:14:06 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on November 15, 2010, 08:26:13 PM
Quote from: kaileen on November 15, 2010, 11:14:02 AM
black pants and champagne

For a moment I thought this was the "What are you wearing?" thread, and found your post confusing!  :zoinks:

:D
how could I wear champagne? :D

I thought maybe you spilled some on yourself!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on November 16, 2010, 02:48:35 PM
Groceries and more rocks off eBay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 16, 2010, 05:38:07 PM
Some french-type bread,
shredded carrots, shredded cheese and bacon crumbles from the deli salad bar.
and iced tea. 

I'll add the salad bar items with a can of corn and a can of black beans to the turkey/chicken broth to make the soup.  Top with cheese and bacon (since the buffalo chicken meat is a little sour I need something to mellow it).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 17, 2010, 04:30:30 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 18, 2010, 08:18:52 PM
A steering wheel controller for my Xbox 360.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 18, 2010, 08:59:51 PM
Milk
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on November 18, 2010, 09:03:38 PM
Several games, mostly expansion packs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 18, 2010, 09:27:46 PM
The Harry Potter Lego game for my nephew as it is his birthday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on November 19, 2010, 09:18:19 AM
Cosmos DVD, The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser, The Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser, Bad Science by Ben Goldacre and After Leaving Mr Mackenzie by Jean Rhys.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 20, 2010, 04:03:19 AM
The Carl Sagan series? Very cool if that is the case.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on November 20, 2010, 04:13:19 AM
call of duty black ops and battle feild bad company 2.... sold black ops to pay for a god damn hole in my wall to be repaired... that was birthday money to so i cant see myself having that game again any time soon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on November 20, 2010, 06:49:21 AM
30 pack of Coke cans
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 20, 2010, 11:08:08 AM
A small bench anvil and a small diamond shaped stained glass window at an estate sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 20, 2010, 12:43:41 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on November 20, 2010, 06:49:21 AM
30 pack of Coke cans

Did you also buy some Rum to go with that??  :zoinks:

:fiveshots:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 12:44:38 PM
Quote from: Ernst Udet on November 20, 2010, 12:43:41 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on November 20, 2010, 06:49:21 AM
30 pack of Coke cans

Did you also buy some Rum to go with that??  :zoinks:

:fiveshots:

Don't forget the limes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 20, 2010, 12:47:43 PM
I've never used limes. Is that just a Limey thing??  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 12:48:49 PM
Quote from: Ernst Udet on November 20, 2010, 12:47:43 PM
I've never used limes. Is that just a Limey thing??  :orly:

Rum + Coca Cola + Lime = Cuba Libre.  It's an old time drink from the 50's and 60's.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 20, 2010, 12:50:28 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 12:48:49 PM
Quote from: Ernst Udet on November 20, 2010, 12:47:43 PM
I've never used limes. Is that just a Limey thing??  :orly:

Rum + Coca Cola + Lime = Cuba Libre.  It's an old time drink from the 50's and 60's.


 :thumbup:

I'll have to try one this afternoon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 20, 2010, 04:40:30 PM
Bought a better citrus juicer. Still manual, but, more sturdy, and the container can hold up to half a litre of juice. Much better than what I had. That just was OK for one lemon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 05:06:48 PM
Except for one item, just what I set out to buy:  toothpaste, dental floss and cinnamon sugar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 20, 2010, 05:09:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 05:06:48 PM
Except for one item, just what I set out to buy:  toothpaste, dental floss and cinnamon sugar.

What was the extra item? Some cute little impulse purchase at the register?  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 05:11:17 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on November 20, 2010, 05:09:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 05:06:48 PM
Except for one item, just what I set out to buy:  toothpaste, dental floss and cinnamon sugar.

What was the extra item? Some cute little impulse purchase at the register?  :police:

The cinnamon sugar, yeah, real exotic.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 20, 2010, 05:15:11 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 05:11:17 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on November 20, 2010, 05:09:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 05:06:48 PM
Except for one item, just what I set out to buy:  toothpaste, dental floss and cinnamon sugar.

What was the extra item? Some cute little impulse purchase at the register?  :police:

The cinnamon sugar, yeah, real exotic.

For prince Albert or the Princess Royal? Or did you convert to liking cinnamon all of a sudden?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2010, 05:16:06 PM
The Princess Royal likes cinnamon toast occasionally and we were out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 03:28:41 PM
Milk
Coffee
Bananas
Cheese
Stuffing
19 quarts of motor oil.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 21, 2010, 03:34:50 PM
Tea towels. Very vibrant colours. Fuchsia pink and some kind of green. Skipped the yellow ones. They were on offer, and I needed new ones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 21, 2010, 03:46:15 PM
Quote from: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 03:28:41 PM
19 quarts of motor oil.

 :o :o :o

Do you have an entire fleet of cars??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 04:39:51 PM
Quote from: Ernst Udet on November 21, 2010, 03:46:15 PM
Quote from: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 03:28:41 PM
19 quarts of motor oil.

 :o :o :o

Do you have an entire fleet of cars??


VW is over due for a change and uses 4 qt
Truck is due in 500 miles and uses 6 qt
Porsche is being put away for the winter with fresh clean oil and uses 9 qt



......Mercedes uses 8 qt, but won't be needing and for the foreseeable future.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 21, 2010, 05:19:41 PM
Stuff to clean out the Princess Royal's ear.  A job I have no confidence in myself doing and hate doing because the rinsing out is so laborious.  But I can't see making the taxpayers pay for something I should be able to do.  sorry about the rant, but i do hate this, even thought I've only tried it once and it didn't work.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 21, 2010, 05:22:04 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 21, 2010, 05:19:41 PM
Stuff to clean out the Princess Royal's ear.  A job I have no confidence in myself doing and hate doing because the rinsing out is so laborious.  But I can't see making the taxpayers pay for something I should be able to do.  sorry about the rant, but i do hate this, even thought I've only tried it once and it didn't work.

Every time you do it, you will get more of a knack!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 21, 2010, 05:22:21 PM
Quote from: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 04:39:51 PM
Quote from: Ernst Udet on November 21, 2010, 03:46:15 PM
Quote from: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 03:28:41 PM
19 quarts of motor oil.

 :o :o :o

Do you have an entire fleet of cars??


VW is over due for a change and uses 4 qt
Truck is due in 500 miles and uses 6 qt
Porsche is being put away for the winter with fresh clean oil and uses 9 qt



......Mercedes uses 8 qt, but won't be needing and for the foreseeable future.

Is the Porsche a dry sump?? what about the Mercedes??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 05:32:29 PM
Quote from: Mooney Tiger on November 21, 2010, 05:22:21 PM
Quote from: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 04:39:51 PM
Quote from: Ernst Udet on November 21, 2010, 03:46:15 PM
Quote from: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 03:28:41 PM
19 quarts of motor oil.

 :o :o :o

Do you have an entire fleet of cars??





VW is over due for a change and uses 4 qt
Truck is due in 500 miles and uses 6 qt
Porsche is being put away for the winter with fresh clean oil and uses 9 qt



......Mercedes uses 8 qt, but won't be needing and for the foreseeable future.

Is the Porsche a dry sump?? what about the Mercedes??




Both are wet sump.


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 21, 2010, 05:42:10 PM
That's a lot of oil for a wet sump system!!  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 05:44:40 PM
Those Germans don't screw around!  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 22, 2010, 01:20:39 PM
Petrol for the Jag.
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 22, 2010, 01:31:04 PM
Two specialty knives for cutting foam board and lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 24, 2010, 03:29:59 PM
A beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 24, 2010, 03:33:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 22, 2010, 01:20:39 PM
Petrol for the Jag.
Lunch.

Don't forget to get a few quarts of 10W-30 while you're at it.  ::) :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 24, 2010, 03:40:50 PM
Quote from: Diesel on November 21, 2010, 05:44:40 PM
Those Germans don't screw around!  :headbang2:

Nein, Sie machen das ganz punktlich und effectiv.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 24, 2010, 03:42:48 PM
Quote from: M20 Warhawk on November 24, 2010, 03:33:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 22, 2010, 01:20:39 PM
Petrol for the Jag.
Lunch.

Don't forget to get a few quarts of 10W-30 while you're at it.  ::) :LOL:

5W-30, thank you very much. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 24, 2010, 04:24:00 PM
Borax, Magic Erasers, Coke and other stuff I can't remember
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 24, 2010, 05:52:06 PM
Ham and trimmings for tomorrow. Gas for truck.

Hid truck in back yard.  :ninja:

Holiday plans complete.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 24, 2010, 06:00:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 24, 2010, 03:42:48 PM
Quote from: M20 Warhawk on November 24, 2010, 03:33:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 22, 2010, 01:20:39 PM
Petrol for the Jag.
Lunch.

Don't forget to get a few quarts of 10W-30 while you're at it.  ::) :LOL:

5W-30, thank you very much. :P

Have the British discovered how to make gaskets yet??  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 24, 2010, 06:11:57 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 24, 2010, 05:52:06 PM
Ham and trimmings for the truck. Gas for the kids.

Hid truck in back yard.  :ninja:

Holiday plans complete. :evillaugh:

Nice plans. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 25, 2010, 02:56:51 AM
Some batteries for my camera.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 25, 2010, 01:07:55 PM
Quote from: M20 Warhawk on November 24, 2010, 06:00:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 24, 2010, 03:42:48 PM
Quote from: M20 Warhawk on November 24, 2010, 03:33:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 22, 2010, 01:20:39 PM
Petrol for the Jag.
Lunch.

Don't forget to get a few quarts of 10W-30 while you're at it.  ::) :LOL:

5W-30, thank you very much. :P

Have the British discovered how to make gaskets yet??  :laugh:

Depends on your definition of one. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2010, 01:18:04 PM
Groceries for today's impromptou change away from Thanksgiving dinner (will be tomorrow because I don't feel like it today).  Scalloped ham and potatoes with a salad for lunch and steak sandwiches for dinner for Prince Albert and me.  McDonald's and something at the show for the Princess Royal (she's going with a friend to see Tangled).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 26, 2010, 06:19:00 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 24, 2010, 05:52:06 PM
Ham and trimmings for tomorrow. Gas for truck.

Hid truck in back yard.  :ninja:

Holiday plans complete.

Why did you hide the truck?   :orly:


Please describe your ham dinner in detail!   :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on November 27, 2010, 09:28:44 PM
Disposal
Faucet
Plumber putty
Flexy water lines
And the kitchen sink
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 28, 2010, 04:59:49 AM
A burger at McDonald's, yesterday evening.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on November 28, 2010, 05:05:16 AM
A shower hose for the bathtub faucet (the old one became too loose and kept falling off, needed to bath the dog)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on November 28, 2010, 08:04:36 AM
A couple of second hand vivariums.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 28, 2010, 07:44:00 PM
I remembered to buy multivitamins! Must stay healthy as winter approaches!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 29, 2010, 12:07:33 PM
I have received my steering wheel controller today! It's a MadCatz MC2 Xbox 360 Racing Wheel. It has a steering wheel with buttons and paddle shifters, a knob shifter, and gas and brake pedals. This is gonna take some getting used to. :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 29, 2010, 01:16:29 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on November 29, 2010, 12:07:33 PM
I have received my steering wheel controller today! It's a MadCatz MC2 Xbox 360 Racing Wheel. It has a steering wheel with buttons and paddle shifters, a knob shifter, and gas and brake pedals. This is gonna take some getting used to. :viking:

 :plus:  For the "simple" things in life.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on November 29, 2010, 01:17:01 PM
I need to go exchange my change, at the bank. I have like $10 in it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 29, 2010, 01:35:40 PM
Von's has 1.75L bottles of Sailor Jerry's Rum on sale for $14.99!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

:party::party::party::party::party::party::party:

Bought me 2 of 'em!!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 29, 2010, 02:21:31 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on November 29, 2010, 02:38:37 PM
I have bought a Happauge USB TV Tuner on Saturday and received it on Monday (today as of the date of the post), that was quick. I can watch TV on my computer now. :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 29, 2010, 02:49:44 PM
We have one of those at the cinema. We have used it to show TV on the big screen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on November 29, 2010, 05:15:45 PM
tomorrow i'm going to pay my rent  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 29, 2010, 06:24:45 PM
31.5 gallons gas at one dollar off with a coupon for about $63.00
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 29, 2010, 07:01:13 PM
Quote from: parts on November 29, 2010, 06:24:45 PM
31.5 gallons gas at one dollar off with a coupon for about $63.00

10 gallons of gas for $1.49 per gallon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 30, 2010, 01:51:04 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 29, 2010, 07:01:13 PM
Quote from: parts on November 29, 2010, 06:24:45 PM
31.5 gallons gas at one dollar off with a coupon for about $63.00

10 gallons of gas for $1.49 per gallon.

That is so cheap.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 30, 2010, 06:09:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 30, 2010, 01:51:04 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 29, 2010, 07:01:13 PM
Quote from: parts on November 29, 2010, 06:24:45 PM
31.5 gallons gas at one dollar off with a coupon for about $63.00

10 gallons of gas for $1.49 per gallon.

That is so cheap.

Very mine was $2-11 with a coupon $1.49 is supper cheap
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 30, 2010, 11:23:16 AM
Winn-Dixie grocery has a program where you get 5 cents off a gallon of gas for every $50 you spend there, including pharmacy purchases.  Since it's only 7 blocks away and where I buy the marked down items and regular stuff it doesn't take long to rack up a sizable discount. The offer is good for one fill-up a month, max 20 gallons at a participating Shell Station.  Gas was $2.09 a gallon there and I had 60 cents off per gallon.  The Matrix only takes 13 gallons.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 30, 2010, 12:38:14 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 30, 2010, 11:23:16 AM
Winn-Dixie grocery has a program where you get 5 cents off a gallon of gas for every $50 you spend there, including pharmacy purchases.  Since it's only 7 blocks away and where I buy the marked down items and regular stuff it doesn't take long to rack up a sizable discount. The offer is good for one fill-up a month, max 20 gallons at a participating Shell Station.  Gas was $2.09 a gallon there and I had 60 cents off per gallon.  The Matrix only takes 13 gallons.

That's how we get the coupons too but from Stop and Shop.  My truck has a 35 gallon tank though
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 30, 2010, 02:47:31 PM
Quote from: parts on November 30, 2010, 06:09:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 30, 2010, 01:51:04 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 29, 2010, 07:01:13 PM
Quote from: parts on November 29, 2010, 06:24:45 PM
31.5 gallons gas at one dollar off with a coupon for about $63.00

10 gallons of gas for $1.49 per gallon.

That is so cheap.

Very mine was $2-11 with a coupon $1.49 is supper cheap

$2.11 is still cheap.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 30, 2010, 05:14:51 PM

I am beside myself with how much I have spent, recently.

"Spending"  is not actually the problem; we are flush, and then some more. What the problem is, is that I have no idea how to use some of this stuff I have bought. Sure, the laptops and the camcorders are no problem, but WTF am I going to do with DOG?!?





YES!!!







I NOW HAVE A DOG!




GAWD, I have missed having a dog!



WTF am I going to do with a dog?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 30, 2010, 05:38:08 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 30, 2010, 05:14:51 PM

I am beside myself with how much I have spent, recently.

"Spending"  is not actually the problem; we are flush, and then some more. What the problem is, is that I have no idea how to use some of this stuff I have bought. Sure, the laptops and the camcorders are no problem, but WTF am I going to do with DOG?!?





YES!!!







I NOW HAVE A DOG!




GAWD, I have missed having a dog!



WTF am I going to do with a dog?


Will you post a photo of Dawg's dog
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 30, 2010, 07:15:27 PM

I will.


... but more to the point of my question concerning what the fuck I am going to do with a dog ...


I am going to lick her face before she licks mine.

 :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 01, 2010, 06:55:45 AM
Dogs are cool. I wish I could have one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 01, 2010, 07:41:51 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 06:55:45 AM
Dogs are cool. I wish I could have one.

Are you allergic to dogs as well as cats?  ???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on December 01, 2010, 09:08:17 AM
Got the macro lens. 100mm f2.8 USM, the non IS version.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 07:41:51 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 06:55:45 AM
Dogs are cool. I wish I could have one.

Are you allergic to dogs as well as cats?  ???

Yes. I seem to react badly to most furry things.

Edit: And I love dogs and usually dogs love me. I can get along with just about any dog, every time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 01, 2010, 02:23:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 07:41:51 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 06:55:45 AM
Dogs are cool. I wish I could have one.

Are you allergic to dogs as well as cats?  ???

Yes. I seem to react badly to most furry things.

Edit: And I love dogs and usually dogs love me. I can get along with just about any dog, every time.

It seems a waste of a real gift that you can't have a dog, given your rapport with them.
Might it be worth it to go on daily prescription antihistamines?   ???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:30:04 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 02:23:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 07:41:51 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 06:55:45 AM
Dogs are cool. I wish I could have one.

Are you allergic to dogs as well as cats?  ???

Yes. I seem to react badly to most furry things.

Edit: And I love dogs and usually dogs love me. I can get along with just about any dog, every time.

It seems a waste of a real gift that you can't have a dog, given your rapport with them.
Might it be worth it to go on daily prescription antihistamines?   ???

I've thought about that but it's not a very good solution. I'd want something a bit more permanent--who knows what antihistamines will do to you in the long run?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 01, 2010, 02:55:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:30:04 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 02:23:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 07:41:51 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 06:55:45 AM
Dogs are cool. I wish I could have one.

Are you allergic to dogs as well as cats?  ???

Yes. I seem to react badly to most furry things.

Edit: And I love dogs and usually dogs love me. I can get along with just about any dog, every time.

It seems a waste of a real gift that you can't have a dog, given your rapport with them.
Might it be worth it to go on daily prescription antihistamines?   ???

I've thought about that but it's not a very good solution. I'd want something a bit more permanent--who knows what antihistamines will do to you in the long run?

It's a shame. Maybe you could find a hypoallergenic breed of dog.   :chin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 01, 2010, 03:05:20 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 02:55:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:30:04 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 02:23:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 07:41:51 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 06:55:45 AM
Dogs are cool. I wish I could have one.

Are you allergic to dogs as well as cats?  ???

Yes. I seem to react badly to most furry things.

Edit: And I love dogs and usually dogs love me. I can get along with just about any dog, every time.

It seems a waste of a real gift that you can't have a dog, given your rapport with them.
Might it be worth it to go on daily prescription antihistamines?   ???

I've thought about that but it's not a very good solution. I'd want something a bit more permanent--who knows what antihistamines will do to you in the long run?

It's a shame. Maybe you could find a hypoallergenic breed of dog.   :chin:

There are a few breeds that are supposed to be better than others in that respect but a vet told me that there are no guarantees.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 01, 2010, 05:19:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 03:05:20 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 02:55:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:30:04 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 02:23:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 07:41:51 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 06:55:45 AM
Dogs are cool. I wish I could have one.

Are you allergic to dogs as well as cats?  ???

Yes. I seem to react badly to most furry things.

Edit: And I love dogs and usually dogs love me. I can get along with just about any dog, every time.

It seems a waste of a real gift that you can't have a dog, given your rapport with them.
Might it be worth it to go on daily prescription antihistamines?   ???

I've thought about that but it's not a very good solution. I'd want something a bit more permanent--who knows what antihistamines will do to you in the long run?

It's a shame. Maybe you could find a hypoallergenic breed of dog.   :chin:

There are a few breeds that are supposed to be better than others in that respect but a vet told me that there are no guarantees.

There are nude dogs too, just like those sphinx cats, but, living as northern as you do, that would be kind of hard for a dog in winter I guess.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 01, 2010, 05:23:17 PM
Milk, lotto ticket, a coke and mentos
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on December 01, 2010, 05:28:55 PM
Some groceries, and a quartz heater. The heater cost 40 dollars and is supposedly for a large room. It better keep my fat ass warm tonight or I'm taking it back to Wal-Mart.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 01, 2010, 05:46:37 PM
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc445/hetiswat/cats%202010/Trivia/tangerines.jpg)

For the addiction of the girls and me.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 01, 2010, 06:40:49 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 01, 2010, 05:46:37 PM
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc445/hetiswat/cats%202010/Trivia/tangerines.jpg)

For the addiction of the girls and me.



Ooh, that reminds me.  I have some citrus fruit I should eat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 02, 2010, 12:14:24 AM
I have done some Christmas shopping for my niece and nephew. And yesterday I bought myself some summer pyjama pants.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on December 02, 2010, 12:22:37 AM
this
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on December 02, 2010, 12:31:20 AM
Quote from: eris on December 02, 2010, 12:22:37 AM
this

(http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4430.0;attach=11363;image)

Well, pack a bowl and pass it around!!!  :2thumbsup:

:stoned:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 02, 2010, 07:01:12 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on December 01, 2010, 05:28:55 PM
Some groceries, and a quartz heater. The heater cost 40 dollars and is supposedly for a large room. It better keep my fat ass warm tonight or I'm taking it back to Wal-Mart.

So how did it work? Are you keeping it?   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on December 02, 2010, 08:27:52 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 02, 2010, 07:01:12 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on December 01, 2010, 05:28:55 PM
Some groceries, and a quartz heater. The heater cost 40 dollars and is supposedly for a large room. It better keep my fat ass warm tonight or I'm taking it back to Wal-Mart.

So how did it work? Are you keeping it?   :orly:

Probably am going to keep it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 02, 2010, 09:07:26 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 01, 2010, 05:19:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 03:05:20 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 02:55:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:30:04 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 02:23:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 01, 2010, 07:41:51 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2010, 06:55:45 AM
Dogs are cool. I wish I could have one.

Are you allergic to dogs as well as cats?  ???

Yes. I seem to react badly to most furry things.

Edit: And I love dogs and usually dogs love me. I can get along with just about any dog, every time.

It seems a waste of a real gift that you can't have a dog, given your rapport with them.
Might it be worth it to go on daily prescription antihistamines?   ???

I've thought about that but it's not a very good solution. I'd want something a bit more permanent--who knows what antihistamines will do to you in the long run?

It's a shame. Maybe you could find a hypoallergenic breed of dog.   :chin:

There are a few breeds that are supposed to be better than others in that respect but a vet told me that there are no guarantees.

There are nude dogs too, just like those sphinx cats, but, living as northern as you do, that would be kind of hard for a dog in winter I guess.

Not to mention that those dogs aren't a whole lot of fun to begin with.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 02, 2010, 10:17:26 AM
I wish you could have a puppy as cool as mine, Odeon!




Someone asked about why the better breeders stop breeding a Registered female bitch after having been inseminated by an off-breed male ...


I think someone even tried to tie this most ethical business practice to the insanity of superstition, (GAWD help you in your struggles!) relating it to something along the lines of slave trading practices in the ancient past.


You people must try to understand the nature of business before you can see why a compromised bitch must be put down after such a horrible breech of security over the registered gene pool has been identified. Breeders are in a business to make money and they have chosen the awesome responsibility to ensure that the breeds they sell are true to type.

Now, allow for the fact that a female who has had a sexual encounter with a male can support viable fertilised eggs in her body for quite a time (canine bitches are NOT women, remember) before her "hormones"
 are right for creating another litter. This is the reasoning behind euthanising a tainted bitch.  She can still bring fertilised eggs to bear in her next litter, some of which may be cross-breeds.


Whether or not you believe that some intent upon keeping slavery alive is involved or not, the fact is, a tainted bitch can produce off breed litters and if you are in business to avoid such as this, then YES, you must mourn the loss of a producing female, but in business, your reputation is far more important than a single asset. Some assets must be set loose when the possibility is identified that keeping that asset could bring down your profits. Realise also that as a certified breeder, you may NOT dispose of any off breed pups, without a full legal disclosure, as my new pup was disclosed, fully.


I bought this gorgeous pup with the full understanding that the bitchmom would never again be certified for breeding. I had no idea that she was to be euthanised, however, or I might have taken them both - but whatever.


Breeding dogs is a business and having a proper veterinary certification of a proper euthanising of the tainted bitch is the best way to go for a continuing business to succeed.



... again, I will repeat - had I known that the MOM bitch was about to be put down, I would have taken her or the both. All that is left to do now is to love the pup I have.



I will not justify any more of this to anyone else.

Do your own research, if you must.


... or better yet, go into business raising pure bred animals for a living.  Try chickens, if you think it is rough to be a certified dog breeder.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 02, 2010, 10:56:07 AM
I did not know canines could carry fertilised eggs with them for a long time too. Knew some mammals could, but had never heard if of dogs.

So yes, I did take it as superstition, nothing more than that, and, the sadness of a healthy dog to be put down.

Thanks for the information. Had never heard of it, nor could I find it on the internet, but, if there is only the slightest risk, I can see that for a breeder the bitch has to go.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 02, 2010, 11:12:53 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 02, 2010, 10:56:07 AM
I did not know canines could carry fertilised eggs with them for a long time too. Knew some mammals could, but had never heard if of dogs.

So yes, I did take it as superstition, nothing more than that, and, the sadness of a healthy dog to be put down.

Thanks for the information. Had never heard of it, nor could I find it on the internet, but, if there is only the slightest risk, I can see that for a breeder the bitch has to go.

I also googled it and came up with about 9 days under optimal conditions in the bitch.  Since gestation is longer than that, I'm pretty sure it's an old husbands tale.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on December 02, 2010, 12:27:19 PM
Unfortunately, the field of professional dog breeding is rife with people who have little interest in biological realities or the welfare of their dogs, and who cling to outdated ideas about eugenics and racial purity.  The RSPCA recently withdrew it's support for Crufts after a BBC documentary exposed unsound and cruel breeding practices which were compromising the health and quality of life of pedigree dogs:  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4761471.ece

Breeders who have a good grasp of genetics and care for the health of their dogs are faced with a system which penalises good breeding practices (http://www.canine-genetics.com/) and ignores modern science in favour of pseudo-scientific dogma.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on December 02, 2010, 12:50:23 PM
The idea that bitches are tainted by mating with off-breed males is known as telegony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegony_%28pregnancy%29), and was discredited back in the 1890's.  Some people have been slow to catch on, however.  Here's an interesting side by side comparison; the first article advises dog breeders to ignore telegony, while the second article cautions of disaster befalling those who disregard it.  Read them both, and form your own conclusions.

http://www.articlesbase.com/pets-articles/common-dog-breeding-misconceptions-explained-383074.html

http://www.faem.com/edward/telegony.htm
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 02, 2010, 04:53:20 PM
Quote from: Peter on December 02, 2010, 12:27:19 PM
Unfortunately, the field of professional dog breeding is rife with people who have little interest in biological realities or the welfare of their dogs, and who cling to outdated ideas about eugenics and racial purity.  The RSPCA recently withdrew it's support for Crufts after a BBC documentary exposed unsound and cruel breeding practices which were compromising the health and quality of life of pedigree dogs:  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4761471.ece

Breeders who have a good grasp of genetics and care for the health of their dogs are faced with a system which penalises good breeding practices (http://www.canine-genetics.com/) and ignores modern science in favour of pseudo-scientific dogma.

Very true, Peter.

Dog breeders here are certainly slow to catch on. Maybe not the individuals I know, but within the industry, ridiculous notions still prevail.


I would have taken on both the pup and its mum, if I had had the chance.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 02, 2010, 05:02:34 PM
Breakfast/lunch and two lottery tickets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 02, 2010, 06:09:37 PM
I bought 4 outside door handles for the car (3 broke and I didn't relish climbing in through the trunk if/when the last one broke), 2 light bulbs for the back of the car, had the window mechanism cleaned for the drivers window (now I don't have to fear it will break in the down position in the rain) and a brake tag = $657, $657 = relief from worry.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 03, 2010, 02:07:33 PM
Quote from: Peter on December 02, 2010, 12:27:19 PM
Breeders who have a good grasp of genetics and care for the health of their dogs are faced with a system which penalises good breeding practices (http://www.canine-genetics.com/) and ignores modern science in favour of pseudo-scientific dogma.

Is the corresponding feline science called catma?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on December 03, 2010, 07:22:41 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 03, 2010, 02:07:33 PM
Quote from: Peter on December 02, 2010, 12:27:19 PM
Breeders who have a good grasp of genetics and care for the health of their dogs are faced with a system which penalises good breeding practices (http://www.canine-genetics.com/) and ignores modern science in favour of pseudo-scientific dogma.

Is the corresponding feline science called catma?

No, science is simply science, but catmatic people tend to excel at it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on December 03, 2010, 07:30:10 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 03, 2010, 02:07:33 PM
Quote from: Peter on December 02, 2010, 12:27:19 PM
Breeders who have a good grasp of genetics and care for the health of their dogs are faced with a system which penalises good breeding practices (http://www.canine-genetics.com/) and ignores modern science in favour of pseudo-scientific dogma.

Is the corresponding feline science called catma?

:oneliner:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on December 03, 2010, 08:33:47 PM
Just bought another 4gig stick for the psp.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 03, 2010, 09:15:41 PM
I've just returned from buying a 40 ounce frozen strawberry daquiri.  AND I AIN'T SHARING.  IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE DAYS.  I EARNED THIS.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 03, 2010, 09:17:18 PM
40 ounce? That sounds like a lot. I hope you enjoy it. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 03, 2010, 09:18:44 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 03, 2010, 09:17:18 PM
40 ounce? That sounds like a lot. I hope you enjoy it. :)

I will.  And I will probably go to bed with a rosy glow tonight.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on December 03, 2010, 09:20:07 PM
Unless you knock someone's teeth out, you aren't drunk enough. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 03, 2010, 09:20:14 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 03, 2010, 09:18:44 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 03, 2010, 09:17:18 PM
40 ounce? That sounds like a lot. I hope you enjoy it. :)

I will.  And I will probably go to bed with a rosy glow tonight.

Such a healthy drink, with all that fruit in it!   :snowman:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 04, 2010, 04:06:35 PM
Petrol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 04, 2010, 04:43:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 03, 2010, 02:07:33 PM
Quote from: Peter on December 02, 2010, 12:27:19 PM
Breeders who have a good grasp of genetics and care for the health of their dogs are faced with a system which penalises good breeding practices (http://www.canine-genetics.com/) and ignores modern science in favour of pseudo-scientific dogma.

Is the corresponding feline science called catma?

I really wish I knew, but most of my education is experience based. I do not know catma from dogma, flyma, batma, carma, vagima, foodma or spitma, TBH.

I am at a loss here. I can not help you.

... as long as your dogma does not chase my carma, we are still "friendmas,"  I fear.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 04, 2010, 04:47:45 PM
:laugh:

Really like "batma".

Edit: This was my 45,000'th post. I'm all about meaningful content. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 06, 2010, 11:19:18 AM
Filled up my amount of bandages, band-aids, povidone iodine solution and such.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 06, 2010, 03:32:02 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on December 06, 2010, 03:40:31 PM
Christmas gifts for the parental units.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 06, 2010, 04:26:08 PM
Didn't buy it almost did then it was given as part of my payment.  A small coal fired water heater about 100 years old not sure what to do with it yet but it looks cool.  Spray paint and batteries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on December 06, 2010, 11:04:44 PM
beer.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 06, 2010, 11:05:37 PM
Some Joy perfume.  Ouch!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on December 06, 2010, 11:40:33 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 06, 2010, 11:05:37 PM
Some Joy perfume.  Ouch!

what does it smell like ? I only like certain perfumes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 07, 2010, 12:03:24 AM
Quote from: eris on December 06, 2010, 11:40:33 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 06, 2010, 11:05:37 PM
Some Joy perfume.  Ouch!

what does it smell like ? I only like certain perfumes.

Floral.  It's two main flowers are jasmine and rose but there are some other flowers like tuberose in there too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 07, 2010, 10:11:49 AM
Joy smells like an exotic English garden, like a spring day has burst into winter.

It runs about $170 a 2.5 ounce bottle, but the Walgreens website (of all places) had it reduced for Christmas with an additional 20% off and free shipping.  So I only paid a little over $90. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on December 07, 2010, 10:22:44 AM
Pfft. Perfume stinks, makes me sneeze, and is a big waste of money. ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 07, 2010, 10:29:48 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on December 07, 2010, 10:22:44 AM
Pfft. Perfume stinks, makes me sneeze, and is a big waste of money. ::)

Let me let you in on a major relationship secret.  The sexier a woman feels the more likely she is to have sex with you.  When we were just married I told Prince Albert I was going out on errands including getting my hair cut very short.  PA said he really liked long hair.  I told him that I could keep my hair long and we could have sex or I could get my hair cut and feel good about myself and sexy.  I then asked him which way he thought he would get more sex.  His response was that short hair was great. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on December 07, 2010, 10:47:37 AM
Some perfumes smell really good to me and can increase my attraction towards people who're wearing them, but there are a lot of perfumes that, to my nose, stink of urine mixed with alcohol and something unpleasant out of an oil refinery, and they leave me with a bitter taste in my mouth, even when I've just caught a whiff of them while passing someone on the street and breathing through my nose.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 07, 2010, 11:05:47 AM
All I can smell in most perfumes is the alcohol but have learned to say just how nice they smell to keep the peace :2thumbsup:

I bought two Sharpies and two tubes of clear silicone sealant
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on December 13, 2010, 12:03:30 PM
250ml of dichloromethane.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 13, 2010, 02:06:21 PM
3 Disney DVDs for the Princess Royal, knit caps for Prince Albert and myself, groceries and socks.  Also sauntered into a mark down frenzy at WalMart.  Floor length plush robes were being marked down from $20 to $3.  Bought for the Princess Royal and myself. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 13, 2010, 02:35:15 PM
Nasal spray.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 13, 2010, 03:19:16 PM
A pair of Koss headphones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 13, 2010, 03:44:13 PM
I bought a Wacom Intuos Touch tablet/pen set and  Photoshop Elements for my son's Christmas present, a High Definition Flash-based camcorder, 32GB expansion flash card, a light duty tripod and girlie camera bag for my daughter,  a "kitchen-sized"   22 inch HDTV with a built in DVD player, full motion wall mount and the complete NCIS series (her latest favorite program) for my wife.


I bought myself a seriously powerful DeWalt battery operated drill/driver.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 13, 2010, 03:48:31 PM
Insulation and lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 13, 2010, 06:04:08 PM
Laptop cooler & a new toy for the furkids.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Chair on December 15, 2010, 02:31:41 AM
(http://c1007056.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/bond-1.jpg) (http://c1007056.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/bond-3.jpg)

(http://c1007056.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/bond-2.jpg) (http://c1007056.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/bond-4.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 15, 2010, 03:27:53 AM
I bought a present and card for my mum's birthday and some dishwashing sponges and detergent.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on December 16, 2010, 06:02:43 AM
Logitech iPod dock
Secret santa present for some old dude at work (shortbread cookies in cute character shaped tin)
White and blue tie-dye maxi-dress to wear to my work's xmas party next week
Junk jewellery to go with it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 16, 2010, 07:14:37 AM
Quote from: YOURMUM on December 16, 2010, 06:02:43 AM
Logitech iPod dock
Secret santa present for some old dude at work (shortbread cookies in cute character shaped tin)
White and blue tie-dye maxi-dress to wear to my work's xmas party next week
Junk jewellery to go with it


*tiptoes in and steals the tin of shortbread cookies*   :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on December 16, 2010, 05:54:31 PM
Today me and my mom went to sizzler, so I guess that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on December 16, 2010, 06:02:57 PM
I went with my foster mother to get me a full-size bed, which was about 300 dollars new, got 60 dollars worth of groceries (I returned the heater I got and got a 40 dollar gift card), then after we set up the bed, we went to Chili's, and got us some food there. I ate some boneless buffalo wings, mini burgers, chicken crispers, and drank some Dr. Pepper and a strawberry margarita. At the end of the day, I got two cheap vodkas, one of them was Pink Lemonade flavor, the other Strawberry flavored. That was a pretty good day for me. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 16, 2010, 07:36:16 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on December 16, 2010, 06:02:57 PM
I went with my foster mother to get me a full-size bed, which was about 300 dollars new, got 60 dollars worth of groceries (I returned the heater I got and got a 40 dollar gift card), then after we set up the bed, we went to Chili's, and got us some food there. I ate some boneless buffalo wings, mini burgers, chicken crispers, and drank some Dr. Pepper and a strawberry margarita. At the end of the day, I got two cheap vodkas, one of them was Pink Lemonade flavor, the other Strawberry flavored. That was a pretty good day for me. :green:

Sounds like a good day all around. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 16, 2010, 10:26:28 PM
I bought this for Odeon and Richard.

(http://mthruf.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/job-fails-casual-fridays-cooler.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 17, 2010, 01:43:33 AM
 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on December 17, 2010, 07:22:32 AM
Wow, all you guys buy so many nice things. Must be nice to have money. I bought another month in this shit-hole apartment, and I bought some beer. Thats all I can afford.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on December 17, 2010, 09:34:12 AM
My fire salamanders arrived.  I bought 5 of them; a sexed pair of S.s.terrestris sub-adults, 2 S.s.gallacia juveniles and 1 S.s.crespoi juvenile, and I've housed them in 3 vivariums.  One of the S.s.terrestris sub-adults climbed onto my hand and said hello while I was unboxing them, and the gallacia juveniles are following each other around and hunting flies.

I also bought some more axolotl eggs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 17, 2010, 09:40:33 AM
Quote from: Peter on December 17, 2010, 09:34:12 AM
My fire salamanders arrived.  I bought 5 of them; a sexed pair of S.s.terrestris sub-adults, 2 S.s.gallacia juveniles and 1 S.s.crespoi juvenile, and I've housed them in 3 vivariums.  One of the S.s.terrestris sub-adults climbed onto my hand and said hello while I was unboxing them, and the gallacia juveniles are following each other around and hunting flies.

I also bought some more axolotl eggs.

You would have made a very nice Naturalist in Victorian times.  There was a small, but important current of nature enthuasists in my time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 17, 2010, 10:14:19 AM
Coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on December 17, 2010, 05:00:49 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 17, 2010, 09:40:33 AM
Quote from: Peter on December 17, 2010, 09:34:12 AM
My fire salamanders arrived.  I bought 5 of them; a sexed pair of S.s.terrestris sub-adults, 2 S.s.gallacia juveniles and 1 S.s.crespoi juvenile, and I've housed them in 3 vivariums.  One of the S.s.terrestris sub-adults climbed onto my hand and said hello while I was unboxing them, and the gallacia juveniles are following each other around and hunting flies.

I also bought some more axolotl eggs.

You would have made a very nice Naturalist in Victorian times.  There was a small, but important current of nature enthuasists in my time.

Living in Victorian times would have sucked though, so I don't mind if I missed out on being placed alongside Darwin and Mendel in the high-school biology textbooks.

I'm a bit concerned about one of the salamanders; it's one of the sub-adults, and it hasn't explored it's new habitat like it's partner and the juveniles did, or eaten anything.  It's moved around a little bit, but hasn't ventured out of the plastic tub that it arrived in.  It's partner found a place for a burrow and stayed there for a couple of hours, but when the other one didn't join it, it went back into the plastic tub and has been lying on top of the other one for the past few hours, and looks like it's protecting it from a menacing woodlouse that's sitting in the corner of the tub.

The juveniles have been busy exploring and sampling the various foods that I've presented them with.  Judging by their reactions, woodlice are ok, but a bit hard to swallow, millipedes taste yucky, various flightless flies are tasty and fun to hunt, waxworms are delicious and strips of chicken are very nice, if nutritionally incomplete.  They're all very tame; they don't seem to mind my presence at all, and the juveniles have been taking food straight from my hand.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on December 18, 2010, 05:25:40 AM
I moistened the sub-adult's skin with a dilute solution of physiological salts this morning, and it finally crawled out of it's plastic tub and burrowed under the acrylic beach in it's tank.  It's skin was looking a bit wrinkly, and I think it was dehydrated.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 18, 2010, 07:46:46 AM
Good luck with your sub-adult, Peter, hope s/he rallies and grows up strong.  :thumbup:


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 18, 2010, 07:47:46 AM
As for me, yesterday I bought $70 worth of quarters to use in the laundry machines!   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 18, 2010, 11:19:47 AM
A wood lathe
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on December 18, 2010, 11:38:27 AM
My brother's christmas presents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2010, 12:53:20 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2010, 01:14:47 PM
Some books, a shirt and some eating utensils.  We keep on losing forks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Chair on December 19, 2010, 04:48:58 PM
A first hardcover edition of A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving:

(http://c1007056.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/picture-0011.jpg)

Quote
A Prayer for Owen Meany is a novel by American writer John Irving, first published in 1989. It tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New England town during the 1950-60s. Owen is a remarkable boy in many ways; he believes himself to be God's instrument and journeys on a truly extraordinary path.

Not my favorite Irving book, but still good.

I now have first editions of the most acclaimed John Irving novels. I'll eventually add The Hotel New Hampshire to my collection, but that probably won't be until next year.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on December 19, 2010, 06:23:00 PM
^^^ The Hotel New Hampsire is one of my favorite book of all time. John Irving is brilliant.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 19, 2010, 06:32:44 PM
Quote from: eris on December 19, 2010, 06:23:00 PM
^^^ The Hotel New Hampsire is one of my favorite book of all time. John Irving is brilliant.

I liked that one too read it for a report in high school
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on December 19, 2010, 06:36:54 PM
Quote from: parts on December 19, 2010, 06:32:44 PM
Quote from: eris on December 19, 2010, 06:23:00 PM
^^^ The Hotel New Hampsire is one of my favorite book of all time. John Irving is brilliant.

I liked that one too read it for a report in high school

Sorrow Floats  :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Chair on December 20, 2010, 02:10:01 AM
I'm always grateful that this old friend of mine gave me a few John Irving books to read a few years ago; I became hooked. Irving and Vonnegut = gods.

Anyway, here are some more books that I purchased recently:

(http://c1007056.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/zelazny-tolkien.jpg?w=480) (http://c1007056.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/61ndemk8ll.jpg) (http://c1007056.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/b98zoqbmkkgrhqvjuezkmbd-3bm7run7grq0_12.jpg)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5126FK6SEGL.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/AGameOfThrones.jpg)

I'm really stocking up on books. I eventually want to try to spend $200 a month on used books.

I'm currently reading Doors of His Face, Lamps of His Mouth by Zelazny. Seems like a very promising short stories collection (you know, I almost prefer short stories to full-length novels).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on December 20, 2010, 12:15:13 PM
Quote from: James Bond on December 20, 2010, 02:10:01 AM
(http://c1007056.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/b98zoqbmkkgrhqvjuezkmbd-3bm7run7grq0_12.jpg)
That face would make a good arm tattoo.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on December 20, 2010, 12:18:31 PM
is that a bong/pipe i see to the left of the book?  >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Chair on December 21, 2010, 03:26:00 AM
Quote from: Shleed. on December 20, 2010, 12:18:31 PM
is that a bong/pipe i see to the left of the book?  >:D

I'm not sure. I didn't take the pic and have yet to receive the book in the mail.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on January 04, 2011, 08:31:36 AM
A nose hair trimmer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 04, 2011, 04:25:56 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 04, 2011, 05:33:01 PM
Pipe dope
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on January 04, 2011, 05:35:39 PM
Quote from: parts on January 04, 2011, 05:33:01 PM
Pipe dope

Are you going to share??  :eyebrows: :stoned:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 04, 2011, 05:48:46 PM
Quote from: Scrap Kinison on January 04, 2011, 05:35:39 PM
Quote from: parts on January 04, 2011, 05:33:01 PM
Pipe dope

Are you going to share??  :eyebrows: :stoned:

Sure come on over and I'll brush some on your threads :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on January 04, 2011, 07:16:48 PM
Nothing like TFE paste to give you cotton mouth.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 04, 2011, 08:02:50 PM
Quote from: PPK on January 04, 2011, 07:16:48 PM
Nothing like TFE paste to give you cotton mouth.  :autism:

What is TFE paste?   :blonde:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on January 04, 2011, 08:50:09 PM
Teflon i.e. polytetraflouroethylene. Used on plumbing threads.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 04, 2011, 08:52:13 PM
Quote from: PPK on January 04, 2011, 08:50:09 PM
Teflon i.e. polytetraflouroethylene. Used on plumbing threads.

Thank you, I was too tired to Google! Do you really eat that stuff?   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on January 04, 2011, 08:54:43 PM
No way.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 04, 2011, 08:55:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on January 04, 2011, 08:54:43 PM
No way.  :zombiefuck:

Then how does it give you cotton mouth, from the fumes?   :nerd!:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on January 04, 2011, 10:13:26 PM
Two tank tops, one black one, one white one. Those essential pieces of clothing that I seem to need to replace a lot :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 04, 2011, 10:23:18 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on January 04, 2011, 10:13:26 PM
Two tank tops, one black one, one white one. Those essential pieces of clothing that I seem to need to replace a lot :-\

Every nun's wardrobe needs those essentials!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on January 04, 2011, 10:30:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 04, 2011, 10:23:18 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on January 04, 2011, 10:13:26 PM
Two tank tops, one black one, one white one. Those essential pieces of clothing that I seem to need to replace a lot :-\

Every nun's wardrobe needs those essentials!  :thumbup:

I need them to go under things. Why do I have so many tops that need tank tops or camis underneath?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 04, 2011, 10:32:03 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on January 04, 2011, 10:30:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 04, 2011, 10:23:18 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on January 04, 2011, 10:13:26 PM
Two tank tops, one black one, one white one. Those essential pieces of clothing that I seem to need to replace a lot :-\

Every nun's wardrobe needs those essentials!  :thumbup:

I need them to go under things. Why do I have so many tops that need tank tops or camis underneath?

I always wear a T-shirt under my work shirt. I like that extra layer.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on January 04, 2011, 11:39:50 PM
A new breast pump, bottle and nipples, and breast milk storage bags.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 04, 2011, 11:41:55 PM
Quote from: Kit on January 04, 2011, 11:39:50 PM
A new breast pump, bottle and nipples, and breast milk storage bags.

How's your baby doing?  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on January 05, 2011, 01:24:26 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 04, 2011, 11:41:55 PM
Quote from: Kit on January 04, 2011, 11:39:50 PM
A new breast pump, bottle and nipples, and breast milk storage bags.

How's your baby doing?  :)


He is doing good. He has been sleeping at night and only woken up when hungry but last night was bad because he refused to go to sleep until I decided to have him next to me on the couch in my arm so I can sleep. Now I know why mothers co sleep, fathers too.  He has also been eating more frequently. He hates getting his diaper changed and dressed and undressed. But he is very quiet out in public unless he is hungry and he is quiet in the car. I hear that is common in newborns so I know it's no personality thing. He never cries unless he has gas or when he is hungry and when he is getting changed of course. Now I have him on the nursing pillow feeding off me as I am using the computer. My husband figured I'd have him with me as I'd be online once he comes. But he still keeps me off it so I am on it off and on.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on January 05, 2011, 01:39:27 AM
Quote from: Kit on January 05, 2011, 01:24:26 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 04, 2011, 11:41:55 PM
Quote from: Kit on January 04, 2011, 11:39:50 PM
A new breast pump, bottle and nipples, and breast milk storage bags.

How's your baby doing?  :)


He is doing good. He has been sleeping at night and only woken up when hungry but last night was bad because he refused to go to sleep until I decided to have him next to me on the couch in my arm so I can sleep. Now I know why mothers co sleep, fathers too.  He has also been eating more frequently. He hates getting his diaper changed and dressed and undressed. But he is very quiet out in public unless he is hungry and he is quiet in the car. I hear that is common in newborns so I know it's no personality thing. He never cries unless he has gas or when he is hungry and when he is getting changed of course. Now I have him on the nursing pillow feeding off me as I am using the computer. My husband figured I'd have him with me as I'd be online once he comes. But he still keeps me off it so I am on it off and on.

Sounds like he is doing fine, then.  Has he been to his first doctor's appointment already?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2011, 07:06:41 AM
Quote from: Kit on January 05, 2011, 01:24:26 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 04, 2011, 11:41:55 PM
Quote from: Kit on January 04, 2011, 11:39:50 PM
A new breast pump, bottle and nipples, and breast milk storage bags.

How's your baby doing?  :)


He is doing good. He has been sleeping at night and only woken up when hungry but last night was bad because he refused to go to sleep until I decided to have him next to me on the couch in my arm so I can sleep. Now I know why mothers co sleep, fathers too.  He has also been eating more frequently. He hates getting his diaper changed and dressed and undressed. But he is very quiet out in public unless he is hungry and he is quiet in the car. I hear that is common in newborns so I know it's no personality thing. He never cries unless he has gas or when he is hungry and when he is getting changed of course. Now I have him on the nursing pillow feeding off me as I am using the computer. My husband figured I'd have him with me as I'd be online once he comes. But he still keeps me off it so I am on it off and on.

I'm glad he's doing well. He's a cutie.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on January 05, 2011, 12:32:01 PM
This.   :thumbup: :hamsterwheel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on January 05, 2011, 01:04:47 PM
Quote from: daffy duck on January 05, 2011, 12:32:01 PM
This.   :thumbup: :hamsterwheel:
That's very cool. Last time I went to the Legion of Honor I was talking to an old woman who had a piece of 30 million year old amber on a necklace. It looked great, there was a bubbly looking texture to the inside of it and nice luster on the outer surface.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on January 05, 2011, 01:41:18 PM
Thanks, this is very cool. However, Most opals especially stuff like this have been treated in some way shape or form.

so i'd be cautious on bidding anything, over 100 bucks. because if it looks to good to be true, it probably is

http://cgi.ebay.com/FABULOUS-ETHIOPIAN-CLEAR-MOSS-OPAL-CAB-w-gr8-COLORPLAY_W0QQitemZ350427046126QQcategoryZ10185QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6159539225391440913
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 05, 2011, 04:47:14 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 05, 2011, 05:00:36 PM
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc445/hetiswat/medium.png)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 05:02:27 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 05, 2011, 05:00:36 PM
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc445/hetiswat/medium.png)

Hooray!!!!!  Your S&M materials came today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 05, 2011, 05:07:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 05:02:27 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 05, 2011, 05:00:36 PM
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc445/hetiswat/medium.png)

Hooray!!!!!  Your S&M materials came today.
:zoinks:
 :squiddy:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on January 05, 2011, 05:08:06 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 05:02:27 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 05, 2011, 05:00:36 PM
(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc445/hetiswat/medium.png)

Hooray!!!!!  Your S&M materials came today.
:thumbup: Won't Sir_Les be surprised when he wakes up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on January 05, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
I tought that was her new aprion. those things women wear when they cook :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on January 05, 2011, 05:10:46 PM
Quote from: daffy duck on January 05, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
I tought that was her new aprion. those things women wear when they cook :P

They're non-slip shoe attachments.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 05, 2011, 05:11:24 PM
Quote from: daffy duck on January 05, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
I tought that was her new aprion. those things women wear when they cook :P

Footwear honey.

This is made for walking, no matter how slippery it gets what I want to walk on.  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 05:12:09 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 05, 2011, 05:11:24 PM
Quote from: daffy duck on January 05, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
I tought that was her new aprion. those things women wear when they cook :P

Footwear honey.

This is made for walking, no matter how slippery it gets what I want to walk on.  :evillaugh:

Are they cum slip proof?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 05, 2011, 05:13:38 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 05, 2011, 05:11:24 PM
Quote from: daffy duck on January 05, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
I tought that was her new aprion. those things women wear when they cook :P

Footwear honey.

This is made for walking, no matter how slippery it gets what I want to walk on.  :evillaugh:

I have ones that are two chains that strap under your shoe
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 05, 2011, 05:14:17 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 05:12:09 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 05, 2011, 05:11:24 PM
Quote from: daffy duck on January 05, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
I tought that was her new aprion. those things women wear when they cook :P

Footwear honey.

This is made for walking, no matter how slippery it gets what I want to walk on.  :evillaugh:

Are they cum slip proof?

Those yellow dots..., There are spikes on the other side.  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: richard on January 05, 2011, 05:15:00 PM
I have a mini computer so they dont look like things that go over your shoes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 05, 2011, 05:18:09 PM
Quote from: parts on January 05, 2011, 05:13:38 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 05, 2011, 05:11:24 PM
Quote from: daffy duck on January 05, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
I tought that was her new aprion. those things women wear when they cook :P

Footwear honey.

This is made for walking, no matter how slippery it gets what I want to walk on.  :evillaugh:

I have ones that are two chains that strap under your shoe

I was looking for these (http://ezyshoes.co.uk/), or something with chains indeed. But, they were all sold out. I was lucky to get these now. They are now sold out again too.
Chains would be better for those surfaces that are not covered by snow and ice. These are quite uncomfortable to wear on clean surfaces.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on January 05, 2011, 05:32:51 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on January 04, 2011, 10:30:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 04, 2011, 10:23:18 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on January 04, 2011, 10:13:26 PM
Two tank tops, one black one, one white one. Those essential pieces of clothing that I seem to need to replace a lot :-\

Every nun's wardrobe needs those essentials!  :thumbup:

I need them to go under things. Why do I have so many tops that need tank tops or camis underneath?

You could always wear your tops without a camis underneath.  :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 05, 2011, 06:13:51 PM
Quote from: Scrap Kinison on January 05, 2011, 05:32:51 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on January 04, 2011, 10:30:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 04, 2011, 10:23:18 PM
Quote from: YOURMUM on January 04, 2011, 10:13:26 PM
Two tank tops, one black one, one white one. Those essential pieces of clothing that I seem to need to replace a lot :-\

Every nun's wardrobe needs those essentials!  :thumbup:

I need them to go under things. Why do I have so many tops that need tank tops or camis underneath?

You could always wear your tops without a camis underneath.  :eyebrows:

Duct tape. :thumbup:

(http://images.starlounge.com/slideshows-3/bra43.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 07:44:33 PM
Two, count them, Two remotes for the TV. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on January 05, 2011, 11:15:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 07:44:33 PM
Two, count them, Two remotes for the TV. 
That makes sense. I lost my remote to my DVD player in my couch for two or three months. I still haven't gotten back into using it since I found the remote again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2011, 11:19:45 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 05:12:09 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 05, 2011, 05:11:24 PM
Quote from: daffy duck on January 05, 2011, 05:10:08 PM
I tought that was her new aprion. those things women wear when they cook :P

Footwear honey.

This is made for walking, no matter how slippery it gets what I want to walk on.  :evillaugh:

Are they cum slip proof?

Oh no you didn't!  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2011, 11:21:04 PM
Quote from: PPK on January 05, 2011, 11:15:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 07:44:33 PM
Two, count them, Two remotes for the TV. 
That makes sense. I lost my remote to my DVD player in my couch for two or three months. I still haven't gotten back into using it since I found the remote again.

Lost any more Rugers in the couch lately?  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on January 05, 2011, 11:32:40 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 05, 2011, 11:21:04 PM
Quote from: PPK on January 05, 2011, 11:15:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 07:44:33 PM
Two, count them, Two remotes for the TV. 
That makes sense. I lost my remote to my DVD player in my couch for two or three months. I still haven't gotten back into using it since I found the remote again.

Lost any more Rugers in the couch lately?  :P
That's not funny!  :angrydance:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2011, 11:34:15 PM
Quote from: PPK on January 05, 2011, 11:32:40 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 05, 2011, 11:21:04 PM
Quote from: PPK on January 05, 2011, 11:15:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 07:44:33 PM
Two, count them, Two remotes for the TV. 
That makes sense. I lost my remote to my DVD player in my couch for two or three months. I still haven't gotten back into using it since I found the remote again.

Lost any more Rugers in the couch lately?  :P
That's not funny!  :angrydance:

It is though!   :happydance:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 11:43:33 PM
Quote from: PPK on January 05, 2011, 11:15:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 07:44:33 PM
Two, count them, Two remotes for the TV. 
That makes sense. I lost my remote to my DVD player in my couch for two or three months. I still haven't gotten back into using it since I found the remote again.

Unfortunately they did not have a Jumbo remote, so I thought great 2 of them can get lost. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2011, 11:45:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 11:43:33 PM
Quote from: PPK on January 05, 2011, 11:15:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 07:44:33 PM
Two, count them, Two remotes for the TV. 
That makes sense. I lost my remote to my DVD player in my couch for two or three months. I still haven't gotten back into using it since I found the remote again.

Unfortunately they did not have a Jumbo remote, so I thought great 2 of them can get lost. 

Just duct-tape the two new ones together and they'll make a Jumbo one!   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 11:45:55 PM
Or I could attach a cell phone and call it when I can't find it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on January 05, 2011, 11:47:32 PM
Don't they make remotes now that have a beeper when you press a button on the TV or something??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 11:49:39 PM
Quote from: Scrap Kinison on January 05, 2011, 11:47:32 PM
Don't they make remotes now that have a beeper when you press a button on the TV or something??

This is a Zenith TV with a picture tube, real old school.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on January 05, 2011, 11:53:51 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 11:49:39 PM
Quote from: Scrap Kinison on January 05, 2011, 11:47:32 PM
Don't they make remotes now that have a beeper when you press a button on the TV or something??

This is a Zenith TV with a picture tube, real old school.

Up untill '95, my parents had a Zenith TV they bought in 1971. It had the vacuum tubes in back that had to be replaced occasionally.

They were able to keep it going because when the local Thrifty Drug was going out of business, my dad bought their whole stock of tubes that fit the TV for pennies on the dollar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2011, 11:57:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 05, 2011, 11:49:39 PM
Quote from: Scrap Kinison on January 05, 2011, 11:47:32 PM
Don't they make remotes now that have a beeper when you press a button on the TV or something??

This is a Zenith TV with a picture tube, real old school.

My TV is the same, except it's a Sony, my former landlady's Sony from the 1980s!  :clap:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on January 06, 2011, 03:41:50 AM
My husband had a small old TV that old, which we had fixed in the early nineties, but it recently died.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 06, 2011, 05:13:04 AM
Quote from: Callaway on January 06, 2011, 03:41:50 AM
My husband had a small old TV that old, which we had fixed in the early nineties, but it recently died.

Rest in peace, old TV. I'll be sad when mine stops working. It's a quality product.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 07, 2011, 03:08:54 PM
Just paid for my Kindle. It's supposed to arrive next week some time. :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 07, 2011, 05:01:09 PM
ink
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 07, 2011, 05:32:02 PM
2 HP laptop power jacks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 08, 2011, 05:58:10 AM
Some new (and better) earphones for my iPod as well as a cover for it and some batteries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 08, 2011, 08:08:57 AM
A coffee and a doughnut for the dog
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 08, 2011, 08:16:45 AM
Quote from: parts on January 08, 2011, 08:08:57 AM
A coffee and a doughnut for the dog

What flavor does he like?  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 08, 2011, 08:19:26 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 08, 2011, 08:16:45 AM
Quote from: parts on January 08, 2011, 08:08:57 AM
A coffee and a doughnut for the dog

What flavor does he like?  :)

Any :laugh:  I get her plain ones though
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 08, 2011, 03:49:33 PM

Four Heil Ribbon Tweeters, from an ancient net "friend."  He has had them since the eighties and now I have them.

They came today, so I have yet to even hook them up to anything.


I will later, after I am bit less overstimmed from work.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on January 08, 2011, 04:11:33 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake

I haven't had King Cake in years.  Did you buy it from a bakery and does it still have the little plastic baby baked inside?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 08, 2011, 04:26:07 PM
Two rolls plastic sheeting, four rolls reflectix, three rolls foil tape
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Enos on January 08, 2011, 04:35:44 PM
3 neon-ish eye shadows and a lip gloss from newlook.
A little orangutan teddy and a wind up gorilla that does back flips from toys r us, it's for my rapidly growing primate-related-thing collection. I also like buying elephant or Africa related things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on January 08, 2011, 04:40:45 PM
Absolutely fuck all. I'm buying nothing until I get this credit card bill paid.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 04:48:47 PM
Quote from: Callaway on January 08, 2011, 04:11:33 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake

I haven't had King Cake in years.  Did you buy it from a bakery and does it still have the little plastic baby baked inside?

Bought from a grocery store bakery.  Got the "plain" kind.  They now make them with fillings - cream cheese, apple, chocolate, raspberry, etc.  The plastic baby is on the side and you stick it in before serving.  Less lawsuits that way.  I prefer the almond paste French king cakes baked in a crust, but they're sold at only a few bakeries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 08, 2011, 05:14:06 PM
Batteries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 09, 2011, 07:32:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake

Please discuss King Cake.   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 09, 2011, 07:36:10 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:32:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake

Please discuss King Cake.   :orly:

Ooops, never mind, you already did! But why the plastic baby?   :twitch:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 09, 2011, 07:39:16 PM
Coke and cough drops
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on January 10, 2011, 12:30:10 AM
A Black & Decker 12 cup coffee maker.  8)

(http://myblackanddeckercoffeemaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/B-D-1010B-Programable1.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 10, 2011, 02:38:37 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:36:10 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:32:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake

Please discuss King Cake.   :orly:

Ooops, never mind, you already did! But why the plastic baby?   :twitch:

Indeed, I was wondering about that plastic baby too.
Will it be cut into pieces if the cake is cut with a very sharp knife, and who would want to miss out on good cake, to get a piece of plastic instead?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on January 10, 2011, 02:47:45 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:36:10 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:32:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake

Please discuss King Cake.   :orly:

Ooops, never mind, you already did! But why the plastic baby?   :twitch:

The person who gets the piece with the baby inside is the Queen or King of the day and s/he gets to bring the next King cake.

I never thought about the poor little baby getting cut in half, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 10, 2011, 02:57:54 AM
Quote from: Callaway on January 10, 2011, 02:47:45 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:36:10 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:32:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake

Please discuss King Cake.   :orly:

Ooops, never mind, you already did! But why the plastic baby?   :twitch:

The person who gets the piece with the baby inside is the Queen or King of the day and s/he gets to bring the next King cake.

I never thought about the poor little baby getting cut in half, though.
Do you know where that habit comes from? Is there some kind of historic event connected with it? Or a myth or so?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on January 10, 2011, 03:13:21 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 10, 2011, 02:57:54 AM
Quote from: Callaway on January 10, 2011, 02:47:45 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:36:10 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:32:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake

Please discuss King Cake.   :orly:

Ooops, never mind, you already did! But why the plastic baby?   :twitch:

The person who gets the piece with the baby inside is the Queen or King of the day and s/he gets to bring the next King cake.

I never thought about the poor little baby getting cut in half, though.
Do you know where that habit comes from? Is there some kind of historic event connected with it? Or a myth or so?

I think Weakling probably knows more about it than I do, but I believe the King cake celebrates the Epiphany, which is the twelth day of Christmas, which is when the three Kings brought their gifts to the baby Jesus.  So the baby represents the baby Jesus, I think.

Here is what they look like, but this one has the baby in the middle:

(http://www.canalstreetneworleans.com/img/upload/king_cake_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on January 10, 2011, 03:16:56 AM
if i were on drugs i could probably stare at the picture forever, it's so colorfull. I cant believe anyone would want to eat that though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 10, 2011, 06:03:52 AM
Quote from: Callaway on January 10, 2011, 03:13:21 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 10, 2011, 02:57:54 AM
Quote from: Callaway on January 10, 2011, 02:47:45 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:36:10 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 09, 2011, 07:32:52 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 08, 2011, 03:45:30 PM
Tail gate fixings:  BBQ ribs, macaroni salad, bbq beans, Hot dogs and buns, potato chips, spinach dip, black olives, King Cake

Please discuss King Cake.   :orly:

Ooops, never mind, you already did! But why the plastic baby?   :twitch:

The person who gets the piece with the baby inside is the Queen or King of the day and s/he gets to bring the next King cake.

I never thought about the poor little baby getting cut in half, though.
Do you know where that habit comes from? Is there some kind of historic event connected with it? Or a myth or so?

I think Weakling probably knows more about it than I do, but I believe the King cake celebrates the Epiphany, which is the twelth day of Christmas, which is when the three Kings brought their gifts to the baby Jesus.  So the baby represents the baby Jesus, I think.

Here is what they look like, but this one has the baby in the middle:

(http://www.canalstreetneworleans.com/img/upload/king_cake_.jpg)

Wow, eating the baby, going from Christmas to Eucharist in one bite.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 10, 2011, 06:07:47 AM
It looks to be more like bread than cake.


I bought a year's membership to the Autism Association.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 10, 2011, 06:45:26 AM
Quote from: Big Ugly Radial Engine on January 10, 2011, 12:30:10 AM
A Black & Decker 12 cup coffee maker.  8)

(http://myblackanddeckercoffeemaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/B-D-1010B-Programable1.jpg)

Nice.

That's for the serious coffee drinker
who has a lot to do in a small amount of time! :coffee:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 10, 2011, 12:47:27 PM
I had a nice long post about King Cake but when I was almost finished I went to eject a music CD from the computer and hit the off button instead, so bye-bye post  :emb:.

As far as I can recall off the top of my short little head:  The King Cake goes back to France (and maybe some other countries as well) in the Middle Ages.  A bean or coin was baked into a brioche type cake.  The person who got the bean was the Boy King in Paris for one day.  It was traditionally apprentices who were allowed to participate in this.  The Boy King "ruled" for Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.

The Twelfth Night Revelers start the Carnival season in New Orleans.  Their ball is on Jan 6, or Twelfth Night.  The King is always chosen before hand.  The Queen is chosen because her piece of King Cake contains a golden bean, the maids receive pieces with silver beans.  Carnival runs from Jan 6 through midnight on Mardi Gras (the day before Ash Wednesday).  

Sometime after WW2, the bean was replaced with a china doll.  A while after that plastic dolls were used.  You don't stand much of a chance of cutting the baby since the cake is more like a coffee cake now and cut with a regular knife.  The danger is in biting into one.  However, I haven't heard of any broken teeth since everyone knows about the baby and chews gently until someone finds it.  Now the cakes are sold with the baby outside the cake and you put it in the cake through the underside.

It is traditional for businesses to have a King Cake on Jan 6.  Every Friday through Carnival there is a brief King Cake party (during a coffee break) at work and who ever gets the baby has to buy the next King Cake.  More than one person has eaten the baby to avoid buying the next cake, but most people go with the fun.

BTW, Mardi Gras is technically just one day, the day before Ash Wednesday.  Through the years it's come to encompass the days before.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 10, 2011, 03:11:32 PM


I bought a new three terabyte external drive for one hundred twenty nine bucks.

A year ago I paid more than that for a two terabyte drive.

 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 10, 2011, 04:17:01 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 10, 2011, 05:49:48 PM
Three prescriptions for my bronchitis and ear infection
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 11, 2011, 09:17:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 10, 2011, 12:47:27 PM
I had a nice long post about King Cake but when I was almost finished I went to eject a music CD from the computer and hit the off button instead, so bye-bye post  :emb:.

As far as I can recall off the top of my short little head:  The King Cake goes back to France (and maybe some other countries as well) in the Middle Ages.  A bean or coin was baked into a brioche type cake.  The person who got the bean was the Boy King in Paris for one day.  It was traditionally apprentices who were allowed to participate in this.  The Boy King "ruled" for Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.

The Twelfth Night Revelers start the Carnival season in New Orleans.  Their ball is on Jan 6, or Twelfth Night.  The King is always chosen before hand.  The Queen is chosen because her piece of King Cake contains a golden bean, the maids receive pieces with silver beans.  Carnival runs from Jan 6 through midnight on Mardi Gras (the day before Ash Wednesday). 

Sometime after WW2, the bean was replaced with a china doll.  A while after that plastic dolls were used.  You don't stand much of a chance of cutting the baby since the cake is more like a coffee cake now and cut with a regular knife.  The danger is in biting into one.  However, I haven't heard of any broken teeth since everyone knows about the baby and chews gently until someone finds it.  Now the cakes are sold with the baby outside the cake and you put it in the cake through the underside.

It is traditional for businesses to have a King Cake on Jan 6.  Every Friday through Carnival there is a brief King Cake party (during a coffee break) at work and who ever gets the baby has to buy the next King Cake.  More than one person has eaten the baby to avoid buying the next cake, but most people go with the fun.

BTW, Mardi Gras is technically just one day, the day before Ash Wednesday.  Through the years it's come to encompass the days before.

 :plus:  for the history! Though I must say, I prefer my cakes without dolls in them. I don't even like nuts  in cake!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on January 11, 2011, 10:55:35 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 11, 2011, 09:17:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 10, 2011, 12:47:27 PM
I had a nice long post about King Cake but when I was almost finished I went to eject a music CD from the computer and hit the off button instead, so bye-bye post  :emb:.

As far as I can recall off the top of my short little head:  The King Cake goes back to France (and maybe some other countries as well) in the Middle Ages.  A bean or coin was baked into a brioche type cake.  The person who got the bean was the Boy King in Paris for one day.  It was traditionally apprentices who were allowed to participate in this.  The Boy King "ruled" for Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.

The Twelfth Night Revelers start the Carnival season in New Orleans.  Their ball is on Jan 6, or Twelfth Night.  The King is always chosen before hand.  The Queen is chosen because her piece of King Cake contains a golden bean, the maids receive pieces with silver beans.  Carnival runs from Jan 6 through midnight on Mardi Gras (the day before Ash Wednesday). 

Sometime after WW2, the bean was replaced with a china doll.  A while after that plastic dolls were used.  You don't stand much of a chance of cutting the baby since the cake is more like a coffee cake now and cut with a regular knife.  The danger is in biting into one.  However, I haven't heard of any broken teeth since everyone knows about the baby and chews gently until someone finds it.  Now the cakes are sold with the baby outside the cake and you put it in the cake through the underside.

It is traditional for businesses to have a King Cake on Jan 6.  Every Friday through Carnival there is a brief King Cake party (during a coffee break) at work and who ever gets the baby has to buy the next King Cake.  More than one person has eaten the baby to avoid buying the next cake, but most people go with the fun.

BTW, Mardi Gras is technically just one day, the day before Ash Wednesday.  Through the years it's come to encompass the days before.

 :plus:  for the history! Though I must say, I prefer my cakes without dolls in them. I don't even like nuts  in cake!

You don't like nuts?  :orly:

This could go several ways. For example, "You don't like nuts? Why are you on I2?". Or I could leave it as a sexual innuendo. "You don't like nuts? :eyebrows:" I'm torn on the issue.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 11, 2011, 10:57:51 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 11, 2011, 10:55:35 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 11, 2011, 09:17:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 10, 2011, 12:47:27 PM
I had a nice long post about King Cake but when I was almost finished I went to eject a music CD from the computer and hit the off button instead, so bye-bye post  :emb:.

As far as I can recall off the top of my short little head:  The King Cake goes back to France (and maybe some other countries as well) in the Middle Ages.  A bean or coin was baked into a brioche type cake.  The person who got the bean was the Boy King in Paris for one day.  It was traditionally apprentices who were allowed to participate in this.  The Boy King "ruled" for Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.

The Twelfth Night Revelers start the Carnival season in New Orleans.  Their ball is on Jan 6, or Twelfth Night.  The King is always chosen before hand.  The Queen is chosen because her piece of King Cake contains a golden bean, the maids receive pieces with silver beans.  Carnival runs from Jan 6 through midnight on Mardi Gras (the day before Ash Wednesday). 

Sometime after WW2, the bean was replaced with a china doll.  A while after that plastic dolls were used.  You don't stand much of a chance of cutting the baby since the cake is more like a coffee cake now and cut with a regular knife.  The danger is in biting into one.  However, I haven't heard of any broken teeth since everyone knows about the baby and chews gently until someone finds it.  Now the cakes are sold with the baby outside the cake and you put it in the cake through the underside.

It is traditional for businesses to have a King Cake on Jan 6.  Every Friday through Carnival there is a brief King Cake party (during a coffee break) at work and who ever gets the baby has to buy the next King Cake.  More than one person has eaten the baby to avoid buying the next cake, but most people go with the fun.

BTW, Mardi Gras is technically just one day, the day before Ash Wednesday.  Through the years it's come to encompass the days before.

 :plus:  for the history! Though I must say, I prefer my cakes without dolls in them. I don't even like nuts  in cake!

You don't like nuts?  :orly:

This could go several ways. For example, "You don't like nuts? Why are you on I2?". Or I could leave it as a sexual innuendo. "You don't like nuts? :eyebrows:" I'm torn on the issue.

Take it literally, as in, I don't like walnuts/almonds/pecans, etc. in my food.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on January 11, 2011, 11:03:01 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 11, 2011, 10:57:51 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 11, 2011, 10:55:35 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 11, 2011, 09:17:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 10, 2011, 12:47:27 PM
I had a nice long post about King Cake but when I was almost finished I went to eject a music CD from the computer and hit the off button instead, so bye-bye post  :emb:.

As far as I can recall off the top of my short little head:  The King Cake goes back to France (and maybe some other countries as well) in the Middle Ages.  A bean or coin was baked into a brioche type cake.  The person who got the bean was the Boy King in Paris for one day.  It was traditionally apprentices who were allowed to participate in this.  The Boy King "ruled" for Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.

The Twelfth Night Revelers start the Carnival season in New Orleans.  Their ball is on Jan 6, or Twelfth Night.  The King is always chosen before hand.  The Queen is chosen because her piece of King Cake contains a golden bean, the maids receive pieces with silver beans.  Carnival runs from Jan 6 through midnight on Mardi Gras (the day before Ash Wednesday). 

Sometime after WW2, the bean was replaced with a china doll.  A while after that plastic dolls were used.  You don't stand much of a chance of cutting the baby since the cake is more like a coffee cake now and cut with a regular knife.  The danger is in biting into one.  However, I haven't heard of any broken teeth since everyone knows about the baby and chews gently until someone finds it.  Now the cakes are sold with the baby outside the cake and you put it in the cake through the underside.

It is traditional for businesses to have a King Cake on Jan 6.  Every Friday through Carnival there is a brief King Cake party (during a coffee break) at work and who ever gets the baby has to buy the next King Cake.  More than one person has eaten the baby to avoid buying the next cake, but most people go with the fun.

BTW, Mardi Gras is technically just one day, the day before Ash Wednesday.  Through the years it's come to encompass the days before.

 :plus:  for the history! Though I must say, I prefer my cakes without dolls in them. I don't even like nuts  in cake!

You don't like nuts?  :orly:

This could go several ways. For example, "You don't like nuts? Why are you on I2?". Or I could leave it as a sexual innuendo. "You don't like nuts? :eyebrows:" I'm torn on the issue.

Take it literally, as in, I don't like walnuts/almonds/pecans, etc. in my food.  :asthing:

Very well, although that interpretation lacks drama.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 11, 2011, 11:05:25 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 11, 2011, 11:03:01 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 11, 2011, 10:57:51 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 11, 2011, 10:55:35 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 11, 2011, 09:17:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 10, 2011, 12:47:27 PM
I had a nice long post about King Cake but when I was almost finished I went to eject a music CD from the computer and hit the off button instead, so bye-bye post  :emb:.

As far as I can recall off the top of my short little head:  The King Cake goes back to France (and maybe some other countries as well) in the Middle Ages.  A bean or coin was baked into a brioche type cake.  The person who got the bean was the Boy King in Paris for one day.  It was traditionally apprentices who were allowed to participate in this.  The Boy King "ruled" for Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.

The Twelfth Night Revelers start the Carnival season in New Orleans.  Their ball is on Jan 6, or Twelfth Night.  The King is always chosen before hand.  The Queen is chosen because her piece of King Cake contains a golden bean, the maids receive pieces with silver beans.  Carnival runs from Jan 6 through midnight on Mardi Gras (the day before Ash Wednesday). 

Sometime after WW2, the bean was replaced with a china doll.  A while after that plastic dolls were used.  You don't stand much of a chance of cutting the baby since the cake is more like a coffee cake now and cut with a regular knife.  The danger is in biting into one.  However, I haven't heard of any broken teeth since everyone knows about the baby and chews gently until someone finds it.  Now the cakes are sold with the baby outside the cake and you put it in the cake through the underside.

It is traditional for businesses to have a King Cake on Jan 6.  Every Friday through Carnival there is a brief King Cake party (during a coffee break) at work and who ever gets the baby has to buy the next King Cake.  More than one person has eaten the baby to avoid buying the next cake, but most people go with the fun.

BTW, Mardi Gras is technically just one day, the day before Ash Wednesday.  Through the years it's come to encompass the days before.

 :plus:  for the history! Though I must say, I prefer my cakes without dolls in them. I don't even like nuts  in cake!

You don't like nuts?  :orly:

This could go several ways. For example, "You don't like nuts? Why are you on I2?". Or I could leave it as a sexual innuendo. "You don't like nuts? :eyebrows:" I'm torn on the issue.

Take it literally, as in, I don't like walnuts/almonds/pecans, etc. in my food.  :asthing:

Very well, although that interpretation lacks drama.

I should add that I don't like to see random nuts or peens online, which I why I had richard on ignore when he had  THAT AVATAR! :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 11, 2011, 05:14:00 PM
Duct tape. a new respirator.spray foam and winter hose. fun fun  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 11, 2011, 05:36:35 PM
Quote from: parts on January 11, 2011, 05:14:00 PM
Duct tape. a new respirator.spray foam and winter hose. fun fun  :laugh:

You can do alot with duct tape.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 11, 2011, 06:38:51 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 11, 2011, 05:36:35 PM
Quote from: parts on January 11, 2011, 05:14:00 PM
Duct tape. a new respirator.spray foam and winter hose. fun fun  :laugh:

You can do alot with duct tape.  :thumbup:

I buy and use about 50 rolls a year :o  It's what I use to hook all the hoses together for work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 11, 2011, 08:58:50 PM
I just made a credit card payment.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 12, 2011, 04:47:14 PM
Couple of shirts, needed food, and couple of days ago bought tulips, still in green buds. Colour was going to be a surprise. They turn out to be a very nice red.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 12, 2011, 11:47:59 PM
Quote from: parts on January 11, 2011, 06:38:51 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 11, 2011, 05:36:35 PM
Quote from: parts on January 11, 2011, 05:14:00 PM
Duct tape. a new respirator.spray foam and winter hose. fun fun  :laugh:

You can do alot with duct tape.  :thumbup:

I buy and use about 50 rolls a year :o  It's what I use to hook all the ho's together for work

Fixed and photo: 
(http://chzallnighter.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/party-fails-all-she-could-find-to-wear.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 13, 2011, 06:36:00 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 12, 2011, 11:47:59 PM
Quote from: parts on January 11, 2011, 06:38:51 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 11, 2011, 05:36:35 PM
Quote from: parts on January 11, 2011, 05:14:00 PM
Duct tape. a new respirator.spray foam and winter hose. fun fun  :laugh:

You can do alot with duct tape.  :thumbup:

I buy and use about 50 rolls a year :o  It's what I use to hook all the ho's together for work

Fixed and photo: 
(http://chzallnighter.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/party-fails-all-she-could-find-to-wear.jpg)

Ouch, undressing will be so painful.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 14, 2011, 01:49:33 PM
My thoughts exactly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 14, 2011, 03:28:37 PM
My kids have made clothing from duct tape :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on January 14, 2011, 06:33:50 PM
One of your kids eh? :zoinks:

I bought a wireless intervalometer trigger for the cameras. Extremely long exposures and time-lapse here we come!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on January 17, 2011, 11:13:41 PM
What to Expect the First Year book.
Bar soap
Drink
Coffee maker (husband)
Computer game (husband)
Chocolate (husband)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 17, 2011, 11:16:23 PM
2 identical T-shirts for Summer for the PR, a T-shirt for me, a golf shirt and sweater combo for PR, 4 DVDs, cuttle bone and a toy for the keet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 18, 2011, 05:49:39 AM
Food shopping for GA
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 18, 2011, 04:27:22 PM
If nothing goes amiss, I bought myself a nice and huge bed today.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 18, 2011, 05:07:33 PM
A coffee and two lottery tickets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on January 18, 2011, 05:09:21 PM
A load of books
Food
Petrol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 18, 2011, 05:13:48 PM

My one hundred ten bucks bought me a three terabyte external.

I am still amazed at how cheap storage has become.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on January 18, 2011, 05:27:56 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 18, 2011, 05:49:39 AM
Food shopping for GA

I thought you two had seperated?  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 18, 2011, 07:08:08 PM
Quote from: Sladeheap on January 18, 2011, 05:27:56 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 18, 2011, 05:49:39 AM
Food shopping for GA

I thought you two had seperated?  :dunno:
We have but we are still friends. And I still buy him stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on January 19, 2011, 06:39:27 AM
500 metres of 6mm polypropylene rope.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 19, 2011, 11:18:39 AM
Petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 19, 2011, 11:28:28 AM
An awful lot. Clothes for the picky young ones, birthday presents, DVD, lots of school-snacks (I can ride it out till we have a new supermarket), underwear, housesocks, chocolate, envelopes, coke, .... and on the way home, I bought some bread and got three croissants for being a loyal customer.  :laugh: And all that within an hour.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 19, 2011, 04:52:27 PM
Soup fixings and french bread
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 19, 2011, 06:02:07 PM

I added the max memory (a total of sixteen GB) to my new computer.


Hell, I did not mention that I bought a new computer, did I?


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 20, 2011, 06:45:40 AM
Maasdammer cheese. Tastes and looks a bit like Emmenthaler
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 20, 2011, 09:15:49 AM

i was at the "home store"  at seven, when they opened.

i came home with buttloads of little shelf brackets, wall anchors, and accessories

i plan to sub-divide all my kitchen cabinets today by adding shelves to each cabinet
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on January 20, 2011, 09:34:39 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 19, 2011, 06:02:07 PM

I added the max memory (a total of sixteen GB) to my new computer.


Hell, I did not mention that I bought a new computer, did I?




I wish I could upgrade my brain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 20, 2011, 10:44:24 AM
Quote from: Peter on January 20, 2011, 09:34:39 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 19, 2011, 06:02:07 PM

I added the max memory (a total of sixteen GB) to my new computer.


Hell, I did not mention that I bought a new computer, did I?




I wish I could upgrade my brain.




.......       and mine as easily.


 :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 20, 2011, 10:45:16 AM


Peter. indeed!


where have you been
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on January 20, 2011, 11:32:38 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 20, 2011, 10:45:16 AM


Peter. indeed!


where have you been

I've been around, but I haven't been very active online for a while.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 20, 2011, 12:09:14 PM
Bought lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 21, 2011, 06:25:28 AM
Bought some black three quarter length pants today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 21, 2011, 12:22:50 PM
"Cosmos" on DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 21, 2011, 12:43:00 PM
Insulation for tomorrow
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 26, 2011, 08:36:52 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 21, 2011, 12:22:50 PM
"Cosmos" on DVD.


Is that the series with Carl Sagan doing the narrating?   IF so, I have it on VHS from the beginning of VHS, availability.

To my great surprise, after getting my new video receiver up and running, I have found that even playing an ancient video tape, the quality of the reproduction is vastly improved from anything I have ever seen. The receiver de-interlaces, upscales and de-snows the imagery and what is projected is well improved over what the original was capable of producing.

I would love to have it on a proper disc!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 26, 2011, 08:45:32 PM



I bought a Logitech Squeezebox, two small car audio dual twelve blank enclosures, a terabyte size HP external hard drive, a spare Nvidia GT 400 graphics card, an Antec gaming computer case, a BFG one thousand watt power supply and several cables off our clearance cart - all for less than three hundred bucks.

The only things I can use right away are one of the cables and the hard drive. The rest will just sit until I can buy more computer shit.  I can use the Squeezebox this summer as an outdoor source for music.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on January 26, 2011, 09:39:21 PM
I just ordered a spider mouth gag. It was 30$ off. whoopee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 27, 2011, 12:46:01 AM
I bought some conditioner for my hair, some socks, some biscuits for tomorrow and some fancy salt and pepper shakers for my dad as a housewarming present.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 27, 2011, 05:37:25 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 26, 2011, 08:36:52 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 21, 2011, 12:22:50 PM
"Cosmos" on DVD.


Is that the series with Carl Sagan doing the narrating?   IF so, I have it on VHS from the beginning of VHS, availability.

To my great surprise, after getting my new video receiver up and running, I have found that even playing an ancient video tape, the quality of the reproduction is vastly improved from anything I have ever seen. The receiver de-interlaces, upscales and de-snows the imagery and what is projected is well improved over what the original was capable of producing.

I would love to have it on a proper disc!!

That's the one. All 13 episodes on DVD, with reasonable quality and "science updates" by Sagan form some time before his death.

I love that series. Carl Sagan was instrumental in my decision to study astronomy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on January 27, 2011, 06:29:44 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 26, 2011, 08:45:32 PM



I bought a Logitech Squeezebox, two small car audio dual twelve blank enclosures, a terabyte size HP external hard drive, a spare Nvidia GT 400 graphics card, an Antec gaming computer case, a BFG one thousand watt power supply and several cables off our clearance cart - all for less than three hundred bucks.

The only things I can use right away are one of the cables and the hard drive. The rest will just sit until I can buy more computer shit.  I can use the Squeezebox this summer as an outdoor source for music.

I'm jealous.  All I have at the moment is integrated graphics and a PSU that isn't compatible (in a non-warranty-voiding manner) with current high-end graphics cards.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 27, 2011, 06:34:32 AM
A coffee and milk
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 27, 2011, 08:36:36 AM
A cheap router to flash dd-wrt on.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: matthe on January 27, 2011, 08:51:07 AM
three stone ruinations, two cheeseburgers w/ no pickle, and a bag of blueberry goodness.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on January 27, 2011, 05:27:23 PM
Gonna buy some canned air. For my net book of course...i'm over the huffing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 27, 2011, 08:03:21 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 27, 2011, 05:37:25 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 26, 2011, 08:36:52 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 21, 2011, 12:22:50 PM
"Cosmos" on DVD.


Is that the series with Carl Sagan doing the narrating?   IF so, I have it on VHS from the beginning of VHS, availability.

To my great surprise, after getting my new video receiver up and running, I have found that even playing an ancient video tape, the quality of the reproduction is vastly improved from anything I have ever seen. The receiver de-interlaces, upscales and de-snows the imagery and what is projected is well improved over what the original was capable of producing.

I would love to have it on a proper disc!!

That's the one. All 13 episodes on DVD, with reasonable quality and "science updates" by Sagan form some time before his death.

I love that series. Carl Sagan was instrumental in my decision to study astronomy.


We have just about worn out the tapes I have, with my son watching them so much.

Astronomy just happens to be my sons favorite subject at the moment - screw the dragons and dinosaurs - He is into all that goes on in the universe.

 :lol:

The updates is what intrigues me. That collection would make a perfect birthday present for him, if I can find it.

 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 28, 2011, 10:56:37 AM
It's available on Amazon and through Sagan's son's website.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 28, 2011, 11:38:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 28, 2011, 10:56:37 AM
It's available on Amazon and through Sagan's son's website.

Thanks.

I have almost a month to get it done. I will try the family website, first. Paying full retail is irrelevant, when compared to supporting a true historical icon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 28, 2011, 12:53:07 PM
PSK metal building insulation and two cans of spray foam
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on January 28, 2011, 01:18:02 PM
Carl Sagan was  :viking: and  :nerd!:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on January 28, 2011, 03:34:19 PM
Quote from: matthe on January 27, 2011, 08:51:07 AM
three stone ruinations

Stone Ruination IPA is  :viking:

It's like the jalapeno pepper of IPA beers. :glug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on January 28, 2011, 07:55:16 PM
Quote from: Motörheap on January 28, 2011, 03:34:19 PM
Quote from: matthe on January 27, 2011, 08:51:07 AM
three stone ruinations

Stone Ruination IPA is  :viking:

It's like the jalapeno pepper of IPA beers. :glug:


the only think I understood about that post is "jalapeno pepper"



And I bought lightbulbs today ! yay light !
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: matthe on January 29, 2011, 06:05:42 PM
Quote from: Motörheap on January 28, 2011, 03:34:19 PM
Quote from: matthe on January 27, 2011, 08:51:07 AM
three stone ruinations

Stone Ruination IPA is  :viking:

It's like the jalapeno pepper of IPA beers. :glug:
:agreed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 31, 2011, 09:43:37 AM
Quote from: TheoK on January 28, 2011, 01:18:02 PM
Carl Sagan was  :viking: and  :nerd!:

:indeed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on January 31, 2011, 04:07:25 PM
French Demystified by Annie Heminway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 31, 2011, 06:49:25 PM

I still have my trouble avoiding the clearance table at work.

Storage is my downfall.

I got a 2T external (Western Digital, Elite) for sixty five bucks and a 1.5T internal (Seagate Barracuda) for thirty nine bucks.

Do not really need the external, but the internal will be a welcome and usable servant.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 01, 2011, 08:38:33 PM
I bought a book and a new wallet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 01, 2011, 08:39:58 PM
Today I bought food, paper goods, cleaning supplies, and cab fare to get me safely home on this dark and snowy night!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on February 01, 2011, 08:40:45 PM
Green tea ice-cream.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 01, 2011, 08:42:20 PM
Quote from: Pee-Wee on February 01, 2011, 08:40:45 PM
Green tea ice-cream.

I've heard of that! Is it any good?   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on February 01, 2011, 08:43:59 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 01, 2011, 08:42:20 PM
Quote from: Pee-Wee on February 01, 2011, 08:40:45 PM
Green tea ice-cream.

I've heard of that! Is it any good?   :orly:

Very  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 02, 2011, 05:46:56 PM
Marked down: sweatshirts and a pair of sweat pants, 2 pair of winter fluffy slipper socks
Some peach lemonade and lime water
Transformers DVD
2 dish pans
2 disposable cake pans
2 bags of peppermints
Meals from out
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 04, 2011, 02:45:30 AM
Takeaway coffee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 04, 2011, 02:47:20 AM
I bought medication and a carton of Coke Zero.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 04, 2011, 01:56:04 PM
Only idiots buy any kind of "diet" soda, like Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi.

It has absolutely no health benefits over drinking the regular kind, and it tastes like piss water. ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 04, 2011, 04:15:19 PM
Yet another gem from our very own nutritionist, Pentagwam. Give him a hand, folks. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 04, 2011, 05:04:05 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 04, 2011, 04:15:19 PM
Yet another gem from our very own nutritionist, Pentagwam. Give him a hand, folks. :zoinks:

Yeah, I do need a hand. Masturbatin' can be tiring, you know? :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 04, 2011, 09:04:10 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 04, 2011, 01:56:04 PM
Only idiots buy any kind of "diet" soda, like Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi.

It has absolutely no health benefits over drinking the regular kind, and it tastes like piss water. ::)
I am trying to avoid the sugar that is in regular Coke. I don't need to gain more weight. So Coke Zero has a health benefit there, in that it has no sugar. Plus it tastes ok. I have never had piss water. :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 04, 2011, 09:07:30 PM
Quote from: renaeden on February 04, 2011, 09:04:10 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 04, 2011, 01:56:04 PM
Only idiots buy any kind of "diet" soda, like Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi.

It has absolutely no health benefits over drinking the regular kind, and it tastes like piss water. ::)
I am trying to avoid the sugar that is in regular Coke. I don't need to gain more weight. So Coke Zero has a health benefit there, in that it has no sugar. Plus it tastes ok. I have never had piss water. :D

Who cares? Life is too short to live without some good old Coca-Cola Classic every now and then! :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 04, 2011, 09:11:50 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 04, 2011, 09:07:30 PM
Quote from: renaeden on February 04, 2011, 09:04:10 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 04, 2011, 01:56:04 PM
Only idiots buy any kind of "diet" soda, like Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi.

It has absolutely no health benefits over drinking the regular kind, and it tastes like piss water. ::)
I am trying to avoid the sugar that is in regular Coke. I don't need to gain more weight. So Coke Zero has a health benefit there, in that it has no sugar. Plus it tastes ok. I have never had piss water. :D

Who cares? Life is too short to live without some good old Coca-Cola Classic every now and then! :orly:
Yes, every now and then regular Coke is good. Just not every day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on February 04, 2011, 09:20:40 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 04, 2011, 01:56:04 PM
Only idiots buy any kind of "diet" soda, like Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi.

It has absolutely no health benefits over drinking the regular kind, and it tastes like piss water. ::)

How do you know what piss water tastes like?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Adam on February 04, 2011, 09:53:46 PM
I prefer pepsi to coke. My hot tutor drinks diet coke though, so it must be good
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 05, 2011, 12:05:15 AM
Thank heavens I didn't do this:

Never buy 30 cans of whipped cream and a ball of twine. Even if it is for a girlscout event, you will get some strange looks. #LFMF
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gluey on February 05, 2011, 12:02:50 PM
Some notebooks to write in. I rely a lot on task lists. I hate forgetting and I love writing . I write a a A LOT.
Can't stand using my netbook as a journal. I like tangable things to write in ya know what I mean? Writing is personal
your printing is YOUR mark your making. It's MY PERSONALITY, ME, MYSELF, I..... including my backwards N's. It's
how I got caught and suspended so many times in junior high.

I got some ergonmic things cause my carpletunnel was bother me last week. I played guitar laast week, played minecraft that chuki installed and my wrist was flaring up. I got a wireless mouse for my net book, a wrist resting/tension squeezer thing that looks like a penis for my wrist to rest on while i'm on my computer and these bars for doing my push ups on.
I do the man push ups now. They are hard on your wrists. The push-up bars are so cool though.
I regret wasting over two years of my life on video games but it sure was fun. But now thigs like, writing drawing or playing the guitar hurts after a while.

I ogt fish gravel for my tank and a water bottle, coffee mug, rash can and pencil box and the garage sale for my desk over at the tard hut.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 05, 2011, 12:38:25 PM
A stethoscope for $2 at an estate sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 05, 2011, 02:35:28 PM
Quote from: Gluey on February 05, 2011, 12:02:50 PM
Some notebooks to write in. I rely a lot on task lists. I hate forgetting and I love writing . I write a a A LOT.
Can't stand using my netbook as a journal. I like tangable things to write in ya know what I mean? Writing is personal
your printing is YOUR mark your making. It's MY PERSONALITY, ME, MYSELF, I..... including my backwards N's. It's
how I got caught and suspended so many times in junior high.

I got some ergonmic things cause my carpletunnel was bother me last week. I played guitar laast week, played minecraft that chuki installed and my wrist was flaring up. I got a wireless mouse for my net book, a wrist resting/tension squeezer thing that looks like a penis for my wrist to rest on while i'm on my computer and these bars for doing my push ups on.
I do the man push ups now. They are hard on your wrists. The push-up bars are so cool though.
I regret wasting over two years of my life on video games but it sure was fun. But now thigs like, writing drawing or playing the guitar hurts after a while.

I ogt fish gravel for my tank and a water bottle, coffee mug, rash can and pencil box and the garage sale for my desk over at the tard hut.

I've been itching to get a rash can. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 05, 2011, 04:15:32 PM
Quote from: Javier O'Malley on February 04, 2011, 09:53:46 PM
I prefer pepsi to coke. My hot tutor drinks diet coke though, so it must be good

A lot of people drink Diet Coke because they are dumbasses.

And really, I prefer RC Cherry Cola. Because I am... different! :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 05, 2011, 04:26:59 PM


I bought a processor a couple of weeks ago for my new renderer pc cludge and today I found that Intel has recalled all the computers with the mobo I was going to buy.

I will have to find another decent i7 board that does not have a dodgy chipset onboard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 05, 2011, 08:19:55 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 05, 2011, 04:15:32 PM
Quote from: Javier O'Malley on February 04, 2011, 09:53:46 PM
I prefer pepsi to coke. My hot tutor drinks diet coke though, so it must be good

A lot of people drink Diet Coke because they are dumbasses.

And really, I prefer RC Cherry Cola. Because I am... different! :orly:

I sir, am a proud DUMBASS because I drink diet drinks, usually Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Barq's Diet Root Beer.  So there (thumbs nose at pent.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 05, 2011, 08:21:00 PM
Bought 3 cookbooks, a Mensa Math Quiz book, a wire storage basket, 5 hand towels and 4 bath towels.  Food/groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 05, 2011, 08:24:42 PM
What's next? Someone who admits to drinking non-alcoholic beer? :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 05, 2011, 08:27:32 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 05, 2011, 04:15:32 PM
Quote from: Javier O'Malley on February 04, 2011, 09:53:46 PM
I prefer pepsi to coke. My hot tutor drinks diet coke though, so it must be good

A lot of people drink Diet Coke because they are dumbasses.

And really, I prefer RC Cherry Cola. Because I am... different! :orly:
That is part of the reason you are a b cup @ 19 years old Appalachia. :tard:  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 05, 2011, 08:45:35 PM
Quote from: PPK on February 05, 2011, 08:27:32 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 05, 2011, 04:15:32 PM
Quote from: Javier O'Malley on February 04, 2011, 09:53:46 PM
I prefer pepsi to coke. My hot tutor drinks diet coke though, so it must be good

A lot of people drink Diet Coke because they are dumbasses.

And really, I prefer RC Cherry Cola. Because I am... different! :orly:
That is part of the reason you are a b cup @ 19 years old Appalachia. :tard:  :hahaha:

PPK. Neat name there, friend. Let's see...

PP obviously sounds like "pee pee", slang for urine.

And K sounds like "gay". So what can we decipher out of all of this?

That you are but a puddle of homosexual urine lying on the floor of a public bathroom in a cheap motel.

Go figure! :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 05, 2011, 08:59:49 PM
Your grasp of history is as fucked up as your snaggled Appalachia teeth fatboy. http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg/de/walther-pp-and-ppk-e.html (http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg/de/walther-pp-and-ppk-e.html) Do you feel up your b cup moobs when you spank  :wanker: it to thoughts of Squiddy?*  :autism:









*Disclaimer; it is not Squid Things fault that Felcher Aspie lusts for him.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on February 08, 2011, 05:29:41 AM
This came in the mail today, I got it on Amazon for 1$  :eyelash:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 08, 2011, 05:50:42 AM
Pistachios
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 08, 2011, 05:53:11 AM
Bicycle bags, hair-elastics, non-perfumed washing detergent, sambucol, some essential oils, socks, oh, and a batch of Easter eggs on offer. Better hide those very well, especially for myself.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 11, 2011, 05:23:47 PM
Gas and more rocks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 11, 2011, 05:25:34 PM
$97.50 in gas second time this week over $90 worth  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 11, 2011, 05:27:18 PM
Bought the collected works of Mark Twain for the Kindle, earlier. Fabulous writer. I read his essay on the literary offences of James Fenimore Cooper, earlier, and almost choked laughing. The man was brilliant.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 11, 2011, 05:32:27 PM
A plan de ville of Paris.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 11, 2011, 08:52:31 PM
One too many meals from take-out.  A small wicker basket, a small binder, The Forest by Rutherfurd, 2 dishpans (to replace the sticking produce drawers in the refrigerator), Kimchi Bowl Noodle Soup, 2 packs of Jello, 1 pound of brown rice, 2 cans of mixed vegetables, a tube of hand lotion, 5 gallons of spring water, some pork neckbones and toenail clipper.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on February 11, 2011, 11:46:56 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 11, 2011, 05:23:47 PM
Gas and more rocks

Admin conspiracy! :penis:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 12, 2011, 04:35:35 AM
Some batteries. So now my mouse works again. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 12, 2011, 09:09:30 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 11, 2011, 08:52:31 PM
One too many meals from take-out.  A small wicker basket, a small binder, The Forest by Rutherfurd, 2 dishpans (to replace the sticking produce drawers in the refrigerator), Kimchi Bowl Noodle Soup, 2 packs of Jello, 1 pound of brown rice, 2 cans of mixed vegetables, a tube of hand lotion, 5 gallons of spring water, some pork neckbones and toenail clipper.

Put all that together and you'll have a hell of a soup!   :headbang:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 12, 2011, 11:25:27 AM
1300lbs cellulose one foam board and proper vents
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 12, 2011, 05:37:51 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on February 11, 2011, 11:46:56 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 11, 2011, 05:23:47 PM
Gas and more rocks

Admin conspiracy! :penis:


Quite.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 13, 2011, 12:17:52 AM
A Nook Color, seen here being introduced to the P7PSP.

(http://i54.tinypic.com/vomzva.jpg)

Quote from: parts on February 12, 2011, 11:25:27 AM
1300lbs cellulose one foam board and proper vents
??? I wonder if Rosie O'Donnell has that much cellulite?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 13, 2011, 04:55:10 AM
Very cool. Let us know what you think of it.  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 13, 2011, 04:58:12 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 13, 2011, 04:55:10 AM
Very cool. Let us know what you think of it.  :viking:
:thumbup: I will, you and Gus both recommended it, when I heard the guy say it is internet capable I figured it will be handy in Paris :eiffel: among other places.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 13, 2011, 05:01:26 AM
How does it connect to teh internets? WiFi? 3G?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 13, 2011, 05:03:20 AM
WiFi, it says 3G in the manual too, but the WiFi should be sufficient.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 13, 2011, 05:05:02 AM
WiFi spots in Paris are common so you should be fine. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 13, 2011, 05:35:08 AM
Cool, internet cafes started to cost a bit in New Zealand so I didn't much bother in London.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 13, 2011, 06:36:45 AM
I am posting this from my nook. It is not as convenient as using the pc but it should be feasible to use it out of town with a bit of practice.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 13, 2011, 07:03:20 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 12:17:52 AM
A Nook Color, seen here being introduced to the P7PSP.

(http://i54.tinypic.com/vomzva.jpg)

Quote from: parts on February 12, 2011, 11:25:27 AM
1300lbs cellulose one foam board and proper vents
??? I wonder if Rosie O'Donnell has that much cellulite?

I love the gun that's next to it. Did you do that to show relative size?   :arrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 13, 2011, 07:05:20 AM
No, I just wanted to post my P7PSP.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 13, 2011, 07:08:17 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 07:05:20 AM
No, I just wanted to post my P7PSP.

So you are gunwhoring!   :rofl:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 13, 2011, 07:10:49 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 13, 2011, 07:08:17 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 07:05:20 AM
No, I just wanted to post my P7PSP.

So you are gunwhoring!   :rofl:
My P7 doesn't feel validated when you laugh at it.  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 13, 2011, 07:14:09 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 07:10:49 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 13, 2011, 07:08:17 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 07:05:20 AM
No, I just wanted to post my P7PSP.

So you are gunwhoring!   :rofl:
My P7 doesn't feel validated when you laugh at it.  :(

Awww, I'm not laughing at  it, I'm laughing with  it.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 13, 2011, 07:15:07 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 13, 2011, 07:14:09 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 07:10:49 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 13, 2011, 07:08:17 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 07:05:20 AM
No, I just wanted to post my P7PSP.

So you are gunwhoring!   :rofl:
My P7 doesn't feel validated when you laugh at it.  :(

Awww, I'm not laughing at  it, I'm laughing with  it.  :thumbup:
My gun says :hug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 13, 2011, 12:20:34 PM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 05:35:08 AM
Cool, internet cafes started to cost a bit in New Zealand so I didn't much bother in London.  :2thumbsup:

Quite a few of them cost money but I think WiFi at Starbucks is free.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 13, 2011, 12:24:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 13, 2011, 12:20:34 PM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 05:35:08 AM
Cool, internet cafes started to cost a bit in New Zealand so I didn't much bother in London.  :2thumbsup:

Quite a few of them cost money but I think WiFi at Starbucks is free.
My hotel has it included, I checked a few hours ago. Did you visit Les Invalides?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 13, 2011, 12:34:13 PM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 12:24:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 13, 2011, 12:20:34 PM
Quote from: PPK on February 13, 2011, 05:35:08 AM
Cool, internet cafes started to cost a bit in New Zealand so I didn't much bother in London.  :2thumbsup:

Quite a few of them cost money but I think WiFi at Starbucks is free.
My hotel has it included, I checked a few hours ago. Did you visit Les Invalides?

We planned to but it was our last day so we ended up walking past it on our way back to the hotel from the Eiffel Tower. I want to see it the next time around.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 01:59:02 PM
Lunch.

......and more rocks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 13, 2011, 03:34:24 PM
Batteries and a flexible bathroom vent
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2011, 07:41:33 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 01:59:02 PM
Lunch.

......and more rocks

Please, please, please, don't turn into richard with the rocks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on February 13, 2011, 08:11:15 PM
But his rocks are really nice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on February 13, 2011, 08:37:49 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2011, 07:41:33 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 01:59:02 PM
Lunch.

......and more rocks

Please, please, please, don't turn into richard with the rocks.

I don't think Diesel has to worry about where his next meal is coming from.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 09:04:55 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2011, 07:41:33 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 01:59:02 PM
Lunch.

......and more rocks

Please, please, please, don't turn into richard with the rocks.


I won't.
And I have plenty of food despite my agate addiction.


What happened to Richard anyway.......I've been gone a while.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on February 13, 2011, 09:17:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 09:04:55 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2011, 07:41:33 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 01:59:02 PM
Lunch.

......and more rocks

Please, please, please, don't turn into richard with the rocks.


I won't.
And I have plenty of food despite my agate addiction.


What happened to Richard anyway.......I've been gone a while.

A lot of members began to criticize him because of his behavior, so he had his account unregistered.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2011, 09:21:51 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on February 13, 2011, 09:17:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 09:04:55 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2011, 07:41:33 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 01:59:02 PM
Lunch.

......and more rocks

Please, please, please, don't turn into richard with the rocks.


I won't.
And I have plenty of food despite my agate addiction.


What happened to Richard anyway.......I've been gone a while.

A lot of members began to criticize him because of his behavior, so he had his account unregistered.

Yes, he and his Big Fucking Peter went to play with themselves in the desert.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 09:31:39 PM
Lovely
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on February 13, 2011, 10:34:12 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2011, 09:21:51 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on February 13, 2011, 09:17:48 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 09:04:55 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2011, 07:41:33 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 13, 2011, 01:59:02 PM
Lunch.

......and more rocks

Please, please, please, don't turn into richard with the rocks.


I won't.
And I have plenty of food despite my agate addiction.


What happened to Richard anyway.......I've been gone a while.

A lot of members began to criticize him because of his behavior, so he had his account unregistered.

Yes, he and his Big Fucking Peter went to play with themselves in the desert.

He said something on WP about moving to California. Does anyone know more??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 14, 2011, 01:11:20 AM
He mentioned Santa Rosa.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 14, 2011, 09:13:11 PM
I bought a can of coffee! Tomorrow morning I shall kick ass! :coffee:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on February 14, 2011, 09:14:30 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 14, 2011, 09:13:11 PM
I bought a can of coffee! Tomorrow morning I shall kick ass! :coffee:

Good girl...now let's hope you have paper towels  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on February 14, 2011, 09:29:56 PM
Quote from: PPK on February 14, 2011, 01:11:20 AM
He mentioned Santa Rosa.

Perhaps you can drop by and pay him a visit sometime??  :zoinks:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on February 14, 2011, 09:32:45 PM
2, 1.75L bottles of...

(http://www.klwines.com/images/skus/1005495x.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 14, 2011, 09:34:38 PM
Quote from: FraudSquad on February 14, 2011, 09:14:30 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 14, 2011, 09:13:11 PM
I bought a can of coffee! Tomorrow morning I shall kick ass! :coffee:

Good girl...now let's hope you have paper towels  :laugh:

I do! Lots of them! Life is good!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 14, 2011, 09:49:55 PM
Wind shield wipers, a toilet handle and a book
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on February 14, 2011, 10:07:42 PM
625 sheets of 250gsm A4.

1L PVA glue

Size 3 Scalpel

Type 10a Scalpel Blades (x5)

2x A4 cutting mats

5x Cheapass paintbrushes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 14, 2011, 11:22:01 PM
The Enchanted Broccoli Forest (used paperback)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 14, 2011, 11:28:04 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on February 14, 2011, 10:07:42 PM
2x Vibrator dildoes

5x Anal Beads

3x Cheapass Blow-up Sex Dolls

I am... um... glad that you have stocked up on your... um... necessary... eh... equipment... ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on February 15, 2011, 12:32:27 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 14, 2011, 11:28:04 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on February 14, 2011, 10:07:42 PM
2x Vibrator dildoes

5x Anal Beads

3x Cheapass Blow-up Sex Dolls

I am... um... glad that you have stocked up on your... um... necessary... eh... equipment... ::)

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Ammunition/1292316215214.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 15, 2011, 02:32:25 AM
Hey Pika, where have you been hiding?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 15, 2011, 02:34:41 AM
6 doughnuts, 3 powdered cake, 3 cinnamon cake and the guy at the shop thew in a cinnamon twist as a freebie!   :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on February 15, 2011, 02:35:42 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 15, 2011, 02:32:25 AM
Hey Pika, where have you been hiding?

Eh, here, there.

Been busy, y'know?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 15, 2011, 02:42:09 AM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on February 15, 2011, 02:35:42 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 15, 2011, 02:32:25 AM
Hey Pika, where have you been hiding?

Eh, here, there.

Been busy, y'know?

Good to see you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on February 15, 2011, 03:57:10 AM
I ordered these today, black on black

(http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/43478.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 15, 2011, 03:59:36 AM
Quote from: eris on February 15, 2011, 03:57:10 AM
I ordered these today, black on black

(http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/43478.jpg)
Are you going to kick people with those?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on February 15, 2011, 04:14:06 AM
of course I will  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 15, 2011, 06:30:12 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 15, 2011, 02:34:41 AM
6 doughnuts, 3 powdered cake, 3 cinnamon cake and the guy at the shop thew in a cinnamon twist as a freebie!   :thumbup:

I'll bet it's because you are a regular and valued customer!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 15, 2011, 07:05:00 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 15, 2011, 06:30:12 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 15, 2011, 02:34:41 AM
6 doughnuts, 3 powdered cake, 3 cinnamon cake and the guy at the shop thew in a cinnamon twist as a freebie!   :thumbup:

I'll bet it's because you are a regular and valued customer!  :viking:
Partly, but he is a pretty cool guy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 15, 2011, 07:32:54 AM
Quote from: eris on February 15, 2011, 04:14:06 AM
of course I will  :eyelash:

And step on their faces?  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 15, 2011, 11:07:58 AM
...............another rock.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on February 15, 2011, 11:49:36 AM
2x packets of 5 type 11 scalpel blades

500ml Polyester Resin

20g Polyester Catalyst

50ml Acetone

P3 Respirator

Dremel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on February 15, 2011, 11:49:50 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 15, 2011, 07:32:54 AM
Quote from: eris on February 15, 2011, 04:14:06 AM
of course I will  :eyelash:

And step on their faces?  :green:

uh huh, sure thing

I may even tie the shoe to his face, and give him cornertime :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on February 15, 2011, 12:11:00 PM
oooh, this came in the mail today  :thumbup:

I buy a lot of used books on amazon, with shipping it was like 4$

I looked though it and I don't think I'll learn anything I dont already know.....but ehh it's a good read.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 15, 2011, 12:22:14 PM
lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on February 16, 2011, 02:44:08 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/PG-99-DOCUMENT-8-BONUS-TRACKS-DIGIPAK-NEW-CD-/370479567343?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item56424d91ef
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 16, 2011, 07:56:12 AM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on February 16, 2011, 01:28:23 PM
About £300 of treated wood, guttering and other construction supplies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on February 16, 2011, 01:34:16 PM
A bagel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 16, 2011, 04:22:37 PM
A coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 16, 2011, 05:03:44 PM
NOTHING!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 17, 2011, 06:25:58 AM
a rock on eBay
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 17, 2011, 06:59:47 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 16, 2011, 05:03:44 PM
NOTHING!

I bought the same.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on February 17, 2011, 08:59:47 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 17, 2011, 06:25:58 AM
a rock on eBay

:tinfoil:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 17, 2011, 09:20:41 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on February 17, 2011, 08:59:47 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 17, 2011, 06:25:58 AM
a rock on eBay

:tinfoil:


Indeed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on February 17, 2011, 10:32:24 AM
Speaking of rocks, i've recently gained over 300 geodes of differing sizes and composition.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 17, 2011, 10:33:06 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on February 17, 2011, 10:32:24 AM
Speaking of rocks, i've recently gained over 300 geodes of differing sizes and composition.

Did you buy a collection on eBay?   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 17, 2011, 10:53:03 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on February 17, 2011, 10:32:24 AM
Speaking of rocks, i've recently gained over 300 geodes of differing sizes and composition.


Pic's or it didn't happen. :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 17, 2011, 10:59:36 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on February 17, 2011, 10:32:24 AM
Speaking of rocks, i've recently gained over 300 geodes of differing sizes and composition.
Pick some of the nicer ones and post pics.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on February 17, 2011, 11:23:07 AM
It has been a long time since I did any pics of anything hasn't it? Okey dokey. Lemme see what I can do.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 18, 2011, 05:59:47 PM
10" Lapidary saw.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 18, 2011, 06:04:46 PM
Insulation, tapered wood plugs and summer hose
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 18, 2011, 07:04:02 PM
A pocket holster from Seth's Gunleather.  :viking:

(http://i55.tinypic.com/2e3q4ub.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 18, 2011, 07:05:22 PM
I'm not buying beef jerky or yogurt for a while.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 18, 2011, 07:08:27 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 18, 2011, 07:05:22 PM
I'm not buying beef jerky or yogurt for a while.
The cousins from W. Virginia got you covered.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 18, 2011, 09:47:11 PM
I bought a car wash and vacuum.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on February 19, 2011, 12:15:49 AM
Printer ink.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on February 19, 2011, 04:37:45 AM
HTC Desire
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 19, 2011, 08:36:33 AM
More rocks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 19, 2011, 05:53:43 PM
Stuff at the new supermarket.

Funny, all customers are lost. The way to make us all equal.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 19, 2011, 06:00:27 PM
Nyquil throat spray and chocolate
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 19, 2011, 08:12:09 PM
Lunch for the Princess Royal and me
A set of  headphones
A portable CD player
A clip on radio and headphones
A summer rain jacket
A pair of velour pants
A blouse
32 AA batteries
CD R/W pack
Computer game for the Princess Royal
Dinner for the family
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 19, 2011, 10:17:48 PM
Quote from: Schleed on February 19, 2011, 04:37:45 AM
HTC Desire
My stepdad got an HTC phone recently, he is pretty happy with it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 19, 2011, 10:29:34 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 19, 2011, 05:53:43 PM
Stuff at the new supermarket.

Funny, all customers are lost. The way to make us all equal.  :asthing:

You're all going to bond!   :grouphug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 19, 2011, 10:31:21 PM
Quote from: parts on February 19, 2011, 06:00:27 PM
Nyquil throat spray and chocolate

We've got a smiley for that now! ----->  :chocolate:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 19, 2011, 10:38:59 PM
 :chocolate: This?

I thought it was shit molded into blocks. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 19, 2011, 11:19:47 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 19, 2011, 10:38:59 PM
:chocolate: This?

I thought it was shit molded into blocks. :zoinks:

Pent, all question of the possibility of you being feminine is now gone.  No woman would mistake that for anything other than CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on February 19, 2011, 11:26:05 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 19, 2011, 10:38:59 PM
:chocolate: This?

I thought it was shit molded into blocks. :zoinks:

No, that is chocolate. This is a picture of shit molded into blocks:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture8.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on February 19, 2011, 11:27:24 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 19, 2011, 11:19:47 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 19, 2011, 10:38:59 PM
:chocolate: This?

I thought it was shit molded into blocks. :zoinks:

Pent, all question of the possibility of you being feminine is now gone.  No woman would mistake that for anything other than CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although they may mistake you as a piece of filthy, stinking shit.... :poop:

ooh, did I just say that? How unladylike.

Tell me, Pentagram....since when do you get all the 'excuse breaks' in life?

Why can't we tourette's our shit all over you, but you feel that you can vomit your lowlife scummy comments over us?

Why did we harden the fuck up, but you feel the need to whiny bitch your shit everywhere here? Reality check...we've all had shit to deal with, except, somewhere, somehow, we all had to get off our whiny asses and do something.

If you are really in trouble, get counselling, you WON'T find help here.

On the flipside, we could all whine our guts out.

Go drink some wet cement and harden the fuck up. Seriously. It's getting old.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 20, 2011, 12:20:41 PM
Lunch.

No rocks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 20, 2011, 03:23:10 PM
Quote from: FraudSquad on February 19, 2011, 11:27:24 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 19, 2011, 11:19:47 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 19, 2011, 10:38:59 PM
:chocolate: This?

I thought it was shit molded into blocks. :zoinks:

Pent, all question of the possibility of you being feminine is now gone.  No woman would mistake that for anything other than CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although they may mistake you as a piece of filthy, stinking shit.... :poop:

ooh, did I just say that? How unladylike.

Tell me, Pentagram....since when do you get all the 'excuse breaks' in life?

Why can't we tourette's our shit all over you, but you feel that you can vomit your lowlife scummy comments over us?

Why did we harden the fuck up, but you feel the need to whiny bitch your shit everywhere here? Reality check...we've all had shit to deal with, except, somewhere, somehow, we all had to get off our whiny asses and do something.

If you are really in trouble, get counselling, you WON'T find help here.

On the flipside, we could all whine our guts out.

Go drink some wet cement and harden the fuck up. Seriously. It's getting old.



Don't you think you're overreacting? I'll excuse that, though. You can't help it because you're a woman, after all.

I think I should complain because even if I had a parade in the middle of the Sahara Desert, it's still going to be rained on, one way or another!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 20, 2011, 04:43:48 PM
My god, Pentagram, you are boring.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on February 20, 2011, 04:58:24 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on February 19, 2011, 11:26:05 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 19, 2011, 10:38:59 PM
:chocolate: This?

I thought it was shit molded into blocks. :zoinks:

No, that is chocolate. This is a picture of shit molded into blocks:

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture8.jpg)

:LMAO:  :pwned:  :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on February 20, 2011, 05:01:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 20, 2011, 04:43:48 PM
My god, Pentagram, you are a boor.

fixed  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 21, 2011, 09:45:23 AM
2 rocks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 21, 2011, 01:05:12 PM
Petrol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 05:14:23 AM
1 rock  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 22, 2011, 06:02:15 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 05:14:23 AM
1 rock  :autism:

I have rocks all around my front yard and they're free!   :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 06:09:44 AM
Hey, me too!.... But these rocks I'm collecting are a bit different.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 22, 2011, 06:14:49 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 06:09:44 AM
Hey, me too!.... But these rocks I'm collecting are a bit different.

I know, was just being a smartass 'cause it sounds funny to say you bought a rock!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 06:28:28 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 22, 2011, 06:14:49 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 06:09:44 AM
Hey, me too!.... But these rocks I'm collecting are a bit different.

I know, was just being a smartass 'cause it sounds funny to say you bought a rock!  :laugh:

Which is why post it. :LOL:

....and actually I forgot that I bought a rock yesterday afternoon too.
So that would be 2 rocks since yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on February 22, 2011, 06:53:12 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 06:09:44 AM
Hey, me too!.... But these rocks I'm collecting are a bit different.

Yes! In fact, they are Fire Agates! :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 07:02:25 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 22, 2011, 06:53:12 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 06:09:44 AM
Hey, me too!.... But these rocks I'm collecting are a bit different.

Yes! In fact, they are Fire Agates! :orly:

Actually, I haven't bought any other fire agates since my 1st one.
I'm all about fortified agates! Mainly from Argentina & Mexico....but I'll take any good ones from all over the world.

Suppose I should update the rock & mineral thread this afternoon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 22, 2011, 07:04:35 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 07:02:25 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on February 22, 2011, 06:53:12 AM
Quote from: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 06:09:44 AM
Hey, me too!.... But these rocks I'm collecting are a bit different.

Yes! In fact, they are Fire Agates! :orly:

Actually, I haven't bought any other fire agates since my 1st one.
I'm all about fortified agates! Mainly from Argentina & Mexico....but I'll take any good ones from all over the world.

Suppose I should update the rock & mineral thread this afternoon.

Yes please.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 22, 2011, 06:47:31 PM


... bought a new "wi-fi onboard"  internet capable Blu-ray player made by Sony.

It is now set up in the bedroom and I can play any file on my computer network through my bedroom system and access the internet with a remote, while my head rests on my pillow.

:headbang:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 22, 2011, 06:58:56 PM
Pilot drill bits, hole saws and an arbor
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 22, 2011, 07:00:12 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2011, 06:47:31 PM


... bought a new "wi-fi onboard"  internet capable Blu-ray player made by Sony.

It is now set up in the bedroom and I can play any file on my computer network through my bedroom system and access the internet with a remote, while my head rests on my pillow.

:headbang:


This sounds awesome!
Wouldn't mind having something like that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 22, 2011, 07:57:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2011, 06:47:31 PM


... bought a new "wi-fi onboard"  internet capable Blu-ray player made by Sony.

It is now set up in the bedroom and I can play any file on my computer network through my bedroom system and access the internet with a remote, while my head rests on my pillow.

:headbang:


Well, I'm definitely well behind the times.  My latest purchase (2 days ago)  was a radio the size of a deck of cards I could clip on my belt and walk around with.  It even had earphones.  I'm hopelessly technically deficient.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on February 23, 2011, 12:58:22 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 22, 2011, 07:57:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 22, 2011, 06:47:31 PM


... bought a new "wi-fi onboard"  internet capable Blu-ray player made by Sony.

It is now set up in the bedroom and I can play any file on my computer network through my bedroom system and access the internet with a remote, while my head rests on my pillow.

:headbang:

Well, I'm definitely well behind the times.  My latest purchase (2 days ago)  was a radio the size of a deck of cards I could clip on my belt and walk around with.  It even had earphones.  I'm hopelessly technically deficient.

its okay, we all forgive you my queen
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on February 26, 2011, 12:32:42 PM
Groceries and a timberjack.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2011, 01:31:45 PM
Quote from: Diesel on February 26, 2011, 12:32:42 PM
Groceries and a timberjack.

I'd rather have groceries and a lumberjack.

A wallet/purse, an eyeglass chain and a mini water jug.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 26, 2011, 02:36:18 PM


... will need another dongle for the outdoor set up, once spring makes it exit.

I have a little shitty computer projector I bought for a song last year also, but I have never used it.  I plan to get a big white canvas to stretch across my deck and set it up to play movies while in the pool, this summer.

Need a dongle to connect the projector to the computer network.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 26, 2011, 03:32:00 PM
A Coke and red licorice
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 26, 2011, 03:40:42 PM
I bought a new batch of vitamins to keep me healthy!  :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 28, 2011, 04:48:51 PM
Got myself some very smelly cheeses last Thursday.  :cheese:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2011, 05:17:07 PM
A new modem/router.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 28, 2011, 05:44:16 PM
A coffee and a lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on February 28, 2011, 06:33:59 PM
liquid awsome, aslo known as dr. pepper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 28, 2011, 06:35:44 PM
Gasoline (less 60 cents per gallon off from grocery program).
Prescription, cantaloupe, bananas, tictacs and gum.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on March 01, 2011, 11:03:08 PM
A bicycle!

(http://www.all-about-the-bike.co.uk/ekmps/shops/mrsquealypig/images/claud-butler-buckingham-2011-traditional-ladies-bike-fully-assembled-free-delivery--4944-p.jpg)

:pinkbeat:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 02, 2011, 01:55:10 AM
That's the type of bicycle I would have thought you'd pick.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on March 02, 2011, 03:27:05 AM
I just got a new Super Nintendo console on eBay. Picked up Sim City and Killer Instinct with it all very very cheap. I'm feeling very 1995.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 02, 2011, 04:38:07 AM
I bought petrol. Very expensive petrol. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 02, 2011, 07:19:48 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 02, 2011, 01:55:10 AM
That's the type of bicycle I would have thought you'd pick.  :thumbup:

Yes, the basket is somehow very Binty.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 02, 2011, 09:03:47 AM
Nice bicycle.

I want to motorize the kid's. Been looking into it, they make a conversion kit.

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gr_nIrjWkwc/hqdefault.jpg)


He's got the same bike w/footpegs on the front forks, minus the motor.

He's got to get a little bigger yet though. I ride the thing more than he does, it's a heavy sucker on the hills.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 02, 2011, 02:06:18 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 02, 2011, 02:17:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 02, 2011, 07:19:48 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 02, 2011, 01:55:10 AM
That's the type of bicycle I would have thought you'd pick.  :thumbup:

Yes, the basket is somehow very Binty.  :)

As is the "lack" of a transport rack at the back.

I like the bicycle.  :)

Will you decorate the basket with garlands?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 02, 2011, 08:09:02 PM
6 books and 4 DVDs.  One of which is a teach yourself belly dancing DVD.  Not that you will see anything with all the petticoats and corset.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on March 02, 2011, 10:33:56 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 02, 2011, 02:17:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 02, 2011, 07:19:48 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 02, 2011, 01:55:10 AM
That's the type of bicycle I would have thought you'd pick.  :thumbup:

Yes, the basket is somehow very Binty.  :)

As is the "lack" of a transport rack at the back.

I like the bicycle.  :)

Will you decorate the basket with garlands?

:)

I may!  I'll see. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 03, 2011, 02:19:37 AM
Nothing. I'd kill for a coffee right now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 04, 2011, 12:17:35 AM
I bought medication.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on March 04, 2011, 03:54:01 AM
got this on eBay. this was dirt cheap imo, only 5$. and well worth it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 04, 2011, 05:58:34 AM
Quote from: eris on March 04, 2011, 03:54:01 AM
got this on eBay. this was dirt cheap imo, only 5$. and well worth it

I'm so dumb, for a minute I thought those paddles were for some sort of table tennis...  :rofl:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on March 04, 2011, 06:26:02 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 04, 2011, 05:58:34 AM
Quote from: eris on March 04, 2011, 03:54:01 AM
got this on eBay. this was dirt cheap imo, only 5$. and well worth it

I'm so dumb, for a minute I thought those paddles were for some sort of table tennis...  :rofl:

You did NOT!

You envisaged two skinny guys on a table tennis top, whilst you smacked their skinny asses to smithereens....you aint fooling me after the cock thread, little lady!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 04, 2011, 07:11:42 AM
Quote from: SmilingAssassin on March 04, 2011, 06:26:02 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 04, 2011, 05:58:34 AM
Quote from: eris on March 04, 2011, 03:54:01 AM
got this on eBay. this was dirt cheap imo, only 5$. and well worth it

I'm so dumb, for a minute I thought those paddles were for some sort of table tennis...  :rofl:

You did NOT!

You envisaged two skinny guys on a table tennis top, whilst you smacked their skinny asses to smithereens....you aint fooling me after the cock thread, little lady!

But I did, I tell you! I thought it was a ping-pong set! Though they kind of look like cricket bats too...  :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on March 04, 2011, 07:57:46 AM
Beer and whisky.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 04, 2011, 10:46:33 AM
Beer. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 04, 2011, 11:33:18 AM
Milk and a coke
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 04, 2011, 12:56:22 PM
The Princess Royal wanted a tuna salad sandwich for lunch, but I had no hard-boiled eggs.  Light bulb goes off in head and I run over to the neighborhood diner where they have hard-boiled eggs for the chef salad.  I said I wanted to buy a hard-boiled egg and they gave it to me for free. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 05, 2011, 06:22:50 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 04, 2011, 12:56:22 PM
The Princess Royal wanted a tuna salad sandwich for lunch, but I had no hard-boiled eggs.  Light bulb goes off in head and I run over to the neighborhood diner where they have hard-boiled eggs for the chef salad.  I said I wanted to buy a hard-boiled egg and they gave it to me for free. 

I love it that you put egg in your tuna salad! I use tartar sauce instead of mayo, to provide an extra kick of flavor!  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on March 05, 2011, 09:57:15 AM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 05, 2011, 05:21:22 PM
Ink cartridges for my printer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 05, 2011, 06:52:45 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 05, 2011, 06:22:50 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 04, 2011, 12:56:22 PM
The Princess Royal wanted a tuna salad sandwich for lunch, but I had no hard-boiled eggs.  Light bulb goes off in head and I run over to the neighborhood diner where they have hard-boiled eggs for the chef salad.  I said I wanted to buy a hard-boiled egg and they gave it to me for free. 

I love it that you put egg in your tuna salad! I use tartar sauce instead of mayo, to provide an extra kick of flavor!  :drool:

Tuna, egg, mayonnaise, garlic powder, salt and parsley for her.  We do ours with the addition of onions.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 05, 2011, 09:46:23 PM
2 bottles of :scotch: :scotch:

LAPHROAIG!!!

 :2thumbsup: :scotch: :scotch:  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 07, 2011, 08:16:40 AM
just a plug!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 07, 2011, 10:55:28 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 07, 2011, 08:16:40 AM
just a plug!

* waiting for squid or scrap to make a witty remark *
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 07, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Was it a butt plug? :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 07, 2011, 06:48:03 PM
3 books (possibly for resale), a doll and book for the Princess Royal, a pair of at home pants, a purse sized organizer and 3 wall baskets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 07, 2011, 07:49:29 PM
A 1TB external harddisk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 07, 2011, 11:33:33 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 07, 2011, 06:48:03 PM
3 books (possibly for resale), a doll and book for the Princess Royal, a pair of at home pants, a purse sized organizer and 3 wall baskets.

So far, no online buyers are interested.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 07, 2011, 11:43:03 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 07, 2011, 08:16:40 AM
just a plug!

You won't burn out the plugs on your vibrator if you don't keep it set on "puree".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 08, 2011, 04:17:28 AM
i didn't buy a butt plug,  or a plug to go in a wall socket

it was just a boring old plug to keep the water in the sink!

dirty minded lot
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 08, 2011, 04:30:34 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 08, 2011, 04:17:28 AM
i didn't buy a butt plug,  or a plug to go in a wall socket

it was just a boring old plug to keep the water in the sink!

dirty minded lot

Admit it, you loved telling that you had bought a plug.



I bought a strippenkaart (bus-ticket-thingy) and half a loaf of bread today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on March 08, 2011, 04:31:51 AM
I bought a butt plug last month. A set of them, actually. "The anal trainer"


I dunno if they feel good or not, I dont shove stuff in my ass. that's sick !
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on March 08, 2011, 05:44:08 AM
2 rocks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 08, 2011, 01:06:30 PM
Front floor mats for the Jag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 08, 2011, 03:06:20 PM
Quote from: eris on March 08, 2011, 04:31:51 AM
I bought a butt plug last month. A set of them, actually. "The anal trainer"


I dunno if they feel good or not, I dont shove stuff in my ass. that's sick !

That's a bit hypocritical of you to say, eris. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 09, 2011, 04:28:08 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 08, 2011, 03:06:20 PM
Quote from: eris on March 08, 2011, 04:31:51 AM
I bought a butt plug last month. A set of them, actually. "The anal trainer"


I dunno if they feel good or not, I dont shove stuff in my ass. that's sick !

That's a bit hypocritical of you to say, eris. :orly:

I think you did an  :asthing:.

It was humour.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on March 09, 2011, 04:30:58 PM
I bought a fleshlight. The things actually DO feel like a vagina!  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 09, 2011, 05:33:31 PM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on March 09, 2011, 04:30:58 PM
I bought a fleshlight. The things actually DO feel like a vagina!  :o

I guess we won't be seeing you on here much anymore?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 09, 2011, 05:59:18 PM
I bet Schleed will say that a fleshlight will be the closest thing most aspie guys will get to a vagina, right? :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on March 09, 2011, 06:03:14 PM
You keep setting yourself up for it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Acaciavine on March 09, 2011, 06:39:40 PM
A very bad video game.   :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 09, 2011, 07:18:11 PM
An eighth ounce of Dank. :stoned: :baked:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 09, 2011, 07:49:17 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 09, 2011, 05:59:18 PM
I bet Schleed will say that a fleshlight will be the closest thing most aspie guys will get to a vagina, right? :wanker:

That's actually more the kind of thing you  would say.   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 09, 2011, 09:25:21 PM
A napoleon letter opener.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on March 09, 2011, 09:31:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 09, 2011, 07:49:17 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 09, 2011, 05:59:18 PM
I bet Schleed will say that a fleshlight will be the closest thing most aspie guys will get to a vagina, right? :wanker:

That's actually more the kind of thing you  would say.   :orly:

Especially because Pentagram is the one who said it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 09, 2011, 09:37:07 PM
If penty could afford a fleshlight he wouldn'smell like the pig next door.
Quote from: Semicolon on March 09, 2011, 09:31:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 09, 2011, 07:49:17 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 09, 2011, 05:59:18 PM
I bet Schleed will say that a fleshlight will be the closest thing most aspie guys will get to a vagina, right? :wanker:

That's actually more the kind of thing you  would say.   :orly:

Especially because Pentagram is the one who said it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 09, 2011, 09:39:35 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 09, 2011, 09:25:21 PM
A napoleon letter opener.

Is it a life-size likeness??  :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 09, 2011, 10:04:59 PM
 About 5" long, so yeah.  :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 10, 2011, 06:11:54 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 09, 2011, 10:04:59 PM
About 5" long, so yeah.  :lol:

Are you going to post a pic  of your letter opener?  :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 10, 2011, 09:49:30 AM
Pics have to wait until after I get home Monday. I can't post them from my nook.
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 10, 2011, 06:11:54 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 09, 2011, 10:04:59 PM
About 5" long, so yeah.  :lol:

Are you going to post a pic  of your letter opener?  :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 10, 2011, 09:06:19 PM
Hot Wheels!
Matchbox always sucked!

Well, while I was grocery shopping, I bought some Hot Wheels toys, one typical Hot Wheels car for 98 cents and a Hot Wheels Custom Motors Deluxe Attack Pack set for 20 dollars (damn). I shall show pictures of of them...

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/hotwheels0s.jpg)
All of the pieces that came with the Custom Motors set. 4 vehicles in one, as it said on the box. You snap these pieces together to form somewhat different vehicles. Kind of like a model car set, right?

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/hotwheels1s.jpg)
Standard pick-up truck number 17. Nothing special.

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/hotwheels2s.jpg)
"Combat Truck". Six wheels, armored, and packing heat! And a huge motor in the bed. Badass.

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/hotwheels3s.jpg)
"Special Ops Chopper". Wind up rotor (it doesn't fly, but it spins for a little bit). Firing missles (press a button and the spring loaded mechanism launches these red missles).

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/hotwheels4s.jpg)
"Attack Submarine". Has the firing missiles, but this is just a lame duck, compared to "The Judge" in front of it.

I was playing with these things while waiting on my friend to pick me up. People looked at me like I was retarded, but fuck them. I've been missing playing with Hot Wheels. :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 10, 2011, 09:14:04 PM
Nine, seven-ply oak panels.

I have a new project in mind.

I usually build some kind of enclosure for speakers with my saw shit, but I am replacing my "entertainment center."  It is dated (probably bought it circa eighty nine or so) and I am upgrading my living room television and all related stuff.

The main reason I still have the old furniture is that it holds so many DVDs at ready. I plan to eliminate that as a benefit as a reason for keeping the old shite, by building a wall sized thing that will accomidate a sixty inch LED screen as well as about two thousand discs. It will be finished in Cherry, so it matches and the *WAF should be quite high.







*WAF = Wife Acceptance Factor. An unknown variable which could prove to be either positive or negative, summarily, but it can also turn exponentially divisive upon ones efforts. A "WAF = 1"  is considered an impossible dream by most experimental hobbyists, such as myself.
 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on March 10, 2011, 09:23:08 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 10, 2011, 09:06:19 PM
while waiting on my friend to pick me up.
:)

Quote from: DirtDawg on March 10, 2011, 09:14:04 PM
as well as about two thousand discs.
Will it be closed storage? This is asked strictly with the WAF in mind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 10, 2011, 09:45:48 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 10, 2011, 09:14:04 PM
Nine, seven-ply oak panels.

I have a new project in mind.

I usually build some kind of enclosure for speakers with my saw shit, but I am replacing my "entertainment center."  It is dated (probably bought it circa eighty nine or so) and I am upgrading my living room television and all related stuff.

The main reason I still have the old furniture is that it holds so many DVDs at ready. I plan to eliminate that as a benefit as a reason for keeping the old shite, by building a wall sized thing that will accomidate a sixty inch LED screen as well as about two thousand discs. It will be finished in Cherry, so it matches and the *WAF should be quite high.


*WAF = Wife Acceptance Factor. An unknown variable which could prove to be either positive or negative, summarily, but it can also turn exponentially divisive upon ones efforts. A "WAF = 1"  is considered an impossible dream by most experimental hobbyists, such as myself.
 


Cherry looks awesome with a high gloss finish.  :thumbup:

I'm going to be building some bookshelves out of Poplar that's finished in Amber Shelac. It comes out looking pretty close to Mahogany. "Poor Mans Mahogany" is what I like to call it. I'm also going to put some lockable glass doors on the bookshelves. 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 10, 2011, 09:50:28 PM
You definitely need to post pics of this project.
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 10, 2011, 09:14:04 PM
Nine, seven-ply oak panels.

I have a new project in mind.

I usually build some kind of enclosure for speakers with my saw shit, but I am replacing my "entertainment center."  It is dated (probably bought it circa eighty nine or so) and I am upgrading my living room television and all related stuff.

The main reason I still have the old furniture is that it holds so many DVDs at ready. I plan to eliminate that as a benefit as a reason for keeping the old shite, by building a wall sized thing that will accomidate a sixty inch LED screen as well as about two thousand discs. It will be finished in Cherry, so it matches and the *WAF should be quite high.







*WAF = Wife Acceptance Factor. An unknown variable which could prove to be either positive or negative, summarily, but it can also turn exponentially divisive upon ones efforts. A "WAF = 1"  is considered an impossible dream by most experimental hobbyists, such as myself.
 

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 10, 2011, 11:30:19 PM
Pent, I like the Special Ops heliopter the best.  Glad you found something to pique your interest.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on March 11, 2011, 10:42:30 AM
Penis extention?
Pistol?
Hand Gun?

Hand cannon?

Yes. That's it! A hand cannon.
Desert Eagle .50AE


Pick it up sometime next week


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 11, 2011, 04:09:33 PM
pirate costume :arrr: :pirate:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 11, 2011, 04:10:05 PM
Congrats Deisel, the 50 AE is a pretty tough cartridge especially if you get the optional 10"barrel.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 11, 2011, 04:12:43 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 11, 2011, 04:10:05 PM
Congrats Deisel, the 50 AE is a pretty tough cartridge especially if you get the optional 10"barrel.  but a purple glittery kalashnikov is much neater :thumbup:

fixed :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 11, 2011, 04:17:15 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 11, 2011, 04:12:43 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 11, 2011, 04:10:05 PM
Congrats Deisel, the 50 AE is a pretty tough cartridge especially if you get the optional 10"barrel.  but a purple glittery kalashnikov is much neater :thumbup:

fixed :zoinks:
If it's so cool why did you put it up Missy?  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 11, 2011, 04:21:23 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 11, 2011, 04:17:15 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 11, 2011, 04:12:43 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 11, 2011, 04:10:05 PM
Congrats Deisel, the 50 AE is a pretty tough cartridge especially if you get the optional 10"barrel.  but a purple glittery kalashnikov is much neater :thumbup:

fixed :zoinks:
If it's so cool why did you put it up Missy?  :hahaha:


well the honest honest truth is i just wanted to 'fix' sumat!!  i  noticed other people do it, and i wanted to be cool too :emb:    squiddy fixed my post earlier in the photo thread and i just wanted to do it.  i was a 'fix it' virgin  but not now :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 11, 2011, 04:23:16 PM
New rear rotors for the :icequeen:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 11, 2011, 04:31:31 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 11, 2011, 04:21:23 PM



well the honest honest truth is i just wanted to 'fix' sumat!!  i  noticed other people do it, and i wanted to be cool too :emb:    squiddy fixed my post earlier in the photo thread and i just wanted to do it.  i was a 'fix it' virgin  but not now :thumbup:
If Squiddy had an Octopuses Garden In The Shade would you do that as Well?  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 11, 2011, 04:33:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 11, 2011, 04:31:31 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 11, 2011, 04:21:23 PM



well the honest honest truth is i just wanted to 'fix' sumat!!  i  noticed other people do it, and i wanted to be cool too :emb:    squiddy fixed my post earlier in the photo thread and i just wanted to do it.  i was a 'fix it' virgin  but not now :thumbup:
If Squiddy had an Octopuses Garden In The Shade would you do that as Well?  :autism:


......erm....yes :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 11, 2011, 04:39:16 PM
Ocean water would be bad for your Hello Kitty Kalashnikov.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 11, 2011, 04:40:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 11, 2011, 04:39:16 PM
Ocean water would be bad for your Hello Kitty Kalashnikov.

good point :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on March 11, 2011, 04:51:04 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 11, 2011, 04:10:05 PM
Congrats Deisel, the 50 AE is a pretty tough cartridge especially if you get the optional 10"barrel.  :thumbup:


Thanks, didn't get the 10' barrel.
I had a .44 mag desert eagle many moons ago...always missed it once it was gone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 11, 2011, 05:23:49 PM
A book on the Czech language.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 11, 2011, 07:32:19 PM
Quote from: Diesel on March 11, 2011, 10:42:30 AM
Penis extention?
Pistol?
Hand Gun?

Hand cannon?

Yes. That's it! A Penis extension.
Desert Eagle .50AE


Pick it up sometime next week

Got it right the first time.  :green:

Glad you have a nwe toy to play with!!! , but personaly I don't understand the use for such things. I shot a .454 Casull once and can't concieve of a need for a pistol more powerful than that.

I can always get a .416 Rigby barrel for my Encore and have you beat by a couple thousand foot pounds of muzzle energy, but I would never see the need for anything more powerful than the .454 in pistol configuration.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on March 11, 2011, 07:52:38 PM
Quote from: World of Outlaws on March 11, 2011, 07:32:19 PM
Quote from: Diesel on March 11, 2011, 10:42:30 AM
Penis extention?
Pistol?
Hand Gun?

Hand cannon?

Yes. That's it! A Penis extension.
Desert Eagle .50AE


Pick it up sometime next week

Got it right the first time.  :green:

Glad you have a nwe toy to play with!!! , but personaly I don't understand the use for such things. I shot a .454 Casull once and can't concieve of a need for a pistol more powerful than that.

I can always get a .416 Rigby barrel for my Encore and have you beat by a couple thousand foot pounds of muzzle energy, but I would never see the need for anything more powerful than the .454 in pistol configuration.


Yeah, It's huge, heavy and not practical at all for home defense and a box of 20 bullets is $35.

It is pretty much a toy/trophy gun,... but also it's a finicky, challenging gun to operate efficiently and I find trying to masters it's behaviors appealing.

.....and it kills zombies really really well.  :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck:


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 11, 2011, 09:33:10 PM
 :zoinks:

(http://images2.alphacoders.com/743/thumbbig-74397.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 12, 2011, 03:58:26 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 11, 2011, 09:33:10 PM
:zoinks:

(http://images2.alphacoders.com/743/thumbbig-74397.jpg)

Thank you. I have been wondering about what to do.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on March 12, 2011, 07:22:44 AM
A Primus CD from Fishpond.com. Mum wanted some corny romance novels so I had to get those as well :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 12, 2011, 08:48:49 AM
A new printer/fax/scanner/copier and an answering machine my old one was acting up for months and finally gave out
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 12, 2011, 01:26:52 PM
"Sherlock" on DVD. Couldn't resist.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 12, 2011, 06:10:39 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 10, 2011, 09:23:08 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 10, 2011, 09:06:19 PM
while waiting on my friend to pick me up.
:)

Quote from: DirtDawg on March 10, 2011, 09:14:04 PM
as well as about two thousand discs.
Will it be closed storage? This is asked strictly with the WAF in mind.



Tough question.

Easy answer:

I plan for three shallow, sliding drawers across the bottom, spanning the entire width, which will hold about one thousand discs, faced spine upward, then two wood shelves width-wise which will hold electronics, including silent fans,  then three tiers of open, smoked glass shelves to be used for new and "constant" disc storage, each glass shelf will be set with simple LED fixtures for visibility.  (above waist level, now) The sides will both be closed as well by more decorative doors. The next area will be more shallow, matching the led screen and the sides will be for more current, quick access or fading interest movies. The entire top row will be open, yet closed with a kind of "speaker grille cloth"  looking material on sliding doors and set to CD height, approximately nine feet wide, again, LED fixtures for either visibility or mood lighting. Expecting about four hundred discs to fit in the upper shelves, well above eye level.
Could be more CDs, but the center will also house my "center channel" speaker, directly above the screen.

The key is that it will be a permanent part of the entire north wall of our entertainment area, finished to be a part of the wall in the colors my wife has chosen for the wood parts of the house. It will tak me half of the summer to complete, properly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on March 12, 2011, 06:42:10 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 12, 2011, 06:10:39 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 10, 2011, 09:23:08 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 10, 2011, 09:06:19 PM
while waiting on my friend to pick me up.
:)

Quote from: DirtDawg on March 10, 2011, 09:14:04 PM
as well as about two thousand discs.
Will it be closed storage? This is asked strictly with the WAF in mind.



Tough question.

Easy answer:

I plan for three shallow, sliding drawers across the bottom, spanning the entire width, which will hold about one thousand discs, faced spine upward, then two wood shelves width-wise which will hold electronics, including silent fans,  then three tiers of open, smoked glass shelves to be used for new and "constant" disc storage, each glass shelf will be set with simple LED fixtures for visibility.  (above waist level, now) The sides will both be closed as well by more decorative doors. The next area will be more shallow, matching the led screen and the sides will be for more current, quick access or fading interest movies. The entire top row will be open, yet closed with a kind of "speaker grille cloth"  looking material on sliding doors and set to CD height, approximately nine feet wide, again, LED fixtures for either visibility or mood lighting. Expecting about four hundred discs to fit in the upper shelves, well above eye level.
Could be more CDs, but the center will also house my "center channel" speaker, directly above the screen.

The key is that it will be a permanent part of the entire north wall of our entertainment area, finished to be a part of the wall in the colors my wife has chosen for the wood parts of the house. It will tak me half of the summer to complete, properly.

It sounds great and I would love to see pictures as you work on it.  I would like for my husband and me to make something similar for our family room so it would be nice to see yours for ideas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on March 12, 2011, 06:52:51 PM
Agreed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 13, 2011, 08:48:27 AM
I bought a French nudie magazine to see how it compares to American ones. Unfortunately a direct comparison won't be possible because I used to get Gallery and Cherie and this one reviews XXX films. The good part is it had 3 DVDs in it for me to watch when I get home. It cost 10euro 90 which is a bit compared to what Gallery and Cherie used to cost but they may be $10 or $11 now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 13, 2011, 11:46:19 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 13, 2011, 08:48:27 AM
I bought a French nudie magazine to see how it compares to American ones. Unfortunately a direct comparison won't be possible because I used to get Gallery and Cherie and this one reviews XXX films. The good part is it had 3 DVDs in it for me to watch when I get home. It cost 10euro 90 which is a bit compared to what Gallery and Cherie used to cost but they may be $10 or $11 now.

 :plus:   for your diligence in comparing cultures!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 13, 2011, 03:17:16 PM
I bought the Grand Theft Auto Classics pack from Steam for 30 dollars. 5 games, GTA, GTA2, GTA III, GTA: Vice City, and GTA: San Andreas. Reliving some great memories here...

There are a few minor problems, but all of the games (except for GTA2) work real smooth on my computer from the start, in 1680x1050 (much better than what I remember from their PS2 versions):

Won't Run: GTA2
Sound clips crackle and cut out sometimes: GTA III, GTA: Vice City
Headlight flashes don't show: GTA III
Cars look very dark: GTA III (I found an .exe to fix this problem)
Had to use Joy2Key to properly configure my Xbox 360 controller: All

Can't wait until GTAGarage (a mod site) re-opens so that I can start playing with mods! But I'm still having a surprising amount of fun with these games. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 14, 2011, 02:00:26 AM
The Blackadder DVD box. Thanks Bodaccea for reminding me.

Will be here in 5-10 days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 14, 2011, 02:24:02 PM
Which one? the ultimate Collection?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 14, 2011, 04:28:16 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 14, 2011, 02:24:02 PM
Which one? the ultimate Collection?

No, the complete one. I am still in turning at least every other penny stage.  :asthing:

Great offer though, bit more than 15 euro, including shipping.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 14, 2011, 06:15:28 PM
Didn't buy anything yet, but saving up for this as an early birthday present.

(http://blog.jonathangazeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/samyang-fisheye.jpg)

Sold my other fisheye lens for a 7D, wanted to sell it for ages beforehand since I found it too impractical for video. Why? Circular fisheye for FF sensor/film SLRs = annoying black areas on a crop sensor. Sadly I'm not going to splash out on €2k+ on a FF DSLR just to see everything on it. The Samyang fills the whole frame, as it's not a circular fisheye, which is MUCH more practical for video. It's also a fair bit cheaper than the sigma, only €340 compared to €800+.

Sigma 8mm on a FF DSLR:
(http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00Y/00Y2L3-321425584.jpg)

Sigma 8mm on a crop sensor:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3561729097_46d6aae3ef.jpg)

Samyang 8mm on a crop sensor:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/3802218832_6a4f372481.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 14, 2011, 07:48:54 PM
$113 worth of gasoline
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on March 14, 2011, 08:20:23 PM
Those are great, Schleed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 14, 2011, 08:26:53 PM
Quote from: parts on March 14, 2011, 07:48:54 PM
$113 worth of gasoline

How wonderful. While you have to deny your children (if you have any) that toy they always wanted because you had to spend all of your money on gas, these big oil company executives are buying their kids entire fucking islands. :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 14, 2011, 10:26:43 PM
Quote from: parts on March 14, 2011, 07:48:54 PM
$113 worth of gasoline

Major ouch.  Even trading  the truck in for a horse and wagon won't save you much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 15, 2011, 05:33:38 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 14, 2011, 10:26:43 PM
Quote from: parts on March 14, 2011, 07:48:54 PM
$113 worth of gasoline

Major ouch.  Even trading  the truck in for a horse and wagon won't save you much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

That would be nice :thumbup: 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 16, 2011, 02:08:32 AM
Didn't actually buy anything now but the book I bought about the Czech language arrived yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2011, 02:11:00 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 16, 2011, 02:08:32 AM
Didn't actually buy anything now but the book I bought about the Czech language arrived yesterday.

That's great! Did you take some time to Czech it out?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on March 16, 2011, 06:03:19 AM
A hat:

(http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.225817684.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on March 16, 2011, 06:20:00 AM
Wierd. I also just bought a hat. :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2011, 06:20:50 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on March 16, 2011, 06:20:00 AM
Wierd. I also just bought a hat. :dunno:

Post your hat and we'll have a hat-off to see whose is cuter!   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 16, 2011, 08:15:19 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 16, 2011, 02:11:00 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 16, 2011, 02:08:32 AM
Didn't actually buy anything now but the book I bought about the Czech language arrived yesterday.

That's great! Did you take some time to Czech it out?  :zoinks:

*groans*

It's an interesting language. There is one very tricky pronunciation to learn properly but the grammar doesn't seem to be too difficult at first glance.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on March 16, 2011, 08:21:38 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 16, 2011, 06:20:50 AM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on March 16, 2011, 06:20:00 AM
Wierd. I also just bought a hat. :dunno:

Post your hat and we'll have a hat-off to see whose is cuter!   :2thumbsup:

Its a grey fedora.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 18, 2011, 10:20:40 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 14, 2011, 02:00:26 AM
The Blackadder DVD box. Thanks Bodaccea for reminding me.

Will be here in 5-10 days.

And it arrived yesterday already.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 18, 2011, 04:14:05 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 18, 2011, 10:20:40 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 14, 2011, 02:00:26 AM
The Blackadder DVD box. Thanks Bodaccea for reminding me.

Will be here in 5-10 days.

And it arrived yesterday already.  :laugh:


oooh lucky you :2thumbsup:
will you be watching them in order?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 18, 2011, 04:22:12 PM
You really have something to look forward to, hyke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 18, 2011, 04:42:55 PM
A flat pan to heat tortillas on.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 18, 2011, 04:53:00 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 18, 2011, 04:14:05 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 18, 2011, 10:20:40 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 14, 2011, 02:00:26 AM
The Blackadder DVD box. Thanks Bodaccea for reminding me.

Will be here in 5-10 days.

And it arrived yesterday already.  :laugh:


oooh lucky you :2thumbsup:
will you be watching them in order?

Of course, well, not completely. My 13 year old was laughing her arse off while I did my rounds. So, when I came home again, I dropped in the middle of something.
Amazing how well I remembered things. Doesn't change the brilliance at all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 18, 2011, 07:50:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 18, 2011, 04:42:55 PM
A flat pan to heat tortillas on.

*rolls up to PPK's drive-through window and orders enchiladas with extra cheese*   :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 18, 2011, 08:04:55 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 18, 2011, 07:50:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 18, 2011, 04:42:55 PM
A flat pan to heat tortillas on.

*rolls up to PPK's drive-through window and orders enchiladas with extra cheese*   :thumbup:
You'll have to settle for hot flour tortillas and a bowl of pinto beans when they are done.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 18, 2011, 08:06:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 18, 2011, 08:04:55 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 18, 2011, 07:50:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 18, 2011, 04:42:55 PM
A flat pan to heat tortillas on.

*rolls up to PPK's drive-through window and orders enchiladas with extra cheese*   :thumbup:
You'll have to settle for hot flour tortillas and a bowl of pinto beans when they are done.  :zoinks:

How do you season the beans? Do you add ketchup?   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 18, 2011, 08:22:01 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 18, 2011, 08:06:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 18, 2011, 08:04:55 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 18, 2011, 07:50:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 18, 2011, 04:42:55 PM
A flat pan to heat tortillas on.

*rolls up to PPK's drive-through window and orders enchiladas with extra cheese*   :thumbup:
You'll have to settle for hot flour tortillas and a bowl of pinto beans when they are done.  :zoinks:

How do you season the beans? Do you add ketchup?   :orly:
Why the hell would I add ketchup to anything?  ???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 18, 2011, 08:38:55 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 18, 2011, 08:22:01 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 18, 2011, 08:06:39 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 18, 2011, 08:04:55 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 18, 2011, 07:50:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 18, 2011, 04:42:55 PM
A flat pan to heat tortillas on.

*rolls up to PPK's drive-through window and orders enchiladas with extra cheese*   :thumbup:
You'll have to settle for hot flour tortillas and a bowl of pinto beans when they are done.  :zoinks:

How do you season the beans? Do you add ketchup?   :orly:
Why the hell would I add ketchup to anything?  ???

Oh, you don't like ketchup at all, do you? Now I remember.  :chin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on March 18, 2011, 08:55:04 PM
Today I payed for my car insurance, and I got 3.5 grams of low grade marijuana. And yesterday I went grocery shopping and got this peanut butter that has chocolate in it, but it is nasty and i threw it away :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 18, 2011, 09:12:02 PM
bought two worlds 2 recently and may very well buy homefront in the next few months.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 18, 2011, 09:34:04 PM
A small stack of golf discs from Gotta Go, Gotta Throw.

I'll post the pics when they get in.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 20, 2011, 11:55:31 AM
Thinking about either buying one of these,

(http://hondanighthawks.net/himanshu750.jpg)

or one of these.  8)

(http://otomanual.terpilih.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/honda-cb900f-919-motorcycles-pictures.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 20, 2011, 05:42:03 PM
I already bough one of these for when I get my motorcycle.  8)

Is that paint job too cool or what??

(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt327/dustin-hayes83/2010-07-26174131.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on March 20, 2011, 06:10:15 PM
A PS3 & lots-O-rocks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 20, 2011, 06:19:53 PM
Quote from: Diesel on March 20, 2011, 06:10:15 PM
A PS3 & lots-O-rocks.

:needpics:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on March 20, 2011, 06:22:00 PM
Quote from: World of Outlaws on March 20, 2011, 06:19:53 PM
Quote from: Diesel on March 20, 2011, 06:10:15 PM
A PS3 & lots-O-rocks.

:needpics:


The rocks won't arrive for a while
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 20, 2011, 06:26:30 PM
Quote from: World of Outlaws on March 20, 2011, 11:55:31 AM
Thinking about either buying one of these,

(http://hondanighthawks.net/himanshu750.jpg)

or one of these.  8)

(http://otomanual.terpilih.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/honda-cb900f-919-motorcycles-pictures.jpg)

I'd personally go with number #1 since I know "I" would do stupid things with #2 and probably kill myself.

But for you, I'd say if you go with number #1, you'll continue to lust after #2...besides the helmet matches better. :zoinks:

I just bought LED lights for the top of my kitchen cabinets, can't wait to get them.   Ohhhh the excitement.(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/smilies/thwhoopdedoo.gif)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on March 20, 2011, 06:52:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 20, 2011, 06:26:30 PM
Quote from: World of Outlaws on March 20, 2011, 11:55:31 AM
Thinking about either buying one of these,

(http://hondanighthawks.net/himanshu750.jpg)

or one of these.  8)

(http://otomanual.terpilih.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/honda-cb900f-919-motorcycles-pictures.jpg)

I'd personally go with number #1 since I know "I" would do stupid things with #2 and probably kill myself.

But for you, I'd say if you go with number #1, you'll continue to lust after #2...besides the helmet matches better. :zoinks:

I just bought LED lights for the top of my kitchen cabinets, can't wait to get them.   Ohhhh the excitement.(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/smilies/thwhoopdedoo.gif)

Yeah, the Nighthawk has about 75 hp compared to 103 hp for the CB 919.  8)

I'd probably kill myself on the 919, but I'd do it with a smile on my face.  ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 20, 2011, 07:08:42 PM
Quote from: World of Outlaws on March 20, 2011, 06:52:47 PM
Yeah, the Nighthawk has about 75 hp compared to 103 hp for the CB 919.  8)

I'd probably kill myself on the 919, but I'd do it with a smile on my face.  ;D

 :thumbup: 

I still have to think about the kid, otherwise I'd do the same. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 21, 2011, 09:34:09 AM
Marbles :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 21, 2011, 09:47:06 AM
$100 in gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 21, 2011, 10:27:57 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 21, 2011, 09:34:09 AM
Marbles :zoinks:

What colours and patterns? Or did you get those with cartoon figures on it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 21, 2011, 11:52:20 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 21, 2011, 10:27:57 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 21, 2011, 09:34:09 AM
Marbles :zoinks:

What colours and patterns? Or did you get those with cartoon figures on it?

they are plain mostly, some with swirly patterns.  they are for the 'marble run' i been making for myself the urchin  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on March 21, 2011, 04:36:51 PM
4 Ichthyosaura alpestris alpestris (http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Triturus/T_alpestris.shtml)
3 Triturus marmoratus (http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Triturus/T_marmoratus.shtml)
4 Triturus dobrogicus (http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Triturus/Triturus_sp.shtml)
4 Aneides lugubris (http://www.californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/a.lugubris.html)
2 Salamandra salamandra terrestris
2 Salamandra salamandra gallaica (http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Salamandra/Salamandra_sp.shtml)
4 Ommatotriton ophryticus nesterovi (http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=&where-genus=Ommatotriton&where-species=ophryticus&rel-genus=equals&rel-species=equals)
3 Ambystoma opacum (http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Ambystoma/A_opacum.shtml)

They should arrive tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 21, 2011, 04:42:44 PM
A pound (453.6 grams for you Euros) of smoked salmon at Bodega Bay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 21, 2011, 04:44:32 PM
I just bought some Dr. Scholl's gel inserts and put them in my shoes to ease the pain in my arches!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 21, 2011, 11:49:07 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 21, 2011, 04:44:32 PM
I just bought some Dr. Scholl's gel inserts and put them in my shoes to ease the pain in my arches!  :viking:
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 22, 2011, 04:01:02 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 21, 2011, 04:44:32 PM
I just bought some Dr. Scholl's gel inserts and put them in my shoes to ease the pain in my arches!  :viking:

Thanks for reminding. Should get myself some footcreme. Dr. Scholl or Gehwohl, probably the latter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 23, 2011, 03:09:22 PM
shiny new stainless steel dog bowls
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on March 24, 2011, 01:41:41 PM
Stripey tights  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 01:49:02 PM
Pedestrian:  groceries and prescriptions
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 24, 2011, 02:04:08 PM
A steak and some Czech beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 24, 2011, 02:57:09 PM
A coffee and two lottery tickets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 24, 2011, 03:41:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

No comment. ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:46:16 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 24, 2011, 03:41:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

No comment. ::)

good :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 24, 2011, 04:25:04 PM
Roku XD

Finally ditched the cable and loving it  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
thats one of there strong points yes, as well as just editing the movies in general... i just use them because i prefer them over windows and they give me status as one of the cool kids  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:43:02 PM
That's one nice thing about being a Queen.  I don't have to be cool, just frugal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:47:02 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:43:02 PM
That's one nice thing about being a Queen.  I don't have to be cool, just frugal.

DAMN! i wanna be a queen!.... wait... SHIT! >.<
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on March 24, 2011, 07:47:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
thats one of there strong points yes, as well as just editing the movies in general... i just use them because i prefer them over windows and they give me status as one of the cool kids  :autism:

thisiswhattechlogicalretardsactuallybelieve.jpg

Speaking of technological derpitude - an SSD, reluctantly, to replace my failed system drive.

Yes, I fucking mad.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 24, 2011, 08:13:37 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 24, 2011, 04:25:04 PM
Roku XD

Finally ditched the cable and loving it  :asthing:

will not your roku stream cable content?




... or do you enjoy streaming content from another connected source?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 24, 2011, 08:25:02 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 24, 2011, 08:13:37 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 24, 2011, 04:25:04 PM
Roku XD

Finally ditched the cable and loving it  :asthing:

will not your roku stream cable content?




... or do you enjoy streaming content from another connected source?

I am just using HuluPlus, Netflix and a couple of smaller channels like NewsCaster and YouTube and another cool one that has everything from the public domain.  Cable was hitting me up for almost $200 a month and I am really quite happy with this arrangement for less than $16.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:48:55 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 07:47:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
thats one of there strong points yes, as well as just editing the movies in general... i just use them because i prefer them over windows and they give me status as one of the cool kids  :autism:

thisiswhattechlogicalretardsactuallybelieve.jpg

Speaking of technological derpitude - an SSD, reluctantly, to replace my failed system drive.

Yes, I fucking mad.

yes you are fucking mad, and you should be loving EVERY MINUTE OF IT!... i would be fucking mad to if i had the money to cover it after all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on March 24, 2011, 08:50:11 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:48:55 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 07:47:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
thats one of there strong points yes, as well as just editing the movies in general... i just use them because i prefer them over windows and they give me status as one of the cool kids  :autism:

thisiswhattechlogicalretardsactuallybelieve.jpg

Speaking of technological derpitude - an SSD, reluctantly, to replace my failed system drive.

Yes, I fucking mad.

yes you are fucking mad, and you should be loving EVERY MINUTE OF IT!... i would be fucking mad to if i had the money to cover it after all.

I didn't have the money to cover the repair. I've had to borrow some from my mum in order to get the parts I needed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 08:50:11 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:48:55 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 07:47:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
thats one of there strong points yes, as well as just editing the movies in general... i just use them because i prefer them over windows and they give me status as one of the cool kids  :autism:

thisiswhattechlogicalretardsactuallybelieve.jpg

Speaking of technological derpitude - an SSD, reluctantly, to replace my failed system drive.

Yes, I fucking mad.

yes you are fucking mad, and you should be loving EVERY MINUTE OF IT!... i would be fucking mad to if i had the money to cover it after all.

I didn't have the money to cover the repair. I've had to borrow some from my mum in order to get the parts I needed.

well SSD still makes you one of the cool kids... your welcome to the club *hands cool kid glasses* you may not have a mac... but well.. we can work up to that one *hehehe*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on March 24, 2011, 09:01:09 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 08:50:11 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:48:55 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 07:47:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
thats one of there strong points yes, as well as just editing the movies in general... i just use them because i prefer them over windows and they give me status as one of the cool kids  :autism:

thisiswhattechlogicalretardsactuallybelieve.jpg

Speaking of technological derpitude - an SSD, reluctantly, to replace my failed system drive.

Yes, I fucking mad.

yes you are fucking mad, and you should be loving EVERY MINUTE OF IT!... i would be fucking mad to if i had the money to cover it after all.

I didn't have the money to cover the repair. I've had to borrow some from my mum in order to get the parts I needed.

well SSD still makes you one of the cool kids... your welcome to the club *hands cool kid glasses* you may not have a mac... but well.. we can work up to that one *hehehe*

Actually, I do have a Macintosh. It's a PPC OS9 box, which means it's not just an overpriced x86 computer with a fancy case, it's actually got a good reason to be extra-expensive.

Also thinking of hackintoshing this machine again when the SSD arrives, simply so next time my sisterr MacBook breaks AGAIN I know how to fix the bastard fucking piece of shit.

I may not have a Mac for my primary box, but I dread to think how much my system would have cost if I'd been derpy enough to buy a system like this from Apple - 4.5TB of storage with the Apple tax? Fuck no.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 09:11:31 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 09:01:09 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 08:50:11 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:48:55 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 07:47:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
thats one of there strong points yes, as well as just editing the movies in general... i just use them because i prefer them over windows and they give me status as one of the cool kids  :autism:

thisiswhattechlogicalretardsactuallybelieve.jpg

Speaking of technological derpitude - an SSD, reluctantly, to replace my failed system drive.

Yes, I fucking mad.

yes you are fucking mad, and you should be loving EVERY MINUTE OF IT!... i would be fucking mad to if i had the money to cover it after all.

I didn't have the money to cover the repair. I've had to borrow some from my mum in order to get the parts I needed.

well SSD still makes you one of the cool kids... your welcome to the club *hands cool kid glasses* you may not have a mac... but well.. we can work up to that one *hehehe*

Actually, I do have a Macintosh. It's a PPC OS9 box, which means it's not just an overpriced x86 computer with a fancy case, it's actually got a good reason to be extra-expensive.

Also thinking of hackintoshing this machine again when the SSD arrives, simply so next time my sisterr MacBook breaks AGAIN I know how to fix the bastard fucking piece of shit.

I may not have a Mac for my primary box, but I dread to think how much my system would have cost if I'd been derpy enough to buy a system like this from Apple - 4.5TB of storage with the Apple tax? Fuck no.

your system is out of date and not cool enough, steve jobs demands you to upgrade your system to the most expensive mac around as punishment for slandering the cool kids with your windows-hackintosh you wont let us control you in a fixed food chain drivle... now give steve jobs the 32 grand before he sicks his tight ass pants on you... they have a mind of there own! XD

i agree with you windows is for the most part better, after my new mac i will probably just build a hackintosh machine because i am using my year worth of government funding to get this mac... i figured i might aswell use my year of equipment funding as i am not spending it any ware else and i like my mac... they would not let me build a machine from scratch so i chose to go mac then pre-build windows...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 24, 2011, 09:14:25 PM
Eh, what?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on March 24, 2011, 09:27:33 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 09:11:31 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 09:01:09 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 08:50:11 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:48:55 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 07:47:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
thats one of there strong points yes, as well as just editing the movies in general... i just use them because i prefer them over windows and they give me status as one of the cool kids  :autism:

thisiswhattechlogicalretardsactuallybelieve.jpg

Speaking of technological derpitude - an SSD, reluctantly, to replace my failed system drive.

Yes, I fucking mad.

yes you are fucking mad, and you should be loving EVERY MINUTE OF IT!... i would be fucking mad to if i had the money to cover it after all.

I didn't have the money to cover the repair. I've had to borrow some from my mum in order to get the parts I needed.

well SSD still makes you one of the cool kids... your welcome to the club *hands cool kid glasses* you may not have a mac... but well.. we can work up to that one *hehehe*

Actually, I do have a Macintosh. It's a PPC OS9 box, which means it's not just an overpriced x86 computer with a fancy case, it's actually got a good reason to be extra-expensive.

Also thinking of hackintoshing this machine again when the SSD arrives, simply so next time my sisterr MacBook breaks AGAIN I know how to fix the bastard fucking piece of shit.

I may not have a Mac for my primary box, but I dread to think how much my system would have cost if I'd been derpy enough to buy a system like this from Apple - 4.5TB of storage with the Apple tax? Fuck no.

your system is out of date and not cool enough, steve jobs demands you to upgrade your system to the most expensive mac around as punishment for slandering the cool kids with your windows-hackintosh you wont let us control you in a fixed food chain drivle... now give steve jobs the 32 grand before he sicks his tight ass pants on you... they have a mind of there own! XD

i agree with you windows is for the most part better, after my new mac i will probably just build a hackintosh machine because i am using my year worth of government funding to get this mac... i figured i might aswell use my year of equipment funding as i am not spending it any ware else and i like my mac... they would not let me build a machine from scratch so i chose to go mac then pre-build windows...

Wait, they won't let you order the parts and build it yourself?

Bastards!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 09:33:29 PM
Quote from: Schleed on March 24, 2011, 09:14:25 PM
Eh, what?

dont ask...

Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 09:27:33 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 09:11:31 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 09:01:09 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:55:44 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 08:50:11 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 08:48:55 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on March 24, 2011, 07:47:12 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:41:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 07:37:51 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 24, 2011, 06:46:08 PM
Quote from: Zippo on March 24, 2011, 03:22:30 PM
a nice cold coke! and... my new macbook. *Waits for the bitching and insults to start flying*

and a new xbox controller.

Is a macbook better than mac and cheese?

i dont see movie special effects techs making there sceens with dry noodles and glue if thats what you meen

See my post in last word thread about innocence (that extends to technological virginity (well almost a virgin)).  Do you mean that Macintosh computers are used for CGI in movies?
thats one of there strong points yes, as well as just editing the movies in general... i just use them because i prefer them over windows and they give me status as one of the cool kids  :autism:

thisiswhattechlogicalretardsactuallybelieve.jpg

Speaking of technological derpitude - an SSD, reluctantly, to replace my failed system drive.

Yes, I fucking mad.

yes you are fucking mad, and you should be loving EVERY MINUTE OF IT!... i would be fucking mad to if i had the money to cover it after all.

I didn't have the money to cover the repair. I've had to borrow some from my mum in order to get the parts I needed.

well SSD still makes you one of the cool kids... your welcome to the club *hands cool kid glasses* you may not have a mac... but well.. we can work up to that one *hehehe*

Actually, I do have a Macintosh. It's a PPC OS9 box, which means it's not just an overpriced x86 computer with a fancy case, it's actually got a good reason to be extra-expensive.

Also thinking of hackintoshing this machine again when the SSD arrives, simply so next time my sisterr MacBook breaks AGAIN I know how to fix the bastard fucking piece of shit.

I may not have a Mac for my primary box, but I dread to think how much my system would have cost if I'd been derpy enough to buy a system like this from Apple - 4.5TB of storage with the Apple tax? Fuck no.

your system is out of date and not cool enough, steve jobs demands you to upgrade your system to the most expensive mac around as punishment for slandering the cool kids with your windows-hackintosh you wont let us control you in a fixed food chain drivle... now give steve jobs the 32 grand before he sicks his tight ass pants on you... they have a mind of there own! XD

i agree with you windows is for the most part better, after my new mac i will probably just build a hackintosh machine because i am using my year worth of government funding to get this mac... i figured i might aswell use my year of equipment funding as i am not spending it any ware else and i like my mac... they would not let me build a machine from scratch so i chose to go mac then pre-build windows...

Wait, they won't let you order the parts and build it yourself?

Bastards!

i know... fucking government needs to "make sure it worked" i fixed computers as a job from the ages of 13 to 17... i would KNOW if it wasn't going to work!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 24, 2011, 10:22:08 PM
Have fun with your Macs, kids. Being "cool" and all.

Meanwhile, I'll be enjoying my Windows 7! :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 25, 2011, 05:38:53 AM
And your hotwheels. And imaginary girlfriend.

:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 25, 2011, 08:52:16 AM
Quote from: Schleed on March 25, 2011, 05:38:53 AM
And your hotwheels. And imaginary girlfriend.

:LMAO:

Yes. Life is good. ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 25, 2011, 08:56:39 AM
Not as good as the real thing.

(http://static.tumblr.com/noiu98j/gUplb4j88/trollface.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 25, 2011, 09:53:23 AM
Quote from: Schleed on March 25, 2011, 08:56:39 AM
Not as good as the real thing.

(http://static.tumblr.com/noiu98j/gUplb4j88/trollface.jpg)

Oh, is that a picture of your girlfriend? Wow, what a shame. I think I'll stick to my imaginary one for now. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on March 25, 2011, 01:51:19 PM
I just bought a cheap wireless mouse. The mouse cursor of the one I had before went Parkinson on me. Really annoying when the pointer thingy cannot 'sit' still on your screen or when it becomes quite hard to click on the 'spots' you wish to click due to a shaking cursor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 25, 2011, 02:01:19 PM
A Prague t-shirt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 25, 2011, 04:23:25 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket it's up over 300 million dollars  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 25, 2011, 05:40:16 PM
Quote from: parts on March 25, 2011, 04:23:25 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket it's up over 300 million dollars  :o

Our lottery pool at work bought 21 tickets for that jackpot, buddy! That money is ours!  >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on March 25, 2011, 07:39:02 PM
Quote from: Lutra on March 25, 2011, 01:51:19 PM
I just bought a cheap wireless mouse. The mouse cursor of the one I had before went Parkinson on me. Really annoying when the pointer thingy cannot 'sit' still on your screen or when it becomes quite hard to click on the 'spots' you wish to click due to a shaking cursor.

Sounds like a hair on the lens. That, or, if you had a high DPI one, it was picking up the vibrations from something - I have to have my speakers on a seperate surface to my mouse, otherwise I get drift when I have music playing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on March 26, 2011, 10:16:20 AM
^
Well, I've cleaned the lens (carefully) with some alcohol on a cotton stick a couple of times.. worked a short while.. but ya know.. they still haven't found a cure for Parkinsons.  (http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif) (nah) It just went oinky oinky again after an hour or so.

Vibrations/high DPI? It might've been that.. could be.. but yeah, although I still have the old fucker.. Iz got a new one now and am quite happy with it.

*click*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 26, 2011, 11:40:52 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 25, 2011, 05:40:16 PM
Quote from: parts on March 25, 2011, 04:23:25 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket it's up over 300 million dollars  :o

Our lottery pool at work bought 21 tickets for that jackpot, buddy! That money is ours!  >:D

Good luck with that... :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 26, 2011, 11:44:41 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 26, 2011, 11:40:52 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 25, 2011, 05:40:16 PM
Quote from: parts on March 25, 2011, 04:23:25 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket it's up over 300 million dollars  :o

Our lottery pool at work bought 21 tickets for that jackpot, buddy! That money is ours!  >:D

Good luck with that... :orly:

Thanks, but the big prize has gone to someone from Albany, NY. Ah well, maybe next time.   :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 26, 2011, 05:55:21 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 26, 2011, 11:44:41 AM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 26, 2011, 11:40:52 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 25, 2011, 05:40:16 PM
Quote from: parts on March 25, 2011, 04:23:25 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket it's up over 300 million dollars  :o

Our lottery pool at work bought 21 tickets for that jackpot, buddy! That money is ours!  >:D

Good luck with that... :orly:

Thanks, but the big prize has gone to someone from Albany, NY. Ah well, maybe next time.   :dunno:

Hah! It's always some other motherfucker who doesn't need the money who wins the lottery. That's why I don't play. :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on March 26, 2011, 05:59:01 PM


Just got one of these:


(http://www.cgwgun.com/images/products/GB7563_MP600_ProScout.gif)


Gerber 600 Pro Scout. I have a 400 compact right now, I wanted something more full-size. Plus this one has an attachment for a standard jigsaw blade, which is cool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 26, 2011, 06:01:58 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on March 26, 2011, 05:59:01 PM


Just got one of these:


(http://www.cgwgun.com/images/products/GB7563_MP600_ProScout.gif)


Gerber 600 Pro Scout. I have a 400 compact right now, I wanted something more full-size. Plus this one has an attachment for a standard jigsaw blade, which is cool.

What did that set you back?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 26, 2011, 06:17:30 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 26, 2011, 06:01:58 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on March 26, 2011, 05:59:01 PM


Just got one of these:


(http://www.cgwgun.com/images/products/GB7563_MP600_ProScout.gif)


Gerber 600 Pro Scout. I have a 400 compact right now, I wanted something more full-size. Plus this one has an attachment for a standard jigsaw blade, which is cool.

What did that set you back?

It's very ironic that a company named "Gerber" is making knives, let alone such elaborate knives such as that! :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on March 26, 2011, 06:19:56 PM
"Gerber" is German for someone preparing skins from animals, so I think it's pretty accurate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on March 26, 2011, 06:25:26 PM


I got it for about $45 on Amazon. The name Gerber can be a bit confusing in the U.S. since the major maker of baby food has the same name. I do prefer the Gerber multitools over the Leatherman tools.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 26, 2011, 06:56:31 PM
Quote from: TheoK on March 26, 2011, 06:19:56 PM
"Gerber" is German for someone preparing skins from animals, so I think it's pretty accurate.

I was thinking of "Gerber Products Company" in the USA, which makes baby products...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 26, 2011, 07:51:02 PM
Is the measuring on one of those levers in inches?



I bought some big pots to put in pansies. And some Ranonkels (Buttercup related flowers)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on March 26, 2011, 09:06:52 PM


Inches on one side, centimeters on the other.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 26, 2011, 09:19:26 PM
Body moisturizer (coconut and melon, 2 kinds), ice cream and cake doughnuts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 27, 2011, 04:15:14 AM
A Lego present for my nephew who will be 10.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 27, 2011, 08:56:21 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 27, 2011, 04:15:14 AM
A Lego present for my nephew who will be 10.

Pika has taught you well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 27, 2011, 10:23:38 AM
Nice! Then your nephew will be able to build this:

(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii176/ocampo1983/tomandLegoGirl.jpg)

 :orly: :zoinks: :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 27, 2011, 12:05:47 PM
Bought a t-shirt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 27, 2011, 12:45:09 PM
10 bags of Tillamook shredded cheese - assorted varieties.

Usually $3.99 a bag, on sale for a dollar each (first ten only).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 27, 2011, 01:43:26 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 27, 2011, 12:45:09 PM
10 bags of Tillamook shredded cheese - assorted varieties.

Usually $3.99 a bag, on sale for a dollar each (first ten only).

What the hell are you going to do with 10 bags of shredded cheese?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 27, 2011, 01:46:56 PM
I was just asking myself that in another thread  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 27, 2011, 01:47:50 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 27, 2011, 01:46:56 PM
I was just asking myself that in another thread  :autism:

That's why I posted this here.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 27, 2011, 03:48:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 27, 2011, 12:05:47 PM
Bought a t-shirt.
I also bought a t shirt. It reminds me of Pantygram for some reason.  ???

(http://i56.tinypic.com/124bm37.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 27, 2011, 03:52:09 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 27, 2011, 03:48:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 27, 2011, 12:05:47 PM
Bought a t-shirt.
I also bought a t shirt. It reminds me of Pantygram for some reason.  ???

(http://i56.tinypic.com/124bm37.jpg)

Did you buy that in Paris?   :eiffel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 27, 2011, 03:55:03 PM
No I went to Berkeley  :meditate: :kumbaya: today.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 27, 2011, 03:56:57 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 27, 2011, 03:55:03 PM
No I went to Berkeley  :meditate: :kumbaya: today.  :zoinks:


Were you groovin' on the good vibrations, man?  :checkout:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 27, 2011, 03:59:09 PM
Actually I had a good discussion which will be referred to in the Post Something Good thread if I can find it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 27, 2011, 04:06:02 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 27, 2011, 03:59:09 PM
Actually I had a good discussion which will be referred to in the Post Something Good thread if I can find it.

That is in the Games forum.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 27, 2011, 04:10:48 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 27, 2011, 04:06:02 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 27, 2011, 03:59:09 PM
Actually I had a good discussion which will be referred to in the Post Something Good thread if I can find it.

That is in the Games forum.  :thumbup:
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 27, 2011, 04:40:00 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 24, 2011, 08:25:02 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 24, 2011, 08:13:37 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 24, 2011, 04:25:04 PM
Roku XD

Finally ditched the cable and loving it  :asthing:

will not your roku stream cable content?




... or do you enjoy streaming content from another connected source?

I am just using HuluPlus, Netflix and a couple of smaller channels like NewsCaster and YouTube and another cool one that has everything from the public domain.  Cable was hitting me up for almost $200 a month and I am really quite happy with this arrangement for less than $16.
















That seems extremely expensive.

I am paying thirty nine buck ($US) for twenty Mb/sec internet and seventy seven channels of "basic television"  service, including local broadcasts for news and weather.

I would assume that two hundred dollars includes every premium channel known to mankind and some private content as well?

I mean, FUCK IN A GOD DAMN BUCKET!!! Two hundred BUCKS!!!  No fucking way!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 27, 2011, 04:49:29 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 27, 2011, 01:43:26 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 27, 2011, 12:45:09 PM
10 bags of Tillamook shredded cheese - assorted varieties.

Usually $3.99 a bag, on sale for a dollar each (first ten only).

What the hell are you going to do with 10 bags of shredded cheese?  :zoinks:

Sir MidlifeAspie will leave a trail of cheese to find his way back to the Palace.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 27, 2011, 04:53:05 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 27, 2011, 04:49:29 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 27, 2011, 01:43:26 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 27, 2011, 12:45:09 PM
10 bags of Tillamook shredded cheese - assorted varieties.

Usually $3.99 a bag, on sale for a dollar each (first ten only).

What the hell are you going to do with 10 bags of shredded cheese?  :zoinks:

Sir MidlifeAspie will leave a trail of cheese to find his way back to the Palace.

*wobbles after him, eating sweeping up the cheese*  :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 27, 2011, 06:23:30 PM
 :lol:
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 27, 2011, 04:53:05 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 27, 2011, 04:49:29 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 27, 2011, 01:43:26 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 27, 2011, 12:45:09 PM
10 bags of Tillamook shredded cheese - assorted varieties.

Usually $3.99 a bag, on sale for a dollar each (first ten only).

What the hell are you going to do with 10 bags of shredded cheese?  :zoinks:

Sir MidlifeAspie will leave a trail of cheese to find his way back to the Palace.

*wobbles after him, eating sweeping up the cheese*  :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
Bought a new laptop. Going from a netbook to a 15.6" screen was slightly awe inspiring tonight when I fired it up for the first time. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 27, 2011, 11:32:50 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
Bought a new laptop. Going from a netbook to a 15.6" screen was slightly awe inspiring tonight when I fired it up for the first time. :laugh:

The larger keyboard must be nice as well
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:35:17 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 27, 2011, 11:32:50 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
Bought a new laptop. Going from a netbook to a 15.6" screen was slightly awe inspiring tonight when I fired it up for the first time. :laugh:

The larger keyboard must be nice as well

Definitely taking some getting used to. I keep making typos.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on March 28, 2011, 12:47:06 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 27, 2011, 04:40:00 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 24, 2011, 08:25:02 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 24, 2011, 08:13:37 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 24, 2011, 04:25:04 PM
Roku XD

Finally ditched the cable and loving it  :asthing:

will not your roku stream cable content?




... or do you enjoy streaming content from another connected source?

I am just using HuluPlus, Netflix and a couple of smaller channels like NewsCaster and YouTube and another cool one that has everything from the public domain.  Cable was hitting me up for almost $200 a month and I am really quite happy with this arrangement for less than $16.
















That seems extremely expensive.

I am paying thirty nine buck ($US) for twenty Mb/sec internet and seventy seven channels of "basic television"  service, including local broadcasts for news and weather.

I would assume that two hundred dollars includes every premium channel known to mankind and some private content as well?

I mean, FUCK IN A GOD DAMN BUCKET!!! Two hundred BUCKS!!!  No fucking way!!



Hmm, i think DD got it really cheap and MLA got burned ;P

I pay 25$ for internet and 30$ for digital cable, and i think it's a cheap as it gets

they keep wanting me to add a landline.

wtf. who needs a landline.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 28, 2011, 02:38:37 AM
Tripe
whiffy :sick:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on March 28, 2011, 04:46:26 AM
A new bed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 28, 2011, 05:02:09 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 02:38:37 AM
Tripe
whiffy :sick:

Was it spoiled? Can you return it to the store?   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 28, 2011, 05:12:56 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 28, 2011, 05:02:09 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 02:38:37 AM
Tripe
whiffy :sick:

Was it spoiled? Can you return it to the store?   :orly:

i'd say  - it was for the dogs

i would never ever ever eat it :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 28, 2011, 07:34:44 AM
A coffee and a small pack of almonds for me and a doughnut for the dog
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on March 28, 2011, 08:07:18 AM
The Sims Medieval.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 28, 2011, 08:32:36 AM
2 pounds of strawberries last night at Food 4 Less.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 28, 2011, 09:13:33 AM
Quote from: eris on March 28, 2011, 12:47:06 AM
Hmm, i think DD got it really cheap and MLA got burned ;P

I pay 25$ for internet and 30$ for digital cable, and i think it's a cheap as it gets

they keep wanting me to add a landline.

wtf. who needs a landline.

It included basic cable, digital cable, the HD package, Showtime, HBO, rental on two DVR boxes, VOIP and internet at 5mb/sec.  It totaled $204 a month and I was absolutely getting burned :flamer: :flame:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 28, 2011, 09:33:33 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 05:12:56 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 28, 2011, 05:02:09 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 02:38:37 AM
Tripe
whiffy :sick:

Was it spoiled? Can you return it to the store?   :orly:

i'd say  - it was for the dogs

i would never ever ever eat it :2thumbsup:
Quote from: parts on March 28, 2011, 07:34:44 AM
A coffee and a small pack of almonds for me and a doughnut for the dog

If I were a dog, I'd want to live with Parts.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 28, 2011, 09:45:44 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 28, 2011, 09:33:33 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 05:12:56 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 28, 2011, 05:02:09 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 02:38:37 AM
Tripe
whiffy :sick:

Was it spoiled? Can you return it to the store?   :orly:

i'd say  - it was for the dogs

i would never ever ever eat it :2thumbsup:
Quote from: parts on March 28, 2011, 07:34:44 AM
A coffee and a small pack of almonds for me and a doughnut for the dog

If I were a dog, I'd want to live with Parts.  :zoinks:

me too :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 28, 2011, 09:52:31 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 09:45:44 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 28, 2011, 09:33:33 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 05:12:56 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 28, 2011, 05:02:09 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 02:38:37 AM
Tripe
whiffy :sick:

Was it spoiled? Can you return it to the store?   :orly:

i'd say  - it was for the dogs

i would never ever ever eat it :2thumbsup:
Quote from: parts on March 28, 2011, 07:34:44 AM
A coffee and a small pack of almonds for me and a doughnut for the dog

If I were a dog, I'd want to live with Parts.  :zoinks:

me too :zoinks:

He provides marvellous outings too for dogs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on March 28, 2011, 09:56:26 AM
I'd make a pretty wierd dog. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 28, 2011, 09:57:23 AM
What? You'd rather be Bodi's dog than Parts' dog?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on March 28, 2011, 10:05:45 AM
Lol. Well I wouldn't mind her petting me, but i'm pretty aloof which is rare in dogs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 28, 2011, 04:39:17 PM
Quote from: eris on March 28, 2011, 12:47:06 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 27, 2011, 04:40:00 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 24, 2011, 08:25:02 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 24, 2011, 08:13:37 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 24, 2011, 04:25:04 PM
Roku XD

Finally ditched the cable and loving it  :asthing:

will not your roku stream cable content?




... or do you enjoy streaming content from another connected source?

I am just using HuluPlus, Netflix and a couple of smaller channels like NewsCaster and YouTube and another cool one that has everything from the public domain.  Cable was hitting me up for almost $200 a month and I am really quite happy with this arrangement for less than $16.
















That seems extremely expensive.

I am paying thirty nine buck ($US) for twenty Mb/sec internet and seventy seven channels of "basic television"  service, including local broadcasts for news and weather.

I would assume that two hundred dollars includes every premium channel known to mankind and some private content as well?

I mean, FUCK IN A GOD DAMN BUCKET!!! Two hundred BUCKS!!!  No fucking way!!



Hmm, i think DD got it really cheap and MLA got burned ;P

I pay 25$ for internet and 30$ for digital cable, and i think it's a cheap as it gets

they keep wanting me to add a landline.

wtf. who needs a landline.


When I had a liandline, I was paying forty two dollars per month for dodgy, dial-up internet, then I went to all cell, paying around one hundred for three lines and damn near, instant internet, air service. I still had to have cable and I paid another twenty one dollars for "basic."

I still pay for the three cell lines, but I no longer use the expensive data service (internet). I have found that three lines upon the portable cell network costs me just a bit more than one land line did before and cable television and cable internet is just a bit more.

Generally, I am paying about fifteen or twenty bucks more per month than when I had a land line and five Kb/second dial up internet service with basic cable, but now I have three cells, hot cable internet, and the same basic television service - only about twenty bucks more per month.  Ditching the land line and going three lines, mobile,  was the best decision I could have made.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 28, 2011, 04:45:16 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 28, 2011, 09:13:33 AM
Quote from: eris on March 28, 2011, 12:47:06 AM
Hmm, i think DD got it really cheap and MLA got burned ;P

I pay 25$ for internet and 30$ for digital cable, and i think it's a cheap as it gets

they keep wanting me to add a landline.

wtf. who needs a landline.

It included basic cable, digital cable, the HD package, Showtime, HBO, rental on two DVR boxes, VOIP and internet at 5mb/sec.  It totaled $204 a month and I was absolutely getting burned :flamer: :flame:


Honestly, I could never use that much television programming.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 28, 2011, 06:03:43 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 28, 2011, 09:57:23 AM
What? You'd rather be Bodi's dog than Parts' dog?

My dogs are very well looked after.  they eat tripe and not donuts not because i am not loving them, it is because tripe is good for them.  i also don't want fat dogs.  so no they never get donuts but they get treats.  they eat raw chicken wings, or i get a big marrowbone off the butcher.   If a wild dog were to hunt and kill the very first thing it would do is open up and eat the contents of the animals stomach.  It would do this before ripping the meat off.  Dogs are not total carnivore's like cats.  so they like that area first as it is likely to contain 'greens'  as in grass.
also my dogs go out too,  i work them, we go to a schutzund club.  in fact my brother was the first person in the uk to get a schutzund title on an american bulldog.  shutzhund is a little like police dog training.  i got one here who is excellent at tracking.  here is a link to our kennel's website,  www.bluebloodsamericanbulldogs.com  (http://www.bluebloodsamericanbulldogs.com),  the site is one we built ourselves, although i have to say my brother does most of the work since the urchin came along.  our dogs do not have a bad life at all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on March 28, 2011, 06:31:51 PM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on March 28, 2011, 10:05:45 AM
Lol. Well I wouldn't mind her petting me, but i'm pretty aloof which is rare in dogs.

Holy shit Rage. Your avatar is creeping me out  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on March 28, 2011, 06:35:51 PM


Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 06:03:43 PM
If a wild dog were to hunt and kill the very first thing it would do is open up and eat the contents of the animals stomach.  It would do this before ripping the meat off.  Dogs are not total carnivore's like cats.  so they like that area first as it is likely to contain 'greens'  as in grass.


This I did not know. I thought they were pure carnivores.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 28, 2011, 06:52:41 PM
I pay over 40 dollars a month for my AT&T DSL Internet connection which is 3 megabits per second. My service is quite reliable, but I do feel like I am paying too much for Internet without anything else. I mean, sure, the 2Wire modem/router/wireless all-in-one thingey they give you is neat and all, but if my utilities weren't part of my rent (and therefore, in the landloard's name), then I'd have more and better choices in the matter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2011, 06:56:37 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 05:12:56 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 28, 2011, 05:02:09 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 02:38:37 AM
Tripe
whiffy :sick:

Was it spoiled? Can you return it to the store?   :orly:

i'd say  - it was for the dogs

i would never ever ever eat it :2thumbsup:

I love tripe the way my Mom used to fix it, in a brownish tomato sauce.  I remember once she brought some over.  The Princess Royal (age 2 or 3) liked it also.  So I spooned out my part and her serving.  She took a long look at the two bowls and switched them.  She at all of her new portion.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on March 28, 2011, 06:57:39 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 28, 2011, 06:31:51 PM
Holy shit Rage. Your avatar is creeping me out  :zombiefuck:
I know, right? :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on March 28, 2011, 06:59:50 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 28, 2011, 06:57:39 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 28, 2011, 06:31:51 PM
Holy shit Rage. Your avatar is creeping me out  :zombiefuck:
I know, right? :laugh:

Blech. I keep scrolling past his posts really fast so I don't have to see it. But it's like a train wreck. You can't help but look. *shudder* :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on March 28, 2011, 07:01:12 PM
It does have that certain 'I don't know what'. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 28, 2011, 07:02:14 PM
Who wouldn't be creeped out by an infant's face superimposed onto a face of a cat? :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on March 28, 2011, 07:02:41 PM
I think what you meant to say is that it has that certain "what the fuckness" to it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2011, 07:03:14 PM
Some delicious food for dinner - a Greek Orzo salad and Chicken sausages with spinach and Asiago cheese.  3 pairs of winter pants, 3 fall/winter tops and a shower curtain rod.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 28, 2011, 07:04:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2011, 07:03:14 PM
Some delicious food for dinner - a Greek Orzo salad and Chicken sausages with spinach and Asiago cheese.  3 pairs of winter pants, 3 fall/winter tops and a shower curtain rod.

Why are you buying winter clothes when spring is almost here or is already here? :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2011, 07:06:58 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 28, 2011, 07:04:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2011, 07:03:14 PM
Some delicious food for dinner - a Greek Orzo salad and Chicken sausages with spinach and Asiago cheese.  3 pairs of winter pants, 3 fall/winter tops and a shower curtain rod.

Why are you buying winter clothes when spring is almost here or is already here? :P

KMart was doing the second to last markdown on winter clothes.  The items were $2.99 as opposed to a usual price of $3.50 and over at Goodwill.  I usually don't wait until the $1.99 price because the pickings are too slim.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on March 28, 2011, 07:34:28 PM


Got my juicer today:


(http://intheknowmom.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/PicX6ivHS-1024x879.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on March 28, 2011, 07:41:39 PM
I really want a decent blender.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 28, 2011, 08:56:34 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 28, 2011, 04:45:16 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 28, 2011, 09:13:33 AM
Quote from: eris on March 28, 2011, 12:47:06 AM
Hmm, i think DD got it really cheap and MLA got burned ;P

I pay 25$ for internet and 30$ for digital cable, and i think it's a cheap as it gets

they keep wanting me to add a landline.

wtf. who needs a landline.

It included basic cable, digital cable, the HD package, Showtime, HBO, rental on two DVR boxes, VOIP and internet at 5mb/sec.  It totaled $204 a month and I was absolutely getting burned :flamer: :flame:


Honestly, I could never use that much television programming.

I didn't use hardly any of it - that's partly why it was such a colossal waste of money.  I am really happy with my $16 replacement package :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on March 28, 2011, 09:01:33 PM


I've got Netflix now, best $8.00 a month I spend. As soon as they release Hulu for the Xbox 360, I'll have that as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 28, 2011, 10:27:00 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on March 28, 2011, 09:01:33 PM


I've got Netflix now, best $8.00 a month I spend. As soon as they release Hulu for the Xbox 360, I'll have that as well.

Just hook your computer up to your TV. Problem solved.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 28, 2011, 10:53:34 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on March 28, 2011, 09:01:33 PM


I've got Netflix now, best $8.00 a month I spend. As soon as they release Hulu for the Xbox 360, I'll have that as well.

For $69 bucks for the Roku you have a wireless internet device you can move to different rooms in your house, with an HDMI out, and no need to maintain your Gold package.

I would never get rid of my gold package and actually prefer the Netflix player on the Xbox - but just sayin :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 28, 2011, 10:57:20 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 28, 2011, 10:53:34 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on March 28, 2011, 09:01:33 PM


I've got Netflix now, best $8.00 a month I spend. As soon as they release Hulu for the Xbox 360, I'll have that as well.

For $69 bucks for the Roku you have a wireless internet device you can move to different rooms in your house, with an HDMI out, and no need to maintain your Gold package.

I would never get rid of my gold package and actually prefer the Netflix player on the Xbox - but just sayin :)

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of an adapter or two and maybe some cables that wouldn't exceed 10 dollars unless you're talking about HDMI cables.

Which seem to be extremely expensive for some retarded reason... :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 29, 2011, 01:09:20 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 06:03:43 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 28, 2011, 09:57:23 AM
What? You'd rather be Bodi's dog than Parts' dog?

My dogs are very well looked after.  they eat tripe and not donuts not because i am not loving them, it is because tripe is good for them.  i also don't want fat dogs.  so no they never get donuts but they get treats.  they eat raw chicken wings, or i get a big marrowbone off the butcher.   If a wild dog were to hunt and kill the very first thing it would do is open up and eat the contents of the animals stomach.  It would do this before ripping the meat off.  Dogs are not total carnivore's like cats.  so they like that area first as it is likely to contain 'greens'  as in grass.
also my dogs go out too,  i work them, we go to a schutzund club.  in fact my brother was the first person in the uk to get a schutzund title on an american bulldog.  shutzhund is a little like police dog training.  i got one here who is excellent at tracking.  here is a link to our kennel's website,  www.bluebloodsamericanbulldogs.com  (http://www.bluebloodsamericanbulldogs.com),  the site is one we built ourselves, although i have to say my brother does most of the work since the urchin came along.  our dogs do not have a bad life at all.

Oh, I know you are good for your dogs Bodi. This wasn't aimed at you. I was just imagining me to be a dog. And I'd prefer the donut and the ride towards the place with feral cats around dusk.  :laugh:

And I know dogs are not total carnivores. Some breeds have been bred away from the wolf stage that much that they even do better on a diet without meat.

Great site btw. Love the way you take care of getting good owners for puppies. I am shocked sometimes with how some people have no idea how to treat their dog. As a postie I do meet lots of dogs. They tell an awful lot about their owner in their behaviour. Most of the dogs I see are happy beings, with their own character. Some are fucked up though. And the source of the fucked-up-ness almost always is to be found in the owner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2011, 01:15:09 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2011, 07:03:14 PM
Some delicious food for dinner - a Greek Orzo salad and Chicken sausages with spinach and Asiago cheese.  3 pairs of winter pants, 3 fall/winter tops and a shower curtain rod.

The dinner sounds delicious!   *waits on your front porch, empty plate in hand*   :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 29, 2011, 02:36:59 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 29, 2011, 01:09:20 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 06:03:43 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 28, 2011, 09:57:23 AM
What? You'd rather be Bodi's dog than Parts' dog?

My dogs are very well looked after.  they eat tripe and not donuts not because i am not loving them, it is because tripe is good for them.  i also don't want fat dogs.  so no they never get donuts but they get treats.  they eat raw chicken wings, or i get a big marrowbone off the butcher.   If a wild dog were to hunt and kill the very first thing it would do is open up and eat the contents of the animals stomach.  It would do this before ripping the meat off.  Dogs are not total carnivore's like cats.  so they like that area first as it is likely to contain 'greens'  as in grass.
also my dogs go out too,  i work them, we go to a schutzund club.  in fact my brother was the first person in the uk to get a schutzund title on an american bulldog.  shutzhund is a little like police dog training.  i got one here who is excellent at tracking.  here is a link to our kennel's website,  www.bluebloodsamericanbulldogs.com  (http://www.bluebloodsamericanbulldogs.com),  the site is one we built ourselves, although i have to say my brother does most of the work since the urchin came along.  our dogs do not have a bad life at all.

Oh, I know you are good for your dogs Bodi. This wasn't aimed at you. I was just imagining me to be a dog. And I'd prefer the donut and the ride towards the place with feral cats around dusk.  :laugh:

And I know dogs are not total carnivores. Some breeds have been bred away from the wolf stage that much that they even do better on a diet without meat.

Great site btw. Love the way you take care of getting good owners for puppies. I am shocked sometimes with how some people have no idea how to treat their dog. As a postie I do meet lots of dogs. They tell an awful lot about their owner in their behaviour. Most of the dogs I see are happy beings, with their own character. Some are fucked up though. And the source of the fucked-up-ness almost always is to be found in the owner.
:agreed:    are you a postie then?? i bet that is hard work hyke!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 29, 2011, 03:12:44 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 29, 2011, 02:36:59 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 29, 2011, 01:09:20 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on March 28, 2011, 06:03:43 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 28, 2011, 09:57:23 AM
What? You'd rather be Bodi's dog than Parts' dog?

My dogs are very well looked after.  they eat tripe and not donuts not because i am not loving them, it is because tripe is good for them.  i also don't want fat dogs.  so no they never get donuts but they get treats.  they eat raw chicken wings, or i get a big marrowbone off the butcher.   If a wild dog were to hunt and kill the very first thing it would do is open up and eat the contents of the animals stomach.  It would do this before ripping the meat off.  Dogs are not total carnivore's like cats.  so they like that area first as it is likely to contain 'greens'  as in grass.
also my dogs go out too,  i work them, we go to a schutzund club.  in fact my brother was the first person in the uk to get a schutzund title on an american bulldog.  shutzhund is a little like police dog training.  i got one here who is excellent at tracking.  here is a link to our kennel's website,  www.bluebloodsamericanbulldogs.com  (http://www.bluebloodsamericanbulldogs.com),  the site is one we built ourselves, although i have to say my brother does most of the work since the urchin came along.  our dogs do not have a bad life at all.

Oh, I know you are good for your dogs Bodi. This wasn't aimed at you. I was just imagining me to be a dog. And I'd prefer the donut and the ride towards the place with feral cats around dusk.  :laugh:

And I know dogs are not total carnivores. Some breeds have been bred away from the wolf stage that much that they even do better on a diet without meat.

Great site btw. Love the way you take care of getting good owners for puppies. I am shocked sometimes with how some people have no idea how to treat their dog. As a postie I do meet lots of dogs. They tell an awful lot about their owner in their behaviour. Most of the dogs I see are happy beings, with their own character. Some are fucked up though. And the source of the fucked-up-ness almost always is to be found in the owner.
:agreed:    are you a postie then?? i bet that is hard work hyke!!

The work itself is OK. Plenty of walking, enough cycling. It's the stuff around it, getting my mail in time and getting the mail right and such that can make it a crime.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on March 29, 2011, 09:04:23 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on March 28, 2011, 07:34:28 PM


Got my juicer today:


(http://intheknowmom.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/PicX6ivHS-1024x879.jpg)


Please post a review
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 29, 2011, 11:46:42 AM
Quote from: Diesel on March 29, 2011, 09:04:23 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on March 28, 2011, 07:34:28 PM


Got my juicer today:


(http://intheknowmom.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/PicX6ivHS-1024x879.jpg)


Please post a review

It looks like it should come with a bottle of Astroglide. 

Very high tech :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 29, 2011, 11:48:54 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 29, 2011, 01:15:09 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2011, 07:03:14 PM
Some delicious food for dinner - a Greek Orzo salad and Chicken sausages with spinach and Asiago cheese.  3 pairs of winter pants, 3 fall/winter tops and a shower curtain rod.

The dinner sounds delicious!   *waits on your front porch, empty plate in hand*   :drool:

It was good.  I've tried several pre-cooked things at Sam's (meatloaf, sundried turkey roll-ups, chciken encihladas, lasagna) and they were surprisingly good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 29, 2011, 03:49:35 PM
Had to buy a new mobile today

as the urchin decided to bite it while it was round my neck

he bit the screen and it cracked, and you can't see the screen.

went to argos and got a new one - put my sim into it, expecting all my

contacts to pop up  -  nothing..ALL MY CONTACTS GONE :bigcry:

they had all been saved in the broken phone and not the sim :screwy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 30, 2011, 01:03:55 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:35:17 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 27, 2011, 11:32:50 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
Bought a new laptop. Going from a netbook to a 15.6" screen was slightly awe inspiring tonight when I fired it up for the first time. :laugh:

The larger keyboard must be nice as well

Definitely taking some getting used to. I keep making typos.  :P

Noyt evryon cn type aswell as mee. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 02:45:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 30, 2011, 01:03:55 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:35:17 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 27, 2011, 11:32:50 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
Bought a new laptop. Going from a netbook to a 15.6" screen was slightly awe inspiring tonight when I fired it up for the first time. :laugh:

The larger keyboard must be nice as well

Definitely taking some getting used to. I keep making typos.  :P

Noyt evryon cn type aswell as mee. :orly:

Soph's been giving you lessons?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 30, 2011, 03:35:49 PM
A new phone
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 30, 2011, 03:41:16 PM
You've got a nice postcount.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 30, 2011, 03:43:22 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 30, 2011, 03:41:16 PM
You've got a nice postcount.

I missed it thanks for the screen cap :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 30, 2011, 03:45:37 PM
Quote from: parts on March 30, 2011, 03:43:22 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 30, 2011, 03:41:16 PM
You've got a nice postcount.

I missed it thanks for the screen cap :plus:

I always seem to miss my nice numbers.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on March 30, 2011, 03:58:44 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 30, 2011, 01:03:55 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:35:17 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 27, 2011, 11:32:50 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on March 27, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
Bought a new laptop. Going from a netbook to a 15.6" screen was slightly awe inspiring tonight when I fired it up for the first time. :laugh:

The larger keyboard must be nice as well

Definitely taking some getting used to. I keep making typos.  :P

Noyt evryon cn type aswell as mee. :orly:

:lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
4 prescriptions, soy cheese and canned soup.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 30, 2011, 04:34:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
4 prescriptions, soy cheese and canned soup.
:zombiefuck: :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:38:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 30, 2011, 04:34:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
4 prescriptions, soy cheese and canned soup.
:zombiefuck: :thumbdn:

Good, you come over and clean up the explosive diarrhea the Princess Royal gets from dairy.  It is definitely NO fun when you're stuck in evacuation traffic and have it happen because you missed looking closely at the hamburger you bought 2 hours ago at the Rip-a-Sack and didn't see it had cheese on it. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 30, 2011, 04:44:06 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:38:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 30, 2011, 04:34:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
4 prescriptions, soy cheese and canned soup.
:zombiefuck: :thumbdn:

Good, you come over and clean up the explosive diarrhea the Princess Royal gets from dairy.  It is definitely NO fun when you're stuck in evacuation traffic and have it happen because you missed looking closely at the hamburger you bought 2 hours ago at the Rip-a-Sack and didn't see it had cheese on it. 

Lactaid doesn't help?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:45:22 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 30, 2011, 04:44:06 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:38:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 30, 2011, 04:34:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
4 prescriptions, soy cheese and canned soup.
:zombiefuck: :thumbdn:

Good, you come over and clean up the explosive diarrhea the Princess Royal gets from dairy.  It is definitely NO fun when you're stuck in evacuation traffic and have it happen because you missed looking closely at the hamburger you bought 2 hours ago at the Rip-a-Sack and didn't see it had cheese on it. 

Lactaid doesn't help?

Not consistently enough to rely on it.  We just use soy products and no cheese when out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 30, 2011, 05:35:11 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 28, 2011, 08:56:34 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 28, 2011, 04:45:16 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on March 28, 2011, 09:13:33 AM
Quote from: eris on March 28, 2011, 12:47:06 AM
Hmm, i think DD got it really cheap and MLA got burned ;P

I pay 25$ for internet and 30$ for digital cable, and i think it's a cheap as it gets

they keep wanting me to add a landline.

wtf. who needs a landline.

It included basic cable, digital cable, the HD package, Showtime, HBO, rental on two DVR boxes, VOIP and internet at 5mb/sec.  It totaled $204 a month and I was absolutely getting burned :flamer: :flame:


Honestly, I could never use that much television programming.

I didn't use hardly any of it - that's partly why it was such a colossal waste of money.  I am really happy with my $16 replacement package :)

That sounds much more reasonable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 30, 2011, 05:42:37 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:38:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 30, 2011, 04:34:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
4 prescriptions, soy cheese and canned soup.
:zombiefuck: :thumbdn:

Good, you come over and clean up the explosive diarrhea the Princess Royal gets from dairy.  It is definitely NO fun when you're stuck in evacuation traffic and have it happen because you missed looking closely at the hamburger you bought 2 hours ago at the Rip-a-Sack and didn't see it had cheese on it. 
My Seventh Day Adventist relatives have exposed me to soy substitutes for food. Have fun with it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on March 30, 2011, 05:48:11 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 30, 2011, 05:42:37 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:38:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 30, 2011, 04:34:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
4 prescriptions, soy cheese and canned soup.
:zombiefuck: :thumbdn:

Good, you come over and clean up the explosive diarrhea the Princess Royal gets from dairy.  It is definitely NO fun when you're stuck in evacuation traffic and have it happen because you missed looking closely at the hamburger you bought 2 hours ago at the Rip-a-Sack and didn't see it had cheese on it. 
My Seventh Day Adventist relatives have exposed me to soy substitutes for food. Have fun with it.

So, they can take soy, give it some artificial flavors, and then BAM! A "vegetarian" version of something, like hamburgers or cheese. Right? :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 30, 2011, 06:16:45 PM
Soy never gets the texture right for my tastes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 30, 2011, 06:37:06 PM


Agreed, but there is also that burping spell after a bit, that causes me some gastric objections.

As disgusting as it seems, I have had a better run of luck with Qorn products.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 08:12:04 PM
Quote from: Pentagram on March 30, 2011, 05:48:11 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 30, 2011, 05:42:37 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:38:22 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 30, 2011, 04:34:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 30, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
4 prescriptions, soy cheese and canned soup.
:zombiefuck: :thumbdn:

Good, you come over and clean up the explosive diarrhea the Princess Royal gets from dairy.  It is definitely NO fun when you're stuck in evacuation traffic and have it happen because you missed looking closely at the hamburger you bought 2 hours ago at the Rip-a-Sack and didn't see it had cheese on it. 
My Seventh Day Adventist relatives have exposed me to soy substitutes for food. Have fun with it.

So, they can take soy, give it some artificial flavors, and then BAM! A "vegetarian" version of something, like hamburgers or cheese. Right? :orly:

Compared to the soy products I tasted in the early 1970's (hippie phase) soy today is gourmet to the nth degree.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 31, 2011, 07:59:46 AM
I have tried (and hated) soy bacon. Veggie burgers aren't bad. I am actually allergic to both soy milk and rice milk.   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 01, 2011, 12:27:55 AM
Police Squad the complete set and Quark the complete set. Also bought some super charged high caffeine coffee beans from a small shop in Benicia. Tomorrow I will probably go there to buy a kite.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on April 01, 2011, 12:31:48 AM


Quote from: couldbecousin on March 31, 2011, 07:59:46 AM
I have tried (and hated) soy bacon. Veggie burgers aren't bad. I am actually allergic to both soy milk and rice milk.   :orly:


Whoever conceived the concept of soy bacon should be shot. Bacon is fatty and delicious and bad for you. And delicious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 01, 2011, 12:31:51 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 01, 2011, 12:27:55 AM
Police Squad the complete set and Quark the complete set. Also bought some super charged high caffeine coffee beans from a small shop in Benicia. Tomorrow I will probably go there to buy a kite.

You fly kites? Who knew?   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 01, 2011, 12:42:19 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 01, 2011, 12:31:51 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 01, 2011, 12:27:55 AM
Police Squad the complete set and Quark the complete set. Also bought some super charged high caffeine coffee beans from a small shop in Benicia. Tomorrow I will probably go there to buy a kite.

You fly kites? Who knew?   :orly:
Not yet, but I want a hobby to get me outside and occupied without costing money. Hiring in construction will remain slow for a while.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 01, 2011, 12:51:00 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on April 01, 2011, 12:31:48 AM


Quote from: couldbecousin on March 31, 2011, 07:59:46 AM
I have tried (and hated) soy bacon. Veggie burgers aren't bad. I am actually allergic to both soy milk and rice milk.   :orly:


Whoever conceived the concept of soy bacon should be shot. Bacon is fatty and delicious and bad for you. And delicious.

QFT
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on April 01, 2011, 01:41:28 AM
macbook, may get here tomorrow... perfect time too, the mouse on my current macbook has died and needs fixing/disabling so i can use an external!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on April 01, 2011, 08:58:20 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on April 01, 2011, 12:31:48 AM


Quote from: couldbecousin on March 31, 2011, 07:59:46 AM
I have tried (and hated) soy bacon. Veggie burgers aren't bad. I am actually allergic to both soy milk and rice milk.   :orly:


Whoever conceived the concept of soy bacon should be shot. Bacon is fatty and delicious and bad for you. And delicious.

Don't forget delicious  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on April 01, 2011, 09:09:23 AM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on April 01, 2011, 08:58:20 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on April 01, 2011, 12:31:48 AM


Quote from: couldbecousin on March 31, 2011, 07:59:46 AM
I have tried (and hated) soy bacon. Veggie burgers aren't bad. I am actually allergic to both soy milk and rice milk.   :orly:


Whoever conceived the concept of soy bacon should be shot. Bacon is fatty and delicious and bad for you. And delicious.

Don't forget delicious  :thumbup:

And good for you. OK, maybe not SUPER good for you, and you won't be able to eat anything naughty for a week and have to take a good long walk after you eat it....but....

Oooh, sooo good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on April 01, 2011, 09:12:20 AM
Only thing better than bacon is barbecued bacon.

(http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/images/bacon-3.jpg)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B9_l5sihUaI/SaXFolRI_nI/AAAAAAAAAKo/Elq0xCKP3Xc/s400/bacon-4.jpg)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B9_l5sihUaI/SaXFh_Rl_EI/AAAAAAAAAKg/gceq7TEmM54/s400/bacon-5.jpg)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B9_l5sihUaI/SaXFOG75ghI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/sTGnLV98ciA/s400/bacon-7.jpg)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B9_l5sihUaI/SaXEVmyT1KI/AAAAAAAAAKA/T1bEFCtjQzE/s400/bacon-9.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on April 01, 2011, 09:23:47 AM
I like my bacon super crispy.

And now for the real deviants...crispy bacon ice cream...

http://www.google.com.au/images?q=candied+bacon+ice+cream&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1R2SKPT_enAU409&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=2
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on April 01, 2011, 09:27:37 AM
Can't forget candied bacon chocolate chip cookies:

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/maple-bacon-chocolate-chip-cookies/Detail.aspx

(This isn't the recipe I have at home, but similar)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on April 01, 2011, 09:49:17 AM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on April 01, 2011, 09:27:37 AM
Can't forget candied bacon chocolate chip cookies:

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/maple-bacon-chocolate-chip-cookies/Detail.aspx

(This isn't the recipe I have at home, but similar)

This discussion thread is now officially at odds with CG's health food thread.

I am making Lutra's healthy carrot, onion and apple salad tomorrow...I cannot bear to eat a cookie with bacon in it!!!

How far in the extreme of 'wrong' do you have to go with food ffs!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 01, 2011, 10:33:51 AM
bought myself something to eat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on April 01, 2011, 10:35:16 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 01, 2011, 10:33:51 AM
bought myself something to eat.

Bacon?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 01, 2011, 10:37:18 AM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on April 01, 2011, 10:35:16 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 01, 2011, 10:33:51 AM
bought myself something to eat.

Bacon?

In a burger, yes. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on April 02, 2011, 07:19:15 PM
(http://asset3.wellmedia.ca/images/large/products/nestle-coffee-crisp_1232727415_LRG.jpg)

While picking up this:

(http://images.mylot.com/userImages/images/postphotos/622528.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 02, 2011, 07:27:27 PM
Quote from: Eclair on April 01, 2011, 09:49:17 AM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on April 01, 2011, 09:27:37 AM
Can't forget candied bacon chocolate chip cookies:

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/maple-bacon-chocolate-chip-cookies/Detail.aspx

(This isn't the recipe I have at home, but similar)

This discussion thread is now officially at odds with CG's health food thread.

I am making Lutra's healthy carrot, onion and apple salad tomorrow...I cannot bear to eat a cookie with bacon in it!!!

How far in the extreme of 'wrong' do you have to go with food ffs!

I remember when chocolate chip muffins seemed outrageously indulgent. How innocent we once were!   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 02, 2011, 08:10:12 PM
32 gallons of gasoline
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on April 02, 2011, 08:20:36 PM
Quote from: parts on April 02, 2011, 08:10:12 PM
32 gallons of gasoline

Ouch  :'(

Did you need to take out a line of credit?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 02, 2011, 08:22:53 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on April 02, 2011, 08:20:36 PM
Quote from: parts on April 02, 2011, 08:10:12 PM
32 gallons of gasoline

Ouch  :'(

Did you need to take out a line of credit?

Almost, it was $120  that is a weekly thing for me unfortunately  and only getting worse.  At least as a work vehicle it is tax deductible
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on April 02, 2011, 08:24:40 PM
Hmmm....feel like I need to clarify that my Xanax pick up was from my pharmacist. Not from a dodgy guy in a dark alley. For some reason, my post could easily read that way.  :facepalm2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 02, 2011, 08:36:51 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on April 02, 2011, 08:24:40 PM
Hmmm....feel like I need to clarify that my Xanax pick up was from my pharmacist. Not from a dodgy guy in a dark alley. For some reason, my post could easily read that way.  :facepalm2:

So you didn't get the Xanax and the candy from this guy? ----->   :flasher:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on April 02, 2011, 08:46:07 PM
today I bought gasoline, 3.5 grams of marijuana, and Cajun seasoning.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 02, 2011, 08:46:57 PM
Quote from: eris on April 02, 2011, 08:46:07 PM
today I bought gasoline, 3.5 grams of marijuana, and Cajun seasoning.

Are you going to put the cajun seasoning on the marijuana?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on April 02, 2011, 08:50:13 PM
uh, no :orly:

But I have put honey on blunts before
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on April 02, 2011, 08:52:02 PM
Why?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on April 02, 2011, 09:12:37 PM
it makes it burn slower, and tastes sweet. you only put a little on.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 07, 2011, 03:29:09 AM
Gorgeous desk for my youngest.
Now I hope we'll be able to get it upstairs.  :-\ Very, very heavy thing, and I've got a very small staircase.

Will see.

Thought I had been  :viking: lately and that I deserved a treat. Bought myself some more pansies, and a bunch of old-fashioned roses. Not old-fashioned in that way that they have a lovely scent, but, they have a massive amount of thorns.
Real killer roses.  :roses:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Binty on April 07, 2011, 03:30:35 AM
Book of Anne Sexton's poetry and three Michel Houellebecq books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 01, 2011, 01:06:24 PM
A Nintendo64 and a Sega Dreamcast both with games at a tag sale to sell at the market
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on May 01, 2011, 01:58:00 PM
This and an NXT rechargable battery:

(http://bricker.ru/images/sets/8880_brickset.jpg)

Excuse the massive image, only decent one I could find on google.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 03, 2011, 04:18:05 PM
The 3-CD Blade Runner soundtrack. I have several of the previous editions, including some of the bootlegged ones, but I felt I had to have this one too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 03, 2011, 05:51:20 PM
A Coca Cola :coke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Enos on May 04, 2011, 04:32:51 AM
When I spent the weekend with the boyfriend I did a crazy spending spree in a zoo's gift shops and in Canterbury.
I bought:
Wooden necklace and bracelet with little metal beads.
The same necklace in turquoise.
2 small Masai people figurines.
A book called "the great apes".
A chimp hand puppet (for my primate collection).
A framed photograph of 2 chimpanzees in the wild.
A CD of African music.

Patchwork dungarees with all different patterns on them.
A book called "top of the tips".
A book called "James and other apes".
A top trumps game called "minger power".
A little soft toy of a pink gorilla that wolf whistles when you press it.
A DVD of inception.

Also my boyfriend's mum bought be a book called "in praise of primates". :2thumbsup:




 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 04, 2011, 07:19:19 AM
Bought an awful lot.
Postponed serious shopping way too long.
Most interesting for me is a new phone, and a dress I found at 25% of the original price.
Oooh, and the chocolate, lets not forget the chocolate.

No matter how cheap I found things. I did attack my bank-account seriously.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on May 04, 2011, 07:26:31 AM
Quote from: eris on April 02, 2011, 08:46:07 PM
today I bought gasoline, 3.5 grams of marijuana, and Cajun seasoning.

One of these days I will show you my system of seasoning do it yourself.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 04, 2011, 08:47:12 AM
Bought lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 04, 2011, 08:52:51 AM
$125 in gas and a Coke :coke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 04, 2011, 10:08:51 AM


Quote from: parts on May 04, 2011, 08:52:51 AM
$125 in gas and a Coke :coke:


How many gallons does your truck hold?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 04, 2011, 10:15:05 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on May 04, 2011, 10:08:51 AM


Quote from: parts on May 04, 2011, 08:52:51 AM
$125 in gas and a Coke :coke:


How many gallons does your truck hold?

It has a 35 gallon tank I put in 30.5.  I only get about 9mpg unless I am just on the highway.  Thinking about a smaller truck these days but then I loose capacity and have to make multiple trips
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 04, 2011, 10:19:34 AM


If I get a truck again it will be full size. The mileage really isn't that much better with the smaller ones, and you lose a lot of carrying and towing capacity.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 06, 2011, 10:12:55 AM
Naphtha
Fix a finish
Furniture wax

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 06, 2011, 10:00:33 PM
2007 Chevy Equinox

(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x403/midlifeaspie/223313_10150236439211208_514096207_9164464_7761951_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 06, 2011, 10:02:50 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 06, 2011, 10:00:33 PM
2007 Chevy Equinox

(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x403/midlifeaspie/223313_10150236439211208_514096207_9164464_7761951_n.jpg)

Nice looking family car.  Sensible to buy used too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 07, 2011, 12:10:56 AM
Nice car. :)

I bought two long-sleeved shirts and a jacket.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 07, 2011, 02:32:08 AM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 06, 2011, 10:00:33 PM
2007 Chevy Equinox

(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x403/midlifeaspie/223313_10150236439211208_514096207_9164464_7761951_n.jpg)

Nice! :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on May 07, 2011, 06:19:40 PM
A&W Rootbeer + Vanilla ice-cream = Rootbeer floats for the kids and me for mothers day  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on May 07, 2011, 07:04:50 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 06, 2011, 10:00:33 PM
2007 Chevy Equinox

(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x403/midlifeaspie/223313_10150236439211208_514096207_9164464_7761951_n.jpg)

Wow, you have such great taste in automobiles... Mr. Soccer Mom. :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on May 07, 2011, 07:11:15 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 07:04:50 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 06, 2011, 10:00:33 PM
2007 Chevy Equinox

(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x403/midlifeaspie/223313_10150236439211208_514096207_9164464_7761951_n.jpg)

Wow, you have such great taste in automobiles... Mr. Soccer Mom. :wanker:
Ha. that is hardley a soccer mom vehicle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 07, 2011, 07:32:48 PM
A reconditioned backpack gas leaf blower. :zoinks:

I finally broke down and bought one since I doubt I'll be finding one anytime soon, they seem fairly rare around here. :-\

Spent close to 2 hours Thursday with it just blowing the grass clippings around in the lawn. It's awesome, my neighbors hate me. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 07, 2011, 08:01:34 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on May 07, 2011, 07:11:15 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 07:04:50 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 06, 2011, 10:00:33 PM
2007 Chevy Equinox

(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x403/midlifeaspie/223313_10150236439211208_514096207_9164464_7761951_n.jpg)

Wow, you have such great taste in automobiles... Mr. Soccer Mom. :wanker:
Ha. that is hardley a soccer mom vehicle.

And what are you driving pigfucker?

Even if it was, I have a kid and another one on the way dipshit.  My seed is spilled somewhere other than on my belly, therefore I need a family friendly vehicle.  What are you going to buy when you have kids?   :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on May 07, 2011, 09:25:26 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 07, 2011, 08:01:34 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on May 07, 2011, 07:11:15 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 07:04:50 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 06, 2011, 10:00:33 PM
2007 Chevy Equinox

(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x403/midlifeaspie/223313_10150236439211208_514096207_9164464_7761951_n.jpg)

Wow, you have such great taste in automobiles... Mr. Soccer Mom. :wanker:
Ha. that is hardley a soccer mom vehicle.

And what are you driving pigfucker?

Even if it was, I have a kid and another one on the way dipshit.  My seed is spilled somewhere other than on my belly, therefore I need a family friendly vehicle.  What are you going to buy when you have kids?   :lol:

I would have something that isn't a total gas guzzler (unless it has a powerful V-8, then it would be justified), actually has any fucking room at all in the interior, and isn't fucking made in China, let alone made by Generic Motors after the 90's. :wanker:

That compact SUV is so... "fuckwitted NT soccer mom"... No style, no gas mileage, no power...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 07, 2011, 09:27:46 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 09:25:26 PM

I would have something that isn't a total gas guzzler (unless it has a powerful V-8, then it would be justified), actually has any fucking room at all in the interior, and isn't fucking made in China, let alone made by Generic Motors after the 90's. :wanker:

That compact SUV is so... "fuckwitted NT soccer mom"... No style, no gas mileage, no power...

It was a rhetorical question.  We all know you will never have children. 

Use the internet, it is a great resource.  The Equinox is not a compact SUV.

What are you driving again?

I thought you left.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on May 07, 2011, 09:31:30 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 07, 2011, 09:27:46 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 09:25:26 PM

I would have something that isn't a total gas guzzler (unless it has a powerful V-8, then it would be justified), actually has any fucking room at all in the interior, and isn't fucking made in China, let alone made by Generic Motors after the 90's. :wanker:

That compact SUV is so... "fuckwitted NT soccer mom"... No style, no gas mileage, no power...

It was a rhetorical question.  We all know you will never have children. 

Use the internet, it is a great resource.  The Equinox is not a compact SUV.

What are you driving again?

I thought you left.

Shithead, if you were as poor as me, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be driving that "wonderful" Generic Motors Equinox, now wouldn't you? :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 07, 2011, 09:42:34 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 09:31:30 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 07, 2011, 09:27:46 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 09:25:26 PM

I would have something that isn't a total gas guzzler (unless it has a powerful V-8, then it would be justified), actually has any fucking room at all in the interior, and isn't fucking made in China, let alone made by Generic Motors after the 90's. :wanker:

That compact SUV is so... "fuckwitted NT soccer mom"... No style, no gas mileage, no power...

It was a rhetorical question.  We all know you will never have children. 

Use the internet, it is a great resource.  The Equinox is not a compact SUV.

What are you driving again?

I thought you left.

Shithead, if you were as poor as me, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be driving that "wonderful" Generic Motors Equinox, now wouldn't you? :wanker:

Despite the double(?) negative used in the above sentence, I have interpreted what you said to be "If I was as poor as you I wouldn't be able to drive any car at all".  Is that close?

I'll assume it is and simply state that if I was as poor as you (lacking in money as well as intelligence, skill, common sense, impulse control, decency, morality, self-worth, courage, loyalty, ability, potential and drive) then I would put a bullet in my mouth and be done with it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on May 07, 2011, 10:12:31 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 07, 2011, 09:42:34 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 09:31:30 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 07, 2011, 09:27:46 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 09:25:26 PM

I would have something that isn't a total gas guzzler (unless it has a powerful V-8, then it would be justified), actually has any fucking room at all in the interior, and isn't fucking made in China, let alone made by Generic Motors after the 90's. :wanker:

That compact SUV is so... "fuckwitted NT soccer mom"... No style, no gas mileage, no power...

It was a rhetorical question.  We all know you will never have children. 

Use the internet, it is a great resource.  The Equinox is not a compact SUV.

What are you driving again?

I thought you left.

Shithead, if you were as poor as me, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be driving that "wonderful" Generic Motors Equinox, now wouldn't you? :wanker:

Despite the double(?) negative used in the above sentence, I have interpreted what you said to be "If I was as poor as you I wouldn't be able to drive any car at all".  Is that close?

I'll assume it is and simply state that if I was as poor as you (lacking in money as well as intelligence, skill, common sense, impulse control, decency, morality, self-worth, courage, loyalty, ability, potential and drive) then I would put a bullet in my mouth and be done with it.

Of course you would, because you suck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 08, 2011, 01:18:02 AM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 07, 2011, 09:42:34 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 09:31:30 PM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 07, 2011, 09:27:46 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 09:25:26 PM

I would have something that isn't a total gas guzzler (unless it has a powerful V-8, then it would be justified), actually has any fucking room at all in the interior, and isn't fucking made in China, let alone made by Generic Motors after the 90's. :wanker:

That compact SUV is so... "fuckwitted NT soccer mom"... No style, no gas mileage, no power...

It was a rhetorical question.  We all know you will never have children. 

Use the internet, it is a great resource.  The Equinox is not a compact SUV.

What are you driving again?

I thought you left.

Shithead, if you were as poor as me, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be driving that "wonderful" Generic Motors Equinox, now wouldn't you? :wanker:

Despite the double(?) negative used in the above sentence, I have interpreted what you said to be "If I was as poor as you I wouldn't be able to drive any car at all".  Is that close?

I'll assume it is and simply state that if I was as poor as you (lacking in money as well as intelligence, skill, common sense, impulse control, decency, morality, self-worth, courage, loyalty, ability, potential and drive) then I would put a bullet in my mouth and be done with it.
:lol: That is just plain funny.  :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on May 08, 2011, 02:13:44 AM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on May 07, 2011, 09:27:46 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 07, 2011, 09:25:26 PM

I would have something that isn't a total gas guzzler (unless it has a powerful V-8, then it would be justified), actually has any fucking room at all in the interior, and isn't fucking made in China, let alone made by Generic Motors after the 90's. :wanker:

That compact SUV is so... "fuckwitted NT soccer mom"... No style, no gas mileage, no power...

It was a rhetorical question.  We all know you will never have children. 

Use the internet, it is a great resource.  The Equinox is not a compact SUV.

What are you driving again?

I thought you left.

I hate to say it, but the Chevy Equinox was marketed by GM as a "compact SUV" although you're right that it's really more a midsize with its length of 188.8 inches.

Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_SUV
Compact SUV is a class of small sport utility vehicles with a length roughly between 4.25 to 4.60 metres (167 to 181 in).

I hope that it meets your growing family's needs well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 02:29:37 AM
Volvo XC90 is a "real" SUV  :viking:

(http://volvowallpaper.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Volvo_XC90_07-1024.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 08, 2011, 04:16:30 AM
It's a good car but feels a bit plastic inside, IMO. The D5 is rather noisy inside, too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on May 08, 2011, 10:35:50 AM
Quote from: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 02:29:37 AM
Volvo XC90 is a "real" SUV  :viking:

(http://volvowallpaper.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Volvo_XC90_07-1024.jpg)

It may be real safe, but it's not a real SUV.

This, is a real SUV:

(http://image.4wheeloffroad.com/f/27656014/131_1002_09_o+readers_rides+1982_chevy_suburban.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 08, 2011, 10:38:28 AM
Socket holders and a :coke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 10:45:44 AM
A SUV isn't defined by how shitty it is.  ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 08, 2011, 01:26:49 PM
Carburetor cleaner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on May 08, 2011, 01:37:51 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 10:45:44 AM
A SUV isn't defined by how shitty it is.  ::)

Just because it's Swede doesn't make it brave, moron. ::)

That Volvo is going to get stuck in places that the Suburban can breeze through.

It's like no one on here knows what a ballsy car is anymore.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 01:49:29 PM
:zoinks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuHJwcRo_-E
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on May 08, 2011, 01:50:23 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 08, 2011, 01:37:51 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 10:45:44 AM
A SUV isn't defined by how shitty it is.  ::)

Just because it's Swede doesn't make it brave, moron. ::)

That Volvo is going to get stuck in places that the Suburban can breeze through.

It's like no one on here knows what a ballsy car is anymore.

Do you?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 08, 2011, 01:54:10 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 08, 2011, 01:37:51 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 10:45:44 AM
A SUV isn't defined by how shitty it is.  ::)

Just because it's Swede doesn't make it brave, moron. ::)

That Volvo is going to get stuck in places that the Suburban can breeze through.

It's like no one on here knows what a ballsy car is anymore.

What car do you drive? It seems I forgot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on May 08, 2011, 01:55:47 PM
Quote from: Schleed on May 08, 2011, 01:50:23 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 08, 2011, 01:37:51 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 10:45:44 AM
A SUV isn't defined by how shitty it is.  ::)

Just because it's Swede doesn't make it brave, moron. ::)

That Volvo is going to get stuck in places that the Suburban can breeze through.

It's like no one on here knows what a ballsy car is anymore.

Do you?

What kind of a trick question is that? Of course I do, and you shouldn't even be talking, because you come from a country where this is the epitome of automobile luxury: :orly:

(http://www.superuse.org/images/2062.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 08, 2011, 07:38:43 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 08, 2011, 01:37:51 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 10:45:44 AM
A SUV isn't defined by how shitty it is.  ::)

Just because it's Swede doesn't make it brave, moron. ::)

That Volvo is going to get stuck in places that the Suburban can breeze through.

It's like no one on here knows what a ballsy car is anymore.

Ballsy means it is a gas-guzzler, and then you cry about how we are ruining the planet.

I thought you left
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on May 08, 2011, 07:43:29 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 02:29:37 AM
Volvo XC90 is a "real" SUV  :viking:

(http://volvowallpaper.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Volvo_XC90_07-1024.jpg)

That's what I drive  :green:

Bah. odeon! It doesn't feel plastic inside.  :stick: :laugh:

And Penty - seriously. You have zero experience with that SUV. My truck has gotten me out of more snowy messes than I can count. When everyone else was snowed in on unplowed roads, I didn't have an issue booting around.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 08, 2011, 07:43:57 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 08, 2011, 01:55:47 PM
Quote from: Schleed on May 08, 2011, 01:50:23 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 08, 2011, 01:37:51 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 08, 2011, 10:45:44 AM
A SUV isn't defined by how shitty it is.  ::)

Just because it's Swede doesn't make it brave, moron. ::)

That Volvo is going to get stuck in places that the Suburban can breeze through.

It's like no one on here knows what a ballsy car is anymore.



Do you?

What kind of a trick question is that? Of course I do, and you shouldn't even be talking, because you come from a country where this is the epitome of automobile luxury: :orly:

(http://www.superuse.org/images/2062.jpg)
I kinda like that car it's funky :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 08, 2011, 09:50:19 PM
A new DSI XL in my favourite color (the yellow one) and The Sims Medieval game. Meh, figured I'd go shopping as I need to get out more.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on May 08, 2011, 10:30:31 PM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 08, 2011, 09:50:19 PM
The Sims Medieval game.

I was a bit interested in that. I really liked the Castaway game. If you see this, post about the game :) im interested :)

Seems like there are a lot of people here that like the Sims. I am usually alone in that respect. May be an AS thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 08, 2011, 11:02:35 PM
Quote from: eris on May 08, 2011, 10:30:31 PM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 08, 2011, 09:50:19 PM
The Sims Medieval game.

I was a bit interested in that. I really liked the Castaway game. If you see this, post about the game :) im interested :)

Seems like there are a lot of people here that like the Sims. I am usually alone in that respect. May be an AS thing.

I've played it for at least an hour now, it's more structured like a quest-based gameplay in conjuction with sandbox, instead of purely sandbox. The general idea is to build a kingdom and play as the monarch managing everything. I can't say much more because I still need to play it longer to get the feel for it, but yeah I like it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 08, 2011, 11:42:05 PM
A Samsung 14.2 Megapixel model 5X camera. I took pictures of seals with it in San Diego on Friday and pictures at the SF waterfront today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on May 08, 2011, 11:53:09 PM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 08, 2011, 11:02:35 PM
Quote from: eris on May 08, 2011, 10:30:31 PM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 08, 2011, 09:50:19 PM
The Sims Medieval game.

I was a bit interested in that. I really liked the Castaway game. If you see this, post about the game :) im interested :)

Seems like there are a lot of people here that like the Sims. I am usually alone in that respect. May be an AS thing.

I've played it for at least an hour now, it's more structured like a quest-based gameplay in conjuction with sandbox, instead of purely sandbox. The general idea is to build a kingdom and play as the monarch managing everything. I can't say much more because I still need to play it longer to get the feel for it, but yeah I like it.

Oh, thats sounds pretty cool. SO, you still have to make them potty and sleep and stuff. Seems fun. I may try it. i still think Castaway was the best sims.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 09, 2011, 12:55:48 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on May 08, 2011, 07:43:29 PM
That's what I drive  :green:

Bah. odeon! It doesn't feel plastic inside.  :stick: :laugh:

Which engine do you have?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 09, 2011, 01:03:27 PM
The V8 is surely great. Never drove any Volvo with more power than my parents' S70, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 09, 2011, 01:03:52 PM
Quote from: parts on May 03, 2011, 05:51:20 PM
A Coca Cola :coke:

 That makes three wonderful new smileys, but I don't see them anywhere yet; will they soon appear on the "Additional smileys" page?   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 09, 2011, 01:09:51 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 09, 2011, 01:03:52 PM
Quote from: parts on May 03, 2011, 05:51:20 PM
A Coca Cola :coke:

 That makes three wonderful new smileys, but I don't see them anywhere yet; will they soon appear on the "Additional smileys" page?   :orly:

It's : coke : without the spaces
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on May 09, 2011, 08:40:05 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 09, 2011, 01:03:27 PM
The V8 is surely great. Never drove any Volvo with more power than my parents' S70, though.

Not an inline 5 cylinder... but a V8... in a Volvo?!? Jesus Christ... this end is nigh! :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 09, 2011, 09:03:00 PM
Two flexible bathroom vent ducts, around 2500lbs cellulose and two foam boards
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 09, 2011, 10:37:22 PM


Quote from: odeon on May 09, 2011, 12:55:48 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on May 08, 2011, 07:43:29 PM
That's what I drive  :green:

Bah. odeon! It doesn't feel plastic inside.  :stick: :laugh:

Which engine do you have?


She's got the V8. She likes smoking Escalades.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 10, 2011, 08:23:45 AM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 09, 2011, 08:40:05 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 09, 2011, 01:03:27 PM
The V8 is surely great. Never drove any Volvo with more power than my parents' S70, though.

Not an inline 5 cylinder... but a V8... in a Volvo?!? Jesus Christ... this end is nigh! :zombiefuck:

I thought you left.

Countdown To Penty's Departure (http://www.7is7.com/otto/countdown.html?year=2011&month=5&date=15&hrs=NaN&ts=12&tz=local&min=13&sec=0&lang=en&show=dhms&mode=t&cdir=down&bgcolor=%23CCFFFF&fgcolor=%23000000&title=Countdown%20To%20Penty%27s%20Departure)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on May 10, 2011, 03:28:27 PM
a grey batwing dress :bat:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 10, 2011, 03:37:17 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 09, 2011, 08:40:05 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 09, 2011, 01:03:27 PM
The V8 is surely great. Never drove any Volvo with more power than my parents' S70, though.

Not an inline 5 cylinder... but a V8... in a Volvo?!? Jesus Christ... this end is nigh! :zombiefuck:

I'm sorry, I forgot... what car are you driving again?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 10, 2011, 03:38:18 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on May 09, 2011, 10:37:22 PM


Quote from: odeon on May 09, 2011, 12:55:48 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on May 08, 2011, 07:43:29 PM
That's what I drive  :green:

Bah. odeon! It doesn't feel plastic inside.  :stick: :laugh:

Which engine do you have?


She's got the V8. She likes smoking Escalades.

Cool. It's a lot more fun in that car than the 2.5.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 10, 2011, 08:24:06 PM


Just thinking out loud here... if the 2.5 and V8 are offered in the same chassis, would that mean the V8 would fit in a car that has the 2.5?


How awesome would a V8 C30 be?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on May 10, 2011, 08:40:28 PM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 08, 2011, 11:02:35 PM
Quote from: eris on May 08, 2011, 10:30:31 PM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 08, 2011, 09:50:19 PM
The Sims Medieval game.

I was a bit interested in that. I really liked the Castaway game. If you see this, post about the game :) im interested :)

Seems like there are a lot of people here that like the Sims. I am usually alone in that respect. May be an AS thing.

I've played it for at least an hour now, it's more structured like a quest-based gameplay in conjuction with sandbox, instead of purely sandbox. The general idea is to build a kingdom and play as the monarch managing everything. I can't say much more because I still need to play it longer to get the feel for it, but yeah I like it.

 :o I need this!!!! I have a love for the Sims and a long standing obsession with the Tudors. Win-win computer game for me!!!  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DukeNukem on May 10, 2011, 08:51:17 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 10, 2011, 03:37:17 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 09, 2011, 08:40:05 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 09, 2011, 01:03:27 PM
The V8 is surely great. Never drove any Volvo with more power than my parents' S70, though.

Not an inline 5 cylinder... but a V8... in a Volvo?!? Jesus Christ... this end is nigh! :zombiefuck:

I'm sorry, I forgot... what car are you driving again?

That's irrelevant. And your Jaguar is nothing special. Get over yourself, jackass.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 10, 2011, 08:52:20 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 10, 2011, 08:51:17 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 10, 2011, 03:37:17 PM
Quote from: The Mizark on May 09, 2011, 08:40:05 PM
Quote from: TheoK on May 09, 2011, 01:03:27 PM
The V8 is surely great. Never drove any Volvo with more power than my parents' S70, though.

Not an inline 5 cylinder... but a V8... in a Volvo?!? Jesus Christ... this end is nigh! :zombiefuck:

I'm sorry, I forgot... what car are you driving again?

That's irrelevant. And your Jaguar is nothing special. Get over yourself, jackass.

I thought you left.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 10, 2011, 09:17:05 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on May 10, 2011, 08:24:06 PM


Just thinking out loud here... if the 2.5 and V8 are offered in the same chassis, would that mean the V8 would fit in a car that has the 2.5?


How awesome would a V8 C30 be?

Pretty awesome. Though the C30 is still pretty heavy for a "small" car: 1.3 tons.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 10, 2011, 09:24:17 PM


Quote from: TheoK on May 10, 2011, 09:17:05 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on May 10, 2011, 08:24:06 PM


Just thinking out loud here... if the 2.5 and V8 are offered in the same chassis, would that mean the V8 would fit in a car that has the 2.5?


How awesome would a V8 C30 be?

Pretty awesome. Though the C30 is still pretty heavy for a "small" car: 1.3 tons.


That's about what small cars weigh in North America. All that federally mandated safety and emissions equipment is heavy. The GTI is even heavier.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on May 10, 2011, 11:11:21 PM
I found this on vinyl :)

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nkxUAAlWL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 11, 2011, 01:04:31 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on May 10, 2011, 08:24:06 PM


Just thinking out loud here... if the 2.5 and V8 are offered in the same chassis, would that mean the V8 would fit in a car that has the 2.5?


How awesome would a V8 C30 be?

There is a 400 bhp version of the C30, but I think it's with a turbo engine.

And yeah, there is a lot of room under the bonnet in the XC90.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 12, 2011, 08:53:56 PM


Quote from: odeon on May 11, 2011, 01:04:31 PM
There is a 400 bhp version of the C30, but I think it's with a turbo engine.

And yeah, there is a lot of room under the bonnet in the XC90.


I can believe that, it's easy to make power with that engine. It's the same engine that's in the Ford Focus RS.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 13, 2011, 03:06:06 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on May 12, 2011, 08:53:56 PM


Quote from: odeon on May 11, 2011, 01:04:31 PM
There is a 400 bhp version of the C30, but I think it's with a turbo engine.

And yeah, there is a lot of room under the bonnet in the XC90.


I can believe that, it's easy to make power with that engine. It's the same engine that's in the Ford Focus RS.

It's a nice engine but the XC90 is a big car and the Focus is, well, not.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 16, 2011, 07:21:47 AM
I bought bread an hour ago.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 16, 2011, 08:56:18 AM
A half inch electric impact wrench out of some guys trunk  who stopped where I was working
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 16, 2011, 09:18:38 AM
Quote from: parts on May 16, 2011, 08:56:18 AM
A half inch electric impact wrench out of some guys trunk  who stopped where I was working

 :thumbup:

Did he throw in the sockets?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 16, 2011, 09:22:12 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 16, 2011, 09:18:38 AM
Quote from: parts on May 16, 2011, 08:56:18 AM
A half inch electric impact wrench out of some guys trunk  who stopped where I was working

 :thumbup:

Did he throw in the sockets?  :zoinks:

No I have my own though from my air tools.  I never had an electric one before and thought it would be handy putting in lag bolts.  I would not have gotten it but I felt bad he needed gas money to get back home
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 20, 2011, 04:48:55 AM
A new laptop. Drawback is that it's was on the shelf for 4 months, but, I got a small discount and a one year warranty after the moment of purchase.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2011, 03:47:58 PM
I bought a white parakeet to keep Chirp company.  She was still missing her mate after all this time.  I've named the new keet "Angel".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 20, 2011, 04:08:13 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2011, 03:47:58 PM
I bought a white parakeet to keep Chirp company.  She was still missing her mate after all this time.  I've named the new keet "Angel".
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 20, 2011, 05:15:50 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2011, 03:47:58 PM
I bought a white parakeet to keep Chirp company.  She was still missing her mate after all this time.  I've named the new keet "Angel".

 Awww, that is sweet, I hope they get along.  Is Angel a girl also?  :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2011, 06:42:05 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 20, 2011, 05:15:50 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2011, 03:47:58 PM
I bought a white parakeet to keep Chirp company.  She was still missing her mate after all this time.  I've named the new keet "Angel".

 Awww, that is sweet, I hope they get along.  Is Angel a girl also?  :angel:

I don't know because it's still too young to have its cere turn to the appropriate color.  They are like two women eyeing the same sale item through the yet-to-be-opened shop door.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 20, 2011, 06:43:59 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2011, 06:42:05 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 20, 2011, 05:15:50 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2011, 03:47:58 PM
I bought a white parakeet to keep Chirp company.  She was still missing her mate after all this time.  I've named the new keet "Angel".

 Awww, that is sweet, I hope they get along.  Is Angel a girl also?  :angel:

I don't know because it's still too young to have its cere turn to the appropriate color.  They are like two women eyeing the same sale item through the yet-to-be-opened shop door.

  They must both be girls then, so cute!   :blonde:  :cheer:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 21, 2011, 07:07:54 PM
Chinese food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 21, 2011, 09:46:16 PM
Quote from: parts on May 21, 2011, 07:07:54 PM
Chinese food

I had Chineses tonight also.  It was not the usual take-out, but at a restaurant.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 22, 2011, 12:14:40 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 21, 2011, 09:46:16 PM
Quote from: parts on May 21, 2011, 07:07:54 PM
Chinese food

I had Chineses tonight also.  It was not the usual take-out, but at a restaurant.

 Was it delicious?  I had really good crab rangoons with duck sauce from a restaurant in my neighborhood, a few Christmases ago.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 22, 2011, 03:40:49 PM
"Empire of the Sun" on DVD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on May 23, 2011, 06:13:30 PM
Bought this yesterday. Didn't have to actually pay anything though because I used points from my banks Visa card.  :thumbup: Should be here in 4 weeks. Just wanted a decent point and shoot digital camera.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Canuk1975/NikonCoolpix.jpg)

Model Number: CP L22 Black
12MP CCD
3.6x optical zoom
Macro shooting for super close ups
Large 3 inch (7.6 cm) LCD screen
3 movie modes with sound
20MB of internal memory
Warranty: 2 year
Brand: Nikon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 23, 2011, 06:33:12 PM
Quote from: Celticgoddess on May 23, 2011, 06:13:30 PM
Bought this yesterday. Didn't have to actually pay anything though because I used points from my banks Visa card.  :thumbup: Should be here in 4 weeks. Just wanted a decent point and shoot digital camera.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Canuk1975/NikonCoolpix.jpg)

Model Number: CP L22 Black
12MP CCD
3.6x optical zoom
Macro shooting for super close ups
Large 3 inch (7.6 cm) LCD screen
3 movie modes with sound
20MB of internal memory
Warranty: 2 year
Brand: Nikon
That looks like a nice one CG.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 23, 2011, 06:40:11 PM
Mint
Chocolate
Chip
Ice
Cream
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 24, 2011, 12:46:30 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 23, 2011, 06:40:11 PM
Mint
Chocolate
Chip
Ice
Cream

 Hey, if you put those five ingredients together, you can get a really nice dessert!   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 24, 2011, 12:50:12 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 24, 2011, 12:46:30 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 23, 2011, 06:40:11 PM
Mint
Chocolate
Chip
Ice
Cream

 Hey, if you put those five ingredients together, you can get a really nice dessert!   :orly:
:indeed: That is an excellent idea.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 24, 2011, 09:42:45 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 24, 2011, 12:46:30 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 23, 2011, 06:40:11 PM
Mint
Chocolate
Chip
Ice
Cream

 Hey, if you put those five ingredients together, you can get a really nice dessert!   :orly:

I know.  I just wanted to draw out the agony for you by making you read one line at a time.   >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 24, 2011, 10:28:04 AM
Gas even though  I filled the van with $100 the other day and it has plenty , I had to take the truck today and it was empty >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 25, 2011, 06:17:50 AM
Two books on Spanish. Couldn't decide which one so I ordered both.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 25, 2011, 09:39:37 AM
A trailer hitch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on May 25, 2011, 10:51:25 AM
External speakers and a new portable hard drive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2011, 05:18:26 PM
4 DVDs
A scrub shirt
A nightgown
A T-shirt
A cookbook
A wind up alarm clock (the PR was amazed at the new invention!)
A pair of shoes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 26, 2011, 03:38:43 AM
CHAI. Took a while, but have found places where they still sell chai.   :thumbup:

Bought my kids part 1-3 of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 26, 2011, 03:15:27 PM
Chai is relatively easy to find here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 26, 2011, 03:27:22 PM
Was here too, well, not in the village, but elsewhere, and then it disappeared from the shelves in the supermarkets I could find it.

Have now found a few other brands, tried three of them by now. Twinings is a winner I think.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 26, 2011, 03:38:39 PM
You like Twinings? I prefer Yogi. I think they are fab.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 27, 2011, 01:42:42 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 26, 2011, 03:38:39 PM
You like Twinings? I prefer Yogi. I think they are fab.

Haven't seen that one yet. Will have a look. So far Twinings is far better than Urban Garden and Orient Sunset.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on May 27, 2011, 03:56:07 AM
25kg of fish pellets for my axololts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 27, 2011, 01:42:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 27, 2011, 01:42:42 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 26, 2011, 03:38:39 PM
You like Twinings? I prefer Yogi. I think they are fab.

Haven't seen that one yet. Will have a look. So far Twinings is far better than Urban Garden and Orient Sunset.

Twinings is rather tasteless when compared to Yogi. They do offer black chai, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
A second birdcage for Angel so the keets can be separated.  The Princess Royal thought I had bought the cage so she could have the keet in her room.  So now I have lost temporary custody of the white keet, now re-named Hedwig. 

It worked out well for me because now the PR has to pay for the cage.  She'll keep the bird for a couple of weeks, grow tired of it and I won't  have to pay for the cage. >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 27, 2011, 05:22:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
A second birdcage for Angel so the keets can be separated.  The Princess Royal thought I had bought the cage so she could have the keet in her room.  So now I have lost temporary custody of the white keet, now re-named Hedwig. 

It worked out well for me because now the PR has to pay for the cage.  She'll keep the bird for a couple of weeks, grow tired of it and I won't  have to pay for the cage. >:D

 Another successful bit of palace intrigue!  :queenie:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 27, 2011, 05:25:23 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 27, 2011, 05:22:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
A second birdcage for Angel so the keets can be separated.  The Princess Royal thought I had bought the cage so she could have the keet in her room.  So now I have lost temporary custody of the white keet, now re-named Hedwig. 

It worked out well for me because now the PR has to pay for the cage.  She'll keep the bird for a couple of weeks, grow tired of it and I won't  have to pay for the cage. >:D

 Another successful bit of palace intrigue!  :queenie:
No shit, she is a sneaky one.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 27, 2011, 06:01:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 27, 2011, 01:42:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 27, 2011, 01:42:42 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 26, 2011, 03:38:39 PM
You like Twinings? I prefer Yogi. I think they are fab.

Haven't seen that one yet. Will have a look. So far Twinings is far better than Urban Garden and Orient Sunset.

Twinings is rather tasteless when compared to Yogi. They do offer black chai, though.

I will keep looking for other versions. Gives me something to do during my daughters training. Twinings is a bit too bland for my taste indeed, but the Urban City one could be named clove-tea, the other flavours almost got lost. And the other one I have now tastes almost artificial. So, for now, Twinings is in the lead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 27, 2011, 06:11:06 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 27, 2011, 06:01:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 27, 2011, 01:42:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 27, 2011, 01:42:42 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 26, 2011, 03:38:39 PM
You like Twinings? I prefer Yogi. I think they are fab.

Haven't seen that one yet. Will have a look. So far Twinings is far better than Urban Garden and Orient Sunset.

Twinings is rather tasteless when compared to Yogi. They do offer black chai, though.
I like Twinings Earl Grey tea.
I will keep looking for other versions. Gives me something to do during my daughters training. Twinings is a bit too bland for my taste indeed, but the Urban City one could be named clove-tea, the other flavours almost got lost. And the other one I have now tastes almost artificial. So, for now, Twinings is in the lead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 27, 2011, 06:12:47 PM
Quote from: PPK on May 27, 2011, 06:11:06 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 27, 2011, 06:01:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 27, 2011, 01:42:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 27, 2011, 01:42:42 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 26, 2011, 03:38:39 PM
You like Twinings? I prefer Yogi. I think they are fab.

Haven't seen that one yet. Will have a look. So far Twinings is far better than Urban Garden and Orient Sunset.

Twinings is rather tasteless when compared to Yogi. They do offer black chai, though.
I will keep looking for other versions. Gives me something to do during my daughters training. Twinings is a bit too bland for my taste indeed, but the Urban City one could be named clove-tea, the other flavours almost got lost. And the other one I have now tastes almost artificial. So, for now, Twinings is in the lead.
I like Twinings Earl Grey tea.


That is a really nice tea indeed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 27, 2011, 06:14:29 PM
Fuck! I hate it when I quote like a tard.  :pwned:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 27, 2011, 06:16:10 PM
Quote from: PPK on May 27, 2011, 06:14:29 PM
Fuck! I hate it when I quote like a tard.  :pwned:
:laugh:

It's OK. I have had to drink a bit too much, so I will take the blame.  :santa:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 27, 2011, 06:22:10 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 07:00:14 PM
Quote from: PPK on May 27, 2011, 05:25:23 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 27, 2011, 05:22:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
A second birdcage for Angel so the keets can be separated.  The Princess Royal thought I had bought the cage so she could have the keet in her room.  So now I have lost temporary custody of the white keet, now re-named Hedwig. 

It worked out well for me because now the PR has to pay for the cage.  She'll keep the bird for a couple of weeks, grow tired of it and I won't  have to pay for the cage. >:D

 Another successful bit of palace intrigue!  :queenie:
No shit, she is a sneaky one.  :autism:

I attribute it to centuries of court intrigues, plots and treachery that were inbred into my genes.   :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 27, 2011, 07:30:18 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 07:00:14 PM
Quote from: PPK on May 27, 2011, 05:25:23 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 27, 2011, 05:22:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
A second birdcage for Angel so the keets can be separated.  The Princess Royal thought I had bought the cage so she could have the keet in her room.  So now I have lost temporary custody of the white keet, now re-named Hedwig. 

It worked out well for me because now the PR has to pay for the cage.  She'll keep the bird for a couple of weeks, grow tired of it and I won't  have to pay for the cage. >:D

 Another successful bit of palace intrigue!  :queenie:
No shit, she is a sneaky one.  :autism:

I attribute it to centuries of court intrigues, plots and treachery that were inbred into my genes.   :evillaugh:
:agreed: Watching one's back against one's own cousins must get tedious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 28, 2011, 10:31:59 PM
I have bought a pair of jeans, some underwear and socks and a present for my nephew who will be 3 next week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 02, 2011, 09:52:49 PM
Quote from: PPK on May 27, 2011, 05:25:23 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 27, 2011, 05:22:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
A second birdcage for Angel so the keets can be separated.  The Princess Royal thought I had bought the cage so she could have the keet in her room.  So now I have lost temporary custody of the white keet, now re-named Hedwig. 

It worked out well for me because now the PR has to pay for the cage.  She'll keep the bird for a couple of weeks, grow tired of it and I won't  have to pay for the cage. >:D

 Another successful bit of palace intrigue!  :queenie:
No shit, she is a sneaky one.  :autism:

Well, my palace intrigue backfired on me.  Prince Albert mentioned several times that it wasn't right to have Angel in such a small cage while Chirp was in a bigger one.  So today I bought a bigger cage than the 2 we had and put Chirp in it and Angel in the one Chirp was in.  One nice thing is that it was $79.95 at the thrift store, marked down to $40.  I asked the manager if I could have it for $25 and he said yes.  But I still had to pay for a cage. :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 03, 2011, 12:28:48 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 02, 2011, 09:52:49 PM
Quote from: PPK on May 27, 2011, 05:25:23 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 27, 2011, 05:22:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
A second birdcage for Angel so the keets can be separated.  The Princess Royal thought I had bought the cage so she could have the keet in her room.  So now I have lost temporary custody of the white keet, now re-named Hedwig. 

It worked out well for me because now the PR has to pay for the cage.  She'll keep the bird for a couple of weeks, grow tired of it and I won't  have to pay for the cage. >:D

 Another successful bit of palace intrigue!  :queenie:
No shit, she is a sneaky one.  :autism:

Well, my palace intrigue backfired on me.  Prince Albert mentioned several times that it wasn't right to have Angel in such a small cage while Chirp was in a bigger one.  So today I bought a bigger cage than the 2 we had and put Chirp in it and Angel in the one Chirp was in.  One nice thing is that it was $79.95 at the thrift store, marked down to $40.  I asked the manager if I could have it for $25 and he said yes.  But I still had to pay for a cage. :'(
Foiled by Palace intrigue! And here I thought cousins and could be cousins were the source of such chicanery. :tinfoil:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 03, 2011, 04:06:37 AM
Quote from: PPK on June 03, 2011, 12:28:48 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 02, 2011, 09:52:49 PM
Quote from: PPK on May 27, 2011, 05:25:23 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 27, 2011, 05:22:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
A second birdcage for Angel so the keets can be separated.  The Princess Royal thought I had bought the cage so she could have the keet in her room.  So now I have lost temporary custody of the white keet, now re-named Hedwig. 

It worked out well for me because now the PR has to pay for the cage.  She'll keep the bird for a couple of weeks, grow tired of it and I won't  have to pay for the cage. >:D

 Another successful bit of palace intrigue!  :queenie:
No shit, she is a sneaky one.  :autism:

Well, my palace intrigue backfired on me.  Prince Albert mentioned several times that it wasn't right to have Angel in such a small cage while Chirp was in a bigger one.  So today I bought a bigger cage than the 2 we had and put Chirp in it and Angel in the one Chirp was in.  One nice thing is that it was $79.95 at the thrift store, marked down to $40.  I asked the manager if I could have it for $25 and he said yes.  But I still had to pay for a cage. :'(
Foiled by Palace intrigue! And here I thought cousins and could be cousins were the source of such chicanery. :tinfoil:

 And what's wrong with being a chica?  Don't you like chicas?   :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 03, 2011, 05:31:29 AM
A 100 foot hose
Safety rated sun glasses for work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on June 03, 2011, 05:36:03 AM
just paid the phone bill, the internet bill, the electric bill and the rent


now im broke :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on June 03, 2011, 10:18:30 AM
Internet, electricity, 60 bucks of gas, car payment, cell phone, netflix, hulu, student loan, water, diapers, car insurance, home insurance with groceries to follow tonight.  After that ....... scotch  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on June 03, 2011, 11:03:59 AM
I just took delivery of a Rifle (brand) fairing for my Nighthawk. Hopefully it keeps the wind off of me just as good as the windshield I have now, without looking as dorky.

(http://rifle.com/Assets/ProductImages/fairings/00014.JPG)

When I ordered it online, the email I got back said that they were in Atascadero, so I called them up and told them to cancel the shipping and that i'd go up there to pick it up in person. I drove up there yesterday and got it.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 03, 2011, 04:10:49 PM
Quote from: parts on June 03, 2011, 05:31:29 AM
A 100 foot hoseSafety rated sun glasses for work

Artificial alpha male?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 03, 2011, 04:19:46 PM
Some things for  the birds - toys and cups for feed and water.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 03, 2011, 04:35:14 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 03, 2011, 04:10:49 PM
Quote from: parts on June 03, 2011, 05:31:29 AM
A 100 foot hoseSafety rated sun glasses for work

Artificial alpha male?

 :laugh:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on June 04, 2011, 10:07:02 AM
6 of these (http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=1111+1111+1111+6462), 4 of these (http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+1003+0393) and 4 of these (http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0311+3026).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 04, 2011, 02:29:15 PM
Chicken.

Spent $6.00 in quarters getting the filth washed off the truck, just to come home and get it dirty again. :laugh:


The installation of city sewage fucked up the roads royally around here.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 04, 2011, 05:54:02 PM
Stopped at a garage sale.  Bought a smallish zippered notebook/binder, a metal tray to use as a bird bath for the keets and a pillow for the car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 04, 2011, 06:20:37 PM
Hasty shopping. Didn't forget to buy stuff for school come Monday, but am now wondering how much toiletpaper is in store here.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 04, 2011, 06:22:38 PM
The rebuilding of my wife's transmission $2500 :zombiefuck:
He only had the car two days though so at least it was fast
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 04, 2011, 09:19:51 PM
Quote from: parts on June 04, 2011, 06:22:38 PM
The rebuilding of my wife's transmission $2500 :zombiefuck:
He only had the car two days though so at least it was fast

OUCH.  My sister has a transmission problem.  She paid for a computer test kit ($80), took it to the chain parts store and found out the part she needed.  Bought it from some place in CA ($190) and waited 5 days for it to be sent and received.  Found a guy to replace the part for $50, but he screwed something up and didn't finish the repair (well, actually she gave him the money and told him to get lost because he wasn't doing it right).  Went to a local repair shop and was told they only do American cars, not Japanese junk like Toyota, but if he did it the bill would be $200 for labor.  So she's going to do it herself if it ever gets cool enough (below 100 degrees).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on June 11, 2011, 10:55:28 AM
160 x 230 chindi rug 70% off :2thumbsup:

New hoodie with grey vintage pattern on it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 12, 2011, 03:54:20 PM
Just bought an extension on my phonecard, another 250 calls abroad.  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 12, 2011, 05:16:38 PM
Gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 12, 2011, 05:26:53 PM
A 5 shelf wire shelving unit to make a pantry in the kitchen.  PA doesn't know yet, but he'll find out tomorrow when he sees it in the car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on June 16, 2011, 01:52:30 PM
Went to Breda (a city 30/35 kms Eastwards from BoZ) by train today and bought myself some stuff.

A new pair of cool shoes, 3 pairs of trousers, a leather belt, a bag of holy shit and a hat. Oh, I bought a model of a 'Stuka' bomber* too. Well, it's in a box in still numerous little parts now, which I have to glue together in order to make it a Junkers Ju 87 soon. Loved doing that when I was a kiddo.

*
(http://www.aircraftaces.com/images/junkers-87-stuka.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 16, 2011, 04:50:31 PM
windshield wipers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on June 16, 2011, 10:56:07 PM
I got this in the mail today. I got it on amazon. I probably get a book a week, and it is usually under 10$ including shipping.

It's like a textbook actually. Pretty interesting

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RZK8ZXM0L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 17, 2011, 02:58:05 AM
^Looks like that would be an interesting read.

I bought packing boxes, some tinned food and some frozen meals.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 18, 2011, 10:05:15 AM
A bunch of stuff

A #5 Stanley wood plane
A machinist vise
A tool box filled with what I believe is small scale foundry tools
A 7 inch cast iron skillet
A Bakelite phone from about 1940 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 18, 2011, 04:28:54 PM
Quote from: eris on June 16, 2011, 10:56:07 PM
I got this in the mail today. I got it on amazon. I probably get a book a week, and it is usually under 10$ including shipping.

It's like a textbook actually. Pretty interesting

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RZK8ZXM0L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg)

  I clicked but it won't let me see inside the book!  :bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 18, 2011, 04:53:08 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 18, 2011, 04:28:54 PM
Quote from: eris on June 16, 2011, 10:56:07 PM
I got this in the mail today. I got it on amazon. I probably get a book a week, and it is usually under 10$ including shipping.

It's like a textbook actually. Pretty interesting

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RZK8ZXM0L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg)

  I clicked but it won't let me see inside the book!  :bigcry:

And for a very good reason.  You don't need lessons.  ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 18, 2011, 04:56:57 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 18, 2011, 04:53:08 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 18, 2011, 04:28:54 PM
Quote from: eris on June 16, 2011, 10:56:07 PM
I got this in the mail today. I got it on amazon. I probably get a book a week, and it is usually under 10$ including shipping.

It's like a textbook actually. Pretty interesting

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RZK8ZXM0L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg)

  I clicked but it won't let me see inside the book!  :bigcry:

And for a very good reason.  You don't need lessons.  ::)

 That's right, I forgot what a vixen I am!  :cfm:  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 18, 2011, 06:43:11 PM
Here is another book for you ladies found it in with my recently acquired  books

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/Photo085.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on June 18, 2011, 06:43:45 PM
Quote from: eris on June 16, 2011, 10:56:07 PM
I got this in the mail today. I got it on amazon. I probably get a book a week, and it is usually under 10$ including shipping.

It's like a textbook actually. Pretty interesting

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RZK8ZXM0L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg)

You need a Kindle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 18, 2011, 06:46:20 PM
Kindle are nice but there is nothing like a good hard bound book
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on June 18, 2011, 06:47:34 PM
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2011, 06:46:20 PM
Kindle are nice but there is nothing like a good hard bound book

I used to think the same thing, but I can actually read faster on a Kindle and I always have tens of thousands of titles 30 seconds away.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 18, 2011, 06:49:50 PM
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2011, 06:43:11 PM
Here is another book for you ladies found it in with my recently acquired  books

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/Photo085.jpg)


 That looks like the kind of book my mother would have approved of for my education! :harp:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 18, 2011, 06:53:07 PM
I had one on "Housewivery" at one time also from about the same period it was all about cleaning and keeping house with pictures and captions
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 18, 2011, 07:02:41 PM
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2011, 06:53:07 PM
I had one on "Housewivery" at one time also from about the same period it was all about cleaning and keeping house with pictures and captions

 The pictures and captions would have helped me quite a bit, had I ever become a housewife!   :blonde:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 19, 2011, 02:25:55 AM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on June 18, 2011, 06:47:34 PM
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2011, 06:46:20 PM
Kindle are nice but there is nothing like a good hard bound book

I used to think the same thing, but I can actually read faster on a Kindle and I always have tens of thousands of titles 30 seconds away.

Yeah, I read faster on a Kindle, too. It's awesome to have all those titles a few clicks away.

There are things I really miss with Kindle editions, though. Leafing through a book in the shop before buying is one of them--there is no good way to just browse a 700-page book.

OTOH, you can't have more than a few 700-page titles in your bag without breaking your back so the Kindle's got its upsides. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 19, 2011, 02:28:29 AM
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2011, 06:53:07 PM
I had one on "Housewivery" at one time also from about the same period it was all about cleaning and keeping house with pictures and captions

(http://j-walk.com/other/goodwife/images/goodwifeguide.gif)

Although it might be a fake.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on June 19, 2011, 03:06:53 AM
i have a new mop

-  i can't believe how domesticated i am!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 19, 2011, 04:43:20 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on June 19, 2011, 03:06:53 AM
i have a new mop

-  i can't believe how domesticated i am!
I bought a new mop just last week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 19, 2011, 07:42:04 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 19, 2011, 04:43:20 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on June 19, 2011, 03:06:53 AM
i have a new mop

-  i can't believe how domesticated i am!
I bought a new mop just last week.

 You girls need to have a mopping party, you can live-blog it for all of us!   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on June 19, 2011, 08:04:30 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 19, 2011, 07:42:04 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 19, 2011, 04:43:20 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on June 19, 2011, 03:06:53 AM
i have a new mop

-  i can't believe how domesticated i am!
I bought a new mop just last week.

 You girls need to have a mopping party, you can live-blog it for all of us!   :2thumbsup:

What kind of mops are they? :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 20, 2011, 09:53:23 PM
Um, a floor mop. Looks like this:
(http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/1546016ozcottondeckmop_4.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 20, 2011, 10:44:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 19, 2011, 02:28:29 AM
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2011, 06:53:07 PM
I had one on "Housewivery" at one time also from about the same period it was all about cleaning and keeping house with pictures and captions

(http://j-walk.com/other/goodwife/images/goodwifeguide.gif)

Although it might be a fake.

Rumor has it the writer of that one was tragically found dead 3 days later with a vacuum nozzle shoved up his ass.  Tragic. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 20, 2011, 11:21:52 PM
^ :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 21, 2011, 01:38:03 PM
Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Squidusa on June 21, 2011, 01:41:16 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 20, 2011, 10:44:59 PM
Rumor has it the writer of that one was tragically found dead 3 days later with a vacuum nozzle shoved up his ass.  Tragic. :zoinks:

I really hope that's true.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 21, 2011, 07:26:14 PM
Quote from: Squidette on June 21, 2011, 01:41:16 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 20, 2011, 10:44:59 PM
Rumor has it the writer of that one was tragically found dead 3 days later with a vacuum nozzle shoved up his ass.  Tragic. :zoinks:

I really hope that's true.  :zoinks:

Sadly it's not, but it should have been. ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 22, 2011, 10:44:46 AM
Bought myself a couple of hours of silence and peace.  :2thumbsup:

(Couple of books for the kids to lose themselves in :meditate: )

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on June 22, 2011, 08:00:06 PM
Quote from: renaeden on June 20, 2011, 09:53:23 PM
Um, a floor mop. Looks like this:
(http://passionweiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/1546016ozcottondeckmop_4.jpg)

My new mop is the squeezy sponge variety
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/quickie_sponge_mop_045.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 23, 2011, 03:53:23 AM
Yeah I was wondering whether to get one of those. But I just stuck to the same thing I have had before.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on June 23, 2011, 06:55:53 AM
You probably did the best thing...it is not that good for mopping up

It will be useful though when i come to apply floor polish
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 23, 2011, 06:57:06 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on June 23, 2011, 06:55:53 AM
You probably did the best thing...it is not that good for mopping up

It will be useful though when i come to apply floor polish
Definitely. Probably the best thing for that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on June 23, 2011, 01:13:02 PM
Four 76cm x 38cm x 66cm aquariums.
Thirty 90cm x 38cm x 45cm aquariums.

They're second-hand refurbished aquariums that were being sold in bulk for an incredibly good price.  I paid £21 each for the 76cm x 38cm x 66cm aquariums, £12 each for the 90cm x 38cm x 45cm aquariums, and since I bought so many, the seller is going to deliver them for free.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 23, 2011, 04:49:33 PM
I need to buy a handsfree bluetooth thingy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 23, 2011, 06:16:14 PM
20.6 gallons of gas @ 3.85 a gallon cash :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 23, 2011, 07:13:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 23, 2011, 04:49:33 PM
I need to buy a handsfree bluetooth thingy.

Oh Odeon, that is so cute.  You sound just like me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 23, 2011, 07:15:15 PM
Some Saints Tshirts reduced from $16 to $3. Lots of peppermint candy for PA.  Ice cube trays, a table cloth, pillows.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on June 24, 2011, 03:18:04 AM
I bought a strata inspection report for $295. That's some expensive toilet paper :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 24, 2011, 03:28:17 AM
Quote from: Sinnocent on June 24, 2011, 03:18:04 AM
I bought a strata inspection report for $295. That's some expensive toilet paper :P

You could copy and print it, for a cheaper version.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 24, 2011, 04:32:22 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 23, 2011, 07:13:48 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 23, 2011, 04:49:33 PM
I need to buy a handsfree bluetooth thingy.

Oh Odeon, that is so cute.  You sound just like me.

Only mum can tell us apart. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 24, 2011, 05:30:37 AM
I'd get one of those blue tooth things but they make you look like your insane and talking to yourself and I already have enough problems with that as it is :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 24, 2011, 09:52:52 AM
Quote from: parts on June 24, 2011, 05:30:37 AM
I'd get one of those blue tooth things but they make you look like your insane and talking to yourself and I already have enough problems with that as it is :green:

You'd just could get a broken one, wear it, and people around you would think that you talking to yourself makes complete sense. (As it of course does, but different)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 24, 2011, 02:38:42 PM
Quote from: parts on June 24, 2011, 05:30:37 AM
I'd get one of those blue tooth things but they make you look like your insane and talking to yourself and I already have enough problems with that as it is :green:

I meant one of those things you use in a car. I wouldn't dream of getting that other kind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2011, 07:18:36 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 24, 2011, 02:38:42 PM
Quote from: parts on June 24, 2011, 05:30:37 AM
I'd get one of those blue tooth things but they make you look like your insane and talking to yourself and I already have enough problems with that as it is :green:

I meant one of those things you use in a car. I wouldn't dream of getting that other kind.

I wonder if there will be a news article in the near future about bluetooths causing ear infections.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 25, 2011, 03:39:21 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2011, 07:18:36 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 24, 2011, 02:38:42 PM
Quote from: parts on June 24, 2011, 05:30:37 AM
I'd get one of those blue tooth things but they make you look like your insane and talking to yourself and I already have enough problems with that as it is :green:

I meant one of those things you use in a car. I wouldn't dream of getting that other kind.

I wonder if there will be a news article in the near future about bluetooths causing ear infections.

Probably. Gadgets are not good for you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 25, 2011, 05:02:08 AM
I bought my sister some earrings at my mum's suggestion. I also bought my stepdad the specific sort of socks that he likes that are very hard to find.

They both have their birthday on Monday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 25, 2011, 11:48:52 AM
B'fast for me and lunch for the others.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 05, 2011, 01:44:07 PM
Bought a white flowering hibiscus and 6 strawberry plants today..
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-MZFFLLET.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 05, 2011, 03:15:51 PM
cellulose and two and a half inch tapered wood plugs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on July 07, 2011, 08:25:46 PM
$50 on fire agate
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 07, 2011, 08:44:58 PM
Quote from: lutra on July 05, 2011, 01:44:07 PM
Bought a white flowering hibiscus and 6 strawberry plants today..
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-MZFFLLET.jpg)

I learn things every day.  I've always thought of Hibiscus being tropical plants, but if you're close enough to the Gulf Stream they probably do well.  After all Edinburgh has a giant clock made of succulents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on July 08, 2011, 05:23:49 AM
I was reading this thread really confused, and realized I did not actually click on the "What are you eating" thread.  :pwned:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 08, 2011, 07:43:36 AM
A coffee and a :coke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 08, 2011, 08:42:01 AM
@ QV: Didn't know much about it, looked some stuff up and yes.. Hibiscus is a sub-/tropical/Mediterranean genus of plants by large but I got the variant that can endure the fairly mild Winters in Holland. Wiki-link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_syriacus

Not sure about the level of influence the 'warm' Gulf Stream has here.
(http://www.kennislink.nl/upload/142147_962_1133449689265-golfstroom.jpg)
It's quite a bit less than let's say Western parts of Ireland or W. Scotland for sure. Here the North Sea tempers the more extreme cold temperatures and likewise the more extreme high Ts too. Predominant south/south-west/west wind directions are a factor of influence here too and blahiah....

Well, I also have a fig tree in the garden (on a sunny spot and a bit protected against (cold) wind) which kinda proves the rel. mild climate this corner of Holland has.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on July 08, 2011, 08:43:15 AM
Quote from: drahcir on July 07, 2011, 08:25:46 PM
$50 on fire agate

I'm pretty sure that for $50 you could buy something just as special that Kit dug out of her nappie.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 08, 2011, 09:58:00 AM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on July 08, 2011, 08:43:15 AM
Quote from: drahcir on July 07, 2011, 08:25:46 PM
$50 on fire agate

I'm pretty sure that for $50 you could buy something just as special that Kit dug out of her nappie.

A brown agate with corn inclusions   :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ShyOne on July 08, 2011, 10:01:15 AM
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263665_10150305245442938_710062937_9247025_8121700_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on July 08, 2011, 10:28:05 AM
Quote from: parts on July 08, 2011, 09:58:00 AM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on July 08, 2011, 08:43:15 AM
Quote from: drahcir on July 07, 2011, 08:25:46 PM
$50 on fire agate

I'm pretty sure that for $50 you could buy something just as special that Kit dug out of her nappie.

A brown agate with corn inclusions   :zoinks:

:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on July 08, 2011, 11:05:02 AM
Quote from: parts on July 08, 2011, 09:58:00 AM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on July 08, 2011, 08:43:15 AM
Quote from: drahcir on July 07, 2011, 08:25:46 PM
$50 on fire agate

I'm pretty sure that for $50 you could buy something just as special that Kit dug out of her nappie.

A brown agate with corn inclusions   :zoinks:
that was awful. thanks parts!  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Squidusa on July 10, 2011, 08:45:09 AM
Quote from: parts on July 08, 2011, 09:58:00 AM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on July 08, 2011, 08:43:15 AM
Quote from: drahcir on July 07, 2011, 08:25:46 PM
$50 on fire agate

I'm pretty sure that for $50 you could buy something just as special that Kit dug out of her nappie.

A brown agate with corn inclusions   :zoinks:

:rofl:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on July 19, 2011, 04:19:25 AM
Bottles of Rekorderlig and Aspall apple cider. $12 for the both of them though, so not something I'm gonna buy regularly even if they tickle my fancy. I'm just trying them since a Dan Murphy's opened here last week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 19, 2011, 07:49:48 AM
A 1972 Kenmore Duo Power vacuum for $2.00 at a yard sale. :zombiefuck:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ShyOne on July 19, 2011, 09:23:21 AM
Bought 20,000+ hama beads today of various colours. They make darn good coasters! :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 19, 2011, 11:03:35 AM
a phone for twenty quid off ebay
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on July 19, 2011, 12:00:08 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 19, 2011, 07:49:48 AM
A 1972 Kenmore Duo Power vacuum for $2.00 at a yard sale. :zombiefuck:

Duo power? Does it run off of electricity and Flower Power??  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 19, 2011, 01:08:26 PM
Quote from: Adam Scrapolla on July 19, 2011, 12:00:08 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 19, 2011, 07:49:48 AM
A 1972 Kenmore Duo Power vacuum for $2.00 at a yard sale. :zombiefuck:

Duo power? Does it run off of electricity and Flower Power??  :zoinks:

1972 it should have.  :LOL:

Duo power just equals 2 speed though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on July 19, 2011, 04:48:31 PM
NAS drive
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on July 21, 2011, 11:50:53 AM
A coral reef dvd for relaxation.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 21, 2011, 12:38:38 PM
Martin Scorcese's Rolling Stones concert film. :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: luciaelizabeth on July 21, 2011, 02:17:05 PM
Quote from: Sinnocent on July 19, 2011, 04:19:25 AM
Rekorderlig

gross. you want to drink a real drink like. like stella or something.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 21, 2011, 02:24:02 PM
Lots of groceries, including a lot of meats marked down.  It's in the refrigerator, waiting to be packaged and frozen.

(Before cbc asks, it's a meatloaf, 3 lbs of ground beef, 2 large chickens, 3 pounds of ham for seasoning beans, 1 pound of boudin sausage)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on July 21, 2011, 03:17:32 PM
A HP IPAQ hx4700. Now to load age of empires and worms onto it!

(http://common4.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/88/0,1425,i=88405,00.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on July 21, 2011, 03:30:44 PM
Also got an N64 with various games, expansion pack and ordered an upcoming proper AV cable for it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on July 22, 2011, 09:17:14 AM
Quote from: luciaelizabeth on July 21, 2011, 02:17:05 PM
Quote from: Sinnocent on July 19, 2011, 04:19:25 AM
Rekorderlig

gross. you want to drink a real drink like. like stella or something.

Y'mean Stella Artois? Not in the shop AFAIK.

This afternoon I bought a bottle of Magners, Westons Perry, and a bottle of Mercury for cheapness sakes.

I'm buying lots of different ciders to try. Reccommend me some if you're the taste expert :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 22, 2011, 09:27:28 AM
Quote from: Schleed on July 21, 2011, 03:30:44 PM
Also got an N64 with various games, expansion pack and ordered an upcoming proper AV cable for it.

I bought a Sega Dreamcast and N64 both with a ton of games not long ago to sell and the kids won't stop playing them
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 22, 2011, 12:15:55 PM
Quote from: parts on July 22, 2011, 09:27:28 AM
Quote from: Schleed on July 21, 2011, 03:30:44 PM
Also got an N64 with various games, expansion pack and ordered an upcoming proper AV cable for it.

I bought a Sega Dreamcast and N64 both with a ton of games not long ago to sell and the kids won't stop playing them

Add an original NES, PS1, color gameboy, and an Atari to that list here. Those are just the ones I bought to "resell" (WTF was I thinking :zombiefuck:). There are more, we need a 12 step program for addicts. 

Lots of games available for the Dreamcast if you look around.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 22, 2011, 02:26:05 PM
Starting to stock up on food, canned veggies mainly. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on July 22, 2011, 03:18:31 PM
10-watt guitar amp marked down to 10 bucks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on July 22, 2011, 04:39:32 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on July 23, 2011, 05:42:07 AM
Quote from: Sinnocent on July 22, 2011, 09:17:14 AM
Quote from: luciaelizabeth on July 21, 2011, 02:17:05 PM
Quote from: Sinnocent on July 19, 2011, 04:19:25 AM
Rekorderlig

gross. you want to drink a real drink like. like stella or something.

Y'mean Stella Artois? Not in the shop AFAIK.

This afternoon I bought a bottle of Magners, Westons Perry, and a bottle of Mercury for cheapness sakes.

I'm buying lots of different ciders to try. Reccommend me some if you're the taste expert :M

I will admit now that I'm drinking the Rekorderlig cider that it hasn't got much in the way of taste and smell, but I wouldn't say it's horrible though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 23, 2011, 09:52:22 AM
Bought fiberglass insulation yesterday :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 24, 2011, 07:36:38 AM
Went to Breda yesterday afternoon and finally bought myself a new backpack.
(http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj79/montel777/Deuter%20Backpack/deuter_giga_office_main_A.jpg)
My old one was a second hand German army backpack and I used the thing for over 20 years.
That thing was top-notch quality made, I say. Especially thinking about the rough times I've given it. We were basically inseparable.

(RIP, my old friend, herr rücksack. :P)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 24, 2011, 03:42:39 PM
A nice Vaseline glass plate :parts:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on July 25, 2011, 08:26:02 AM
Bought a steel-pot rice cooker (none of that teflon crap).  :thumbup:

Also bought, for my partner's birthday:

* 10 throw pillows (yes, 10!)
* 1 kitchen mat
* 2 sets of kitchen towels
* 1 dish set

He's recently moved into a new house and so I wanted to help him decorate a bit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 25, 2011, 03:54:46 PM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on July 25, 2011, 08:26:02 AM
Bought a steel-pot rice cooker (none of that teflon crap).  :thumbup:

Also bought, for my partner's birthday:

* 10 throw pillows (yes, 10!)
* 1 kitchen mat
* 2 sets of kitchen towels
* 1 dish set

He's recently moved into a new house and so I wanted to help him decorate a bit.

 :thumbup:  You can never have too many pillows IMO.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 25, 2011, 04:36:07 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 25, 2011, 03:54:46 PM
Quote from: The Member Formerly Known As Sophist on July 25, 2011, 08:26:02 AM
Bought a steel-pot rice cooker (none of that teflon crap).  :thumbup:

Also bought, for my partner's birthday:

* 10 throw pillows (yes, 10!)
* 1 kitchen mat
* 2 sets of kitchen towels
* 1 dish set

He's recently moved into a new house and so I wanted to help him decorate a bit.

 :thumbup:  You can never have too many pillows IMO.

You got that right I have 6 on my bed just for me big feather ones at that :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on July 26, 2011, 09:21:58 AM
Top Gear seasons 13,14,15 on DVD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 26, 2011, 09:39:48 AM
Hayne's Repair Manual for full sized Ford vans 1992-2005, the one on the cover is even the same color as mine :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 29, 2011, 10:29:52 AM
A new BEWARE OF DOG sign for the back door
A big jug of Orange hand cleaner/degreaser
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 29, 2011, 11:56:36 AM
 :zoinks:

(http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/082009/beware_of_dog.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 29, 2011, 11:58:42 AM
Pillows & a new cellphone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 29, 2011, 12:18:01 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 29, 2011, 11:56:36 AM
:zoinks:

(http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/082009/beware_of_dog.jpg)

I want one :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 29, 2011, 01:22:06 PM
36 face cloths
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: luciaelizabeth on July 29, 2011, 02:41:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 29, 2011, 01:22:06 PM
36 face cloths

Are there 36 people in your house?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 29, 2011, 06:11:17 PM
Quote from: luciaelizabeth on July 29, 2011, 02:41:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 29, 2011, 01:22:06 PM
36 face cloths

Are there 36 people in your house?

No.  Walmart puts "cheapies" on sale for the college kids going away.  They're 18 for $4.  Since they're cheap they tend to last about 6 months.  I stock up at the beginning of the school year.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tommy Johnson on July 29, 2011, 08:16:43 PM
"NO PARKING" sign.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 03, 2011, 09:50:22 PM
Jeans and a few shirts for my son.

I like this one the best. :zoinks:

(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqJ,!iIE2KSUm47)BNyYUKfi0g~~_35.JPG)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 06, 2011, 01:06:37 PM
 :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 06, 2011, 03:52:27 PM
A bunch of stuff at tag and estate sales including this diving knife which was only a dollar.  It's from the sixties and will bring around $30 when I sell it

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/100_4800.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 06, 2011, 04:54:56 PM
Bought "Men in Black" on DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 06, 2011, 06:24:41 PM
Glasses ($300+).  They have progressive lenses and are the kind that transition between light and dark.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 19, 2011, 04:06:55 AM
A fresh mouse.

The other was worn out and didn't want to do it's job anymore.

Now I've got a green one, and I can be on I2 again.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 19, 2011, 07:56:30 AM
Fresh mice are yummy. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on August 19, 2011, 09:04:09 AM
Dell Laptop
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 19, 2011, 09:10:24 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 19, 2011, 04:06:55 AM
A fresh mouse.

The other was worn out and didn't want to do it's job anymore.

Now I've got a green one, and I can be on I2 again.  :2thumbsup:

At first I thought one of the cats had brought in a dead one.  Then I read the rest of the post.  Perhaps if you'd fed the old one some Edam or Gouda it would have kept on doing it's job.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 19, 2011, 12:59:42 PM
Clothes, clothes, and more clothes.
Another cordless phone for the basement.
A sound machine with a sleep timer that makes wave, rain, steam, wind etc, sounds.
Paper Mario cart for the N64.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 19, 2011, 01:01:43 PM
Diapers x 360
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 19, 2011, 02:12:26 PM
A 40th anniversary Shturmanskie watch (of Gagarin's first space flight).

(http://nht.no.sapo.pt/Relogios/actual/Sturmanskie%20Gagarin%2040th.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 19, 2011, 02:22:12 PM
A Rock Island Arsenal 1911cs.

(http://i53.tinypic.com/1fxtzk.jpg)

Here it is with my other compact 45 ACPs.

(http://i54.tinypic.com/65302t.jpg)

And with my other 1911s.

(http://i52.tinypic.com/9g9c12.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on August 21, 2011, 10:40:46 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 19, 2011, 02:22:12 PM
A Rock Island Arsenal 1911cs.

(http://i53.tinypic.com/1fxtzk.jpg)

Here it is with my other compact 45 ACPs.

(http://i54.tinypic.com/65302t.jpg)

And with my other 1911s.

(http://i52.tinypic.com/9g9c12.jpg)

You don't have nearly enough pistols, you need to buy more.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on August 21, 2011, 10:42:02 PM
Wall clock to pay homage to mah new bike.  8)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 22, 2011, 06:08:13 PM
Cool clock.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 23, 2011, 07:52:00 AM
Lots of stuff for the oldest for next school-year

Carton box for a cake, icing sugar, and soft orange candy for final cake decoration. It's going to be a dream in chocolate and orange.

Time to finish the cake, let it set, and then on our way to the BD party.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 23, 2011, 02:01:31 PM
Lunch, 2 pair of jeans, book, sinus mask, groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 23, 2011, 02:34:43 PM
$1300 worth of baby supplies including:

Crib
Clothes
Mattress
Clothes
Shitload of paint and trim
Clothes
Changing table
Clothes
Dresser
Clothes
Video Monitor
Clothes
Breast Pump
Clothes
Clothes
Clothes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 23, 2011, 04:07:36 PM
Bought lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 23, 2011, 05:09:56 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 23, 2011, 07:52:00 AM
Lots of stuff for the oldest for next school-year

Carton box for a cake, icing sugar, and soft orange candy for final cake decoration. It's going to be a dream in chocolate and orange.

Time to finish the cake, let it set, and then on our way to the BD party.
Have fun Hykster.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 23, 2011, 05:23:48 PM
A Nikon Coolpixs 500
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 23, 2011, 05:25:01 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 23, 2011, 05:09:56 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 23, 2011, 07:52:00 AM
Lots of stuff for the oldest for next school-year

Carton box for a cake, icing sugar, and soft orange candy for final cake decoration. It's going to be a dream in chocolate and orange.

Time to finish the cake, let it set, and then on our way to the BD party.
Have fun Hykster.  :thumbup:

Thank you, it was.  The weather finally turned for the better, and we had a great time outside, with a good fire.

Walked home late, under a starry sky, and now this girl is winding down, while her daughters are sleeping.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 23, 2011, 05:29:14 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 23, 2011, 05:25:01 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 23, 2011, 05:09:56 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 23, 2011, 07:52:00 AM
Lots of stuff for the oldest for next school-year

Carton box for a cake, icing sugar, and soft orange candy for final cake decoration. It's going to be a dream in chocolate and orange.

Time to finish the cake, let it set, and then on our way to the BD party.
Have fun Hykster.  :thumbup:

Thank you, it was.  The weather finally turned for the better, and we had a great time outside, with a good fire.

Walked home late, under a starry sky, and now this girl is winding down, while her daughters are sleeping.
Starry Sky reminded me of Vincent.  :thumbup:
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Don McLean (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM#)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 23, 2011, 05:31:21 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 23, 2011, 05:29:14 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 23, 2011, 05:25:01 PM
Quote from: PPK on August 23, 2011, 05:09:56 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 23, 2011, 07:52:00 AM
Lots of stuff for the oldest for next school-year

Carton box for a cake, icing sugar, and soft orange candy for final cake decoration. It's going to be a dream in chocolate and orange.

Time to finish the cake, let it set, and then on our way to the BD party.
Have fun Hykster.  :thumbup:

Thank you, it was.  The weather finally turned for the better, and we had a great time outside, with a good fire.

Walked home late, under a starry sky, and now this girl is winding down, while her daughters are sleeping.
Starry Sky reminded me of Vincent.  :thumbup:
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) Don McLean (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM#)
One of my favourite songs when I was around the age of the BD girl and my oldest.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 25, 2011, 05:36:44 AM
I bought a new laptop. An HP. My old Acer broke, I think it was the hard drive. The new one is much bigger and easier on the eyes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 25, 2011, 08:01:17 AM
A gallon of Evapo-rust
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on August 26, 2011, 06:56:49 AM
A Sunbeam skillet
Cutting boards
Clothes peg bag
Samsung home theatre system
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 26, 2011, 07:05:20 AM
Quote from: Hubert Cumberdale on August 23, 2011, 02:34:43 PM
$1300 worth of baby supplies including:

Crib
Clothes
Mattress
Clothes
Shitload of paint and trim
Clothes
Changing table
Clothes
Dresser
Clothes
Video Monitor
Clothes
Breast Pump
Clothes
Clothes
Clothes

Huh? Didn't you buy any clothes for the baby?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on August 26, 2011, 08:07:01 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 25, 2011, 05:36:44 AM
I bought a new laptop. An HP. My old Acer broke, I think it was the hard drive. The new one is much bigger and easier on the eyes.

Me Too!! I got a dell
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 26, 2011, 01:08:27 PM
Quote from: Al Swearengen on August 26, 2011, 08:07:01 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 25, 2011, 05:36:44 AM
I bought a new laptop. An HP. My old Acer broke, I think it was the hard drive. The new one is much bigger and easier on the eyes.

Me Too!! I got a dell
Congrats to you and ren.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 27, 2011, 01:39:52 AM
Thanks. :) I hope this one lasts more than two years which is how long my other one lasted. It was hard to decide what to get. I don't know much about what makes a computer good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 27, 2011, 02:00:40 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 27, 2011, 01:39:52 AM
Thanks. :) I hope this one lasts more than two years which is how long my other one lasted. It was hard to decide what to get. I don't know much about what makes a computer good.
Wow you are rough on computers ren.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 27, 2011, 04:30:29 AM
Is that sarcasm? :asthing: indeed. This is my third computer. Couldn't get a desk-top one as I don't have the room.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 27, 2011, 02:27:40 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 27, 2011, 04:30:29 AM
Is that sarcasm? :asthing: indeed. This is my third computer. Couldn't get a desk-top one as I don't have the room.
No, I actually meant that ren. All of my computers have lasted longer than 2 years. Being an admin and looking at porn must be it.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 27, 2011, 02:46:34 PM
Gas topped off my van and got about five more  gallons  for the generator if I need it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on August 27, 2011, 03:37:11 PM
I had to buy a new phone cause the other one got dropped in laundry soap :S

Got the same one, cheap and pointless. It doesnt even accept pictures which is ok because I dont pay for pic messaging anyway. Only 30$ for the phone (brand new) and 35$ a month for unlimited talk and text. What a deal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on August 27, 2011, 04:48:44 PM
Quote from: eris on August 27, 2011, 03:37:11 PM
I had to buy a new phone cause the other one got dropped in laundry soap :S

Got the same one, cheap and pointless. It doesn't even accept pictures which is ok because I don't pay for pic messaging anyway. Only 30$ for the phone (brand new) and 35$ a month for unlimited talk and text. What a deal.

When are you going to give me your number so I can text you late at night and give you moral support?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 28, 2011, 12:44:34 AM
Quote from: PPK on August 27, 2011, 02:27:40 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 27, 2011, 04:30:29 AM
Is that sarcasm? :asthing: indeed. This is my third computer. Couldn't get a desk-top one as I don't have the room.
No, I actually meant that ren. All of my computers have lasted longer than 2 years. Being an admin and looking at porn must be it.  :2thumbsup:
Well, no porn, just the pictures from here. :P Yeah, maybe the admin stuff did it heh.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 28, 2011, 01:05:02 AM
 :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 28, 2011, 02:49:37 AM
Quote from: eris on August 27, 2011, 03:37:11 PM
I had to buy a new phone cause the other one got dropped in laundry soap :S

Got the same one, cheap and pointless. It doesnt even accept pictures which is ok because I dont pay for pic messaging anyway. Only 30$ for the phone (brand new) and 35$ a month for unlimited talk and text. What a deal.

$35 is ridiculously cheap for unlimited talk. Around here, at least--land lines are still a must here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on August 28, 2011, 01:26:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 28, 2011, 02:49:37 AM
Quote from: eris on August 27, 2011, 03:37:11 PM
I had to buy a new phone cause the other one got dropped in laundry soap :S

Got the same one, cheap and pointless. It doesnt even accept pictures which is ok because I dont pay for pic messaging anyway. Only 30$ for the phone (brand new) and 35$ a month for unlimited talk and text. What a deal.

$35 is ridiculously cheap for unlimited talk. Around here, at least--land lines are still a must here.

It IS ridiculously cheap. Most places start at 55$ a month, and that is the basic package. I have something called Cricket which is basically generic service. Although I dont see what is so generic about it. I can call anywhere in the US or CAnada and some of Europe unlimited. I also have unlimited basic text. If I wanted to get pic messaging it would be 45$ a month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on September 01, 2011, 03:31:16 PM
Today, by train, I went to Breda and bought 4 pairs of boxer shorts, a cool shirt, a model kit of a Westland Wessex HAS3 and a wireless mouse. 2 ham and cheese toasts, 2 cokes, blahiah..
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 01, 2011, 05:08:39 PM
 I've bought too many things lately ... food, clothing, paper goods, services, utilities, just all kinds of things!   :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 01, 2011, 05:10:36 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2011, 05:08:39 PM
I've bought too many things lately ... food, clothing, paper goods, services, utilities, just all kinds of things!   :GA:

are  you squirreling things away for the winter?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 01, 2011, 05:12:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 01, 2011, 05:10:36 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 01, 2011, 05:08:39 PM
I've bought too many things lately ... food, clothing, paper goods, services, utilities, just all kinds of things!   :GA:

are  you squirreling things away for the winter?

 Right now I am catching up, rather than getting ahead.  Squirreling will commence in the fall!    :hamsterwheel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on September 07, 2011, 01:38:06 PM
I have got my first vinyl record I have ever owned today! It cost only 12 dollars including shipping, and I got it from a seller on Discogs. Took more than a week to arrive here. I don't have a turntable yet, but at least I can look at the record for now. :orly:

These pictures were taken by a webcam. Holding it steady above the record while keeping myself out of the reflection was not too easy.

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture23.jpg)
Inverse.

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture24.jpg)
Reverse.

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture26.jpg)
Poster/Notes.

(http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu49/bydemonsbedriven/Picture27.jpg)
Vinyl outside of its paper sleeve.

Il Sangue was a black/funeral doom metal band from the USA. Very little is known of them. Their only full-length album, called "Elegia 4: ...In Still Desolation" (no, there isn't an Elegia 3 or 2 or even 1 as far as I know :laugh:) This album is extremely rare as it was only released on vinyl (no official tapes, CD's, or even digital downloads) and only 500 copies were ever made... in 2005. The reason it was so cheap is because the record label Parasitic had trouble selling the last ones, even at extremely low prices. I am extremely delighted to have this truly unknown treasure in my possession.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 10, 2011, 03:41:58 AM
I have some old Faith No More singles on vinyl. O wonder how much they are worth.

Today I bought petrol and two long-sleeved hooded tops.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 10, 2011, 10:05:00 AM
Various tools and a sand blasting helmet
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 10, 2011, 03:56:17 PM
Some DVDs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on September 10, 2011, 04:28:59 PM
Quote from: renaeden on September 10, 2011, 03:41:58 AM
I have some old Faith No More singles on vinyl. O wonder how much they are worth.

Today I bought petrol and two long-sleeved hooded tops.

Probably just a few bucks. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 10, 2011, 05:13:11 PM
I have some (reissued ?) Dixieland Jazz albums that I remember my dad buying at the grocery store for 19 cents in the mid-1950's.  There doesn't seem to be a big demand for them since I don't see them being offered on the web, even in the original issues.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on September 11, 2011, 07:02:51 PM
Going to buy 30 salamanders and add 8 new species to my collection.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2011, 05:10:47 AM
Petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 12, 2011, 10:34:19 AM
Drop, bedsheets, 14 pairs of socks, school biscuits, Dutch dictionary, cereal, thick Greek yoghurt, Japanse zoutjes.
Oh, and some candy for the eldest to take with her on school camp.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2011, 02:59:09 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 12, 2011, 10:34:19 AM
Drop, bedsheets, 14 pairs of socks, school biscuits, Dutch dictionary, cereal, thick Greek yoghurt, Japanse zoutjes.
Oh, and some candy for the eldest to take with her on school camp.

What is Drop?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 12, 2011, 03:09:27 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2011, 02:59:09 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 12, 2011, 10:34:19 AM
Drop, bedsheets, 14 pairs of socks, school biscuits, Dutch dictionary, cereal, thick Greek yoghurt, Japanse zoutjes.
Oh, and some candy for the eldest to take with her on school camp.

What is Drop?

Confectionary Liquorice. I got myself a Salmiakdrop. Lidl brand, it's a bit tame I think.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2011, 04:11:25 PM
I promise to save all my licorice for you.  Don't like the stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2011, 04:14:44 PM
Just one for me too?  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2011, 04:15:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 12, 2011, 04:14:44 PM
Just one for me too?  :eyelash:

Okay, only because I want to tie you up and have my way with your mind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2011, 04:24:05 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2011, 04:15:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 12, 2011, 04:14:44 PM
Just one for me too?  :eyelash:

Okay, only because I want to tie you up and have my way with your mind.

But only my body would be tied.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2011, 04:51:51 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 12, 2011, 04:24:05 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2011, 04:15:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 12, 2011, 04:14:44 PM
Just one for me too?  :eyelash:

Okay, only because I want to tie you up and have my way with your mind.

But only my body would be tied.

My head is swirling and my fingers are tired from the post-a-trois with you and Hubert.  I can't come up with an answer right now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2011, 04:55:25 PM
That was bound to happen (pun intended).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2011, 05:00:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 12, 2011, 04:55:25 PM
That was bound to happen (pun intended).

Once a pun a time?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 12, 2011, 05:05:05 PM
punch time or bed time?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on September 12, 2011, 05:06:32 PM
Oh noes.  Another perfectly good thread devolved into pun  :(

"A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. "
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 13, 2011, 10:02:23 AM
Learning the ropes is sometimes hard work. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 13, 2011, 01:47:10 PM
Lottery tickets today (http://www.cool-smileys.com/images/236.gif) (http://www.cool-smileys.com/cross-your-fingers)

Over the weekend I picked up a Bausch & Lomb 20X jewelers loop for a dollar :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 13, 2011, 01:59:58 PM
Extremely plain biscuits, other groceries and some roses to treat my little girl. :roses:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 13, 2011, 05:53:14 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 13, 2011, 01:59:58 PM
Extremely plain biscuits, other groceries and some roses to treat my little girl. :roses:

Roses always make the day seem, well, rosier.  Don't forget to buy yourself some when she's better.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 14, 2011, 06:52:09 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 13, 2011, 05:53:14 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 13, 2011, 01:59:58 PM
Extremely plain biscuits, other groceries and some roses to treat my little girl. :roses:

Roses always make the day seem, well, rosier.  Don't forget to buy yourself some when she's better.

Excellent idea.

One of the benefits of living in the Netherlands is that one can always find affordable flowers.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 14, 2011, 02:12:49 PM
Caulk,
pressure treated
Sawzall blades
masonry blade for the grinder   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 14, 2011, 02:21:11 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 14, 2011, 06:52:09 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 13, 2011, 05:53:14 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 13, 2011, 01:59:58 PM
Extremely plain biscuits, other groceries and some roses to treat my little girl. :roses:

Roses always make the day seem, well, rosier.  Don't forget to buy yourself some when she's better.

Excellent idea.

One of the benefits of living in the Netherlands is that one can always find affordable flowers.  :2thumbsup:
:indeed: I have a travel book about Benelux, it looks beautiful.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 14, 2011, 02:50:07 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 14, 2011, 02:21:11 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 14, 2011, 06:52:09 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 13, 2011, 05:53:14 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 13, 2011, 01:59:58 PM
Extremely plain biscuits, other groceries and some roses to treat my little girl. :roses:

Roses always make the day seem, well, rosier.  Don't forget to buy yourself some when she's better.

Excellent idea.

One of the benefits of living in the Netherlands is that one can always find affordable flowers.  :2thumbsup:
:indeed: I have a travel book about Benelux, it looks beautiful.

Thank you.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on September 14, 2011, 04:52:35 PM
frozen brussles sprouts were on sale 99 cents a bag. it's my favorite veggie

So, now I have 10 pounds of it. Will last many months :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 14, 2011, 05:48:15 PM
Quote from: eris on September 14, 2011, 04:52:35 PM
frozen brussles sprouts were on sale 99 cents a bag. it's my favorite veggie

So, now I have 10 pounds of it. Will last many months :D

Brussells sprouts are wonderful with just butter and salt. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 15, 2011, 02:04:01 AM
^Blech.

I bought bed sheets for when I move out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on September 15, 2011, 08:28:26 AM
I ate some fried Brussels sprouts a few days ago. It's pretty weird how they are red/brown on the inside and they kind of taste weird. I'd rather have fried cabbage.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 15, 2011, 08:32:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2011, 04:11:25 PM
I promise to save all my licorice for you.  Don't like the stuff.

 You can send me your licorice jellybeans if you like!   :snowman:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 15, 2011, 08:34:21 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 13, 2011, 01:59:58 PM
Extremely plain biscuits, other groceries and some roses to treat my little girl. :roses:

 You are a sweet mum.  :hug:   What color roses did you buy?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 15, 2011, 10:14:34 AM
B'fast from McDonald's
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on September 15, 2011, 01:47:02 PM
Not a huge fan of sec Br. sprouts but when I eat them I always put them through apple sauce (self-made or from the supermarket). In my opinion a good/nice combination.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 15, 2011, 02:17:23 PM
Lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 15, 2011, 02:59:29 PM
Quote from: renaeden on September 15, 2011, 02:04:01 AM
^Blech.

I bought bed sheets for when I move out.
:lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on September 15, 2011, 03:13:29 PM
today I bought some fancy treats for muh kittahs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 15, 2011, 04:38:35 PM
Some CDs, DVDs, and a nightshirt for the PR, a cotton flannel flat sheet for PA, some books for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 15, 2011, 07:17:04 PM
I bought this.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Myself/e9d3a688.jpg)

It's a bit more polished now, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 15, 2011, 07:18:20 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 15, 2011, 07:17:04 PM
I bought this.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Myself/e9d3a688.jpg)

It's a bit more polished now, though.

 What is it?  Starfleet insignia?  :blonde:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on September 15, 2011, 07:22:25 PM
Going off tomorrow (more like later today) to buy a macbook pro for college. I encouraged my friends to take the piss when they see me with it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 15, 2011, 07:23:10 PM
For scale;
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Myself/fd965bd8.png)

Quote from: couldbecousin on September 15, 2011, 07:18:20 PM
What is it?  Starfleet insignia?  :blonde:

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Avatar/80a9810b.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on September 15, 2011, 07:45:47 PM
are we still waiting for a reply to what that is
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 16, 2011, 08:05:45 AM
Yes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 16, 2011, 10:52:08 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on September 15, 2011, 07:45:47 PM
are we still waiting for a reply to what that is

It's an Earth Alliance Forces insignia, from Babylon 5 - hence, Ambassador Kosh upthread.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Avatar/80ea61e2.png)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 09:10:08 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 16, 2011, 10:52:08 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on September 15, 2011, 07:45:47 PM
are we still waiting for a reply to what that is

It's an Earth Alliance Forces insignia, from Babylon 5 - hence, Ambassador Kosh upthread.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Avatar/80ea61e2.png)
I guess little boys will play with toys....will be good for halloween
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 16, 2011, 09:11:05 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 09:10:08 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 16, 2011, 10:52:08 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on September 15, 2011, 07:45:47 PM
are we still waiting for a reply to what that is

It's an Earth Alliance Forces insignia, from Babylon 5 - hence, Ambassador Kosh upthread.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Avatar/80ea61e2.png)
I guess little boys will play with toys....will be good for halloween

Oh, grow the fuck up and quit with the passive attacks, you pussy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 16, 2011, 09:46:05 PM
I like Bester from that show.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 09:46:33 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 16, 2011, 09:11:05 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 09:10:08 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 16, 2011, 10:52:08 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on September 15, 2011, 07:45:47 PM
are we still waiting for a reply to what that is

It's an Earth Alliance Forces insignia, from Babylon 5 - hence, Ambassador Kosh upthread.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Avatar/80ea61e2.png)
I guess little boys will play with toys....will be good for halloween

Oh, grow the fuck up and quit with the passive attacks, you pussy.

I was fucking complementing your new found toy

and it fucking would make a good goddamned halloween costume

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 16, 2011, 09:49:12 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 16, 2011, 09:46:05 PM
I like Bester from that show.

Bester was awesome. What a bastard!

Quote from: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 09:46:33 PM
I was fucking complementing your new found toy

and it fucking would make a good goddamned halloween costume

Buuuullshit. Let's just take a look at that quote again;

Quote from: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 09:10:08 PM
I guess little boys will play with toys....will be good for halloween

Aw, nice little sneaky dig there, y'pussy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 16, 2011, 09:50:11 PM
That commander, or whatever he is, has a very sour puss.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 10:10:37 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 16, 2011, 09:49:12 PM
Quote from: PPK on September 16, 2011, 09:46:05 PM
I like Bester from that show.

Bester was awesome. What a bastard!

Quote from: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 09:46:33 PM
I was fucking complementing your new found toy

and it fucking would make a good goddamned halloween costume

Buuuullshit. Let's just take that quote again;

Quote from: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 09:10:08 PM
I guess little boys will play with toys....will be good for halloween

Aw, nice little sneaky dig there, y'pussy.
leave your fucking abuse at AFF where you can get away with it. I`ll not take it here.

what I said is no different than what I said when we were showing our guns some months back 'Little boys and their toys'

if I am not mistaken you were part of that conversation.

Like I said leave your abusive moderator style at the door. it means nothing here.

I dont have to do anymore to you than what has been done.

hell you pawned yourself when you answered my thread, too bad you didnt read the thing and see the name I bolded. That was an unexpected reply. and even though I derailed the purpose of my own thread by answering you . that was too much to resist

even if I withdrew my complaint......they are still aware of your actions.

perhaps I should let them know that you read members PM`s

just like EZ was removed for abuse, it can happen to you also

you may take your insane attention whoring friend and shove his AutSpks loving ass , up your ass

I have left him alone to sink or swim on his own.

hell if I hadnt replied and bumped his posts, people may have tired of him on thier own. He can bait me all he wants. I aint replying.

 He was the subject of talk in the chatroom.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 16, 2011, 10:27:18 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 16, 2011, 09:50:11 PM
That commander, or whatever he is, has a very sour puss.
IIRC he had just had his ass handed to him by the Minbari who were backing Sheridan's revolt and was pissed off about having to back the fuck off or die. Yes, I have some geek traits.  :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 16, 2011, 10:28:20 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 16, 2011, 09:50:11 PM
That commander, or whatever he is, has a very sour puss.
Oh yes, he was very much like that in the show.

Cool buy, PikaJedi. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on September 17, 2011, 04:43:31 AM
School Uniform
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 17, 2011, 05:27:56 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 10:10:37 PM
perhaps I should let them know that you read members PM`s

just like EZ was removed for abuse, it can happen to you also


Ok, here's what I want you to do;

I WANT you to report me to Gareth for doing that. Go right ahead, see precisely how many fucks I give; I want you to give him a list of whom, and when, so he can look in the moderation logs for it. Then, when it's been proved you're a liar and a shit stirrer, I want an apology.

Quote
Like I said leave your abusive moderator style at the door. it means nothing here.

I dont have to do anymore to you than what has been done.

hell you pawned yourself when you answered my thread, too bad you didnt read the thing and see the name I bolded. That was an unexpected reply. and even though I derailed the purpose of my own thread by answering you . that was too much to resist

even if I withdrew my complaint......they are still aware of your actions.

And as I said; I couldn't give two fucks if you withdrew your complaint; Gareth already dismissed it.

As for "pwning" myself in your thread; Nope. I responded to what the thread was nominally about. If you are, in fact, saying that the premise of that entire thread was to attack TamMan, well now, that changes things.

"They"? Oh right, you've not been paying attention; Amy doesn't get involved in the running of AFF, she looks after the IRC, and for a good reason; She doesn't spend enough time on the forum, so she has no context for a lot of things.
What you attempted last night was some seriously manipulative bullshit; Going over my head, going over Gareth's head and straight to Amy in an attempt to get your own way and to have me removed, like a spoilt child.

"Abusive" moderator style? Awww, is ickle babby upset that I removed their thinly disguised callout thread...? qq some moar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 17, 2011, 05:40:42 AM
Quote from: PPK on September 16, 2011, 10:27:18 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 16, 2011, 09:50:11 PM
That commander, or whatever he is, has a very sour puss.
IIRC he had just had his ass handed to him by the Minbari who were backing Sheridan's revolt and was pissed off about having to back the fuck off or die. Yes, I have some geek traits.  :nerdy:

He'd just realized he'd split up  his fleet and gotten it flanked, and they're starting to defect; He's just issuing the order to open fire.

Quote from: renaeden on September 16, 2011, 10:28:20 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 16, 2011, 09:50:11 PM
That commander, or whatever he is, has a very sour puss.
Oh yes, he was very much like that in the show.

Cool buy, PikaJedi. :)

It was very difficult to find; I'm still after a Psi Corp one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on September 17, 2011, 06:11:54 AM
Got the macbook pro yesterday. 17 inch quad core version.

Currently downloading Windows 7 for it to install later.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 17, 2011, 06:48:45 AM
Bought a lens hood for my daughter's SLR.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on September 17, 2011, 08:32:36 AM
Hey, Pikachu, can you unban me so that I can troll the dumbass members of your forums again?

Say yes. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on September 17, 2011, 10:46:59 AM
Dook pretends he doesn't care anymore. That's cute.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on September 17, 2011, 10:57:09 AM
Quote from: Schleed on September 17, 2011, 10:46:59 AM
Dook pretends he doesn't care anymore. That's cute.

I was just throwing a banana in Pikajedi's direction.

Then you had to come and swallow it instead, you fat gorilla. :wanker:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on September 17, 2011, 11:20:49 AM
Fat gorillas usually have a much better set of teeth. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on September 17, 2011, 11:23:53 AM
Quote from: Schleed on September 17, 2011, 11:20:49 AM
Fat gorillas usually have a much better set of teeth. :orly:

Oh, how I envy the ability to catch a banana with my mouth so easily. :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on September 17, 2011, 11:26:09 AM
You've the ability to stick things onto your teeth without opening your mouth though. That's quite a feat for anyone else.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on September 17, 2011, 12:12:44 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 17, 2011, 05:27:56 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on September 16, 2011, 10:10:37 PM
perhaps I should let them know that you read members PM`s

just like EZ was removed for abuse, it can happen to you also


Ok, here's what I want you to do;

I WANT you to report me to Gareth for doing that. Go right ahead, see precisely how many fucks I give; I want you to give him a list of whom, and when, so he can look in the moderation logs for it. Then, when it's been proved you're a liar and a shit stirrer, I want an apology.

Quote
Like I said leave your abusive moderator style at the door. it means nothing here.

I dont have to do anymore to you than what has been done.

hell you pawned yourself when you answered my thread, too bad you didnt read the thing and see the name I bolded. That was an unexpected reply. and even though I derailed the purpose of my own thread by answering you . that was too much to resist

even if I withdrew my complaint......they are still aware of your actions.

And as I said; I couldn't give two fucks if you withdrew your complaint; Gareth already dismissed it.

As for "pwning" myself in your thread; Nope. I responded to what the thread was nominally about. If you are, in fact, saying that the premise of that entire thread was to attack TamMan, well now, that changes things.

"They"? Oh right, you've not been paying attention; Amy doesn't get involved in the running of AFF, she looks after the IRC, and for a good reason; She doesn't spend enough time on the forum, so she has no context for a lot of things.
What you attempted last night was some seriously manipulative bullshit; Going over my head, going over Gareth's head and straight to Amy in an attempt to get your own way and to have me removed, like a spoilt child.

"Abusive" moderator style? Awww, is ickle babby upset that I removed their thinly disguised callout thread...? qq some moar.
It wasnt an attack on TamMan at all or you, that wasnt the purpose of the thread. The purpose was to give background on the doctor., and her association with AutSpks.

As for your looking at folks PM`s......I dont know whether or not your logs go back a year. If I have the time and or desire, I may look for the time period, that I am speaking. I am not familiar with looking things up on this forum. I am sure if you think hard enough you will remember when it occured. Lying, I dont think so.

Gareth must be telling you things differently, than he is telling me.

 I spoke with both of them, Amy was the one who responded, because Gareth was doing medical tests.

I am following Gareths instructions to leave it be.

Other than dealing with you to have some kind of resolution to our dissagreement, I consider the matter over

That of course would be the adult thing to  do.

I believe there was discussion here not long ago, about how you wouldnt allow abusive behavior from mods on the staff. strangely enough, you are doing the same behavior, that you said you would never condone.

Must be one of those do as I say do, not as I do.

I offered truce, Acquiesced to your demands for a change in my behavior. Pledged to not bother your buddy. How apologetic do I need be?

As for going over your head, I had no choice.

Win something? How?  I recieved embarrassment and humiliation. Not enough for you though. Instead you wish to do the same to me here.  Well, alright, you have done that. Kudos to you.

I might suggest that you grow up, yourself,  not that you would take that suggestion to heart.

I will chalk it up to different nationalities and customs. Nothing to be done about that.

 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on September 17, 2011, 02:31:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 17, 2011, 06:48:45 AM
Bought a lens hood for my daughter's SLR.

 :zombiefuck:

when you say SLR,  do you mean the same kind of
SLR i had to constantly clean when i was in the army?

 :viking: :viking:  cool Dad
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 17, 2011, 03:25:30 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on September 17, 2011, 02:31:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 17, 2011, 06:48:45 AM
Bought a lens hood for my daughter's SLR.

 :zombiefuck:

when you say SLR,  do you mean the same kind of
SLR i had to constantly clean when i was in the army?

 :viking: :viking:  cool Dad

SLR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 17, 2011, 07:57:49 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 17, 2011, 05:40:42 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 16, 2011, 10:28:20 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 16, 2011, 09:50:11 PM
That commander, or whatever he is, has a very sour puss.
Oh yes, he was very much like that in the show.

Cool buy, PikaJedi. :)

It was very difficult to find; I'm still after a Psi Corp one.
That would be very cool indeed if you got one of those. Please post a picture if you do! :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on September 17, 2011, 08:10:06 PM
Do moderator logs have the ability to show if moderators are reading members pms? Why do moderators have access to members pms?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 17, 2011, 08:33:38 PM
Some nice bargains. 
Bacon $3 store coupon off
Breakfast link sausage, $1 store coupon off
Seafood salad, $1 store coupon off
6 dented cans of Campbells healthy soup, 75 cents each
 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 17, 2011, 10:46:16 PM
Quote from: Jack on September 17, 2011, 08:10:06 PM
Do moderator logs have the ability to show if moderators are reading members pms? Why do moderators have access to members pms?
Don't know if you mean moderators or admins. But I just tried looking at someone's PMs just to see if I could and I can't. There is no access to that as far as I know.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on September 17, 2011, 10:54:32 PM
Moderator/admin either/or. Good to know that's not allowed here. Thanks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 18, 2011, 01:57:43 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 17, 2011, 10:46:16 PM
Quote from: Jack on September 17, 2011, 08:10:06 PM
Do moderator logs have the ability to show if moderators are reading members pms? Why do moderators have access to members pms?
Don't know if you mean moderators or admins. But I just tried looking at someone's PMs just to see if I could and I can't. There is no access to that as far as I know.

No, it's not possible. SMF does not have any kind of settings or permissions for anyone to read other people's PMs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 18, 2011, 04:10:39 AM
Baby wipes
Portable high chair
Candy
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 18, 2011, 04:36:05 PM
A genuine Australian eucalyptus didgeridoo by Narabullgun for $2 at the flea market :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 18, 2011, 07:36:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 18, 2011, 01:57:43 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 17, 2011, 10:46:16 PM
Quote from: Jack on September 17, 2011, 08:10:06 PM
Do moderator logs have the ability to show if moderators are reading members pms? Why do moderators have access to members pms?
Don't know if you mean moderators or admins. But I just tried looking at someone's PMs just to see if I could and I can't. There is no access to that as far as I know.

No, it's not possible. SMF does not have any kind of settings or permissions for anyone to read other people's PMs.

It's only possible by changing a users password (which shows up) or by doing a database lookup on the backend (which requires access above what I have at AFF and is most definitely logged).

In other words; Yes, its happened, and yes, I got full permission from Gareth first - in fact, I had to get Gareth to dump the PMs for me. It's only done when we're 99.99% sure somebody is ban evading, based on language, timezone, IP and sometimes email; Most of the time, we catch them by just looking at Who's Online, watching for newbies sending PMs and then seeing who the next person to view PMs is; Generally it's obvious, we ban the evader, then we get a dump of PM titles and who they sent it to just for confirmation; Usually, they'll message the same few people again and again. If it doesn't match up, and we have nothing else to go by, we'll unban them and continue on our merry way.

I'll repeat; It's only done when I have permission from Gareth, it's logged in the backend, and I write up an explanation and stick it in the Moderator section.

The logs go back all the way to the adding of the first forum subsection, and only Gareth is able to remove entries.

If you have database access, though, you can literally get a dump of every PM ever sent in plaintext.
It's part of what I do every few months to clean up spam; Get Gareth to give me a list of every account where posts are equal or less than 5, that has a signature.
I'll then go through it by hand and do a huge, mass banning. Haven't had to do it since we banned India, Pakistan, The Phillipines et al.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on September 18, 2011, 08:12:40 PM
Hey, Pikajedi, if a bunch of people from the US and UK spammed your forums, would you (or Gareth) ban those countries as well? :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 18, 2011, 08:14:42 PM
Quote from: parts on September 18, 2011, 04:36:05 PM
A genuine Australian eucalyptus didgeridoo by Narabullgun for $2 at the flea market :2thumbsup:
:needpics:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 18, 2011, 08:15:15 PM
Quote from: Stultus Saxum on September 18, 2011, 08:12:40 PM
Hey, Pikajedi, if a bunch of people from the US and UK spammed your forums, would you (or Gareth) ban those countries as well? :orly:

No, we start contacting ISPs.

So far it's mostly US spam that's the problem, but when we complain it's usually dealt with within a few hours - sometimes have to provide server logs, but some ISPs know us now and just get on with it.

If they don't comply and deal with, then all it takes is an email stating that unless you see some action you'll be reporting them to various spammer databases and, as if by magic....

Some US ISPs are fucking painful to try and contact though; Generally the little ones are alright. I actually prefer dealing with the smaller ISPs, because you tend to get the same people replying to you, so they have context and continuity, and everything just goes smoother.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on September 18, 2011, 08:16:12 PM
Thanks for explaining that, Pikajedi.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on September 19, 2011, 04:54:09 AM
Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War.

Figured I'd play the entire series in chronological order. From what I see the original Deus Ex looks awesome, even for the fact it was made in 2000.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 19, 2011, 12:05:09 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 18, 2011, 07:36:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 18, 2011, 01:57:43 AM
No, it's not possible. SMF does not have any kind of settings or permissions for anyone to read other people's PMs.

It's only possible by changing a users password (which shows up) or by doing a database lookup on the backend (which requires access above what I have at AFF and is most definitely logged).

Ah, yes. Didn't think about changing a user's password.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2011, 12:29:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 19, 2011, 12:05:09 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on September 18, 2011, 07:36:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 18, 2011, 01:57:43 AM
No, it's not possible. SMF does not have any kind of settings or permissions for anyone to read other people's PMs.

It's only possible by changing a users password (which shows up) or by doing a database lookup on the backend (which requires access above what I have at AFF and is most definitely logged).

Ah, yes. Didn't think about changing a user's password.

Shows how innocent you are.    :harp:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 19, 2011, 12:36:31 PM
Can I quote you on this?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2011, 12:39:09 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 19, 2011, 12:36:31 PM
Can I quote you on this?

Of course, but with this crowd you'll be considered ripe for the picking.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 19, 2011, 12:39:56 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2011, 12:39:09 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 19, 2011, 12:36:31 PM
Can I quote you on this?

Of course, but with this crowd you'll be considered ripe for the picking.

 :tard: I'm sure I don't know what you mean.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2011, 12:42:21 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 19, 2011, 12:39:56 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2011, 12:39:09 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 19, 2011, 12:36:31 PM
Can I quote you on this?

Of course, but with this crowd you'll be considered ripe for the picking.

 :tard: I'm sure I don't know what you mean.

You're Honor, the Prosecution rests our case. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 20, 2011, 03:14:47 PM
Four feet of eight inch exterior oak door  threshold $74 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on September 23, 2011, 05:14:36 PM
dinner.....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 23, 2011, 05:30:26 PM
Glasses and shoes for the oldest. Dragged her out, promising she could go to bed again the moment we'd be home.
Chocolate and something to drink to all our delight.
Just ordered some books, including a dictionary for the oldest.
Ordered a DVD too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 23, 2011, 05:42:31 PM
Beer. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on September 25, 2011, 06:31:17 PM
new lawnmower, put it together, cranked it but didnt use it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on September 26, 2011, 12:59:34 AM
Four new tires!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 26, 2011, 03:06:24 PM
Tealights.

Needed to cosy up my place. Have a few burning in my frontgarden too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 26, 2011, 05:04:09 PM
Soft drinks, chocolate syrup, Italian bread, spinach and mushroom pizza and prescriptions.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on September 26, 2011, 11:16:51 PM


Oakley Half Jacket


(http://www.backcountry.com/images/items/large/OAK/OAK0208/OHJJBF.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 27, 2011, 03:40:33 PM
Did the actual buying a couple of days ago, but my used line mixer arrived today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 27, 2011, 03:47:06 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on September 26, 2011, 11:16:51 PM


Oakley Half Jacket


(http://www.backcountry.com/images/items/large/OAK/OAK0208/OHJJBF.jpg)

For some reason that shade of sunglass lens always gives me a headache.  Have to stick to the grey/green colors.

P. S.  Bet you look bad ass in them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on September 27, 2011, 07:24:49 PM


It's only the coating on the outside of the lens. When you look through them, they are just the standard smoked color.


Mayhem ALWAYS looks bad ass!  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 28, 2011, 01:39:26 PM
Sjokolade terapy.  :zoinks:

Couldn't resist cookies with a name like that.

No idea what they taste yet. Will find out tomorrow, no doubt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on September 28, 2011, 01:46:33 PM
Compression underwear!

1 x black L/S top  1 x shorts

they feel great and i reckon i look a skinny ribs already
 :situp:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 28, 2011, 01:50:36 PM
Quote from: Miss  Brown on September 28, 2011, 01:46:33 PM
Compression underwear!

1 x black L/S top  1 x shorts

they feel great and i reckon i look a skinny ribs already
 :situp:
:needpics:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on September 28, 2011, 01:59:03 PM
Look i was a good sport and posted my ass a while back
-  these garments are pretty unsexy anyway!

oh, ok ok
just like this but in black
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dtFNLDdIsMw/TOK3FVpXwnI/AAAAAAAADzM/Lb_gAYJVdH4/s1600/ZootCompressRxThermalTop.jpg)

you didn't mean 'on' did you? :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on October 09, 2011, 12:46:16 AM
Simspon 4kg dryer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on October 09, 2011, 02:52:51 AM
30$ in gasoline   ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on October 09, 2011, 03:11:20 AM
8GB of ram for the laptop.

(for some reason, I hate calling it a macbook pro)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 09, 2011, 04:33:34 AM
Spooks series #2 and #3
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 09, 2011, 04:58:36 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on September 27, 2011, 07:24:49 PM


It's only the coating on the outside of the lens. When you look through them, they are just the standard smoked color.


Mayhem ALWAYS looks bad ass!  8)

 :evilplus:   Indeed, he has a reputation to uphold!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 09, 2011, 06:12:33 AM
Paint. Lots of it. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 09, 2011, 08:31:19 AM
We just finished painting the office so no more paint for me :hyke:  I hate painting

I bought at tag sales this morrning
A hay rake $2
a funky oil can $2
a shovel handle $2
a box of Hotwheels toy cars $3
a steel ruler $1
a cheep radio shack guitar amp $3
And a Hotwheels play set that opens up $0.50
Anyone want to play cars?  :icequeen:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 09, 2011, 12:21:32 PM
Quote from: Schleed on October 09, 2011, 03:11:20 AM
8GB of ram for the laptop.

(for some reason, I hate calling it a macbook pro)

Could you call it a Mac Book Amateur?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on October 09, 2011, 12:24:05 PM
No, because it's a fucking laptop. I just don't like how Apple tries to differentiate their products from others by claiming they're not PCs etc. Sadly they are and no marketing will change that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 09, 2011, 02:14:45 PM
Quote from: parts on October 09, 2011, 08:31:19 AM

Anyone want to play cars?  :icequeen:

Definately me!!!   :zoinks:

I still have a ton of these I need to get listed.

Also have a bunch I can't seem to part with packed away. :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 09, 2011, 03:18:12 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 09, 2011, 02:14:45 PM
Quote from: parts on October 09, 2011, 08:31:19 AM

Anyone want to play cars?  :icequeen:

Definately me!!!   :zoinks:

I still have a ton of these I need to get listed.

Also have a bunch I can't seem to part with packed away. :LOL:
Unless they are old or are special ones I throw them in a bin with action figures I take up to the market and sell for a dollar each.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on October 09, 2011, 04:07:00 PM
Quote from: parts on October 09, 2011, 03:18:12 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 09, 2011, 02:14:45 PM
Quote from: parts on October 09, 2011, 08:31:19 AM

Anyone want to play cars?  :icequeen:

Definately me!!!   :zoinks:

I still have a ton of these I need to get listed.

Also have a bunch I can't seem to part with packed away. :LOL:
Unless they are old or are special ones I throw them in a bin with action figures I take up to the market and sell for a dollar each.

Sometimes old action figures are worth a hell of a lot of money. My ex found all his old he-man and thundercats toys in his moms basement and some of them were worth like 50$ a piece. He made like a thousand dollars.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 09, 2011, 04:33:48 PM
Quote from: eris on October 09, 2011, 04:07:00 PM
Quote from: parts on October 09, 2011, 03:18:12 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 09, 2011, 02:14:45 PM
Quote from: parts on October 09, 2011, 08:31:19 AM

Anyone want to play cars?  :icequeen:

Definately me!!!   :zoinks:

I still have a ton of these I need to get listed.

Also have a bunch I can't seem to part with packed away. :LOL:
Unless they are old or are special ones I throw them in a bin with action figures I take up to the market and sell for a dollar each.

Sometimes old action figures are worth a hell of a lot of money. My ex found all his old he-man and thundercats toys in his moms basement and some of them were worth like 50$ a piece. He made like a thousand dollars.
I check out the action figures also before I put them in the bin for ones I think might be worth something
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on October 09, 2011, 05:22:43 PM
Quote from: parts on October 09, 2011, 08:31:19 AM
We just finished painting the office so no more paint for me :hyke:  I hate painting

I bought at tag sales this morrning
A hay rake $2
a funky oil can $2
a shovel handle $2
a box of Hotwheels toy cars $3
a steel ruler $1
a cheep radio shack guitar amp $3
And a Hotwheels play set that opens up $0.50
Anyone want to play cars?  :icequeen:

You got something (useful) from OverpricedShack for 3 dollars?!? :zombiefuck:

Oh, I used to collect Hot Wheels growing up. I ditched my collection because they were tattered. I bought a few yesterday. Including a nice yellow 1980 El Camino.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on October 09, 2011, 11:04:51 PM
just payed for an eve online account and 70$ in food for my trip up to see my mother.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 10, 2011, 03:13:55 PM
Coffee and six mil plastic garbage bags
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 10, 2011, 05:37:17 PM
9 pieces of clothes on clearance at Kmart for $15.64 including tax.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on October 11, 2011, 05:12:28 PM
A couple of diamond dust hole saws.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on October 11, 2011, 05:23:22 PM
groceries for the week
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 11, 2011, 05:39:22 PM
Quote from: Peter on October 11, 2011, 05:12:28 PM
A couple of diamond dust hole saws.

How do you saw a hole?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 11, 2011, 05:53:32 PM
Quote from: Peter on October 11, 2011, 05:12:28 PM
A couple of diamond dust hole saws.

Drilling holes in an aquarium?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 12, 2011, 12:17:06 PM
More rollers, more tape.

Need to get handles for the cabinets, & paint for the counter top yet.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on October 12, 2011, 02:59:18 PM
big ol' tittay holders
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 12, 2011, 03:37:53 PM
A new shiny white loo seat.

I fitted it myself....took an hour and half

still it looks smart and is a slow closing one
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 12, 2011, 03:52:26 PM
A network TP cable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on October 12, 2011, 05:01:22 PM
Quote from: eris on October 12, 2011, 02:59:18 PM
big ol' tittay holders

Wha? ???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 12, 2011, 05:29:03 PM
A 34 piece precision screw driver set
Ultrasonic cleaning solution
nine volt batteries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 12, 2011, 05:31:40 PM
Quote from: eris on October 12, 2011, 02:59:18 PM
big ol' tittay holders

 :lol:

That brings back memories.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on October 12, 2011, 05:35:24 PM
Gift for someone. Got them the balls last year.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KcPDxEQ1jQY/Tm-RXwrYZvI/AAAAAAAAAVI/qvMbQANWv3k/s1600/1111111AAAAAmain-image_jpg_pagespeed_ce__ic7gXGVjO.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 12, 2011, 05:37:27 PM
Quote from: Jack on October 12, 2011, 05:35:24 PM
Gift for someone. Got them the balls last year.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KcPDxEQ1jQY/Tm-RXwrYZvI/AAAAAAAAAVI/qvMbQANWv3k/s1600/1111111AAAAAmain-image_jpg_pagespeed_ce__ic7gXGVjO.jpg)

I have been wanting buckyballs for a while now.  Want them for my office desk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 12, 2011, 05:38:31 PM
Quote from: Jack on October 12, 2011, 05:35:24 PM
Gift for someone. Got them the balls last year.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KcPDxEQ1jQY/Tm-RXwrYZvI/AAAAAAAAAVI/qvMbQANWv3k/s1600/1111111AAAAAmain-image_jpg_pagespeed_ce__ic7gXGVjO.jpg)

You give great gifts :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 12, 2011, 05:41:56 PM
Quote from: parts on October 12, 2011, 05:38:31 PM
Quote from: Jack on October 12, 2011, 05:35:24 PM
Gift for someone. Got them the balls last year.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KcPDxEQ1jQY/Tm-RXwrYZvI/AAAAAAAAAVI/qvMbQANWv3k/s1600/1111111AAAAAmain-image_jpg_pagespeed_ce__ic7gXGVjO.jpg)

You give great gifts :thumbup:

 :agreed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on October 12, 2011, 05:53:51 PM
Quote from: Stultus Saxum on October 12, 2011, 05:01:22 PM
Quote from: eris on October 12, 2011, 02:59:18 PM
big ol' tittay holders

Wha? ???

I bought a 2 pack of bras for 25$.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Osensitive1 on October 12, 2011, 06:38:24 PM
Quote from: MidlifeAspie on October 12, 2011, 05:37:27 PM
I have been wanting buckyballs for a while now.  Want them for my office desk.
Want both for myself too, but rarely buy things for myself. Maybe will ask santa for christmas, though really want an ecosphere.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 12, 2011, 07:29:56 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 12, 2011, 03:52:26 PM
A network TP cable.

Is your work that shitty that you need a network toilet paper cable?  Or am I confused as usual?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 13, 2011, 06:13:05 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 12, 2011, 07:29:56 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 12, 2011, 03:52:26 PM
A network TP cable.

Is your work that shitty that you need a network toilet paper cable?  Or am I confused as usual?

Yes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calavera on October 13, 2011, 06:14:26 AM
Yes to which question? :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 13, 2011, 12:18:34 PM
Oh, just one of them. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 13, 2011, 01:33:18 PM
A pair of new turn signal light bulbs for the van.  One to put in one for a spare
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 13, 2011, 02:58:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 13, 2011, 12:18:34 PM
Oh, just one of them. :laugh:

Odeon is such an exemplary worker and computer genius, that I'm sure he's agreeing to my confusion.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 13, 2011, 02:59:40 PM
An oil change, radiator flush, tire rotation, eye-ball look-see of the engine and oil dye to find a leak.

Dinner fixings.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 14, 2011, 04:45:52 PM
A Kindle book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 14, 2011, 06:01:20 PM
Lolita?
Green Eggs and Ham?
Origin of the Species?

Inquiring minds want to know, Odeon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 14, 2011, 06:50:08 PM
Today all I bought was a coffee, a coke, and a lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 15, 2011, 03:40:10 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 14, 2011, 06:01:20 PM
Lolita?
Green Eggs and Ham?
Origin of the Species?

Inquiring minds want to know, Odeon.

"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by John le Carré. I wanted to to reread it and realised I didn't own a copy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on October 19, 2011, 02:32:58 PM
Bought an Audio Technica ATLP-60 turntable. I can finally listen to the Il Sangue record I got a few months ago. I hooked it up to the Line In port on my computer. Sounds good. I might start a vinyl collection now. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 19, 2011, 03:24:44 PM
375 pound of cellulose  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on October 19, 2011, 04:05:17 PM
food and a bus ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 19, 2011, 05:25:13 PM
Quote from: parts on October 19, 2011, 03:24:44 PM
375 pound of cellulose  :headbang2:

A much better buy than 375 pounds of cellullite  :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 19, 2011, 05:25:40 PM
Medicine and cornbread
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 20, 2011, 04:49:10 AM


some pirates of the Caribbean lego

for me the urchin
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on October 20, 2011, 04:54:10 AM
More makeup (/is obsessed). Consisting of: small pack of different colour concealers, tray of cream eyeshadows, lip gloss, brow pencil, more foundation (impulse buy as it was the perfect shade for me)

Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 21, 2011, 02:42:16 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 19, 2011, 05:25:13 PM
Quote from: parts on October 19, 2011, 03:24:44 PM
375 pound of cellulose  :headbang2:

A much better buy than 375 pounds of cellullite  :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck:

Could make proper insulation material too  :orly: And all the dimples would do some noise insulation on top of the warmth insulation.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 21, 2011, 06:48:16 AM
Granite kit to paint the kitchen countertop up at the house.
"New" slightly used cabinet handles.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 24, 2011, 08:52:42 PM
A 14" hatchet.  :viking:

(http://i53.tinypic.com/10clvtc.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on October 24, 2011, 08:55:15 PM
^  I really like that design
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 24, 2011, 09:01:13 PM
 :agreed: It is only $24.99 + tax eris.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 25, 2011, 06:04:08 AM
i could get 'into' hatchet's too.

It is the logo on one of my favourite
record labels
(http://ct2.pimp-my-profile.com/tw/i61/8/5/28/f_5837cf2049.jpg)

cool.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Celticgoddess on October 25, 2011, 09:58:08 AM
Frame so I can work on my needlepoint. Something similar to this:
(http://www.stitchingframe.com/catalog/14_1_29_1.JPG)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 25, 2011, 12:23:17 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 24, 2011, 08:52:42 PM
A 14" hatchet.  :viking:

(http://i53.tinypic.com/10clvtc.jpg)

And it's Halloween colours too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on October 25, 2011, 02:16:08 PM
Hot Wheels. Mostly muscle cars.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 25, 2011, 03:25:11 PM
My new MP3 player finally arrived today.  :headbang2: :headbang2: :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 25, 2011, 04:11:28 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on October 25, 2011, 02:16:08 PM
Hot Wheels. Mostly muscle cars.

Same here.  My two year old son adores them.   :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on October 25, 2011, 04:50:15 PM
Quote from: Sophrosyne on October 25, 2011, 04:11:28 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on October 25, 2011, 02:16:08 PM
Hot Wheels. Mostly muscle cars.

Same here.  My two year old son adores them.   :thumbup:

But it says on the package 3+ :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 25, 2011, 04:55:59 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on October 25, 2011, 04:50:15 PM
Quote from: Sophrosyne on October 25, 2011, 04:11:28 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on October 25, 2011, 02:16:08 PM
Hot Wheels. Mostly muscle cars.

Same here.  My two year old son adores them.   :thumbup:

But it says on the package 3+ :orly:

He's advanced
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 25, 2011, 05:10:27 PM
some lovely cod which I sauted in olive oil for dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 25, 2011, 06:04:41 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 24, 2011, 08:52:42 PM
A 14" hatchet.  :viking:

(http://i53.tinypic.com/10clvtc.jpg)
Nice hatchet Fiskars makes good stuff I have a pruning pole thingy by them :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 25, 2011, 07:36:01 PM
Quote from: parts on October 25, 2011, 06:04:41 PM
Quote from: PPK on October 24, 2011, 08:52:42 PM
A 14" hatchet.  :viking:

(http://i53.tinypic.com/10clvtc.jpg)
Nice hatchet Fiskars makes good stuff I have a pruning pole thingy by them :thumbup:

It's so heart warming when you inspire others.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 25, 2011, 08:14:03 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on October 25, 2011, 06:04:08 AM
i could get 'into' hatchet's too.

It is the logo on one of my favourite
record labels
(http://ct2.pimp-my-profile.com/tw/i61/8/5/28/f_5837cf2049.jpg)



cool.

My son's favorite as well.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on October 26, 2011, 03:44:58 PM
I got this on blue vinyl. Instrumental early-70's Black Sabbath worship released this year.

(http://prophasemusic.com/images/pmlp1103.jpg)

Thrilling record. Gotta love that retro sound and the artwork is totally 70's prog rock. :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 26, 2011, 04:25:46 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 25, 2011, 08:14:03 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on October 25, 2011, 06:04:08 AM
i could get 'into' hatchet's too.

It is the logo on one of my favourite
record labels
(http://ct2.pimp-my-profile.com/tw/i61/8/5/28/f_5837cf2049.jpg)



cool.

My son's favorite as well.  :thumbup:
Is he a juggalo, then?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 26, 2011, 05:19:40 PM
Roofing tar  Yes I live a wild, exciting and dangerous life :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on October 26, 2011, 05:41:40 PM
Quote from: parts on October 26, 2011, 05:19:40 PM
Roofing tar  Yes I live a wild, exciting and dangerous life :headbang2:

what a  rebel !!! :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 27, 2011, 12:14:15 AM
Quote from: parts on October 26, 2011, 05:19:40 PM
Roofing tar  Yes I live a wild, exciting and dangerous life :headbang2:

 Does roofing tar smell like road tar?  I remember I owned a brand-new paperback copy of
 The Shining  in the summer of 1980, and it smelled like road tar.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on October 27, 2011, 12:15:34 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 27, 2011, 12:14:15 AM
Quote from: parts on October 26, 2011, 05:19:40 PM
Roofing tar  Yes I live a wild, exciting and dangerous life :headbang2:

 Does roofing tar smell like road tar?  I remember I owned a brand-new paperback copy of
 The Shining  in the summer of 1980, and it smelled like road tar.  :)

Isn't it funny how we associate things like that ? I got my wisdom teeth out while I was reading the book "Christine" so I will always associate that story with pain :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 27, 2011, 12:21:47 AM
Quote from: eris on October 27, 2011, 12:15:34 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 27, 2011, 12:14:15 AM
Quote from: parts on October 26, 2011, 05:19:40 PM
Roofing tar  Yes I live a wild, exciting and dangerous life :headbang2:

 Does roofing tar smell like road tar?  I remember I owned a brand-new paperback copy of
 The Shining  in the summer of 1980, and it smelled like road tar.  :)

Isn't it funny how we associate things like that ? I got my wisdom teeth out while I was reading the book "Christine" so I will always associate that story with pain :D

  :lol:   My favorite memory triggers are scents, but I also had a vivid moment of nostalgia
 a few months ago when I found one of my pinkie splints from last September.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 27, 2011, 05:55:46 PM
I bought bouncing soles  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 27, 2011, 08:39:30 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on October 26, 2011, 04:25:46 PM
Is he a juggalo, then?

His ringtone. 

"We will never die alone...juggalos will carry on... swing our hatchets if we
must...each an everyone of us." 

I love it.  :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 27, 2011, 09:39:36 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 27, 2011, 05:55:46 PM
I bought bouncing souls  :headbang2:

What the Devil bought from the trampolinist.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on October 28, 2011, 02:03:26 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on October 26, 2011, 04:25:46 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 25, 2011, 08:14:03 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on October 25, 2011, 06:04:08 AM
i could get 'into' hatchet's too.

It is the logo on one of my favourite
record labels
(http://ct2.pimp-my-profile.com/tw/i61/8/5/28/f_5837cf2049.jpg)



cool.

My son's favorite as well.  :thumbup:
Is he a juggalo, then?

ewww juggalos
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on October 28, 2011, 02:48:28 AM
yes I really try not to be a music snob, but that is really the worst music on earth :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on October 28, 2011, 06:45:00 AM
Quote from: eris on October 28, 2011, 02:48:28 AM
yes I really try not to be a music snob, but that is really the worst music on earth :P

With the worst fanboys in the world.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 28, 2011, 09:07:47 AM
 :smarty: :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 28, 2011, 09:08:13 AM
well they really really make me laugh.  i think
they are well funny.

i love the clowns,  and boondox,  and all the others.

They don't sell faygo (is that the right spelling) here but
i imagine it is similar to our panda pops.

One of my all time most played albums is
'The Amazing Jeckel Brothers' -  i have had it
for about 8/10 years and never tire of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 28, 2011, 09:27:07 AM
any band who puts

"fuck celine dion,  and fuck dionne warwick
you both make me sick
suck my dick"

in one of their songs is well worthy of a listen :2thumbsup:

ICP FUCK THE WORLD lyrics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33HCdDNY1oY#)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on October 28, 2011, 09:28:15 AM
FUCKING MAGNETS, HOW DO THEY WORK?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on October 28, 2011, 09:31:53 AM
ICP, just wanted attention, that's all. :tard:

I much prefer if a band just didn't give a fuck and just played what they play.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 28, 2011, 09:33:33 AM
Ol' Dirty Bastard Feat. Insane Clown Posse - Bitches (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fa1NatOqEU#)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 28, 2011, 11:12:01 AM
InsaneClownPosse-Another Love Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQxWd_1BW6w#)

:thumbup:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 28, 2011, 11:53:28 AM
I could let you move into my house..
..you'd fuck the neighbour every time i go out..
and wipe his nut on my pillow

but i think i'd rather kill you


 :lol:

my favourite love song
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 28, 2011, 12:28:08 PM
Quote from: Schleed on October 28, 2011, 09:28:15 AM
FUCKING MAGNETS, HOW DO THEY WORK?

You just don't get the attraction do you?   ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on October 28, 2011, 02:04:28 PM
I've bought a new fleece jacket with a cotton lining inside 2 days ago. Darkish blue of colour.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 28, 2011, 03:33:01 PM
Some groceries, mostly pantry type supplies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on October 28, 2011, 04:02:09 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on October 28, 2011, 09:08:13 AM


They don't sell faygo (is that the right spelling) here but
i imagine it is similar to our panda pops.


Faygo is generic :P It tastes like poo and costs ten cents a can :D I think the reason why they use it is because they come from the same town. Faygo is like epic, tho. It's like a status symbol...of not being able to afford coke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 28, 2011, 04:18:13 PM
Quote from: eris on October 28, 2011, 04:02:09 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on October 28, 2011, 09:08:13 AM


They don't sell faygo (is that the right spelling) here but
i imagine it is similar to our panda pops.


Faygo is generic :P It tastes like poo and costs ten cents a can :D I think the reason why they use it is because they come from the same town. Faygo is like epic, tho. It's like a status symbol...of not being able to afford coke.
  yes i get it,  it is like panda pop,  a.k.a council tenant pop, or chav pop.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on October 28, 2011, 04:21:52 PM
Quote from: eris on October 28, 2011, 04:02:09 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on October 28, 2011, 09:08:13 AM


They don't sell faygo (is that the right spelling) here but
i imagine it is similar to our panda pops.


Faygo is generic :P It tastes like poo and costs ten cents a can :D I think the reason why they use it is because they come from the same town. Faygo is like epic, tho. It's like a status symbol...of not being able to afford coke.

I've grown to like generic coke. Not that I couldn't afford the name brand, but still... :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 28, 2011, 05:10:58 PM
Too busy to buy anything but a coffee this morning
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 29, 2011, 01:52:11 AM
I bought my friend and nephew birthday presents. I was wanting to buy some shirts for myself but there were too many people in the shop.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 29, 2011, 09:56:27 AM
Yet another vintage clock with a radium dial :parts:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on October 29, 2011, 10:06:36 AM
Star Wars Figures
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bucephalus on October 31, 2011, 03:48:07 PM
a pint of milk and some pasta
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 31, 2011, 04:04:45 PM
Construction adhesive just to keep up my reputation as a wild and crazy guy
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 31, 2011, 04:44:50 PM
8 boxes of stove top stuffing
5 cans of soup
1 can of okra, tomatoes and corn
2 cans of collard greens
3 loaves of bread (whole wheat, white and rye)
7 bath towels for the PR since she never brings them out of her room
1 giant bag of peppermint candies for PA
1 Hersheys Special Dark Candy bar (large) for me
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 02, 2011, 05:32:01 PM
Bought a Targus presenter's remote. For company money, I should add. I'll put it to use next week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on November 04, 2011, 01:52:09 AM
I just bought a 30 GB Zune. I wanted to stay away from apple for an MP3 player, but didnt want to go generic,  either. I got it pretty cheap on ebay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 04, 2011, 01:57:24 AM


Quote from: eris on November 04, 2011, 01:52:09 AM
I just bought a 30 GB Zune. I wanted to stay away from apple for an MP3 player, but didnt want to go generic,  either. I got it pretty cheap on ebay.


How do you like it? I had a Sansa MP3 player, but never used any of the Zune stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on November 04, 2011, 02:02:23 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 04, 2011, 01:57:24 AM


Quote from: eris on November 04, 2011, 01:52:09 AM
I just bought a 30 GB Zune. I wanted to stay away from apple for an MP3 player, but didnt want to go generic,  either. I got it pretty cheap on ebay.


How do you like it? I had a Sansa MP3 player, but never used any of the Zune stuff.


I just purchased it on ebay 20 minutes ago :D So, I dunno yet

I figured I really dont need more space than that. I'll post about it when I get it. got it new for 70$.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on November 05, 2011, 04:09:22 PM
Captain America on DVD, a 2012 Calender, and a Belt
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 05, 2011, 04:59:06 PM
One roll of R-19 fiberglass insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 05, 2011, 05:31:40 PM
Pizza. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 05, 2011, 08:05:36 PM
At garage sales:

4 DVDs
11 pieces of clothes
6 magazines
An indoor clothes line
A purse organizer
A plastic bag holder
An iron holder
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on November 06, 2011, 09:43:22 PM
I just bought 2 ounces of tea tree essential oil, and 2 ounces of lavender essential oil. I'm going to put it in everything, my lotion, face moisturizer, shampoo, body wash. This should last me at least a year.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 07, 2011, 09:45:21 AM


Some Blue Moon, Southern Comfort, and these:


(http://www.lehmannfarms.com/images/products/large/LE240450Z.jpg)


yummmmmmm
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 07, 2011, 02:23:33 PM
Knee joint supplement
Coffee (Instant)
Printer cartridges
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on November 07, 2011, 04:04:01 PM
I bought a Tomy Tomica "Roads and Rails" playset. The first train set I ever had. Sure, I could roll my Hot Wheels on the roads, but it's a lot more fun watching the train go around the track, going across the level-grade crossing. It's really cool seeing the gates close by themselves when the train goes on the crossing. Maybe I have a new hobby?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 07, 2011, 06:01:10 PM
Five two and a half inch hole saws
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 10:27:45 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on November 07, 2011, 04:04:01 PM
I bought a Tomy Tomica "Roads and Rails" playset. The first train set I ever had. Sure, I could roll my Hot Wheels on the roads, but it's a lot more fun watching the train go around the track, going across the level-grade crossing. It's really cool seeing the gates close by themselves when the train goes on the crossing. Maybe I have a new hobby?
Train sets can get really elaborate. Especially when you set up scenery and all that stuff as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 08, 2011, 12:13:16 AM
17 dented cans of food (mainly soup and potatoes) for about 9$.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on November 08, 2011, 02:54:23 AM
Quote from: eris on November 04, 2011, 02:02:23 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 04, 2011, 01:57:24 AM


Quote from: eris on November 04, 2011, 01:52:09 AM
I just bought a 30 GB Zune. I wanted to stay away from apple for an MP3 player, but didnt want to go generic,  either. I got it pretty cheap on ebay.


How do you like it? I had a Sansa MP3 player, but never used any of the Zune stuff.


I just purchased it on ebay 20 minutes ago :D So, I dunno yet

I figured I really dont need more space than that. I'll post about it when I get it. got it new for 70$.


It came in the mail today. brand new, works great. Love it.

Holds about 7,500 songs or 20 hours of video. 3.5 inch screen, perfect video quality

already loaded it with music, games and porn
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on November 08, 2011, 04:06:47 AM
Dried dog food.  Changed the dogs from raw tripe.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 08, 2011, 05:25:10 AM
A mug to replace the one I accidentally smashed. It is part of a set.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 08, 2011, 07:38:23 AM
Quote from: parts on November 07, 2011, 06:01:10 PM
Five two and a half inch hole saws
I had to use an old chipped tooth beat up 3" hole saw to go into an Al PG&E specced box at the beginning of this job. Now I have a 1/2" to 4" new KO set for the steel boxes and new 3" hole saws for the remaining cast Al boxes.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on November 08, 2011, 08:46:27 AM
Quote from: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 10:27:45 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on November 07, 2011, 04:04:01 PM
I bought a Tomy Tomica "Roads and Rails" playset. The first train set I ever had. Sure, I could roll my Hot Wheels on the roads, but it's a lot more fun watching the train go around the track, going across the level-grade crossing. It's really cool seeing the gates close by themselves when the train goes on the crossing. Maybe I have a new hobby?
Train sets can get really elaborate. Especially when you set up scenery and all that stuff as well.

I'm thinking of getting a bunch of the Tomica rails so that I can make a line spanning my apartment. (more than 20 feet of rails) And maybe a couple of playsets for the "destinations". This is going to be a lot of fun.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 08, 2011, 10:44:05 AM
Quote from: PPK on November 08, 2011, 07:38:23 AM
Quote from: parts on November 07, 2011, 06:01:10 PM
Five two and a half inch hole saws
I had to use an old chipped tooth beat up 3" hole saw to go into an Al PG&E specced box at the beginning of this job. Now I have a 1/2" to 4" new KO set for the steel boxes and new 3" hole saws for the remaining cast Al boxes.  :thumbup:

English translation please?   :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on November 08, 2011, 02:55:27 PM
spinach
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 08, 2011, 03:53:49 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 08, 2011, 10:44:05 AM
Quote from: PPK on November 08, 2011, 07:38:23 AM
Quote from: parts on November 07, 2011, 06:01:10 PM
Five two and a half inch hole saws
I had to use an old chipped tooth beat up 3" hole saw to go into an Al PG&E specced box at the beginning of this job. Now I have a 1/2" to 4" new KO set for the steel boxes and new 3" hole saws for the remaining cast Al boxes.  :thumbup:

English translation please?   :dunno:

 :lol:

I ruined two of them today going through roofing shingles. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 09, 2011, 12:05:39 AM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on November 08, 2011, 08:46:27 AM
Quote from: renaeden on November 07, 2011, 10:27:45 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on November 07, 2011, 04:04:01 PM
I bought a Tomy Tomica "Roads and Rails" playset. The first train set I ever had. Sure, I could roll my Hot Wheels on the roads, but it's a lot more fun watching the train go around the track, going across the level-grade crossing. It's really cool seeing the gates close by themselves when the train goes on the crossing. Maybe I have a new hobby?
Train sets can get really elaborate. Especially when you set up scenery and all that stuff as well.
I'm thinking of getting a bunch of the Tomica rails so that I can make a line spanning my apartment. (more than 20 feet of rails) And maybe a couple of playsets for the "destinations". This is going to be a lot of fun.
Post pics of the process?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 09, 2011, 12:16:50 AM
Quote from: parts on November 08, 2011, 03:53:49 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 08, 2011, 10:44:05 AM
Quote from: PPK on November 08, 2011, 07:38:23 AM
Quote from: parts on November 07, 2011, 06:01:10 PM
Five two and a half inch hole saws
I had to use an old chipped tooth beat up 3" hole saw to go into an Al PG&E specced box at the beginning of this job. Now I have a 1/2" to 4" new KO set for the steel boxes and new 3" hole saws for the remaining cast Al boxes.  :thumbup:

English translation please?   :dunno:

 :lol:

I ruined two of them today going through roofing shingles.

That's why I have a couple of the Harbor Freight sets. They work OK when you use generous amounts of gear oil as cutting fluid.  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2011, 11:26:50 AM
A book about the first 100 years of MI5.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 09, 2011, 12:20:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2011, 11:26:50 AM
A book about the first 100 years of MI5.

Cool! Can I borrow it when you're done with it??  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2011, 12:22:04 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 09, 2011, 12:20:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2011, 11:26:50 AM
A book about the first 100 years of MI5.

Cool! Can I borrow it when you're done with it??  :zoinks:

The required operation is more complex than most of the ones described in the book. :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 09, 2011, 12:24:58 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2011, 12:22:04 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 09, 2011, 12:20:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2011, 11:26:50 AM
A book about the first 100 years of MI5.

Cool! Can I borrow it when you're done with it??  :zoinks:

The required operation is more complex than most of the ones described in the book. :GA:

I have a team of Ninjas that can assist on my end of things.

:ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2011, 12:30:26 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 09, 2011, 12:24:58 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2011, 12:22:04 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 09, 2011, 12:20:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2011, 11:26:50 AM
A book about the first 100 years of MI5.

Cool! Can I borrow it when you're done with it??  :zoinks:

The required operation is more complex than most of the ones described in the book. :GA:

I have a team of Ninjas that can assist on my end of things.

:ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja:

Excellent. I'll just leave the object where I usually drop off counter-intelligence. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on November 09, 2011, 12:44:17 PM
some crinkly wrinkly skinny jeans
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 09, 2011, 01:38:09 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on November 09, 2011, 12:44:17 PM
some crinkly wrinkly skinny jeans

Poor me.  I can't wear skinny jeans.  Nothing about me is skinny.  I even wear fat socks. :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 09, 2011, 06:22:41 PM
$100 in gas for the van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on November 10, 2011, 05:15:20 PM
Holy crap. When I was at Toys R Us browsing the Hot Wheels "Hot Ones", I found a "chase" car. A "Sunagon" VW van with redline tires. Those are rare and they're going for 20+ dollars on eBay! Lucky day this was! This is the first Hot Wheels car that I will not open and may sell at some point for an easy profit. :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 14, 2011, 03:02:22 PM
Did I boast about my coat already?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on November 14, 2011, 03:49:22 PM
I bought a big 'net' of cob nuts/hazelnuts and a 2011 Beaujolais today. Opened the first already and going to rest the latter a couple of days. (which is a bit over the top for a young wine but.. )(hey) 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 14, 2011, 03:52:24 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 14, 2011, 03:02:22 PM
Did I boast about my coat already?

Not sure. Why not do it again, just to make sure?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 14, 2011, 03:59:53 PM
Yesterday at the market some uranium glass coasters
Some old car license plates from
Connecticut 1930
Prince Edward Island  80's
Maine  1924
Manitoba 80's
West Virgina 70's

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 14, 2011, 04:01:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 14, 2011, 03:52:24 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 14, 2011, 03:02:22 PM
Did I boast about my coat already?

Not sure. Why not do it again, just to make sure?

It's black, it's long, it's snug above the waist, wide below, it's woollen, it's awesome, with some lace and satin details.
It is so awesome that my most critical public said they actually wanted to be seen with me, when I wear that coat.  :laugh:


Found it cheap too, on Marktplaats. Love that site.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 14, 2011, 10:47:34 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 14, 2011, 04:01:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 14, 2011, 03:52:24 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 14, 2011, 03:02:22 PM
Did I boast about my coat already?
Not sure. Why not do it again, just to make sure?
It's black, it's long, it's snug above the waist, wide below, it's woollen, it's awesome, with some lace and satin details.
It is so awesome that my most critical public said they actually wanted to be seen with me, when I wear that coat.  :laugh:


Found it cheap too, on Marktplaats. Love that site.
It sounds really nice. Pic of it anywhere?
Quote from: parts on November 14, 2011, 03:59:53 PM
Yesterday at the market some uranium glass coasters
Some old car license plates from
Connecticut 1930
Prince Edward Island  80's
Maine  1924
Manitoba 80's
West Virgina 70's
If I lived over there, I am pretty sure I would become obsessed with the numberplates. :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM


A truck.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/IMAG0043.jpg?t=1321576578)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on November 17, 2011, 06:54:24 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM


A truck.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/IMAG0043.jpg?t=1321576578)

Git 'R Dun!!! :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 07:34:23 PM


Heh, yeah. There will be a lot of getting shit done now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 17, 2011, 10:45:25 PM
From Hyke:  "It's black, it's long, it's snug above the waist, wide below, it's woollen, it's awesome, with some lace and satin details.
It is so awesome that my most critical public said they actually wanted to be seen with me, when I wear that coat."  And then EBM posts this picture of what seems to be black, long, and I can see him wearing it.  lol

Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM


A truck.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/IMAG0043.jpg?t=1321576578)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 18, 2011, 04:15:19 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM


A truck.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/IMAG0043.jpg?t=1321576578)

 :thumbup: :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 18, 2011, 05:36:03 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM


A truck.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/IMAG0043.jpg?t=1321576578)

:plus:

Tell us more about it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 18, 2011, 07:07:36 AM
Nice truck. :) Is it black or grey? It looks grey to me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 18, 2011, 07:12:59 AM


Quote from: parts on November 18, 2011, 04:15:19 AM

 :thumbup: :plus:



It's like the baby brother to your truck.


Quote from: odeon on November 18, 2011, 05:36:03 AM

:plus:

Tell us more about it.


It's a Silverado 2500 3/4 ton, with the 6.0 V8.


Quote from: renaeden on November 18, 2011, 07:07:36 AM
Nice truck. :) Is it black or grey? It looks grey to me.


It's a nice metallic grey.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 18, 2011, 07:37:22 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 18, 2011, 07:12:59 AM


Quote from: parts on November 18, 2011, 04:15:19 AM

 :thumbup: :plus:



It's like the baby brother to your truck.


Quote from: odeon on November 18, 2011, 05:36:03 AM

:plus:

Tell us more about it.


It's a Silverado 2500 3/4 ton, with the 6.0 V8.


Quote from: renaeden on November 18, 2011, 07:07:36 AM
Nice truck. :) Is it black or grey? It looks grey to me.


It's a nice metallic grey.

I sold mine :'(
It was having issues and I had gotten a van for free.  They are great trucks though .
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 18, 2011, 05:51:32 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM


A truck.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/IMAG0043.jpg?t=1321576578)

Excellent.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 18, 2011, 06:01:56 PM
A floor lamp for the PR's room, another computer chair (executive style), DVD - 2 Weeks Notice, Rodale cookbook, big pillow to sit on the car, stuffed animal for the PR, pair of pants for PA, Daisy Seal A Meal II, a lap tray: for under $50 at the thrift store.

Today's dinner, tomorrows lunches, etc. at the grocery store.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 18, 2011, 06:09:46 PM
A sheet of 3/4 inch plywood,three 2x4s and windshield wiper fluid all for the van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on November 18, 2011, 09:20:43 PM
I bought a truck of my own. But it's a lot smaller. :P

It's a Arrma Fury RTR, an 1/10th scale hobbyist-grade radio-control truck which is powered by a battery, has a waterproof suspension, and can run up to 30 miles per hour for 20 minutes on a full charge (it's NOT a toy, obviously). I was amazed when I took this thing for its first run, it just zoomed around the parking lot (which was on a hill) so fast and smoothly. I've always dreamed of having an RC truck and now that little dream has been realized.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on November 18, 2011, 09:25:29 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on November 18, 2011, 09:20:43 PM
I bought a truck of my own. But it's a lot smaller. :P

It's a Arrma Fury RTR, an 1/10th scale hobbyist-grade radio-control truck which is powered by a battery, has a waterproof suspension, and can run up to 30 miles per hour for 20 minutes on a full charge (it's NOT a toy, obviously). I was amazed when I took this thing for its first run, it just zoomed around the parking lot (which was on a hill) so fast and smoothly. I've always dreamed of having an RC truck and now that little dream has been realized.

That's actually really cool. I know these things can sometimes need well looked after, so be nice to it, and don't be doing any silly stunts with it. :laugh:

And don't dare let any mean kids take it from you :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 18, 2011, 09:30:07 PM


Quote from: Serpent Throne on November 18, 2011, 09:20:43 PM
I bought a truck of my own. But it's a lot smaller. :P

It's a Arrma Fury RTR, an 1/10th scale hobbyist-grade radio-control truck which is powered by a battery, has a waterproof suspension, and can run up to 30 miles per hour for 20 minutes on a full charge (it's NOT a toy, obviously). I was amazed when I took this thing for its first run, it just zoomed around the parking lot (which was on a hill) so fast and smoothly. I've always dreamed of having an RC truck and now that little dream has been realized.


I have a friend who's really into those. He's got some Traxxas something or other, looks a lot like the one you've got. Those things are wicked fast.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 19, 2011, 05:28:22 AM
RC cars in general are a lot of fun. We used to have one at the cinema and drive it around the lobby during shows. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 19, 2011, 11:08:43 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM


A truck.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/IMAG0043.jpg?t=1321576578)

You can afford to put gas in that thing??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 19, 2011, 11:12:12 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 18, 2011, 07:12:59 AM

It's a Silverado 2500 3/4 ton,

The 3/4 ton has 8 lug wheels? I thought they had 6 lug.  :dunno:

Quote
with the 6.0 V8.

Gas or diesel? 

[/quote]
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 19, 2011, 11:19:03 AM
A 64 oz. growler of Belgian Brown Ale from Santa Maria Brewing Company!!!  :2thumbsup:    :glug:

:beergrin:

(http://images.brewbound.com/BreweryLogos/Standard/9074700.santamarialogo.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 19, 2011, 06:02:31 PM
A pneumatic pin nailer for doing furniture repair it shoots nails as thin as a staple up to an inch long
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 20, 2011, 01:38:31 AM


Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 19, 2011, 11:08:43 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM


A truck.


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/IMAG0043.jpg?t=1321576578)

You can afford to put gas in that thing??


With the new job(s), yup.


Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 19, 2011, 11:12:12 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 18, 2011, 07:12:59 AM

It's a Silverado 2500 3/4 ton,

The 3/4 ton has 8 lug wheels? I thought they had 6 lug.  :dunno:

Quote
with the 6.0 V8.

Gas or diesel? 



The two wheel drive half tons have five lugs, four wheel drive half tons have six lugs, and the three quarter tons have eight lugs. It's the gas engine. The diesel trucks were five to six thousand dollars more.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 20, 2011, 03:41:47 AM
What are the new jobs?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 20, 2011, 04:17:47 AM
Quote from: parts on November 19, 2011, 06:02:31 PM
A pneumatic pin nailer for doing furniture repair it shoots nails as thin as a staple up to an inch long

Can I borrow that for 10 minutes?  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 20, 2011, 09:23:55 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 20, 2011, 04:17:47 AM
Quote from: parts on November 19, 2011, 06:02:31 PM
A pneumatic pin nailer for doing furniture repair it shoots nails as thin as a staple up to an inch long

Can I borrow that for 10 minutes?  :eyelash:

Sure I will ship it out tomorrow

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 20, 2011, 09:30:11 AM
Quote from: parts on November 20, 2011, 09:23:55 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 20, 2011, 04:17:47 AM
Quote from: parts on November 19, 2011, 06:02:31 PM
A pneumatic pin nailer for doing furniture repair it shoots nails as thin as a staple up to an inch long

Can I borrow that for 10 minutes?  :eyelash:

Sure I will ship it out tomorrow

Thank you, I'l return it the very day it arrives here.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2011, 12:56:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 18, 2011, 06:01:56 PM
A floor lamp for the PR's room, another computer chair (executive style), DVD - 2 Weeks Notice, Rodale cookbook, big pillow to sit on the car, stuffed animal for the PR, pair of pants for PA, Daisy Seal A Meal II, a lap tray: for under $50 at the thrift store.

Today's dinner, tomorrows lunches, etc. at the grocery store.

The floor lamp for the PR's room is this style, with shades that are varying colors of pink or white and flexible arms.  I swear it looks like a gay octopus.

(http://img0.lampsusa.com/ProductImages/LiteSourceB9/LS-9835MULTI_thumb.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 20, 2011, 01:52:37 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 20, 2011, 01:38:31 AM


Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 19, 2011, 11:08:43 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM
A truck.

You can afford to put gas in that thing??


With the new job(s), yup.

I take it that you don't commute very far. I live 25 miles from school/work and that thing would bankrupt me just putting gas in it.


Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 19, 2011, 11:12:12 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 18, 2011, 07:12:59 AM

It's a Silverado 2500 3/4 ton,

The 3/4 ton has 8 lug wheels? I thought they had 6 lug.  :dunno:

Quote
with the 6.0 V8.

Gas or diesel? 



Quote
The two wheel drive half tons have five lugs, four wheel drive half tons have six lugs, and the three quarter tons have eight lugs. It's the gas engine. The diesel trucks were five to six thousand dollars more.

5,000 to 6,000 for a diesel?? FUCK for that money you could buy a diesel engine and put it in there yourself!!!  :o  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 20, 2011, 04:18:28 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 20, 2011, 01:52:37 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 20, 2011, 01:38:31 AM


Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 19, 2011, 11:08:43 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 17, 2011, 06:44:22 PM
A truck.

You can afford to put gas in that thing??


With the new job(s), yup.

I take it that you don't commute very far. I live 25 miles from school/work and that thing would bankrupt me just putting gas in it.


Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 19, 2011, 11:12:12 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 18, 2011, 07:12:59 AM

It's a Silverado 2500 3/4 ton,

The 3/4 ton has 8 lug wheels? I thought they had 6 lug.  :dunno:

Quote
with the 6.0 V8.

Gas or diesel? 



Quote
The two wheel drive half tons have five lugs, four wheel drive half tons have six lugs, and the three quarter tons have eight lugs. It's the gas engine. The diesel trucks were five to six thousand dollars more.

5,000 to 6,000 for a diesel?? FUCK for that money you could buy a diesel engine and put it in there yourself!!!  :o  >:(

New diesels I have heard from a mechanic are a real pain in the ass to work on also and hated them.

BTW One ton vans have 8 lugs and 80psi  tires also
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 20, 2011, 09:20:17 PM
Tickets to San Diego Thursday morning. Coming back Saturday. :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 20, 2011, 10:13:54 PM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 09:20:17 PM
Tickets to San Diego Thursday morning. Coming back Saturday. :woohoo:

what are you doing down in San Diego??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2011, 10:18:49 PM
Back in the 70's Dad bought an American diesel car (can't remember the make) because diesel was cheaper than gas.  He got a bad batch of diesel.  After the second major $$$$$$$$$$$ repair bill, he traded it in for a gas car, big loss on the trade.

IIRC the problem was that some bacteria (?) in the fuel had attacked the softer parts of the engine (rubber?) and was eating it away.  There was no way of removing all the bacteria and so the second repair.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 20, 2011, 10:42:19 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 20, 2011, 10:13:54 PM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 09:20:17 PM
Tickets to San Diego Thursday morning. Coming back Saturday. :woohoo:

what are you doing down in San Diego??
Thanksgiving @ my sisters place.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 20, 2011, 11:01:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 10:42:19 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 20, 2011, 10:13:54 PM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 09:20:17 PM
Tickets to San Diego Thursday morning. Coming back Saturday. :woohoo:

what are you doing down in San Diego??
Thanksgiving @ my sisters place.

Let me know when you're flying overhead, I'll take pot shots at your plane. :comrade:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 20, 2011, 11:04:07 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 20, 2011, 11:01:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 10:42:19 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 20, 2011, 10:13:54 PM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 09:20:17 PM
Tickets to San Diego Thursday morning. Coming back Saturday. :woohoo:

what are you doing down in San Diego??
Thanksgiving @ my sisters place.

Let me know when you're flying overhead, I'll take pot shots at your plane. :comrade:
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 21, 2011, 07:51:09 AM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 09:20:17 PM
Tickets to San Diego Thursday morning. Coming back Saturday. :woohoo:

 Are you going to the beach with your boogie board, surfer dude?  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 21, 2011, 07:54:17 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on November 21, 2011, 07:51:09 AM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 09:20:17 PM
Tickets to San Diego Thursday morning. Coming back Saturday. :woohoo:

 Are you going to the beach with your boogie board, surfer dude?  :P
No time, I will only be there Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 21, 2011, 10:53:56 AM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 11:04:07 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 20, 2011, 11:01:52 PM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 10:42:19 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 20, 2011, 10:13:54 PM
Quote from: PPK on November 20, 2011, 09:20:17 PM
Tickets to San Diego Thursday morning. Coming back Saturday. :woohoo:

what are you doing down in San Diego??
Thanksgiving @ my sisters place.

Let me know when you're flying overhead, I'll take pot shots at your plane. :comrade:
:thumbup:

What?? you're not going to shoot back?? That's no damn fun!!  :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 21, 2011, 04:09:59 PM
Gas, groceries and personal items.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 21, 2011, 06:33:58 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 21, 2011, 04:09:59 PM
Gas, groceries and personal items.

 :eyebrows:


I bought an eighty pound bag of mason's mix cement about two hours ago
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on November 21, 2011, 06:37:17 PM
Quote from: parts on November 21, 2011, 06:33:58 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 21, 2011, 04:09:59 PM
Gas, groceries and personal items.

 :eyebrows:


I bought an eighty pound bag of mason's mix cement about two hours ago
dont get it confused with the flour
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 21, 2011, 06:42:04 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on November 21, 2011, 06:37:17 PM
Quote from: parts on November 21, 2011, 06:33:58 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 21, 2011, 04:09:59 PM
Gas, groceries and personal items.

 :eyebrows:


I bought an eighty pound bag of mason's mix cement about two hours ago
dont get it confused with the flour

 But it would make nice firm muffins :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 21, 2011, 08:08:29 PM
Quote from: parts on November 21, 2011, 06:42:04 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on November 21, 2011, 06:37:17 PM
Quote from: parts on November 21, 2011, 06:33:58 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 21, 2011, 04:09:59 PM
Gas, groceries and personal items.

 :eyebrows:


I bought an eighty pound bag of mason's mix cement about two hours ago
dont get it confused with the flour

 But it would make nice firm muffins :zoinks:

Like his mom's recipe?

(http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/276839_101326116634571_2071883_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 21, 2011, 09:02:50 PM


Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2011, 03:41:47 AM
What are the new jobs?


Well, the one I had this past summer working as a mechanic/loader for an ag aviation outfit turned into a longer stint than I expected, and I'll be returning next year at a higher pay scale. Right now I'm working for an aviation maintenance shop. I'll be here until the season starts again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 21, 2011, 09:45:37 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 21, 2011, 09:02:50 PM


Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2011, 03:41:47 AM
What are the new jobs?


Well, the one I had this past summer working as a mechanic/loader for an ag aviation outfit turned into a longer stint than I expected, and I'll be returning next year at a higher pay scale. Right now I'm working for an aviation maintenance shop. I'll be here until the season starts again.
:plus: Are you going to visit someone in Canadia?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 22, 2011, 12:20:33 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 21, 2011, 09:02:50 PM


Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2011, 03:41:47 AM
What are the new jobs?


Well, the one I had this past summer working as a mechanic/loader for an ag aviation outfit turned into a longer stint than I expected, and I'll be returning next year at a higher pay scale. Right now I'm working for an aviation maintenance shop. I'll be here until the season starts again.

What kind of planes?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 22, 2011, 03:28:38 PM
holiday b'fast with friend (paid her way too.)
groceries for thanksgiving
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 22, 2011, 04:29:33 PM
31.5 gallons of gasoline @ $3.499 a gallon
I was almost empty :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 22, 2011, 04:49:54 PM
Quote from: parts on November 22, 2011, 04:29:33 PM
31.5 gallons of gasoline @ $3.499 a gallon
I was almost empty :o

I need to gas up the truck soon, that little vortec is a heavy drinker some days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 22, 2011, 04:53:44 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 22, 2011, 04:49:54 PM
Quote from: parts on November 22, 2011, 04:29:33 PM
31.5 gallons of gasoline @ $3.499 a gallon
I was almost empty :o

I need to gas up the truck soon, that little vortec is a heavy drinker some days.

I only get about 12mpg on light days less when I am full of pulling the trailer.  My old pick up was a 8-9 mpg beast
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on November 22, 2011, 05:53:47 PM
weeks worth of groceries
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Post by: renaeden on November 22, 2011, 11:29:35 PM
Meds. How exciting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 23, 2011, 04:48:24 AM
Quote from: parts on November 22, 2011, 04:29:33 PM
31.5 gallons of gasoline @ $3.499 a gallon
I was almost empty :o

Did you also fill up your truck while there? :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ShyOne on November 24, 2011, 04:34:29 PM
Cough medicine, strepsils, paid for a meal with my mum, bought christmas presents and also shampoo.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 24, 2011, 08:32:11 PM
A Whitman Sampler,  I have never had a holiday I can remember without one
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 24, 2011, 08:40:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 22, 2011, 12:20:33 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 21, 2011, 09:02:50 PM


Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2011, 03:41:47 AM
What are the new jobs?


Well, the one I had this past summer working as a mechanic/loader for an ag aviation outfit turned into a longer stint than I expected, and I'll be returning next year at a higher pay scale. Right now I'm working for an aviation maintenance shop. I'll be here until the season starts again.

What kind of planes?

AFAIK, EBM works on crop dusters.

Ugly, but useful workhorse planes.

They're so ugly, I won't post a pic of one.  :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on November 25, 2011, 12:43:26 PM
Bought some good quality/beautiful bacon today. Used some of it for dinner ¾ of an hour ago. (um, santoku knife is older though)
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-WYQCIGNK.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 25, 2011, 03:32:04 PM
Bought a coat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2011, 03:36:09 PM
Let's see:

About 6 books
A sit up in bed pillow
2 pairs of pants for PA
A pack of pencils
A jigsaw puzzle
A card game
2 ceramic figures for the PR
2 pieces of exercise equipment
3 bath towels
4 placemats
2 ice tea spoons
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 25, 2011, 03:40:41 PM
What books?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2011, 03:51:16 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 25, 2011, 03:40:41 PM
What books?

50 Years of College Football
The Saints, Sinners and Saviors of Sports
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Hollywood Speak: What They Say and What They Really Mean!
500 Terrific Ideas for Organizing Everything
Water for Elephants
401 Party and Holiday Ideas from Alcoa (a 1971 book on using aluminum foil to celebrate, hilarious and kitschy at the same time)
total cost was $4.00
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 25, 2011, 04:11:06 PM
Quote
401 Party and Holiday Ideas from Alcoa (a 1971 book on using aluminum foil to celebrate, hilarious and kitschy at the same time)

 :2thumbsup:

I bought two Dunkin Donuts coffees and a coke on the way home from work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2011, 05:27:50 PM
Just came back from the grocery.  bought some good grade mince marked down to 99 cents a pound, some drink mix, lightbulbs for the bathroom and some paper for where the sun doesn't shine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 25, 2011, 06:00:35 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2011, 05:27:50 PM
Just came back from the grocery.  bought some good grade mince marked down to 99 cents a pound, some drink mix, lightbulbs for the bathroom and some paper for where the sun doesn't shine.

 :zombiefuck:
My father is the only one in the family around here who eats ti and brought a big mince meat pie from a very expensive bakery to Thanksgiving diner.  He had one piece brought one home and left the rest here.  We hate to toss it and my wife even posted on facebook if anybody wanted it, most said no but this afternoon we finally found a taker
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2011, 06:21:05 PM
Quote from: parts on November 25, 2011, 06:00:35 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2011, 05:27:50 PM
Just came back from the grocery.  bought some good grade mince marked down to 99 cents a pound, some drink mix, lightbulbs for the bathroom and some paper for where the sun doesn't shine.

 :zombiefuck:
My father is the only one in the family around here who eats ti and brought a big mince meat pie from a very expensive bakery to Thanksgiving diner.  He had one piece brought one home and left the rest here.  We hate to toss it and my wife even posted on facebook if anybody wanted it, most said no but this afternoon we finally found a taker

I like mince meat pie.  I was posting about ground beef, which in england is called mince.  Easy confusion.

Somewhere in the internet is a recipe for mincemeat cookies if you're ever given a jar of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 25, 2011, 09:35:09 PM
Quote from: lutra on November 25, 2011, 12:43:26 PM
Bought some good quality/beautiful bacon today. Used some of it for dinner ¾ of an hour ago. (um, santoku knife is older though)
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-WYQCIGNK.jpg)

           :bacon: It's :bacon: truly :bacon: beautiful :bacon: bacon! :bacon:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on November 26, 2011, 12:29:42 AM
As Duke Nukem would say...

BACON!!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 26, 2011, 01:42:02 AM
Baby toys for my new nephew
Wrapping paper
Chocolate bear for me to eat
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 26, 2011, 06:24:02 AM
A dolphin quilt cover set for my friend; it is her birthday present.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on November 26, 2011, 06:42:53 AM
Shampoo & conditioner, packet of jelly raspberries, hair straightening balm, 1ltr of long life milk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 26, 2011, 11:12:27 AM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on November 26, 2011, 12:29:42 AM
As Duke Nukem would say...

BACON!!!

From Middle English bacon (“meat from the back and sides of a pig”), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun (“ham, flitch, strip of lard”), from Old Low Frankish *bakko (“ham, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *bakkōn (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhAg- (“back, buttocks”). Cognate with Old High German bahho, bacho (“back, ham, side of bacon”) (compare Alemannic German Bache, Bachen), Old Saxon baco (“back”), Dutch bake (“side of bacon, ham”), Old English bæc (“back”).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 27, 2011, 03:33:05 PM


Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 24, 2011, 08:40:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 22, 2011, 12:20:33 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 21, 2011, 09:02:50 PM


Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2011, 03:41:47 AM
What are the new jobs?


Well, the one I had this past summer working as a mechanic/loader for an ag aviation outfit turned into a longer stint than I expected, and I'll be returning next year at a higher pay scale. Right now I'm working for an aviation maintenance shop. I'll be here until the season starts again.

What kind of planes?

AFAIK, EBM works on crop dusters.

Ugly, but useful workhorse planes.

They're so ugly, I won't post a pic of one.  :M


(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2345/2516982300_ff4861165c_z.jpg)


Now THAT is a beautiful machine.   :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 27, 2011, 04:14:44 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 27, 2011, 03:33:05 PM


(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2345/2516982300_ff4861165c_z.jpg)


Now THAT is a beautiful machine.   :green:

:sick:   :puke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 27, 2011, 04:22:12 PM
An cable adapter to go a F to an RCA
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 27, 2011, 10:44:01 PM


Just picked up an eighteen volt DeWalt drill kit at Home Depot for $99.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 28, 2011, 06:29:19 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 27, 2011, 10:44:01 PM


Just picked up an eighteen volt DeWalt drill kit at Home Depot for $99.

Cordless tools are the most handy thing ever.  I always carry a full kit of them in the van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 28, 2011, 06:39:37 AM
30 cans of Coke Zero.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 28, 2011, 11:51:41 AM
Quote from: parts on November 28, 2011, 06:29:19 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 27, 2011, 10:44:01 PM


Just picked up an eighteen volt DeWalt drill kit at Home Depot for $99.

Cordless tools are the most handy thing ever.  I always carry a full kit of them in the van

 :agreed:

And DeWalts are the Cadillac of cordless tools.

All of mine are Ryobi.  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 28, 2011, 03:38:05 PM
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 28, 2011, 11:51:41 AM
Quote from: parts on November 28, 2011, 06:29:19 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on November 27, 2011, 10:44:01 PM


Just picked up an eighteen volt DeWalt drill kit at Home Depot for $99.

Cordless tools are the most handy thing ever.  I always carry a full kit of them in the van

 :agreed:

And DeWalts are the Cadillac of cordless tools.

All of mine are Ryobi.  :(

I have Bosch.  They are the older Nicads though I want to convert them to the lithium batteries but have yet to do so
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on November 28, 2011, 08:49:29 PM


Bosch makes some nice stuff, as does Milwaukee. Nothing wrong with Ryobi either, I have some of those as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on November 29, 2011, 05:24:38 PM
An old fashioned whistling kettle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 29, 2011, 06:01:59 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on November 29, 2011, 05:24:38 PM
An old fashioned whistling kettle.

They didn't have any wolves to whistle at you?

(wolf whistle = what a guy does at an attractive girl for those who aren't up on American old-time slang.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on November 29, 2011, 10:50:53 PM
A new rolling bookbag for my daughter.  The handle broke for the second time on the old one which we bought eight months ago, so she decided that she wanted a pink one this time.  We wound up buying a rolling scrapbooking case from Michaels since we couldn't find a rolling backpack here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 29, 2011, 11:04:06 PM
New telephones.  It was cheaper than buying the batteries.  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 30, 2011, 06:19:52 AM
Quote from: Callaway on November 29, 2011, 10:50:53 PM
A new rolling bookbag for my daughter.  The handle broke for the second time on the old one which we bought eight months ago, so she decided that she wanted a pink one this time.  We wound up buying a rolling scrapbooking case from Michaels since we couldn't find a rolling backpack here.
Are they sort of like the small suitcases on wheels?
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 29, 2011, 11:04:06 PM
New telephones.  It was cheaper than buying the batteries.  :(
:o

I had Irlen testing and to get my new glasses with new tint it costs $470. Eek. It is getting more expensive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on November 30, 2011, 03:14:41 PM
55 ct fire agate~ :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Psychophant on November 30, 2011, 03:16:56 PM
A new DVD player!   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 30, 2011, 04:52:54 PM
Six rolls Tyvek tape
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on November 30, 2011, 06:23:18 PM
Quote from: drahcir on November 30, 2011, 03:14:41 PM
55 ct fire agate~ :zoinks:

You wouldn't be Ricktard if you weren't buying more Fire Agates!!!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 30, 2011, 07:46:55 PM
Quote from: drahcir on November 30, 2011, 03:14:41 PM
55 ct fire agate~ :zoinks:
Congrats, post pics.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 30, 2011, 08:19:59 PM
Take out salads
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 02, 2011, 03:46:37 PM
The bread man was unloading his bread at the Dollar Store, so 3 loaves of bread at $1 each. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 02, 2011, 03:56:18 PM
3 ten foot sections of two inch pvc pipe and six couplers
Blades for a saw
A 32 led flashlight
1500 pounds cellulose
All for tomorrows job
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on December 03, 2011, 12:12:49 AM
Quote from: drahcir on November 30, 2011, 03:14:41 PM
55 ct fire agate~ :zoinks:

Congratulations once again on wasting good money on fucking rocks. ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 03, 2011, 04:04:25 PM
A couple of Cokes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 03, 2011, 05:23:07 PM
Groceries and Rx.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Psychophant on December 03, 2011, 06:19:24 PM
Chips and a candy bar.   :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 03, 2011, 08:25:47 PM
A nice dinner of a cheeseburger, onion rings and 2 bottles of beer at the diner. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on December 04, 2011, 03:42:30 AM
Lots of beer, coffee, deodorant, schampoo, hair balm, sliced turkey, petrol (14 kr/liter :GA: ).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 04, 2011, 04:00:39 AM
Welcome back, Lit. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on December 04, 2011, 05:37:50 AM
Got these for my mum:

http://www.muggins.com/display.php?displayproductcode=307 (http://www.muggins.com/display.php?displayproductcode=307)

http://www.muggins.com/display.php?displayproductcode=611 (http://www.muggins.com/display.php?displayproductcode=611)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 04, 2011, 06:55:42 AM
Groceries. Somehow it was 50% more in price than on a regular Saturday. And, it wasn't even BD or festivity shopping yet.  :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 04, 2011, 11:58:05 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 04, 2011, 04:00:39 AM
Welcome back, Lit. :)

Yes nice to see you about
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 04, 2011, 11:59:10 AM
Noon on a Sunday and nothing so far   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Psychophant on December 04, 2011, 12:16:23 PM
The Sunday Newspaper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 05, 2011, 03:12:28 PM
Four rolls of duct tape
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Psychophant on December 05, 2011, 04:12:06 PM
Xmas gifts.   :santa:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on December 05, 2011, 05:39:17 PM
Slingbox Solo

Linksys N Range Extender

HP Photosmart printer ( a bargain at $49)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 05, 2011, 07:27:08 PM
ice cream  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 07, 2011, 11:03:28 AM
A load if little things for work and fixing things at Harbor Freight
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 07, 2011, 04:09:58 PM
 :roses: for a BD girl to be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 07, 2011, 09:36:58 PM
Petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 08, 2011, 01:33:11 AM
Spooks Series 7 DVD box.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 08, 2011, 05:08:11 AM
I bought a sketchpad and pen for $5 for Secret Santa at autism group tomorrow. Because I used up all the stamp spaces on my Smiggle card, I got a fee gift which was a fancy dominoes set in a tin. So I am putting that in with the other stuff I got. Makes it definitely worth more than $5 (which is what we were told we could spend) but since I didn't pay for it, why not give that too.

Also bought part of my mum's Christmas present - a Siamese cat calendar. Got her one last year too. I made sure the pictures were different on this one. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 08, 2011, 05:13:46 AM
 I bought a Drano Snake PlusTM kit, and it worked!  Hooray!   :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 08, 2011, 11:25:48 AM
2 tie dye t-shirts for me, a lazy susan for the dining room table, a top for the PR's Christmas, 2 DVD's - Charade and a Sherlock Holmes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 08, 2011, 03:53:44 PM
A new burner for the stove
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on December 09, 2011, 01:22:04 PM
food for the next two weeks  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on December 09, 2011, 03:55:12 PM
A set of teaspoons, lighter gas, couple of cans with coke*, bottle of wine and quite a list of food stuff.

*prefer coca cola out of cans because with those big bottles the 'pop' tends to vanish before I drank about half of the soft drink. CC without the pop is b, in my opinion.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 09, 2011, 06:40:25 PM
Quote from: lutra on December 09, 2011, 03:55:12 PM
A set of teaspoons, lighter gas, couple of cans with coke*, bottle of wine and quite a list of food stuff.

*prefer coca cola out of cans because with those big bottles the 'pop' tends to vanish before I drank about half of the soft drink. CC without the pop is b, in my opinion.

As to the Coca Cola I could not agree with you more but I prefer the .5 liter bottles because I don't like drinking from cans.  Without the pop I have a hard time drinking it and it's one of the reasons I don't like Pepsi it tastes flat as soon as you open it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 09, 2011, 06:48:04 PM
Dinner fixings:  Red beans, rice, french bread.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 09, 2011, 06:49:09 PM
Parts and Lutra:  if you squeeze the air from the bottles the drink won't go flat anywhere near as quickly.  If you can get the liquid almost to the top of the neck that would be optimal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Psychophant on December 09, 2011, 08:03:01 PM
Kielbasa and baked beans! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on December 09, 2011, 08:29:42 PM
Quote from: Psychophant on December 09, 2011, 08:03:01 PM
Kielbasa and baked beans!

:trainwreck:

Going out for some food now with kids. Something bland for my son.

Had Barraminudi with lemon and lime on a bed of rice last night. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 10, 2011, 02:28:34 AM
Quote from: Al Swearengen on December 09, 2011, 08:29:42 PM
Quote from: Psychophant on December 09, 2011, 08:03:01 PM
Kielbasa and baked beans!

:trainwreck:

Going out for some food now with kids. Something bland for my son.

Had Barraminudi with lemon and lime on a bed of rice last night. :)
Bland eating FTW I say. Speaking of which, I bought some chips and a chicken roll today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 10, 2011, 08:01:13 AM
Beer. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on December 10, 2011, 11:07:34 AM
Re earlier.. Well, I don't like to drink my coke straight out of the can too.. I pour it in a glass and.. (yeah). Those 0.5 litre bottles are okay also.. and although QV has a point but still a full day (or 2) after opening the 1.5 or 2 litre bottle the pop tend to less then liked here.

Bizarre, thinking now, how a cup of coffee can make me jumpy or feeling even worst but that it never happens after drinking, let's say, a liter of CC. Levels of caffeine are probably quite a bit higher in coffee but dunno..

/nag
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 12, 2011, 03:10:42 PM
A double door fridge with an icemaker...in black, it will be here the 28th. :zombiefuck:

They will need to pull it up the hill and bring it in the back door. *remember to charge batteries on camera, for possible youtube videos of it flying down the hillside :zoinks:*

Now I need to run the water line for the icemaker.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 12, 2011, 03:46:02 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 12, 2011, 03:10:42 PM
A double door fridge with an icemaker...in black, it will be here the 28th. :zombiefuck:

They will need to pull it up the hill and bring it in the back door. *remember to charge batteries on camera, for possible youtube videos of it flying down the hillside :zoinks:*

Now I need to run the water line for the icemaker.
:lol:

I bought yet another light that straps to you head none of the ones I have bought yet are sufficiently bright I hope this one is it was $20
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 12, 2011, 11:23:09 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 12, 2011, 03:10:42 PM
A double door fridge with an icemaker...in black, it will be here the 28th. :zombiefuck:
Wow, a black fridge? I have never seen such a thing.

I bought a card and paper for my mum's birthday present.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 12, 2011, 11:25:18 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 12, 2011, 11:23:09 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 12, 2011, 03:10:42 PM
A double door fridge with an icemaker...in black, it will be here the 28th. :zombiefuck:
Wow, a black fridge? I have never seen such a thing.

I bought a card and paper for my mum's birthday present.

When I was growing up the colors the appliance manufacturers were pushing were pink, aqua and copper.  Only the copper caught on.

(http://www.atticpaper.com/prodimages/life1964/fridge.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 12, 2011, 11:49:54 PM
A pink fridge! Wow. Here they are mostly white. My parents have a silver one though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 13, 2011, 01:48:43 AM
Petrol for the Jag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on December 13, 2011, 02:00:23 AM
Hairdryer
Garden strength rubbish bags
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on December 13, 2011, 06:17:53 AM
Christmas shit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 13, 2011, 06:52:33 AM
Meds, new ones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 13, 2011, 06:53:42 AM


propane
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 13, 2011, 01:41:40 PM
batteries
plastic bags
sealing tape
food for dinner
meds
magazines for the PR
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 13, 2011, 05:13:43 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 13, 2011, 06:53:42 AM


propane

Any propane accessories  :zoinks:

I bought a can of foam
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on December 13, 2011, 05:33:40 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on December 05, 2011, 05:39:17 PM
Slingbox Solo

Linksys N Range Extender

HP Photosmart printer ( a bargain at $49)
in keeping with my normal habits, bought a second slingbox
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on December 13, 2011, 06:44:29 PM
I saw a batch of black Gateway Voodoo putters at Play It Again Sports, so I had to try one out.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 13, 2011, 09:17:00 PM


Quote from: Grease Monkey on December 13, 2011, 06:44:29 PM
I saw a batch of black Gateway Voodoo putters at Play It Again Sports, so I had to try one out.  8)


If I ever get to California, we'll have to go play a round.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on December 13, 2011, 09:45:48 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 13, 2011, 09:17:00 PM


Quote from: Grease Monkey on December 13, 2011, 06:44:29 PM
I saw a batch of black Gateway Voodoo putters at Play It Again Sports, so I had to try one out.  8)


If I ever get to California, we'll have to go play a round.

Do you have your own discs??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 13, 2011, 10:28:13 PM


Yup. I need to get another long range driver though, the last one ended up in a river.  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on December 13, 2011, 10:36:54 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 13, 2011, 10:28:13 PM


Yup. I need to get another long range driver though, the last one ended up in a river.  >:(

Have you tried the Disc Mania Power Driver (PD)??

In Pro Plastic, it flies a lot like an Eagle (X). In Champ and Star it flies like a Teebird.

People on ths disc golf boards describe it this way:"It's like a Teebird, except with sunshine comming out of its butt so hard that it flies further".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 13, 2011, 10:45:20 PM


I haven't tried that one. I play once in a while, but not a really serious player. I asked a couple shops about replacing the two discs I lost this summer, and they said they haven't been made in ten years.  :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on December 13, 2011, 11:24:51 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 13, 2011, 10:45:20 PM


I haven't tried that one. I play once in a while, but not a really serious player. I asked a couple shops about replacing the two discs I lost this summer, and they said they haven't been made in ten years.  :LOL:

That happens a bit too often.  :-\  Had that problem with some Ching discs I bought, and even some Innova discs. Innova keeps re-designing their discs without telling you. That happened with the Beast, they re-did the wing without announcing it. The new Beast is a POS compared with the original one!!  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on December 14, 2011, 03:58:52 PM
3 tea-towels and a stamper/masher. Some crushed rolls, 1½ kg of tangerines, 2 cans of CC, a bottle of wine, one filled with water, tomatoes in a can and some egg salad. Think that's all I've bought today..
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 15, 2011, 12:43:00 AM


An engine
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 15, 2011, 04:07:58 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 15, 2011, 12:43:00 AM
An engine
A whole engine? What kind?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 15, 2011, 07:15:35 AM
Bought lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 15, 2011, 08:46:58 AM


Quote from: renaeden on December 15, 2011, 04:07:58 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 15, 2011, 12:43:00 AM
An engine
A whole engine? What kind?


For my truck. The one in it took a shit. An expense I really didn't need right now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on December 15, 2011, 11:11:19 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 15, 2011, 08:46:58 AM


Quote from: renaeden on December 15, 2011, 04:07:58 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 15, 2011, 12:43:00 AM
An engine
A whole engine? What kind?


For my truck. The one in it took a shit. An expense I really didn't need right now.

OUCH! how much did you pay for that truck?? You haven't had it that long have you??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on December 15, 2011, 06:45:26 PM
Mainly games:

Terraria (Better than minecraft imo)
Sonic Generations
Oblivion
Killing Floor (it was 75% off on Steam, so why not?)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 15, 2011, 06:57:56 PM
groceries
christmas present for the PR
DVDs for PA
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 15, 2011, 07:02:13 PM
 I went to the bank and bought $100 worth of rolled quarters.  Heavy!  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 15, 2011, 07:08:44 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 15, 2011, 08:46:58 AM


Quote from: renaeden on December 15, 2011, 04:07:58 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 15, 2011, 12:43:00 AM
An engine
A whole engine? What kind?


For my truck. The one in it took a shit. An expense I really didn't need right now.

 :zombiefuck:  Putting it in yourself at least I hope
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 15, 2011, 07:11:50 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 15, 2011, 07:02:13 PM
I went to the bank and bought $100 worth of rolled quarters.  Heavy!  :zombiefuck:

Casino trip ???

I bought this for Max for being a very good dog today.  Look what it says on the label though kinda strange.  :-\
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/Untitled-5.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 15, 2011, 08:00:32 PM
 The quarters are for the coin-op laundry machines in my building, I like to stock up!  :laugh:



 And that label is ridiculous, what could be safer for a baby than a big-ass ham bone!  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 15, 2011, 10:16:57 PM


Quote from: Grease Monkey on December 15, 2011, 11:11:19 AM
OUCH! how much did you pay for that truck?? You haven't had it that long have you??


Too much, apparently. The engine went after owning it for three days. I bought it in Minnesota and drove it all the way to Idaho (about 1500 miles), and it puked about 50 miles from my destination. 


Quote from: parts on December 15, 2011, 07:08:44 PM
:zombiefuck:  Putting it in yourself at least I hope


Yup. Worked on it tonight, just have to disconnect the exhaust, fuel lines, and transmission yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 16, 2011, 06:49:38 AM
Some Christmas presents and some groceries. It took ages to do all that buying!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 16, 2011, 02:47:35 PM
Smithers-Oasis, floral binding thread, and four small Euphorbia pulcherrima plants.

That's about as much as I will buy for Christmas decorations.

Got a massive amount of holly, with berries from my parents. Things will look very festive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 16, 2011, 03:00:22 PM
Beer and crisps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on December 16, 2011, 03:26:00 PM
Bought a simple hanging lamp for the hall today. Going to 'hang' the sucker up there tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 16, 2011, 03:35:22 PM
A coffee on the way home and a lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on December 17, 2011, 06:58:04 AM
Secret Santa present for lady at work
2 maxi dresses
3.5kg of dry food for cat
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 17, 2011, 08:50:06 AM
A new Carhartt work jacket on sale. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on December 17, 2011, 09:09:13 AM
presents for the urchin

micro scalextric,  pinball machine,  vtech kiddyzoom camera, transformers,  moonsand,  lego AND books!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 17, 2011, 09:13:15 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on December 17, 2011, 09:09:13 AM
presents for the urchin

micro scalextric,  pinball machine,  vtech kiddyzoom camera, transformers,  moonsand,  lego AND books!

 I don't know what half those things are!  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on December 17, 2011, 04:29:07 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 17, 2011, 09:13:15 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on December 17, 2011, 09:09:13 AM
presents for the urchin

micro scalextric,  pinball machine,  vtech kiddyzoom camera, transformers,  moonsand,  lego AND books!

 I don't know what half those things are!  :tard:

This is a scalextric
(http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2009/08/19/james-may-scalextric-track_bYLXL_1292.jpg)

you know pinball,  well it's just a portable mini kiddies one!

vtech camera
(http://images2.playserver1.com/productimages/9/5/3/1/5/6/2/2/22651359_300x300_1.jpg)


transformer's
they are like robot's that turn into cars
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R-We9R3Phzg/S_Aq2nWsePI/AAAAAAAACvs/BG87HSYy8aQ/s1600/chevrolet+beat1.jpg)

moonsand is more versatile and better than playdough
(http://savvymum4.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/monsand-con.jpg)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 17, 2011, 05:27:31 PM
The urchin is going to be a very happy kid come christmas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 17, 2011, 07:42:03 PM
A two and a half inch hole saw and arbor
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on December 17, 2011, 07:44:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 17, 2011, 05:27:31 PM
The urchin is going to be a very happy kid come christmas.
His mummy will be :thumbup:  I can't wait to get my hands on the scalextric!    It's the third one i have bought and the tracks are compatable so we are gonna have a track that takes over the lounge floor!

Me and the boy iz gonna be a racin.. yeeeha :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 17, 2011, 08:03:57 PM
You might want to rethink the camera.  The pervs here might bribe him to take pics of your bwebs.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 18, 2011, 02:10:37 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 17, 2011, 05:27:31 PM
The urchin is going to be a very happy kid come christmas.

 Yes he is, his little face will light up like a Christmas tree!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 18, 2011, 02:13:36 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 17, 2011, 08:03:57 PM
You might want to rethink the camera.  The pervs here might bribe him to take pics of your bwebs.  :zombiefuck:

  :agreed:  Whatever you do, don't let him talk to Scrap!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: V on December 18, 2011, 02:43:12 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 18, 2011, 02:13:36 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 17, 2011, 08:03:57 PM
You might want to rethink the camera.  The pervs here might bribe him to take pics of your bwebs.  :zombiefuck:

  :agreed:  Whatever you do, don't let him talk to Scrap!
Ive heard that the weeble lady is quite scary as well but dont tell her I told you that
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on December 18, 2011, 02:48:57 AM
Quote from: V on December 18, 2011, 02:43:12 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 18, 2011, 02:13:36 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 17, 2011, 08:03:57 PM
You might want to rethink the camera.  The pervs here might bribe him to take pics of your bwebs.  :zombiefuck:

  :agreed:  Whatever you do, don't let him talk to Scrap!
Ive heard that the weeble lady is quite scary as well but dont tell her I told you that
the boy would require careful supervision if dealing with either of the two reprobates in question! :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2011, 04:19:19 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on December 17, 2011, 07:44:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 17, 2011, 05:27:31 PM
The urchin is going to be a very happy kid come christmas.
His mummy will be :thumbup:  I can't wait to get my hands on the scalextric!    It's the third one i have bought and the tracks are compatable so we are gonna have a track that takes over the lounge floor!

Me and the boy iz gonna be a racin.. yeeeha :2thumbsup:

I luuuuuuuuuuuuurve scalextric. Got one for my 40th birthday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2011, 04:44:09 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 17, 2011, 08:03:57 PM
You might want to rethink the camera.  The pervs here might bribe him to take pics of your bwebs.  :zombiefuck:

Pervs? What pervs? Here?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 18, 2011, 04:46:52 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on December 17, 2011, 04:29:07 PM
moonsand is more versatile and better than playdough
(http://savvymum4.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/monsand-con.jpg)
I wonder what that feels like. I don't like playdough, it feels icky. When I was younger I had plasticine and that was ok though.

I bought loads of Christmas presents today. Got my dad a very thick map book of Australia because he just bought a caravan and wants to go travelling. The book cost over $60 so I hope he will like it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 18, 2011, 08:50:12 AM
30.5 gallons of gasoline @ $3.389 a gallon :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on December 18, 2011, 11:00:17 AM
Ordered myself this:

(http://www.gearwire.com/media/miniak-storypic.jpg)

Was going for the Blofeld, but I already have the Largo VSTi.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2011, 11:03:22 AM
Quote from: parts on December 18, 2011, 08:50:12 AM
30.5 gallons of gasoline @ $3.389 a gallon :o

OUCH.  Ours is running between $2.90 and $2.95.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on December 18, 2011, 11:05:13 AM
Quote from: Schleed on December 18, 2011, 11:00:17 AM
Ordered myself this:

(http://www.gearwire.com/media/miniak-storypic.jpg)

Was going for the Blofeld, but I already have the Largo VSTi.
I didn't realize he had branched out into music.

(http://i44.tinypic.com/mucq61.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 18, 2011, 11:23:49 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2011, 11:03:22 AM
Quote from: parts on December 18, 2011, 08:50:12 AM
30.5 gallons of gasoline @ $3.389 a gallon :o

OUCH.  Ours is running between $2.90 and $2.95.

 $3.389 is the cheapest gas around here and you have to pay cash most stations are at least 10 cents more.  In Ct we have the fourth highest gas tax in the US :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on December 18, 2011, 12:50:56 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 18, 2011, 04:46:52 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on December 17, 2011, 04:29:07 PM
moonsand is more versatile and better than playdough
(http://savvymum4.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/monsand-con.jpg)
I wonder what that feels like. I don't like playdough, it feels icky. When I was younger I had plasticine and that was ok though.

I bought loads of Christmas presents today. Got my dad a very thick map book of Australia because he just bought a caravan and wants to go travelling. The book cost over $60 so I hope he will like it.

Yeah i thought playdough felt icky too and was raised with plasticine.   This stuff feels ok,  just like sand but it stays there when you mould it!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on December 18, 2011, 01:06:49 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on December 18, 2011, 12:50:56 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 18, 2011, 04:46:52 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on December 17, 2011, 04:29:07 PM
moonsand is more versatile and better than playdough
(http://savvymum4.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/monsand-con.jpg)
I wonder what that feels like. I don't like playdough, it feels icky. When I was younger I had plasticine and that was ok though.

I bought loads of Christmas presents today. Got my dad a very thick map book of Australia because he just bought a caravan and wants to go travelling. The book cost over $60 so I hope he will like it.

Yeah i thought playdough felt icky too and was raised with plasticine.   This stuff feels ok,  just like sand but it stays there when you mould it!
It looks like great shit to make a castle with.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:31:01 PM
My husband and I bought a trampoline for our daughter for Christmas.  We plan to leave it in the box and put it together on Christmas morning.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 18, 2011, 01:33:20 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:31:01 PM
My husband and I bought a trampoline for our daughter for Christmas.  We plan to leave it in the box and put it together on Christmas morning.

 That's an excellent present, I would love a trampoline!   :lutra:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on December 18, 2011, 01:34:02 PM
She will love that Callaway.  :clap:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2011, 01:38:24 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:31:01 PM
My husband and I bought a trampoline for our daughter for Christmas.  We plan to leave it in the box and put it together on Christmas morning.

Will the snowy weather cooperate with trampolining in the winter? 

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:55:02 PM
I think she will be fine trampolining on a snowy trampoline since she usually wears ski pants when it snows and plays in the snow anyway.

It's a 12 foot diameter trampoline with an enclosure, which looks like this one:

(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-22137642385219_2188_181391294)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 18, 2011, 01:57:29 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:55:02 PM
I think she will be fine trampolining on a snowy trampoline since she usually wears ski pants when it snows and plays in the snow anyway.

It's a 12 foot diameter trampoline with an enclosure, which looks like this one:

(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-22137642385219_2188_181391294)

    Would like.  :puppy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2011, 05:01:20 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:55:02 PM
I think she will be fine trampolining on a snowy trampoline since she usually wears ski pants when it snows and plays in the snow anyway.

It's a 12 foot diameter trampoline with an enclosure, which looks like this one:

(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-22137642385219_2188_181391294)

I now have this vision of snow flying as she jumps on it.  I know she'll have fun once Mom and Dad get out of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on December 18, 2011, 06:00:45 PM
I can't say what I've bought lately, Christmas is coming...   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2011, 08:11:46 PM
A hair cut from a stylist who knows what a pixie cut is.  She's been cutting hair for 30 years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 18, 2011, 08:34:49 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:31:01 PM
My husband and I bought a trampoline for our daughter for Christmas.  We plan to leave it in the box and put it together on Christmas morning.

Did you get spring tool with it? Doesn't look like much, but those springs can be a real bitch to stretch and it does help some.

Hope she has fun on it, I loved ours...I think the neighbor loved watching me jump on it all the time too. :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2011, 08:37:24 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 18, 2011, 01:57:29 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:55:02 PM
I think she will be fine trampolining on a snowy trampoline since she usually wears ski pants when it snows and plays in the snow anyway.

It's a 12 foot diameter trampoline with an enclosure, which looks like this one:

(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-22137642385219_2188_181391294)

    Would like.  :puppy:

But weebles don't have legs to push off with.  How would you jump?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on December 18, 2011, 09:53:38 PM
Quote from: parts on December 18, 2011, 11:23:49 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2011, 11:03:22 AM
Quote from: parts on December 18, 2011, 08:50:12 AM
30.5 gallons of gasoline @ $3.389 a gallon :o

OUCH.  Ours is running between $2.90 and $2.95.

 $3.389 is the cheapest gas around here and you have to pay cash most stations are at least 10 cents more.  In Ct we have the fourth highest gas tax in the US :thumbdn:

We're paying $3.65 and that's cheap these days. It's been around $4.00 for several months
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 10:14:41 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 18, 2011, 08:34:49 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:31:01 PM
My husband and I bought a trampoline for our daughter for Christmas.  We plan to leave it in the box and put it together on Christmas morning.

Did you get spring tool with it? Doesn't look like much, but those springs can be a real bitch to stretch and it does help some.

Hope she has fun on it, I loved ours...I think the neighbor loved watching me jump on it all the time too. :LOL:

I'm not sure since it's still in the box which I wrapped up in our picnic tablecloth in the back of my husband's SUV so she won't see it.  I didn't see anything about it on the outside of the box, though.  Maybe I should see if I can get one separately before Christmas just to be safe.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 18, 2011, 10:43:00 PM
Are kids getting soft? There never used to be those enclosures on trampolines when I was a kid. If you fell off, you fell off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 10:49:47 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 18, 2011, 10:43:00 PM
Are kids getting soft? There never used to be those enclosures on trampolines when I was a kid. If you fell off, you fell off.

We didn't wear bicycle helmets in my day either, and if you wrecked, you just tried not to hit your head on the pavement so you didn't damage your brain.  However, the place that I have in the backyard to put the trampoline is on a concrete pad, so if she fell off, she could really hurt herself.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on December 18, 2011, 10:50:02 PM
Brought those Futurama dvds as I managed to find the first half of Season 6 in a separate box set. I had to bite the bullet on that one. Still... Yay, more Futurama to watch at my own leisure. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 18, 2011, 10:57:15 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 10:49:47 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 18, 2011, 10:43:00 PM
Are kids getting soft? There never used to be those enclosures on trampolines when I was a kid. If you fell off, you fell off.
We didn't wear bicycle helmets in my day either, and if you wrecked, you just tried not to hit your head on the pavement so you didn't damage your brain.  However, the place that I have in the backyard to put the trampoline is on a concrete pad, so if she fell off, she could really hurt herself.
I remember our trampoline was on sand/grass and I did fall off it a couple of times. I am glad your trampoline will have the enclosure then, being surrounded by concrete. Bike helmets became compulsory here when I was in high school. Ironically, my helmet saved my head a couple of times when other kids threw rocks at me.

Futurama. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calavera on December 18, 2011, 11:01:01 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:55:02 PM
I think she will be fine trampolining on a snowy trampoline since she usually wears ski pants when it snows and plays in the snow anyway.

It's a 12 foot diameter trampoline with an enclosure, which looks like this one:

(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-22137642385219_2188_181391294)

For a second, I thought you and your daughter were in that picture. :cbc:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on December 19, 2011, 04:16:44 AM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:31:01 PM
My husband and I bought a trampoline for our daughter for Christmas.  We plan to leave it in the box and put it together on Christmas morning.
That is a great present.  I got one very similar for the Urchin a while ago.  We use it all year round (yes i use it too it is great when you are cross about something >:D)   The girl next door takes hers down during winter but i leave ours up and this is it's second winter now and it is fine so am sure yours will be too.   It took me half the day to erect, but i was on my own so it will be a doddle for you with your hubby there.  I hope she has lots of fun on it! (and you too)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 19, 2011, 05:21:15 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2011, 08:11:46 PM
A hair cut from a stylist who knows what a pixie cut is.  She's been cutting hair for 30 years.

 I remember a stylist wanting to give me one when I was in grade school, it is a classic!  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 19, 2011, 05:26:43 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2011, 08:37:24 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on December 18, 2011, 01:57:29 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:55:02 PM
I think she will be fine trampolining on a snowy trampoline since she usually wears ski pants when it snows and plays in the snow anyway.

It's a 12 foot diameter trampoline with an enclosure, which looks like this one:

(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-22137642385219_2188_181391294)

    Would like.  :puppy:

But weebles don't have legs to push off with.  How would you jump?

 I would just have to roll onto it, or maybe some kind person would place me on it.
 Then my weight would sink the trampoline to the ground and hopefully I would bounce.
 I'd hate to think I'd be stuck there all day unable to move.  I'd have to keep my phone
 handy in case I needed to make a 911 call, which could be kind of embarrassing.

   :cbc:"Yes, just please come over and roll me out, thank you!"
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on December 19, 2011, 05:41:55 AM
Quote from: PPK on December 18, 2011, 11:05:13 AM
Quote from: Schleed on December 18, 2011, 11:00:17 AM
Ordered myself this:

(http://www.gearwire.com/media/miniak-storypic.jpg)

Was going for the Blofeld, but I already have the Largo VSTi.
I didn't realize he had branched out into music.

(http://i44.tinypic.com/mucq61.jpg)

Blame the Germans and their crap sense of humour. Damn Waldorf. :P

(http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop_image/uploads/Image/blofeld_teaser_600px.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 19, 2011, 01:06:37 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on December 19, 2011, 04:16:44 AM
Quote from: Callaway on December 18, 2011, 01:31:01 PM
My husband and I bought a trampoline for our daughter for Christmas.  We plan to leave it in the box and put it together on Christmas morning.
That is a great present.  I got one very similar for the Urchin a while ago.  We use it all year round (yes i use it too it is great when you are cross about something >:D)   The girl next door takes hers down during winter but i leave ours up and this is it's second winter now and it is fine so am sure yours will be too.   It took me half the day to erect, but i was on my own so it will be doubled time for you with your hubby there.  I hope she has lots of fun on it! (and you too)

Fixed - you forget they are college grad-u-ates.   :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: V on December 19, 2011, 03:06:40 PM
Just bought this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1) pretty sure its going to have very little use but it just looked so good
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 19, 2011, 06:52:08 PM
2 DVDs and a 150 episode set of classic TV series for PA
3 books for me (including the Nibelungenlied and Middlemarch)  and 1 book for the PR
About 6 VCR tapes for the PR.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 19, 2011, 10:51:38 PM
Quote from: V on December 19, 2011, 03:06:40 PM
Just bought this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1) pretty sure its going to have very little use but it just looked so good
I have never seen anything like that before. Hope you post a photo when you get it!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: V on December 19, 2011, 11:49:28 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 19, 2011, 10:51:38 PM
Quote from: V on December 19, 2011, 03:06:40 PM
Just bought this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1) pretty sure its going to have very little use but it just looked so good
I have never seen anything like that before. Hope you post a photo when you get it!
It´s already here but Im half sleep now.
Will try to upload a picture later but dont get your hopes up its just a silly/childish sweatshirt
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 20, 2011, 12:07:59 AM
Quote from: V on December 19, 2011, 11:49:28 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 19, 2011, 10:51:38 PM
Quote from: V on December 19, 2011, 03:06:40 PM
Just bought this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1) pretty sure its going to have very little use but it just looked so good
I have never seen anything like that before. Hope you post a photo when you get it!
It´s already here but Im half sleep now.
Will try to upload a picture later but dont get your hopes up its just a silly/childish sweatshirt
Well I get a pic of you and the shirt, so good deal to me. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: V on December 20, 2011, 05:14:02 AM
Quote from: renaeden on December 20, 2011, 12:07:59 AM
Quote from: V on December 19, 2011, 11:49:28 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 19, 2011, 10:51:38 PM
Quote from: V on December 19, 2011, 03:06:40 PM
Just bought this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Seuss-Cat-Hat-White-Adult-Costume-Hooded-Hoodie-Attached-Hat-/400247299909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item9bffeb05f1) pretty sure its going to have very little use but it just looked so good
I have never seen anything like that before. Hope you post a photo when you get it!
It´s already here but Im half sleep now.
Will try to upload a picture later but dont get your hopes up its just a silly/childish sweatshirt
Well I get a pic of you and the shirt, so good deal to me. :)
I was just saying the sweatshirt isnt that great
Also there are pics of me on here already(MLA? reposted a couple of them from fb shortly before I joined)
Anyhow here you go:
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1278/103yd.jpg)
(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6229/083kgs.jpg)
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/5046/95448515.jpg)
As stated previously lack of practical use due to the fact that the hat is just too much and people arent familiar with dr seuss here(the movies arrived and the books were translated but they dont rhyme like his original works...)but I like collecting things that have little to no practical use and I just had to have this(if it hadnt been this cheap I probably would have avoided buying it though)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 08:06:34 AM
You make an adorable Cat in the Hat, V.

 :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calavera on December 20, 2011, 08:09:28 AM
Cool pics. You don't look like in your twenties at all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 20, 2011, 09:13:35 AM
I think you look cool. :) And the hat does look a little bit difficult to manage.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: V on December 20, 2011, 09:23:27 AM
Thanks for the compliments everyone

Well as stated previously I doubt it´ll have much use(though according to my mother it´d be easy to take out the hat and only use it on dress-up parties or something)

Calavera I know I look older right now.  When you´ve spent the last 8 years of your life being compared to daniel radcliffe(spelling?) by random people you end up doing anything you can to make sure it doesnt happen again(the beard/moustache draw attention to differences with dan and therefore stop the comparisons)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 09:32:00 AM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 09:23:27 AM
Thanks for the compliments everyone

Well as stated previously I doubt it´ll have much use(though according to my mother it´d be easy to take out the hat and only use it on dress-up parties or something)

Calavera I know I look older right now.  When you´ve spent the last 8 years of your life being compared to daniel radcliffe(spelling?) by random people you end up doing anything you can to make sure it doesnt happen again(the beard/moustache draw attention to differences with dan and therefore stop the comparisons)

Now I'm curious to see pictures before you grew the beard and mustache.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: V on December 20, 2011, 09:39:20 AM
Quote from: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 09:32:00 AM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 09:23:27 AM
Thanks for the compliments everyone

Well as stated previously I doubt it´ll have much use(though according to my mother it´d be easy to take out the hat and only use it on dress-up parties or something)

Calavera I know I look older right now.  When you´ve spent the last 8 years of your life being compared to daniel radcliffe(spelling?) by random people you end up doing anything you can to make sure it doesnt happen again(the beard/moustache draw attention to differences with dan and therefore stop the comparisons)

Now I'm curious to see pictures before you grew the beard and mustache.
Dont have any at hand.
Will try to look for some earlier pictures when Im home.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: V on December 20, 2011, 01:39:55 PM
I suspect its mostly a hair thing(we both have black messy hair that looks similar) and Ive been avoiding it for a while but here are some of the oldest pictures I could find online(http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5535/sinttulo3so.png)
Believe it or not this one was only a few years ago(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4798/sinttulo2rg.png)
A last one(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2673/sinttuloygg.png)

Sorry but I dont like going through scrapbooks and my parents didnt upload pics online so this is the youngest I could find
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 01:43:30 PM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 01:39:55 PM
(http://tcdn.tuenti.net/EmUyGwOOIkMzY8s1AA.jpg)

The link does not work for me even if I copy and paste it in the browser window.

Could you try it as an attachment?

Look below the box where you type text to post and you will see the attachment option.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: V on December 20, 2011, 01:59:39 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 01:43:30 PM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 01:39:55 PM
(http://tcdn.tuenti.net/EmUyGwOOIkMzY8s1AA.jpg)

The link does not work for me even if I copy and paste it in the browser window.

Could you try it as an attachment?

Look below the box where you type text to post and you will see the attachment option.
Fixed(had togo through the trouble of getting screenshots and pasting them on a paint document...and upload them because site didnt want to give me the proper url to the pics)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 03:37:06 PM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 01:59:39 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 01:43:30 PM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 01:39:55 PM
(http://tcdn.tuenti.net/EmUyGwOOIkMzY8s1AA.jpg)

The link does not work for me even if I copy and paste it in the browser window.

Could you try it as an attachment?

Look below the box where you type text to post and you will see the attachment option.
Fixed(had togo through the trouble of getting screenshots and pasting them on a paint document...and upload them because site didnt want to give me the proper url to the pics)

Thanks for going to all that trouble.  You definitely do look older with a beard and mustache.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on December 20, 2011, 04:03:07 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 01:43:30 PM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 01:39:55 PM
(http://tcdn.tuenti.net/EmUyGwOOIkMzY8s1AA.jpg)

The link does not work for me even if I copy and paste it in the browser window.

Could you try it as an attachment?

Look below the box where you type text to post and you will see the attachment option.
Can I do a porn video as an attachment and have it show up like a youtube video?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 20, 2011, 05:09:31 PM
Quote from: PPK on December 20, 2011, 04:03:07 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 01:43:30 PM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 01:39:55 PM
(http://tcdn.tuenti.net/EmUyGwOOIkMzY8s1AA.jpg)

The link does not work for me even if I copy and paste it in the browser window.

Could you try it as an attachment?

Look below the box where you type text to post and you will see the attachment option.
Can I do a porn video as an attachment and have it show up like a youtube video?

Make it all by yourself?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on December 20, 2011, 05:19:44 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 20, 2011, 05:09:31 PM
Quote from: PPK on December 20, 2011, 04:03:07 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 01:43:30 PM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 01:39:55 PM
(http://tcdn.tuenti.net/EmUyGwOOIkMzY8s1AA.jpg)

The link does not work for me even if I copy and paste it in the browser window.

Could you try it as an attachment?

Look below the box where you type text to post and you will see the attachment option.
Can I do a porn video as an attachment and have it show up like a youtube video?

Make it all by yourself?
I can't send any of the ones I did to you Hyke. It would violate the guy code with my friend Sir_Les.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 20, 2011, 05:45:59 PM
Quote from: PPK on December 20, 2011, 05:19:44 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 20, 2011, 05:09:31 PM
Quote from: PPK on December 20, 2011, 04:03:07 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 01:43:30 PM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 01:39:55 PM
(http://tcdn.tuenti.net/EmUyGwOOIkMzY8s1AA.jpg)

The link does not work for me even if I copy and paste it in the browser window.

Could you try it as an attachment?

Look below the box where you type text to post and you will see the attachment option.
Can I do a porn video as an attachment and have it show up like a youtube video?

Make it all by yourself?
I can't send any of the ones I did to you Hyke. It would violate the guy code with my friend Sir_Les.  :zoinks:
:LOL:

You're afraid I would sell copies and make a fortune out of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on December 20, 2011, 05:57:28 PM
Am not.  :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on December 20, 2011, 05:57:52 PM
my feet hurt so badly today that I took off went to the SAS shoe store and bought 2 pair of sensible shoes.

no more sports shoes for me at work.

definitely worth the $350.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 20, 2011, 06:00:54 PM
Quote from: PPK on December 20, 2011, 05:57:28 PM
Am not.  :-[

Hey, bit of self-confidence is OK. I'm sure I could find buyers.  :-*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 20, 2011, 06:11:41 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 20, 2011, 05:45:59 PM
Quote from: PPK on December 20, 2011, 05:19:44 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 20, 2011, 05:09:31 PM
Quote from: PPK on December 20, 2011, 04:03:07 PM
Quote from: Callaway on December 20, 2011, 01:43:30 PM
Quote from: V on December 20, 2011, 01:39:55 PM
(http://tcdn.tuenti.net/EmUyGwOOIkMzY8s1AA.jpg)

The link does not work for me even if I copy and paste it in the browser window.

Could you try it as an attachment?

Look below the box where you type text to post and you will see the attachment option.
Can I do a porn video as an attachment and have it show up like a youtube video?

Make it all by yourself?
I can't send any of the ones I did to you Hyke. It would violate the guy code with my friend Sir_Les.  :zoinks:
:LOL:

You're afraid I would sell copies and make a fortune out of it.

 No, he's afraid nobody would want to buy them.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 20, 2011, 06:14:06 PM
^

Quote from: hykeaswell on December 20, 2011, 06:00:54 PM
Quote from: PPK on December 20, 2011, 05:57:28 PM
Am not.  :-[

Hey, bit of self-confidence is OK. I'm sure I could find buyers.  :-*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 20, 2011, 06:17:06 PM
$500 worth of repairs on the car:  diagnostics, battery, fuel system cleaning, air filter and serpentine belt.  Yes I know I can replace the air filter myeslf, but I just kept on forgetting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 21, 2011, 02:33:08 AM
V, I like that last picture of you the most. :) Would you mind if I copied these (as well as the Cat in the Hat ones) across to the Locked Photo Thread?

What I bought today? More groceries. Nothing exciting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: V on December 21, 2011, 02:43:16 AM
Quote from: renaeden on December 21, 2011, 02:33:08 AM
V, I like that last picture of you the most. :) Would you mind if I copied these (as well as the Cat in the Hat ones) across to the Locked Photo Thread?

What I bought today? More groceries. Nothing exciting.
Feel free to do that if you wish.
Didnt buy anything recently(trying to avoid buying  things  for myself until Im done with christmas shopping and didnt see anything good enough for a christmas gift)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 21, 2011, 02:47:29 AM
^Ok.

I have some money to spend that I got from my dad. I would like some new shirts so I might look around tomorrow if it is not too busy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on December 21, 2011, 03:12:07 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on December 20, 2011, 05:57:52 PM
my feet hurt so badly today that I took off went to the SAS shoe store and bought 2 pair of sensible shoes.

no more sports shoes for me at work.

definitely worth the $350.

SAS shoes are expensive but very nice.  I bought a pair of dress shoes from their factory store a few years ago and they are the most comfortable dress shoes I own.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on December 21, 2011, 03:33:14 AM
Christmas presents for my son and husband.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 22, 2011, 01:31:40 AM
Great pics, V.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 22, 2011, 02:39:09 AM
I bought two t-shirts and a hoodie. Definitely too hot to wear the hoodie at the moment, will have to wait until autumn.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on December 22, 2011, 11:45:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 22, 2011, 01:31:40 AM
Great pics, V.
:agreed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on December 22, 2011, 12:45:08 PM
A 64oz Growler of BEER from Santa Maria Brewing Company.  :glug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 22, 2011, 12:46:12 PM
b'fast out with the PR.  Should have eaten at home because I'm spending too much $$$$$$$
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 22, 2011, 02:35:53 PM
A little christmassy something for my sister-in-law.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 22, 2011, 03:42:09 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 22, 2011, 08:13:07 PM
Christmas presents including a small fire axe for my helper at work :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 23, 2011, 02:44:47 AM
^Cool present. :thumbup: I bought some stamps and an envelope. Very exciting indeed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2011, 10:59:23 AM
Quote from: parts on December 22, 2011, 08:13:07 PM
Christmas presents including a small fire axe for my helper at work :2thumbsup:

don't you think Max would have like a bone instead?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 23, 2011, 11:19:13 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2011, 10:59:23 AM
Quote from: parts on December 22, 2011, 08:13:07 PM
Christmas presents including a small fire axe for my helper at work :2thumbsup:

don't you think Max would have like a bone instead?

Max doesn't like bones for some reason :dunno:  This is for one of the guys who has been helping me on and off at work for awhile.  He knew I had one and said he always wanted one so I got one for him.  I like giving odd presents they are more memorable  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on December 23, 2011, 11:20:13 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2011, 10:59:23 AM
Quote from: parts on December 22, 2011, 08:13:07 PM
Christmas presents including a small fire axe for my helper at work :2thumbsup:

don't you think Max would have like a bone instead?
Parts and Max are not into that.  :police:   :doggy: =  :thumbdn:


Now go say 50 hail Mary's or something.  :christ:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 23, 2011, 03:28:58 PM
Christmas shopping.

Fallout New Vegas
Assasin's Creed Revelations
Red Dead Redemption Undead

& a bunch of t-shirts.

*we opened New Vegas early. :thumbup:"

Ordering toys for my Alfa wifi adapter...

http://www.amazon.com/Alfa-R36-Repeater-Extender-AWUS036H/dp/B004ZF0I3U/ref=pd_sim_e_18 (http://www.amazon.com/Alfa-R36-Repeater-Extender-AWUS036H/dp/B004ZF0I3U/ref=pd_sim_e_18)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 23, 2011, 04:05:09 PM
Keys keys and more keys found my lost ones and made copies of everything
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2011, 05:49:59 PM
$56 worth of sleeping pills for PA.  that's for 10 pills folks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 23, 2011, 06:16:26 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2011, 05:49:59 PM
$56 worth of sleeping pills for PA.  that's for 10 pills folks.
10 that's it :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2011, 07:35:43 PM
Quote from: parts on December 23, 2011, 06:16:26 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2011, 05:49:59 PM
$56 worth of sleeping pills for PA.  that's for 10 pills folks.
10 that's it :zombiefuck:

Yeah, it was for generic Ambien.  Needed prior approval to get the Rx filled.  But it would take until Monday at the earliest to get the authorization.  PA needed the sleep.  So I paid the "uninsured" person's rate. And the government had already picked up a $500+ Rx for the PR this month for a new drug.  Figured paying it was worth it and was a bit of evening things out. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 23, 2011, 08:19:00 PM


Ignition coils and a new battery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2011, 09:21:16 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 23, 2011, 08:19:00 PM


Ignition coils and a new battery.

to build a sex toy?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 23, 2011, 11:30:36 PM


Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2011, 09:21:16 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 23, 2011, 08:19:00 PM


Ignition coils and a new battery.

to build a sex toy?


I wish. Sick of dumping money into this truck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 24, 2011, 03:26:28 AM
Is that the new truck?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 24, 2011, 08:20:44 AM
A coffee and a Powerball lottery ticket (http://ic2.pbase.com/o1/53/623853/1/139321088.8Hbpfoym.42665ninja_e0yl7u.gif)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on December 24, 2011, 08:49:11 AM
been to the grocery this morning,
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on December 24, 2011, 10:21:21 AM


Quote from: odeon on December 24, 2011, 03:26:28 AM
Is that the new truck?


Yup. finally got it running like it should.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 24, 2011, 11:06:20 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on December 24, 2011, 10:21:21 AM


Quote from: odeon on December 24, 2011, 03:26:28 AM
Is that the new truck?


Yup. finally got it running like it should.

At least you know about every inch of it now and have it just the way you want
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 25, 2011, 05:57:39 AM
One would expect a new one to run trouble-free for a while first, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 25, 2011, 11:10:35 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 25, 2011, 05:57:39 AM
One would expect a new one to run trouble-free for a while first, though.

IIRC he bought it used?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 25, 2011, 12:20:57 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 25, 2011, 11:10:35 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 25, 2011, 05:57:39 AM
One would expect a new one to run trouble-free for a while first, though.

IIRC he bought it used?

:-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 25, 2011, 03:52:56 PM
I bought this funky religious candle at the dollar store yesterday when getting stocking stuffers
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/057.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 25, 2011, 04:41:23 PM
Quote from: parts on December 25, 2011, 03:52:56 PM
I bought this funky religious candle at the dollar store yesterday when getting stocking stuffers
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/057.jpg)

That candle is so hideous it's awesome!  :o   

La Santa Muerte is the Mexican goddess of death.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 26, 2011, 04:05:42 AM
Oooh, I love it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 26, 2011, 12:23:29 PM
I'm on a roll went out today to Harbor Freight,  yes I know they sell mostly  cheap poorly made stuff but fun stuff regardless, I got some toys for in the van with money I got for Xmas. The machete was $4.99 and the sling shot $6 :2thumbsup:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/021-9.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 26, 2011, 07:47:11 PM
Quote from: parts on December 23, 2011, 04:05:09 PM
Keys keys and more keys found my lost ones and made copies of everything

 That's a sound investment for the new year!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 26, 2011, 09:31:54 PM
Got one of the slingshots around here. They're cool. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on December 27, 2011, 07:29:10 AM
Just bought some Toco-Tholin online. It's a mixture of 8 'helpful' oils in little glass tubes. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on December 27, 2011, 07:40:13 AM
Misc groceries:

Deodorant
Feminine hygene products
Band-aids
Yoghurt
Chocolate yule log
Lasagne
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 30, 2011, 10:37:06 AM
Insulation, an arbor for a drill and a set of organic vapor cartridges for my respirator
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on December 30, 2011, 03:18:48 PM
Two pairs of jeans. One in black and the other dark-ish blue. Couldn't find a good sweater or a proper scarf.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 30, 2011, 04:48:14 PM
ball-pointed sewing needles (for knit material)
a birthday present for a January birthday
some food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 30, 2011, 06:05:40 PM
Bought a flash for my daughter's DSLR camera. Well, technically it's her money but I had to do the buying since I have the Paypal account.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 31, 2011, 05:52:45 PM
Ink for the printer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on December 31, 2011, 07:03:37 PM
Quote from: parts on December 26, 2011, 12:23:29 PM
I'm on a roll went out today to Harbor Freight,  yes I know they sell mostly  cheap poorly made stuff but fun stuff regardless, I got some toys for in the van with money I got for Xmas. The machete was $4.99 and the sling shot $6 :2thumbsup:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/021-9.jpg)

a few guns and you have the start of a zombie survival kit.


7 PS3 games for my new PS3. a new pocket knife which i will post pics of later. and "the hobbit"
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 09, 2012, 07:29:23 PM
A liter of acetone and a box of rags
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 09, 2012, 08:27:27 PM
Some groceries (nice sales), a halloween sweatshirt (on clearance), passed on an outfit because it didn't fit well enough for the price.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on January 10, 2012, 06:05:33 PM
something to smoke......it sucks...as usual
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 10, 2012, 06:06:34 PM
Nutritional supplements, a few groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 10, 2012, 06:08:36 PM
A two part polyurethane foam kit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on January 10, 2012, 07:43:45 PM


A couple new Snap-On ratchets, electrical pliers, and Cleco pliers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 11, 2012, 06:41:40 PM
A MAPP torch to do some small brazing
A foam dispensing gun
14 gallons of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 12, 2012, 02:42:01 AM
Lots of groceries, including a fair amount of cat food and cat litter.
Medication.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Diesel on January 13, 2012, 08:40:44 AM
Fuel, cat food, cat litter, McDonalds for lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on January 13, 2012, 02:38:08 PM
Quote from: parts on January 11, 2012, 06:41:40 PM
A MAPP torch to do some small brazing
A foam dispensing gun
14 gallons of gas
A foam dispensing gun sounds fun,  but i bet it isn't
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on January 13, 2012, 02:44:38 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on January 10, 2012, 07:43:45 PM

A couple new Snap-On ratchets, electrical pliers, and Cleco pliers.
What size ratchets?  1/4  1/2   or  3/8 ?  Long or short handle?  flexible or not?  click or clutch?  I invest in precious metals and am a collector of snap-on!  What else you got EBM?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 13, 2012, 03:19:17 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on January 13, 2012, 02:38:08 PM
Quote from: parts on January 11, 2012, 06:41:40 PM
A MAPP torch to do some small brazing
A foam dispensing gun
14 gallons of gas
A foam dispensing gun sounds fun,  but i bet it isn't

The problem with foam is it's messy and gets on everything the big spray machines are fun though
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 13, 2012, 03:56:46 PM
Beer. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on January 13, 2012, 04:00:53 PM
About 200$ in groceries, medicine, and a 24 pack of condoms.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 13, 2012, 05:00:32 PM
9 VHS tapes for the PR at 3/95 cents, 2 knick-knack things for the kitchen, a birthday cake, groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 18, 2012, 01:49:15 PM
An instant lead test kit with eight swabs for thirty five dollars.  I have already tried it out and I indeed have lead paint on the trim in my house under about six layers of other paint
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bucephalus on January 19, 2012, 01:59:02 PM
^^after googling i still don't really know what a lead test kit is exactly, i'm smart like that.   

I spent my HMV vouchers from xmas today and purchase 2 CDs, 1 book and 1 DVD.  God save piracy, it makes legitimate purchases so damn affordable!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 19, 2012, 04:10:26 PM
Quote from: bucephalus on January 19, 2012, 01:59:02 PM
^^after googling i still don't really know what a lead test kit is exactly, i'm smart like that.   

I spent my HMV vouchers from xmas today and purchase 2 CDs, 1 book and 1 DVD.  God save piracy, it makes legitimate purchases so damn affordable!
It is for testing to see if there is lead paint on a surface.  The swabs are tubes with two glass capsules that you break and squeeze the liquid onto the swab at the end.  If lead is present it turns red
LeadCheck® Swab Demonstration (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ai5_clo5uI#)
http://leadcheck.com/ (http://leadcheck.com/)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bucephalus on January 19, 2012, 11:41:25 PM
oh, i was thinking leads as in electrical.  still after watching the video i don't know why it matters about lead being in paint, they look cool tho
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on January 20, 2012, 12:33:37 AM
Quote from: bucephalus on January 19, 2012, 11:41:25 PM
oh, i was thinking leads as in electrical.  still after watching the video i don't know why it matters about lead being in paint, they look cool tho

They used lead in paint in the US until some time in the seventies, I think.  If the lead paint breaks down or peels off and a kid eats it, it can cause lead poisoning, which can be fatal and can also cause lots of other problems if the kid survives.

I think that it can also be inhaled as lead paint dust and can cause serious health problems for adults as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 20, 2012, 06:23:20 AM
I bought lunch, a ticket to see a play and two Star Trek books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 22, 2012, 12:24:50 PM
Bought a new mobile phone. Well, sort of.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 22, 2012, 12:50:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 22, 2012, 12:24:50 PM
Bought a new mobile phone. Well, sort of.

One of the ones that does everything but hold you tight when your sad :zoinks:

I bought a ratcheting screw driver with interchangeable bits on clearance for $2 and a piece of weatherstripping to fix what the  pain in the ass cat wrecked sharpening it's claws on
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 23, 2012, 03:10:07 AM
Quote from: parts on January 22, 2012, 12:50:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 22, 2012, 12:24:50 PM
Bought a new mobile phone. Well, sort of.

One of the ones that does everything but hold you tight when your sad :zoinks:

Yup, one of those. It refuses to massage my feet, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 23, 2012, 03:12:38 AM
ponders on mobile phones.

Girl wants one for her BD, because of all the things a nice phone can do, besides being a phone.  :santa:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 23, 2012, 03:51:42 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 23, 2012, 03:12:38 AM
ponders on mobile phones.

Girl wants one for her BD, because of all the things a nice phone can do, besides being a phone.  :santa:

Resistance is futile. They use it for so much more than we do. It's a way of life for them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 23, 2012, 11:06:49 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 23, 2012, 03:51:42 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 23, 2012, 03:12:38 AM
ponders on mobile phones.

Girl wants one for her BD, because of all the things a nice phone can do, besides being a phone.  :santa:

Resistance is futile. They use it for so much more than we do. It's a way of life for them.

Well, at least she is not interested in using it as a phone.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 23, 2012, 11:50:59 AM
A small bag of M&Ms
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 23, 2012, 03:20:59 PM
Free tow to auto detailing = free (priceless)
Enging cleaning = $50
Tow to auto repair shop = $71
Gas in car along the way to auto repair shop (nice towtruck guy let me put gas in the nearly empty car) = $16
Replace starter = $450 +/-
Find what else is wrong with car = To Be Determined

Ham, cabbage and Dijon mustard from friend who picked me up and had them left over from a weekend trip = priceless.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 23, 2012, 04:41:48 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 23, 2012, 11:06:49 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 23, 2012, 03:51:42 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 23, 2012, 03:12:38 AM
ponders on mobile phones.

Girl wants one for her BD, because of all the things a nice phone can do, besides being a phone.  :santa:

Resistance is futile. They use it for so much more than we do. It's a way of life for them.

Well, at least she is not interested in using it as a phone.  :laugh:

That day will come, too. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 24, 2012, 03:54:47 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 23, 2012, 04:41:48 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 23, 2012, 11:06:49 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 23, 2012, 03:51:42 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 23, 2012, 03:12:38 AM
ponders on mobile phones.

Girl wants one for her BD, because of all the things a nice phone can do, besides being a phone.  :santa:

Resistance is futile. They use it for so much more than we do. It's a way of life for them.

Well, at least she is not interested in using it as a phone.  :laugh:

That day will come, too. :P

 :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 25, 2012, 06:19:42 AM
And some phones are far more desirable than others. If her friends have an iPhone, guess what you daughter wants?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 25, 2012, 10:48:13 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 25, 2012, 06:19:42 AM
And some phones are far more desirable than others. If her friends have an iPhone, guess what you daughter wants?

Just tell her what I tell the PR:  "We can't afford that.  Who do you think I am?  The Queen of England?"
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 25, 2012, 10:49:13 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 25, 2012, 10:48:13 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 25, 2012, 06:19:42 AM
And some phones are far more desirable than others. If her friends have an iPhone, guess what you daughter wants?

Just tell her what I tell the PR:  "We can't afford that.  Who do you think I am?  The Queen of England?"

Sell the crown jewels and you'll be fine. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 26, 2012, 03:43:16 AM
Bought a wheat bag on impulse. (one you can heat in the microwave)

Was very happy, couple of hours later, that I had.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on January 26, 2012, 05:35:40 AM
Open toe ballet flats (in a coral pink colour)
Black bandeau bra (to go with that jumpsuit I bought a while ago)
2 x 24 packs Coca-Cola™ cans*
15 pack of Fanta™ cans that were on special also


*then I got home and found I still had a whole 24 pack left in the cupboard :facepalm2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 27, 2012, 09:16:35 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 26, 2012, 03:43:16 AM
Bought a wheat bag on impulse. (one you can heat in the microwave)

Was very happy, couple of hours later, that I had.

They are very useful. I frequently use one when my neck hurts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 27, 2012, 11:08:04 AM
Just was at Grainger which is an industrial supply house with millions of parts and tools for everything, I think of it as heaven, and I bought an organic vapor filter with a p100 prefilter on it for work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on January 27, 2012, 03:21:32 PM
Bought some presents for my mother. She celebrates her birthday coming Sunday. Some luxury chocolates, a week planner/calendar thing, a dig. cooking timer with a package of fitting batteries. Wrapped them up half an hour ago.

Think I'll also buy a not too expensive/small pot plant for her tomorrow.

Oh, bought some groceries for myself as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 27, 2012, 06:19:56 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 27, 2012, 09:16:35 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 26, 2012, 03:43:16 AM
Bought a wheat bag on impulse. (one you can heat in the microwave)

Was very happy, couple of hours later, that I had.

They are very useful. I frequently use one when my neck hurts.

I had a cherry pip one, shaped to fit the neck, but, it wasn't comfortable. This wheat bag is made of flexible fabric, and drapes itself around the neck, head or where you put it. Perfect combination of weight, pressure and warmth.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 27, 2012, 06:22:37 PM
Candy, ear buds, reading glasses , a feathered mask and a :coke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 27, 2012, 08:05:21 PM
Quote from: parts on January 27, 2012, 06:22:37 PM
Candy, ear buds, reading glasses , a feathered mask and a :coke:

The mind boggles at the orgy these items will involve. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 27, 2012, 09:28:01 PM
I was thinking the same thing when I was buying them it was all innocent of course though the things you find at the dollar store and what your kids want  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 28, 2012, 08:34:54 AM
Bought a pizza.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 29, 2012, 07:28:39 PM
Another day of keeping to my resolutions of spending more time at the house (unfortunately not doing the chores I should be doing) and spending less, nothing was spent 3 days this week. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 30, 2012, 01:45:23 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 29, 2012, 07:28:39 PM
Another day of keeping to my resolutions of spending more time at the house (unfortunately not doing the chores I should be doing) and spending less, nothing was spent 3 days this week.
:viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 05, 2012, 04:16:34 PM
2- 8 ft, light fixtures

2- 4ft. light fixtures

5 HP. wet-dry vac

groceries and various supplies
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 05, 2012, 09:58:30 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on February 05, 2012, 04:16:34 PM
2- 8 ft, light fixtures

2- 4ft. light fixtures

5 HP. wet-dry vac

groceries and various supplies

Fixing up the garage or the basement?

I bought $103.35 in gas yesterday
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 05, 2012, 10:03:46 PM
need more light in my shop.  as in everything I do, I believe in overkill. I hate shadows, when I am trying to work

The vac was cheap
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Émile Armand on February 05, 2012, 10:53:58 PM
Shadows are freaky.

I bought some wine earlier today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 06, 2012, 10:27:10 AM
Beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on February 12, 2012, 10:30:39 PM
I went to a Hot Wheels collectors' event at Kmart on Saturday. There, you had to get a ticket and there was a raffle where they randomly draw out your ticket number. Each person got to open a new case of Hot Wheels cars and choose five of them while the rest were going to be put on the pegs. Why do we go to these things? Because of the Treasure Hunts and "Super" cars. Those are extremely difficult to find in the "wild", because employees and vulturous collectors usually get to them before anyone else. But when you go to these events and go through the boxes, chances are, you will find a Treasure Hunt or "Super" car among the other cars. And trust me, these things are valuable.

A Treasure Hunt or a "Super" car may retail for the standard retail price of $1.07-$1.50 when found, but due to their rarity and demand, they will easily sell on eBay for 50+ dollars!

With all of that said, several people got a "Super" '71 Dodge Challenger, a few got a Treasure Hunts Tyrell P34. I got a "Super" '71 Dodge Challenger, along with a regular one. The difference between a regular and "Super" Dodge Challenger is that the regular has plastic tires while the super has redline rubber tires. Also, the super has a stripe on the hood while the regular doesn't. The paint on the super is Spectraflame, while the paint on the regular is just a regular sheer paint.

Here's an example of how valuable these things really are. This isn't mine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/71-Dodge-Challenger-SUPER-Treasure-Hunt-2012-Hot-Wheels-/190632950995 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/71-Dodge-Challenger-SUPER-Treasure-Hunt-2012-Hot-Wheels-/190632950995)

As a Hot Wheels collector, the only cars I keep in the pack are rare, valuable ones. Anything that's common I open and play with.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 16, 2012, 06:58:36 AM
Had to be in a city nearby, and there was the weekly market.

Got lots of mushrooms, and vegetables I cannot get in this village.

Cooking will be pleasant, the next few days.

Also got me, and the girls, some "stroopwafelkruimels"  :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on February 16, 2012, 07:00:39 AM
Mobile phone :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 16, 2012, 11:20:06 AM
An air filter for my van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on February 16, 2012, 11:36:17 AM
2 boxershorts.
Little plas. bottle with Vitamin C supps.
Pre-grilled chicken legs.
Bottle of Portuguese wine (white/dry).
2 cans of coke.
Dark chocolate milk.
A corn bun.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 16, 2012, 11:59:18 AM
Helped my son buy a birthday present so technically I didn't buy anything.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 16, 2012, 02:49:42 PM
Quote from: lutra on February 16, 2012, 11:36:17 AM
2 boxershorts.
Little plas. bottle with Vitamin C supps.
Pre-grilled chicken legs.
Bottle of Portuguese wine (white/dry).
2 cans of coke.
Dark chocolate milk.
A corn bun.

I would have bought 2 short boxers and had a good time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 16, 2012, 02:54:41 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on February 12, 2012, 10:30:39 PM
I went to a Hot Wheels collectors' event at Kmart on Saturday. There, you had to get a ticket and there was a raffle where they randomly draw out your ticket number. Each person got to open a new case of Hot Wheels cars and choose five of them while the rest were going to be put on the pegs. Why do we go to these things? Because of the Treasure Hunts and "Super" cars. Those are extremely difficult to find in the "wild", because employees and vulturous collectors usually get to them before anyone else. But when you go to these events and go through the boxes, chances are, you will find a Treasure Hunt or "Super" car among the other cars. And trust me, these things are valuable.

A Treasure Hunt or a "Super" car may retail for the standard retail price of $1.07-$1.50 when found, but due to their rarity and demand, they will easily sell on eBay for 50+ dollars!

With all of that said, several people got a "Super" '71 Dodge Challenger, a few got a Treasure Hunts Tyrell P34. I got a "Super" '71 Dodge Challenger, along with a regular one. The difference between a regular and "Super" Dodge Challenger is that the regular has plastic tires while the super has redline rubber tires. Also, the super has a stripe on the hood while the regular doesn't. The paint on the super is Spectraflame, while the paint on the regular is just a regular sheer paint.

Here's an example of how valuable these things really are. This isn't mine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/71-Dodge-Challenger-SUPER-Treasure-Hunt-2012-Hot-Wheels-/190632950995 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/71-Dodge-Challenger-SUPER-Treasure-Hunt-2012-Hot-Wheels-/190632950995)

As a Hot Wheels collector, the only cars I keep in the pack are rare, valuable ones. Anything that's common I open and play with.

That sounds like fun. Nice finds. :thumbup:

Wish I had the collection I had when I was a kid. :P I always sort through them whenever I spy some at a sale, I've run across an occasional redline every now and then, but they're usually pretty beat up when you do find them.

I packed away an assortment of mostly VW's back in the 80's when I still had time to browse the toy stores and money to burn, sold them unopened about 15 years later when I needed the money, a couple went for around $75 to $50 back then, probably worth more than that now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 16, 2012, 09:08:44 PM
An ETA to authorize me to visit Australia. It is good for one year and I can go there for up to 3 months and have multiple entries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 17, 2012, 01:35:08 AM
Cool. When are you planning to go?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 17, 2012, 07:35:15 AM
Probably early May, the multiple entry part is not likely unless I win the lottery.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on February 17, 2012, 07:42:03 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 16, 2012, 09:08:44 PM
An ETA to authorize me to visit Australia. It is good for one year and I can go there for up to 3 months and have multiple entries.

be a better place for you here mate
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on February 17, 2012, 07:43:58 AM
A new passport.  It's shiny, and the inside of it is a work of anti-counterfeit art.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 17, 2012, 08:29:24 AM
A coffee,jelly doughnut and a Snapple iced tea
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 17, 2012, 02:18:10 PM
Some beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: eris on February 17, 2012, 03:36:24 PM
i just bought some detergent at the laundrymat because i forgot mine at home. now i am sitting here bored posting on my phone pretending i am invisible. this place is packed. cause of course we all know the best parties are. at the laundrymat
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 17, 2012, 03:53:56 PM
Three six packs of .5 liter Cokes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 20, 2012, 01:15:00 AM
Tickets to Sydney, Brisbane and back home. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 20, 2012, 02:32:59 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 20, 2012, 01:15:00 AM
Tickets to Sydney, Brisbane and back home. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

When will you be going?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 20, 2012, 02:56:54 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 20, 2012, 02:32:59 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 20, 2012, 01:15:00 AM
Tickets to Sydney, Brisbane and back home. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

When will you be going?
Leaving May 2nd, back May 14th.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on February 20, 2012, 03:31:52 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 20, 2012, 02:56:54 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 20, 2012, 02:32:59 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 20, 2012, 01:15:00 AM
Tickets to Sydney, Brisbane and back home. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

When will you be going?
Leaving May 2nd, back May 14th.

Have fun.  That sounds like it will be a great trip.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 20, 2012, 03:34:56 AM
Thank you. I am sure it will be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 20, 2012, 04:04:25 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 16, 2012, 02:49:42 PM
Quote from: lutra on February 16, 2012, 11:36:17 AM
2 boxershorts.
Little plas. bottle with Vitamin C supps.
Pre-grilled chicken legs.
Bottle of Portuguese wine (white/dry).
2 cans of coke.
Dark chocolate milk.
A corn bun.

I would have bought 2 short boxers and had a good time.

 That's the kind of saucy pun that has earned you LEET karma!   :boxers:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 20, 2012, 04:12:40 AM
Quote from: PPK on February 20, 2012, 03:34:56 AM
Thank you. I am sure it will be.

 You must get your picture taken cuddling a koala!  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 20, 2012, 09:09:37 AM
At the flea market yesterday
6 pair thermal socks
3 Stanley utility knifes
1 stiff .5 inch round wire brush
2 4 inch grinding wheels for my angle grinder

I must be the most exciting person on earth :lol:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ShyOne on February 20, 2012, 09:11:12 AM
Presents for my sisters' birthday. They'll be 18, was hard not to get them rude willy lollies each or something. Bought them Animal Crossing, candles and other bits and bobs for their bedrooms.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on February 23, 2012, 06:29:26 PM
I bought a Thunder AC6 Li-Po charger ($50) and a Turnigy 2-cell 7.4V 5000mah Li-Po battery ($20) for my RC truck, as well as a Li-Po safety sack. I'm trying them out right now. I hope nothing goes wrong. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on February 24, 2012, 11:45:52 PM


Quote from: bodaccea on January 13, 2012, 02:44:38 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on January 10, 2012, 07:43:45 PM

A couple new Snap-On ratchets, electrical pliers, and Cleco pliers.
What size ratchets?  1/4  1/2   or  3/8 ?  Long or short handle?  flexible or not?  click or clutch?  I invest in precious metals and am a collector of snap-on!  What else you got EBM?


One each 1/4" and 3/8" ratchets, 1/4" and 3/8" 12" extensions,  a 1/4" socket set, duckbill pliers, needlenose pliers, electrical pliers, wire crimpers, borescope, multimeter, a really cool flexy magnet, and a shitload of other stuff. I've been spending about $1000-$2000 a month on Snap-On stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 25, 2012, 12:12:22 AM
Apples, bananas, oranges, red onions, crackers, meat
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on February 25, 2012, 12:14:51 AM
Rabbit Food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on February 25, 2012, 12:21:21 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on February 24, 2012, 11:45:52 PM


Quote from: bodaccea on January 13, 2012, 02:44:38 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on January 10, 2012, 07:43:45 PM

A couple new Snap-On ratchets, electrical pliers, and Cleco pliers.
What size ratchets?  1/4  1/2   or  3/8 ?  Long or short handle?  flexible or not?  click or clutch?  I invest in precious metals and am a collector of snap-on!  What else you got EBM?


One each 1/4" and 3/8" ratchets, 1/4" and 3/8" 12" extensions,  a 1/4" socket set, duckbill pliers, needlenose pliers, electrical pliers, wire crimpers, borescope, multimeter, a really cool flexy magnet, and a shitload of other stuff. I've been spending about $1000-$2000 a month on Snap-On stuff.
Tools are  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 27, 2012, 01:24:45 PM
Bought a NAS and a 2TB hard disk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 27, 2012, 02:45:18 PM
A tooth repair and teeth cleaning
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on February 28, 2012, 12:27:16 AM
DVD Player, Charlie Wilsons War, Banana flavored Animal Crackers :-\, Bedding
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on February 28, 2012, 01:56:41 AM


More tools. I think I have an addiction.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 28, 2012, 06:55:21 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on February 28, 2012, 01:56:41 AM


More tools. I think I have an addiction.

You can never have enough tools. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 28, 2012, 06:13:01 PM
train tickets, and chocolate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 28, 2012, 08:30:08 PM
A coffee and a lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 29, 2012, 07:37:29 AM
A USB cable for my phone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 29, 2012, 09:01:16 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on February 28, 2012, 01:56:41 AM


More tools. I think I have an addiction.

Do you get the shakes when the Snap-On guy is late :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 29, 2012, 01:30:51 PM
groceries:  catfish, onion, cabbage, carrots, canned soup and canned green beans
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 29, 2012, 02:38:40 PM
A coffee and a Powerball ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 29, 2012, 05:49:29 PM
bought groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 29, 2012, 05:51:23 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on February 29, 2012, 05:49:29 PM
bought groceries

me too, including :chocolate: and oranges.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on February 29, 2012, 07:36:20 PM


Quote from: parts on February 29, 2012, 09:01:16 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on February 28, 2012, 01:56:41 AM


More tools. I think I have an addiction.

Do you get the shakes when the Snap-On guy is late :zoinks:


He didn't come to the shop last week, and I was annoyed because I had a list of stuff I needed. He's got a brand new tool box on his truck I really want. 54"x24". I like it because the one I have now is 48"x18", and has a top cabinet so it gets a little top heavy when moving it around.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 29, 2012, 07:43:18 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 29, 2012, 05:51:23 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on February 29, 2012, 05:49:29 PM
bought groceries

me too, including :chocolate: and oranges.
damn...forgot chocolate and oranges
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 29, 2012, 11:18:14 PM
Quote from: parts on February 29, 2012, 09:01:16 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on February 28, 2012, 01:56:41 AM
More tools. I think I have an addiction.
Do you get the shakes when the Snap-On guy is late :zoinks:
:lol:

I bought medication. GA was like, "Do you really need to take all that?" :autism: And it wasn't even all of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on March 06, 2012, 07:12:51 AM
RG 1/144 RX 78-2 Gundam

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/crafting/2332d7cd.jpg)

250 parts, about 120 decals. 1/144 scale, 31cm tall.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/crafting/3db565c3.jpg)

Same model under construction with an MG 1/100 RX-0 Unicorn Gundam behind it. I uh, hadn't realized that the RGs are so small compared to the MGs.


I want a PG now, but there's no way in hell I can afford the one I want (MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam), considering that whilst a Real Grade is ~£15, a Perfect Grade (which is 1/65) is about £125/US$195, plus shipping, plus Customs.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 06, 2012, 11:07:51 AM
Nice.  :thumbup:


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on March 06, 2012, 03:43:56 PM
Cross reference back to oldass thread!

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3614246782_0d8ecf0c5a_o.jpg)
Thread (http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,1319.msg774472.html#msg774472)

As for this thread, a pot of copper paint and a 5/0 brush - the smallest I could find, to detail the inside of the elbows and the knees because seriously, fuck foil stickers, they suck compared to the rest of the decals.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 06, 2012, 04:40:43 PM
two cans of spray foam and a can of solvent
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 06, 2012, 05:30:56 PM
New hose for the dryer.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 06, 2012, 05:33:50 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 06, 2012, 05:30:56 PM
New hose for the dryer.
:

No boots too? :cfm:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 06, 2012, 05:35:30 PM
"Der Maulwurf Grabowski" and "ogen van tijgers".

Also went to a supermarket in a town not to far away from here, to get groceries I can't get in the village.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on March 06, 2012, 08:02:12 PM


More tools.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on March 06, 2012, 08:40:27 PM
new jeans and shoes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 06, 2012, 09:30:00 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 06, 2012, 05:35:30 PM
"Der Maulwurf Grabowski" and "ogen van tijgers".

Also went to a supermarket in a town not to far away from here, to get groceries I can't get in the village.

Is that the Big Grabowski and hold those tigers?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 06, 2012, 09:30:55 PM
Some cooked minced patties and gravy from the deli for dinner tomorrow, margarine, a can of corn and some cheese.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 06, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
JB Weld, shredded cheddar, and saltines. That's gonna be a tasty snack! :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 06, 2012, 11:14:26 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 06, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
JB Weld, shredded cheddar, and saltines. That's gonna be a tasty snack! :autism:
Does the JB Weld makes your turds really hard?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 07, 2012, 05:54:31 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 06, 2012, 09:30:00 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 06, 2012, 05:35:30 PM
"Der Maulwurf Grabowski" and "ogen van tijgers".

Also went to a supermarket in a town not to far away from here, to get groceries I can't get in the village.

Is that the Big Grabowski and hold those tigers?

Both are books for children. "The mole Grabowski" about a little mole, who has to migrate, because of his fields being turned into a massive building site. It is written in beautiful German, and would make a nice first book for my oldest. It is targeted at a much younger audience, but, the language is delicious, and I think she will enjoy the way the sentences run.
"Eyes of Tigers" is the first book ever that my youngest wants to have. She sees reading as a real chore. But, this kind of SF book, written before she was born, about an era way after she will not be any more  has won her over.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 07, 2012, 09:57:12 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 06, 2012, 11:14:26 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 06, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
JB Weld, shredded cheddar, and saltines. That's gonna be a tasty snack! :autism:
Does the JB Weld makes your turds really hard?

I dunno. I've been feeling quite constipated. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 07, 2012, 10:14:09 AM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 09:57:12 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 06, 2012, 11:14:26 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 06, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
JB Weld, shredded cheddar, and saltines. That's gonna be a tasty snack! :autism:
Does the JB Weld makes your turds really hard?

I dunno. I've been feeling quite constipated. :orly:

Well, you know the routines to solve that, by now.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 07, 2012, 10:15:34 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 07, 2012, 10:14:09 AM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 09:57:12 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 06, 2012, 11:14:26 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 06, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
JB Weld, shredded cheddar, and saltines. That's gonna be a tasty snack! :autism:
Does the JB Weld makes your turds really hard?

I dunno. I've been feeling quite constipated. :orly:

Well, you know the routines to solve that, by now.  :orly:

It's gonna be like passing kidney stones, but through my ass. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 07, 2012, 10:19:58 AM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 10:15:34 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 07, 2012, 10:14:09 AM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 09:57:12 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 06, 2012, 11:14:26 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 06, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
JB Weld, shredded cheddar, and saltines. That's gonna be a tasty snack! :autism:
Does the JB Weld makes your turds really hard?

I dunno. I've been feeling quite constipated. :orly:

Well, you know the routines to solve that, by now.  :orly:

It's gonna be like passing kidney stones, but through my ass. :zoinks:

That too.  :laugh:

I was thinking of that delightful and helpful thread about digging shit out of your ass when constipated.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 07, 2012, 11:52:48 AM
Thank you for that unexpected turn in the conversation. :CanofWorms:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 07, 2012, 01:03:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 07, 2012, 11:52:48 AM
Thank you for that unexpected turn in the conversation. :CanofWorms:

Unexpected?

How long have you been here?

Who are you?

What did you do to Odeon?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on March 07, 2012, 02:35:58 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 10:15:34 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 07, 2012, 10:14:09 AM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 09:57:12 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 06, 2012, 11:14:26 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 06, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
JB Weld, shredded cheddar, and saltines. That's gonna be a tasty snack! :autism:
Does the JB Weld makes your turds really hard?

I dunno. I've been feeling quite constipated. :orly:

Well, you know the routines to solve that, by now.  :orly:

It's gonna be like passing kidney stones, but through my ass. :zoinks:

I recommend MiraLax, mixed with at least a cup of liquid, then drink plenty more liquids with it.  If the constipation is very bad, it might take more than a day to work, but it's a lot better than passing kidney stones through your ass.

Then eat more fiber and drink plenty of liquids.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 07, 2012, 03:49:48 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 07, 2012, 01:03:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 07, 2012, 11:52:48 AM
Thank you for that unexpected turn in the conversation. :CanofWorms:

Unexpected?

How long have you been here?

Who are you?

What did you do to Odeon?

:borg:

The webmonkey has been assimilated.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on March 07, 2012, 04:36:45 PM
Peanut Butter M&Ms
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 07, 2012, 05:12:52 PM
A new postal scale. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 07, 2012, 06:03:23 PM
Quote from: Callaway on March 07, 2012, 02:35:58 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 10:15:34 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 07, 2012, 10:14:09 AM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 09:57:12 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 06, 2012, 11:14:26 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 06, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
JB Weld, shredded cheddar, and saltines. That's gonna be a tasty snack! :autism:
Does the JB Weld makes your turds really hard?

I dunno. I've been feeling quite constipated. :orly:

Well, you know the routines to solve that, by now.  :orly:

It's gonna be like passing kidney stones, but through my ass. :zoinks:

I recommend MiraLax, mixed with at least a cup of liquid, then drink plenty more liquids with it.  If the constipation is very bad, it might take more than a day to work, but it's a lot better than passing kidney stones through your ass.

Then eat more fiber and drink plenty of liquids.

...

Did you really believe that I ate JB Weld?!?

 :lolwat:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on March 07, 2012, 06:12:58 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 06:03:23 PM
Quote from: Callaway on March 07, 2012, 02:35:58 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 10:15:34 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 07, 2012, 10:14:09 AM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 07, 2012, 09:57:12 AM
Quote from: PPK on March 06, 2012, 11:14:26 PM
Quote from: Serpent Throne on March 06, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
JB Weld, shredded cheddar, and saltines. That's gonna be a tasty snack! :autism:
Does the JB Weld makes your turds really hard?

I dunno. I've been feeling quite constipated. :orly:

Well, you know the routines to solve that, by now.  :orly:

It's gonna be like passing kidney stones, but through my ass. :zoinks:

I recommend MiraLax, mixed with at least a cup of liquid, then drink plenty more liquids with it.  If the constipation is very bad, it might take more than a day to work, but it's a lot better than passing kidney stones through your ass.

Then eat more fiber and drink plenty of liquids.

...

Did you really believe that I ate JB Weld?!?

 :lolwat:

Of course not, but I did believe that you were constipated from the cheese and saltine crackers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 26, 2012, 05:09:48 PM
I have been on a roll
A roofing nail gun
A level transit
A router for wood working
A bee smoker
A Snap-On torque wrench
Some old advertising tins
All this was for resale
A new borescope
A bag of 2.5 inch wood plugs
This stuff was for work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 26, 2012, 05:16:38 PM
New summer shorts for the kid, he's grown out of everything. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 26, 2012, 05:17:06 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 07, 2012, 05:12:52 PM
A new postal scale. :zoinks:
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on March 27, 2012, 10:12:16 AM
nothing. but tomorrow i'll be buying all kinds of shit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 27, 2012, 03:13:55 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket the jackpot is $363 MILLION :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 27, 2012, 03:41:19 PM
Quote from: parts on March 27, 2012, 03:13:55 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket the jackpot is $363 MILLION :o

*flies out door to store across street*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 27, 2012, 03:42:42 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2012, 03:41:19 PM
Quote from: parts on March 27, 2012, 03:13:55 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket the jackpot is $363 MILLION :o

*flies out door to store across street*

I guess it's time for me to go pay the idiots' tax as well. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 27, 2012, 03:53:16 PM
Quote from: parts on March 27, 2012, 03:13:55 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket the jackpot is $363 MILLION :o
Yes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 27, 2012, 03:54:40 PM
Got em!!  :autism:

Please let me prove that money won't spoil me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on March 27, 2012, 05:03:12 PM
dinner  ( not a big spender, these days)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 27, 2012, 06:07:38 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2012, 03:54:40 PM
Got em!!  :autism:

Please let me prove that money won't spoil me.
Fuckin A!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 27, 2012, 07:16:06 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 27, 2012, 03:53:16 PM
Quote from: parts on March 27, 2012, 03:13:55 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket the jackpot is $363 MILLION :o
Yes.

 Seven of us at work are in a lottery pool.  Wish us luck!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on March 27, 2012, 07:21:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 27, 2012, 07:16:06 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 27, 2012, 03:53:16 PM
Quote from: parts on March 27, 2012, 03:13:55 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket the jackpot is $363 MILLION :o
Yes.

 Seven of us at work are in a lottery pool.  Wish us luck!  :viking:
bought 2 extra tickets myself
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 27, 2012, 07:38:04 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on March 27, 2012, 07:21:27 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 27, 2012, 07:16:06 PM
Quote from: PPK on March 27, 2012, 03:53:16 PM
Quote from: parts on March 27, 2012, 03:13:55 PM
A Mega Millions lottery ticket the jackpot is $363 MILLION :o
Yes.

 Seven of us at work are in a lottery pool.  Wish us luck!  :viking:
bought 2 extra tickets myself

 Good luck!  Maybe one of us here will get rich!   :toporly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 27, 2012, 09:51:51 PM
I bought a full tank of petrol. Over $60. Tomorrow I will by Easter presents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 28, 2012, 11:01:24 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2012, 03:54:40 PM
Got em!!  :autism:

Please let me prove that money won't spoil me.

You could spoil me instead. :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2012, 04:27:14 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 27, 2012, 09:51:51 PM
I bought a full tank of petrol. Over $60. Tomorrow I will by Easter presents.

Used my fuel perks to bring the price down to $2.71 a gallon.  Took slightly over $30 to fill up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on March 29, 2012, 04:22:30 PM
I'm in the process of buying two autographed andrew luck rookie cards.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on March 29, 2012, 04:28:53 PM
Quote from: machine head on March 29, 2012, 04:22:30 PM
I'm in the process of buying two autographed andrew luck rookie cards.
Andrew Luck isnt a rookie yet
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on March 29, 2012, 04:32:43 PM
Well, press pass seems to think so. what am i supose to call these cards then? college football cards? 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on March 29, 2012, 04:45:28 PM
He is not a rookie until he is drafted, so there can be no rookie card

Perhaps it is an advance order
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on March 29, 2012, 04:47:44 PM
alls i know is once he is a rookie his "rookie" card especially autographed ones are going to be way out of my budget. so i'm buying low and watching this investment go to the moon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on March 29, 2012, 04:52:49 PM
Quote from: machine head on March 29, 2012, 04:47:44 PM
alls i know is once he is a rookie his "rookie" card especially autographed ones are going to be way out of my budget. so i'm buying low and watching this investment go to the moon
that would be one of those buyer beware things, then.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on March 29, 2012, 05:31:08 PM
yeah. god forbids he gets injured, otherwise i dont think hes going to suck. these are the cards i bought

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/andrewluck.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 29, 2012, 08:22:27 PM
Oh, how wonderful. Now Richy is into football cards! :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on March 29, 2012, 08:33:44 PM
ive always collected sportscards, ROTFL.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 30, 2012, 06:05:19 AM
A handpuppet dragon, and a small drawers thingy. Want to have all the pens and pencils and such, that always get lost and clutter the room stored in there, I think.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 30, 2012, 07:49:53 AM
Quote from: Stultus Saxum on March 29, 2012, 08:22:27 PM
Oh, how wonderful. Now Richy is into football cards! :orly:

Like investing in gold if you do it right. My neighbor collects, amazing what some of those cards are worth after you sit on them for a couple of years. :o

Bought my mega millions tickets, and a $2.00 package of thermal fuses to fix a huge grill I found yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 30, 2012, 09:56:21 AM
Beer :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 30, 2012, 10:58:57 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 30, 2012, 09:56:21 AM
Beer :zoinks:

Bought that yesterday. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 30, 2012, 01:14:46 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 30, 2012, 10:58:57 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 30, 2012, 09:56:21 AM
Beer :zoinks:

Bought that yesterday. :P

I'm drinking it today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 30, 2012, 01:34:40 PM
Mega Millions tickets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on April 03, 2012, 04:01:38 PM
I bought a 40 watt soldering iron, for my RC hobby.

Now I'm gonna melt some plastic for the hell of it! :mischief:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 03, 2012, 04:03:22 PM
Nasal spray, rumbonen a bra, and some groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 03, 2012, 05:30:31 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 03, 2012, 04:03:22 PM
Nasal spray, rumbonen a bra, and some groceries.

Did you forget a comma?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 03, 2012, 08:42:23 PM
Two more andrew luck rookies and a bowman heritage ichiro rookie. this is gonna rule! :plus:
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/KGrHqNhME9EJJpZSvBPYtRmVPw60_57.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/AL.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/Ichiro1.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on April 04, 2012, 12:54:12 AM
Pay attention to that third baseball card, Richy. He's looking at you sensually. He wants to suck on your richard with his richard sucking lips. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 04, 2012, 09:55:24 PM
you fat pig, i've always wanted that baseball card. and now I have it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on April 04, 2012, 11:06:15 PM


Quote from: machine head on April 04, 2012, 09:55:24 PM
and now I have it


American Beauty - I Rule (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqYggG9tk5s#)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 05, 2012, 02:43:07 PM
 two of three came today. yay!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 05, 2012, 03:37:39 PM
Today
Drill bits
Paste wax
ratcheting cargo bar

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 05, 2012, 03:49:49 PM
Quote from: machine head on April 05, 2012, 02:43:07 PM
two of three came today. yay!

Very nice cards.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 05, 2012, 04:57:01 PM
Is it my imagination, or does he have a lumpy butt in the bottom one?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 06, 2012, 10:26:58 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 05, 2012, 04:57:01 PM
Is it my imagination, or does he have a lumpy butt in the bottom one?

Yep, it's extra padding.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 06, 2012, 11:23:03 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 05, 2012, 03:49:49 PM
Very nice cards.  :thumbup:
thanks!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 06, 2012, 01:00:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 06, 2012, 10:26:58 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 05, 2012, 04:57:01 PM
Is it my imagination, or does he have a lumpy butt in the bottom one?

Yep, it's extra padding.

Uh, don't guys usually pad the front?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 06, 2012, 01:24:10 PM
1.1 gallons of gas for the lawn mower
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on April 06, 2012, 01:35:40 PM
2l of coke, 1l of coke .5l of coke a pack of 16 AAA batteries, some cocaine. a few hits of ecstasy, a few hits of acid, and a coffin, cake.

also everything after the 16 AAA batteries was a lie,  incuding the cake, the cake is a lie.

i have also aquired another lighter for my colection, a zippo slim with a dog sled on the front and the word "yukon" below it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 06, 2012, 02:50:22 PM
Easter surprises for the PR.  WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much $ was spent.   :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 06, 2012, 03:27:25 PM
Richard's purchase came to mind when I saw this article today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125901/The-worst-baseball-cards-history.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125901/The-worst-baseball-cards-history.html)

BTW, doesn't Brook Robinson look a little like Peyton Manning?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 07, 2012, 04:49:20 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 03, 2012, 05:30:31 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 03, 2012, 04:03:22 PM
Nasal spray, rumbonen a bra, and some groceries.

Did you forget a comma?

Indeed, I did. I blame the rum.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on April 07, 2012, 09:54:25 AM
More scale model kits.

1/144 GX-9900 Gundam X (1996)
(http://images.wikia.com/gundam/images/4/4d/Gx-9900.gif)(http://images.wikia.com/gundam/images/7/73/Gx-9900-satellitecannon.jpg)

HGUC 1/144 RMS-106 Hi-Zack (2000)
(http://images.wikia.com/gundam/images/4/4c/Rms-106.jpg)

Action Base 2 (black)
...It's a stand with an arm and a peg on it, do you really need a picture?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on April 07, 2012, 11:08:26 AM
Easter basket stuff and five big balls for the trampoline because my daughter likes jumping with them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2012, 02:23:59 PM
Quote from: Callaway on April 07, 2012, 11:08:26 AM
Easter basket stuff and five big balls for the trampoline because my daughter likes jumping with them.

The PR's Easter presents came to about $45.  Wonder how much the Tsar of Russia used to spend on the Faberge Eggs.  We have a few in the New Orleans Museum of Art.  Exquisite things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2012, 02:24:54 PM
A cookbook, a shirt, a thermos mug, and 2 other things that won't come to mind right now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on April 07, 2012, 02:39:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2012, 02:23:59 PM
Quote from: Callaway on April 07, 2012, 11:08:26 AM
Easter basket stuff and five big balls for the trampoline because my daughter likes jumping with them.

The PR's Easter presents came to about $45.  Wonder how much the Tsar of Russia used to spend on the Faberge Eggs.  We have a few in the New Orleans Museum of Art.  Exquisite things.

:agreed:

My guess is he spent a lot more than we spent.  I got most of the easter basket stuff at the dollar store, but the big balls were from Target and stuffed bunny came from somewhere else.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2012, 02:41:33 PM
Quote from: Callaway on April 07, 2012, 02:39:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2012, 02:23:59 PM
Quote from: Callaway on April 07, 2012, 11:08:26 AM
Easter basket stuff and five big balls for the trampoline because my daughter likes jumping with them.

The PR's Easter presents came to about $45.  Wonder how much the Tsar of Russia used to spend on the Faberge Eggs.  We have a few in the New Orleans Museum of Art.  Exquisite things.

:agreed:

My guess is he spent a lot more than we spent.  I got most of the easter basket stuff at the dollar store, but the big balls were from Target and stuffed bunny came from somewhere else.

$20 for Alvin and the Chipmunks, Chipwrecked
$12 for Five Minute Disney Princess Stories
$15 for a Stuffed Sponge Square Pants character.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 07, 2012, 02:52:32 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 06, 2012, 03:27:25 PM
Richard's purchase came to mind when I saw this article today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125901/The-worst-baseball-cards-history.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125901/The-worst-baseball-cards-history.html)

BTW, doesn't Brook Robinson look a little like Peyton Manning?
I think brooks robinson was the best 3rd baseman in baseball history, I have this autograph of his.
No ball got by him, he sucked it right up into his glove. also my ichiro rookie came :blonde:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on April 07, 2012, 04:43:16 PM
Quote from: Callaway on April 07, 2012, 02:39:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2012, 02:23:59 PM
Quote from: Callaway on April 07, 2012, 11:08:26 AM
Easter basket stuff and five big balls for the trampoline because my daughter likes jumping with them.

The PR's Easter presents came to about $45.  Wonder how much the Tsar of Russia used to spend on the Faberge Eggs.  We have a few in the New Orleans Museum of Art.  Exquisite things.
big balls

Uhuhuhuhuh you said big balls. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 07, 2012, 05:41:48 PM
A new light fixture for the hallway to replace the one that broke
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2012, 06:12:57 PM
Quote from: parts on April 07, 2012, 05:41:48 PM
A new light fixture for the hallway to replace the one that broke

And just how did it get broken, young man?  I told you time and time again, not to play in the house.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on April 07, 2012, 07:50:37 PM
F phono to M 3.5mm cable, 20cm.

Gonna just put it into the linein on my PC, run my PS3 through that, rather than constantly swap the phonos on the back of my speakers. I'm running it through one of my monitors with an HDMI <-> DVI-I cable, hence no sound. Rather like that I can split the output like that, though - digital video, analogue audio. As far as I'm aware, it's the only console that will let you do that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2012, 08:10:49 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on April 07, 2012, 07:50:37 PM
F phono to M 3.5mm cable, 20cm.

Gonna just put it into the linein on my PC, run my PS3 through that, rather than constantly swap the phonos on the back of my speakers. I'm running it through one of my monitors with an HDMI <-> DVI-I cable, hence no sound. Rather like that I can split the output like that, though - digital video, analogue audio. As far as I'm aware, it's the only console that will let you do that.

Hunh?  (from a Tech impaired)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on April 08, 2012, 06:49:31 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2012, 08:10:49 PM
Quote from: Pikajedi3 on April 07, 2012, 07:50:37 PM
F phono to M 3.5mm cable, 20cm.

Gonna just put it into the linein on my PC, run my PS3 through that, rather than constantly swap the phonos on the back of my speakers. I'm running it through one of my monitors with an HDMI <-> DVI-I cable, hence no sound. Rather like that I can split the output like that, though - digital video, analogue audio. As far as I'm aware, it's the only console that will let you do that.

Hunh?  (from a Tech impaired)

The cable has two female RCA/Phono (pictured are two male)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Composite-cables.jpg/800px-Composite-cables.jpg)

and the other end is a male 3.5mm jack (third along).

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Photo-audiojacks.jpg)

I only have one set of speakers that have the phono inputs on the rear; I'm currently having to switch the inputs between my PS3 component cables and the audio component from my PC. However, once I have this adaptor, I can run the audio component from the PS3 through the PC, thereby eliminating the need to switch cables.
The video is coming out of the HDMI port on the PS3 and into the secondary input on my monitor - which is DVI. Both are digital interfaces (High Definition Media Interconnect, and Digital Video Interconnect - HDMI is based off DVI, they are electronically compatible). However, as I have no integrated speakers on my monitor, I have to take the audio out the old analogue port and use component for it. Hence, Digital video, Analogue audio. Most of the time you have all digital or all analogue.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 08, 2012, 03:38:42 PM
Dead Island.

Dead Island: Who Do You Voodoo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_1zRy2HOKU#ws)

Zombies Rule. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 08, 2012, 09:07:30 PM
I bought a mobile phone over the internet. It is a Samsung Galaxy S II. I also bought two covers (that was just the deal, I don't know if I will actually use them both), dark purple and blue. Only thing is, now I have to wait. That is what I don't like about buying over the internet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on April 09, 2012, 01:30:46 AM
The Witcher 2.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 09, 2012, 02:17:09 AM
I bought a book about Bobby Fischer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 09, 2012, 02:32:28 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 08, 2012, 09:07:30 PM
I bought a mobile phone over the internet. It is a Samsung Galaxy S II. I also bought two covers (that was just the deal, I don't know if I will actually use them both), dark purple and blue. Only thing is, now I have to wait. That is what I don't like about buying over the internet.
I have that model. We can be phone buddies ren.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on April 09, 2012, 02:56:28 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 09, 2012, 02:32:28 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 08, 2012, 09:07:30 PM
I bought a mobile phone over the internet. It is a Samsung Galaxy S II. I also bought two covers (that was just the deal, I don't know if I will actually use them both), dark purple and blue. Only thing is, now I have to wait. That is what I don't like about buying over the internet.
I have that model. We can be phone buddies ren.  :zoinks:

i have the first galaxy S. there good phones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 09, 2012, 03:46:22 AM
Our phones can have a phonage a trois!  :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 09, 2012, 05:29:20 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 09, 2012, 03:46:22 AM
Our phones can have a  phonage a trois!  :eyebrows:

 Nice to see you keeping up with your French!   :eiffel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 09, 2012, 11:42:49 AM
A coffee  :coffee:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 09, 2012, 01:25:41 PM
B'fast = 2 eggs over easy, 3 slices bacon, 2 slices rye toast.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 09, 2012, 09:14:32 PM
My andrew luck buying spree is done

5 autographs. lucky me!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 09, 2012, 09:15:31 PM
How many cards do you have Richard?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 09, 2012, 09:19:23 PM
In that picture 12. but in my closet probably 400 high end sportscards
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on April 09, 2012, 10:09:02 PM


Quote from: PPK on April 09, 2012, 02:32:28 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 08, 2012, 09:07:30 PM
I bought a mobile phone over the internet. It is a Samsung Galaxy S II. I also bought two covers (that was just the deal, I don't know if I will actually use them both), dark purple and blue. Only thing is, now I have to wait. That is what I don't like about buying over the internet.
I have that model. We can be phone buddies ren.  :zoinks:


I have that one too. It's fucking awesome. I have it in one of these:


http://www.goballisticcase.com/products/samsung-galaxy-s2-ballistic-shell-gel-sg-series-case (http://www.goballisticcase.com/products/samsung-galaxy-s2-ballistic-shell-gel-sg-series-case)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 10, 2012, 07:55:32 AM
That's what kind of case I need.

Fuck I'm hard on phones. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 10, 2012, 07:45:34 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 09, 2012, 02:32:28 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 08, 2012, 09:07:30 PM
I bought a mobile phone over the internet. It is a Samsung Galaxy S II. I also bought two covers (that was just the deal, I don't know if I will actually use them both), dark purple and blue. Only thing is, now I have to wait. That is what I don't like about buying over the internet.
I have that model. We can be phone buddies ren.  :zoinks:
I am looking forward to getting it. It has an 8 megapixel camera. I have never had a camera that good before.
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on April 09, 2012, 10:09:02 PM
I have that one too. It's fucking awesome. I have it in one of these:


http://www.goballisticcase.com/products/samsung-galaxy-s2-ballistic-shell-gel-sg-series-case (http://www.goballisticcase.com/products/samsung-galaxy-s2-ballistic-shell-gel-sg-series-case)
Those are cool cases. Mine are just leather cases but they cover the screen which is what I want.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 16, 2012, 08:55:15 AM
Something ren would love.  They were at the flea market yesterday the lady had a bunch and they were selling well.  The gear is from some industrial machine in a factory they were tearing down.  The one I got was $25 they had some a bit smaller for $10.
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/016-12.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 16, 2012, 09:10:13 AM
Parts thats cool but where does it go in your house? yard perhaps?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 16, 2012, 09:19:09 AM
I have not decided where I am going to keep it either in the office or next to my favorite chair
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 16, 2012, 03:10:58 PM
Quote from: parts on April 16, 2012, 09:19:09 AM
I have not decided where I am going to keep it either in the office or next to my favorite chair

It would make a nice bookend too.  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 16, 2012, 04:00:05 PM
It looks like something to touch, and then have the scent of metal on your hands.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on April 16, 2012, 05:23:24 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 19, 2012, 09:53:12 PM
Hotel reservations for Sydney.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 20, 2012, 12:49:56 AM
Cool.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 20, 2012, 01:13:09 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 20, 2012, 12:49:56 AM
Cool.  8)
Yeah I'm going to meet your boyfriend Hyke.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2012, 01:15:17 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 20, 2012, 01:13:09 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 20, 2012, 12:49:56 AM
Cool.  8)
Yeah I'm going to meet your boyfriend Hyke.  :thumbup:

 I hope the authorities have been warned informed of this upcoming invasion visit!  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 20, 2012, 01:19:30 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 20, 2012, 01:15:17 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 20, 2012, 01:13:09 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 20, 2012, 12:49:56 AM
Cool.  8)
Yeah I'm going to meet your boyfriend Hyke.  :thumbup:

 I hope the authorities have been warned informed of this upcoming invasion visit!  :police:
I am concerned that going through customs between looking at my Passport and Electronic Travel Authority they might figure out I am in Australia. :tinfoil:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2012, 01:24:09 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 20, 2012, 01:19:30 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 20, 2012, 01:15:17 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 20, 2012, 01:13:09 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 20, 2012, 12:49:56 AM
Cool.  8)
Yeah I'm going to meet your boyfriend Hyke.  :thumbup:

 I hope the authorities have been warned informed of this upcoming invasion visit!  :police:
I am concerned that going through customs between looking at my Passport and Electronic Travel Authority  they might figure out I am in Australia. :tinfoil:

     Better lie low so they don't come to take you back!  :spacecraft:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 20, 2012, 01:27:42 AM
 :agreed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 20, 2012, 01:06:51 PM
I just paid my truck registration today. $256.  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 20, 2012, 03:14:08 PM
I bought over $70 worth of groceries, a rarity for me to spend that much.  Some rewards for the PR and her friend, b'fast out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on April 20, 2012, 08:37:25 PM
Homeowner's and automobile insurance and an ice cream cake.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on April 21, 2012, 04:10:27 PM
Budweiser
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on April 21, 2012, 05:35:03 PM
Shit I couldn't really afford> It was for a good cause though. My friend was robbed recently and they took a lot of her shit including her little brother's toys and a freaking mattress. It is pretty low to steal some kid's toys. I got him a couple of things. And who the hell steals a used mattress??? WTF!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 21, 2012, 07:47:46 PM
Kids toys and a used mattress :zombiefuck:  What is wrong with people

Got this stuff at a tag sale today plus a couple other things mostly for resale
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/046-1.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 21, 2012, 09:00:25 PM
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 22, 2012, 04:43:56 AM
Two CDs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 22, 2012, 08:10:56 AM
Quote from: Duckfetishgirl on April 21, 2012, 05:35:03 PM
Shit I couldn't really afford> It was for a good cause though. My friend was robbed recently and they took a lot of her shit including her little brother's toys and a freaking mattress. It is pretty low to steal some kid's toys. I got him a couple of things. And who the hell steals a used mattress??? WTF!
Some people are pretty low.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 22, 2012, 08:23:40 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 08:10:56 AM
Quote from: Duckfetishgirl on April 21, 2012, 05:35:03 PM
Shit I couldn't really afford> It was for a good cause though. My friend was robbed recently and they took a lot of her shit including her little brother's toys and a freaking mattress. It is pretty low to steal some kid's toys. I got him a couple of things. And who the hell steals a used mattress??? WTF!
Some people are pretty low.

 Yes, DFG's friend is lucky to have her to help out at this time.  That was nice.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 22, 2012, 08:42:30 AM
My Hellraiser puzzle box arrived yesterday.  >:D

(http://i41.tinypic.com/icpk5i.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on April 22, 2012, 08:57:56 AM
I bet Ricktard would steal a used mattress, so that he would have more money for fire agates. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: wayne23 on April 22, 2012, 11:08:56 AM
 :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on April 22, 2012, 11:11:01 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 08:42:30 AM
My Hellraiser puzzle box arrived yesterday.  >:D

(http://i41.tinypic.com/icpk5i.jpg)
Oh man that is fucking awesome!

I loves it and i wants it :pinkbeat:

and methinks 'what i wouldn't do to have a box just like that' :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 22, 2012, 11:11:45 AM
Quote from: wayne23 on April 22, 2012, 11:08:56 AM
:evillaugh:

Do you know how to, you know, express yourself using a language?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 22, 2012, 11:20:13 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on April 22, 2012, 11:11:01 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 08:42:30 AM
My Hellraiser puzzle box arrived yesterday.  >:D

(http://i41.tinypic.com/icpk5i.jpg)
Oh man that is fucking awesome!

I loves it and i wants it :pinkbeat:

and methinks 'what i wouldn't do to have a box just like that' :P
Have you ever worn a nun habit?  :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on April 22, 2012, 12:10:33 PM
I has Dove chocolate
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 22, 2012, 01:50:26 PM
A rolling backpack, 3 stuffed animals, 2 books, a snack holder and a pair of Clogs from a rummage sale.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 22, 2012, 01:56:08 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 08:42:30 AM
My Hellraiser puzzle box arrived yesterday.  >:D
(http://i41.tinypic.com/icpk5i.jpg)
Omfg. that thing is cool! I want it,  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 22, 2012, 03:26:34 PM
If I ever see annoying JW's or other christians coming around bothering people ahead of time I will answer the door with my puzzle box. I don't go to their door pestering them, I would appreciate the same consideration.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on April 22, 2012, 03:30:38 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 03:26:34 PM
If I ever see annoying JW's or other christians coming around bothering people ahead of time I will answer the door with my puzzle box. I don't go to their door pestering them, I would appreciate the same consideration.
If I had a JW`s address I would send a Morman missionary to visit them

That would be an interesting conversation to eavesdrop on
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 22, 2012, 03:31:58 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on April 22, 2012, 03:30:38 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 03:26:34 PM
If I ever see annoying JW's or other christians coming around bothering people ahead of time I will answer the door with my puzzle box. I don't go to their door pestering them, I would appreciate the same consideration.
If I had a JW`s address I would send a Morman missionary to visit them
:lol1: Yeah those two whack cults do not get along.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on April 22, 2012, 03:54:47 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on April 22, 2012, 03:30:38 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 03:26:34 PM
If I ever see annoying JW's or other christians coming around bothering people ahead of time I will answer the door with my puzzle box. I don't go to their door pestering them, I would appreciate the same consideration.
If I had a JW`s address I would send a Morman missionary to visit them

That would be an interesting conversation to eavesdrop on

I thought a good prank would be to pose as a group of Satan worshipers and have a realistic looking human sacrifice occurring when they are invited in. You would need stage blood and a lot of props. A prank show could do that. Would be hilarious. The trick would be to get them to that house on that particular day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 22, 2012, 04:07:23 PM
At the grocery I bought 2 big boxes of cereal ($2 each), 2 missing-label tins of what is probably pineapple rings (25 cents each), some taco seasoning mix (17 cents a pack), and mince.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 23, 2012, 12:42:46 PM
Fuel injector hose, it is for a fire extinguisher I fixed and it's a perfect match for what was missing just wish it was less than $3 a foot
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 23, 2012, 03:44:14 PM
40 each of 0.2 micron sterifilters, 28 gauge needles, and 2ml syringes.

2.5g of 4-methoxy-phencyclidine, a portion each of salt and pepper squid in batter, and egg fried rice, some chocolate milk, 25g amber leaf rolling tobacco, a couple of packs of liquorice rizla, a lighter, and a bottle of codeine syrup. I LOOOOOOVE codeine linctus. Good shit. I think I will have to pick up another bottle in a day or two.

Oh and some lavender oil.

And a bottle of premixed mojito cocktail the 15% one, not the alcopop version.

I think I shall have a fag, bang 200mg of 4-MeO-PCP, then fuck off to bed.

Think after the 4-MeO-PCP, I shall try the much more potent, much harder to obtain, and more expensive, but much more interesting 3-methoxy-PCP.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on April 23, 2012, 04:16:18 PM
Quote from: Lestat on April 23, 2012, 03:44:14 PM
40 each of 0.2 micron sterifilters, 28 gauge needles, and 2ml syringes.

2.5g of 4-methoxy-phencyclidine, a portion each of salt and pepper squid in batter, and egg fried rice, some chocolate milk, 25g amber leaf rolling tobacco, a couple of packs of liquorice rizla, a lighter, and a bottle of codeine syrup. I LOOOOOOVE codeine linctus. Good shit. I think I will have to pick up another bottle in a day or two.

Oh and some lavender oil.

And a bottle of premixed mojito cocktail the 15% one, not the alcopop version.

I think I shall have a fag, bang 200mg of 4-MeO-PCP, then fuck off to bed.

Think after the 4-MeO-PCP, I shall try the much more potent, much harder to obtain, and more expensive, but much more interesting 3-methoxy-PCP.

I can see the post in the "where are they" thread already.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 24, 2012, 10:03:53 AM
Oddly, redosing the 4-MeO-PCP two days in a row, the second, it was completely inactive. Can't account for that through tolerance....very strange. Even at 230mg IV.

Nice afterglow, but thats about it. Where am I? I'm still here. Not going anywhere anytime soon.
4-MeO-PCP isn't particularly toxic, although of relatively low potency. One of the intermediates, phenylcyclohexyl carbonitrile IS toxic, but the material I have was produced via the enamine route, which doesn't involve PCC or cyanides. (not by me I daresay, but I've seen a GC/MS trace, and it verifies the material well enough)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on April 24, 2012, 12:37:49 PM
As soon as a junkie starts injecting his junk, his days are numbered.  He will either get clean, or disappear.  Pulling an aspie off his special interest is damn near impossible, when that special interest is drugs or something else addictive the likelihood seems almost negligible.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 25, 2012, 10:42:42 AM
Well 4-methoxy-phencyclidine is of low potency, its almost inactive smoked, too painful to insufflate, IM isn't a great route for this particular compound. IV is pretty much the only good route for 4-MeO-PCP.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 25, 2012, 03:02:34 PM
groceries, gas, prescriptions  REAL EXCITING
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 25, 2012, 04:14:12 PM
Tubeless tire valve stems
150lbs gravel
100lbs asphalt cold patch
Naphtha
A  siphon pump
You know the usual stuff :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 25, 2012, 04:44:20 PM
Quote from: parts on April 25, 2012, 04:14:12 PM
Tubeless tire valve stems
150lbs gravel
100lbs asphalt cold patch
Naphtha
A  siphon pump
You know the usual stuff :zoinks:

Are you sure you're not a hit man?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 25, 2012, 07:58:11 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 25, 2012, 04:44:20 PM
Quote from: parts on April 25, 2012, 04:14:12 PM
Tubeless tire valve stems
150lbs gravel
100lbs asphalt cold patch
Naphtha
A  siphon pump
You know the usual stuff :zoinks:

Are you sure you're not a hit man?


You found me out :evillaugh:

I do buy a lot of odd stuff but then again I love to tinker and fix things sadly that is something not as common as it used to be
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 27, 2012, 04:35:42 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 03:26:34 PM
If I ever see annoying JW's or other christians coming around bothering people ahead of time I will answer the door with my puzzle box. I don't go to their door pestering them, I would appreciate the same consideration.
They might be clueless as to what it is about (like me) and say it looks nice and then continue with their spiel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 27, 2012, 04:44:08 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 27, 2012, 04:35:42 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 03:26:34 PM
If I ever see annoying JW's or other christians coming around bothering people ahead of time I will answer the door with my puzzle box. I don't go to their door pestering them, I would appreciate the same consideration.
They might be clueless as to what it is about (like me) and say it looks nice and then continue with their spiel.
:lol1: That would suck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 27, 2012, 04:55:31 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 27, 2012, 04:35:42 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 22, 2012, 03:26:34 PM
If I ever see annoying JW's or other christians coming around bothering people ahead of time I will answer the door with my puzzle box. I don't go to their door pestering them, I would appreciate the same consideration.
They might be clueless as to what it is about (like me) and say it looks nice and then continue with their spiel.
The box was designed by a nobleman in pre Revolution France to bring demons from hell. A brilliant toymaker named Marchand was hired to build it. It worked well.

Hellraiser Frank- Solves the game & unleashes his pleasures. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkx3pd5ULJs#ws)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 27, 2012, 05:38:26 AM
Does yours come apart like that one?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 27, 2012, 06:31:59 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 27, 2012, 05:38:26 AM
Does yours come apart like that one?
No it's just 6 sides that go together.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 12:21:58 PM
erasers to put on the end of pencils (PA request), a Starbucks gift card for a birthday present, cake doughnuts for PA.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 27, 2012, 12:27:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 12:21:58 PM
erasers to put on the end of pencils (PA request), a Starbucks gift card for a birthday present, cake doughnuts for PA.
The erasers that come with the pencils always wear out before the lead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 02:21:10 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 27, 2012, 12:27:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 12:21:58 PM
erasers to put on the end of pencils (PA request), a Starbucks gift card for a birthday present, cake doughnuts for PA.
The erasers that come with the pencils always wear out before the lead.

I went to Walmart, Kmart, Walgreens, Winn-Dixie, Big Lots, and Dollar Tree before I found them at Office Max.  Only Dollar Tree had some, but there were only 6 in a pack with 6 hand held erasers for $1.  Office Max was 25 in a pack for 99 cents.  Do I love that man or what?

True.  I had bought his some art erasers since they erase VERY well.  However, he doesn't like putting down the pencil, picking up the eraser, erasing the error, putting down the eraser, and picking up the pencil.  He prefers to flip the pencil, erase the error, and flip the pencil. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on April 27, 2012, 02:29:35 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 02:21:10 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 27, 2012, 12:27:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 12:21:58 PM
erasers to put on the end of pencils (PA request), a Starbucks gift card for a birthday present, cake doughnuts for PA.
The erasers that come with the pencils always wear out before the lead.

I went to Walmart, Kmart, Walgreens, Winn-Dixie, Big Lots, and Dollar Tree before I found them at Office Max.  Only Dollar Tree had some, but there were only 6 in a pack with 6 hand held erasers for $1.  Office Max was 25 in a pack for 99 cents.  Do I love that man or what?

True.  I had bought his some art erasers since they erase VERY well.  However, he doesn't like putting down the pencil, picking up the eraser, erasing the error, putting down the eraser, and picking up the pencil.  He prefers to flip the pencil, erase the error, and flip the pencil.
That is much more efficient.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on April 27, 2012, 02:33:24 PM
Chistian dior waterproof eyeliner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 02:38:28 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 27, 2012, 02:29:35 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 02:21:10 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 27, 2012, 12:27:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 12:21:58 PM
erasers to put on the end of pencils (PA request), a Starbucks gift card for a birthday present, cake doughnuts for PA.
The erasers that come with the pencils always wear out before the lead.

I went to Walmart, Kmart, Walgreens, Winn-Dixie, Big Lots, and Dollar Tree before I found them at Office Max.  Only Dollar Tree had some, but there were only 6 in a pack with 6 hand held erasers for $1.  Office Max was 25 in a pack for 99 cents.  Do I love that man or what?

True.  I had bought his some art erasers since they erase VERY well.  However, he doesn't like putting down the pencil, picking up the eraser, erasing the error, putting down the eraser, and picking up the pencil.  He prefers to flip the pencil, erase the error, and flip the pencil.
That is much more efficient.

Leave it to you guys to stick together.  LOL.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 02, 2012, 11:49:07 AM
These.
Turtle beach x11's for the 360.

(http://s2.hubimg.com/u/3392809_f496.jpg)

For the "kid".  ;)

"If" he can pry them off my head. :zoinks: 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 02, 2012, 11:58:51 AM
Quote from: PPK on April 27, 2012, 12:27:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 12:21:58 PM
erasers to put on the end of pencils (PA request), a Starbucks gift card for a birthday present, cake doughnuts for PA.
The erasers that come with the pencils always wear out before the lead.

 They wouldn't if you made fewer mistakes.  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 02, 2012, 12:20:49 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 02, 2012, 11:49:07 AM
These.
Turtle beach x11's for the 360.

(http://s2.hubimg.com/u/3392809_f496.jpg)

For the "kid".  ;)

"If" he can pry them off my head. :zoinks:

I have that set.  Love em
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 02, 2012, 12:25:15 PM
5g of 4-methoxyphencyclidine, and a little test sample of 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole, a positional isomer of AMT, which is relatively new. Unlike pretty much EVERYTHING with entactogenic effects, which I pretty much hate...they just disagree with me, I found AMT helpful in dealing with my PTSD, for gaining a new perspective, so it should be interesting to give 5-IT at least a test run.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on May 02, 2012, 02:51:18 PM
Quote from: PPK on April 27, 2012, 12:27:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 27, 2012, 12:21:58 PM
erasers to put on the end of pencils (PA request), a Starbucks gift card for a birthday present, cake doughnuts for PA.
The erasers that come with the pencils always wear out before the lead.

Hope that you have fun, PPK.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 02, 2012, 04:20:48 PM
In case you were not aware, they already make pencils with rubbers on the end. Not uncommon at all.

I had one hanging around until recently, although I accidentally broke the rubber off when using it to twist a hairband round my arm to use as a tourniquet:P I really should get a proper tourniquet, but I keep forgetting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on May 02, 2012, 04:43:46 PM
Waterproof mascara and morroccanoil luminous hairspray
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 02, 2012, 04:52:24 PM
Supper........
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 02, 2012, 04:54:13 PM
 I bought lots of assorted trash bags for my de-hoarding project!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 02, 2012, 04:59:28 PM
$117.50 unleaded gasoline
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 02, 2012, 05:00:47 PM
Chinky takeout, two bottles each of chocolate and banana milkshake, a bottle of premixed mojito, some lavender oil, a pack of earplugs to help me sleep, that 4-methoxy-PCP, a small test sample of 5-IT [5-(2-aminopropyl)-indole], a pretty new psychedelic/entactogen that is a positional isomer of alpha-methyltryptamine. Got 250mg of the latter coming my way, and 5g of the phencyclidine derivative.

Oh, and two large crates of cans of coke, as they were on special offer, making them cheaper by far and getting me more coke for my money than if I were to buy my usual 2l bottles.

Still saving the egg fried rice for later. I am stuffed. And mmmm...I SOOOO enjoy slurping the big lake of banana syrup from the trays the banana fritters come in. I reckon I shall have to see if they will do them with extra syrup next time I have them, even if I have to pay for it.

Went to a local paki shop just now, and bought out every bag of liquorice they had, and a 4-pack of yogurts.

Time to bung the egg fried rice in the fridge, have a nice juicy shot of oxy, and relax with a cigar or two.

Gahh...I can't for the twatting crowbegotten buggered life of me find those accursed earplugs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on May 02, 2012, 07:04:29 PM
Quote from: Lestat on May 02, 2012, 04:20:48 PM
In case you were not aware, they already make pencils with rubbers on the end. Not uncommon at all.

I had one hanging around until recently, although I accidentally broke the rubber off when using it to twist a hairband round my arm to use as a tourniquet:P I really should get a proper tourniquet, but I keep forgetting.

I know they do.

 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 02, 2012, 07:13:07 PM
Quote from: Lestat on May 02, 2012, 04:20:48 PM
In case you were not aware, they already make pencils with rubbers on the end. Not uncommon at all.


Is that why they don't reproduce?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 02, 2012, 10:41:01 PM


A couple of these:


(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Iinbk8MaL.jpg)


I carry one around with me, use it all the time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 03, 2012, 04:26:37 PM
credit on the travelling passes of me and my girls, for the bus, and train-tickets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 04, 2012, 04:00:09 PM
1000lbs cellulose
A coffee
Lottery tickets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 04, 2012, 04:23:43 PM
2012 andrew luck press pass fanfare autograph
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 05, 2012, 03:37:48 AM
Bought lunch, yesterday. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 07, 2012, 11:09:13 AM
Quinoa
Brown Rice
Wheat Gluten
Couscous
Rice Flour
Chick Peas
Split Peas
Chia Seeds
Flax Seeds
Coconut
Peppers
Baby Shitakes
Parsnips
Fingerling Potatoes

All organic and locally grown  :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 07, 2012, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 07, 2012, 11:09:13 AM
Quinoa
Brown Rice
Wheat Gluten
Couscous
Rice Flour
Chick Peas
Split Peas
Chia Seeds
Flax Seeds
Coconut
Peppers
Baby Shitcakes
Parsnips
Fingerling Potatoes

All organic and locally grown  :M

Perv :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 07, 2012, 07:12:03 PM
Quote from: parts on May 07, 2012, 05:43:05 PM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 07, 2012, 11:09:13 AM
Quinoa
Brown Rice
Wheat Gluten
Couscous
Rice Flour
Chick Peas
Split Peas
Chia Seeds
Flax Seeds
Coconut
Peppers
Baby Shitcakes
Parsnips
Fingerling Potatoes

All organic and locally grown  :M

Perv :zoinks:

Ban him. Ban him I say.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 08, 2012, 12:30:40 PM
 :GA: :GA: :GA: :GA: :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: typhoidmary on May 11, 2012, 08:20:00 PM
this!
http://www.ehx.com/products/metal-muff (http://www.ehx.com/products/metal-muff)

yup, I play guitar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 12, 2012, 12:33:56 AM
Quote from: typhoidmary on May 11, 2012, 08:20:00 PM
this!
http://www.ehx.com/products/metal-muff (http://www.ehx.com/products/metal-muff)

yup, I play guitar.

Those are fun my roommate in college had something similar 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on May 12, 2012, 12:06:47 PM
I bought a Team Associated Factory Team 8-piece Hex Driver Set for 30 bucks on eBay (usually 50 bucks) to replace my crappy Bondhous set. It has interchangeable drivers, which can be used in drills.

It has .050", 5/64", 3/32" ball, 1/16", 3/32", 1.5mm, and 2.5mm drivers. Pretty neat little tool for working on RC cars.

(http://www.teamassociated.com/pictures/news/articles/491/1655a.500_md.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 12, 2012, 12:08:14 PM
Very romantic and exciting - Gout medicine for PA.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on May 12, 2012, 12:09:59 PM
Quote from: typhoidmary on May 11, 2012, 08:20:00 PM
this!
http://www.ehx.com/products/metal-muff (http://www.ehx.com/products/metal-muff)

yup, I play guitar.

I'd love to hear some Black Sabbath riffs being played on that. >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 12, 2012, 05:59:57 PM
Some hand tools and a toy ride on rickshaw from the 1960's
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: typhoidmary on May 12, 2012, 06:32:04 PM
Quote from: parts on May 12, 2012, 12:33:56 AM
Quote from: typhoidmary on May 11, 2012, 08:20:00 PM
this!
http://www.ehx.com/products/metal-muff (http://www.ehx.com/products/metal-muff)

yup, I play guitar.

Those are fun my roommate in college had something similar

ohhh it's awesome. cost twice what my old, and sadly all-but-dead, faithful did (DigiTech Grunge, with me for six years and now consigned to the retirement home of distortion pedals barely making a signal) but it does what that did and so much more. sudddenly my little 15 watt laney amp is making sounds like bombs going off. i fucking love it!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: typhoidmary on May 12, 2012, 06:35:03 PM
Quote from: Orgasmatron on May 12, 2012, 12:09:59 PM
I'd love to hear some Black Sabbath riffs being played on that. >:D

haha, i wouldnt know but it seems to be capable of just about anything  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 13, 2012, 03:30:49 AM
Shredder chess app for the phone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 13, 2012, 05:29:36 AM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 08, 2012, 12:30:40 PM
:GA: :GA: :GA: :GA: :GA:

 Oooo look, we've got drama!  This will bring excitement to the site!  >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 13, 2012, 10:51:24 AM
250mg of 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole. An entactogen which is a positional isomer of alpha-methyltryptamine, although closer to the benzofuran analog of MDA, both structurally, being a phenethylamine not a tryptamine, and in effects, it seems not to have the psychedelic properties of AMT.

I've tried it for the first time today, at 2x30mg doses intranasally. I think I'll take a further 40mg as a last dose for today, to see where it takes me. Don't want to take more until I know if it produces a nasty comedown. It seems fairly easy-going however. I do prefer AMT though. Can't wait until I get my AMT back from the filth.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on May 13, 2012, 10:05:28 PM
12 Monkeys and a Documentary called Trekkies
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on May 14, 2012, 10:41:57 PM
IKEA potty for my son
Flat screen computer screen
Titanic film book
Back to the Titanic soundtrack
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 16, 2012, 12:39:07 PM
2 printers :P.
A cheap inkjet scanner/combo
Thermal label printer for shipping labels

Herbs & flowers for the yard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on May 19, 2012, 04:47:55 PM
Super 8
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 19, 2012, 07:53:28 PM
Quote from: Genesis on May 19, 2012, 04:47:55 PM
Super 8

Movies???

I got a lot of stuff today including three 8mm movie reels with cans and a glockenspiel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 20, 2012, 01:52:13 AM
Funny. I happened to discuss the Super 8 format with one of the carpenters here. He had a bunch of them that he wanted to convert to DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 20, 2012, 07:52:06 AM
Lots and lots of credit on the bus passes of me and the girls again. Train-fares too. And, some awesome bread. :meditate:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 20, 2012, 08:14:37 AM
 More trash bags!  The hoard is getting noticeably smaller, must keep at it!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 20, 2012, 01:06:59 PM
Tracphone, so I wouldnt have to carry my Blackberry
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on May 20, 2012, 02:19:21 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on May 20, 2012, 01:06:59 PM
Tracphone, so I wouldnt have to carry my Blackberry

Maybe this is a dumb question, but what's the point of having a Blackberry if you don't want to carry it with you?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 20, 2012, 03:05:37 PM
Bought crisps.  :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on May 20, 2012, 03:30:42 PM
I haven't exactly bought one, not yet -  but i am going to test drive a new convertible mini in the morning.

I have had convertibles before, a Vitara, and an Mr2 - both a ballache to get the roof on and off but this is just a button and it takes 12 seconds!

Never had a mini before either,  but i kind of like the new ones.  My son wants a yellow one but i am thinking blue or black?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 20, 2012, 04:30:36 PM
A can of yellow spray paint
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 20, 2012, 05:22:21 PM
A mini skirt and a cotton sundress. Both on clearance. Only paid $26 for both.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on May 20, 2012, 07:45:21 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on May 20, 2012, 03:30:42 PM
I haven't exactly bought one, not yet -  but i am going to test drive a new convertible mini in the morning.

I have had convertibles before, a Vitara, and an Mr2 - both a ballache to get the roof on and off but this is just a button and it takes 12 seconds!

Never had a mini before either,  but i kind of like the new ones.  My son wants a yellow one but i am thinking blue or black?

BLUE!!! if you can get it with two white stripes up the middle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on May 20, 2012, 09:40:34 PM
Quote from: parts on May 19, 2012, 07:53:28 PM
Quote from: Genesis on May 19, 2012, 04:47:55 PM
Super 8

Movies???

I got a lot of stuff today including three 8mm movie reels with cans and a glockenspiel

No the movie was called Super 8
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on May 21, 2012, 12:46:51 AM
Quote from: Zippo on May 20, 2012, 07:45:21 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on May 20, 2012, 03:30:42 PM
I haven't exactly bought one, not yet -  but i am going to test drive a new convertible mini in the morning.

I have had convertibles before, a Vitara, and an Mr2 - both a ballache to get the roof on and off but this is just a button and it takes 12 seconds!

Never had a mini before either,  but i kind of like the new ones.  My son wants a yellow one but i am thinking blue or black?

BLUE!!! if you can get it with two white stripes up the middle.
Yes the blue ones do have two white stripes. Thanks zippo.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 21, 2012, 09:56:41 AM
I'm gonna buy some english muffins later on,  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 21, 2012, 10:31:50 AM
The Veganomicon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 21, 2012, 08:06:18 PM
batteries for smoke detectors
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 22, 2012, 01:10:52 PM
New safety glasses that are also polarized sunglasses for work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 22, 2012, 02:50:06 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 22, 2012, 02:50:15 PM
:pizza: Tuesday is pizza night in our joint :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 22, 2012, 02:55:41 PM
I'm hungry.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 22, 2012, 03:01:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 22, 2012, 02:55:41 PM
I'm hungry.

*passes :pizza: to Odeon*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 22, 2012, 03:03:22 PM
Thanks. :)

/me devours :pizza:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on May 22, 2012, 03:18:44 PM
Paint

(tartan) :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 22, 2012, 03:42:48 PM
A dress.  :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 23, 2012, 07:14:27 AM
(http://i.walmartimages.com/i/mp/00/89/91/34/01/0089913401100_P255045_500X500.jpg)

And I got it for free using my points! Will be here within 4 weeks. So excited. It's a double, holds up to 450 lbs, same fabric as above and I forsee my stress level decreasing dramatically while I hang out in my hammock with a good book  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 23, 2012, 07:52:43 AM
hammocks are  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 23, 2012, 04:14:11 PM
Quote from: PPK on May 23, 2012, 07:52:43 AM
hammocks are  :viking:

And doubles are even more  :viking:

Have to repair my double, bought a single for a bargain price, but, it is far from the same.

Having one hammock, and two kids, gives very little mum time in the hammock though.   :apondering:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 24, 2012, 08:48:19 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 23, 2012, 04:14:11 PM
Quote from: PPK on May 23, 2012, 07:52:43 AM
hammocks are  :viking:

And doubles are even more  :viking:

Have to repair my double, bought a single for a bargain price, but, it is far from the same.

Having one hammock, and two kids, gives very little mum time in the hammock though.   :apondering:
Yes, repair the double and then you have one for the girls (let them duke it out over the single :D ) and the double is for Mum!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 24, 2012, 02:33:35 PM
A beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 24, 2012, 02:45:13 PM
Lunch. And petrol to the Jag. :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on May 24, 2012, 08:28:51 PM
Grease gun equipped. Marine grease ammo equipped.

I'm gonna grease some bearings (on my RC) and chew bubble gum, and I've... got plenty. 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 25, 2012, 06:45:39 AM
Colleague held up a nice shirt this morning, saying, "Hyke, isn't this something for you?". Had a closer look later, and, she was right, and it fitted like a glove.

This way I may even start to like shopping for clothes.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 25, 2012, 06:50:23 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 25, 2012, 06:45:39 AM
Colleague held up a nice shirt this morning, saying, "Hyke, isn't this something for you?". Had a closer look later, and, she was right, and it fitted like a glove.

This way I may even start to like shopping for clothes.  :laugh:

 See, all you need is a personal shopper!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 25, 2012, 07:02:34 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 25, 2012, 06:50:23 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 25, 2012, 06:45:39 AM
Colleague held up a nice shirt this morning, saying, "Hyke, isn't this something for you?". Had a closer look later, and, she was right, and it fitted like a glove.

This way I may even start to like shopping for clothes.  :laugh:

 See, all you need is a personal shopper!  :thumbup:

And, I got one for free.  :laugh:
She's doing this job for a long time now, and she knows what she is seeing. So, I got a really good personal shopper too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on May 25, 2012, 07:27:30 AM
got my paycheque. will be buying today some new shoe laces which i desperately need and bacon! i also plan on cooking it up at the local youth place i volunteer at ocasionally [well i go there to hang with the staff and two of the kids who are regulars. but i help them around the kitchen and with there computer issues.] there gonna be sooooo jelly!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 25, 2012, 07:51:30 AM
Quote from: Zippo on May 25, 2012, 07:27:30 AM
got my paycheque. will be buying today some new shoe laces which i desperately need and bacon! i also plan on cooking it up at the local youth place i volunteer at ocasionally [well i go there to hang with the staff and two of the kids who are regulars. but i help them around the kitchen and with there computer issues.] there gonna be sooooo jelly!

OMG you are soooo Canadian. "I got my paycheque and I bought bacon." I am so proud of you, fellow northerner. :laugh:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 25, 2012, 09:08:40 AM
cds, fire agate and food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:39:22 PM
curtain rod and heavy curtain.  The door to the PR's room has fallen off it's hinges.  So, she now has a lovely pink curtain room darkening, slightly sound muffling curtain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on May 25, 2012, 09:34:56 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.


foster brother has tickets to see rodger watters. 9 rows from the stage soon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 09:39:20 PM
Quote from: Zippo on May 25, 2012, 09:34:56 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.


foster brother has tickets to see rodger watters. 9 rows from the stage soon.

I'd never heard of him, but hey, OLD TIMERS ROCK AND ROLL.

Name George Roger Waters
Born (1943-09-06) 6 September 1943 (age 68)
Great Bookham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on May 25, 2012, 10:32:29 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:39:22 PM
curtain rod and heavy curtain.  The door to the PR's room has fallen off it's hinges.  So, she now has a lovely pink curtain room darkening, slightly sound muffling curtain.

Why didn't you just put the door back on its hinges?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 26, 2012, 04:01:23 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on May 20, 2012, 03:30:42 PM
I haven't exactly bought one, not yet -  but i am going to test drive a new convertible mini in the morning.

I have had convertibles before, a Vitara, and an Mr2 - both a ballache to get the roof on and off but this is just a button and it takes 12 seconds!

Never had a mini before either,  but i kind of like the new ones.  My son wants a yellow one but i am thinking blue or black?
If I were allowed to have my ideal car, it would be a mini. The new type look cool. And I would go with blue.

I bought some gel pens today for $2 at a craft show.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 26, 2012, 04:25:48 AM
Quote from: Zippo on May 25, 2012, 07:27:30 AM
got my paycheque. will be buying today some new shoe laces which i desperately need and bacon! i also plan on cooking it up at the local youth place i volunteer at ocasionally [well i go there to hang with the staff and two of the kids who are regulars. but i help them around the kitchen and with there computer issues.] there gonna be sooooo jelly!
Quote from: MissKitty on May 25, 2012, 07:51:30 AM
Quote from: Zippo on May 25, 2012, 07:27:30 AM
got my paycheque. will be buying today some new shoe laces which i desperately need and bacon! i also plan on cooking it up at the local youth place i volunteer at ocasionally [well i go there to hang with the staff and two of the kids who are regulars. but i help them around the kitchen and with there computer issues.] there gonna be sooooo jelly!

OMG you are soooo Canadian. "I got my paycheque and I bought bacon." I am so proud of you, fellow northerner. :laugh:


Canuck kudos to both of you.  :plus: That exchange is hilarious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 26, 2012, 04:27:37 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 09:39:20 PM
Quote from: Zippo on May 25, 2012, 09:34:56 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.


foster brother has tickets to see rodger watters. 9 rows from the stage soon.

I'd never heard of him, but hey, OLD TIMERS ROCK AND ROLL.

Name George Roger Waters
Born (1943-09-06) 6 September 1943 (age 68)
Great Bookham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Excellent guitarist best known for his work with Pink Floyd. I saw Pink Floyd in concert May 9th 1977 in Oakland California on their Animals tour.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 26, 2012, 06:37:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.

 That's an awesome present.  If they are a loud band, foam earplugs will help.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 26, 2012, 08:26:00 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 26, 2012, 06:37:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.

 That's an awesome present.  If they are a loud band, foam earplugs will help.  8)

They are not that loud, they are very aimed at young girls who love to fall in love with boys in a boy band.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 26, 2012, 09:25:44 AM
Is slayer still banned from playing a gig in the south? i'd buy tickets for your daughter to see them, next time they are in the area
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 26, 2012, 01:27:37 PM
$100 in gas
two milk crates full of old glass insulators
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 26, 2012, 01:43:50 PM
Quote from: Callaway on May 25, 2012, 10:32:29 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:39:22 PM
curtain rod and heavy curtain.  The door to the PR's room has fallen off it's hinges.  So, she now has a lovely pink curtain room darkening, slightly sound muffling curtain.

Why didn't you just put the door back on its hinges?

The door has several heavy duty nails in it, a half torn poster that was glued to it, a frame that is split and that wiggles back and forth, the screws ripped out of the frame and I'm sure damaged the frame further.  It seems cheaper to buy a $13 curtain and a $10 curtain rod and hang it from the top of the frame with very large cup hooks.  That was easier for me than trying a repair.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 26, 2012, 01:45:30 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 26, 2012, 06:37:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.

 That's an awesome present.  If they are a loud band, foam earplugs will help.  8)

They might not be loud, but the females in the audience will be.  Ear plugs are the first thing on my list.  The tickets come with VIP lounge access and VIP parking. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 26, 2012, 04:16:50 PM
Bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on May 27, 2012, 02:28:23 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 26, 2012, 06:37:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.

 That's an awesome present.  If they are a loud band, foam earplugs will help.  8)

NOT COOL CBC! you do NOT go to a concert and than put in EAR PLUGS! LOUDNESS is part of it [and dont get me started on sound quality]


also hyke. next time take them to see summthin more.... well how do i put this... hardcore.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 27, 2012, 02:30:28 AM
Quote from: Zippo on May 27, 2012, 02:28:23 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 26, 2012, 06:37:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.

 That's an awesome present.  If they are a loud band, foam earplugs will help.  8)

NOT COOL CBC! you do NOT go to a concert and than put in EAR PLUGS! LOUDNESS is part of it [and dont get me started on sound quality]


also hyke. next time take them to see summthin more.... well how do i put this... hardcore.

You can leave the ear plugs at home but you risk damage to your ears. That's not particularly cool either. And don't get ME started on sound quality.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 27, 2012, 05:27:20 AM
Quote from: Zippo on May 27, 2012, 02:28:23 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 26, 2012, 06:37:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.

 That's an awesome present.  If they are a loud band, foam earplugs will help.  8)

NOT COOL CBC! you do NOT go to a concert and than put in EAR PLUGS! LOUDNESS is part of it [and dont get me started on sound quality]

 Trust me, Zippo, I know, I saw AC/DC and Motley Crue without earplugs!  :headbang:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 27, 2012, 05:28:41 AM
 I bought a new phone charger because the old one was frayed and dangerous!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 27, 2012, 07:49:43 AM
My new lawn mower

(http://greenworkstools.com/cms/uploads/images/thumb200_gw_16in_10a_mower_lft.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 27, 2012, 11:24:14 AM
Homelite 2700 psi pressure washer (nice Honda motor)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 27, 2012, 01:45:12 PM
An old beat up chemistry set from the 1950's for a dollar
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on May 27, 2012, 03:29:05 PM
I fucking hate flies.  I have bought citronella candles, fly paper, fly spray, some nets for back door and a new battery operated swatter to fry the mo fo's.

I am armed and ready! :viking: :viking: :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 27, 2012, 04:48:01 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on May 27, 2012, 11:24:14 AM
Homelite 2700 psi pressure washer (nice Honda motor)
I'm envious! I really want to buy one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2012, 05:06:00 PM
Quote from: bodaccea on May 27, 2012, 03:29:05 PM
I fucking hate flies.  I have bought citronella candles, fly paper, fly spray, some nets for back door and a new battery operated swatter to fry the mo fo's.

I am armed and ready! :viking: :viking: :viking:

I've read that if your fill a plastic bag partially with water, put a shiny copper coin in it, close it, hang it from outside near a door where it can produce a reflection, the flies won't approach.  Isn't citronella for mosquitos? 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on May 28, 2012, 05:06:46 AM
A slab (of pilsner) and a lucky bamboo plant in a ceramic pot with blue stones in it. In retrospect I should have bought the lucky bamboo before this morning :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 28, 2012, 07:37:17 AM
5 month old Dell Inspiron


bought it from a laid off special education teacher. most of her students were Autist / Aspie
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 28, 2012, 06:13:07 PM
4.5 gallons gasoline and gas stabilizer for the lawn mower and other gas tools I have
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 28, 2012, 06:54:59 PM
Quote from: parts on May 28, 2012, 06:13:07 PM
4.5 gallons gasoline and gas stabilizer for the lawn mower and other gas tools I have
I meant to buy stabilizer this week, but forgot

thanks for the reminder
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 28, 2012, 08:31:30 PM
Pizza for dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 29, 2012, 02:00:41 AM
Quote from: Zippo on May 27, 2012, 02:28:23 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 26, 2012, 06:37:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.

 That's an awesome present.  If they are a loud band, foam earplugs will help.  8)

NOT COOL CBC! you do NOT go to a concert and than put in EAR PLUGS! LOUDNESS is part of it [and dont get me started on sound quality]


also hyke. next time take them to see summthin more.... well how do i put this... hardcore.
:laugh:

I do know what Big Time Rush is, because of having kids. Seen glimpses of them on TV, in a horribly dubbed series. But, thank goodness, it is not music my kids would choose to play.

When my youngest was 6, she was invited for a BD party, and, all girls were asked to bring their favourite CD. The girls brought K3 and Jan Smit, all of them, except my girl. She brought Herman Brood with her. She made the day of the father of the girl. The two of them were the only ones enjoying Brood though. They both disliked the rest of the music brought to the party with a passion.

Tastes of my kids somehow never coincided with the music taste of the kids around them.

My oldest horrified the girl next door by liking the Cure at age 4, instead of the same K3 again......

Think they will be all right.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 29, 2012, 02:08:56 AM
soap bubble toys.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 07:13:12 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 29, 2012, 02:00:41 AM
Quote from: Zippo on May 27, 2012, 02:28:23 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 26, 2012, 06:37:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 25, 2012, 04:41:01 PM
Oh, and over $300 for tickets to see Big Time Rush in concert in Birmingham Alabama.  It's for her birthday and PA and I figured everyone should go to a concert at least once in their lives.

They're 8 rows from the stage and come with a VIP loungs pass and a VIP parking pass.

 That's an awesome present.  If they are a loud band, foam earplugs will help.  8)

NOT COOL CBC! you do NOT go to a concert and than put in EAR PLUGS! LOUDNESS is part of it [and dont get me started on sound quality]


also hyke. next time take them to see summthin more.... well how do i put this... hardcore.
:laugh:

I do know what Big Time Rush is, because of having kids. Seen glimpses of them on TV, in a horribly dubbed series. But, thank goodness, it is not music my kids would choose to play.

When my youngest was 6, she was invited for a BD party, and, all girls were asked to bring their favourite CD. The girls brought K3 and Jan Smit, all of them, except my girl. She brought Herman Brood with her. She made the day of the father of the girl. The two of them were the only ones enjoying Brood though. They both disliked the rest of the music brought to the party with a passion.

Tastes of my kids somehow never coincided with the music taste of the kids around them.

My oldest horrified the girl next door by liking the Cure at age 4, instead of the same K3 again......

Think they will be all right.
Same with my oldest. He loves jazz and The Beatles. Ladybug likes the usual pop music. She loves Jennifer Lopez.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 29, 2012, 10:32:06 AM
Quinoa
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
Naan was on sale yesterday. This makes me so happy!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 29, 2012, 12:32:10 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
Naan was on sale yesterday. This makes me so happy!

Mmmmmmm
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 29, 2012, 02:00:09 PM
An eric Clapton CD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: typhoidmary on May 29, 2012, 07:03:05 PM
i recently bought the DVD from which this particular performance came...
Fair To Midland - Dance Of The Manatee Live @ Machine Shop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5m25_vGV-A#ws)
this is a band that deserves far more attention than what they get. people here just look at me weird when i say this is my favourite band. listen to this and look up and buy the dvd, it makes for one hell of a listen
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 07:19:18 PM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 29, 2012, 12:32:10 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
Naan was on sale yesterday. This makes me so happy!

Mmmmmmm
Thank you! Naan is completely under appreciated if you ask me :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 29, 2012, 10:34:21 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 07:19:18 PM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 29, 2012, 12:32:10 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
Naan was on sale yesterday. This makes me so happy!

Mmmmmmm
Thank you! Naan is completely under appreciated if you ask me :laugh:


Naan and raita     :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on May 30, 2012, 08:45:18 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 07:19:18 PM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 29, 2012, 12:32:10 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
Naan was on sale yesterday. This makes me so happy!

Mmmmmmm
Thank you! Naan is completely under appreciated if you ask me :laugh:

Indeed.  I used to grill it every Sunday.  My wife has a great recipe for the dough and I would hand stretch it and grill it up golden brown.  Still trying to find a good recipe that doesn't call for eggs. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 30, 2012, 01:06:15 PM
Bought eye drops for the allergies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 30, 2012, 02:28:18 PM
A tin of diced tomatoes, paper towels and cookies for PA.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 30, 2012, 02:58:36 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 30, 2012, 01:06:15 PM
Bought eye drops for the allergies.

I need those, hell I need a mask.

This year has to be the worst I've had in a long time. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on May 30, 2012, 03:44:36 PM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 30, 2012, 08:45:18 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 07:19:18 PM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 29, 2012, 12:32:10 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
Naan was on sale yesterday. This makes me so happy!

Mmmmmmm
Thank you! Naan is completely under appreciated if you ask me :laugh:

Indeed.  I used to grill it every Sunday.  My wife has a great recipe for the dough and I would hand stretch it and grill it up golden brown.  Still trying to find a good recipe that doesn't call for eggs. :(
Working in animal rescue = tons of vegan friends. Will ask around and see if I can find one for you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on May 30, 2012, 03:55:58 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 30, 2012, 03:44:36 PM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 30, 2012, 08:45:18 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 07:19:18 PM
Quote from: Cumberdale on May 29, 2012, 12:32:10 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on May 29, 2012, 11:28:08 AM
Naan was on sale yesterday. This makes me so happy!

Mmmmmmm
Thank you! Naan is completely under appreciated if you ask me :laugh:

Indeed.  I used to grill it every Sunday.  My wife has a great recipe for the dough and I would hand stretch it and grill it up golden brown.  Still trying to find a good recipe that doesn't call for eggs. :(
Working in animal rescue = tons of vegan friends. Will ask around and see if I can find one for you.

I haven't tried this myself so I don't know if it will be as good as a recipe from your friends, but here's a recipe for vegan naan:

http://www.food.com/recipe/best-healthy-vegan-indian-naan-or-garlic-naan-bread-258001 (http://www.food.com/recipe/best-healthy-vegan-indian-naan-or-garlic-naan-bread-258001)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 31, 2012, 02:52:10 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 30, 2012, 02:58:36 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 30, 2012, 01:06:15 PM
Bought eye drops for the allergies.

I need those, hell I need a mask.

This year has to be the worst I've had in a long time. :P

It was pure hell for a while, yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 31, 2012, 04:13:43 PM
A telescoping spray wand for then end of the hose
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 01, 2012, 01:01:55 PM
Paid the administrative fees for the renewal of my passport.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on June 01, 2012, 04:04:28 PM
I've got a 11.1 volt 3400 mah 3 cell LiPo battery for my Arrma Fury RC truck for 50 dollars. Moar powah! :orly:

I wish I had a radar gun or something to track speed, but I suspect that the truck reaches about 35-40 miles per hour. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 01, 2012, 08:23:45 PM
 


 I bought two new hubs for for ten and one half inch reels, an adapter for seven inch reels and twelve blank reels to use as take-ups.

I also bought a huge crate full of amplifier tubes, most New In Box. Acquired about one hundred seventy tubes for three bucks.


I fucking love auctions set up by the surviving kids of old musicians.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 01, 2012, 10:46:39 PM
A dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts since it's National Doughnut day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on June 02, 2012, 03:06:22 PM
I bought Van Halen II on vinyl at the flea market for 4 bucks. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on June 02, 2012, 04:22:43 PM
Summer clothes for my son
Disposable Under pads


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 02, 2012, 04:55:34 PM
tires and new brake light for the car, more bent and dent cans.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on June 02, 2012, 11:25:22 PM
$30 of petrol.
Loaf of bread.
Bottle of Cheery Cheer

Yesterday:
2 boxes of tissues
One more pot for my balcony boxes
6 cans of Dr Pepper
Blue, green & purple checkered shirt from Jay Jays
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on June 03, 2012, 12:05:48 AM
Food
Tin foil
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on June 03, 2012, 09:40:19 AM
2 Dr. Seuss books for Ladybug
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on June 03, 2012, 04:23:19 PM
Pasta
Baby Rice cereal for my son

Forgot to buy those when I went grocery shopping.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 03, 2012, 05:03:52 PM
Made it to 5 p.m. without buying anything.  Then since the PR wouldn't eat what we were having, I bought her something from Taco Bell.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on June 04, 2012, 08:50:23 AM
A house.

Well, I put in an offer anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on June 05, 2012, 09:13:04 PM
Quote from: Hubert on June 04, 2012, 08:50:23 AM
A house.

Well, I put in an offer anyway.

Congratulations!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on June 06, 2012, 08:17:01 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on June 03, 2012, 09:40:19 AM
2 Dr. Seuss books for Ladybug

Do all aspie mothers give their children animal nicknames? :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on June 06, 2012, 10:47:39 AM
Quote from: Orgasmatron on June 06, 2012, 08:17:01 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on June 03, 2012, 09:40:19 AM
2 Dr. Seuss books for Ladybug

Do all aspie mothers give their children animal nicknames? :zoinks:

Yes, every single one.  I checked.  Your mother for example called you dungbeetle  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 06, 2012, 05:49:40 PM
Quote from: Orgasmatron on June 06, 2012, 08:17:01 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on June 03, 2012, 09:40:19 AM
2 Dr. Seuss books for Ladybug

Do all aspie mothers give their children animal nicknames? :zoinks:

It's common on the web.  At least on here, it prevents misunderstandings such as DirtDawg thinking I was referring to him when I posted about DD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on June 09, 2012, 05:05:42 PM
Skirt I bought from a local thrift store for $6

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Canuk1975/IMG_4741.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 09, 2012, 05:21:22 PM
Muppet Christmas Carol VCR tape and an old Weight Watchers Cookbook
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 09, 2012, 05:45:49 PM
A load of tools to sell including a few axes, an old vise and a dozen ratchets among other things
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 09, 2012, 09:04:56 PM
4 cans of artichoke hearts for 99 cents each.  Bent & dent.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on June 11, 2012, 08:02:29 PM
HPi Wheely King for 220 dollars.

http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/106173/ (http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/106173/)

(http://www.hpiracing.com/graphics/kits/106173/01.jpg)

The Wheely King pops some impressive wheelies from a dead stop... and that's about all it can do. A few mods and this thing should become a competent offroader.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on June 12, 2012, 08:56:00 AM
For $220 you could have actually bought "the real thing".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on June 12, 2012, 01:24:34 PM
Quote from: Hubert on June 12, 2012, 08:56:00 AM
For $220 you could have actually bought "the real thing".

As your good old friend Bruce CM would say:

L O L :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 20, 2012, 05:24:37 PM
Two bras -one hot pink and the other bright yellow.  (Hey when you're as big as I am and as broke, you make do with what the thrift store has.  They're over $30 according to the website and I paid $1.69 each.)

A heavier meat tenderizer tool than the one I have, a small whisk and a large food grater, a Christmas Tshirt, and a mixed bag of sewing odds and ends (overpriced once I went through it).

A top and skirt, a Cinderella as a baby stuffed doll, and a comforter for the PR.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on June 20, 2012, 07:27:30 PM
A pretty black dress. A bunch of bras.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on June 24, 2012, 04:05:45 PM
A beady curtain for my back door.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2012, 05:54:44 PM
Nothing since I haven't left the house today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on June 24, 2012, 05:57:21 PM
A reusable wipe off calendar
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 24, 2012, 05:59:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 09, 2012, 09:04:56 PM
4 cans of artichoke hearts for 99 cents each.  Bent & dent.

  Do you just eat them out of the can, or do you cook them in some way?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2012, 06:01:20 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 24, 2012, 05:59:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 09, 2012, 09:04:56 PM
4 cans of artichoke hearts for 99 cents each.  Bent & dent.

  Do you just eat them out of the can, or do you cook them in some way?  :orly:

I will sometimes quarter them and throw them into a pasta salad or else make artichoke balls when I find the recipe (it's in a cookbook I don't usually lay my hands on.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 24, 2012, 06:31:47 PM
A cheep quarter sheet palm sander to replace the one that I bought 21 years ago and fixed a half dozen times
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on June 28, 2012, 12:41:38 PM
Bought 4 simple T-shirts this afternoon..
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-3ISP33SW.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 28, 2012, 03:37:33 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on June 28, 2012, 04:19:32 PM
Quote from: lutra on June 28, 2012, 12:41:38 PM
Bought 4 simple T-shirts this afternoon..
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-3ISP33SW.jpg)
Stick an "A" in the middle of that tag and they'll say "CANADA"  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on June 28, 2012, 08:07:07 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 29, 2012, 05:22:09 AM
Dress for me, dress for my daughter, legging for the other daughter.

And, two books for €1,30.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 29, 2012, 06:05:30 AM
New separatory funnel for the lab, and some new 24/40 size stoppers for the glassware I already had.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on June 29, 2012, 09:03:06 AM
Quote from: MissKitty
Stick an "A" in the middle of that tag and they'll say "CANADA"  :green:

Yes, but stick an 'I' there and one could say Can I? Dah..  :zoinks: (okay, that needs a '?' and an 'H' as well and ja.. doesn't make sense maybe.. )

Well, never mind.. think the (clothes) brand is German. Fairly prized, okay quality stuff. Set me back 24 €urootjes. (prob. about 30 Can$ if my brain did the little calculation properly)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 29, 2012, 09:50:39 AM
A 12 inch thickness planer for just $30 at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on June 29, 2012, 11:08:54 AM
Quote from: lutra on June 29, 2012, 09:03:06 AM
Quote from: MissKitty
Stick an "A" in the middle of that tag and they'll say "CANADA"  :green:

Yes, but stick an 'I' there and one could say Can I? Dah..  :zoinks: (okay, that needs a '?' and an 'H' as well and ja.. doesn't make sense maybe.. )

Well, never mind.. think the (clothes) brand is German. Fairly prized, okay quality stuff. Set me back 24 €urootjes. (prob. about 30 Can$ if my brain did the little calculation properly)

 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 29, 2012, 12:14:05 PM
Two bottles of codeine syrup, and a couple of burgers. Buggers in macdonalds got my order wrong too. Couldn't be arsed going back and complaining though, as I was too hungry and just wanted food quick. Still am, come to think of it. I think I'm going to go out and get myself a chinese.

And some rolling baccy. Was going to do without any smokes for a couple of weeks, and just use a nicotine solution instead/borrow fags from the folks, as I was down on money, but got some for my b/day.

Got my driving lessons paid for as well. Will be good when I have more freedom to get around. ATM I avoid going anywhere thats more than a short distance walking, my knee doesn't like it, and I've recently developed a hip problem thats somehow managed to be even worse than my knee is. Not to mention the neuropathy thats caused me to lose a lot of feeling in my leg, and starting to lose feeling in my foot on the same side.

Already lost the reflexes in that foot, still have feeling in the top though..if I slip with a needle I'll feel it alright, and curse the air blue, but I can poke the sole of my foot and not feel it at all until it actually goes deep enough to get past the affected tissue.

Just got the baccy paid for by the old man, seeing as its my b/day, and dinner on top of that, a big helping of fish&chips, not had that in ages, I've been living on chinese crispy duck in pancakes, or deep fried salt and pepper squid as far as takeouts go.

Hmm....Think I'll go and get myself a bottle of vodka to finish off the evening....at least..sort of finish off...I still have to go and harvest this years poppy crop(s) :mischief:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 29, 2012, 12:54:47 PM
And it gets better still....yay! free beer. Free beer is always good :D

Two crates and a bottle of vodka..that should be just what I need to finish off the day and relax. At least, until I have to make the trip round to my poppy grows. Got a nice crop of pods from the look of it when I passed some of the spots in the car earlier on my way to buy food and pop round to the pharmacies. Come to think of it..I just remembered a bag full of broken up dried pods and poppy straw from last year, I think I'll brew some tea, awful as it tastes, after a few beers and that bottle of vodka :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on June 29, 2012, 03:55:59 PM
Boxes, packing tape and a putty knife.  I have a lot of carpet tape all over my hardwood floors.  Cleaning it up so far has been a tedious PIA.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 29, 2012, 06:37:37 PM
Quote from: Hubert on June 29, 2012, 03:55:59 PM
Boxes, packing tape and a putty knife.  I have a lot of carpet tape all over my hardwood floors.  Cleaning it up so far has been a tedious PIA.

If there any staples in the floor from the carpet  these make getting them out easy.  I use them all the time on small nails and such
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on June 29, 2012, 06:59:46 PM
Bread, bagels, chips, pop, and shake-n-bake. Holiday long weekend, and it's kid free. Cleaning, tv, and snacks are in my near future.  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on June 29, 2012, 07:22:20 PM
Hmmm, theres an idea, I clean stuff real well, and I know how to watch TV, too

^ things good to do on a long hot weekend
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on June 29, 2012, 08:22:31 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on June 29, 2012, 07:22:20 PM
Hmmm, theres an idea, I clean stuff real well, and I know how to watch TV, too

^ things good to do on a long hot weekend
And you're guaranteed to be successful at it because you already know you can do all of the above! :laugh:

Was going to go for a walk tonight, but because of all the humidity, there's too many mosquitoes out and they like me too much.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 30, 2012, 02:06:08 PM
Bought the remastered Pink Floyd's The Wall CD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 30, 2012, 03:47:00 PM
A bunch of tools for resale along with other assorted things
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 30, 2012, 07:09:13 PM
Windshield wipers, an a/c filter for the car, and 2 sunshades for the side windows of the car = about $70
4 shirts, a kitchen garbage can, a towel = about $12
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 01, 2012, 02:58:11 AM
I need to wait until I get paid, but then I'm going to buy a few liters each of tetrahydrofuran (a solvent similar to ether, used for LAH reductions) and DCM. Could do with some chloroform too.
And I'll grab some benzaldehyde while I'm at it.

And I'll buy some 2-methoxyketamine. I've been hearing good. things about it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 01, 2012, 01:44:39 PM
Blacksmith tongs and a cargo hook
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on July 10, 2012, 12:38:14 AM
My favourite place to buy discount tea. I bought chamomile, white chai and white peach oolong.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 10, 2012, 12:42:28 AM
I buy tea from France :toporly:  :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on July 10, 2012, 08:15:07 AM
Quote from: Lit on July 10, 2012, 12:42:28 AM
I buy tea from France :toporly:  :hyke:
Well check you out Mr. Fancy Schmancy. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 10, 2012, 12:48:10 PM
A coffee and a lottery ticket is all for today
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on July 10, 2012, 12:56:32 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 10, 2012, 08:15:07 AM
Quote from: Lit on July 10, 2012, 12:42:28 AM
I buy tea from France :toporly:  :hyke:
Well check you out Mr. Francey Schmancy. :laugh:

fixed
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on July 10, 2012, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: Atticus Fincher on July 10, 2012, 12:56:32 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 10, 2012, 08:15:07 AM
Quote from: Lit on July 10, 2012, 12:42:28 AM
I buy tea from France :toporly:  :hyke:
Well check you out Mr. Francey Schmancy. :laugh:

fixed
:lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 10, 2012, 05:05:23 PM
Boots.

a pair of.   Black, french connection, not sure if i like em now.  :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 10, 2012, 05:09:11 PM
Quote from: Lestat on July 01, 2012, 02:58:11 AM
I need to wait until I get paid, but then I'm going to buy a few liters each of tetrahydrofuran (a solvent similar to ether, used for LAH reductions) and DCM. Could do with some chloroform too.
And I'll grab some benzaldehyde while I'm at it.

And I'll buy some 2-methoxyketamine. I've been hearing good. things about it.

Ether  :o

Chloroform  :o

Must be going on a 'date'  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 10, 2012, 09:02:54 PM
A Beretta 92FS that I will pick up next week. It is a late bd present for me for only $475. It came with two neutered 10 round mags and two Mec-Gar 18 round mags. I will use the Mec-Gars as 15 rounders as that is what the gun was designed for. It has only had about 400 rounds through it, damn near new.  :viking:

(http://i49.tinypic.com/14nd5oz.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on July 11, 2012, 09:23:15 AM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on July 10, 2012, 09:02:54 PM
A Beretta 92FS that I will pick up next week. It is a late bd present for me for only $475. It came with two neutered 10 round mags and two Mec-Gar 18 round mags. I will use the Mec-Gars as 15 rounders as that is what the gun was designed for. It has only had about 400 rounds through it, damn near new.  :viking:

(http://i49.tinypic.com/14nd5oz.jpg)

I used to have that gun.  It was nice (emo)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 11, 2012, 09:29:05 AM
Nice gun. Great irony that most guns made in Europe are easier to get (legally) in the US than in Europe itself. Italian and German guns are great, but Germany has a draconic gun law (worse than Sweden!) and I guess that goes for Italy too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 11, 2012, 01:18:29 PM
I am looking forward to getting it. I have about 8 friends who own(ed) them and I know that 3 of these people put thousands of rounds through theirs with no stoppages. I fired one of those guns myself for about 300 rounds out of a few range sessions and the felt recoil is less than my Glock 17 or 19, HK USP 9mm, Sig 229 9mm or CZ 85 as I recall. Aside from that it is an icon because of its status as the primary issue pistol of the US military and has been put through its paces as such with good results, like 17,000 + rounds between failures. :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 11, 2012, 01:21:00 PM
Quote from: Lit on July 11, 2012, 09:29:05 AM
Nice gun. Great irony that most guns made in Europe are easier to get (legally) in the US than in Europe itself. Italian and German guns are great, but Germany has a draconic gun law (worse than Sweden!) and I guess that goes for Italy too.
The Italians even developed the 9X21 so they could use the 9X19 guns w/o using the prohibited 9X19 caliber.  :thumbdn: It is a solution to a problem created by bureaucrats.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 11, 2012, 01:23:34 PM
Nice shooter!

I like guns.

I am not at all surprised that you have another cool addition to your
collection  :thumbup:

I was shocked by your statement that you have over eight friends  :zoinks: :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 11, 2012, 01:26:00 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on July 11, 2012, 01:21:00 PM
Quote from: Lit on July 11, 2012, 09:29:05 AM
Nice gun. Great irony that most guns made in Europe are easier to get (legally) in the US than in Europe itself. Italian and German guns are great, but Germany has a draconic gun law (worse than Sweden!) and I guess that goes for Italy too.
The Italians even developed the 9X21 so they could use the 9X19 guns w/o using the prohibited 9X19 caliber.  :thumbdn: It is a solution to a problem created by bureaucrats.

Mater artium necessitas  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 11, 2012, 01:28:48 PM
Quote from: pleasure model on July 11, 2012, 01:23:34 PM
Nice shooter!

I like guns.

I am not at all surprised that you have another cool addition to your
collection  :thumbup:

I was shocked by your statement that you have over eight friends  :zoinks: :hahaha:
Don't make come over there and paddle your brummie bottom.  :police:
Quote from: Lit on July 11, 2012, 01:26:00 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on July 11, 2012, 01:21:00 PM
Quote from: Lit on July 11, 2012, 09:29:05 AM
Nice gun. Great irony that most guns made in Europe are easier to get (legally) in the US than in Europe itself. Italian and German guns are great, but Germany has a draconic gun law (worse than Sweden!) and I guess that goes for Italy too.
The Italians even developed the 9X21 so they could use the 9X19 guns w/o using the prohibited 9X19 caliber.  :thumbdn: It is a solution to a problem created by bureaucrats.

Mater artium necessitas  ;)
:agreed: From a performance standpoint the rounds are identical. Still too bad government makes such horse shit necessary.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 11, 2012, 01:32:55 PM
Dura necessitas  :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 11, 2012, 01:51:21 PM
This is hawt
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/missteresabrown/happynessisawarmgun.gif?t=1342036198)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 11, 2012, 03:07:34 PM
It is unsafe gun handling technique. I am a drag.  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 11, 2012, 03:24:16 PM
I am a drag too,  i wouldn't want it loaded  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 11, 2012, 03:25:37 PM
Quote from: pleasure model on July 11, 2012, 03:24:16 PM
I am a drag too,  i wouldn't want it loaded  :viking:
You remember your Army training.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 11, 2012, 03:31:38 PM
Jesus...all i did...

SLR - strip and clean it!
SLR - strip and clean it!
SLR - strip and clean it!
SLR - strip and clean it!

fired it about 3 times  :zoinks:

I had the cleanest gun in the British Army :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 11, 2012, 04:10:14 PM
bought a pestle and mortar today, and a big mirror.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 11, 2012, 04:14:03 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 11, 2012, 04:10:14 PM
bought a pestle and mortar today, and a big mirror.
:o :o :o How big?  I am so jealous. Where will the mirror go?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 11, 2012, 04:33:29 PM
Quote from: pleasure model on July 11, 2012, 04:14:03 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 11, 2012, 04:10:14 PM
bought a pestle and mortar today, and a big mirror.
:o :o :o How big?  I am so jealous. Where will the mirror go?

Bedroom of my daughter. Not really big, but, still 1.20 metres high. It will probably go on her door.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 11, 2012, 05:47:49 PM
Quote from: pleasure model on July 11, 2012, 04:14:03 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 11, 2012, 04:10:14 PM
bought a pestle and mortar today, and a big mirror.
:o :o :o How big?  I am so jealous. Where will the mirror go?
More importantly what kind of illicit drugs and witch potions are you going to mix up using the mortar and pestle?  :police: :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 11, 2012, 07:16:43 PM
She will probably use it like I do...to crush herbs. :angel:

I bought a huge ass artificial tree for the living room, going to string led lights on it.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on July 11, 2012, 08:14:59 PM
Quote from: pleasure model on July 11, 2012, 03:31:38 PM
Jesus...all i did...

SLR - strip and clean it!
SLR - strip and clean it!
SLR - strip and clean it!
SLR - strip and clean it!

fired it about 3 times  :zoinks:

I had the cleanest gun in the British Army :zombiefuck:

but not the most polished gun!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 11, 2012, 09:44:20 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 11, 2012, 07:16:43 PM
She will probably use it like I do...to crush herbs. :angel:

I bought a huge ass artificial tree for the living room, going to string led lights on it.  :zoinks:
Of course.  :zoinks:
Quote from: Zippo on July 11, 2012, 08:14:59 PM
Quote from: pleasure model on July 11, 2012, 03:31:38 PM
Jesus...all i did...

SLR - strip and clean it!
SLR - strip and clean it!
SLR - strip and clean it!
SLR - strip and clean it!

fired it about 3 times  :zoinks:

I had the cleanest gun in the British Army :zombiefuck:

but not the most polished gun!
:lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 11, 2012, 10:21:35 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on July 11, 2012, 03:07:34 PM
It is unsafe gun handling technique. I am a drag.  :thumbdn:

  Yeah, that guy has his finger in the trigger guard, not cool!  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 11, 2012, 10:23:57 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 11, 2012, 07:16:43 PM
She will probably use it like I do...to crush herbs. :angel:

  Herbs are delicious and add so much to the meal!   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 12, 2012, 02:02:47 AM
Got the Jag's registration papers from the Transport Agency, so I've now officially bought it. :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 12, 2012, 02:45:25 AM
Congrats odeon.  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 12, 2012, 02:49:50 AM
Thanks. :)

I love my new Jag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 12, 2012, 07:53:15 AM
Congrats odeon. :thumbup:


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 12, 2012, 09:28:35 AM
Thanks. I can't help glancing through the window to admire it, every now and then.

Bought "Sherlock", season #2, on DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 09:45:04 AM
A dark blue leather couch set with matching coffee table, end table and two lamps for $75 from my neighbours. They were getting rid of it and it's in excellent condition.  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 13, 2012, 10:06:57 AM
Beer!

Its roasting hot here today, especially in my room, one of the hottest rooms in the house. My old man just got back from shopping, and I had him go grab me some nice big bottles of ice cold beer.

And not bought as such. because on my benefits I get, I get free scripts, but the local pharmacy dropped off a nice box marked 'CD' (controlled drug), with two weeks worth of oxycontin 40s in there :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 13, 2012, 10:15:55 AM
Some Very, Very Excellent purchases here lately.  Congratulations to all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 13, 2012, 10:35:39 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 09:45:04 AM
A dark blue leather couch set with matching coffee table, end table and two lamps for $75 from my neighbours. They were getting rid of it and it's in excellent condition.  :headbang2:

:thumbup:  Awesome, you needed that!

Out with the old karma, in with the new as my mom used to say.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 12:25:33 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 13, 2012, 10:35:39 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 09:45:04 AM
A dark blue leather couch set with matching coffee table, end table and two lamps for $75 from my neighbours. They were getting rid of it and it's in excellent condition.  :headbang2:

:thumbup:  Awesome, you needed that!

Out with the old karma, in with the new as my mom used to say.
Indeed! I am ridiculously excited about it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 13, 2012, 12:30:32 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 12:25:33 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 13, 2012, 10:35:39 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 09:45:04 AM
A dark blue leather couch set with matching coffee table, end table and two lamps for $75 from my neighbours. They were getting rid of it and it's in excellent condition.  :headbang2:

:thumbup:  Awesome, you needed that!

Out with the old karma, in with the new as my mom used to say.
Indeed! I am ridiculously excited about it.
:laugh:

You got yourself a dark blue leather couch set? That's what I got for a real bargain couple of years ago too, when I really needed my changes in the house.

 :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 12:39:19 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 13, 2012, 12:30:32 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 12:25:33 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 13, 2012, 10:35:39 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 09:45:04 AM
A dark blue leather couch set with matching coffee table, end table and two lamps for $75 from my neighbours. They were getting rid of it and it's in excellent condition.  :headbang2:

:thumbup:  Awesome, you needed that!

Out with the old karma, in with the new as my mom used to say.
Indeed! I am ridiculously excited about it.
:laugh:

You got yourself a dark blue leather couch set? That's what I got for a real bargain couple of years ago too, when I really needed my changes in the house.

 :2thumbsup:
Why am I not surprised :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 13, 2012, 12:43:37 PM
An odd assortment of things. An axe, 1950s ammo can, farrier tongs and a kids Darth Vader mask 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 13, 2012, 12:50:12 PM
 :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 13, 2012, 12:56:08 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 12:39:19 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 13, 2012, 12:30:32 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 12:25:33 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 13, 2012, 10:35:39 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on July 13, 2012, 09:45:04 AM
A dark blue leather couch set with matching coffee table, end table and two lamps for $75 from my neighbours. They were getting rid of it and it's in excellent condition.  :headbang2:

:thumbup:  Awesome, you needed that!

Out with the old karma, in with the new as my mom used to say.
Indeed! I am ridiculously excited about it.
:laugh:

You got yourself a dark blue leather couch set? That's what I got for a real bargain couple of years ago too, when I really needed my changes in the house.

 :2thumbsup:
Why am I not surprised :laugh:
:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 13, 2012, 01:23:40 PM
Bread, lettuce, cupcakes (fairy cakes) and pizza.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 13, 2012, 05:39:04 PM
Dual layer DVD+R discs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 16, 2012, 10:29:29 PM
Medication. This time the chemist had to get it from another chemist in the shopping centre as they didn't have it themselves. I waited ages. Honestly, why do I have so much trouble getting Zeldox?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 16, 2012, 10:34:19 PM
Tell me about it!, I know your frustration there renaeden. Before I switched to clonidine, from tizanidine, if I got a script and the local two pharmacies were closed, I would have been, in a word, screwed. NOBODY carries it apart from these two, at least, certainly not in my town or the next.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 16, 2012, 11:36:45 PM
I have no trouble with the pharmacies being closed, as their hours are pretty good. But the two nearest ones rarely stock Zeldox and so today I went to the pharmacy that usually does. But even they didn't have it.

The chemist closest to me stuffed up my script last time I handed it in (so I have to go back to the doctor sooner) so I will only go there as a last resort.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 17, 2012, 03:17:10 AM
Bought a brake switch for the Jag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 17, 2012, 03:21:11 AM
Kinky stuff


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on July 17, 2012, 03:16:51 PM
:coke: Was on sale. Instead of paying $6 for a 12pk, I got 3/$9.99
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 18, 2012, 02:50:26 AM
Quote from: Kitanic. on July 17, 2012, 03:21:11 AM
Kinky stuff
:needpics:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on July 18, 2012, 02:53:31 AM
Hornby train set.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 18, 2012, 09:41:53 PM
Recently I bought brake lines for my car. They look like cables with metal attachments. It cost $212 to have them fitted.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 19, 2012, 03:09:13 AM
They are very useful, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 19, 2012, 07:03:58 AM
Vischium Scoticum  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 19, 2012, 09:23:45 AM
Bought petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 20, 2012, 02:18:29 AM
Pastries to share with the people at autism group.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 20, 2012, 08:12:27 PM
  I bought grapefruit because I read that new studies indicate it really does burn fat.   :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 21, 2012, 03:37:30 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 20, 2012, 08:12:27 PM
  I bought grapefruit because I read that new studies indicate it really does burn fat.   :autism:
And tastes good too.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 21, 2012, 03:39:11 AM
Citrus paradisi  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on July 21, 2012, 03:39:58 AM
Quote from: renaeden on July 20, 2012, 02:18:29 AM
Pastries to share with the people at autism group.
You are fucking cool ren.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 21, 2012, 04:07:04 AM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on July 21, 2012, 03:39:58 AM
Quote from: renaeden on July 20, 2012, 02:18:29 AM
Pastries to share with the people at autism group.
You are fucking cool ren.

    :agreed:   That is thoughtful of her!    *immediately joins Ren's group*  :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 22, 2012, 10:04:55 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 21, 2012, 04:07:04 AM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on July 21, 2012, 03:39:58 AM
Quote from: renaeden on July 20, 2012, 02:18:29 AM
Pastries to share with the people at autism group.
You are fucking cool ren.
:agreed:   That is thoughtful of her!    *immediately joins Ren's group*  :angel:
Thanks. :) They always get eaten too which is good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 22, 2012, 10:30:48 PM
I just realized that I didn't spend anything today.   :facepalm2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 23, 2012, 02:43:14 AM
You need to support consumerism or the world will stop.  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on July 23, 2012, 09:58:05 AM
On Tuesday I bought a 4 bedroom, 2 bath 2700 sq ft two-level ranch style house built in 1956 and sitting on .56 acres of mature landscaping atop a prominent ridge overlooking my city and the foothills behind it. :)

Then I spent 4 days moving everything I own into it and wishing I owned less stuff. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 23, 2012, 09:20:52 PM
^That beats anything I have bought. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 24, 2012, 03:01:54 AM
Didn't buy anything. I was outbid in two auctions on ebay. :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 24, 2012, 05:06:47 AM
Bought this søcker a couple of weeks ago.
(http://www.megapool.nl/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p/h/philips-hoofdtelefoon-over-oor-shl9560-10.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on July 24, 2012, 05:59:41 PM
Quote from: MLA on July 23, 2012, 09:58:05 AM
On Tuesday I bought a 4 bedroom, 2 bath 2700 sq ft two-level ranch style house built in 1956 and sitting on .56 acres of mature landscaping atop a prominent ridge overlooking my city and the foothills behind it. :)

Then I spent 4 days moving everything I own into it and wishing I owned less stuff. :(

:congrats:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 24, 2012, 06:43:43 PM
Ha!  I'll see your your house and raise you my chocolate chip pancakes from the diner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 24, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Quote from: MLA on July 23, 2012, 09:58:05 AM
On Tuesday I bought a 4 bedroom, 2 bath 2700 sq ft two-level ranch style house built in 1956 and sitting on .56 acres of mature landscaping atop a prominent ridge overlooking my city and the foothills behind it. :)

Then I spent 4 days moving everything I own into it and wishing I owned less stuff. :(

 :thumbup: :plus:


All I bought today was milk
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Frolic_Fun on July 24, 2012, 08:15:11 PM
Bought a Commodore 64 off Ebay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 24, 2012, 08:27:46 PM
I bought metal studs for my hoodie jacket. The zip doesn't work any more so my mum said she will put studs on it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 25, 2012, 08:03:42 AM
Bought books, printing paper, memo paper, summer jacket (on sale, €4.85) and, some groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 25, 2012, 12:22:48 PM
Just over $100 in wood for a window box I should be make now instead of posting
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on July 25, 2012, 12:51:50 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 24, 2012, 08:27:46 PM
I bought metal studs for my hoodie jacket. The zip doesn't work any more so my mum said she will put studs on it.

Wouldn't it be easier to fix the zipper or just replace it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 25, 2012, 01:16:44 PM
A wooden headboard approx vintage 50's for $5.  Need to go touch it up in a couple places with some stain and rub on some lemon oil.

Should match the rest of my vintage junk nicely. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 25, 2012, 02:17:46 PM
Groceries, a book of quotes, a flat sheet, underwear, a knickknack for the PR.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 25, 2012, 09:38:50 PM
Quote from: Callaway on July 25, 2012, 12:51:50 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 24, 2012, 08:27:46 PM
I bought metal studs for my hoodie jacket. The zip doesn't work any more so my mum said she will put studs on it.
Wouldn't it be easier to fix the zipper or just replace it?
My mum has tried fixing it. What happens is it catches on fine but when I zip it up, the teeth come apart. Replacing it would be hard as unpicking it would probably ruin it. I will be happy with the studs. As long as it does up, I would wear it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 26, 2012, 05:15:19 PM
New pairs of shoes for my son.
A Precious Moments book about potty training.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on July 26, 2012, 05:41:09 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 25, 2012, 01:16:44 PM
A wooden headboard approx vintage 50's for $5.  Need to go touch it up in a couple places with some stain and rub on some lemon oil.

Should match the rest of my vintage junk nicely. :thumbup:
Nice  8)

I have two nightstands and a headboard that I need to refinish. It's early 70's though. Not as cool looking as the 50's but it will serve its purpose. ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 26, 2012, 06:18:23 PM
Quote from: MLA on July 23, 2012, 09:58:05 AM
On Tuesday I bought a 4 bedroom, 2 bath 2700 sq ft two-level ranch style house built in 1956 and sitting on .56 acres of mature landscaping atop a prominent ridge overlooking my city and the foothills behind it. :)

Then I spent 4 days moving everything I own into it and wishing I owned less stuff. :(

  How great does it feel to say "my house" ?  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 27, 2012, 02:50:37 AM
It is nice. I can't imagine living in anything else than my own house.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 27, 2012, 01:02:17 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 27, 2012, 02:50:37 AM
It is nice. I can't imagine living in anything else than my own house.

The Jag, if need be?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 27, 2012, 02:15:10 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 27, 2012, 01:02:17 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 27, 2012, 02:50:37 AM
It is nice. I can't imagine living in anything else than my own house.

The Jag, if need be?

Good grief no. Too cramped. An XK is sufficient for driving but that's it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 27, 2012, 07:34:13 PM
Two old beer trays from the 60s
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 28, 2012, 02:57:02 PM
Glue solvent.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 28, 2012, 02:57:47 PM
Cervisiam  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 28, 2012, 02:59:04 PM
Good for you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 28, 2012, 07:33:45 PM
Food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on July 28, 2012, 07:44:01 PM
Various necessities for the kids
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 29, 2012, 09:53:11 AM
3/4 oz+ of a newish legal smoke blend my local head shop (thought  I would try something new, seeing as how they were all fresh out of heads :P)

Bought a brand new borosilicate glass bong when I was out there the other day too. Lol, I haven't blazed much at all lately, since losing my last phone and the numbers that went with it, just shared some that friends were passing around, and one mix is enough to flatten me right now :D

Black mamba is the name of the stuff, worth a try if one is that way inclined.

Its way too hot right now to even think about moving, or doing anything more strenuous than opening all the windows, keeping well hydrated and taking it as easy as possible. Might not be the plant itself, but still, quite remarkably potent and good for helping keep cool, as it lowers the body temperature, like herb itself. I've never been too good with hot weather. At least when it gets cold one can just add more layers of clothing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 29, 2012, 10:29:05 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 27, 2012, 02:50:37 AM
It is nice. I can't imagine living in anything else than my own house.

  I will always rent cuz I can't get my shit together to buy a home.  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 31, 2012, 09:40:01 AM
I was brave enough to buy myself a very needed :bra: .
Mine is nicer though.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 31, 2012, 10:16:03 AM
Went to some outlet mall this afternoon.. and bought myself a new wok pan and a chopping board.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 31, 2012, 10:57:31 PM
Two books; one for my aunty for her birthday and the other called Understanding Troubled Minds (it is about psychiatry). Got them from the bookshop at uni.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 01, 2012, 01:43:38 PM
A book on preparing for the Sabath, for Seventh Day Adventists, a dozen forks (the PR keeps throwing them away - * for a dollar at the thrift store), sponges, food, miscellaneous.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 01, 2012, 02:56:16 PM
Three pairs of shoes for my boy. One that is a size too big so that way when he outgrows his shoes over night or so fast, he would have a spare pair his size until I get a bigger pair again for when it happens again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 01, 2012, 03:07:33 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 31, 2012, 10:57:31 PM
Two books; one for my aunty for her birthday and the other called Understanding Troubled Minds (it is about psychiatry). Got them from the bookshop at uni.

Can you explain how Randy's brain works once you've read the psychiatry book? :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 01, 2012, 07:52:38 PM
M&Ms
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 01, 2012, 08:09:16 PM
  Today I bought solid white tuna, extra virgin olive oil, dry-roasted macadamia nuts,
  assorted paper goods, mints and a magazine.  My discount card saved me $4.94.  :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 02, 2012, 12:03:13 PM
RC Helicopter to entertain the boy.  Arrives tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on August 02, 2012, 12:35:12 PM
Licorice as an after camp treat for the kids when I pick them up
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 02, 2012, 01:23:40 PM
Yum! do share. I can't get enough of the stuff myself. I like dried liquorice root too, although the really chewy, just slightly soft, salted black liquorice is my favourite.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on August 03, 2012, 09:27:10 PM


Quote from: MLA on August 02, 2012, 12:03:13 PM
RC Helicopter to entertain the boy.  Arrives tomorrow.


Suuuuuuuure, it's for your son.   ;)


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 04, 2012, 02:53:09 AM
Quote from: heisenberg on August 03, 2012, 09:27:10 PM


Quote from: MLA on August 02, 2012, 12:03:13 PM
RC Helicopter to entertain the boy.  Arrives tomorrow.


Suuuuuuuure, it's for your son.   ;)

My thoughts exactly. :)

Good to see you around here, btw.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 04, 2012, 03:02:01 AM
Six Zlatopramen. Unfortunately I also drank them all last night  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 04, 2012, 11:43:08 AM
the 15 minute organizer
Russka - Rutherfurd
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 04, 2012, 11:49:55 AM
1kg of coffeebeans, three ink tanks to the printer and 350ml Larsen cognac  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 04, 2012, 12:29:31 PM
Shampoo & coffee filters.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 04, 2012, 01:48:05 PM
An old  wood box with some old tools in it, including 3 draw knives, a number 4 wood plane, a small screw press and a few other things all for $10
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on August 04, 2012, 02:10:07 PM
I went to toys r us today and bought the urchin a new cycling helmet, it will be cool for his scooter too.
(http://www.c-preme.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/r/a/raskulls_hawk_red6_1_1.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 04, 2012, 02:20:59 PM
No, not cycling helmet!  :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on August 04, 2012, 03:22:05 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 04, 2012, 02:20:59 PM
No, not cycling helmet!  :'(

? huh ?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 04, 2012, 03:23:59 PM
Cycling helmets aren't  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on August 04, 2012, 03:35:45 PM
Oh i see >:D

He is going to his school holiday club next week to do some cycling and if he hasn't got a helmet -  he can't ride  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 04, 2012, 03:41:59 PM
I'll never wear a cycling helmet  :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on August 04, 2012, 03:49:58 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 04, 2012, 03:41:59 PM
I'll never wear a cycling helmet  :M

You bloody would if you were five years old and your mother wanted you to go to holiday club so she could have a couple of hours free to meet up with her besty mate Clare over coffee :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 04, 2012, 04:03:36 PM
Some more books, groceries, a nightie, a desk lamp, a reward/job jar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 05, 2012, 03:22:28 AM
Bathing suit, couldn't find mine. Reading glasses, forgot to take mine with me, tickets for the swimming pool, groceries,
Oh, and a dress, with lots of blue tones in it. That is kind a strange, I'm not a blue colour person.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 05, 2012, 04:32:33 PM
A box of odds and ends from a machine shope
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on August 05, 2012, 04:44:43 PM
Didn't 'buy' but i sold my Audi A4 :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 05, 2012, 04:48:42 PM
Quote from: Miss Taken on August 05, 2012, 04:44:43 PM
Didn't 'buy' but i sold my Audi A4 :2thumbsup:

 :thumbup:

Bought jeans for the kid. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 06, 2012, 10:23:55 AM
Quote from: heisenberg on August 03, 2012, 09:27:10 PM


Quote from: MLA on August 02, 2012, 12:03:13 PM
RC Helicopter to entertain the boy.  Arrives tomorrow.


Suuuuuuuure, it's for your son.   ;)

Well, he likes to watch anyway :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 06, 2012, 10:25:04 AM
Quote from: Lit on August 04, 2012, 03:41:59 PM
I'll never wear a cycling helmet  :M

Traumatic Brain Injury is  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on August 06, 2012, 04:13:22 PM
I'm going to buy a computer cooler in a few and also some beer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 06, 2012, 05:38:13 PM
Gas for the car
Supplements for health
Groceries

Sum spend Over $150.    :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 06, 2012, 05:50:14 PM
24    .5 liter bottles of Coca Cola
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on August 06, 2012, 06:01:38 PM
I also bought some take-out for da morning. I'm gonna need some greasy ass food to injest,  >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on August 07, 2012, 08:56:02 PM


Quote from: MLA on August 06, 2012, 10:23:55 AM
Quote from: heisenberg on August 03, 2012, 09:27:10 PM


Quote from: MLA on August 02, 2012, 12:03:13 PM
RC Helicopter to entertain the boy.  Arrives tomorrow.


Suuuuuuuure, it's for your son.   ;)

Well, he likes to watch anyway :)


I've got one as well. My nephew gave it to me for Christmas. How cool is that?


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20120323_191417.jpg?t=1344394512)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 08, 2012, 09:58:41 AM
They are fun.  Wish the batteries lasted a little longer :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on August 08, 2012, 01:34:24 PM
32 gb flash drive
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 08, 2012, 01:53:11 PM
Quote from: heisenberg on August 07, 2012, 08:56:02 PM


Quote from: MLA on August 06, 2012, 10:23:55 AM
Quote from: heisenberg on August 03, 2012, 09:27:10 PM


Quote from: MLA on August 02, 2012, 12:03:13 PM
RC Helicopter to entertain the boy.  Arrives tomorrow.


Suuuuuuuure, it's for your son.   ;)

Well, he likes to watch anyway :)


I've got one as well. My nephew gave it to me for Christmas. How cool is that?


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20120323_191417.jpg?t=1344394512)

I want one.  All I bought today were a couple bungee cords, reading glasses and a can of sardines for Max
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 08, 2012, 02:49:48 PM
$6.66 of groceies.  That pork roast should be devilishly good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 09, 2012, 11:46:39 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/crossbow.jpg)

A Barnett Phantom pistol crossbow.

It's an older one with a 35lb draw, found it at the rummage sale in the toy section for .50

The string is toast though... :P 

....and I got groceries. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: kaileen on August 10, 2012, 12:05:28 PM
red hair dye and cigarettes..   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 10, 2012, 12:44:23 PM
Groceries, a bath towel, a lockbox, some office supplies, a desk lamp.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 11, 2012, 08:36:41 PM
Several books at Chapters in Montreal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 11, 2012, 08:38:12 PM
The world economy is going to crash.  I didn't buy a single thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 11, 2012, 08:39:38 PM
I also bought lunch. The world economy will be OK. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 11, 2012, 08:41:37 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 11, 2012, 08:39:38 PM
I also bought lunch. The world economy will be OK. :zoinks:

That's a relief
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 11, 2012, 09:10:26 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 11, 2012, 08:41:37 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 11, 2012, 08:39:38 PM
I also bought lunch. The world economy will be OK. :zoinks:

That's a relief

I do what I can to keep the world afloat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 12, 2012, 01:07:20 AM
Repair manual for my son's car
A new mouse
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on August 12, 2012, 08:08:48 AM
possibly having a computer bought for me.

 :autism: is gun be sexeeeeey
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 12, 2012, 01:15:18 PM
A 32mm socket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 12, 2012, 01:17:13 PM
bologna and hot dogs for the PR
6 1 liter bottles of flavored water @ 25 cents each
2 cans and 1 jar of bent and dent groceries (don't know what the jar is, but the contents are dark red and it was only 50 cents.  Hey, call me reckless)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 12, 2012, 02:00:04 PM
fuel pump and brake pads for van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 12, 2012, 02:01:44 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on August 02, 2012, 12:35:12 PM
Licorice as an after camp treat for the kids when I pick them up

  Licorice jelly beans are the best!   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 12, 2012, 02:49:51 PM
Oh gods yes CBC. Once I open a pack of liquorice anything I find its hard to stop before the bag is empty, but jellybeans, it goes from difficult to 'requires superhuman willpower...I.e quite impossifuckingble :D)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 12, 2012, 02:50:42 PM
I bought several books at Chapters.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 12, 2012, 03:03:28 PM
A fried fish, some chips and two cans of rice pudding.

Some 'black mamba' legal smoking blend, based on AM-2201. Very, very strong stuff, enough to floor me after one bong, but builds a tolerance very quickly, and is annoyingly short acting, with a duration of maybe 1.5 hours or so. Bought 2 new bongs also, one acrylic one for traveling with, and a glass one for use at home or at friend's places.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 12, 2012, 03:09:34 PM
Quote from: Lestat on August 12, 2012, 02:49:51 PM
Oh gods yes CBC. Once I open a pack of liquorice anything I find its hard to stop before the bag is empty, but jellybeans, it goes from difficult to 'requires superhuman willpower...I.e quite impossifuckingble :D)

  Licorice jelly beans combine sublime flavor with wondrous texture!  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 12, 2012, 03:12:01 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 12, 2012, 01:17:13 PM
bologna and hot dogs for the PR
6 1 liter bottles of flavored water @ 25 cents each
2 cans and  1 jar of bent and dent groceries (don't know what the jar is, but the contents are dark red and it was only 50 cents.  Hey, call me reckless)

  It could have fallen off the back of Count Dracula's truck.   :bloody:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 12, 2012, 05:48:02 PM
Today, I got ice cream, for my girls and my youngest niece.
Dropveters and kaneelstokjes. (liquorice laces and cinnamon candy)
A book,
Stroopwafelkruimels
Train tickets, and credit on bus passes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on August 12, 2012, 08:36:47 PM


Quote from: Parts on August 12, 2012, 01:15:18 PM
A 32mm socket

Axle nuts?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 13, 2012, 11:58:01 AM
CHAINSAW!!!!

That should have a smiley
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 13, 2012, 04:36:38 PM
Quote from: MLA on August 13, 2012, 11:58:01 AM
CHAINSAW!!!!

That should have a smiley

Cue spooky music with frightened semi-clad girl in the forefront of the scene.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 13, 2012, 07:24:58 PM
Quote from: MLA on August 13, 2012, 11:58:01 AM
CHAINSAW!!!!

That should have a smiley
Now we do :evillaugh:
 :chainsaw:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 13, 2012, 08:32:17 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 12, 2012, 01:15:18 PM
A 32mm socket

I already has one...and a... 36mm (flywheel nut on air-cooled VW) :autism:.

Haven't bought anything lately... except gas.  :P

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 14, 2012, 12:55:23 PM
A bottle of cold cherry coke, a big packet of salted tortilla crisps, and a bottle each of pulmo bailly cough mixture (codeine based) and J.Collis Browne's mixture (basically a weak solution of morphine, 20mg per bottle, but its OTC. Used for treating coughs and stomach upsets, but also convenient to neck a few bottles before I go off hiking, both for relaxation, and for my knee pain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 14, 2012, 03:57:09 PM
Clothes.....

I've been  :viking: today, shopping with the ladies. Trousers for the oldest, and some shirts for both of them. Bought a present for my mother too. And, another book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2012, 12:26:16 AM
Books. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 17, 2012, 12:38:17 PM
6 t-shirts for the kid, and one for me, some with tags still on them. $7.00
A set of hot rollers. .50
Loveseat for downstairs. $10.00
Big fountain for the garden $10.00...needs a pump, which I have.
Nice bunch of garden tools. $5.00 for all
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on August 17, 2012, 01:19:25 PM
Mascara
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 17, 2012, 01:19:28 PM
1 TB Seagate Portable HD
High Sierra rolling backpack
Office 2010 Professional
The first half of this semester's books

(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/312938_10151140653916208_1602213397_n.jpg)

Next on the list are highlighters and pens and pads and stuff.  I need to learn OneNote also :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 17, 2012, 01:22:52 PM
Libri novi pretiosi sunt  :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 17, 2012, 01:41:17 PM
A Fastrak transponder to get across Bay Area toll bridges w/o stopping. I would not have bothered but I got a violation July 27th going across the Bay Bridge to San Francisco on July 27th. Getting the transponder wiped out that violation. Now I have $125 prepaid for bridge tolls.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 17, 2012, 01:44:25 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 01:22:52 PM
Libri novi pretiosi sunt  :-\

Google couldn't translate that.  Nine precious books?  I'll be reading a lot of Latin words soon :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 17, 2012, 01:45:19 PM
New books are expensive  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 17, 2012, 01:46:16 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 01:45:19 PM
New books are expensive  ;)

That batch was 600 bucks :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 17, 2012, 01:52:42 PM
When you become a lawyer, you'll earn 600 bucks in ½ hour  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 17, 2012, 02:09:25 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 01:52:42 PM
When you become a lawyer, you'll earn 600 bucks in ½ hour  :thumbup:

Here's hoping.  I will be drowning in debt by then  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on August 17, 2012, 02:12:37 PM
Quote from: MLA on August 17, 2012, 01:46:16 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 01:45:19 PM
New books are expensive  ;)

That batch was 600 bucks :(

Even on amazon.com?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 17, 2012, 02:23:31 PM
One of the few good things with Sweden is that the tax on books is only 6%, since they are of "cultural value". Almost everything else in Sweden has a tax/VAT of 25% put on it, sometimes even more. Petrol, for instance, is taxed double. To the oil company you just pay about 45% of the price. 55% goes to the government  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 17, 2012, 03:24:00 PM
Quote from: Duckfetishgirl on August 17, 2012, 02:12:37 PM
Quote from: MLA on August 17, 2012, 01:46:16 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 01:45:19 PM
New books are expensive  ;)

That batch was 600 bucks :(

Even on amazon.com?

I'm not surprised at that price.  Professional textbooks are through the roof.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 17, 2012, 03:26:14 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 17, 2012, 03:24:00 PM
Quote from: Duckfetishgirl on August 17, 2012, 02:12:37 PM
Quote from: MLA on August 17, 2012, 01:46:16 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 01:45:19 PM
New books are expensive  ;)

That batch was 600 bucks :(

Even on amazon.com?

I'm not surprised at that price.  Professional textbooks are through the roof.

And it gets worse, once it is a book about a very specific, not often studied subject, that isn't even to be found in the library.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 17, 2012, 03:29:09 PM
I'm guessing that in less than 10 years all textbooks will be "live" on computer which will make updating them instantaneous, particularly for the medical and legal professions.  Accounting doesn't seem to change as quickly as those two.  Hopefully that will drive the cost of studies down, although I'm sure the "publishers" will find some way to minimize the price cuts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 17, 2012, 04:10:59 PM
Quote from: Duckfetishgirl on August 17, 2012, 02:12:37 PM
Quote from: MLA on August 17, 2012, 01:46:16 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 01:45:19 PM
New books are expensive  ;)

That batch was 600 bucks :(

Even on amazon.com?

No, I could have saved about a hundred bucks going that route, but I wanted to bill it to my scholarship funds so I purchased through the University Bookstore.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 17, 2012, 05:10:20 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 02:23:31 PM
One of the few good things with Sweden is that the tax on books is only 6%, since they are of "cultural value". Almost everything else in Sweden has a tax/VAT of 25% put on it, sometimes even more. Petrol, for instance, is taxed double. To the oil company you just pay about 45% of the price. 55% goes to the government  :thumbdn:

OTOH, Swedish bookstores are ridiculously expensive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 17, 2012, 05:49:31 PM
Way too much stuff at the dollar store, 23 items. 

Groceries, cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 17, 2012, 11:37:56 PM
^You have a cat?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 18, 2012, 10:17:38 AM
Yes, a black DSH.  We adopted her and her sister in 2003.  My cat is Martha Mitchell, nicknamed Martha/Marty/MartyPartyGirl evolved into Martha Gras.  Her sister was Ashley elolved into Ashley Wednesday.  (Hey we're in New Orleans).

Anyway during the commotion of evacuating for Hurricane Katrina they were accidentally locked out the house (which was fortunate because they wouldn't have survived the 6 weeks we were gone.)  When we got back they had turned semi-feral.  We decided to let them outside.  While they quickly returned to their normal selves we decided to let them stay outdoor cats.  Ashley died last year, but Martha is still hanging around the house. 

I trained both of them to come to a whistled cue when they were kittens.  Awfully useful for getting cats.

Addendum - She is fed and watered daily, scritched when we sit outside, not ignored.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 18, 2012, 03:23:36 PM
bought a new mower to replace the one stolen

and chocolate
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 18, 2012, 03:58:03 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 02:23:31 PM
One of the few good things with Sweden is that the tax on books is only 6%, since they are of "cultural value". Almost everything else in Sweden has a tax/VAT of 25% put on it, sometimes even more. Petrol, for instance, is taxed double. To the oil company you just pay about 45% of the price. 55% goes to the government  :thumbdn:

 :o

And I bitch about the 6.35% sales tax in Connecticut  and some stuff like food, clothing under $50 and insulation  are exempt
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 18, 2012, 04:30:05 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 18, 2012, 03:58:03 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 17, 2012, 02:23:31 PM
One of the few good things with Sweden is that the tax on books is only 6%, since they are of "cultural value". Almost everything else in Sweden has a tax/VAT of 25% put on it, sometimes even more. Petrol, for instance, is taxed double. To the oil company you just pay about 45% of the price. 55% goes to the government  :thumbdn:

 :o

And I bitch about the 6.35% sales tax in Connecticut  and some stuff like food, clothing under $50 and insulation  are exempt

It's fucked up and it's wrong.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 18, 2012, 07:38:18 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 18, 2012, 03:23:36 PM
bought a new mower to replace the one stolen

and chocolate

Chocolate helps almost every situation.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 18, 2012, 07:39:43 PM
About 2 dozen bent and dent items, most 50 cents, although I did get a large jar of grape jelly for 99 cents and 2 small cans of mushrooms for 25 cents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 18, 2012, 07:52:35 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 18, 2012, 10:17:38 AM
Yes, a black DSH.  We adopted her and her sister in 2003.  My cat is Martha Mitchell, nicknamed Martha/Marty/MartyPartyGirl evolved into Martha Gras.  Her sister was Ashley elolved into Ashley Wednesday.  (Hey we're in New Orleans).

Anyway during the commotion of evacuating for Hurricane Katrina they were accidentally locked out the house (which was fortunate because they wouldn't have survived the 6 weeks we were gone.)  When we got back they had turned semi-feral.  We decided to let them outside.  While they quickly returned to their normal selves we decided to let them stay outdoor cats.  Ashley died last year, but Martha is still hanging around the house. 

I trained both of them to come to a whistled cue when they were kittens.  Awfully useful for getting cats.

Addendum - She is fed and watered daily, scritched when we sit outside, not ignored.
Cool. :) Took me a bit to understand what DSH stood for. I have three cats to love - Dennis and Mollie at my parents' place and Liam at Ceilidh's place.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 18, 2012, 07:53:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 18, 2012, 07:38:18 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on August 18, 2012, 03:23:36 PM
bought a new mower to replace the one stolen

and chocolate

Chocolate helps almost every situation.
:indeed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 18, 2012, 09:25:37 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 18, 2012, 07:52:35 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 18, 2012, 10:17:38 AM
Yes, a black DSH.  We adopted her and her sister in 2003.  My cat is Martha Mitchell, nicknamed Martha/Marty/MartyPartyGirl evolved into Martha Gras.  Her sister was Ashley elolved into Ashley Wednesday.  (Hey we're in New Orleans).

Anyway during the commotion of evacuating for Hurricane Katrina they were accidentally locked out the house (which was fortunate because they wouldn't have survived the 6 weeks we were gone.)  When we got back they had turned semi-feral.  We decided to let them outside.  While they quickly returned to their normal selves we decided to let them stay outdoor cats.  Ashley died last year, but Martha is still hanging around the house. 

I trained both of them to come to a whistled cue when they were kittens.  Awfully useful for getting cats.

Addendum - She is fed and watered daily, scritched when we sit outside, not ignored.
Cool. :) Took me a bit to understand what DSH stood for. I have three cats to love - Dennis and Mollie at my parents' place and Liam at Ceilidh's place.

I'm not sure if we'll have pets after Martha goes.  It's so difficult to evacuate with them.  But pets are important to the PR.  If we do get another cat I'd like to train it to do more than come when whistled.  Maybe early training to trim paws?  If I could teach it to knit and purrrrl, I'd be rich, lol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 28, 2012, 05:51:44 AM
Yesterday I've bought one of these mini vacuum søckers..
(http://i01.twenga.com/huishoudelijk/handstofzuiger/philips-mini-vac-fc6148-energycare-p_575675vb.jpg)

Plus and also too..  (http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif) .. a tripod for my camera.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 28, 2012, 06:17:13 PM
Socks and a pair of sandals for PA
Diphen........  whatever Benadryl for the PR since she's been drinking chocolate milk and it makes her mouth itch.  Will be on the lookout for throat closing.
Meals and groceries
Gas just in case
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 29, 2012, 02:40:16 PM
Playstation 3, 320gb, Uncharted 3 bundle pack, and God of War III.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on August 29, 2012, 02:42:35 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 28, 2012, 06:17:13 PM
Diphen........ 

hydramine  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 29, 2012, 04:13:56 PM
Havent bought anything in several days :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 30, 2012, 01:06:17 AM
I bought a gift voucher and a card for my dad as it is Father's Day on Sunday. I got a card and some chocolate aniseed rings for my stepdad (I hope to also get him some socks tomorrow) as well as a card for my sister as it is her birthday on Monday (I already have her present).

I also bought some Mars and M&Ms biscuits to take to autism group tomorrow, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant and medication.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 01, 2012, 06:14:48 AM
Traintickets, buspasses. Spending a lot on travelling lately.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 01, 2012, 06:17:18 AM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on August 17, 2012, 01:41:17 PM
A Fastrak transponder to get across Bay Area toll bridges w/o stopping. I would not have bothered but I got a violation July 27th going across the Bay Bridge to San Francisco on July 27th. Getting the transponder wiped out that violation. Now I have $125 prepaid for bridge tolls.

  You got in trouble.   :hahaha:   Were you featured in the court records in the paper?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 02, 2012, 01:41:02 PM
 travel is horrendously expensive here, almost a fiver to get to manchester town center and back to go and visit the head shop or get new clothing, piercings, tats etc is nearly a fiver return. I need to get a disabled pas. Autie, and walking with a cane or staff it shouldn't be hard.

What have I bought? 2 packs of shiitake mushrooms, a big botle of lime vodka (smirnoff, not a favorite of mine at all, prefer russian standard. 2l cheap coke, a pack of baccy, liquorice rizla, 2 chocolate brownies and some cookies&cream icecream.

Going to get royally KO'ed, then soak it up with that ice cream before I need to get up at 8am odd to make an appt with my doc for a new rx.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on September 02, 2012, 01:50:59 PM
That's about the same a bus ticket costs here too. I took the bus to the neighbour town in June, when I went through gastroscopy, because they injected midazolam directly into the blood, so I was not allowed to drive. It cost 52 kronor or about £4.  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 02, 2012, 11:16:36 PM
I was thinking of the local tram system not buses....fuck only knows what they cost, I might use one once, twice a year at most.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2012, 01:40:31 PM
Lettuce, soy milk, bread, bananas and a mix of broccoli, cauliflower and carrots.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on September 03, 2012, 03:41:25 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2012, 01:40:31 PM
Lettuce, soy milk, bread, bananas and a mix of broccoli, cauliflower and carrots.

Sounds like one of my shopping lists :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2012, 05:22:43 PM
Quote from: Chair on September 03, 2012, 03:41:25 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2012, 01:40:31 PM
Lettuce, soy milk, bread, bananas and a mix of broccoli, cauliflower and carrots.

Sounds like one of my shopping lists :)

Sorry to break the spell.  Went to another grocery and bought BBQ ribs, BBQ chicken, roast beef and mashed potato dinner, Coca-cola, dips, and a sweet potato. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on September 03, 2012, 07:05:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2012, 05:22:43 PM
Quote from: Chair on September 03, 2012, 03:41:25 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2012, 01:40:31 PM
Lettuce, soy milk, bread, bananas and a mix of broccoli, cauliflower and carrots.

Sounds like one of my shopping lists :)

Sorry to break the spell.  Went to another grocery and bought BBQ ribs, BBQ chicken, roast beef and mashed potato dinner, Coca-cola, dips, and a sweet potato.

Sweet potatoes are excellent :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 03, 2012, 07:45:20 PM
Yes, sweet potatoes are  :viking:.  I sometimes just eat them plain after I bake them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 04, 2012, 02:47:34 PM
Bought my daughter's old MacBook Pro. I needed a laptop and this fit the bill.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on September 04, 2012, 02:59:48 PM
Lac et ProVivam  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 04, 2012, 04:46:27 PM
I think the World Economy may crash.  I haven't bought anything today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 05, 2012, 10:13:20 PM
I bought $60 worth of petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 06, 2012, 06:48:41 PM
1/2 tank of gas, $30.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 06, 2012, 06:56:48 PM
oatmeal cookies
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 08, 2012, 08:00:57 PM
Food, milk,, blue ray DVD, two sleepers for my son and socks for him too, and Titanic documentary DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on September 08, 2012, 08:48:29 PM
Caffeine lotion for film camp. Hopefully I can reduce my coffee intake

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on September 08, 2012, 08:52:50 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Bath-Buzz-Caffeinated-Lotion-Rosemary/dp/B000V7B8QW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347159129&sr=8-1&keywords=caffeine+lotion (http://www.amazon.com/Bath-Buzz-Caffeinated-Lotion-Rosemary/dp/B000V7B8QW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347159129&sr=8-1&keywords=caffeine+lotion)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 08, 2012, 08:55:29 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 06, 2012, 06:48:41 PM
1/2 tank of gas, $30.

I filled up with the grand total being $118 :zombiefuck:

I also bought besides the knife and gas, an NES with about ten games, saw horses, a fishing net and a few other things at tag sales
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 08, 2012, 09:47:58 PM
Some mini fruit vodka shot bottles, passion fruit, 'blue flavor' (like blue powerade), cherry, sour apple, two chinese takeouts, one after the other, went back out to get more munch as soon as I'd eaten, drank, had a cigar and a rollup, both of them whopping great king prawns in a really fiery hot and spicy black pepper sauce.

Bought a bag of amber leaf rolling baccy, two packs of liquorice rizla,  a pair of new bongs, one acrylic, one glass, some 'black mamba' AM-2201 based (a highly potent, although short acting CB1 type cannabinoid receptor agonist) smoking  blend

Lots of blue, and red powerade, a bottle of vodka, 2x2l bottles of coke, 3 bags of treacle/bonfire toffee flavour hard candies, one of my favourite types of candy, shame its seasonal.

What else...??? a few jelly snake chews, 2xbottles of cough mixture, pulmo bailly its called. Fucking awful taste due to all the guiacol in there, but its got a decent amount of codeine in it though, and all the better, I managed to buy two bottles from the same boots outlet. Pharmacista are supposed only to sell a maximum of one single bottle per customer, but I convinced the bugger that I was going on holiday in the middle of nowhere.

Saving those for tomorrow.

More candy, and two mango ice-pops, I've been slowly roasting alive today, way too overheated.

A bag of kratom capsules (Mitragyna speciosa, a southeast asian tree, from thailand, burma and  thereabouts. Moderate-duration opioid of actually quite respectable potency. Got 2 bags of ground enhanced leaf, and one of a full-spectrum alkaloid crystalline isolate.

Going to put in an order for one of the dissociative anaesthetic NMDA antagonists, although I have yet to decide which.

Out of ket, methoxetamine, 4-methoxy-PCP, the 3-MeO positional isomer of the latter, or if I can locate a source, I really want to try the corresponding 3/4-hydroxy substituted PCP derivatives, and there is a new dissociative coming out, 2-methoxydeschloroketamine, I might well go for that one.

I need to buy a phone topup, and a few things from a chemical supplier, some boron trifluoride etherate complex, a few liters each of diethyl ether, and tetrahydrofuran. Could do with getting round to synthesising some chloroform too, I do that myself via a haloform reaction between acetone and hypochlorite bleach as CCl3 is pretty expensive. Could do with some sodium metal, white phosphorus and pyridine while I'm at it. And I want to try a reduction method for oximes that uses zinc metal powder.

I also need to place an order elsewhere for some syringes, 0.2 micron sterifilters and some 30g needles.

On one hand I often use 28 gauge pins, but A-they hurt, especially after repeated shots in the same vein, and they are a pain in the arsehole, due to the color code to indicate the needle size is opaque grey. Makes it hard, once one sticks it in one's arm to actually see when blood starts to rush back up into the needle/rig at first, until the syringe itself registers; makes it difficult to make fine adjustments initially while poking in.

30g ones are far more comfortable, pale clear yellow base. Cons-they twist round easily in the vein if not held carefully, and one can't get as much liquid through a 30g as near enough any bigger one can, the quicker its all dumped in, the greater the initial rush. And sometimes they can be prone to becoming blocked mid-boot up if blood clots in there after registering, if not cleaned out immediately post-use with first hot water a few times, then flushed with isopropanol.

Ducky, I doubt the caffeine in those skin products is efficiently absorbed, if at all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 08, 2012, 09:57:16 PM
I forgot to include candy. I got gummy life savers and Recess candy pieces and sunkist gummy candy. We also went to the frozen yogurt place and got ice cream.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 08, 2012, 10:23:10 PM
I like some gummy candy, but not all.

On the whole I like long-lasting hard candy, that way I don't spend too much £££ on sweets:P
Got a few chewy snakes though, bought a pound worth, not too pricy, 5 for that isn't bad, I'm busily feasting on sugar :D

Had some chocolate ripple icecream earlier. And a mac'D's rolo milkshake.

Helped soothe my sore throat after tossing my guts up so violently earlier today.
Bought three new pipes from the head shop, one metal, one short wooden shotgun pipe, and a 'glass dick' as they are known. Basically a glass stem with a thin bubble on one end with a hole in the top, used for smoking things that have to be vaporised rather than subjected to pyrolysis from a direct flame. Used by some for smoking meth, although I am not fond of it, also very useful for vaping tryptamines like DMT, bufotenin, 5-methoxy-n,n-diallyltryptamine etc.
A lot more efficient than an improvised lighbulb pipe. Probably suitable for smoking crack also, but again, although I've tried it on a few occasions, it just isn't my thing. Although a brown and white is ok (smoking a couple of rocks, before IV heroin for the comedown)


Got a bottle of J.Collis.Browne's mixture a couple of days ago, OTC, containing morphine, not a vast amount, 20mg a bottle, I'd about 4-5 to nod out, but its good enough to put a bit of icing on the top of the oxy cake :D

Talking of ice cream, I didn't buy it, but there is a half tub of cherry ripple and candied cherries vanilla ice cream, which is just about to get noshed:), it is one of my favorites, one of the very few I like better, is bubblegum ripple with bubblegum flavor candy chucks all over the top, and scattered throughout.

Sorbets I like better than ice creams on the whole. Cherry, or mango, LOVE passionfruit sorbet.

Lol once I open a tub of sorbet, I don't stop munching until its all gone. I have a very sweet tooth.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on September 09, 2012, 01:53:00 PM
(http://rzymskie.info/images/volvo-xc90-ignition-cylinder.jpg)

Ignition cylinder. Damn things are expensive. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 09, 2012, 05:30:32 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on September 09, 2012, 01:53:00 PM
(http://rzymskie.info/images/volvo-xc90-ignition-cylinder.jpg)

Ignition cylinder. Damn things are expensive. :P

Looks like something out of Dr. Who or Star Trek.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 09, 2012, 05:32:30 PM
Drain cleaner, a smaller kitchen garbage can, a rug for the computer room, a plastic chest of 3 medium sized drawers for the bathroom, groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 09, 2012, 07:35:32 PM
Stuff for my son's rocking horse to fix it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kaelyrhn on September 10, 2012, 12:58:38 AM
I have recently acquired

A pair of Running shoes
Two small bookcases
A 'pocket wifi' device
A new camera


And further back

A book on phrases and stuff
A neat new pen


Also, clothes, and board games.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on September 12, 2012, 09:32:11 AM
Raspberry jam, cheese, whisky  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 12, 2012, 09:39:20 AM
... a dual twelve subwoofer and thousand watt amplifier for my Escalade.

I had a custom enclosure built that mounts beneath the rear seat, firing towards the back.

Fucking thing rocks!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 12, 2012, 09:41:07 AM



OH ... and a new hip, but that is a really involved tale.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2012, 03:41:35 PM
A dozen legal pads, Puddin' Head Wilson, cosmetic purses, groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on September 12, 2012, 03:45:08 PM
The strong Danish cheese is excellent to the smokey whisky  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2012, 11:44:48 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 12, 2012, 09:39:20 AM
... a dual twelve subwoofer and thousand watt amplifier for my Escalade.

I had a custom enclosure built that mounts beneath the rear seat, firing towards the back.

Fucking thing rocks!

Hi DD, good to see you!

And now that you are here, I have a question you might be able to help with.

I need to replace my stock car stereo in the Jag with something reasonably modern. It needs to be a single-DIN unit and ideally I should be able to hook it up with the wheel controls, with volume, next, source, etc. The car's got a phone so the stereo should ideally be able to recognise it and stop whatever it is playing if a call comes through.

But I also need to replace the stock speakers. They are 6.5", with one pair in the front and another in the rear. The premium version (which I don't have) also had tweeters, one pair mounted in the door and another in the dash. And the premium had an 8" subwoofer in the back, and there was an Alpine amp to drive it all.

I was thinking of getting Polk kit speakers, two pairs, and a subwoofer of some description. There needs to be an amp to drive everything because I don't really believe there is such a thing as a head unit that can drive these without choking.

I don't really want to make any visible changes in the car if I can help it, so the dimensions are what they are. The sub, specifically, needs to be a shallow one because there is a petrol tank  limiting the mounting depth. It might be possible to use a 10" but Jag originally had an 8" with a mounting plate, which I don't have.

Any pointers, recommendations, anything?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on September 16, 2012, 05:12:13 PM
iTunes GC for myself. Needed new tunes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 16, 2012, 06:11:07 PM
Some tools for resale all under a dollar one of which will sell for $30-40 :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 16, 2012, 06:41:46 PM
Nothing at all today.  Great for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 16, 2012, 11:34:08 PM
Three boxes of cereal for a dollar each
Vintage 101 Dalmatians toy set, never been opened
Hello Kitty Cube Frenzy video game for Game Boy
Toys for my son
TY Beanie
Toothpaste
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 17, 2012, 06:01:45 AM
Medication (sodium valproate and dexamphetamine)
Cans of Coke Zero
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 19, 2012, 03:47:48 PM
(http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/145/f5/f532a075-8780-4978-9314-94257423c57e_145.jpg)

(http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/145/95/95984f9b-624d-4d56-87b3-99cda2ec7f44_145.jpg)

My head hurts. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on September 19, 2012, 03:53:44 PM
^ My first reaction was...did you actually buy something new??!!! You're the queen of refurbishing! :laugh: Your stove looks similar to mine. Love the vanity. That's what I want for the powder room on the main floor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 19, 2012, 04:37:00 PM
Trust me I spent months debating. I hate spending money.  :LOL:

The vanity is actually a laundry tub. I really miss not having one, since it will be out in the open I decided to go with something less fugly than the standard utility tub.

I have a small vanity downstairs that I'm bringing upstairs to replace the oversized monster we keep killing ourselves on. It was always too big for the bathroom, and it didn't help when the top cracked and my dad found a bigger one on sale ages ago and built it out even more so the new top would fit. :P

Stove here is 30+ years old and looks it, I had a newer glass top stove at the old house but couldn't bring it. It took a year to heat up though so now I'm not sorry I had to leave it, went with coils and a self-cleaning oven for the new one.  ;)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on September 19, 2012, 04:48:18 PM
I have to say, I hate my glasstop. I find it much harder to keep clean. Next time I replace, I'm going back to coils.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 19, 2012, 05:45:48 PM
Magic erasers
Art erasers
Both for some restoration work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2012, 06:29:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 19, 2012, 05:45:48 PM
Magic erasers
Art erasers
Both for some restoration work

Plastic surgery on the Mona Lisa?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on September 19, 2012, 06:46:28 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on September 19, 2012, 04:48:18 PM
I have to say, I hate my glasstop. I find it much harder to keep clean. Next time I replace, I'm going back to coils.

I really like mine.  Do you use that cleaner made for glasstop stoves?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on September 19, 2012, 06:50:28 PM
Quote from: Callaway on September 19, 2012, 06:46:28 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on September 19, 2012, 04:48:18 PM
I have to say, I hate my glasstop. I find it much harder to keep clean. Next time I replace, I'm going back to coils.

I really like mine.  Do you use that cleaner made for glasstop stoves?
I do, but 4 hours after it was delivered the ex used it as a cutting board so there's permanent cuts in it that are impossible to really get clean. He never cared to take proper care of it and there's damage to it that I can't seem to fix so it just bothers me overall for more reasons than it being a glasstop I guess.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on September 19, 2012, 07:09:24 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on September 19, 2012, 06:50:28 PM
Quote from: Callaway on September 19, 2012, 06:46:28 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on September 19, 2012, 04:48:18 PM
I have to say, I hate my glasstop. I find it much harder to keep clean. Next time I replace, I'm going back to coils.

I really like mine.  Do you use that cleaner made for glasstop stoves?
I do, but 4 hours after it was delivered the ex used it as a cutting board so there's permanent cuts in it that are impossible to really get clean. He never cared to take proper care of it and there's damage to it that I can't seem to fix so it just bothers me overall for more reasons than it being a glasstop I guess.

Mine was never used as a cutting board, so that may be why I still like it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 20, 2012, 04:41:38 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2012, 06:29:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 19, 2012, 05:45:48 PM
Magic erasers
Art erasers
Both for some restoration work

Plastic surgery on the Mona Lisa?
Cleaning an old helmet
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 20, 2012, 05:43:20 AM
Quote from: Callaway on September 19, 2012, 07:09:24 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on September 19, 2012, 06:50:28 PM
Quote from: Callaway on September 19, 2012, 06:46:28 PM
Quote from: MissKitty on September 19, 2012, 04:48:18 PM
I have to say, I hate my glasstop. I find it much harder to keep clean. Next time I replace, I'm going back to coils.

I really like mine.  Do you use that cleaner made for glasstop stoves?
I do, but 4 hours after it was delivered the ex used it as a cutting board so there's permanent cuts in it that are impossible to really get clean. He never cared to take proper care of it and there's damage to it that I can't seem to fix so it just bothers me overall for more reasons than it being a glasstop I guess.

Mine was never used as a cutting board, so that may be why I still like it.

Appearance-wise I love them, it just seems like they take a year to heat up. On mine I could
put something on to boil, go downstairs put a load of clothes in dryer, put another in the washer, come upstairs and fold them and still be waiting. Wouldn't dare do that with the 30 year old coil top here. In fact the first month I came close to burning alot of things.

Maybe I just had a dud, but my FIL bitches about the same thing, my MIL loves it though, but then she'll spend all day in the kitchen because she loves to cook, bake bread, etc. With me, the faster I'm out of the kitchen the happier I am. :LOL:

 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 20, 2012, 01:40:46 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 20, 2012, 04:41:38 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2012, 06:29:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 19, 2012, 05:45:48 PM
Magic erasers
Art erasers
Both for some restoration work

Plastic surgery on the Mona Lisa?
Cleaning an old helmet

That's what she said. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 20, 2012, 02:53:43 PM
A book on teaching yourself a foreign language
3 candles
A fold-up clothes dryer, my third.  Kind of needed a third one for the winter since clothes dryer slower.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 20, 2012, 08:46:49 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 20, 2012, 01:40:46 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 20, 2012, 04:41:38 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2012, 06:29:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 19, 2012, 05:45:48 PM
Magic erasers
Art erasers
Both for some restoration work

Plastic surgery on the Mona Lisa?
Cleaning an old helmet
That's what she said. :zoinks:
Ceilidh had to teach me what that saying meant. :autism:

I bought $60 worth of petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on September 21, 2012, 09:03:27 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 20, 2012, 08:46:49 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 20, 2012, 01:40:46 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 20, 2012, 04:41:38 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2012, 06:29:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 19, 2012, 05:45:48 PM
Magic erasers
Art erasers
Both for some restoration work

Plastic surgery on the Mona Lisa?
Cleaning an old helmet
That's what she said. :zoinks:
Ceilidh had to teach me what that saying meant. :autism:

That is an image that won't soon leave my mind's eye :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on September 21, 2012, 09:12:54 AM
Cervisiam  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 21, 2012, 09:23:57 AM
Shit load of LEGO. Mostly Monster Fighters stuff.

Getting back into after I got my childhood LEGO back from my mum.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: luciaelizabeth on September 21, 2012, 10:58:40 AM
Quote from: Phlexor on September 21, 2012, 09:23:57 AM
Shit load of LEGO. Mostly Monster Fighters stuff.

Getting back into after I got my childhood LEGO back from my mum.

Have you been to LEGO Land?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 21, 2012, 11:14:05 AM
Never been because even though I live in the worlds most liveable city, apparently that criteria doesn't include being near any LEGOLand.

If they ever build one in Australia I bet you it will be in Sydney, just to piss me off. (I'm uncomfortable being more than 90mins travel time from home).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: luciaelizabeth on September 21, 2012, 01:19:34 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on September 21, 2012, 11:14:05 AM
Never been because even though I live in the worlds most liveable city, apparently that criteria doesn't include being near any LEGOLand.

If they ever build one in Australia I bet you it will be in Sydney, just to piss me off. (I'm uncomfortable being more than 90mins travel time from home).

Maybe we should start a petition!  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 21, 2012, 09:44:00 PM
I'd rather a petition to lower the Australian prices for LEGO than LEGOLand, they are stupid crazy high here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 21, 2012, 10:13:50 PM
Quote from: One L on September 21, 2012, 09:03:27 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 20, 2012, 08:46:49 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 20, 2012, 01:40:46 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 20, 2012, 04:41:38 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 19, 2012, 06:29:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 19, 2012, 05:45:48 PM
Magic erasers
Art erasers
Both for some restoration work
Plastic surgery on the Mona Lisa?
Cleaning an old helmet
That's what she said. :zoinks:
Ceilidh had to teach me what that saying meant. :autism:
That is an image that won't soon leave my mind's eye :(
She just told me, nothing else.
Quote from: Phlexor on September 21, 2012, 09:23:57 AM
Shit load of LEGO. Mostly Monster Fighters stuff.

Getting back into after I got my childhood LEGO back from my mum.
Your childhood Lego is probably worth a fair bit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 21, 2012, 10:24:02 PM
Emotionally its worth a lot to me, but like anything collectable, it's worth a lot less than you think.

http://www.brickpicker.com/ (http://www.brickpicker.com/)

http://www.bricklink.com/ (http://www.bricklink.com/)

I'm going to restore all my old set to complete and unbroken and then display them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 21, 2012, 10:35:02 PM
^I would like to see that. :)

I wish Lego made Star Trek stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on September 21, 2012, 11:15:40 PM
Mountain Dew 2 liters.....

Somehow its much cheaper at Wal-mart then at the Gas Station  ::)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 22, 2012, 05:28:14 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 21, 2012, 10:35:02 PM
^I would like to see that. :)

I wish Lego made Star Trek stuff.

It's a real pity that MegaBlocks has the star trek licence.

You'd like these though:

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2012/08/sears-canada-selling-stargate-construction-brick-toys/ (http://www.gateworld.net/news/2012/08/sears-canada-selling-stargate-construction-brick-toys/)
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2012/08/more-details-on-best-locks-new-stargate-toy-line/ (http://www.gateworld.net/news/2012/08/more-details-on-best-locks-new-stargate-toy-line/)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 22, 2012, 05:54:53 AM
Awesome Stargate stuff. :) I would like to see the Destiny made like that. I was really starting to enjoy SGU when it got cancelled.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 22, 2012, 06:03:41 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 22, 2012, 05:54:53 AM
Awesome Stargate stuff. :) I would like to see the Destiny made like that. I was really starting to enjoy SGU when it got cancelled.

Not the Destiny but awesome anyway:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31194766@N08/sets/72157623019238415/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31194766@N08/sets/72157623019238415/)

I would love to buy the pieces and re-create it myself (just the ship, not the city).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 22, 2012, 06:09:42 AM
Wow. That is pretty clever.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on September 22, 2012, 06:45:01 AM
Bought a 32' LCD tv today and a samsung galaxy s2  :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 22, 2012, 11:53:51 AM
A Kennedy machinist tool box never used $10 they cost $200+ online
A new fountain pen for fifty cents,  I love fountain pens and used them all through high school and collage but they are hard to find these days 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 22, 2012, 01:06:39 PM
Quote from: Al Swearengen on September 22, 2012, 06:45:01 AM
Bought a 32' LCD tv today and a samsung galaxy s2  :GA:
:thumbup: I have the Galaxy SII but my tv is a 10 year old 27". And I assume you meant 32" rather than 32'?  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on September 22, 2012, 03:04:45 PM
Bought a bottle of Spanish champagne (=Cava).. only because it was half-price (€4.50 now) in the supermarket. Bought a plastic bag-let full of this year's walnuts too.. for ja, I love walnuts.

I should learn myself to make some walnut-based pastry/pie-lets, I'm reckoning now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 22, 2012, 03:45:38 PM
Quote from: lutra on September 22, 2012, 03:04:45 PM
Bought a bottle of Spanish champagne (=Cava).. only because it was half-price (€4.50 now) in the supermarket. Bought a plastic bag-let full of this year's walnuts too.. for ja, I love walnuts.

I should learn myself to make some walnut-based pastry/pie-lets, I'm reckoning now.

You found fresh walnuts for sale all ready?

I'll call the lady I bought 10 kgs of last year, if she has them harvested, and a tad dried yet.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on September 22, 2012, 03:47:02 PM
Here in Sweden we usually just eat walnuts for Christmas  :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 22, 2012, 03:54:07 PM
Quote from: Lit on September 22, 2012, 03:47:02 PM
Here in Sweden we usually just eat walnuts for Christmas  :-\

I had hoped those walnuts I bought last year would last till Christmas, but, they were as good as gone, by the time December was upon us. Think I need 25 kgs this year.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on September 22, 2012, 03:55:39 PM
They have them in the salad at the café, though  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 22, 2012, 04:12:56 PM
Yummy, with soft goat cheese, and a honey dressing?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 22, 2012, 04:27:45 PM
A metal basic bed frame for the PR.  Which was easy to put up once I read the fine print which said that twin bed size didn't need the plastic plugs.  It is still sitting outside.  I have been in her room, working on the 2nd bag of trash (3/4 full).  I'm taking a dinner break and will be back in there in about 30 minutes.  This is full all-out war on trash.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 22, 2012, 05:22:05 PM
Compost Bucket
Blue light bulb
Trash bags
Compost bags


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on September 22, 2012, 07:02:59 PM


Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on September 22, 2012, 01:06:39 PM
Quote from: Al Swearengen on September 22, 2012, 06:45:01 AM
Bought a 32' LCD tv today and a samsung galaxy s2  :GA:
:thumbup: I have the Galaxy SII but my tv is a 10 year old 27". And I assume you meant 32" rather than 32'?  :hahaha:


Same here, it's a great phone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 22, 2012, 09:38:33 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on September 22, 2012, 07:02:59 PM


Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on September 22, 2012, 01:06:39 PM
Quote from: Al Swearengen on September 22, 2012, 06:45:01 AM
Bought a 32' LCD tv today and a samsung galaxy s2  :GA:
:thumbup: I have the Galaxy SII but my tv is a 10 year old 27". And I assume you meant 32" rather than 32'?  :hahaha:


Same here, it's a great phone.
Great minds think alike.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 22, 2012, 09:53:20 PM
I bought cat food today. Shortly before I went to the store today I went out to check my mail. One of the local cats that I have seen and greeted before meowed at me letting me know that she wanted something. So I reached down and petted her - she has not allowed this before - and she enjoyed that but since she did not scent me by rubbing her head on my leg I figured that she must have wanted something else. So I told her to wait and went inside and got about 1.5 to 2 ounces of pastrami out of my fridge and gave it to her. She chowed right down on it. I petted her and said bye. I don't know why she was hungry, maybe her family is in the hospital or something.  ??? Anyway I have bought three small cans of cat food to feed her in the event I see her hungry in the next few days. She cannot live inside because of my allergies/asthma but I have an enclosed back porch that she can have if she needs it. I hope her family shows back up, I have not had a cat for decades now. But she is nice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 23, 2012, 02:36:04 PM
Looks like she adopted a stray aspie, PPK.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 23, 2012, 03:23:02 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 23, 2012, 02:36:04 PM
Looks like she adopted a stray aspie, PPK.  :thumbup:
:indeed: she may have. I have to see if she hits me up again Hyke.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 23, 2012, 03:41:29 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on September 23, 2012, 03:23:02 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 23, 2012, 02:36:04 PM
Looks like she adopted a stray aspie, PPK.  :thumbup:
:indeed: she may have. I have to see if she hits me up again Hyke.  :thumbup:

Now that hitting you up brought her pastrami, she'll consider you an amazing catch.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 23, 2012, 05:19:08 PM
Cars socks for my son
Birthday card for my nephew and a Little people toy set
Some activity pad for myself and two Video games


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kaelyrhn on September 23, 2012, 08:07:17 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on September 22, 2012, 05:28:14 AM
It's a real pity that MegaBlocks has the star trek licence.

Kre-O has the license for New(Abrams)-Trek...And it looks crap.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phlexor on September 23, 2012, 09:03:57 PM
Quote from: Ceilidh on September 23, 2012, 08:07:17 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on September 22, 2012, 05:28:14 AM
It's a real pity that MegaBlocks has the star trek licence.

Kre-O has the license for New(Abrams)-Trek...And it looks crap.

Kre-O can also lick my balls. LEGO is No.1!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on September 25, 2012, 06:15:24 PM
these! the purple one is a rare gemstone.

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/yy_11a.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/yy_11b.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/yy_11c.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/yy_11d.jpg)

they should be here tomorrow.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 25, 2012, 08:35:00 PM
A couple of hundred quid worth of 4-methoxy-PCP, 3-methoxy-PCP, n-ethyl-norketamine, with a few pyrazolam and etizolam tablets tossed into my order.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 25, 2012, 08:52:09 PM
Quote from: richard on September 25, 2012, 06:15:24 PM
these! the purple one is a rare gemstone.

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/yy_11a.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/yy_11b.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/yy_11c.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/yy_11d.jpg)

they should be here tomorrow.  :thumbup:
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 26, 2012, 06:33:36 AM
They look great, Richard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on September 26, 2012, 07:30:52 AM
Raspberry jam, crackers, butter, milk, eggs, ham, mineral water and beer  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on September 26, 2012, 01:23:51 PM
You should stick the fire agates up your butt, then post a video online claiming you have a rare condition that causes you to shit fire agates and pull them out of your ass.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on September 26, 2012, 01:32:46 PM
 :agreed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 26, 2012, 02:35:23 PM
Bought a pair of used headphones: AKG K240 Mk II.  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on September 26, 2012, 02:39:09 PM
Quote from: RagingBoner on September 26, 2012, 01:23:51 PM
You should stick the fire agates up your butt, then post a video online claiming you have a rare condition that causes you to shit fire agates and pull them out of your ass.  :zoinks:

I thought he did, and that's where they cam from in the first place  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on September 26, 2012, 04:15:18 PM
Expensive all natral catfood. I am going to buy more today. The cheap stuff makes their shit smell terrib le. Even the arm and hammer odor killer couldn't fix the horrific stench.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 26, 2012, 04:18:23 PM
Cat food (non-natural.  Martha is an outside cat, so I don't know or care what her shit smells like.), pork chops, oatmeal (peach and maple syrup flavors)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 26, 2012, 05:55:18 PM
I don't agree with confining cats indoors, its just wrong.

Not bought much lately, other than a bottle of dandelion and burdock, and a packet of amber leaf rolling baccy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 26, 2012, 05:57:54 PM
Quote from: Lestat on September 26, 2012, 05:55:18 PM
I don't agree with confining cats indoors, its just wrong.

Not bought much lately, other than a bottle of dandelion and burdock, and a packet of amber leaf rolling baccy.

Some cats seem to prefer indoors, some outdoors and others want both.  I'd prefer if she was indoors, but..........
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 26, 2012, 06:00:33 PM
A Powerball lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 26, 2012, 11:21:13 PM
A picture frame to put a photo of Liam in that Ceilidh took. He is both an inside and an outside cat. He is always in at night though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on September 27, 2012, 03:18:43 PM
Quote from: Lestat on September 26, 2012, 05:55:18 PM
I don't agree with confining cats indoors, its just wrong.

 :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 27, 2012, 06:25:21 PM
$100 worth of gas and it only got me three quarters of a tank :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 28, 2012, 01:50:24 AM
^ :o

I bought food for autism group and it is already all eaten. Seemed this time that more people showed up but less food was brought to the group.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 28, 2012, 03:43:43 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 27, 2012, 06:25:21 PM
$100 worth of gas and it only got me three quarters of a tank :thumbdn:

I'm guessing that your tank is bigger than mine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 28, 2012, 05:20:39 AM
Bought bugger all apart from a pack of baccy and two bottles of cherry coke; had to borrow some money from my old man for those. I don't get paid until monday, and I'm flat broke.

First things I am going to buy are food, not decided what, although I fancy a nice steak chilli, drink-beer I think, and some dandelion and burdock, not decided what else yet, perhaps some pink lemonade.

A pack of amber leaf rolling baccy, some liquorice rizla, some N-ethylnorketamine, some 3-methoxy PCP, 4-MeO-PCP, and I think I'll try a new NMDA antagonist thats recently come out on the market, deschloroketamine, perhaps a few pyrazolam tablets (a benzodiazepine, unscheduled here, its one of the triazolobenzodiazepines, like xanax/alprazolam, triazolam/halcion etc., structurally a sort of bastard child hybrid of triazolam and bromazepam, potency wise intermediate between alprazolam and triazolam, but lasts around 8 hours.

Tried it once before, found it one of the most effective benzos I've ever tried for sleep, knocked me flat on my arse at a dose of 500 micrograms.

What else...I need some more ether, tetrahydrofuran, zinc powder for my lab, as well as some more dichloromethane. Might just shoot an email to my well-connected polish chemical supplier and get some of the benzaldehydes that are the immediate precursors for the 2C-x series and/or DOx psychedelic phenethylamines/amphetamines respectively.

Need the stuff to run a beckmann rearrangement on the aldoxime of helional (3,4-methylenedioxyphenylpropional), already have the stuff hanging around for the hofmann degredation. Never tried MDA before...I don't enjoy entactogens as a rule, other than AMT, but I've never had MDA, willing to give it a try, at any rate, I have enough helional to make a fair bit of cash (100ml).

I figure I might as well try some myself, before it all goes, for the sake of exploring the new experience. It would be just plain weird to have a whole load of the stuff and let it all go without ever having a taste for myself. Only fair for the chef to have the first bite xD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 28, 2012, 06:34:54 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 28, 2012, 03:43:43 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 27, 2012, 06:25:21 PM
$100 worth of gas and it only got me three quarters of a tank :thumbdn:

I'm guessing that your tank is bigger than mine.

Yes I have a very big 'tank' :zoinks:

The van has a 35 gallon(132.5 liter) tank
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 28, 2012, 02:35:19 PM
Hand sewing needles to mend some knit clothes.  They're ball pointed rather than sharp.  This lets the needle slip through the knit without piercing the thread of the cloth and making a small hole that gets ever larger.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 28, 2012, 02:53:46 PM
I bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 28, 2012, 03:13:05 PM
Bought 15 quid phone credit, borrowed the money to do it, as I don't get paid until monday, but if I top up 15 in any given month, on my call plan I get totally free unlimited texts and half a gig of web access for the whole of the following month, which is a pretty sweet deal.

Spent the rest of the loose change on penny candy. Lol I ripped off the paki in the shop, because all I had was a handful of cent pieces in loose change :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 29, 2012, 07:27:03 AM
I bought two showbags for Ceilidh.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on September 29, 2012, 09:14:59 AM
Just bought 6 of these small cylindrical thingies with 7 essential oils in them via a web-store. I use the stuff (couple of droplets) in hot water on my poorman's stove/just vaporizing it in the air. It has an uplifting effect on me.. plus it clears the sinuses a little too.
(http://www.newtouchmassage.nl/images/toco-tholin/flesje.jpg)
(well, I like the stuff) (leave me alone  :zoinks: )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 29, 2012, 10:21:54 AM
A Selig "Z" chair at a tag sale for $5 and it is not a reproduction :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 29, 2012, 02:38:02 PM
I didn't go to a church rummage sale.   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on September 29, 2012, 03:01:50 PM
Today I sent off class certificates, a signed state form and a $100 bank check to the DIR DAS to get a 3 year renewal of my Ca state General Electrician Certification. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on September 29, 2012, 03:20:58 PM
The sexy red suit on the right.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/crafting/P1010820_zps77bc6f5e.jpg?t=1348946723)

Need to paint it - going to do a red candy coat, gold on the raised areas, keep the glossy black but make the grey matte. Green lenses, gem effect if I can be arsed.

Oh, also, loads of packing boxes, because I'm MOVING TO FUCKING LONDON BECAUSE I HAVE A FUCKING JOB AT LAST.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on September 29, 2012, 03:33:22 PM
Pramiracetam
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 29, 2012, 06:46:04 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 29, 2012, 10:21:54 AM
A Selig "Z" chair at a tag sale for $5 and it is not a reproduction :hyke:

I need to brush up on my vintage furniture, had to look it up. :LOL:  Nice find!!

Bought 10 pairs of fuzzy striped socks. :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on September 29, 2012, 08:38:29 PM


Quote from: renaeden on September 29, 2012, 07:27:03 AM
I bought two showbags for Ceilidh.


What is a showbag?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 29, 2012, 08:45:04 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on September 29, 2012, 08:38:29 PM
Quote from: renaeden on September 29, 2012, 07:27:03 AM
I bought two showbags for Ceilidh.
What is a showbag?
I went to the Perth Royal Show which is like a big carnival that also shows livestock and produce for prizes. Showbags are just bags with various items in them, you can get ones with mostly chocolate in them or novelties, like the ones they have based on superheroes. I got Ceilidh a Chupa-Chups bag (lollies) and a Madison bag (magazines and various beauty products, shampoos, sunglasses, etc.).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on September 29, 2012, 08:48:20 PM


Ah, swag bags.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 29, 2012, 09:09:25 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on September 29, 2012, 08:48:20 PM
Ah, swag bags.
Interesting to know there is a different name for them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 30, 2012, 02:48:22 AM
Bought a few DVDs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 30, 2012, 10:58:31 AM
I didn't buy b'fast out today!   :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on September 30, 2012, 11:06:25 AM
2 sausage biscuits from BoJangles
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 30, 2012, 11:35:29 AM
Coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 30, 2012, 01:37:08 PM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 30, 2012, 01:59:43 PM
Quote from: ῦ on September 29, 2012, 03:20:58 PM

Oh, also, loads of packing boxes, because I'm MOVING TO FUCKING LONDON BECAUSE I HAVE A FUCKING JOB AT LAST.

Congratulations!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 30, 2012, 03:16:16 PM
Loads of groceries.  Today is the last of the use by date for a lot of my coupons.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 01, 2012, 05:38:37 AM
5g of 4-methoxyphencyclidine
500mg of 2-methoxydeschloroketamine (which I have been looking forward to testing for ages)
And I managed to find an affordable sample of 3-hydroxy-PCP. Although it was fucking expensive, shouldn't be, considering the chemistry involved is LESS complex than to create the corresponding methyl ether (methylating agents are horrendously toxic in general, highly carcinogenic, noxious chemicals)

No way they should be charging £15 for a mere 10mg!

Cheeky buggers are selling it for 1K per gram!

I've been wanting to start running a site like this:

https://www.benzo-fury.me.uk (https://www.benzo-fury.me.uk)

The profit margins must be absolutely phenomenal, if one is running the synth work for oneself rather than contracting it out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on October 01, 2012, 11:58:59 AM
Quote from: ῦ on September 29, 2012, 03:20:58 PM
The sexy red suit on the right.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/crafting/P1010820_zps77bc6f5e.jpg?t=1348946723)

Need to paint it - going to do a red candy coat, gold on the raised areas, keep the glossy black but make the grey matte. Green lenses, gem effect if I can be arsed.

Oh, also, loads of packing boxes, because I'm MOVING TO FUCKING LONDON BECAUSE I HAVE A FUCKING JOB AT LAST.

Congratulations!  What's the job?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on October 01, 2012, 01:22:00 PM
 
Quote from: Callaway on October 01, 2012, 11:58:59 AM
Quote from: ῦ on September 29, 2012, 03:20:58 PM
The sexy red suit on the right.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/crafting/P1010820_zps77bc6f5e.jpg?t=1348946723)

Need to paint it - going to do a red candy coat, gold on the raised areas, keep the glossy black but make the grey matte. Green lenses, gem effect if I can be arsed.

Oh, also, loads of packing boxes, because I'm MOVING TO FUCKING LONDON BECAUSE I HAVE A FUCKING JOB AT LAST.

Congratulations!  What's the job?


:zoinks: Whipping boy! :poopy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on October 01, 2012, 01:41:13 PM
Quote from: Callaway on October 01, 2012, 11:58:59 AM
Quote from: ῦ on September 29, 2012, 03:20:58 PM
The sexy red suit on the right.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/crafting/P1010820_zps77bc6f5e.jpg?t=1348946723)

Need to paint it - going to do a red candy coat, gold on the raised areas, keep the glossy black but make the grey matte. Green lenses, gem effect if I can be arsed.

Oh, also, loads of packing boxes, because I'm MOVING TO FUCKING LONDON BECAUSE I HAVE A FUCKING JOB AT LAST.

Congratulations!  What's the job?

Microsoft and Cisco support and Engineer, with secondary roles including site installation and maintainence. £18/hr, works out to 37.5k per year assuming 8 hour workdays, five days a week, 52 weeks a year. That's US$29/55.5k, which ain't bad for a first job.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on October 01, 2012, 01:44:35 PM
Quote from: ῦ on October 01, 2012, 01:41:13 PM
Quote from: Callaway on October 01, 2012, 11:58:59 AM
Quote from: ῦ on September 29, 2012, 03:20:58 PM
The sexy red suit on the right.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/crafting/P1010820_zps77bc6f5e.jpg?t=1348946723)

Need to paint it - going to do a red candy coat, gold on the raised areas, keep the glossy black but make the grey matte. Green lenses, gem effect if I can be arsed.

Oh, also, loads of packing boxes, because I'm MOVING TO FUCKING LONDON BECAUSE I HAVE A FUCKING JOB AT LAST.

Congratulations!  What's the job?

Microsoft and Cisco support and Engineer, with secondary roles including site installation and maintainence. £18/hr, works out to 37.5k per year assuming 8 hour workdays, five days a week, 52 weeks a year. That's US$29/55.5k, which ain't bad for a first job.


:jealous: :o *bites you*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on October 01, 2012, 01:46:43 PM
Quote from: RagingBoner on October 01, 2012, 01:44:35 PM
Quote from: ῦ on October 01, 2012, 01:41:13 PM
Quote from: Callaway on October 01, 2012, 11:58:59 AM
Quote from: ῦ on September 29, 2012, 03:20:58 PM
The sexy red suit on the right.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/crafting/P1010820_zps77bc6f5e.jpg?t=1348946723)

Need to paint it - going to do a red candy coat, gold on the raised areas, keep the glossy black but make the grey matte. Green lenses, gem effect if I can be arsed.

Oh, also, loads of packing boxes, because I'm MOVING TO FUCKING LONDON BECAUSE I HAVE A FUCKING JOB AT LAST.

Congratulations!  What's the job?

Microsoft and Cisco support and Engineer, with secondary roles including site installation and maintainence. £18/hr, works out to 37.5k per year assuming 8 hour workdays, five days a week, 52 weeks a year. That's US$29/55.5k, which ain't bad for a first job.


:jealous: :o *bites you*

I'm probably not actually going to earn £37.5k/pa, simply because I don't really want to work every workday every year. Ideally, I'll end up on the same shift pattern as my dad, since his NOC is around the corner from mine, but that's unlikely.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 01, 2012, 02:01:10 PM
Quote from: lutra on September 29, 2012, 09:14:59 AM
Just bought 6 of these small cylindrical thingies with 7 essential oils in them via a web-store. I use the stuff (couple of droplets) in hot water on my poorman's stove/just vaporizing it in the air. It has an uplifting effect on me.. plus it clears the sinuses a little too.
(http://www.newtouchmassage.nl/images/toco-tholin/flesje.jpg)
(well, I like the stuff) (leave me alone  :zoinks: )
:thumbup:
Found a vial yesterday, when tidying, and used it right away. Will again use some of it. The common cold is trying to take over this household.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on October 01, 2012, 06:02:31 PM
:chocolate:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 01, 2012, 06:07:45 PM
I'd nibble on that.

Not a big fan of chocolate though :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on October 01, 2012, 06:16:52 PM
I only crave chocolate if I'm hormonal and PMSing. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 01, 2012, 06:48:56 PM
I do like dark chocolate, the really high quality, high cocoa ones. And some of the speciality dark chocolates. Like, you probably guessed it, the one with chilli pepper in it :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on October 01, 2012, 11:36:51 PM
Bus passes
Bush cutter
Extension cord


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on October 02, 2012, 09:39:02 AM
So. Many. Groceries.  :o Although only $6 over budget so I shouldn't stress. It's Thanksgiving here this weekend so lots of good food, good company, and a hockey game to go to. So purely Canadian.  :green: Looking forward to cooking the big meal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 02, 2012, 11:33:59 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on September 30, 2012, 10:58:31 AM
I didn't buy b'fast out today!   :thumbup:

  A nice homemade breakfast   :multitask:   is cheap and cheerful!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on October 02, 2012, 11:43:48 AM
Just (a few minutes ago) bought these products on-line.
(http://2188.static.securearea.eu//Files/3/2000/2188/ProductPhotos/Large/8859902.jpg)  plus  (http://2188.static.securearea.eu//Files/3/2000/2188/ProductPhotos/Large/2210210.jpg)
Um, maybe you're not familiar with them..  :autism: ..they're used to shave one's jaw/neck/face/whatever.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 02, 2012, 11:45:30 AM
  ^  I know what those are.  Girls have to shave too, you know.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 02, 2012, 11:51:31 AM
Quote from: lutra on October 02, 2012, 11:43:48 AM
Just (a few minutes ago) bought these products on-line.
(http://2188.static.securearea.eu//Files/3/2000/2188/ProductPhotos/Large/8859902.jpg)  plus  (http://2188.static.securearea.eu//Files/3/2000/2188/ProductPhotos/Large/2210210.jpg)
Um, maybe you're not familiar with them..  :autism: ..they're used to shave one's jaw/neck/face/whatever.  :laugh:

Two blades is so 1996 ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on October 02, 2012, 02:31:57 PM
^ Probably more like the eighties even. Um, think I've always used Gillette's 'GII-system'.. ever since I started shaving. Typically me, btw, sticking with what I know best.. but also, basically every shaving system after it is there to shake more money out of peoplet's wallets. Unnecessary 'luxurious', imo.

And ja, of course I know girls (ladies) shave.. um, thank the bearded lord for that too.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 02, 2012, 02:55:39 PM
More groceries than I planned for, detergents were on offer, two bottles for the prize of one, and both the dark and white detergent were nearly finished, so stocked up on that.
Bought glasses too, and fluid for contacts.
Almonds, that was the best buy of the day I guess, best, when it comes to the enjoy factor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 02, 2012, 03:22:13 PM
Oh, bought some schoolbooks too. Girl doesn't have the advanced English she had in her former school, and is missing it a lot. So, ordered the books she probably would have had, had she stayed.
And, ordered a DVD from ZAAI with it.  :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 02, 2012, 05:18:53 PM
A coffee at Dunkin' Donuts on the way home from work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 02, 2012, 07:11:57 PM
A tooth repair, 3 pairs of pillow cases, a small pillow for my left knee, an ill-fated lunch at Wendys and an egg and biscuit dinner at the diner (figured that was soft enough)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on October 02, 2012, 09:10:17 PM
Tomorrows list:

Train Tickets (to and from)

Bus Rides (To and From Campus)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 11, 2012, 05:02:20 PM
Upper and lower ball joints for the van $84
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on October 11, 2012, 05:11:55 PM
replaced duct system under house

cost a bit, but well worth it.

I am breathing much easier now
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 11, 2012, 05:21:56 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on October 11, 2012, 05:11:55 PM
replaced duct system under house

cost a bit, but well worth it.

I am breathing much easier now

Is it in a crawl space?  You would not believe just how disgusting they can get down there and most older ductwork was also under sized, so you where probably due. Use high efficiency filters on the furnace and replace them often and you will keep breathing easier  :thumbup:   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on October 11, 2012, 05:24:36 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 11, 2012, 05:21:56 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on October 11, 2012, 05:11:55 PM
replaced duct system under house

cost a bit, but well worth it.

I am breathing much easier now

Is it in a crawl space?  You would not believe just how disgusting they can get down there and most older ductwork was also under sized, so you where probably due. Use high efficiency filters on the furnace and replace them often and you will keep breathing easier  :thumbup:
yes in a crawl space. That duct work has probably been under there fo 40 years. It was nasty to say the least.

Definitely will get some good filters
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 12, 2012, 09:06:04 AM
A Triceratops Halloween costume, boys size 5.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on October 12, 2012, 09:11:56 AM
Don't you blow things up on Halloween in the US? The teadrinkers used to do that before  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 12, 2012, 09:23:47 AM
Quote from: Lit on October 12, 2012, 09:11:56 AM
Don't you blow things up on Halloween in the US? The teadrinkers used to do that before  :orly:

No, not traditionally.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on October 12, 2012, 12:01:19 PM
Quote from: One L on October 12, 2012, 09:06:04 AM
A Triceratops Halloween costume, boys size 5.

He's going to be so cute.  I made my daughter a green and brown snake costume for Halloween.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 12, 2012, 01:32:38 PM
Quote from: Callaway on October 12, 2012, 12:01:19 PM
Quote from: One L on October 12, 2012, 09:06:04 AM
A Triceratops Halloween costume, boys size 5.

He's going to be so cute.  I made my daughter a green and brown snake costume for Halloween.

Trying it on, in his sister's room.

(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/46256_10152165715925313_369010838_n.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 12, 2012, 01:51:05 PM
I think I want to gobble him up. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on October 12, 2012, 02:31:13 PM
He's the cutest triceratops I have ever seen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 14, 2012, 01:18:14 AM
There's one happy kid. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on October 14, 2012, 11:05:28 PM
I am going to get my kid a Spiderman costume. He loves Spiderman.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on October 15, 2012, 06:16:40 AM
My youngest is going as a dinosaur too. That's what she was year before last but this time she says she's going to be a different kind. Haven't seen the costume yet though.

Yesterday I bought a cat. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 15, 2012, 07:43:15 AM
Coffee a lottery ticket and insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Callaway on October 15, 2012, 08:29:33 AM
Two breakfast burritos for my husband and me and a Mexican coke for my husband.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on October 17, 2012, 06:55:45 AM
Just bought these søckers on-line..
(http://www.drogisterij.net/producten/400x400/DNX0000267_1_Oral_B_Opzetborstels_Precision_Clean.jpg)
Yes, 10 of them.. à €2.89 a thingie (incluis cost of transport).. which is about the cheapest I could find.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 19, 2012, 03:10:55 AM
I bought a Blu-ray/DVD player for myself and the first season of Stargate Universe for my friend.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on October 19, 2012, 06:10:10 AM
Milk, rice milk, ham, bread, mineral water, razor blades, shaving gel, wooden spoons, coffee, beer, cognac, cigars, antacid, toothpaste, petrol (I should learn all that in Latin, by the way).

I got my spazz money today  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 19, 2012, 08:42:25 AM
A coffee, bottle of Coke, jelly doughnut and a lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on October 19, 2012, 11:20:33 AM
Coffee maker. Single cup. Was on sale. I like using the reusable k-cup insert so that I can use my own loose tea, hot chocolate etc but I can also still serve coffee to people who visit. The k-cups are so great because now the oldest can make himself hot chocolate and tea without running the risk of burning himself.

(http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/assets/product_images/230/21024740186894P.JPG)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on October 19, 2012, 12:39:30 PM
mechassult and action replay
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 19, 2012, 04:20:31 PM
dinner fixin's
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on October 19, 2012, 07:33:44 PM
4 gallons of Black Streak remover for travel trailer
enough to clean it twice
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on October 20, 2012, 01:45:40 AM
Fast food from Dairy Queen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 20, 2012, 01:53:48 AM
Lunch. Beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 21, 2012, 02:35:47 PM
A working  Victoreen 700 model 6B civil defense geiger counter :parts:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 21, 2012, 03:16:11 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 21, 2012, 02:35:47 PM
A working  Victoreen 700 model 6B civil defense geiger counter :parts:

 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 21, 2012, 03:43:49 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 21, 2012, 04:42:28 PM
The "Regeneration Trilogy" of Pat Barker.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 22, 2012, 11:47:12 AM
Where did you get the geiger counter, and how much did you pay for it?

Radiological stuff isn't really my forte, hobby wise, but I've thought about it now and then, I'd quite like some day to have a try at building my own cyclotron, microtron, or similar particle accelerator on a small scale of course. Not like I have either the money, the miles and miles of space for a huge linac, and of course, my folks would murder me in my sleep when they saw the electric bill even if I could:P:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 22, 2012, 12:57:24 PM
Quote from: Lestat on October 22, 2012, 11:47:12 AM
Where did you get the geiger counter, and how much did you pay for it?

Radiological stuff isn't really my forte, hobby wise, but I've thought about it now and then, I'd quite like some day to have a try at building my own cyclotron, microtron, or similar particle accelerator on a small scale of course. Not like I have either the money, the miles and miles of space for a huge linac, and of course, my folks would murder me in my sleep when they saw the electric bill even if I could:P:D

 :viking: people pay their own electric bills.  In their own houses.  With money they earned.   :viking: :viking: :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 22, 2012, 02:33:45 PM
$64 worth of groceries.  I can't recall when I've ever spent that much on food, strictly food.  I usually spend more than that in a week, but the grocery store is 7 blocks from the house and I go almost daily, so in a week I would spend about that much there, but not in one go.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 23, 2012, 12:05:08 AM
I bought these male and female native Egorot(?) carvings in Baguio Phillipines last Wednesday for my parents. About $35 for both.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/35mpooh.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 23, 2012, 12:14:28 AM
Quote from: Lit on October 19, 2012, 06:10:10 AM
Milk, rice milk, ham, bread, mineral water, razor blades, shaving gel, wooden spoons, coffee, beer, cognac, cigars, antacid, toothpaste, petrol (I should learn all that in Latin, by the way).

I got my spazz money today  8)

      Spazzum  fortis  est!   :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on October 23, 2012, 05:46:35 AM
 :agreed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 23, 2012, 05:49:26 AM
  Last night I bought the new edition of the security software I use.  :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 23, 2012, 06:35:29 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 05:49:26 AM
  Last night I bought the new edition of the security software I use.  :nerdy:
A wise investment.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on October 23, 2012, 08:32:29 AM
I have several "defense lines" for my computer: MSE, that, *touches wood*, is an unusually good Micro$oft product; the Windows firewall, Adblock Plus and NoScript  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 23, 2012, 10:54:00 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 05:49:26 AM
  Last night I bought the new edition of the security software I use.  :nerdy:

The best security software is free :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on October 23, 2012, 10:57:38 AM
Quote from: One L on October 23, 2012, 10:54:00 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 05:49:26 AM
  Last night I bought the new edition of the security software I use.  :nerdy:

The best security software is free :)
:agreed: The best security software I've ever had is Avast. The free version works great.

Bought meds for the oldest and moisturizer for me
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 23, 2012, 11:03:35 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on October 23, 2012, 10:57:38 AM
Quote from: One L on October 23, 2012, 10:54:00 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 05:49:26 AM
  Last night I bought the new edition of the security software I use.  :nerdy:

The best security software is free :)
:agreed: The best security software I've ever had is Avast. The free version works great.

Bought meds for the oldest and moisturizer for me

I use Microsoft Security Essentials.  They only have one version, and it's free.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 23, 2012, 04:50:32 PM
MSE is actually pretty good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on October 23, 2012, 05:34:20 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on October 23, 2012, 12:05:08 AM
I bought these male and female native Egorot(?) carvings in Baguio Phillipines last Wednesday for my parents. About $35 for both.

(http://i48.tinypic.com/35mpooh.jpg)
Oh those are cool. nice find,  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 23, 2012, 05:42:56 PM
Quote from: One L on October 23, 2012, 10:54:00 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 05:49:26 AM
  Last night I bought the new edition of the security software I use.  :nerdy:

The best security software is free :)

  What is it called and where do I find it?  :apondering:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:21:31 PM
I didn't spend a single penny today.  The world's economy is going to crash.   :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 23, 2012, 06:31:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:21:31 PM
I didn't spend a single penny today.  The world's economy is going to crash.   :zombiefuck:

  Hurry, get to a convenience store and buy some beef jerky or something!   :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:36:19 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 06:31:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:21:31 PM
I didn't spend a single penny today.  The world's economy is going to crash.   :zombiefuck:

  Hurry, get to a convenience store and buy some beef jerky or something!   :GA:

Not on your life.  I'm on a roll now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 23, 2012, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:36:19 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 06:31:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:21:31 PM
I didn't spend a single penny today.  The world's economy is going to crash.   :zombiefuck:

  Hurry, get to a convenience store and buy some beef jerky or something!   :GA:

Not on your life.  I'm on a roll now.

  The convenience store might have a sandwich    :halitosis:    on a roll!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:48:32 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:36:19 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 06:31:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:21:31 PM
I didn't spend a single penny today.  The world's economy is going to crash.   :zombiefuck:

  Hurry, get to a convenience store and buy some beef jerky or something!   :GA:

Not on your life.  I'm on a roll now.

  The convenience store might have a sandwich    :halitosis:    on a roll!

Yuck.  I might buy an ice cream bar though.  Nah, once begun is half done.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 23, 2012, 06:56:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:48:32 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:36:19 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 06:31:36 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2012, 06:21:31 PM
I didn't spend a single penny today.  The world's economy is going to crash.   :zombiefuck:

  Hurry, get to a convenience store and buy some beef jerky or something!   :GA:

Not on your life.  I'm on a roll now.

  The convenience store might have a sandwich    :halitosis:    on a roll!

Yuck.  I might buy an ice cream bar though.  Nah, once begun is half done.

  Yes, keep control of the Royal Purse Strings.  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 23, 2012, 06:57:35 PM
Heat shrink tubing, sand paper and a repair manual for the  Ford Focus 2000-2011
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 24, 2012, 11:18:02 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 05:42:56 PM
Quote from: One L on October 23, 2012, 10:54:00 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 05:49:26 AM
  Last night I bought the new edition of the security software I use.  :nerdy:

The best security software is free :)

  What is it called and where do I find it?  :apondering:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 24, 2012, 06:50:17 PM
Another no spend day.   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 24, 2012, 06:58:49 PM
A coffee and lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on October 24, 2012, 09:26:16 PM
Shit I don't really need. -_-
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 24, 2012, 11:10:33 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 05:42:56 PM
Quote from: One L on October 23, 2012, 10:54:00 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 23, 2012, 05:49:26 AM
  Last night I bought the new edition of the security software I use.  :nerdy:

The best security software is free :)

  What is it called and where do I find it?  :apondering:

Microsoft Security Essentials is pretty good. Google it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 24, 2012, 11:11:29 PM
Books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 25, 2012, 06:02:07 AM
Biscuits and cakes for autism group tomorrow.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on October 25, 2012, 08:38:06 PM
Well, I was close.  I paid $1.62 for a cup of coffee and a sausage biscuit for breakfast on the way to work. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on October 25, 2012, 10:19:56 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 23, 2012, 06:57:35 PM
Heat shrink tubing, sand paper and a repair manual for the  Ford Focus 2000-2011
Heat shrink  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on October 26, 2012, 06:55:55 AM
Bought this sweater yesterday..
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-OXVJKOZ7.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 26, 2012, 08:47:52 AM
A bench grinder, some tools, a coffee and lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 26, 2012, 11:48:23 AM
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/LESCHE-DIGGING-TOOL-DIGGER-LEFT-SIDE-SAW-EDGE-WOW-/00/$(KGrHqQOKpME3t09uOglBOKY+Kdm5w~~0_12.JPG)
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Post by: Parts on October 26, 2012, 02:07:16 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 26, 2012, 11:48:23 AM
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/LESCHE-DIGGING-TOOL-DIGGER-LEFT-SIDE-SAW-EDGE-WOW-/00/$(KGrHqQOKpME3t09uOglBOKY+Kdm5w~~0_12.JPG)
Looks like it would be good for muggers too :2thumbsup:

Ever find anything good
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 26, 2012, 05:05:51 PM
Some coins here and there, alot of trash.  :LOL:

Gold wedding band and some silver religious medals once upon a time.

Haven't been out in awhile, gearing up, thinking about upgrading the detector for Christmas.

 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 26, 2012, 05:14:47 PM
A nice kaleidoscope.

Just could not resist it, working in the kids toys section of the shop.
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Post by: 'andersom' on October 27, 2012, 02:03:12 PM
Bought a simple marionette too. It moves with ease, looking quite alive when it does.
Now Sirius is afraid of it.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 27, 2012, 02:44:59 PM
A load of tools including two axes,four draw knives, a WW2 entrenching shovel and pick among other things
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 28, 2012, 02:21:12 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rwSlFnsHL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU02_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 28, 2012, 02:28:46 AM
Quote from: lutra on October 26, 2012, 06:55:55 AM
Bought this sweater yesterday..
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-OXVJKOZ7.jpg)

  I like it! :cbc: It looks warm and it's big enough for a Weeble!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 28, 2012, 02:30:19 AM
  I bought a flashlight and plenty of  D  batteries for it!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 28, 2012, 02:32:47 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 28, 2012, 02:30:19 AM
  I bought a flashlight and plenty of  D  batteries for it!  :viking:

I can top that. We bought four of them the other day when the power was out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on October 28, 2012, 02:58:07 AM
You must murder the hangman ropesneaks at the power company! Ceasar would have crucified them! :arrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 28, 2012, 02:59:16 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 28, 2012, 02:32:47 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 28, 2012, 02:30:19 AM
  I bought a flashlight and plenty of  D  batteries for it!  :viking:

I can top that. We bought four of them the other day when the power was out.

  That's cool, one for each family member!   :checkout:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 28, 2012, 03:14:15 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 28, 2012, 02:59:16 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 28, 2012, 02:32:47 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 28, 2012, 02:30:19 AM
  I bought a flashlight and plenty of  D  batteries for it!  :viking:

I can top that. We bought four of them the other day when the power was out.

  That's cool, one for each family member!   :checkout:

That was the general idea. ;D

Quote from: Lit on October 28, 2012, 02:58:07 AM
You must murder the hangman ropesneaks at the power company! Ceasar would have crucified them! :arrr:

They still don't know why it happened. They know what gave, but not why.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 28, 2012, 08:54:02 AM
Gas for the generator which will go into my van after the storm if we don't lose power
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 28, 2012, 06:08:42 PM
groceries,
cds and a magazine for the PR (guilt present for working),
books and 5 tops for work and other good occasions,
dinner with PA.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on October 28, 2012, 07:54:18 PM
gummy bears.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 28, 2012, 08:01:14 PM
Quote from: richard on October 28, 2012, 07:54:18 PM
Mummy bears.  :laugh:

Fixed for Halloween
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Beardy McFuckface on October 28, 2012, 08:08:17 PM
After an 8 week wait (which was 2-3 weeks ago), I finally got the floppy emulator for my Amiga. Since it replaces it's floppy drive, I had to buy an external drive if I ever wanted to use floppies.

Here it is in action, it's the tiny PCB sticking out from the back. I have since modified the case were it sits on top in a more flush manner: (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8082657044_29e37d5d5f_b.jpg)

I have also bought myself a SNES and Banjo Kazooie for my N64. Still waiting for the former.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on October 29, 2012, 10:56:36 AM
Groceries for the week and halloween candy for the wee ones. Although I doubt there will be many trick or treaters on Wednesday given the current state of weather.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 29, 2012, 11:37:19 AM
Coffee at my favorite spot which already informed me they are closed tomorrow  :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 29, 2012, 03:11:23 PM
  I have bought hurricane supplies, including Spaghetti-Os.  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on October 29, 2012, 03:11:53 PM
 :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 29, 2012, 03:13:04 PM
Quote from: Lit on October 29, 2012, 03:11:53 PM
:viking:

  If I lose power, I will turn on my new flashlight!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 30, 2012, 12:28:01 AM
Quote from: schleed on October 28, 2012, 08:08:17 PM
After an 8 week wait (which was 2-3 weeks ago), I finally got the floppy emulator for my Amiga. Since it replaces it's floppy drive, I had to buy an external drive if I ever wanted to use floppies.

Here it is in action, it's the tiny PCB sticking out from the back. I have since modified the case were it sits on top in a more flush manner: (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8082657044_29e37d5d5f_b.jpg)

I have also bought myself a SNES and Banjo Kazooie for my N64. Still waiting for the former.

Pretty cool.

I have several external floppy units for my Amiga lying somewhere. Most of them probably have trouble reading floppies after all these years. The build quality was not good; Commodore's were as bad as the third-party units I used.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on October 30, 2012, 07:00:23 AM
Mutant fruit flies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on October 30, 2012, 08:10:18 AM
Lac, vischium, pastam  8)
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Post by: 'andersom' on October 31, 2012, 02:16:07 AM
Sanding paper and masking tape.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 03, 2012, 10:53:56 AM
Some pressure treated lumber to make permanent the temporary fixes I did on my shed before the storm with what I had on hand at the time
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 03, 2012, 03:20:52 PM
Stopped by a yard sale today.  Bought the PR a large Cinderella water/music globe for 12/25 present, 4 DVDs.  The lady threw in a gold leather and diamond bracelet when I asked if I could have it.  Thought it would be festive for the Saints games.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 04, 2012, 04:22:28 AM
Bought a few beers and a DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on November 04, 2012, 09:51:13 AM
another one of these. I'm leaving the shrink wrap on it, Its only gonna be broken if my other copy somehow acts a fool
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 04, 2012, 09:58:59 AM
Batteries for all the smoke detectors and the carbon monoxide detector
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 04, 2012, 03:48:44 PM
food and sheets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on November 05, 2012, 01:39:33 AM
Bought a new mouse yesterday. Cheap. Wonder how long it will last.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 05, 2012, 05:02:53 AM
I bought a picnic blanket for $10 to use after the walk I went on yesterday. However, I didn't end up using it because there were chairs available.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on November 05, 2012, 07:33:24 AM
Six new mortars; one 3", one 4" and four 6"  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on November 05, 2012, 07:42:13 AM
2 pairs of pants and a hoodie for the youngest. Groceries for the rest of the house.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 05, 2012, 09:38:21 AM
4 pint cans of fosters lager, a 2l bottle of raspberryade, 5g of 4-methoxy-PCP, and some bright blue hair dye. Need to get some peroxide still. The dye hasn't arrived yet though

Although come to think of it, I might have to order a second bottle of dye, because my hair is so long. The website says that one bottle is good for shoulder-length hair, but mine reaches down to where, on a woman, the nipples of a pair of really saggy tits would be.

This is the color I'm doing it in:

(http://ranqer.com/photo2/large/1053f197f5379770e15c2455c18c7632/katy-perry/katy-perrys-electric-blue-hair-the-inside-scoop.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 05, 2012, 02:23:14 PM
Quote from: Lit on November 05, 2012, 07:33:24 AM
Six new mortars; one 3", one 4" and four 6"  :viking:
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 05, 2012, 03:41:28 PM
"...the nipples of a pair of really saggy tits would be."

Ah, you've met me.

I bought over the counter supplements, groceries and Jambalaya to bring to the polls tomorrow.  FYI jambalaya is a rice dish with chicken, spicy sausage, ham, etc. seasoned with onions, garlic, bell pepper, etc.  The recipe varies by family, but I bought this one at a store.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 05, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 05, 2012, 03:41:28 PM
"...the nipples of a pair of really saggy tits would be."

Ah, you've met me.

I bought over the counter supplements, groceries and Jambalaya to bring to the polls tomorrow.  FYI jambalaya is a rice dish with chicken, spicy sausage, ham, etc. seasoned with onions, garlic, bell pepper, etc.  The recipe varies by family, but I bought this one at a store.
The song Jambalaya has always irritated me because it sounds nonsensical. Hank Williams ending every stanza with the eye oh sound was just fucking lazy. Of course it has been covered by CCR, The Carpenters, Emmylou Harris and many other successful acts so I may be in the minority with this opinion.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on November 05, 2012, 05:24:38 PM
I think people writing nonsense songs should be killed! :arrr:
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Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 05, 2012, 05:26:18 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on November 05, 2012, 05:22:54 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 05, 2012, 03:41:28 PM
"...the nipples of a pair of really saggy tits would be."

Ah, you've met me.

I bought over the counter supplements, groceries and Jambalaya to bring to the polls tomorrow.  FYI jambalaya is a rice dish with chicken, spicy sausage, ham, etc. seasoned with onions, garlic, bell pepper, etc.  The recipe varies by family, but I bought this one at a store.
The song Jambalaya has always irritated me because it sounds nonsensical. Hank Williams ending every stanza with the eye oh sound was just fucking lazy. Of course it has been covered by CCR, The Carpenters, Emmylou Harris and many other successful acts so I may be in the minority with this opinion.

  You should spam up your shitty-songs thread with versions of this song!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 05, 2012, 05:28:36 PM
Quote from: Lit on November 05, 2012, 05:24:38 PM
I think people writing nonsense songs should be killed! :arrr:

  Bene, bene!   Five for the faithful dead!   :arrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on November 05, 2012, 05:30:50 PM
 :agreed: :indeed: :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 05, 2012, 06:05:39 PM
Quote from: Lit on November 05, 2012, 05:24:38 PM
I think people writing nonsense songs should be killed! :arrr:
  :agreed: Of course in Hank Williams case he offed himself with a drug overdose before anyone else had to kill him. That was  :viking: of him. Obviously he agreed with your conclusion.


 :plus: to CBC for a good idea. Now to get the energy to dust off that old thread.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 05, 2012, 07:28:48 PM
Two six volt lantern batteries
Carburetor cleaner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 06, 2012, 04:52:03 AM
I'm wondering where my order of 4-MeO-PCP and blue hair dye is...still time for the postie to bring it today, but I'd have thought it might be here already.

Should be here already...dammit! I want my blue hair!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Kaelyrhn on November 06, 2012, 08:45:25 AM
The Master's Laser Screwdriver toy replica
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Post by: Peter on November 06, 2012, 01:59:55 PM
16GB of RAM.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 06, 2012, 05:43:50 PM
A quart of 30W oil
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Post by: MissKitty on November 06, 2012, 06:00:36 PM
:pizza:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 06, 2012, 07:52:06 PM
Quote from: Lestat on November 06, 2012, 04:52:03 AM
I'm wondering where my order of 4-MeO-PCP and blue hair dye is...still time for the postie to bring it today, but I'd have thought it might be here already.

Should be here already...dammit! I want my blue hair!

  Colorful hair is cool   :scenester:   if you have the personality for it!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 06, 2012, 07:53:38 PM
  I  bought household supplies, including   :tp:   which I will hang the way I want to!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 07, 2012, 03:36:22 AM
Four adult ebooks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on November 07, 2012, 02:45:36 PM
25 meters of Cat 5 cable.. and in the supermarket I bought: tea lights, 2 kaisernbröthen, a bag (p/m 20) of walnuts, a courgette, cream, can of chicken soup, yoghurt, a sausage (for on a slice of bread, etc.), chocolate milk, bottle of water, bottle of port and a can of coke. Prolly forgetting something to mention here.. for it was that kind of day (forgetting stuff/meh).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 07, 2012, 08:40:46 PM
Slippers for PA and the PR
a magazine for the PR
prescriptions
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on November 09, 2012, 06:59:32 AM
A psych appt for the oldest. That costs a pretty penny :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 09, 2012, 07:46:31 AM
^Don't they? I paid for one today. $240.

Also bought medication.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MissKitty on November 09, 2012, 11:06:21 AM
Quote from: renaeden on November 09, 2012, 07:46:31 AM
^Don't they? I paid for one today. $240.

Also bought medication.
$200 CDN. Insurance will cover part but I don't know how much.

Pic of the pattern on the new scarf I bought at the thrift shop. Wore it last night. Love it.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Canuk1975/IMG_0746.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on November 09, 2012, 11:38:39 AM
I need a computer nerd to weigh in for me.  I bought a new laptop last night.  A Sony Vaio T13 with a 256 SSD, 8 GB RAM and an Intel Core i7 chip running at 1.9/3.0.  Not that I have the time for such things, but if I wanted to game on this thing, would it be worth even trying?  I have been a strict console gamer forever now, but there seem to be some fun things to be done with Bethesda games using a PC.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:40:11 AM
Sounds like enough CPU power to me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on November 09, 2012, 11:44:33 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:40:11 AM
Sounds like enough CPU power to me.

Thanks.

Might be a moot point as it doesn't have an optical drive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:51:34 AM
Quote from: One L on November 09, 2012, 11:44:33 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:40:11 AM
Sounds like enough CPU power to me.

Thanks.

Might be a moot point as it doesn't have an optical drive.

If you have a DVD drive on some other machine, you can use that (http://www.howtogeek.com/114254/how-to-share-cd-dvd-drives-over-the-network-on-windows/).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on November 09, 2012, 11:53:09 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:51:34 AM
Quote from: One L on November 09, 2012, 11:44:33 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:40:11 AM
Sounds like enough CPU power to me.

Thanks.

Might be a moot point as it doesn't have an optical drive.

If you have a DVD drive on some other machine, you can use that (http://www.howtogeek.com/114254/how-to-share-cd-dvd-drives-over-the-network-on-windows/).

Excellent link.  Thanks.  I would  :plus: you but am in a time out for the next hour.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 09, 2012, 11:56:13 AM
Quote from: MissKitty on November 09, 2012, 11:06:21 AM

Pic of the pattern on the new scarf I bought at the thrift shop. Wore it last night. Love it.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Canuk1975/IMG_0746.jpg)
Pretty!!

Fixed the post by adding a quote, had missed out on an entire page again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on November 12, 2012, 01:05:47 PM
A Beretta BU9 Nano 9mm. It is smaller and lighter than my Glock 26s are and slightly larger but 3.6 ounces lighter than my Kahr MK9. http://www.berettausa.com/products/nano/ (http://www.berettausa.com/products/nano/)
(http://i48.tinypic.com/1zejmuw.jpg)

(http://i50.tinypic.com/dy61e9.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 12, 2012, 01:08:37 PM
Nice.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 12, 2012, 02:18:45 PM
A chocolate cake, some rolling baccy and papers, 4 bags of lemon imperials (like mint imps, but lemon flavoured instead, and completely addictive, some dairylea cream cheese tubs (got IIRC, 6 of them, and ate the lot in one go), as well as 4 big bottles of ready-mixed rum cocktails, pineapple daiquiri, pina colada, a mango one, and some blue stuff. The blue one is the only one I've got left now, apart from half a bottle of pina colada...really thirst quenching, tasty stuff. Not too strongly alcoholic, so perfect just for keeping  on the bedside table for whenever I get thirsty (normally I always keep a couple of 2l bottles of coke/cherry coke next to my bed, and finish at least one a night)

*gulp...gulp..gulp....*

*belches contentedly :P*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 12, 2012, 02:23:35 PM
Bought the last two seasons of House on DVD from Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on November 12, 2012, 03:27:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 12, 2012, 02:23:35 PM
Bought the last two seasons of House on DVD from Amazon.

Is the Amazon streaming service available over there?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 12, 2012, 04:03:12 PM
groceries, some warmish clothes for the PR and me,  a snuggle-under, bead filled pillow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 13, 2012, 02:03:46 AM
Quote from: One L on November 12, 2012, 03:27:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 12, 2012, 02:23:35 PM
Bought the last two seasons of House on DVD from Amazon.

Is the Amazon streaming service available over there?

Yes, I think so. Haven't tried it, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on November 13, 2012, 09:49:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 13, 2012, 02:03:46 AM
Quote from: One L on November 12, 2012, 03:27:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 12, 2012, 02:23:35 PM
Bought the last two seasons of House on DVD from Amazon.

Is the Amazon streaming service available over there?

Yes, I think so. Haven't tried it, though.

I think it works pretty well.  I have completely given up my addiction to physical media and make all my purchases on the Amazon cloud now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 13, 2012, 10:24:26 AM
Quote from: One L on November 09, 2012, 11:53:09 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:51:34 AM
Quote from: One L on November 09, 2012, 11:44:33 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:40:11 AM
Sounds like enough CPU power to me.

Thanks.

Might be a moot point as it doesn't have an optical drive.

If you have a DVD drive on some other machine, you can use that (http://www.howtogeek.com/114254/how-to-share-cd-dvd-drives-over-the-network-on-windows/).

Excellent link.  Thanks.   I would  :plus: you but am in a time out for the next hour.  :thumbup:

  Do you have to sit quietly in the time out chair?  :zoinks:
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Post by: odeon on November 13, 2012, 02:17:57 PM
Quote from: One L on November 13, 2012, 09:49:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 13, 2012, 02:03:46 AM
Quote from: One L on November 12, 2012, 03:27:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 12, 2012, 02:23:35 PM
Bought the last two seasons of House on DVD from Amazon.

Is the Amazon streaming service available over there?

Yes, I think so. Haven't tried it, though.

I think it works pretty well.  I have completely given up my addiction to physical media and make all my purchases on the Amazon cloud now.

I like physical media. It gives me a sense of ownership that cloud services can't match.

What kind of resolution are you getting?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on November 14, 2012, 11:43:42 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on November 13, 2012, 10:24:26 AM
Quote from: One L on November 09, 2012, 11:53:09 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:51:34 AM
Quote from: One L on November 09, 2012, 11:44:33 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 09, 2012, 11:40:11 AM
Sounds like enough CPU power to me.

Thanks.

Might be a moot point as it doesn't have an optical drive.

If you have a DVD drive on some other machine, you can use that (http://www.howtogeek.com/114254/how-to-share-cd-dvd-drives-over-the-network-on-windows/).

Excellent link.  Thanks.   I would  :plus: you but am in a time out for the next hour.  :thumbup:

  Do you have to sit quietly in the time out chair?  :zoinks:

We call it the "thinking chair" here. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on November 14, 2012, 11:44:03 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 13, 2012, 02:17:57 PM
Quote from: One L on November 13, 2012, 09:49:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 13, 2012, 02:03:46 AM
Quote from: One L on November 12, 2012, 03:27:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 12, 2012, 02:23:35 PM
Bought the last two seasons of House on DVD from Amazon.

Is the Amazon streaming service available over there?

Yes, I think so. Haven't tried it, though.

I think it works pretty well.  I have completely given up my addiction to physical media and make all my purchases on the Amazon cloud now.

I like physical media. It gives me a sense of ownership that cloud services can't match.

What kind of resolution are you getting?

It depends on bandwidth available, which fluctuates sometimes, but usually 1080
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on November 16, 2012, 09:11:10 PM
I finally broke down and purchased a smart phone today. its pretty cool I guess, weeble wanna call me?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 17, 2012, 07:20:36 AM
I bought my nephew a Lego Star Wars tie fighter. If he doesn't like it, I will have it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on November 17, 2012, 07:56:01 AM
^  :laugh:

Yesterday, I bought a pair of gloves (against the Winter coldness) and yes yes.. a front-light (LED) for on 'me' bicycle. Was looking for nice leather gloves but they started at €31 and ja, wasn't prepared to pay that much (probs should have but.. hey.. ).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 17, 2012, 08:26:48 AM
A bottle of vodka, some 4-methoxy-PCP, and some more blue hair dye (not sure how much I'll need with the length of my hair as it is).

Although uggh...I was looking for a permanent dye, this one will need re-doing after about 8 weeks or so, so I bought two.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 17, 2012, 07:08:28 PM
An odd assortment of things at a tag sale this morning
A Columbia cylinder record
A some sort of holder or ashtray made out of a deer's foot
A very old Snap-On 1/4 ratchet
A flashlight from the 1930's
All for $8
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 18, 2012, 04:44:34 PM
Train tickets, and, some books, one has to do something, on a train.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on November 18, 2012, 04:46:16 PM
Hamaxostichi fortes sunt  :viking:

 :trainwreck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 18, 2012, 04:54:11 PM
 :laugh:

They'd better be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 20, 2012, 02:38:14 AM
Christmas presents for my nephews and a friend.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 24, 2012, 04:42:21 PM
32.4 gallons 87 octane gasoline $116, the tank holds 35 so I was close I could have gone maybe another 30 miles
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 24, 2012, 05:28:27 PM
Some cut up melon and Italian Creme Cake for tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on January 09, 2013, 09:24:15 AM
Bought a new frying pan today.  :orly:
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-B3OE3YU8.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on January 09, 2013, 09:37:11 AM
A petrol blue dress in the sale.

Not sure about it now.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on January 09, 2013, 10:17:46 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on January 09, 2013, 09:37:11 AM
A petrol blue dress in the sale.

Not sure about it now.  :dunno:

Petrol is blue over there?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on January 09, 2013, 10:28:53 AM


Quote from: One L on January 09, 2013, 10:17:46 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on January 09, 2013, 09:37:11 AM
A petrol blue dress in the sale.

Not sure about it now.  :dunno:

Petrol is blue over there?


100 octane airpane fuel is blue.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on January 09, 2013, 10:43:23 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on January 09, 2013, 10:28:53 AM


Quote from: One L on January 09, 2013, 10:17:46 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on January 09, 2013, 09:37:11 AM
A petrol blue dress in the sale.

Not sure about it now.  :dunno:

Petrol is blue over there?


100 octane airpane fuel is blue.

Ahh, look at that.  They dye it.  Learn something new every day :)

http://www.flightlearnings.com/2010/04/07/aircraft-fuel-systems-part-three (http://www.flightlearnings.com/2010/04/07/aircraft-fuel-systems-part-three)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 09, 2013, 04:59:45 PM
Quote from: One L on January 09, 2013, 10:43:23 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on January 09, 2013, 10:28:53 AM


Quote from: One L on January 09, 2013, 10:17:46 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on January 09, 2013, 09:37:11 AM
A petrol blue dress in the sale.

Not sure about it now.  :dunno:

Petrol is blue over there?


100 octane airpane fuel is blue.

Ahh, look at that.  They dye it.  Learn something new every day :)

http://www.flightlearnings.com/2010/04/07/aircraft-fuel-systems-part-three (http://www.flightlearnings.com/2010/04/07/aircraft-fuel-systems-part-three)

Diesel fuel is dyed also to show it's tax status.  I have seen the DOT checking trucks at the truck stop near my house looking for tax evaders
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on January 09, 2013, 05:30:05 PM


Quote from: Parts on January 09, 2013, 04:59:45 PM
Quote from: One L on January 09, 2013, 10:43:23 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on January 09, 2013, 10:28:53 AM


Quote from: One L on January 09, 2013, 10:17:46 AM
Quote from: bodaccea on January 09, 2013, 09:37:11 AM
A petrol blue dress in the sale.

Not sure about it now.  :dunno:

Petrol is blue over there?


100 octane airpane fuel is blue.

Ahh, look at that.  They dye it.  Learn something new every day :)

http://www.flightlearnings.com/2010/04/07/aircraft-fuel-systems-part-three (http://www.flightlearnings.com/2010/04/07/aircraft-fuel-systems-part-three)

Diesel fuel is dyed also to show it's tax status.  I have seen the DOT checking trucks at the truck stop near my house looking for tax evaders


That red dye from non-taxed diesel stays in the system for a looooooooooong time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 09, 2013, 09:29:35 PM
3 books on Christmas crafts, meds for the PR, a pair of cargo shorts for PA
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 10, 2013, 12:10:24 AM
Bought several books on Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on January 10, 2013, 02:20:52 AM
I have always known this colour as 'petrol blue'

this is not the dress, but it is similar
(http://www.cremedelacreme.nu/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/DRE594-Dress-Neck-Pleads-Petrol-Blue-Leah.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 10, 2013, 04:47:42 AM
Bought some presents, for a girl soon turning 12.

And bought some DVD's and a book on top of that.

Now on the mental hunt for some more presents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 12, 2013, 03:41:40 AM
Bought my niece a present for her birthday.

Also bought a set of chopping boards (one each for vegetables, meat, fish and other stuff) that also come with a set of ceramic knives in cool colours. All for $25, a bargain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 12, 2013, 09:06:59 PM
A set of socket wrenches for small places and some screw drivers. 

(Now, cut that out.  We are not amused by your puerile sex jokes a whole lot.  I can just hear the puns coming.) LOL
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 13, 2013, 08:41:30 AM
I would never insert a sex pun like that and I thrust no-one else would do it either.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 13, 2013, 09:38:35 AM
A couple of steak chilli pastries from a local baker, and 2 bottles of vodka.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 13, 2013, 11:08:29 AM
Biscuits and titties :green:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/001-76.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 13, 2013, 06:29:30 PM
A marked down christmas wreath of reddish-purple berries and green ivy.  I'm going to add some gold bows for a Mardi Gras wreath for the front door.  It was less than $4.  Some more marked down christmas items, mainly toys the PR just had to have.  I also bought 4 pairs of socks.  And groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on January 23, 2013, 03:17:56 PM
A 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat SuperCab Short Bed 2WD with a 4.6 Liter V8 engine and a 4-speed automatic overdrive transmission with leather interior and the following options: ABS, air conditioning, cruise control, alloy wheels, AM/FM/CD stereo, dual front air bags, power drivers seat, power locks/windows/steering, privacy glass, tilt wheel, bed liner and tonneau cover over the bed, tow package, and more.

(http://boiseautoclearance.com/inventory/1725/1.JPG)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 23, 2013, 07:27:44 PM
Quote from: One L on January 23, 2013, 03:17:56 PM
A 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat SuperCab Short Bed 2WD with a 4.6 Liter V8 engine and a 4-speed automatic overdrive transmission with leather interior and the following options: ABS, air conditioning, cruise control, alloy wheels, AM/FM/CD stereo, dual front air bags, power drivers seat, power locks/windows/steering, privacy glass, tilt wheel, bed liner and tonneau cover over the bed, tow package, and more.

(http://boiseautoclearance.com/inventory/1725/1.JPG)

 :icequeen:  With EBM, Parts, IceQueen and you, well, I guess we've got us a race.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 23, 2013, 07:53:27 PM
^I like it. :)

I bought bread and cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on January 24, 2013, 09:21:16 PM
I need to buy seat covers.  15 year old leather doesn't hold up well :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 25, 2013, 05:42:03 AM
Quote from: One L on January 23, 2013, 03:17:56 PM
A 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat SuperCab Short Bed 2WD with a 4.6 Liter V8 engine and a 4-speed automatic overdrive transmission with leather interior and the following options: ABS, air conditioning, cruise control, alloy wheels, AM/FM/CD stereo, dual front air bags, power drivers seat, power locks/windows/steering, privacy glass, tilt wheel, bed liner and tonneau cover over the bed, tow package, and more.

(http://boiseautoclearance.com/inventory/1725/1.JPG)

Nice. Very nice.  :thumbup:

BIL has a dark green one with the wrap around brush guard in the front, looks badass.




Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 25, 2013, 10:21:24 AM
Nice.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 25, 2013, 03:56:40 PM
tissues  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 25, 2013, 04:58:32 PM
Bought a book from Amazon for £0.01.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 25, 2013, 05:16:52 PM
A coffee and a Three Musketeers bar
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on January 25, 2013, 06:09:32 PM


Quote from: odeon on January 25, 2013, 04:58:32 PM
Bought a book from Amazon for £0.01.


A print book, or an e-book?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 25, 2013, 06:21:26 PM
4 more bent and dent packages of groceries.  Some books and stuff from the thrift store.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 26, 2013, 01:19:11 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on January 25, 2013, 06:09:32 PM


Quote from: odeon on January 25, 2013, 04:58:32 PM
Bought a book from Amazon for £0.01.


A print book, or an e-book?

A print one. It was used but in very good condition.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on January 26, 2013, 06:46:08 PM
Compression socks for my dad
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 27, 2013, 03:05:45 AM
Another book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 27, 2013, 04:56:53 AM
Some Lego and snacks for Ceilidh to give her something to do while she is in hospital and some fitted sheets and pillowcases for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 30, 2013, 11:09:33 AM
AAA, C, and some button batteries
33 piece security bit set for those annoying fasteners they don't want you removing it was on sale for just $3
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on January 30, 2013, 04:02:38 PM
(http://argos.scene7.com/is/image/Argos/9088085_R_SET?$Listers$)

A tablet for the urchin
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 30, 2013, 06:55:34 PM
Lego for Ceilidh. I am broke now. :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 30, 2013, 09:56:38 PM
Some more bent and dent boxes of groceries.  There were between 15 and 18 items in each one, so about 20 cents an item.  Inlcuded were tinned milk, tortilla boxes, breakfast items, soup broth, artichoke hearts, tinned tomatoes, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 31, 2013, 01:13:35 AM
Bought a CD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: midlifeaspie on January 31, 2013, 10:36:11 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 30, 2013, 06:55:34 PM
Lego for Ceilidh. I am broke now. :D

She ever go broke buying things for you?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 01, 2013, 06:10:36 AM
Quote from: One L on January 31, 2013, 10:36:11 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 30, 2013, 06:55:34 PM
Lego for Ceilidh. I am broke now. :D

She ever go broke buying things for you?
No one buys things for me. Unless it is Christmas or my birthday. I am overly generous with my money, something I shouldn't be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 01, 2013, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 01, 2013, 06:10:36 AM
Quote from: One L on January 31, 2013, 10:36:11 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 30, 2013, 06:55:34 PM
Lego for Ceilidh. I am broke now. :D

She ever go broke buying things for you?
No one buys things for me. Unless it is Christmas or my birthday. I am overly generous with my money, something I shouldn't be.

Well the least I can do is give you a  :plus: for generosity
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on February 04, 2013, 03:35:30 AM
Chocolate
Valentine Simpson Gift basket for my husband
From Russia with Love DVD
Christmas sing along songs DVD for my son
Disney Pixars short films volume 2 DVD
Air freshoners
Nintendo characters 3DS pins
Toothpaste for my son
Thomas the Tank Engine hide and seek book for my son
Cars sticker coloring book for my son
Curtain rods for my son's room
A book for me to read

Plus I got gas for my car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 04, 2013, 09:36:28 AM
Petrol for the Jag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 10, 2013, 08:33:33 AM
2002 Mercury Marquis
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 10, 2013, 04:39:54 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on February 10, 2013, 08:33:33 AM
2002 Mercury Marquis

They are nice long distance driving cars if you can afford the gas

As for me I haven't bought anything since Friday but then it was antifreeze, oil, windshield wiper fluid at Walmart then a coffee and lottery tickets on the way home
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Post by: 'andersom' on February 11, 2013, 04:26:46 AM
Just payed for an office suite.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 11, 2013, 06:44:26 PM
2 shirts, 2 pairs of pants, a bread box, an exercise sweat band (as if I exercise!), 2 storage containers and a computer mouse.  Only the computer mouse was a planned purchase.  :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 13, 2013, 12:35:13 AM
I bought lunch, yesterday.

And my CD from Amazon arrived. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 14, 2013, 06:21:35 AM
A pretty dress, for the summer, or the spring.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 18, 2013, 12:16:23 AM
Bought new guitar strings. The Jim Dunlop ones I bought a couple of weeks ago were next to useless.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on February 18, 2013, 06:43:02 AM
a tangle-tamer hair brush
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 18, 2013, 04:37:06 PM
Bought lunch today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 26, 2013, 07:22:17 AM
a bookseat.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 26, 2013, 12:59:14 PM
Several books. :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2013, 06:26:40 PM
Today must be International Book Related Day.  A trilogy about an English family from before WWI to after WWII, 6 cookbooks. 

And it was so thoughtful of Hyke to buy a seat for her books.  Most people buy stands for them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 26, 2013, 06:32:24 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2013, 06:26:40 PM
Today must be International Book Related Day.  A trilogy about an English family from before WWI to after WWII, 6 cookbooks. 

And it was so thoughtful of Hyke to buy a seat for her books.  Most people buy stands for them.

I had seen it in a good bookshop a couple of months ago, nifty invention, but, it was way over my budget.
Yesterday I had the luck to see one in the thriftshop. Paid no more than a sixth of the original price, and it was still brand new.
Now I should be able to read a book in my bed, without discomfort, and without getting cold hands.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 26, 2013, 06:33:00 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 26, 2013, 12:59:14 PM
Several books. :viking:

Digital, or the real thing?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2013, 06:36:44 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 26, 2013, 06:32:24 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2013, 06:26:40 PM
Today must be International Book Related Day.  A trilogy about an English family from before WWI to after WWII, 6 cookbooks. 

And it was so thoughtful of Hyke to buy a seat for her books.  Most people buy stands for them.

I had seen it in a good bookshop a couple of months ago, nifty invention, but, it was way over my budget.
Yesterday I had the luck to see one in the thriftshop. Paid no more than a sixth of the original price, and it was still brand new.
Now I should be able to read a book in my bed, without discomfort, and without getting cold hands.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 26, 2013, 06:57:01 PM
An electrical junction box and cover.  (I moved another light in the basement and needed this to reroute the wires)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 27, 2013, 01:07:06 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2013, 06:26:40 PM
Today must be International Book Related Day.  A trilogy about an English family from before WWI to after WWII, 6 cookbooks. 

And it was so thoughtful of Hyke to buy a seat for her books.  Most people buy stands for them.

It's the annual book sale here, actually. Books at half the prize. :viking:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 27, 2013, 01:07:38 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 26, 2013, 06:33:00 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 26, 2013, 12:59:14 PM
Several books. :viking:

Digital, or the real thing?

The real thing. I love books. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 27, 2013, 07:55:53 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 27, 2013, 01:07:38 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 26, 2013, 06:33:00 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 26, 2013, 12:59:14 PM
Several books. :viking:

Digital, or the real thing?

The real thing. I love books. :)

Real books are :viking:  :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 27, 2013, 04:33:12 PM
Quote from: Parts on February 27, 2013, 07:55:53 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 27, 2013, 01:07:38 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 26, 2013, 06:33:00 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 26, 2013, 12:59:14 PM
Several books. :viking:

Digital, or the real thing?

The real thing. I love books. :)

Real books are :viking:  :plus:
:indeed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 27, 2013, 04:41:00 PM
Ordered two more on Amazon. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 27, 2013, 05:04:19 PM
Do you still use the Kindle?


I bought two black and white summer dresses for my offspring. Both with a kind of fifties look. One checkered with a wide skirt, the other polka-dots with a narrow skirt.
The ladies were very pleased. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 27, 2013, 07:52:23 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2013, 06:36:44 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 26, 2013, 06:32:24 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2013, 06:26:40 PM
Today must be International Book Related Day.  A trilogy about an English family from before WWI to after WWII, 6 cookbooks. 

And it was so thoughtful of Hyke to buy a seat for her books.  Most people buy stands for them.

I had seen it in a good bookshop a couple of months ago, nifty invention, but, it was way over my budget.
Yesterday I had the luck to see one in the thriftshop. Paid no more than a sixth of the original price, and it was still brand new.
Now I should be able to read a book in my bed, without discomfort, and without getting cold hands.

This earlier post was supposed to have this picture and the question whether this was what you bought.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514nab3VKTL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 27, 2013, 07:53:43 PM
I bought lunch, which was a silly thing to do this late in the month.  Friday is money day, tomorrow is egg salad day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2013, 12:55:59 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 27, 2013, 05:04:19 PM
Do you still use the Kindle?

I do. It's an excuse to buy more books. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 28, 2013, 01:12:51 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 27, 2013, 07:53:43 PM
I bought lunch, which was a silly thing to do this late in the month.  Friday is money day, tomorrow is egg salad day.

  Ooooo egg salad, love that!    :puppy:    I'll be right over!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Anton F on February 28, 2013, 04:19:29 AM
I just bought a new Depeche Mode box set, since they're my favorite band of all time.  I've been a fan since I heard Policy of Truth at age 11 and ran out to buy Violator on cassette.  I used to have a bunch of their rare bootlegs and shit, but it all got damaged a few years ago.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 28, 2013, 09:57:12 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 27, 2013, 07:52:23 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2013, 06:36:44 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 26, 2013, 06:32:24 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2013, 06:26:40 PM
Today must be International Book Related Day.  A trilogy about an English family from before WWI to after WWII, 6 cookbooks. 

And it was so thoughtful of Hyke to buy a seat for her books.  Most people buy stands for them.

I had seen it in a good bookshop a couple of months ago, nifty invention, but, it was way over my budget.
Yesterday I had the luck to see one in the thriftshop. Paid no more than a sixth of the original price, and it was still brand new.
Now I should be able to read a book in my bed, without discomfort, and without getting cold hands.

This earlier post was supposed to have this picture and the question whether this was what you bought.

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That's the one indeed. Different colour though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on March 07, 2013, 07:08:43 PM
On the way to buy groceries I stopped in Barnes & Noble and b ought a sodoku book and in the cheap CD section I found CDs by Muse, Boz Skaggs and Audioslave for $7.99 each.  :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 08, 2013, 03:25:06 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 08, 2013, 06:55:40 PM
A pack of three cheep reading glasses for just $2.99
A six pack of .5 liter Coca Cola
2 Magic Erasers
A Fruit and nut Cadbury chocolate  bar
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 08, 2013, 08:59:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 08, 2013, 06:55:40 PM
A pack of three cheep reading glasses for just $2.99
A six pack of .5 liter Coca Cola
2 Magic Erasers
A Fruit and nut Cadbury chocolate  bar

A pack of three cheep reading glasses for just $2.99 - doesn't the cheeping annoy you when you wear them?  Or does the cheeping help you find them when you put them down?   :chicken:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 09, 2013, 08:08:26 AM
Groceries
Magic Erasers
Brasso
New comforter for kid's bed
12 pk of play mice for the cats to shove under the fridge

Forgot the plastic wrap. :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 09, 2013, 08:26:21 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 08, 2013, 08:59:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 08, 2013, 06:55:40 PM
A pack of three cheep reading glasses for just $2.99
A six pack of .5 liter Coca Cola
2 Magic Erasers
A Fruit and nut Cadbury chocolate  bar

A pack of three cheep reading glasses for just $2.99 - doesn't the cheeping annoy you when you wear them?  Or does the cheeping help you find them when you put them down?   :chicken:

Yes the cheeping helps me find them,  I liked the chirping ones better but I can't find them anymore  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 09, 2013, 08:27:11 AM
Magic erasers are awesome; they truly are magic.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 09, 2013, 08:32:38 AM
Quote from: Jack on March 09, 2013, 08:27:11 AM
Magic erasers are awesome; they truly are magic.

Yes they are :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on March 09, 2013, 04:16:42 PM
some brown leather/pig skin boots with an antique finish

oooohhh :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 09, 2013, 05:39:42 PM
Six diet cookbooks.  I'm planning on reading the weight off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 11, 2013, 05:08:21 AM
A bobbin lace pillow, at the thrift shop. Present for the youngest.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 11, 2013, 02:37:44 PM
A new tyre and an oil change.  Although horses probably aren't much cheaper.

Need to get a new tie rod and a brake fluid change within the next month or 2.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on March 27, 2013, 10:37:39 AM
Bought a new laptop online.. the thing arrived yesterday.
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Blah.. but screwed up my previous one, went kinda broke, got fed up with my old and very sloooooow desktop and thought I would return here when I saved enough money for a new laptop.. and ja, blah.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 27, 2013, 01:12:43 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 27, 2013, 01:13:34 PM
Quote from: lutra on March 27, 2013, 10:37:39 AM
Bought a new laptop online.. the thing arrived yesterday.
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Blah.. but screwed up my previous one, went kinda broke, got fed up with my old and very sloooooow desktop and thought I would return here when I saved enough money for a new laptop.. and ja, blah.

but, I wanted to sit on your lap.   :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on March 27, 2013, 02:21:34 PM
^ Top!

But but, that's still possible. The machina (an ultrabook, btw) is always on a table and neverz on my lap.

Wouldn't prince Albert get jealous then?

~

Bumped into a pretty girl in a supermarket p/m three quarters of an hour ago and oinky doinky doinky.. that would be absolute heaven if she..

*dreams off*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 27, 2013, 05:02:08 PM
Quote from: lutra on March 27, 2013, 02:21:34 PM
^ Top!

But but, that's still possible. The machina (an ultrabook, btw) is always on a table and neverz on my lap.

Wouldn't prince Albert get jealous then?

~

Bumped into a pretty girl in a supermarket p/m three quarters of an hour ago and oinky doinky doinky.. that would be absolute heaven if she..

*dreams off*

Lady Weeble can have him.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on April 08, 2013, 02:37:32 PM
I bought myself a pair of glasses this afternoon. No kidd ya.. my very first pair, ever. Um, this, due to me having, more frequently, trouble to properly read stuff. My vision goes blur more and more so trying to. Like e.g. the labels on the products (mainly food) I buy. Checking the ingredients and other stuff on labels is a thing I do. For decades, so.. I'm reckoning now.

Well, the glasses are cheap ones (€4) and they are not from an optician but from a chain store that sell all sorts of things.. incluis 'fixed' pairs of glasses (2x +1½), thus. I was looking for some kitchen stuff there and ja, bumped into them coincidently.

The experience, wearing them, I have, is.. ja, weird. The thing does the trick when reading texts and seeing stuff on the table nearby (e.g.).. and in that way it is improvement.. but..
 
.. when I try to see something properly (sharp, clear and focused) looking over the pair I wear my eyes have trouble doing so. Basically wearing them improved or lessened my far-sightedness but it made my ability to properly focus in the distance (a tadski further/say >1m) go less satisfactory.

Um, think, I should go to an (okay) optician soon and let my eyes be properly tested and ja, go from there..
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on April 08, 2013, 04:42:15 PM
water pump and new front brakes for my van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 08, 2013, 09:01:46 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 08, 2013, 11:31:02 PM
Quote from: lutra on April 08, 2013, 02:37:32 PM
I bought myself a pair of glasses this afternoon. No kidd ya.. my very first pair, ever. Um, this, due to me having, more frequently, trouble to properly read stuff. My vision goes blur more and more so trying to. Like e.g. the labels on the products (mainly food) I buy. Checking the ingredients and other stuff on labels is a thing I do. For decades, so.. I'm reckoning now.

Well, the glasses are cheap ones (€4) and they are not from an optician but from a chain store that sell all sorts of things.. incluis 'fixed' pairs of glasses (2x +1½), thus. I was looking for some kitchen stuff there and ja, bumped into them coincidently.

The experience, wearing them, I have, is.. ja, weird. The thing does the trick when reading texts and seeing stuff on the table nearby (e.g.).. and in that way it is improvement.. but..
 
.. when I try to see something properly (sharp, clear and focused) looking over the pair I wear my eyes have trouble doing so. Basically wearing them improved or lessened my far-sightedness but it made my ability to properly focus in the distance (a tadski further/say >1m) go less satisfactory.

Um, think, I should go to an (okay) optician soon and let my eyes be properly tested and ja, go from there..

If you have a good one, you'll be told you are OK with the cheap ones. That is, if your eyes need the same strength of glasses.   One that wants to make money desperately will try selling you a really expensive one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 09, 2013, 09:49:41 AM
I find that if I spend considerable time reading my eyes don't focus well on distant things.  In my case I'm assuming it's because my eyeball is lengthened (something I evidently inherited from my Mom's grandmother)  and the muscles don't respond as quickly as they had when I was younger.  My eyesight is gradually getting where I need glasses for distant visions.  But since I had my cataract surgeries with lens implants in 1999, I had vision without needing glasses for about 12 or so years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 11, 2013, 11:01:46 AM
What about reading? You need glasses for that, right?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 11, 2013, 11:10:38 AM
  I've needed bifocals for a few years now, I don't see well at close range WITH the glasses I have now.  :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 11, 2013, 11:34:34 AM
Whisky, Glenmorangie Lasanta.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 11, 2013, 11:38:58 AM
Have you tried Bowmore Surf? My sister-in-law gave a bottle to me for my birthday. I like it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 11, 2013, 11:40:42 AM
Bowmore is usually a bit too smokey for me. This Glenmorangie and 18 yo Highland Park are my favourites. Strong, but more fruitiness than smokiness.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on April 11, 2013, 12:01:29 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 11:40:42 AM
Bowmore is usually a bit too smokey for me.

That's typical of Scotch that comes from Isle of Islay.  8)

Quote
This Glenmorangie and 18 yo Highland Park are my favourites. Strong, but more fruitiness than smokiness.

Have you ever tried American Moonshine? I've been trying it lately and it has an odd sweetness to it. I kinda like it.  :fiveshots:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 11, 2013, 12:05:52 PM
Haha, no, but I think Maker's Mark and Wild Turkey are pretty OK bourbons.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on April 11, 2013, 12:36:45 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 12:05:52 PM
Haha, no, but I think Maker's Mark and Wild Turkey are pretty OK bourbons.

Moonshine is a whole new taste. You have to take a shot and swish it around in your mouth, when you do, it tastes like sweet corn. Most people consider it an acquired taste but i liked it the first time i tried it.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 11, 2013, 12:38:20 PM
I have tried Swedish Moonshine, though. It tastes like vodka but sweeter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on April 11, 2013, 12:44:51 PM
Only foreign alchohol delights I've tried is german beer. I've mainly stuck to bourbons over the years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on April 11, 2013, 12:46:29 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 12:38:20 PM
I have tried Swedish Moonshine, though. It tastes like vodka but sweeter.

 :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 11, 2013, 12:47:50 PM
And it's cheap. You pay about 250 kronor for a 700ml Absolut here. For that you can get a whole gallon of Moonshine  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 11, 2013, 12:58:23 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 12:47:50 PM
And it's cheap. You pay about 250 kronor for a 700ml Absolut here.  For that you can get a whole gallon of Moonshine  :thumbup:

  ... which, at that low price, drastcally enables alcoholism and liver failure, thus entitling one to disability.  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 11, 2013, 01:00:30 PM
 :agreed: :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on April 11, 2013, 01:23:06 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 11, 2013, 12:58:23 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 12:47:50 PM
And it's cheap. You pay about 250 kronor for a 700ml Absolut here.  For that you can get a whole gallon of Moonshine  :thumbup:

  ... which, at that low price, drastcally enables alcoholism and liver failure, thus entitling one to disability.  :tard:


**appears in the middle of an explosion**

The fucks going on in here?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 11, 2013, 01:25:09 PM
Quote from: Scrapheap on April 11, 2013, 12:36:45 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 12:05:52 PM
Haha, no, but I think Maker's Mark and Wild Turkey are pretty OK bourbons.

Moonshine is a whole new taste. You have to take a shot and swish it around in your mouth, when you do, it tastes like sweet corn. Most people consider it an acquired taste but i liked it the first time i tried it.  8)

I had a pint of apple someone gave me, tasted like jolly rancher candy. It was awesome.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 11, 2013, 01:29:37 PM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on April 11, 2013, 01:23:06 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 11, 2013, 12:58:23 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 12:47:50 PM
And it's cheap. You pay about 250 kronor for a 700ml Absolut here.  For that you can get a whole gallon of Moonshine  :thumbup:

  ... which, at that low price, drastcally enables alcoholism and liver failure, thus entitling one to disability.  :tard:


**appears in the middle of an explosion**

The fucks going on in here?

  I'm explaining to Lit why I suspect there are so many Swedes on disability!  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 11, 2013, 01:31:30 PM
Alcoholism is pretty high in Sweden, but the main reason that so many are on disability is that until about 2000 it was very easy to get disability. It wasn't unusual to get it even against your will.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on April 11, 2013, 01:32:43 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 11, 2013, 01:29:37 PM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on April 11, 2013, 01:23:06 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 11, 2013, 12:58:23 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 12:47:50 PM
And it's cheap. You pay about 250 kronor for a 700ml Absolut here.  For that you can get a whole gallon of Moonshine  :thumbup:

  ... which, at that low price, drastcally enables alcoholism and liver failure, thus entitling one to disability.  :tard:


**appears in the middle of an explosion**

The fucks going on in here?

  I'm explaining to Lit why I suspect there are so many Swedes on disability!  :orly:
Oh... Ok. *relaxes, explosion happens backwards, fires put themselves out, rage disappears*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: RageBeoulve on April 11, 2013, 01:33:29 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 01:31:30 PM
Alcoholism is pretty high in Sweden, but the main reason that so many are on disability is that until about 2000 it was very easy to get disability. It wasn't unusual to get it even against your will.

*bites his own tongue off, bleeds to death*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 11, 2013, 01:41:10 PM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on April 11, 2013, 01:33:29 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 01:31:30 PM
Alcoholism is pretty high in Sweden, but the main reason that so many are on disability is that until about 2000 it was very easy to get disability. It wasn't unusual to get it even against your will.

*bites his own tongue off, bleeds to death*

  Cheer up, it looks as if the requirements have been tougher since 2000!   :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 11, 2013, 02:14:44 PM
Relax and look at the sexy Swedish girls!  :orly:

Swedish Girls Pictures from Instagram (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-wAgZl8gu4#)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 11, 2013, 03:06:20 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 01:31:30 PM
Alcoholism is pretty high in Sweden, but the main reason that so many are on disability is that until about 2000 it was very easy to get disability. It wasn't unusual to get it even against your will.

In the seventies disability was a great way to get rid of people from the workforce. It was stunning to see how way more women ended up with disability, and how most people who got in, hardly could get out. A simple breakdown or depression was enough. Some tried all they could, lawsuits, extra examinations, years and years of waiting and working on getting the right to work back. I'm glad that bit is gone. The way it is now going to be in the Netherlands it is not making any sense either though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on April 11, 2013, 07:03:25 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 11, 2013, 01:25:09 PM
Quote from: Scrapheap on April 11, 2013, 12:36:45 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 12:05:52 PM
Haha, no, but I think Maker's Mark and Wild Turkey are pretty OK bourbons.

Moonshine is a whole new taste. You have to take a shot and swish it around in your mouth, when you do, it tastes like sweet corn. Most people consider it an acquired taste but i liked it the first time i tried it.  8)

I had a pint of apple someone gave me, tasted like jolly rancher candy. It was awesome.  :autism:
i bet they are doing all sorts of good things these days with moonshine.  Just like weed is getting better and better.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 11, 2013, 09:21:13 PM
Quote from: McJagger on April 11, 2013, 07:03:25 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 11, 2013, 01:25:09 PM
Quote from: Scrapheap on April 11, 2013, 12:36:45 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 12:05:52 PM
Haha, no, but I think Maker's Mark and Wild Turkey are pretty OK bourbons.

Moonshine is a whole new taste. You have to take a shot and swish it around in your mouth, when you do, it tastes like sweet corn. Most people consider it an acquired taste but i liked it the first time i tried it.  8)

I had a pint of apple someone gave me, tasted like jolly rancher candy. It was awesome.  :autism:
i bet they are doing all sorts of good things these days with moonshine.  Just like weed is getting better and better.

I agree.  The clover is growing rampant in everyone's yards.  The bees will be rolling in clover.  Just wish the dollar weed would die.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on April 13, 2013, 05:02:40 PM
a beer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 14, 2013, 10:16:57 AM
A new toy...now to wait for the FedEx truck.

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 15, 2013, 05:06:54 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 14, 2013, 10:16:57 AM
A new toy...now to wait for the FedEx truck.

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I want a new one like that.  I have two one cheep radio shack one and a very old Garret.

Today I bought $20 worth of gas for the big vacuum I am using
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 15, 2013, 05:38:01 PM
My old one is still a pretty good detector (White's Classic III w/blue max coil), just not as many bells and whistles...the kid and I are planning to do some hunting. I'm thinking the Garrett might be less frustrating for him, and mom will play with it when he's out running with his friends.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2013, 05:40:32 PM
I picked up a small (6 inch) flashlight (with batteries) at the thrift store.  Now I don't have to worry about uneven terrain in the dark.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Scrapheap on April 15, 2013, 09:29:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 14, 2013, 10:16:57 AM
A new toy...now to wait for the FedEx truck.

(http://www.tcmetaldetectors.com/graphics/G-250--500.jpg)

Gonna go looking for meteorites??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2013, 11:14:09 PM
Quote from: Lit on April 11, 2013, 11:40:42 AM
Bowmore is usually a bit too smokey for me. This Glenmorangie and 18 yo Highland Park are my favourites. Strong, but more fruitiness than smokiness.

Surf is less smokey than, say, Enigma, but has that nice Bowmore flavour that I seem to prefer these days. I'm not that fond of Glenmorangie but I agree Highland Park is fab.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2013, 11:15:16 PM
Quote from: RageBeoulve on April 11, 2013, 12:44:51 PM
Only foreign alchohol delights I've tried is german beer. I've mainly stuck to bourbons over the years.

Try English ales and be :viking:

London Pride is fab.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2013, 11:16:46 PM
I bought a sat nav yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on April 16, 2013, 07:22:16 AM
I bought a citizen ecodrive, prom aster 20th edition watch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 16, 2013, 07:34:13 AM
Quote from: Scrapheap on April 15, 2013, 09:29:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 14, 2013, 10:16:57 AM
A new toy...now to wait for the FedEx truck.

(http://www.tcmetaldetectors.com/graphics/G-250--500.jpg)

Gonna go looking for meteorites??

Yep. ;) 

...and hopefully it will pay for itself like the old one did.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on April 16, 2013, 07:36:21 AM
Since the tragic and untimely death of our PS3  i bought a wii for the urchin.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 16, 2013, 09:04:18 AM
Quote from: bodie on April 16, 2013, 07:36:21 AM
Since the tragic and untimely death of our PS3  i bought a wii for the urchin.

They have definite heat issues, I held off buying PS3 for awhile because of it. He should like the Wii they're fun. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on April 16, 2013, 10:26:41 AM
Vischium Hibernicum  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 16, 2013, 06:08:35 PM
Because my day was otherwise accounted for, I decided not to cook dinner.  We had pizza, delivered.  And I even paid the delivery fee quite happily.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on April 16, 2013, 06:24:11 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 16, 2013, 06:08:35 PM
Because my day was otherwise accounted for, I decided not to cook dinner.  We had pizza, delivered.  And I even paid the delivery fee quite happily.
did you tip the hard working delivery person?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 16, 2013, 08:10:21 PM
Quote from: McJagger on April 16, 2013, 06:24:11 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 16, 2013, 06:08:35 PM
Because my day was otherwise accounted for, I decided not to cook dinner.  We had pizza, delivered.  And I even paid the delivery fee quite happily.
did you tip the hard working delivery person?

The bill included a $2.99 delivery fee and I gave him a $2 tip.  Fair enough I figured.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on April 16, 2013, 08:23:58 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 16, 2013, 08:10:21 PM
Quote from: McJagger on April 16, 2013, 06:24:11 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 16, 2013, 06:08:35 PM
Because my day was otherwise accounted for, I decided not to cook dinner.  We had pizza, delivered.  And I even paid the delivery fee quite happily.
did you tip the hard working delivery person?

The bill included a $2.99 delivery fee and I gave him a $2 tip.  Fair enough I figured.
yeah.  Fair enough.  It really gets my goat that the pizza store charges a delivery fee which I suspect all of it goes to the store.  Also, I bet the delivery guy also has to pay for their own gas.

Up with people.  I support labor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 17, 2013, 09:48:03 AM
Was brave and bought a bra. Why do they all have to be padded lately?
The one that fitted best was padded the most. Who needs a padding in a D cup bra?  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on April 17, 2013, 03:59:18 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 17, 2013, 09:48:03 AM
Was brave and bought a bra. Why do they all have to be padded lately?
The one that fitted best was padded the most. Who needs a padding in a D cup bra?  :dunno:
the padding, I think, helps to hide your erect nipples.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on April 17, 2013, 05:37:14 PM
Heyy erect nipples are a problem for itty bitty b cup titties  too you know
 :bounce:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on April 17, 2013, 05:56:19 PM
Quote from: bodie on April 17, 2013, 05:37:14 PM
Heyy erect nipples are a problem for itty bitty b cup titties  too you know
 :bounce:
b cups are great.  B to C is my preferred cup.
Erect nipples are always a plus.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on May 14, 2013, 02:28:17 PM
I just, p/m 10 minutes ago, ordered two books written by Stephen Fry. Haven't read any book by him (till now) but I doubt I'll be disappointed with this 'online' order. Dude's okay (in my book).

Hope the paperbacks will arrive coming Friday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 14, 2013, 04:11:40 PM
  I bought a Day Pass to ride city buses to and from my medical appointment.  I got $6.00 worth of rides for $3.50!  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 14, 2013, 05:07:09 PM
Button cell batteries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 14, 2013, 05:22:39 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 14, 2013, 05:07:09 PM
Button cell batteries

  Are those the tiny batteries that go in hearing aids?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 14, 2013, 05:23:13 PM
And in watches and many other things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 14, 2013, 05:31:24 PM
Quote from: Lit on May 14, 2013, 05:23:13 PM
And in watches and many other things.

  They're really cute!  The ventilation thingy outside the dishroom at work looks like a giant button cell battery!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 14, 2013, 11:37:10 PM
Quote from: lutra on May 14, 2013, 02:28:17 PM
I just, p/m 10 minutes ago, ordered two books written by Stephen Fry. Haven't read any book by him (till now) but I doubt I'll be disappointed with this 'online' order. Dude's okay (in my book).

Hope the paperbacks will arrive coming Friday.

He's quite good. I enjoy his books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 14, 2013, 11:37:36 PM
I bought a DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on May 15, 2013, 05:46:37 AM
I bought a book on Labor Law.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 15, 2013, 01:59:33 PM
nothing.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 15, 2013, 04:27:36 PM
Dinner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 15, 2013, 05:00:34 PM
Libros novos Latinos  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 15, 2013, 05:01:46 PM
Quote from: Lit on May 15, 2013, 05:00:34 PM
Libros novos Latinos  :viking:

  New Latin books!   :book:   Study hard!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 15, 2013, 05:03:51 PM
Faciam!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 15, 2013, 06:52:25 PM
Groceries and some appliques to use in mending the PR's jeans.  (Think butterflies on her butt.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on May 16, 2013, 05:06:54 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 14, 2013, 11:37:10 PM
Quote from: lutra on May 14, 2013, 02:28:17 PM
I just, p/m 10 minutes ago, ordered two books written by Stephen Fry. Haven't read any book by him (till now) but I doubt I'll be disappointed with this 'online' order. Dude's okay (in my book).

Hope the paperbacks will arrive coming Friday.

He's quite good. I enjoy his books.

Think I will do, also.

~

And, yesterday I bought myself a hoe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_%28tool%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_%28tool%29)).. and two frying pans. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 16, 2013, 05:35:58 AM
Quote from: lutra on May 16, 2013, 05:06:54 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 14, 2013, 11:37:10 PM
Quote from: lutra on May 14, 2013, 02:28:17 PM
I just, p/m 10 minutes ago, ordered two books written by Stephen Fry. Haven't read any book by him (till now) but I doubt I'll be disappointed with this 'online' order. Dude's okay (in my book).

Hope the paperbacks will arrive coming Friday.

He's quite good. I enjoy his books.

Think I will do, also.

~

And, yesterday I bought myself a hoe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_%28tool%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_%28tool%29)).. and two frying pans.

Heb je een hak gekocht, of een schoffel?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on May 16, 2013, 05:52:43 AM
Een hak.. want ja, ik vind een hak een stukkie prettiger werken om onkruid te wieden. Werkend met een schoffel (hé, da's een moai neerlands woord, nie :laugh:) maak je, mijns inziens, te veel aarde los en eindig je met een welhaast twee keer zo'n grote berg afval.

Um, kan hier zijn dat ik niet geheel de juiste techniek (met de schoffel) hanteer maar toch, ik vind het werken met een goed scherpe hak (of kap zoals ik 'm ook wel noem) effectiever. Plus plus, denk ik nu, de kans dat je kwetsbare wortels van de vaste planten (in de tuin) schaadt is ook kleiner.

Wilde vandaag aan de gang (met wieden) maar het regent bijna continue hier. :meh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 16, 2013, 06:22:59 AM
Op zand vind ik een schoffel wel fijn, hier in de polder kan ik er niks mee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 16, 2013, 07:34:34 AM
You found a shovel that you can't find in the polder?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on May 16, 2013, 07:46:24 AM
^ No, no.. Hykey said that a shovel is basically no good with 'polder'/clay soil. That's the type of soil at her whereabouts (a polder/gained land from the sea/lake).

Sandy soils, like we have in the region I live in, a shovel does the trick nicely.

(where I still prefer a hoe to get rid off weeds/read my post above  :green: )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 16, 2013, 08:14:39 AM
I wasn't talking about a shovel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovel), but about a "schoffel (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoffel)" :nerdy:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 16, 2013, 08:21:57 AM
Jaså, en hacka. Det kunde du ju ha sagt då. Jag trodde så klart att det var en skyffel :smarty:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 18, 2013, 12:36:45 PM
My guesses at the meaning of Swedish sentences is improving.  :laugh:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 18, 2013, 01:48:52 PM
 :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 18, 2013, 02:58:02 PM
Stuff at tag sales including
A small vise
A bunch of old metal  trophy tops which are of a man shooting a shotgun
Various small tools
An old tricycle
A couple ingots of Cerrotru a low melting point alloy of Bismuth 58%; Tin 42% mostly because I wasn't sure what it was it goes for about $25 a pound
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 18, 2013, 03:16:40 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 18, 2013, 03:48:35 PM
I am satisfied that I passed up 3 garage sales without stopping.  I have enough crap.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 18, 2013, 04:07:53 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 18, 2013, 03:48:35 PM
I am satisfied that I passed up 3 garage sales without stopping.  I have enough crap.

  That's the spirit!  We must take control of our stuff before our stuff takes control of us!  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 18, 2013, 04:30:00 PM
Bought a few thin cardigan like thingies for myself. A green longer one, bit odd model, but, nice. And a teal bolero like one. Both at the thrift shop, of course.

Also bought some stuff at the chemist, when the shop had no other clients walking around, the lady gave me some good quality sunscreen for free.  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 19, 2013, 07:51:23 PM
Ice Tea bags.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 19, 2013, 10:42:17 PM
(http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mVhW0saZjfYlNou4Zkj7PRQ.jpg)

For PA's Father's Day.  He's been checking the book out of the library whenever he can, so it's time for him to be able to mark it up and make it his.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 19, 2013, 10:48:36 PM
Quote from: Lit on May 16, 2013, 08:21:57 AM
Jaså, en hacka. Det kunde du ju ha sagt då. Jag trodde så klart att det var en skyffel :smarty:

Tänkte också på det. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 19, 2013, 10:49:44 PM
Bought a pair of Koss headphones. I broke my last pair.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 19, 2013, 10:59:07 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 19, 2013, 10:48:36 PM
Quote from: Lit on May 16, 2013, 08:21:57 AM
Jaså, en hacka. Det kunde du ju ha sagt då. Jag trodde så klart att det var en skyffel :smarty:

Tänkte också på det. :P
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 19, 2013, 11:07:37 PM
Han är rolig, han.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 19, 2013, 11:16:35 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 19, 2013, 11:07:37 PM
Han är rolig, han.

      Bork bork bork!    :fatchef:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 27, 2013, 04:55:45 PM
Two Fire Agates, the little darlings.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on May 27, 2013, 05:02:44 PM
Quote from: Merauder on May 27, 2013, 04:55:45 PM
Two Fire Agates, the little darlings.  :laugh:
hiw many fire agates do you own?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 27, 2013, 07:18:54 PM
A watt meter new in the package at a tag sale for a dollar.  Measuring how many kilowatt hours the dishwasher uses as I type this :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on May 27, 2013, 07:25:51 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 27, 2013, 07:18:54 PM
A watt meter new in the package at a tag sale for a dollar.  Measuring how many kilowatt hours the dishwasher uses as I type this :nerdy:
made in the USA?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 27, 2013, 07:33:50 PM
Quote from: McJaguar on May 27, 2013, 07:25:51 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 27, 2013, 07:18:54 PM
A watt meter new in the package at a tag sale for a dollar.  Measuring how many kilowatt hours the dishwasher uses as I type this :nerdy:
made in the USA?

No it was made by the commies, you might have even unloaded the container it came in
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on May 27, 2013, 07:38:37 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 27, 2013, 07:33:50 PM
Quote from: McJaguar on May 27, 2013, 07:25:51 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 27, 2013, 07:18:54 PM
A watt meter new in the package at a tag sale for a dollar.  Measuring how many kilowatt hours the dishwasher uses as I type this :nerdy:
made in the USA?

No it was made by the commies, you might have even unloaded the container it came in
and put it on a train to your neck of the woods.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 27, 2013, 08:10:55 PM
Quote from: McJaguar on May 27, 2013, 05:02:44 PM
hiw many fire agates do you own?
about 60 gem quality stones. I've been collecting since hell, I cant remember.  :laugh:

I have a lot of rough aswell. people just do not understand how increadibly rare these things are
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on May 27, 2013, 08:15:53 PM
Quote from: Merauder on May 27, 2013, 08:10:55 PM
Quote from: McJaguar on May 27, 2013, 05:02:44 PM
hiw many fire agates do you own?
about 60 gem quality stones. I've been collecting since hell, I cant remember.  :laugh:

I have a lot of rough aswell. people just do not understand how increadibly rare these things are
just checked them out on eBay.
They go from a few bucks to $1500
From Arizona and Mexico.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 27, 2013, 08:22:43 PM
yep. they are like opals in the fact that they have a color play to them, exept they are way fucking rarer than any opal. some look like stain glass windows, others like bunches of grapes. and some even have what they call "ghost colors" which looks like regular brown/red agate that when you shine a little light on it, the color shows up. I must say that I don't think they will ever be a popular gem because of the way you have to cut them. (wich basically enquires griding away the layers to expose the gem)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2013, 09:31:33 PM
richard, if I ever find any fire agates, I will send them to you. 
They hold no attraction for me because I don't like brown. 
My cousin sent me photos of his group motorcycle ride in the southwest. 
All I saw was brownbrownbrownbrownbrownandmorebrown.   
The closest color to brown that I tolerate is winter white. 
However, I do like a finely paneled library, but only the library should have wood paneling.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 28, 2013, 08:06:03 AM
Thanks queen. they aren't all brown though, some of them are quite beautiful. these are all owned by me your seeing regular brown agate I think. this is different from gem quality Fire Agate

(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/KGrHqFqsFF71SiHBRiE9oGHOQ60_57_zps1075525e.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/KGrHqNHJEwFFywWsnUBBRiE9nloNg60_57_zpsff30805e.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/KGrHqYOKo8E7EFYGVnBRd1S3BDw60_57_zpsff28b89f.jpg)
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/waterdogs12/44740_4548075494664_1327783937_n_zpsb1174524.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 28, 2013, 08:34:28 AM
They are beautiful.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 28, 2013, 10:03:12 AM
Some really I cheep batteries to put in stuff I sell up at the flea maket
WD40
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 28, 2013, 10:10:26 AM
Groceries and aluminum pans to make store-in-the-freezer meals.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 28, 2013, 10:44:40 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 27, 2013, 09:31:33 PM
richard, if I ever find any fire agates, I will send them to you. 
They hold no attraction for me because I don't like brown. 
My cousin sent me photos of his group motorcycle ride in the southwest. 
All I saw was brownbrownbrownbrownbrownandmorebrown.   
The closest color to brown that I tolerate is winter white. 
However, I do like a finely paneled library, but only the library should have wood paneling.

  My parents' house has some nice wood paneling about the mantelpiece in the living room.  :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 28, 2013, 10:53:07 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 28, 2013, 08:34:28 AM
They are beautiful.
thank you. its my crack now, I can't do drugs or eat things my mouth loves so this is basically All the fun I have left in the world.  :facepalm2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on May 29, 2013, 12:31:56 PM
I have a new fuff fuff

Which is a silver sleek aesthetically pleasing piece of German engineering!  It is my new steam generator.
It goes  "fuff fuff" when i press the button :zoinks:

I am king of the ironing now  :viking:

It is my posh bosch fuff fuff
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 29, 2013, 12:33:17 PM
Can I send you my Mnt Ironmore now?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on May 29, 2013, 01:31:16 PM
I bought a new wok (pan) today. A relatively cheap one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 29, 2013, 01:36:03 PM
My mum bought me a pair of shoes  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 29, 2013, 05:12:33 PM
mouthwash. and socks,  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 29, 2013, 05:24:25 PM
A quart bottle of Snapple Ice tea
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 29, 2013, 05:31:17 PM
  Yesterday I bought various foodstuffs so that I could stay here all day and be well fed.   :nicegear:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 29, 2013, 08:46:54 PM
Thrift Store:
6 forks
3 books
1 DVD tape (Pinnocchio)
2 rolls of clear contact paper, one of pink
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 29, 2013, 11:25:04 PM
Two used books on Amazon marketplace. Both are about Winston Churchill. I wanted one and found two that seemed interesting but couldn't decide which, so I bought them both.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 30, 2013, 01:00:13 PM
Some more bent and dent groceries - mexican food item  this time
prescriptions
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on May 30, 2013, 01:01:26 PM
Too bad we don't have Roman doctors anymore. They would prescribe theriac  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on May 30, 2013, 02:36:45 PM
I bought the medias "official" story.  Now I'm blind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 30, 2013, 02:40:48 PM
Quote from: Lit on May 30, 2013, 01:01:26 PM
Too bad we don't have Roman doctors anymore. They would prescribe theriac  :viking:
Too bad. It seems medicine has gotten past the old humor theory.
Quote from: McAnarchist on May 30, 2013, 02:36:45 PM
I bought the medias "official" story.  Now I'm blind.
You should have stopped when you just needed glasses.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on May 30, 2013, 02:44:56 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on May 30, 2013, 02:40:48 PM
Quote from: Lit on May 30, 2013, 01:01:26 PM
Too bad we don't have Roman doctors anymore. They would prescribe theriac  :viking:
Too bad. It seems medicine has gotten past the old humor theory.
Quote from: McAnarchist on May 30, 2013, 02:36:45 PM
I bought the medias "official" story.  Now I'm blind.
You should have stopped when you just needed glasses.  :zoinks:
first it got foggy. 
Then I leaned in for a better look.
Voila. Hook line and sinker.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 30, 2013, 05:19:20 PM
two more mexico fire agate's. I have found a new supplier, way cheaper then the other guys
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 30, 2013, 05:31:27 PM
Quote from: Nile on May 30, 2013, 05:19:20 PM
two more mexico fire agate's. I have found a new supplier, way cheaper then the other guys
Very cool. Post pics when you get them.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 30, 2013, 06:09:15 PM
These are the two I bought. I don't have them yet, this was just there sale picture.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on May 30, 2013, 07:05:10 PM
The top one does not look particulary exciting but the bottom one is beautiful.  :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 31, 2013, 12:45:24 PM
Thanks. I think the one on top reminds me of an Opal,  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 04, 2013, 03:04:42 PM
What I didn't buy.

Traded some work done for a new in box ceiling fan someone painted the blades on then decided they didn't like it.

(http://ext.homedepot.com/community/blog/wp-content/wpuploads/Havana-191008_B1-233x300.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 12, 2013, 04:27:16 PM
Have been looking for a replacement of my garden table for a while. It was about to collapse, within weeks. Today I found a light coloured teak table, for a real bargain. Got it delivered home for free too. It only needs sanding on one side, it has some splintery damage there.
This one will last me for decades. Now I only have to decide on what I want, protect it's colour, or let it go to get the typical grey patina of weathered teak over the years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 12, 2013, 05:04:20 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 12, 2013, 04:27:16 PM
Have been looking for a replacement of my garden table for a while. It was about to collapse, within weeks. Today I found a light coloured teak table, for a real bargain. Got it delivered home for free too. It only needs sanding on one side, it has some splintery damage there.
This one will last me for decades. Now I only have to decide on what I want, protect it's colour, or let it go to get the typical grey patina of weathered teak over the years.
Wear a mask and watch the dust when you sand it some people are sensitive to teak sawdust
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 12, 2013, 07:54:07 PM
Buy things?  It's 21 days to payday!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on June 12, 2013, 09:09:38 PM
Nothing. I can't stop thinking about buying that 89 ct piece of crack though, :blonde:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 12, 2013, 09:19:19 PM
A small pepperoni pizza from Napoli's Pizzeria.  :devour:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 12, 2013, 09:54:16 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 12, 2013, 09:19:19 PM
A small pepperoni pizza from Napoli's Pizzeria.  :devour:

  We actually have a pepperoni pizza smiley  :pizza: , use that when you are talking about pizza.  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 12, 2013, 09:57:00 PM
Just for that I am not going to mail you half the pizza.  :finger: :zoinks: :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 12, 2013, 10:06:53 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 12, 2013, 09:57:00 PM
Just for that I am not going to mail you half the pizza.  :finger: :zoinks: :hyke:

  That whole pizza was in your stomach hours ago, who you trying to fool?  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 12, 2013, 11:12:13 PM
Petrol for the Jag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 13, 2013, 06:56:11 AM
Quote from: Parts on June 12, 2013, 05:04:20 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 12, 2013, 04:27:16 PM
Have been looking for a replacement of my garden table for a while. It was about to collapse, within weeks. Today I found a light coloured teak table, for a real bargain. Got it delivered home for free too. It only needs sanding on one side, it has some splintery damage there.
This one will last me for decades. Now I only have to decide on what I want, protect it's colour, or let it go to get the typical grey patina of weathered teak over the years.
Wear a mask and watch the dust when you sand it some people are sensitive to teak sawdust

Thank you for the advice. Never had a reaction on sawdust of any kind, but, notice that I am more sensitive now that I am on meds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on June 13, 2013, 11:51:51 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 12, 2013, 10:06:53 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 12, 2013, 09:57:00 PM
Just for that I am not going to mail you half the pizza.  :finger: :zoinks: :hyke:
That whole pizza was in your stomach hours ago, who you trying to fool?  :P
Maybe he will let you lick the cheese from inside the box? There's always some stuck to the inside. and It is suitable for mailing, that cheese is indestructible!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on June 19, 2013, 07:14:57 AM
Bought 'meself' a present yesterday. Thought to the break (by it) the shitty mood I'm in the last two weeks.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-MGYYF3LR.jpg)
Project's up (soon).. a book-case.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: AspieMomma on June 19, 2013, 07:53:40 AM
^ cool toy!

I bought a pair of jeans yesterday.  Damn you Old Navy and your cheap jeans!  I would never endure the torture of shopping there if otherwise.  I have to wear sunglasses because the lights are extra blindingly bright.  The music is deafening.  How exactly is sensory overload supposed to increase sales?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on June 19, 2013, 04:22:24 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on June 19, 2013, 04:26:33 PM
Quote from: lutra on June 19, 2013, 07:14:57 AM
Bought 'meself' a present yesterday. Thought to the break (by it) the shitty mood I'm in the last two weeks.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-MGYYF3LR.jpg)
Project's up (soon).. a book-case.
are you planning to build, repair or hang something with this?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on June 19, 2013, 06:39:38 PM
^ Planning to build. Home-made and 'freshly' so. Think I'll have the steps to take in my head already.

B follows a.. and c, d, e, etc. after that..

When finished, give it some time, I'll probsy post a picture of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 19, 2013, 11:24:28 PM
Bought a used MacBook Pro, a mid-2010 15.4". It's got a solid state disk that makes computing a lot faster.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 20, 2013, 02:07:09 AM
Quote from: Merauder on June 13, 2013, 11:51:51 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 12, 2013, 10:06:53 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 12, 2013, 09:57:00 PM
Just for that I am not going to mail you half the pizza.  :finger: :zoinks: :hyke:
That whole pizza was in your stomach hours ago, who you trying to fool?  :P
Maybe he will let you lick the cheese from inside the box? There's always some stuck to the inside. and It is suitable for mailing,  that cheese is indestructible!

  That's true, when melted cheese gets really dry it's like a weapon!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 20, 2013, 02:37:39 AM
I just ordered a very good condition hardcover* edition of Hitler's Children: Story Of The Baader - Meinhoff Terrorist Gang by Jillian Becker and Everyone Talks About The Weather ... We Don't: The Writings Of Ulrike Meinhoff from Amazon. I read Hitler's Children in the mid 1980s. I am looking forward to reading it again.






*Out of print for a few years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on June 20, 2013, 02:55:29 AM
There is one guy still left from Baader-Meinhof, although he has become a Nazi in the 21 Century. The irony.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 20, 2013, 03:12:22 AM
They had balls. The Weather Underground here in the US was mainly a bunch of wannabes wanted for crap like Conspiracy To Riot. Jane Alpert by herself destroyed more shit than the Weather Underground. Hypothetically I believe it would be more productive to walk up to shake a Congressman's hand than publishing manifestos. Renato Curcio and his Red Brigades seriously destabilized Italy very well. Of course it helps that Italy is governed by a bunch of monkeys trying to fuck a football.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on June 20, 2013, 03:13:21 AM
The terrorists back in the 70's were  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 20, 2013, 03:14:18 AM
Even though they were commie scum their praxis was solid.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on June 20, 2013, 03:15:37 AM
 :agreed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 22, 2013, 02:06:52 PM
Quote from: lutra on June 19, 2013, 07:14:57 AM
Bought 'meself' a present yesterday. Thought to the break (by it) the shitty mood I'm in the last two weeks.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-MGYYF3LR.jpg)
Project's up (soon).. a book-case.

After using one you start to think about how you got things done before you had it.

Today I bought some old tools, cat food and a N64
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 22, 2013, 02:37:54 PM
Get any games with the N64?? :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 22, 2013, 05:16:08 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 22, 2013, 02:37:54 PM
Get any games with the N64?? :thumbup:

Only one just one controller also but I have about 25 games at the moment and a few extra controlers.  Game stuff sells well and of course I must test everything,  I know it's hard work but someone has to do it :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 22, 2013, 07:56:41 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 22, 2013, 05:16:08 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 22, 2013, 02:37:54 PM
Get any games with the N64?? :thumbup:

Only one just one controller also but I have about 25 games at the moment and a few extra controlers.  Game stuff sells well and of course I must test everything,  I know it's hard work but someone has to do it :green:

It's a ruthless job. :zoinks:

I'm still testing that Wii I  curbed a few weeks back.  :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on June 22, 2013, 11:09:33 PM
Quote
After using one you start to think about how you got things done before you had it.

Well, it's not my first cordless drill (it's my fourth, this one/the first with Lithium-ion batteries though) but I know exactly what you mean.

Um, also, those days where the muscles of your forearm ache because of all the 'screwdriving' one's being doing earlier.

Albeit my love or preference for the old-fashioned hand-tools this cordless tool makes perfect sense (to use) now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 23, 2013, 11:24:21 PM
I bought it on Amazon a few days ago but today I checked my mailbox and found my copy of Everybody Talks About The Weather... We Don't The Writings Of Ulrike Meinhoff. I expect to receive Hitler's Children: The Story Of The Baader-Meinhoff Terrorist Gang by Jillian Becker tomorrow or Tuesday.  :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 23, 2013, 11:26:36 PM
Bought a Mini Displayport to VGA adapter. I intend to use the MacBook when presenting my papers in Montréal in August.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 23, 2013, 11:28:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 23, 2013, 11:26:36 PM
Bought a Mini Displayport to VGA adapter. I intend to use the MacBook when presenting my papers in Montréal in August.
Montreal Canada or Montreal France?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 23, 2013, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 23, 2013, 11:28:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 23, 2013, 11:26:36 PM
Bought a Mini Displayport to VGA adapter. I intend to use the MacBook when presenting my papers in Montréal in August.
Montreal Canada or Montreal France?

Canada. :)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 23, 2013, 11:36:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 23, 2013, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 23, 2013, 11:28:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 23, 2013, 11:26:36 PM
Bought a Mini Displayport to VGA adapter. I intend to use the MacBook when presenting my papers in Montréal in August.
Montreal Canada or Montreal France?

Canada. :)
If I can get a little bit moneyed up by then I may try to meet you if you might have the time. It would give me a reason to study French.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 24, 2013, 07:17:59 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 23, 2013, 11:24:21 PM
I bought it on Amazon a few days ago but today I checked my mailbox and found my copy of Everybody Talks About The Weather... We Don't The Writings Of Ulrike Meinhoff. I expect to receive Hitler's Children: The Story Of The Baader-Meinhoff Terrorist Gang by Jillian Becker tomorrow or Tuesday.  :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke: :hyke:

  We're with the NSA.  That word  "terrorist" ... you'll have to come with us.   :police:  :seal:  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 24, 2013, 08:16:14 PM
Oops! I may have to change that to a Hong Kong ticket.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2013, 10:33:45 PM
Pineapple milkshakes from Sonic
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 24, 2013, 10:43:09 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2013, 10:33:45 PM
Pineapple milkshakes from Sonic
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 24, 2013, 10:50:23 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 23, 2013, 11:36:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 23, 2013, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 23, 2013, 11:28:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 23, 2013, 11:26:36 PM
Bought a Mini Displayport to VGA adapter. I intend to use the MacBook when presenting my papers in Montréal in August.
Montreal Canada or Montreal France?

Canada. :)
If I can get a little bit moneyed up by then I may try to meet you if you might have the time. It would give me a reason to study French.

That would be really great. :thumbup:

I believe most evenings would work, apart from the social event they have. Presenters are expected to participate in pretty much everything.

Or better yet, the Saturday after the conference. I'm not leaving until late that evening.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 24, 2013, 10:51:09 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 24, 2013, 08:16:14 PM
Oops! I may have to change that to a Hong Kong ticket.  :zoinks:

Make that Russia. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 24, 2013, 11:22:52 PM
Versatility is the key.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 24, 2013, 11:25:50 PM
I hear Cuba is nice. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 25, 2013, 06:29:55 PM
32.5 gallons   gasoline
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: AspieMomma on June 25, 2013, 09:00:11 PM
Comic books. 

I love having geeky kids.  I get to play with all their cool toys. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 25, 2013, 11:28:47 PM
Made a hotel reservation.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on June 25, 2013, 11:52:03 PM
Bulfinch's Mythology, (illustrated version from 78).

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 25, 2013, 11:55:36 PM
a few DVDs

two notebooks

and an extra portable USB port.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on June 26, 2013, 05:25:35 PM
6.3 cts of Green-Blue Tourmaline from Mozambique
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 27, 2013, 09:09:59 AM
Nice.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on June 27, 2013, 10:30:09 AM
Quote from: Merauder on June 26, 2013, 05:25:35 PM
6.3 cts of Green-Blue Tourmaline from Mozambique
Fuckin A Richard!  :plus:  :viking: I like it. I am considering a fire agate piece from ebay. Later on I may send you a link and ask if you agree to the price for quality if I think I want it. Still mulling it over.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: AspieMomma on June 27, 2013, 02:03:27 PM
Lovely! Any ideas what you will do with it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on June 27, 2013, 04:27:41 PM
Our tax dollars well spent Richard

Hope you saved money for food and rent
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on June 28, 2013, 10:55:53 AM
When i was little i can remember my Dad saying  "it fell off the back of a lorry" when describing goods of a dubious origin.

That phenomenon is ongoing.   I am often presented with such items.  Today,  i was presented with a lovely BNIB Samsung Galaxy Note II.   It literally fell off the back of a lorry.

This thread is titled 'what have you bought lately' and i can honestly say i purchased a new case for it.  From Argos.   :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 29, 2013, 10:05:32 AM
A  Bell and Howell 16MM projector I think it's a 57 for $3 will post photos later for Odeon
A large cutting torch
Magnets
3 old locks and some other stuff
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 29, 2013, 11:46:21 AM
4 bags of good coffee and several cans of bent and dent cans in a box.  Less than 50 cents each.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 29, 2013, 01:36:23 PM
Quote from: Merauder on June 26, 2013, 05:25:35 PM
6.3 cts of Green-Blue Tourmaline from Mozambique

  It's a shimmering column of light!  It looks as if a beautiful alien might materialize in it at any moment!  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 29, 2013, 01:40:34 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on June 25, 2013, 09:00:11 PM
Comic books. 

I love having geeky kids.  I get to play with all their cool toys. :P

  We love our geeky Momma!   :oneliner: :toy:   We don't even mind sharing our toys!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 30, 2013, 03:08:39 AM
Bought an email client for $2 at the App Store.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on June 30, 2013, 01:40:06 PM
lunch and lottery tickets for next week
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 30, 2013, 02:34:17 PM
A book and a couple of DVDs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 30, 2013, 06:38:36 PM
A cover for the Samsung Galaxy 2.07 (?) the PR bought today.  If she hadn't pulled an embarrassing and stupid stunt we would have bought her the tablet too (her birthday is coming up).  Well, that saved us $200+.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 01, 2013, 05:59:54 PM
  I bought hairspray today!  It's called Aussie Freeze!  It will keep my hair from blowing around at work!   :snowman:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on July 01, 2013, 06:03:16 PM
Aussie products are great, nice smell

I still prefer Sassoon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 01, 2013, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 01, 2013, 06:03:16 PM
Aussie products are great, nice smell

I still prefer Sassoon

  If the Aussie stuff doesn't work, I will consider Sassoon.
  All I need is a spray to glue down the wispy strands that don't stay in the bun.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on July 01, 2013, 06:16:33 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 01, 2013, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 01, 2013, 06:03:16 PM
Aussie products are great, nice smell

I still prefer Sassoon

  If the Aussie stuff doesn't work, I will consider Sassoon.
  All I need is a spray to glue down the wispy strands that don't stay in the bun.  :thumbup:
Do you add mayo and mustard to those hair buns?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 01, 2013, 09:14:03 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 01, 2013, 06:16:33 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on July 01, 2013, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 01, 2013, 06:03:16 PM
Aussie products are great, nice smell

I still prefer Sassoon

  If the Aussie stuff doesn't work, I will consider Sassoon.
  All I need is a spray to glue down the wispy strands that don't stay in the bun.  :thumbup:
Do you add mayo and mustard to those hair buns?

  No, but I have heard of mayo being used as a conditioner.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on July 01, 2013, 09:21:24 PM
You will need to do a vinegar rinse

If you ever use mayo as a conditioner

word to the wise
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
A european study said that wearing sunscreen daily on your face, will keep a person from showing age as quickly.

Now they tell us.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 04, 2013, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
A european study said that wearing sunscreen daily on your face, will keep a person from showing age as quickly.

Now they tell us.

It was known all along. Why do you think the richer people in history walked with parasols all the time. And why do you think it is that bottoms of elderly people have so much less wrinkles than the sun exposed bits of the same people?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 04, 2013, 06:45:16 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
A european study said that wearing sunscreen daily on your face, will keep a person from showing age as quickly.

Now they tell us.

It was known all along. Why do you think the richer people in history walked with parasols all the time. And why do you think it is that bottoms of elderly people have so much less wrinkles than the sun exposed bits of the same people?

You will kindly keep my butt out of this discussion.  Thank you.   :moon:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 06:59:38 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 04, 2013, 06:45:16 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
A european study said that wearing sunscreen daily on your face, will keep a person from showing age as quickly.

Now they tell us.

It was known all along. Why do you think the richer people in history walked with parasols all the time. And why do you think it is that bottoms of elderly people have so much less wrinkles than the sun exposed bits of the same people?

You will kindly keep my butt out of this discussion.  Thank you.   :moon:
ROFLM :moon: O
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on July 04, 2013, 07:09:02 PM
A packet of 3 mango sorbet ice lollys

They were so nice I ate them all at once. That made me poop :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 04, 2013, 11:08:29 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 04, 2013, 06:45:16 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
A european study said that wearing sunscreen daily on your face, will keep a person from showing age as quickly.

Now they tell us.

It was known all along. Why do you think the richer people in history walked with parasols all the time. And why do you think it is that bottoms of elderly people have so much less wrinkles than the sun exposed bits of the same people?

You will kindly keep my butt out of this discussion.  Thank you.   :moon:

A royal posterior that smooth doesn't need discussion, it only will get admiration.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 05, 2013, 01:48:12 AM
Petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 05, 2013, 02:09:52 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 11:08:29 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 04, 2013, 06:45:16 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
A european study said that wearing sunscreen daily on your face, will keep a person from showing age as quickly.

Now they tell us.

It was known all along. Why do you think the richer people in history walked with parasols all the time. And why do you think it is that bottoms of elderly people have so much less wrinkles than the sun exposed bits of the same people?

You will kindly keep my butt out of this discussion.  Thank you.   :moon:

A royal posterior that smooth doesn't need discussion, it only will get admiration.

Thank you.  It has been untouched by human hands also.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on July 05, 2013, 02:43:44 PM
Quote from: Butterflies on July 04, 2013, 07:09:02 PM
A packet of 3 mango sorbet ice lollys

They were so nice I ate them all at once. That made me poop :zombiefuck:
:poop:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 05, 2013, 03:17:06 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 05, 2013, 02:09:52 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 11:08:29 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 04, 2013, 06:45:16 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
A european study said that wearing sunscreen daily on your face, will keep a person from showing age as quickly.

Now they tell us.

It was known all along. Why do you think the richer people in history walked with parasols all the time. And why do you think it is that bottoms of elderly people have so much less wrinkles than the sun exposed bits of the same people?

You will kindly keep my butt out of this discussion.  Thank you.   :moon:

A royal posterior that smooth doesn't need discussion, it only will get admiration.

Thank you.  It has been untouched by human hands also.

Now one does wonder, about wiping, washing, and gentle love by the hands of PA. But, will redirect my thoughts and will not ponder on those royal secrets anymore. 
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Post by: Queen Victoria on July 05, 2013, 06:24:39 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 05, 2013, 03:17:06 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 05, 2013, 02:09:52 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 11:08:29 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 04, 2013, 06:45:16 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
A european study said that wearing sunscreen daily on your face, will keep a person from showing age as quickly.

Now they tell us.

It was known all along. Why do you think the richer people in history walked with parasols all the time. And why do you think it is that bottoms of elderly people have so much less wrinkles than the sun exposed bits of the same people?

You will kindly keep my butt out of this discussion.  Thank you.   :moon:

A royal posterior that smooth doesn't need discussion, it only will get admiration.

Thank you.  It has been untouched by human hands also.

Now one does wonder, about wiping, washing, and gentle love by the hands of PA. But, will redirect my thoughts and will not ponder on those royal secrets anymore.

Quite proper Victorian thoughts, Lady Hykeaswell.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on July 05, 2013, 06:40:54 PM
Two grams of white rhino ^.o

Good Nights sleep ahead!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: AspieMomma on July 05, 2013, 10:04:18 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 05, 2013, 06:24:39 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 05, 2013, 03:17:06 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 05, 2013, 02:09:52 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 11:08:29 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 04, 2013, 06:45:16 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 05:52:42 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on July 04, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 04, 2013, 04:05:31 PM
Quote from: AspieMomma on July 04, 2013, 02:01:27 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 04, 2013, 01:47:50 PM
Plastic bins I am on an organization kick

Watch an episode of Hoarders.  It makes for great motivation. 

I bought more sunscreen today.  I refuse to burn this summer!

There are more and more "apply only once a day" sunscreens lately. Makes it easier for me not to forget applying it in time.

I'm now a big fan of a Swiss formula, called "Ultrasun". Very pleasant on the skin, and it does do it's job. Bought a less strong version for the youngest the other day, she refused to walk around with a factor 50. And, with her skin, she doesn't need that strong a sunscreen indeed.
A european study said that wearing sunscreen daily on your face, will keep a person from showing age as quickly.

Now they tell us.

It was known all along. Why do you think the richer people in history walked with parasols all the time. And why do you think it is that bottoms of elderly people have so much less wrinkles than the sun exposed bits of the same people?

You will kindly keep my butt out of this discussion.  Thank you.   :moon:

A royal posterior that smooth doesn't need discussion, it only will get admiration.

Thank you.  It has been untouched by human hands also.

Now one does wonder, about wiping, washing, and gentle love by the hands of PA. But, will redirect my thoughts and will not ponder on those royal secrets anymore.

Quite proper Victorian thoughts, Lady Hykeaswell.

I wear a tinted moisturizer with spf 15 most days.   :thumbup:  I wonder if that is enough.  I usually use 50+ if I'm going to be outside a lot.

*Whistling casually, walks nonchalantly toward QV.  Smacks the royal bottom and runs*

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Post by: Queen Victoria on July 05, 2013, 11:49:07 PM
Saucy wench!  I shall have to introduce you to soldiers who would teach you a thing or two about spanking royal bottoms.  They were a gift from Catherine the Great.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 06, 2013, 01:53:57 AM
I bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 07, 2013, 01:22:08 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 17, 2013, 09:48:03 AM
Was brave and bought a bra. Why do they all have to be padded lately?
The one that fitted best was padded the most. Who needs a padding in a D cup bra?  :dunno:

The same is happening here! All padded! I am DD so I do not need padding. I don't want to look any bigger than I already do. Plus I like to wear colours and there are never any of those nice coloured ones in my size.

Yesterday I bought groceries and over $60 worth of petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 07, 2013, 02:56:12 PM
an ice cream cone dipped in chocolate.  quite tasty.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on July 07, 2013, 04:58:51 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 07, 2013, 01:22:08 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 17, 2013, 09:48:03 AM
Was brave and bought a bra. Why do they all have to be padded lately?
The one that fitted best was padded the most. Who needs a padding in a D cup bra?  :dunno:

The same is happening here! All padded! I am DD so I do not need padding. I don't want to look any bigger than I already do. Plus I like to wear colours and there are never any of those nice coloured ones in my size.

Yesterday I bought groceries and over $60 worth of petrol.
um, el presidente, do you read this thread?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 08, 2013, 12:32:02 AM
Bought a 3G modem, one of those pay-as-you-go SIM cards, and a router to give us interwebz until my ISP gets its act together.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 08, 2013, 05:00:49 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 07, 2013, 01:22:08 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 17, 2013, 09:48:03 AM
Was brave and bought a bra. Why do they all have to be padded lately?
The one that fitted best was padded the most. Who needs a padding in a D cup bra?  :dunno:

The same is happening here! All padded! I am DD so I do not need padding. I don't want to look any bigger than I already do. Plus I like to wear colours and there are never any of those nice coloured ones in my size.

Yesterday I bought groceries and over $60 worth of petrol.

Well, mine is army green with pink, so, I do have colours.

Next one I bought, not padded, was black, with a bright red lining. Quite awesome.  :laugh:

Here there are more and more bras for small frames and big cups in bright colours. It's more and more a common thing, that really young girls have big boobs. So, there is a market for colours in that size. Wonder if it is hormones in meat and water or food or something else. Know a few kids who had a D size at age 12, and who kept growing after that, with a frame of just 70 cm or even less.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 14, 2013, 07:13:17 PM
A Bosch MX-30E Oscillating tool for a job I am doing this week. Bosch is my favorite brand of power tools and  it's made in Switzerland,  it feels nice buying something not made in China.
(http://mdm.boschwebservices.com/files/r26439v33.png)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Beardy McFuckface on July 14, 2013, 07:14:20 PM
Sega Mega Drive and some games for it.
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Post by: Bastet on July 14, 2013, 07:34:17 PM
Cheap cymbals
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on July 14, 2013, 11:06:25 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 15, 2013, 01:32:43 AM
A headphone amplifier.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 15, 2013, 10:07:26 AM
Quote from: Parts on July 14, 2013, 07:13:17 PM
A Bosch MX-30E Oscillating tool for a job I am doing this week. Bosch is my favorite brand of power tools and  it's made in Switzerland,  it feels nice buying something not made in China.
(http://mdm.boschwebservices.com/files/r26439v33.png)

Don't have many tools by them, but that looks nice...remember the brand most for car parts.

Bought a new mattress...10 years overdue.  :zombiefuck: Looked around a little...$200+ for a headboard?

Furniture is not cheap.

Needless to say, I'm refinishing my old $5 headboard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 15, 2013, 01:07:35 PM
bananas, room freshener spray (used in the car), and sweetener.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 15, 2013, 06:24:25 PM
10 pounds of Ice  on the way to work this morning
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on July 18, 2013, 10:17:40 AM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on June 27, 2013, 10:30:09 AM
Quote from: Merauder on June 26, 2013, 05:25:35 PM
6.3 cts of Green-Blue Tourmaline from Mozambique
Fuckin A Richard!  :plus:  :viking: I like it. I am considering a fire agate piece from ebay. Later on I may send you a link and ask if you agree to the price for quality if I think I want it. Still mulling it over.
Sure dude. and happy birthday

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Post by: lutra on July 18, 2013, 01:50:00 PM
The 'blue-line' made by Bosch is cool. Good quality tools. Nice.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 18, 2013, 04:19:54 PM
I have a lot of Bosch tools all of them have been great :thumbup:

All I bought today was a coffee, a Coke, and a five pound bag of ice
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 18, 2013, 04:27:52 PM
Bought RAM memory.
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Post by: Jesse on July 20, 2013, 11:55:54 AM
$1 chocolate ice cream cone. high quality, no cheap ingrediants here!  :santa:
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Post by: 'andersom' on July 20, 2013, 12:00:36 PM
Food, transportation fees, bd presents for a niece, that's about it the past few days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 20, 2013, 02:07:31 PM
Pantry supplies.  Had a $5 coupon off $25 purchase.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 20, 2013, 03:29:48 PM
A hand cranked grinder
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 20, 2013, 08:27:31 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 20, 2013, 03:29:48 PM
A hand cranked grinder

 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 20, 2013, 11:06:40 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 20, 2013, 08:27:31 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 20, 2013, 03:29:48 PM
A hand cranked grinder

 :zombiefuck:

Like this (http://d2amilv9vi9flo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/handcrank_IMG_5034-300x225.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 23, 2013, 09:00:28 AM
A #$@*&%$ 4 cycle gas trimmer. :GA:

First trimmer I've bought in over 10+ years.

Usually I pick them up all the time, but this year when mine started it's death rattle after 6+ years of abuse there hasn't been one salvageable one to be found. 

I predict that on the next 3 trash days I will find one...or 2...or three of the little fuckers.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 23, 2013, 09:28:50 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 23, 2013, 09:00:28 AM
A #$@*&%$ 4 cycle gas trimmer. :GA:

First trimmer I've bought in over 10+ years.

Usually I pick them up all the time, but this year when mine started it's death rattle after 6+ years of abuse there hasn't been one salvageable one to be found. 

I predict that on the next 3 trash days I will find one...or 2...or three of the little fuckers.  :autism:

I never used to buy  them either but with the over abundance of scrappers around the last few years they have been harder and harder to find. They take everything a lot of which could still be used and scrap it i find it kinda sad . Currently I am using a broken electric one and have to cut and knot the line every time it breaks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 23, 2013, 09:40:30 AM
A small Spanish watermelon and a bottle of 18 yo Highland Park  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 23, 2013, 11:39:29 AM
Quote from: Parts on July 23, 2013, 09:28:50 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 23, 2013, 09:00:28 AM
A #$@*&%$ 4 cycle gas trimmer. :GA:

First trimmer I've bought in over 10+ years.

Usually I pick them up all the time, but this year when mine started it's death rattle after 6+ years of abuse there hasn't been one salvageable one to be found. 

I predict that on the next 3 trash days I will find one...or 2...or three of the little fuckers.  :autism:

I never used to buy  them either but with the over abundance of scrappers around the last few years they have been harder and harder to find. They take everything a lot of which could still be used and scrap it i find it kinda sad . Currently I am using a broken electric one and have to cut and knot the line every time it breaks

Same here, pickings are slim...some of the stuff I see them taking to the yard they could flip for double+ what they're getting with a little effort if they wanted to.  Most don't care though, it's faster to scrap it. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 23, 2013, 04:03:01 PM
Spicy Popeye's chicken and red beans and rice for lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 23, 2013, 06:53:51 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 23, 2013, 04:03:01 PM
Spicy Popeye's chicken and red beans and rice for lunch

Fuck now I want Popeye's :GA:  It's a lot easier than it used to be they opened one up in my town near the truck stop, I used to have to drive about twenty minutes to get it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on July 27, 2013, 08:46:49 PM
A new windshield for my car, which is great timing given the pay cuts from furloughs and the fact my car is due for inspection.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 28, 2013, 01:58:36 AM
Dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 29, 2013, 04:52:49 PM
Train-tickets and bus-pass upload.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 29, 2013, 04:57:45 PM
Chinese food for lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 30, 2013, 07:58:19 AM
Paint for my rusting porch railings in front, blinds for downstairs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 30, 2013, 11:33:58 AM
Just a coffee and a doughnut today, unless you count paying my account balance when I stopped at the supply house today
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on July 30, 2013, 12:37:18 PM
Vinum cervisiamque  8)
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Post by: Trigger 11 on July 31, 2013, 04:38:28 PM
Tickets to Dropkick Murphys and Jay and Silent Bob! :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on July 31, 2013, 05:14:32 PM
My leap motion came last week. :D
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Post by: lutra on August 03, 2013, 10:29:04 AM
Bought myself a small deep fryer this afternoon.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto550-T3VH7O48.jpg)
It needs only 1 litre of oil in it and that's great. Perfect for only one person.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on August 03, 2013, 10:32:35 AM
What are you frying up there?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 03, 2013, 10:40:20 AM
Those, we call 'bitterballen'. Something typically Dutch, I think. They're really delicious.

Crunchy on the outside and they're filled with a beef ragout. Nice, with a little bit of mustard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitterballen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitterballen)
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Post by: Gopher Gary on August 03, 2013, 10:41:07 AM
That does sound delicious. :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 03, 2013, 10:42:28 AM
They're not totally unlike these: Kroppkakor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kroppkaka)
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Post by: lutra on August 03, 2013, 10:59:10 AM
^ Well, those are a tadski different, I think. Those one probably boils in water. Like a dumpling.

Possibilities are almost endless with this deep fryer. Home-made French fries, potato chips, croquettes, chicken wings, fish like cod with a layer of flour (and egg first), etc. etc..
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Post by: Beardy McFuckface on August 03, 2013, 02:47:20 PM
Enjoying my Raspberry Pi. Awesome little computer for programming.

Thinking of getting a breakout board for it so I can interface it with electronics projects.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 04, 2013, 08:40:32 AM
gas for truck
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Post by: Parts on August 04, 2013, 06:05:00 PM
1/2 pound maple walnut fudge
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Post by: lutra on August 07, 2013, 09:45:38 AM
Picked up my shoes again today. Shoe repair dude glued on new rubber soles (on heels as well). Brilliant pair these are.. and now they will last.. maybe for six more months. Hopefully even longer.

Also bought a T-shirt, a chef's knife for my sister (birthday present) and some fish skewers for on the barbecue in half an hour or so. De-frikkin'-licious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 07, 2013, 12:50:26 PM
A coffee and a Powerball ticket it's up to 425 million
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 07, 2013, 12:54:50 PM
Bought 5 Powerball tickets yesterday,
Today - lunches from Wendy's, McDonald's and Popeyes according to each family member's taste buds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 07, 2013, 01:00:18 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 07, 2013, 12:54:50 PM
Bought 5 Powerball tickets yesterday,
Today - lunches from Wendy's, McDonald's and Popeyes according to each family member's taste buds.

Popeyes  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 07, 2013, 01:02:47 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 07, 2013, 01:00:18 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 07, 2013, 12:54:50 PM
Bought 5 Powerball tickets yesterday,
Today - lunches from Wendy's, McDonald's and Popeyes according to each family member's taste buds.

Popeyes  :drool:

Three pieces, spicy, mashed potatoes and gravy, biscuit with honey.   :moon:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on August 07, 2013, 04:22:14 PM
One hundred blank CD's.  And some vegetables.  And some grapes.  (http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/d/drool.gif)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 07, 2013, 07:05:05 PM
I also bought some grapes.  Awesomely sweet red seedless grapes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on August 07, 2013, 11:20:03 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 07, 2013, 07:05:05 PM
I also bought some grapes.  Awesomely sweet red seedless grapes.

Mine were green and sort of tart, but also seedless.  I think I'll go have a bowl of them now (http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/d/drool.gif)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 12, 2013, 04:54:53 PM
A bicycle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 12, 2013, 05:00:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 12, 2013, 04:54:53 PM
A bicycle.

 :viking: :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 12, 2013, 05:46:51 PM
$1000 worth of fiberglass insulation for work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on August 12, 2013, 07:09:32 PM
A Pentax SF10. It came with a 50mm manual focus Pentax lens and a Takumar F 28 - 80 mm lens. The auction was hidden because the guy wrote it like this: SF!0. I got it for $12 initially but because it went for so little, he took stuff out that was in the photos. I called him on it so he is refunding $10. Lol, he wrote a lot of nasty stuff but must have realized that Ebay can see it because the last message was apologetic.

I got the auction for the zoom lens which is clunky but nonetheless works on my K10D. A proper DA lens goes for upwards of $200 for a really cheap 200mm lens. There was a leather film case which now I think he included to drive up the bidding. I don't mind not getting that since the camera is practically free.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on August 12, 2013, 09:40:30 PM
Three used books: 2 Isaac Asimov, and one Frank Herbert.  Not to mention I dug a ton of stuff out of teh free bin (yeah, they have that) including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1.  As a former Fedora user, it was too hilarious to pass up. 

Also a pizza (http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/d/drool.gif)
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Post by: odeon on August 12, 2013, 10:52:58 PM
Bowmore Enigma whisky.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 13, 2013, 08:27:22 AM
Quote from: WolFish on August 12, 2013, 07:09:32 PM
A Pentax SF10. It came with a 50mm manual focus Pentax lens and a Takumar F 28 - 80 mm lens. The auction was hidden because the guy wrote it like this: SF!0. I got it for $12 initially but because it went for so little, he took stuff out that was in the photos. I called him on it so he is refunding $10. Lol, he wrote a lot of nasty stuff but must have realized that Ebay can see it because the last message was apologetic.

I got the auction for the zoom lens which is clunky but nonetheless works on my K10D. A proper DA lens goes for upwards of $200 for a really cheap 200mm lens. There was a leather film case which now I think he included to drive up the bidding. I don't mind not getting that since the camera is practically free.

Nothing like leaving the caps lock on while listing.

Nice camera. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on August 13, 2013, 10:24:54 AM
Jeans
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Post by: odeon on August 13, 2013, 11:26:35 PM
An iPad.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 14, 2013, 01:07:17 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 13, 2013, 11:26:35 PM
An iPad.

as opposed to an eye pad?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 14, 2013, 02:47:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 14, 2013, 01:07:17 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 13, 2013, 11:26:35 PM
An iPad.

as opposed to an eye pad?

What do you mean as opposed to? It covers my eye. It's a little big and has a funny shape, but it works. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on August 15, 2013, 12:10:02 PM
Just bought a 2Tb Seagate Barracuda :)

Now i can download things again!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2013, 12:51:50 PM
I just bought a new antenna for the Jag to replace the old one with. It broke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 15, 2013, 01:57:24 PM
Lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 15, 2013, 02:31:51 PM
Cervisiam  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2013, 11:00:48 PM
Dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 16, 2013, 07:10:23 PM
Iced tea for everyone working on the house I was working on today
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Post by: Eclair on August 16, 2013, 09:49:36 PM
Quote from: Lit on August 15, 2013, 02:31:51 PM
Cervisiam  8)

This?
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Post by: skyblue1 on August 16, 2013, 09:55:52 PM
Domain name
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Post by: Genesis on August 16, 2013, 10:12:29 PM
How to Capture Leprechauns and Blackmail them for their Gold: by Leon O'Shea
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 17, 2013, 10:00:16 PM
I will be buying the kid a new cell phone.

He just shattered the screen. :zombiefuck:

Got almost 2 years out of it though, his father only made it to the year mark with his.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 17, 2013, 10:40:05 PM
Some old tools at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on August 18, 2013, 09:38:48 PM
A pair of Pentax ZX-30s; one for parts to repair a ZX-L and one because it was included in the auction. $18 for both of them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 18, 2013, 11:25:17 PM
A 6 round magazine for my Beretta Nano, a DeSantis Mini Scabbard OWB black leather holster for my Beretta Nano and a SOG Seal Pup Elite knife for Midway USA. :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 19, 2013, 04:05:51 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on August 17, 2013, 10:00:16 PM
I will be buying the kid a new cell phone.

He just shattered the screen. :zombiefuck:

Got almost 2 years out of it though, his father only made it to the year mark with his.

Oh, that's on my to buy list too this month. At least one for one of the kids, maybe should get one myself too.  :-\
Rainclothes are on my list too, a calculator, and some last little tidbits for school for the youngest. The rest has been bought by now. This is a pretty expensive month.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 19, 2013, 06:03:41 AM
Quick run to McDonald's for b'fast and coffee. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 20, 2013, 06:09:39 PM
Bought two raincoats and two pairs of rain trousers today. They will arrive come Thursday, I think.

Found a place where they sold "breathing" rain wear for very nice prices.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 21, 2013, 07:52:16 AM
Just bought 4 ink cartridges via an online shop. Hopefully they'll be here coming Friday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 21, 2013, 09:20:51 AM
Lots and lots of doctor visits and assorted necessaries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 22, 2013, 12:50:16 PM
Prescriptions, bras and food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 22, 2013, 01:25:56 PM
Pizza. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 22, 2013, 03:05:27 PM
I just ordered tritium night sights and an 8 round magazine for my Beretta Nano.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 22, 2013, 10:21:34 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on August 18, 2013, 11:25:17 PM
A 6 round magazine for my Beretta Nano, a DeSantis Mini Scabbard OWB black leather holster for my Beretta Nano and a SOG Seal Pup Elite knife for Midway USA. :woohoo:

  Now don't let the other guns get jealous of the favorite child.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 22, 2013, 10:22:52 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on August 22, 2013, 03:05:27 PM
I just ordered tritium night sights and an 8 round magazine for my Beretta Nano.

  And the forgotten other guns cry softly into their little pillows ...  :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 22, 2013, 11:55:51 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 22, 2013, 10:22:52 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on August 22, 2013, 03:05:27 PM
I just ordered tritium night sights and an 8 round magazine for my Beretta Nano.

  And the forgotten other guns cry softly into their little pillows ...  :'(
But I haven't neglected them.  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 22, 2013, 11:57:23 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on August 22, 2013, 11:55:51 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on August 22, 2013, 10:22:52 PM
Quote from: Cassanova Frankenstein on August 22, 2013, 03:05:27 PM
I just ordered tritium night sights and an 8 round magazine for my Beretta Nano.

  And the forgotten other guns cry softly into their little pillows ...  :'(
But I haven't neglected them.  :(

  Just buy something nice for each of them, some thoughtful little thing.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: P7PSP on August 23, 2013, 12:00:45 AM
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on August 23, 2013, 07:56:19 PM
sigma zoom  ucII 70-210mm lens. actually bought it a while ago but it arrived today. it was sold with a 28-70mm sigma uc lens that is more a tinker toy, a pentax P30 which will go right back onto ebay, and a lens cleaner. the uc II works great on my K10D - that was why I bought the package. all that crap for less than the price of the lens.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on August 23, 2013, 08:01:55 PM
Gasoline.  Having a full tank of gas makes me feel  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 26, 2013, 10:29:26 AM
I bought myself a new mouse this afternoon. That was needed.

Also a big low-energy light bulb. Hope it provides a bit more light than the previous one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 26, 2013, 10:31:45 AM
300 pounds of gravel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on August 26, 2013, 03:26:54 PM
A vintage 1980 Kenner Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear still on the card. :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on August 26, 2013, 09:58:20 PM
More Isaac Asimovs  :GA:  Also, a new Larry Niven.  And a French textbook (not the one for my class, but that isn't important; what's important is it was two dollars) and a book of three plays by William Shakespeare...in French. 

Yup.  (http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/m/e/megustaplz.gif?1)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 26, 2013, 11:56:16 PM
Which ones? Which Asimov books?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on August 27, 2013, 09:03:13 AM
Coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on August 28, 2013, 01:24:20 PM
I need some beauty products. like mouthwash, scented candles and razors. and food to make me feel beautiful on the inside

Lots of red kidney beans, jalepenos, onions, black olives, avacados, tomatoes, fat free chips. ICE Tea

so in a little while I'll be going to da store to get them.  :santa:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 28, 2013, 02:04:39 PM
A doughnut to go with the free birthday coffee from Dunkin Donuts.  Don't care for their doughnuts, but since the coffee was free..............
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on August 28, 2013, 02:05:39 PM
Cervisiam cibumque  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 28, 2013, 05:13:02 PM
A cheep angle grinder
Some neodymium magnets
Spray on rubber sealer to fix some leaks in the shed roof
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 28, 2013, 06:20:29 PM
Cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on August 29, 2013, 01:00:53 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 26, 2013, 11:56:16 PM
Which ones? Which Asimov books?

Forward the Foundation, and The Stars, Like Dust
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on August 29, 2013, 11:37:15 AM
Food. and Hot Sauce
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 29, 2013, 12:53:47 PM
A coffee and a chocolate milk
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on August 29, 2013, 01:53:00 PM
Obsidian Bellicosos
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on August 29, 2013, 05:11:20 PM
dinner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 29, 2013, 10:54:02 PM
Quote from: iareapiratelol on August 29, 2013, 01:00:53 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 26, 2013, 11:56:16 PM
Which ones? Which Asimov books?

Forward the Foundation, and The Stars, Like Dust

Love the latter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 29, 2013, 10:54:43 PM
Bought "Django" on Blu-ray. Going to watch it tonight with my son.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on August 30, 2013, 08:04:42 AM
I'm not really spending any money at the moment. I'm trying to save all of it for food, we don't need any end of the month drama like last time. :blonde:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on August 30, 2013, 01:36:24 PM
Three Call Of Duty Map Packs on the PS3 for my son's birthday to play during his sleepover party. Took all night to download and install, but as you know (or didn't until now) I didn't sleep anyway last night.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on August 31, 2013, 01:10:09 PM
I'm in the mood to buy a gemstone. but I do not know what yet,  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 31, 2013, 05:32:00 PM
food and some clothes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 31, 2013, 06:32:07 PM
A delightful life-sized hand puppet of a Norwich Terrier, wine vinegar, steel cut oats, a set of measuring spoons (sizes drop, smidgeon, pinch, dash and tad), and a heavy duty seamstress 8 inch scissors.  From my late next-door neighbor's estate sale.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 31, 2013, 06:36:22 PM
A bench grinder
A Hatchet
A metal working hammer
An old bamboo fishing pole with a reel
A metal kerosene can
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on August 31, 2013, 07:19:28 PM
I bought two pairs of shoes right now, for $10.48 a piece. I want to say they are a rustic house shoe. not really ment for outside use because they almost look like water would do some serious damage to them. :blonde:

I would also like to add that they are the same color as the baby giraffe in my avatar. :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on August 31, 2013, 10:25:46 PM
3 jars of strawberry jelly and a gallon of reese's ice cream. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on September 08, 2013, 08:15:07 AM
A bunch of Vegan food, an exercise roll, 5 Quarts of 5W-30 Engine Oil, and an Oil Filter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 09, 2013, 05:43:15 AM
Calculator, for the youngest. School prescribed a type that was hardly around any more. But, found one at Marktplaats, for €5 + shipping. The seller agreed. Now waiting on his banking details.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on September 12, 2013, 08:38:18 AM
For a lark I bid $1.00 on a brand new adorama camera bag and won it. It's a POS but I will tinker with it.

Also bought a "like new" backpack friendly tripod on Amazon for $38. They sent the wrong one, more expensive and heavier that one retails for $140 but the one they sent is heavily used and missing at least one part. Sending it back and will do with my incredibly heavy Star D until something better comes up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 12, 2013, 02:08:49 PM
Way too much piddling shit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on September 12, 2013, 09:19:49 PM
Two pairs of Blue Jeans, a pair of sweat pants, and Star Trek into Darkness on DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 13, 2013, 02:59:13 PM
A 2l bottle each of barr brand shandy, the same their cheap cola; as well as a chinese takeout bought for me courtesy of my old man.

And getting another few free bits and pieces from him for some reason, pair of new shoes and some spare electrical fuses  the 'blade' type ones to go in one of my power supplies after I tripped the original one by drawing too much current (or trying to) whilst subjecting a bath of molten, anhydrous caustic soda to electrolysis.

So he is helping me make a far more respectable one that can put out some serious juice. Thankfully the one that sustained the overload was protected and no damage done,
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: McGiver on September 13, 2013, 05:22:31 PM
I brought my kids to tae kwon do. Doh!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 15, 2013, 06:25:41 PM
A bigger portable tool box for my   main set of mechanics tools for just $7 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 15, 2013, 06:30:04 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 15, 2013, 06:25:41 PM
A bigger portable tool box for my   main set of mechanics tools for just $7

How many toolboxes do you have?

I have one for electrical, one for plumbing, one for mechanics, a couple more....my kid thinks I'm nuts. I found a couple of nice ones at the curb.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on September 15, 2013, 09:17:35 PM
Do you guys and girls think its weird I hardly touch tools? 
Because. I don't really,  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 20, 2013, 10:20:22 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 15, 2013, 06:30:04 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 15, 2013, 06:25:41 PM
A bigger portable tool box for my   main set of mechanics tools for just $7

How many toolboxes do you have?

I have one for electrical, one for plumbing, one for mechanics, a couple more....my kid thinks I'm nuts. I found a couple of nice ones at the curb.  :dunno:

I don't even know at least 15,  there are 5 in the trailer alone each tools or items for different jobs each  color coded.  I also tend to make up small kits of basic tools to leave places I use them most so they are always there when needed, then bring more job specific kits as needed.  I also use those canvas tool bags a lot to carry tools I am using at the time around the houses I am working on
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 20, 2013, 08:30:49 PM
Quote from: Richard on August 30, 2013, 08:04:42 AM
I'm not really spending any money at the moment. I'm trying to save all of it for food, we don't need any end of the month drama like last time. :blonde:

  I remember end of the month drama from my younger years.  It's good to avoid it.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 20, 2013, 08:33:27 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 31, 2013, 06:32:07 PM
A delightful life-sized hand puppet of a Norwich Terrier, wine vinegar, steel cut oats, a set of measuring spoons (sizes drop, smidgeon, pinch, dash and tad), and a heavy duty seamstress 8 inch scissors.  From my late next-door neighbor's estate sale.

  Your neighbor clearly had a love of the whimsical.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 20, 2013, 08:35:06 PM
Quote from: Richard on August 31, 2013, 07:19:28 PM
I bought two pairs of shoes right now, for $10.48 a piece. I want to say they are a rustic house shoe. not really ment for outside use because they almost look like water would do some serious damage to them. :blonde:

I would also like to add that they are the same color as the baby giraffe in my avatar. :heart:

  In other words, slippers.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 20, 2013, 08:37:34 PM
Quote from: McMature on September 13, 2013, 05:22:31 PM
I brought my kids to tae kwon do. Doh!

  This thread is about things you have bought, not things you have brought.  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 20, 2013, 08:46:54 PM
Quote from: Richard on September 15, 2013, 09:17:35 PM
Do you guys and girls think its weird I hardly touch tools? 
Because. I don't really,  :zoinks:

  Sometimes you may have a valid reason to touch a tool   :fixin:   but be sure to wash your hands afterward!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on September 21, 2013, 04:41:01 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 20, 2013, 08:46:54 PM
Quote from: Richard on September 15, 2013, 09:17:35 PM
Do you guys and girls think its weird I hardly touch tools? 
Because. I don't really,  :zoinks:

  Sometimes you may have a valid reason to touch a tool   :fixin:   but be sure to wash your hands afterward!

Not that :cbc: would know anything about that. :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 21, 2013, 05:18:07 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 20, 2013, 08:37:34 PM
Quote from: McMature on September 13, 2013, 05:22:31 PM
I brought my kids to tae kwon do. Doh!

  This thread is about things you have bought, not things you have brought.  :police:

It does cost money, to bring them, though. Sports can be pretty expensive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 21, 2013, 05:39:25 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on September 21, 2013, 04:41:01 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on September 20, 2013, 08:46:54 PM
Quote from: Richard on September 15, 2013, 09:17:35 PM
Do you guys and girls think its weird I hardly touch tools? 
Because. I don't really,  :zoinks:

  Sometimes you may have a valid reason to touch a tool   :fixin:   but be sure to wash your hands afterward!

Not that :cbc: would know anything about that. :angel:

  I work in food service, I know all about handwashing.  :M :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 21, 2013, 09:52:28 AM
A tux rental. :P

The kid is taking his girlfriend to homecoming. I thought I wouldn't have to deal with this crap until 17 or 18 at least.  :GA:

I'm just thankful I can just rent a tux, the cost of a gown....
No.
Fucking.
Way. :zombiefuck:

WTF is the purpose of this stuff anyways (besides $$$$:LOL:)? I never went to any of that stuff myself.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on September 21, 2013, 10:39:24 PM
clothes

tires

food

electricity

water....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 22, 2013, 12:04:38 AM
Four wrenches, two 15mm Snap-On and two Napa line wrenches for just $1 :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on September 22, 2013, 04:34:40 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 23, 2013, 11:49:25 PM
Books-the hunger games  trilogy, suzanne collins.

Really reccommend these, completely un-putdownable. Read the lot in a matter of a few hours, and re-read a couple of days later.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on September 25, 2013, 10:01:26 AM
I'm buying my bus ticket today. Zeg, would you like to have a two day adventure with me to experience the greyhound?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 25, 2013, 03:54:18 PM
A replacement foam  pad for an orbital sander, Coke, and stuffed cherry peppers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 25, 2013, 05:42:23 PM
Just a hair short of 60 quid on mostly soft drinks, as well as some snacks and proper nosh, a pack of carling zest lager, bottle of blackcurrant schnapps and a fresh packet of amber leaf rolling baccy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on September 26, 2013, 03:43:26 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 25, 2013, 03:54:18 PM
A replacement foam  pad for an orbital sander, Coke, and stuffed cherry peppers

Hot or sweet?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 26, 2013, 05:15:41 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on September 26, 2013, 03:43:26 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 25, 2013, 03:54:18 PM
A replacement foam  pad for an orbital sander, Coke, and stuffed cherry peppers

Hot or sweet?
:drool: :drool: :drool:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/095-1.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/095-1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on September 26, 2013, 07:27:18 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 26, 2013, 05:15:41 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on September 26, 2013, 03:43:26 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 25, 2013, 03:54:18 PM
A replacement foam  pad for an orbital sander, Coke, and stuffed cherry peppers

Hot or sweet?
:drool: :drool: :drool:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/095-1.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/095-1.jpg.html)

That looks delicious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on September 26, 2013, 08:08:07 AM
Quote from: Jesse on September 25, 2013, 10:01:26 AM
I'm buying my bus ticket today. Zeg, would you like to have a two day adventure with me to experience the greyhound?  :zoinks:

  :lol1:    Two spazzes on a Greyhound, I hope it's a nice long scenic trip!  Where are you going, Jesse?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 26, 2013, 08:29:45 AM
Some cold soft drinks, more fresh fruit juice. Lol I must have drank about £20 worth of boxed fresh apple, mango, pineapple and fresh orange with the bits in it just last night.

I fancy loading up on lychee juice next time I head to the shops. I just cannot resist fresh lychee or guava juices.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 10, 2013, 06:36:40 PM
A cube shaped tool to compress the caliper  pistons on cars with rear disc brakes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 12, 2013, 05:13:07 PM
A Christmas present for PA, a book
A tshirt from my favorite company for only $1
A sweatshirt with a that funny long pocket in the front for PA
2 books for me
Stain and a paintbrush to finish the wooden fence the next door neighbor paid for
Some glitter for the PR's halloween costume.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on October 12, 2013, 05:13:54 PM
Typically fatty fat Americans to buy Christmas gifts in October  :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 12, 2013, 05:18:35 PM
Quote from: Lit on October 12, 2013, 05:13:54 PM
Typically fatty fat Americans to buy Christmas gifts in October  :M

Nope, just a thrifty shopper.  I've already bought the PR two stuffed animals and a pair of pajamas for Christmas.

And I remember walking through a major German department store in October, 1976, and seeing Christmas decorations up.  I remembered saying to myself, "And it's not even Thanksgiving!"  Then I remembered TG is basically an American thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 13, 2013, 05:00:47 PM
Crutches.  :nerdy:
And, a battered Bburago model of a green 1961 Jaguar E-type. Will give my daughter that, for St Nic. Her dream is a Jag. Baby steps.
 :flyingbat:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 13, 2013, 07:36:59 PM
A OBD2/CAN code reader
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 13, 2013, 09:44:38 PM
I tried to find the what technology did you buy thread, but couldn't locate it.

Safety pins.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 14, 2013, 06:22:29 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 13, 2013, 09:44:38 PM
I tried to find the what technology did you buy thread, but couldn't locate it.

Safety pins.

It reads the trouble codes from a cars computer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 14, 2013, 08:43:34 AM
Quote from: Parts on November 14, 2013, 06:22:29 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 13, 2013, 09:44:38 PM
I tried to find the what technology did you buy thread, but couldn't locate it.

Safety pins.

It reads the trouble codes from a cars computer

Hope yours works better than the one I bought for mom's old VW. Damn thing was a bitch to read.  :GA:

Going to get a thermal leak detector...it's that time of year again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 15, 2013, 03:57:38 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 13, 2013, 05:00:47 PM
Crutches.  :nerdy:
And, a battered Bburago model of a green 1961 Jaguar E-type. Will give my daughter that, for St Nic. Her dream is a Jag. Baby steps.
 :flyingbat:

She's got great taste. :arrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 15, 2013, 03:58:37 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 13, 2013, 07:36:59 PM
A OBD2/CAN code reader

What kind? Does it hook up to a computer to look up and explain the codes?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on November 15, 2013, 04:00:52 PM
Cervisiam  :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2013, 05:39:37 PM
Two cell phones, a set of headphones, a bra, bottled water, too many meals out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 15, 2013, 06:00:56 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 15, 2013, 03:58:37 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 13, 2013, 07:36:59 PM
A OBD2/CAN code reader

What kind? Does it hook up to a computer to look up and explain the codes?

It hooks up to the computer and also records all sorts of data, I have not thoroughly gone through it yet.  It was a relativity cheep one that I got mostly to figure out what is wrong with my fathers car and if it would be worth fixing.  At the moment it's unregistered and the check engine light is on so I can't get anything but a temporary registration.   It should give me an idea if it's just a sensor out or something more serious
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on November 15, 2013, 07:13:02 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2013, 05:39:37 PM
Two cell phones, a set of headphones, a bra, bottled water, too many meals out.

Do you now have two vibrating :bounce:? :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2013, 10:17:36 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on November 15, 2013, 07:13:02 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2013, 05:39:37 PM
Two cell phones, a set of headphones, a bra, bottled water, too many meals out.

Do you now have two vibrating :bounce:? :laugh:

I store my phone in my bosom buddy when necessary.  And while they don't bounce they do tingle if it's on vibrate.  I'm not sure where the PR will put her phone when necessary.

I was saddened to find that this phone does not offer The Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairies as a ringtone.  It always cheered me up when the phone rang.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 15, 2013, 10:54:57 PM
^You could possibly download it onto your phone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on November 16, 2013, 07:30:43 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2013, 10:17:36 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on November 15, 2013, 07:13:02 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2013, 05:39:37 PM
Two cell phones, a set of headphones, a bra, bottled water, too many meals out.

Do you now have two vibrating :bounce:? :laugh:

I store my phone in my bosom buddy when necessary.  And while they don't bounce they do tingle if it's on vibrate.  I'm not sure where the PR will put her phone when necessary.

I was saddened to find that this phone does not offer The Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairies as a ringtone.  It always cheered me up when the phone rang.

Can you download it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 21, 2013, 02:52:51 AM
Bought a Westinghouse upright freezer as we kept having to limit our frozen food buying because the freezer that comes with the fridge is tiny.
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Post by: WolFish on November 21, 2013, 02:58:53 AM
a personal vaporizer.
also known as an electronic cigarette.
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Post by: odeon on November 22, 2013, 12:51:09 PM
Beer and crisps. :arrr:
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Post by: Parts on November 22, 2013, 03:51:12 PM
Lunch
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Post by: odeon on November 23, 2013, 05:00:36 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 22, 2013, 12:51:09 PM
Beer and crisps. :arrr:

An update: I still have them. I was too tired and decided to save them.
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Post by: Lestat on November 23, 2013, 06:09:13 PM
Last things I bought were some CDs, several albums each by spineshank, chimaira, one by breed 77, and the album 'our lady of annihilation' by most precious blood.

And by chance that day, bumped into a guy who had a couple of 200mg MS contin morphine capsules for sale, after coming out of the local head shop where I was picking up some 5-EAPB pills and smoke mix. A very nice day indeed that was once I got home and could properly sit down and bang those.

Not that I did the entire 400mg in one go, would have been a bit much for me to say the least. Got 3-4 nice big shots from that. I am thinking of asking my doc actually, to change my pain meds to morphine, rather than oxy, I find it much more effective. And the oxy just doesn't have much in the way of rush or legs. Got to love the rush from IV morphine though...not many other opioids come close.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2013, 07:24:23 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on November 16, 2013, 07:30:43 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2013, 10:17:36 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on November 15, 2013, 07:13:02 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 15, 2013, 05:39:37 PM
Two cell phones, a set of headphones, a bra, bottled water, too many meals out.

Do you now have two vibrating :bounce:? :laugh:

I store my phone in my bosom buddy when necessary.  And while they don't bounce they do tingle if it's on vibrate.  I'm not sure where the PR will put her phone when necessary.

I was saddened to find that this phone does not offer The Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairies as a ringtone.  It always cheered me up when the phone rang.

Can you download it?

Possibly, but it would be beyond my technical capabilities and I'm too cheap to buy it anyway.

Souvenirs, gas, hotel rooms, meals out, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 25, 2013, 09:46:27 PM


I bought a Microsoft Pro tablet and keyboard case for my wife for Christmas/birthday (the days are really close together - she chooses which it is birthday or Christmas, whatever- I am tired of trying to figure it out - I gave it to her early. I am an asshole)

There was a "promotion"  for learning   "everything there was to know"   about the tablet to get a great discount. I studied it all very hard.  I qualified very hard.  I bit down, hard, for her.

Do not know if it was good or not. She was exhausted after shopping and barely looked at it.  She is not techy minded. She has never seen anything like this in her life, though.

We had a Samsung and an HP tablet before.  She used both. I hope this will trip her trigger!

Honestly, it is the ease of use that made me choose this one for her. Understand, she is NOT computer savvy at all, but she did OK with the Samsung and the HP.

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Post by: odeon on November 26, 2013, 12:04:51 AM
Is that the Surface tablet, DD?

I bought Breaking Bad, season 2, on DVD. Awesome. :headbang2:
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Post by: DirtDawg on November 26, 2013, 12:18:05 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 26, 2013, 12:04:51 AM
Is that the Surface tablet, DD?

I bought Breaking Bad, season 2, on DVD. Awesome. :headbang2:

Yes, a Surface Pro, running win8 with complimentary keyboard case.

Hope she loves it when she wakes up. 

She has used my Galaxy and my HP tablets for a couple of years (have to understand, she is NOT tech savvy, at all!!) and found shit that I did not know they could do.
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Post by: odeon on November 26, 2013, 12:20:21 AM
We moved from a Galaxy tab to an iPad. I have to say the iPad is great at what it does.
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Post by: DirtDawg on November 26, 2013, 12:24:16 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 26, 2013, 12:04:51 AM


I bought Breaking Bad, season 2, on DVD. Awesome. :headbang2:

I only recently got interested in Breaking Bad (bromine  ...   barium ... wtf is that about!!)  and devoured it like a plate of nachos. 

I like it!

It is interesting to see the drama played out well regarding how one or two or three questionable choices can lead you down a path from which there is no retreat.

Great show!
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Post by: DirtDawg on November 26, 2013, 12:29:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 26, 2013, 12:20:21 AM
We moved from a Galaxy tab to an iPad. I have to say the iPad is great at what it does.

My only problem with it is that it is a little too sensitive on the "touch"  part. I use one almost constantly at work and my system inflects the screen from several millimeters away. It is annoying to me.

The Galaxy sensitivity can be turned down, so to speak, as can the Surface..

I am told that the iPad can too, but I have not figured it out yet (honestly, at work, I just do not have time to fiddle with settings) and no one I have ever met has had the same problem.


OH and I have tried ten or twelve "pens" as well. The damn thing still thinks it knows what I am trying to do.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on November 26, 2013, 10:04:18 AM
 :thumbup:
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Post by: 'andersom' on November 26, 2013, 04:22:43 PM
Quote from: Lit on November 26, 2013, 10:04:18 AM
:thumbup:
Raspberry mint?
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Post by: TheoK on November 26, 2013, 04:26:29 PM
Polkagrisar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polkagris)
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Post by: 'andersom' on November 26, 2013, 04:31:39 PM
Pepermuntkussentjes (https://www.google.nl/search?q=pepermuntkussentjes&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7SCVUpypBYmCzAP0z4Bg&ved=0CEYQsAQ&biw=1525&bih=715&dpr=0.9) are white, or have smaller red stripes where I come from.

A while ago I had something with bigger red stripes, like in the picture you posted, and that red was fruit flavoured.
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Post by: TheoK on November 26, 2013, 04:33:04 PM
Polkagrisar usually just taste of peppermint. The red is just a colour, not a flavourant.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 26, 2013, 04:35:43 PM
Quote from: Lit on November 26, 2013, 04:33:04 PM
Polkagrisar usually just taste of peppermint. The red is just a colour, not a flavourant.

Like in the regular pepermuntkussentjes.
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Post by: TheoK on November 26, 2013, 04:39:08 PM
Polkagris (http://www.polkagris.com/lang/en)

 :M
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Post by: Parts on November 26, 2013, 05:38:23 PM
A coffee and a lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 26, 2013, 11:10:29 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 26, 2013, 04:22:43 PM
Quote from: Lit on November 26, 2013, 10:04:18 AM
:thumbup:
Raspberry mint?

Yeah!

That makes as much sense as his stupid smiley.

I have to assume that it was not directed toward me, even though he placed it directly after my own post. He offered no context for his inane bullshit smiley.

Who gives a shit, anyway?

 :wanker:



(I can only hope that no one was actually talking to me.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 26, 2013, 11:42:08 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 26, 2013, 12:24:16 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 26, 2013, 12:04:51 AM


I bought Breaking Bad, season 2, on DVD. Awesome. :headbang2:

I only recently got interested in Breaking Bad (bromine  ...   barium ... wtf is that about!!)  and devoured it like a plate of nachos. 

I like it!

It is interesting to see the drama played out well regarding how one or two or three questionable choices can lead you down a path from which there is no retreat.

Great show!

:agreed:

It's a recent one for me, too. I've just started watching the second season. It's fabulous.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 26, 2013, 11:43:13 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 26, 2013, 12:29:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 26, 2013, 12:20:21 AM
We moved from a Galaxy tab to an iPad. I have to say the iPad is great at what it does.

My only problem with it is that it is a little too sensitive on the "touch"  part. I use one almost constantly at work and my system inflects the screen from several millimeters away. It is annoying to me.

The Galaxy sensitivity can be turned down, so to speak, as can the Surface..

I am told that the iPad can too, but I have not figured it out yet (honestly, at work, I just do not have time to fiddle with settings) and no one I have ever met has had the same problem.


OH and I have tried ten or twelve "pens" as well. The damn thing still thinks it knows what I am trying to do.

:plus:

Oh, that's what the sensitivity is about. It is the one annoying thing about it.
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Post by: renaeden on November 27, 2013, 01:09:59 AM
I bought ice cream and yoghurt yesterday. And finished them both today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 27, 2013, 02:12:06 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 26, 2013, 11:10:29 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on November 26, 2013, 04:22:43 PM
Quote from: Lit on November 26, 2013, 10:04:18 AM
:thumbup:
Raspberry mint?

Yeah!

That makes as much sense as his stupid smiley.

I have to assume that it was not directed toward me, even though he placed it directly after my own post. He offered no context for his inane bullshit smiley.

Who gives a shit, anyway?

 :wanker:



(I can only hope that no one was actually talking to me.)

I reacted on the candy picture Lit posted.
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Post by: 'andersom' on November 27, 2013, 02:16:11 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 26, 2013, 11:43:13 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 26, 2013, 12:29:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 26, 2013, 12:20:21 AM
We moved from a Galaxy tab to an iPad. I have to say the iPad is great at what it does.

My only problem with it is that it is a little too sensitive on the "touch"  part. I use one almost constantly at work and my system inflects the screen from several millimeters away. It is annoying to me.

The Galaxy sensitivity can be turned down, so to speak, as can the Surface..

I am told that the iPad can too, but I have not figured it out yet (honestly, at work, I just do not have time to fiddle with settings) and no one I have ever met has had the same problem.


OH and I have tried ten or twelve "pens" as well. The damn thing still thinks it knows what I am trying to do.

:plus:

Oh, that's what the sensitivity is about. It is the one annoying thing about it.
In the class of my youngest all iPads have a kind of heavy duty casing, including a sheet over the screen. With that the screen is not over-sensitive any more. But, the extra layer does cause Newton's rings. Not much, but, it is there.
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Post by: Parts on November 28, 2013, 03:22:10 PM
5 battery powered xmas light  strings with 10 leds in each not sure what I will use them for but at a dollar each they were too good to pass up
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Post by: DirtDawg on November 29, 2013, 10:59:48 PM


We had way more inventory for our "Black Friday"  ads this year.

When I got to work this morning at five thirty AM, expected to be working by six AM, we still had a decent HP laptop in stock for a great deal. Three hundred ninety nine bucks, plus tax, I bought an i5 processor/ eight GB RAM/ 1TB HDD Win8 laptop for my daughter.  Basically almost half price from normal or at least an i5 for an i3 price.

I just need to find something for my son, now.
He is the difficult one to buy for.  He is always satisfied with what ever he has. Never wants for anything. (he is a lot like me)  Will not even hint as to what more he would enjoy. He is always content.
 :apondering:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 30, 2013, 03:31:25 AM
Bought a book on Amazon.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on November 30, 2013, 11:58:33 AM
Prostitution in Medieval Society:  The History of an Urban Institution in Languedoc.

I told ya'll I had weird and catholic interests.
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Post by: Lestat on November 30, 2013, 05:08:07 PM
A load of CDs.

2 albums by the white stripes, one from the who, one by kill this trinity,  some stuff by auf der maur, little hell, panic the disco, million dead, and quite a few others.
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Post by: Parts on December 06, 2013, 12:14:38 PM
Spark plug wires for the van, now it it would just stop raining I could install them
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Post by: ZEGH8578 on December 06, 2013, 12:42:26 PM
ice coffee and cig papers
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Post by: Queen Victoria on December 06, 2013, 03:30:36 PM
Groceries and a hair cut.
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Post by: Icequeen on December 07, 2013, 10:44:27 AM
(http://phasmatishaunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-last-of-us-promo-pic.jpg)

Zombies, Pittsburgh in ruins, shotguns, ball bats, bricks, over use of the word "fuck", and you even get a pickup truck with Hank Williams, "Alone and Forsaken" playing on the radio for awhile.

It's like a redneck gamers wet dream.

Totally love it. :autism:
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Post by: Lestat on December 07, 2013, 11:24:33 AM
Is that out on PC? if so its definitely one on my to-download hotlist.

From what I can tell, its something like what the lovechild of a FPS, one of the resident evil series, and fallout ?

I just love those post-apocalyptic survival type games (I must be one of the all time biggest fallout series fans, those are some of THE best games ever made IMO, partly for the gameplay and a great deal for the sick sense of humor in the game feedback messages and character screens etc.). Not seen that many FPS in the genre though.
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Post by: Semicolon on December 07, 2013, 12:10:55 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 07, 2013, 10:44:27 AM
Zombies, Pittsburgh in ruins, shotguns, ball bats, bricks, over use of the word "fuck", and you even get a pickup truck with Hank Williams, "Alone and Forsaken" playing on the radio for awhile.

It's like a redneck gamers wet dream.

Totally love it. :autism:

Other than the zombies, all of this can be found in Pittsburgh now. :zoinks:
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Post by: Icequeen on December 07, 2013, 01:06:35 PM
Lestat, PS3 only right now that I know of, since Naughtydog is owned by Sony. Keep checking, I'm sure they'll have an emulator somewhere popping up.

Quote from: Semicolon on December 07, 2013, 12:10:55 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 07, 2013, 10:44:27 AM
Zombies, Pittsburgh in ruins, shotguns, ball bats, bricks, over use of the word "fuck", and you even get a pickup truck with Hank Williams, "Alone and Forsaken" playing on the radio for awhile.

It's like a redneck gamers wet dream.

Totally love it. :autism:

Other than the zombies, all of this can be found in Pittsburgh now. :zoinks:

So true, even the zombies are debatable. :LOL:
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Post by: ZEGH8578 on December 07, 2013, 01:17:30 PM
Quote from: Lestat on December 07, 2013, 11:24:33 AM
(I must be one of the all time biggest fallout series fans, those are some of THE best games ever made IMO, partly for the gameplay and a great deal for the sick sense of humor in the game feedback messages and character screens etc.)

*so much hi five*

Are you aware of the "Mutants Rising" fan-made total conversion?
It is probably the closest thing to a proper Fallout 3 on the way. It is being made on the FO2 engine.
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Post by: Icequeen on December 07, 2013, 01:36:53 PM
Quote from: ZEGH8578 on December 07, 2013, 01:17:30 PM
Quote from: Lestat on December 07, 2013, 11:24:33 AM
(I must be one of the all time biggest fallout series fans, those are some of THE best games ever made IMO, partly for the gameplay and a great deal for the sick sense of humor in the game feedback messages and character screens etc.)

*so much hi five*

Are you aware of the "Mutants Rising" fan-made total conversion?
It is probably the closest thing to a proper Fallout 3 on the way. It is being made on the FO2 engine.

That sounds cool, I was bummed that Survivor2299 turned out to be a hoax...was hoping for #4.  :GA:
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Post by: Parts on December 07, 2013, 02:39:17 PM
A coffee and a Powerball ticket
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Post by: ZEGH8578 on December 07, 2013, 03:00:10 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 07, 2013, 01:36:53 PM
Quote from: ZEGH8578 on December 07, 2013, 01:17:30 PM
Quote from: Lestat on December 07, 2013, 11:24:33 AM
(I must be one of the all time biggest fallout series fans, those are some of THE best games ever made IMO, partly for the gameplay and a great deal for the sick sense of humor in the game feedback messages and character screens etc.)

*so much hi five*

Are you aware of the "Mutants Rising" fan-made total conversion?
It is probably the closest thing to a proper Fallout 3 on the way. It is being made on the FO2 engine.

That sounds cool, I was bummed that Survivor2299 turned out to be a hoax...was hoping for #4.  :GA:

I'm not ;D
I'm one of the "sour grumps" who were heartbroken to see what Fallout 3 turned out to be. I've had the hardest time explaining this to my aspie friend, cus he keeps translating into all sorts of things it doesn't mean - "You don't like nice graphics?" "You don't like shooting?" etc

Fallout was, and is, supposed to be a good, old, classic role playing game. You're a step away from actually rolling dice over your mouse-pad.
Fallout 3 was a "shooter" with elements of role-play added - for some flavor. This was a huge dissapointment to old fallout fans, who have since had a very difficult time explaining just this "nooo, I am NOT against 1st person shooters. Nooooo, I'm not against cool graphics... "
It was just a huge departure from what we were promised.

Also have in mind
Fallout 1 and 2 were made by a completely different developers team - a small, struggling - eventually bankerupted team.
Fallout 3 and 4 are made by super-giant and lord-of-dumbing-down-good-titles Bethesda :D

Compare Morrowind - Oblivion - Skyrim, in terms of "nerdyness". They have streamlined their games untill they are just a "feast to the eye" and little else.
Fallout was supposed to almost be the opposite, grainy graphics that inspire use of ones own imagination, ripe with intellectual goodies and lots of dark humor.
Not to rip even more on FO3, but the attempts at humor, clever dialogue, etc, fell embarassingly short, and felt almost like a 12 year old trying to sound deep and adult :D

So... for that crowd, "Mutants Rising" is our last hope :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 07, 2013, 03:58:09 PM
What can I say, I'm a sucker for shooters and nice graphics.  :dunno:

But I understand your point, they were totally different games.

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Post by: ZEGH8578 on December 07, 2013, 04:06:58 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 07, 2013, 03:58:09 PM
What can I say, I'm a sucker for shooters and nice graphics.  :dunno:

I love Fallout 3!
I have Fallout 3!
I've completed Fallout 3 an obscene ammount of times!

But I would love even MORE if they renamed the game "Shootin' Ghouls!" or something
cus it's not a worthy Fallout game! :D

Quote
But I understand your point, they were totally different games.

Precisely! :D I just wanna state that for the record, FO3 is very entertaining. One of my favorite game-series are for example GTA :D
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Post by: skyblue1 on December 07, 2013, 07:01:55 PM
Citizens Eco-drive watch

Canon T3i  camera
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Post by: renaeden on December 08, 2013, 03:45:16 AM
A lot of groceries and some shirts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on December 22, 2013, 10:12:59 AM
Not played 3 yet. Will do when I sort my pc out sound wise.

Fallout one, got me hooked as a kid. Funny as fuck. Loved the kill shot animations. The dogmeat/minigun one was particularly funny. Squishy, chunky red mist and dog spine bits flying. I'm an animal lover IRL, but that was fucking funny as hell.

Still not entirely convinced I've played F1 out fully, theres too much in the way of hidden easter eggs and jokes to be dug out.

F2 has to be one of my favourites, that, and tactics. Reall liked the latter, although I can see why some might not.  Same reason lots of fans of Microprose's 'X-com' series didn't take to apocalyse and (unsurprisingly) hated 'enforcer', I.e they completely fucked with the format.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 22, 2013, 06:10:02 PM
A bag of Roxul (http://www.roxul.com/) sound deadening insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on December 22, 2013, 06:30:33 PM
Quote from: Parts on December 22, 2013, 06:10:02 PM
A bag of Roxul (http://www.roxul.com/) sound deadening insulation
Know someone's mouth I'd like to stuff with that. :laugh:
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Post by: Queen Victoria on December 22, 2013, 09:08:03 PM
A pair of pants and a cap from the thrift store.
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Post by: Lestat on December 22, 2013, 09:23:45 PM
That reminds me!

I need to get to ripping the sound-dampening off the door of the lab. It used to be the spare room, not big, not nearly big enough for my likes either. But before the bitch from perdition (CBC will know who I mean I am sure) roomed with me here, it and before I sold my amp, guitar and bass, it was the room dedicated to creating window-rattling noise.

But I want to put ceramic tiles up, on the walls, floor and door. Carpet does not belong anywhere strong oxidizers, or mercury, for example, could conceivably be spilled.  Easier to spray down the entirety of a room that's a tiled box to cleanse it of biologicals also. One run in with having to have services called into the house to search for hazards (in this case a gas leak), due to biological..err..waste...sort of, was quite enough for me and I am sure the folks also.


In case anyone is wondering, no it was nothing I did, or bred (knowingly), but either I, or my old man when as a kid, accompanying me through the woods on one of my mycological foraging expeditions, it later transpired, must have brought the spores of the common stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus indoors. For several were growing out of the carpet, behind the fridge and freezer.

Ever been a place skunks aren't found, walking through the woods, only to get hit with a decaying carcass and overwhelmingly rancid fecal stench of truly vomit-worthy intensity? probably one of the phalloids. They release a pretty bloody potent mixture of sulfurous stinkers that can be detected by a human a literal mile off on a warm autumn day. And to flies, that says 'asshole' and 'dinner', so they collect the slimy green spore-mass and track it wherever they will. Up close and personal, a stinkhorn, singular, in a forest, is pretty virulent smelling to say the very least.

A cluster behind the warmth of the coolant pumps motor for the fridge and freezer in a house? folks called the emergency gas engineer out. Who tested and tested and tested without being able to find a leak. He could certainly SMELL it alright. Potently, and unavoidably. (heh, I used to use the immature unopened egg stages as a weapon of prank-scale and harm-capacity bioterrorism (nothing worse could happen but a turned stomach and a severely pissed off mood. Well, unless you count puke-potential.)

Ate some once. Never, ever, ever, ever again will I do that.

But he walked away emptyhanded and bemused. As were we, until we found the ahem...somewhat suggestive forms of these stinkhorns that had taken to growing out of the bare carpet in all their reeking glory.

Shit, I was just little then, I DIDN'T do it on purpose. I really, really didn't. If it were even me that introduced the spores, it will never be known. But it still cracks me and my old man up when that gets remembered.


So yup, the carpet needs to get ripped up and off and down, etc. and replaced with easily sterilizable tiles.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on December 23, 2013, 12:23:13 AM
Quote from: Lestat on December 22, 2013, 09:23:45 PM
So yup, the carpet needs to get ripped up and off and down, etc. and replaced with easily sterilizable tiles.
Did that with the whole house last year; it's nice. Much louder house now, but everything looks sterile. It's good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on December 23, 2013, 12:50:20 AM
Well its the only place thats sound-damped, other than the relatively well soundproofed electronics section of shed (the rest doubles as the toolshed and machine shop, as well as occasionally for some lesser profile lab duty (I.e the kind that needs not to be indoors, but isn't going to release a dirty great cloud of phosgene, or HCN, or something equally nasty. If its a real stink risk though, outside it has to be (HCN and C=OCl2 are more than stink of course), more thinking the kinds of volatile sulfur chem that occasionally gets done, that sort of thing. Warned the neighbors last time, although thankfully everything scrubbed up nice and clean.

One memory of leaving a trail of some sort of hideous mercaptan/thiol is quite enough. For me, or any bystanders (R-SH, where sulfur replaces oxygen in an alcohol or phenol to a thiophenol), everywhere. It managed to start seeping OUT of me, rather than the other way round (I.e coming into contact with an external source)

Result.....ruined coat, shirt, belt, kecks, trousers, everything but my shoes had to go. Permanently. So I like to keep things nice and clean in there. Something like that got dropped onto a carpet, I'd be cutting the carpet up and burning it. Not that I'd DARE store that whatever the fuck it turned out to be indoors. Good god no. That was a traumatic experience and no mistake (think a rotting skunk if you marinaded it in essence of burning car tyre for a few months down a mexican sewer in the summer heat.

And then have it come out in your nasal mucous, saliva, urine, even tear fluid. Bad enough I couldn't go down the road without people moving to the other side to avoid the impact. For several days. (although the peak extent of its evident metabolic generation and offgassing weren't quite as terrible the entire time, but still, buggering christ. Not pleasant.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2013, 06:36:48 PM
Result.....ruined coat, shirt, belt, cocks, trousers, everything but my shoes had to go. Permanently. So I like to keep things nice and clean in there. Something like that got dropped onto a carpet, I'd be cutting the carpet up and burning it. Not that I'd DARE store that whatever the fuck it turned out to be indoors. Good god no. That was a traumatic experience and no mistake (think a rotting skunk if you marinaded it in essence of burning car tyre for a few months down a mexican sewer in the summer heat.

Fixed.   :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 23, 2013, 11:27:45 PM
Lestat, you could rip the carpet up and instead of covering the concrete (if that is what you have) just lacquer (sp) it instead. It could be cheaper than buying vinyl tiles.

Which, in my new place, is what I have. I am constantly sweeping it!

What have I bought? A load of vouchers for everyone in my family for Christmas. Easier on me because I don't have much imagination and I don't have my mum helping me because she has moved far away recently.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 24, 2013, 01:54:10 AM


Just bought "most"  of the shit to put together a new (-er, bigger better) computer.


Still need PS, Vid, and an amazing audio card. Looking at several. Need to decide on a sound card.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 24, 2013, 03:27:44 AM
I have an ESI Juli@ (http://www.esi-audio.com/products/julia/) in my PC. Fabulous sound and MIDI. I highly recommend it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 24, 2013, 07:19:32 AM
Christmas presents mostly for my wife.  Christmas stockings in our house are filled with lots of odd gag gift type things some of the stuff I got yesterday at the dollar store, liver Pâté  :zombiefuck: ,  a Carebear coloring book, and fake grapes   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on December 24, 2013, 07:23:15 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 24, 2013, 07:19:32 AM
Christmas presents mostly for my wife.  Christmas stockings in our house are filled with lots of odd gag gift type things some of the stuff I got yesterday at the dollar store, liver Pâté  :zombiefuck: ,  a Carebear coloring book, and fake grapes   :2thumbsup:
Christmas troll. That's just funny.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 24, 2013, 09:40:03 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 24, 2013, 07:19:32 AM
Christmas presents mostly for my wife.  Christmas stockings in our house are filled with lots of odd gag gift type things some of the stuff I got yesterday at the dollar store, liver Pâté  :zombiefuck: ,  a Carebear coloring book, and fake grapes   :2thumbsup:

I love odd gag gifts. But, Liver Pâté?????



Next year, you may be able to give all of your family members a Furby..... The new type is second hand for sale everywhere in the Netherlands at the moment. The worst St Nic present. Kids are frightened, and parents feel terrorised, because it cannot be turned off, and it gets MAD if it doesn't get attention.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on December 24, 2013, 10:25:54 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 24, 2013, 09:40:03 AM
But, Liver Pâté?????
Is there any other kind of pate? Jack thinks it's good. It's actually the only way I like liver.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 24, 2013, 11:03:08 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 24, 2013, 09:40:03 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 24, 2013, 07:19:32 AM
Christmas presents mostly for my wife.  Christmas stockings in our house are filled with lots of odd gag gift type things some of the stuff I got yesterday at the dollar store, liver Pâté  :zombiefuck: ,  a Carebear coloring book, and fake grapes   :2thumbsup:

I love odd gag gifts. But, Liver Pâté?????



Next year, you may be able to give all of your family members a Furby..... The new type is second hand for sale everywhere in the Netherlands at the moment. The worst St Nic present. Kids are frightened, and parents feel terrorised, because it cannot be turned off, and it gets MAD if it doesn't get attention.

In a can from the dollar store :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck: :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 24, 2013, 03:18:41 PM
The last of the Christmas presents.  I realized the PRs presents were on the skimpy side, so I bought 2 gift cards for her.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 25, 2013, 12:27:40 AM
I bought a stupid Snowman shaped Dual picture frame to give my wife for Christmas.

It seems asinine. I know, but for months I have been working to capture a decent pic of TWO teenage autistic children and another of both of them AND the father.

A few days ago, it actually happened (already had the two together, but wanted all three of us as well AND FINALLY I got it!!!) and I went in search of a "cute" dual frame to put them in.


It turned out to be a Snowman. Belly full of all three of us, Heart full of just the kids.


I think she will cry.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 25, 2013, 04:02:16 AM
And did she? :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 25, 2013, 12:16:48 PM

She's a tough woman, tried not to, but yeah; she did, quietly and mostly to herself.

I am a hero husband. She knows how difficult it was to get even one decent pic of our two kids (she is also a professional photographer, remember?), let alone one with ME in it as well.

I had to distract the kids from the pressure of "smiling at a camera."  I pretended to not know what the fuck I was doing, took a pic of my ass on self timer, caught myself  half face, looking into the camera "by accident," asking the camera wtf it wants - CLICK,  became the absolute fool, jester type, cursed the camera for being another impossible machine and as we progressed I actually got a great shot, both of them talking and laughing at their dumbass dad.
 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on December 25, 2013, 11:31:20 PM
Tomorrow I'll be buying shit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 26, 2013, 06:57:11 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 24, 2013, 09:40:03 AM
Next year, you may be able to give all of your family members a Furby..... The new type is second hand for sale everywhere in the Netherlands at the moment. The worst St Nic present. Kids are frightened, and parents feel terrorised, because it cannot be turned off, and it gets MAD if it doesn't get attention.
Ha my nephew got one of those and it was getting loud and belligerent so his dad took the batteries out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on December 26, 2013, 04:43:46 PM
Two grams of ching, a synthetic 'research chemical' DARI. 500mg  of the thienyl anaog of n-methylamphetamine, where the thienyl ring replaces Ph in the structure. I think I prefer the ethylphenidate is superior to the meth analog.

As its Xmas, figured I had to have everything just go well, and fall into place as rapidly and wholly as possible. Just postwhoring a little, checking the email, reading on the cland. chem. and bio-punk fora, whilst I drink a few cold bottles of Beck's lager, and fly along with the ethyl-ritalin and oxy speedball :D

MMmmmmmm fuck that was good. Loaded up an oxy 80, and a couple hundred mg of the ethylphenidate, and just to top it off, a small but functional bump of methiopropamine, the meth analog on top, like a cherry on a cake :P
What a rush....surprised me, when I got a real, full blown bell ringer (A bellringer is the effect that is almost exclusive to cocaine use, intravenously is the only really highly prone to doing it. A feeling of stillness, almost like the ambience in the room paused for a moment, to directly stare at the using person getting the bellringer.

As though a tubular area surrounding the user, still, silent even when there is loud metal music being played at the time, one can hear, but its like the things heard are a few seconds out of phase with the rest of meatworld, which produces some odd auditory and proprioceptive effects.

Along with, the entire reason for the term 'bell ringer', that is a medium,to very slighty high pitch, ringing in the ears. A bellringer on coke or other DARIs that sometimes do it means you know you just had a good big fat fuck of a shot, that it 'hit the spot', so you can just sit down or lie down and relax, music blasting, cold beer in hand, going downstairs for a rollup in the kitchen, after I've first got off my ass and packed a bong rapid times.


Also bought: 3g each of two smoking blends, one based on a mixture of AKB-48 and 5-fluoropentyl-AKB-48 and the other based upon some adamantanoyl-substituted derivatives of APINACA, 1x350mg dose of n-ethyl-5-APB, some liquorice gums, bonbons and other candy.


Xmas dinner is ready now :)

Looking forward to the stilton cheese in particular, I LOVE stilton.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on December 27, 2013, 04:25:03 AM
Oh and Ren, I wouldn't be using vinyl tiles, but glazed, so as to not be absorbent, ceramic ones.

The point being so nothing can get itself wormed deep into cracks and start breeding, or in the case of purely chem, to avoid the likes of shock-sensitive this, that or the other ending up soaked into the bench, etc. (to give an example of something I read about on an industrial pharmaceutical chemist's blog once, apparently concentrated perchloric acid was once used on that bench, and spilled.

When the time eventually came for the place to be refitted and updated, upon attempting to break the bench to pieces so as to be easier to manage, it detonated, the cellulose obviously having formed some nasty unstable explosive cellulosic ester derivative.)


And with ceramic, nice and easy to wipe down with antimicrobials, I don't fancy giving any and all cultured organisms a free for all protected niche to grow in :P                         
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 27, 2013, 04:26:15 AM
Season #3, Breaking Bad.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 27, 2013, 11:49:46 AM
Florescent light bulbs for my basement work shop the old ones where starting to flicker badly
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 28, 2013, 12:16:22 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 24, 2013, 01:54:10 AM


Just bought "most"  of the shit to put together a new (-er, bigger better) computer.


Still need PS, Vid, and an amazing audio card. Looking at several. Need to decide on a sound card.

Installed a Corsair thousand watt power supply, just in case. I plan to run several drives and a huge vid card.
Got it rendering today.  Still need to sort out the two big cards, but this thing seems three times faster at rendering huge flame files in the greatest detail, as is.

Looking into the ESI line. Leaning more toward that than the top of the line mAudio Pro line, which I was considering from previous experience in earnest before I decided that I have nothing but money to spend and "my time is limited," so to speak.

SO many great vid cards out there. Just want to flip a three or four GB file in a few seconds. Will never need most of what makes the most expensive cards expensive, such as 3D gaming, ffs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 28, 2013, 01:45:31 AM
Only problem I see is that my rendering program runs fucking balls to the wall, constantly.  Meaning it maximizes all eight processors at one hundred percent capability all the time it is rendering, constantly.
My CPU cooler has two stages of protection. First stage is normal use and it is totally silent, quieter than a whisper in the next room and a second stage of "safety"  which runs a massive (kind of loud, meant to save the day, because the processor is approaching danger levels of heat) fan. I have gone into the bios and tried to adjust when the "save the day"  processor fan kicks in. Helped some, but it still turns on every five minutes or so. Do not feel safe upping the safeguard temp much above one ninety C. Tried it at two twenty C. Made no difference, still cycled the safety fan too often. Ended up setting it back to factory spec = one hundred eighty degrees Centigrade.

I am looking at either setting the processor a bit more slow from the get go (defeating the idea of having an huge eight core processor running solid, to some degree) and hoping to continually save the day or maybe finding another cooling system.

I have already been through the entire set of "changeable properties"  within the software. Not sure why it was set up to use one hundred percent of cpu power each second of every day, but as far as I can tell, it was.  (already emailed the programmer and asked if there was a way to tone it down a little - awaiting a response.)

I am looking at other cooling options. This one is basic wind drawn air through a set of processor fins. I have never owned a liquid cooled computer. Should I be looking at something like this or should I just give up a few clock cycles and slow things down a bit?

Do not want to fry a two hundred fifty dollar processor tonight.

I have been told that liquid cooling systems work better for hard working cpus.  True? Bullshit?  ???

BTW, I bought the most efficient (read as expensive) cooling fan the manufacturer (AMD) recommended.

 ???

Any ideas?

Should I go find one of those two hundred dollar liquid cooling systems?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on December 28, 2013, 02:02:13 PM
Bras.  The old ones are losing their elasticity and therefore their ability to keep things in their proper places.  I hate spending even the little bit of money that I did, but it also wasn't fun trying to rearrange my boobs in the middle of dancing a couple of weeks ago.   O_o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on December 28, 2013, 03:04:42 PM
Don't dance. You know what Cato the Elder said about dancing, don't you?  :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 28, 2013, 04:22:21 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 28, 2013, 12:16:22 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 24, 2013, 01:54:10 AM


Just bought "most"  of the shit to put together a new (-er, bigger better) computer.


Still need PS, Vid, and an amazing audio card. Looking at several. Need to decide on a sound card.

Installed a Corsair thousand watt power supply, just in case. I plan to run several drives and a huge vid card.
Got it rendering today.  Still need to sort out the two big cards, but this thing seems three times faster at rendering huge flame files in the greatest detail, as is.

Looking into the ESI line. Leaning more toward that than the top of the line mAudio Pro line, which I was considering from previous experience in earnest before I decided that I have nothing but money to spend and "my time is limited," so to speak.

SO many great vid cards out there. Just want to flip a three or four GB file in a few seconds. Will never need most of what makes the most expensive cards expensive, such as 3D gaming, ffs.

M-Audio cards are good, no question about that. I seem to remember that some of their cards used the same chip as the ESI.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on December 28, 2013, 04:26:02 PM
I have no idea what you are talking about   :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 28, 2013, 04:28:51 PM
Sound cards.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on December 28, 2013, 06:31:41 PM
Quote from: Lit on December 28, 2013, 03:04:42 PM
Don't dance. You know what Cato the Elder said about dancing, don't you?  :M

She can dance if she wants to. She can leave her friends behind. :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 28, 2013, 08:03:41 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 28, 2013, 01:45:31 AM
Only problem I see is that my rendering program runs fucking balls to the wall, constantly.  Meaning it maximizes all eight processors at one hundred percent capability all the time it is rendering, constantly.
My CPU cooler has two stages of protection. First stage is normal use and it is totally silent, quieter than a whisper in the next room and a second stage of "safety"  which runs a massive (kind of loud, meant to save the day, because the processor is approaching danger levels of heat) fan. I have gone into the bios and tried to adjust when the "save the day"  processor fan kicks in. Helped some, but it still turns on every five minutes or so. Do not feel safe upping the safeguard temp much above one ninety C. Tried it at two twenty C. Made no difference, still cycled the safety fan too often. Ended up setting it back to factory spec = one hundred eighty degrees Centigrade.

I am looking at either setting the processor a bit more slow from the get go (defeating the idea of having an huge eight core processor running solid, to some degree) and hoping to continually save the day or maybe finding another cooling system.

I have already been through the entire set of "changeable properties"  within the software. Not sure why it was set up to use one hundred percent of cpu power each second of every day, but as far as I can tell, it was.  (already emailed the programmer and asked if there was a way to tone it down a little - awaiting a response.)

I am looking at other cooling options. This one is basic wind drawn air through a set of processor fins. I have never owned a liquid cooled computer. Should I be looking at something like this or should I just give up a few clock cycles and slow things down a bit?

Do not want to fry a two hundred fifty dollar processor tonight.

I have been told that liquid cooling systems work better for hard working cpus.  True? Bullshit?  ???

BTW, I bought the most efficient (read as expensive) cooling fan the manufacturer (AMD) recommended.

 ???

Any ideas?

Should I go find one of those two hundred dollar liquid cooling systems?
Lord Phlexor had a thread about that here someplace or at least talked about it at one point can't seem to find it at the moment though he has not been on in over a year though
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 28, 2013, 08:40:14 PM
Laundry detergent BOGO and some marked down pork ribs, BOGO

BOGO = Buy One, Get One (free)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 28, 2013, 09:34:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 28, 2013, 01:45:31 AM
Only problem I see is that my rendering program runs fucking balls to the wall, constantly.  Meaning it maximizes all eight processors at one hundred percent capability all the time it is rendering, constantly.
My CPU cooler has two stages of protection. First stage is normal use and it is totally silent, quieter than a whisper in the next room and a second stage of "safety"  which runs a massive (kind of loud, meant to save the day, because the processor is approaching danger levels of heat) fan. I have gone into the bios and tried to adjust when the "save the day"  processor fan kicks in. Helped some, but it still turns on every five minutes or so. Do not feel safe upping the safeguard temp much above one ninety C. Tried it at two twenty C. Made no difference, still cycled the safety fan too often. Ended up setting it back to factory spec = one hundred eighty degrees Centigrade.

I am looking at either setting the processor a bit more slow from the get go (defeating the idea of having an huge eight core processor running solid, to some degree) and hoping to continually save the day or maybe finding another cooling system.

I have already been through the entire set of "changeable properties"  within the software. Not sure why it was set up to use one hundred percent of cpu power each second of every day, but as far as I can tell, it was.  (already emailed the programmer and asked if there was a way to tone it down a little - awaiting a response.)

I am looking at other cooling options. This one is basic wind drawn air through a set of processor fins. I have never owned a liquid cooled computer. Should I be looking at something like this or should I just give up a few clock cycles and slow things down a bit?

Do not want to fry a two hundred fifty dollar processor tonight.

I have been told that liquid cooling systems work better for hard working cpus.  True? Bullshit?  ???

BTW, I bought the most efficient (read as expensive) cooling fan the manufacturer (AMD) recommended.

 ???

Any ideas?

Should I go find one of those two hundred dollar liquid cooling systems?

I would say truth.

I don't have one, don't need one (yet :autism:), but if you surf any PC gaming forums the recommendation is mostly for liquid cooling. Hours of gaming can be hell on a system, and the games are nowhere near Mario Bros anymore with the hefty graphic requirements needed just to play them.

I remember when I used to play with Bryce on the first box I built, I put some hefty fans in there...sounded like a plane taking off when they really kicked into gear.  :LOL:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on December 29, 2013, 11:57:47 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 28, 2013, 06:31:41 PM
Quote from: Lit on December 28, 2013, 03:04:42 PM
Don't dance. You know what Cato the Elder said about dancing, don't you?  :M

She can dance if she wants to. She can leave her friends behind. :M
Dancers are HAWT.  Srsly.  Most of them (especially closer to my age) are load more fit than your average ("fatty-fat") Americans.  And less douchey.  It's also pretty damn fantastic when someone can dance well.  Especially leading.  I gotta admit, it's pretty sweet when a guy can lead really well.  I've also heard guys (who are generally leads) say they appreciate good follows.

It's all lovely, really.  :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: TheoK on December 29, 2013, 12:04:54 PM
I bought a new coffee mill today  :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 09, 2014, 07:36:45 AM
A dress for the youngest, black and white checkered, fifties style, high waist, very wide skirt. And today I found a polka-dot version of that dress for the oldest. Seller agreed on my bid, now waiting for her banking details. Found both dresses on marktplaats. So, for a nice affordable price. Oldest doesn't know yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on January 09, 2014, 09:44:29 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 09, 2014, 07:36:45 AM
A dress for the youngest, black and white checkered, fifties style, high waist, very wide skirt. And today I found a polka-dot version of that dress for the oldest. Seller agreed on my bid, now waiting for her banking details. Found both dresses on marktplaats. So, for a nice affordable price. Oldest doesn't know yet.

I would not buy clothes that I couldn't try on ahead of time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 09, 2014, 11:45:49 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 09, 2014, 09:44:29 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 09, 2014, 07:36:45 AM
A dress for the youngest, black and white checkered, fifties style, high waist, very wide skirt. And today I found a polka-dot version of that dress for the oldest. Seller agreed on my bid, now waiting for her banking details. Found both dresses on marktplaats. So, for a nice affordable price. Oldest doesn't know yet.

I would not buy clothes that I couldn't try on ahead of time.
The dress I got for my youngest is a bigger size of a dress she already has. Her favourite dress, and she is growing out of it. So, that was not a big gamble at all.
For my oldest, I may have guessed wrong. If so, I either have to adapt the dress, or make a pattern out of it adjusted to her physical needs. I had been looking for patterns for dresses like this. They were more expensive than this dress. So, nothing is lost. Pretty sure it will fit though.
I suck at gauging my size, and what will be good for me to wear. But when I bring clothes home for them to fit, from my work, I very rarely have to bring them back. Somehow I guess right, both in style and size.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 09, 2014, 02:10:53 PM
Some Christmas decorations (mini bitch - It's 2 weeks past Christmas, they should be 90% off, not 75%), groceries, a small notebook, batteries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 09, 2014, 03:45:47 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 09, 2014, 02:10:53 PM
Some Christmas decorations (mini bitch - It's 2 weeks past Christmas, they should be 90% off, not 75%), groceries, a small notebook, batteries.

Really, my supermarket offers 25% off.  :voodoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 09, 2014, 04:45:08 PM
An assortment of bottled beer, as the big single bottles holding a half liter to a liter.

Never had one of them before, Peroni. Ended up deciding last night that I liked it so much I'd take some of the other bottles back undrunk to the shop, and ask them if I can swap the other brands for bottles of peroni instead. Which was fine, came back with a nice big pile of cold bottled beer.

Always better than canned, when its in glass, don't you think?

Other than that:

2g of ching, two 3.5g bags of a headshop smoking mix, based on APINACA and 5-fluoropentyl-APINACA (other name 'AKB-48 and 5-F-AKB-48). Name of the product is 'herb', and it bloody well does a hell of a job imitating the real thing. Not sure how they get away with it, as the inert plant material in this case..I am not entirely sure it IS inert. They use the flowering tops of indian hemp, aka weed, herb, ganja etc. It smells like weed, it looks like weed, and although shorter acting, the stuff packs one hell of a punch. The rest of it, is a mixture of Mullein (Verbascum thapsus, is the commonest kind of this plant) and hops. Interesting choice, the latter, as the hop plant is the only other member of the Cannabinacea, aside from the obvious genus Cannabis.

I don't know how the people making and distributing this 'herb' product are getting away with it; seeing a how it actually contains C.sativa and/pr C.indica. I can only imagine it might be a hemp fiber rather than high THC strain. But soon as I can afford some more plates, I'm going to try doing a bit of chromatography, and analyse a sample of the product for THC, THC-carboxylic acid, CBD and CBN, run it up with a few spots on some TLC plates, extract some with solvents and compare with a reference standard of known, actual honest to god hash/skunk.

This stuff would get dogs alerting like crazy I'm sure. The smell is enough to be able to convince me, if I'd never known about the head shop blend product, that a bag of it were weed. And it sure as fuck LOOKS like weed.


Also bought, a 'pink panther', which is just a brand named bright pink gelcap containing methiopropamine (MPA), which is  an analog of methamphetamine, where the phenyl ring is substituted for by thiophene.

Small bottle of rum, bottle of raspberry sours.

Subway sandwich for breakfast that consisted of: Roast beef with quadruple extra double beef, covered in grated and the other cheese they have there, double quadruple extra cheese of both kinds, and black olives. Lots, and lots, and lots, and lots of olives. A mighty fine breakfast noshup, with a bottle of fresh orange juice, and a black coffee.

Tobacco, papers, candy, candy, more candy and did I mention I have a very sweet tooth and like candy ? :)

A few bottles of morphine and codeine cough mixtures from various pharmacies, as well as a pack of co-dydramol, the OTC strength dihydrocodeine/paracetamol combination. Not that it would be a great deal of use to me for keeping my joints pain free. But I've been reading some stuff on some chem forums I frequent, and seemingly a combination of concentrated hydrochloric acid and boric acid makes for a reagent system that when used to heat dihydrocodeine inside a sealed glass tube, or prolonged reflux for several days under inert gas, actually is capable of selectively performing the cleavage of the aryl methyl ether, to give dihydromorphine in a fair yield.

Never had DHM before. Will be interesting to try and see if it works, as the HCl/boric acid system is a much milder set of reagents and reaction conditions than the traditional way to cleave aryl aliphatic ethers, reflux in constant-boiling HBr.


Found a bag of weed too while I was out. Not weighed, but it looked like a very fat, packed 8th. Or at least, it did before I got to it. Now I have a little less than a tenbag, although its still a fairly generous little less than ten sack. Pretty nice stuff too.

Bought some new CDs, two albums from cradle of filth, one by 'the bled', one album by breed 77, one by drowning pool, one from black tide, dry kill logic, million dead; and bleed the sky.
Also bought myself Opeth's new album, 'heritage'. Loving it. They switched to a melodic, less death-growl oriented style for this album, a lot of clean vocals and guitar. Sounds great though even though quite different to past Opeth fare.
             
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 09, 2014, 05:17:47 PM
50 pound bag of ice melter for my driveway and walkways, it's orange and supposed to be easier on dogs feet than just salt or calcium
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 12, 2014, 11:17:59 PM
^Dogs here are having the opposite problem - the ground being too hot for them to walk on. Best thing to do is take them down to the beach imo.

Today I will be buying a cat carrier so both the cats can go to the vet at the same time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 18, 2014, 01:30:59 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 28, 2013, 09:34:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 28, 2013, 01:45:31 AM
Only problem I see is that my rendering program runs fucking balls to the wall, constantly.  Meaning it maximizes all eight processors at one hundred percent capability all the time it is rendering, constantly.
My CPU cooler has two stages of protection. First stage is normal use and it is totally silent, quieter than a whisper in the next room and a second stage of "safety"  which runs a massive (kind of loud, meant to save the day, because the processor is approaching danger levels of heat) fan. I have gone into the bios and tried to adjust when the "save the day"  processor fan kicks in. Helped some, but it still turns on every five minutes or so. Do not feel safe upping the safeguard temp much above one ninety C. Tried it at two twenty C. Made no difference, still cycled the safety fan too often. Ended up setting it back to factory spec = one hundred eighty degrees Centigrade.

I am looking at either setting the processor a bit more slow from the get go (defeating the idea of having an huge eight core processor running solid, to some degree) and hoping to continually save the day or maybe finding another cooling system.

I have already been through the entire set of "changeable properties"  within the software. Not sure why it was set up to use one hundred percent of cpu power each second of every day, but as far as I can tell, it was.  (already emailed the programmer and asked if there was a way to tone it down a little - awaiting a response.)

I am looking at other cooling options. This one is basic wind drawn air through a set of processor fins. I have never owned a liquid cooled computer. Should I be looking at something like this or should I just give up a few clock cycles and slow things down a bit?

Do not want to fry a two hundred fifty dollar processor tonight.

I have been told that liquid cooling systems work better for hard working cpus.  True? Bullshit?  ???

BTW, I bought the most efficient (read as expensive) cooling fan the manufacturer (AMD) recommended.

 ???

Any ideas?

Should I go find one of those two hundred dollar liquid cooling systems?

I would say truth.

I don't have one, don't need one (yet :autism:), but if you surf any PC gaming forums the recommendation is mostly for liquid cooling. Hours of gaming can be hell on a system, and the games are nowhere near Mario Bros anymore with the hefty graphic requirements needed just to play them.

I remember when I used to play with Bryce on the first box I built, I put some hefty fans in there...sounded like a plane taking off when they really kicked into gear.  :LOL:

Big fucking LOL!!

I found that the fan system was set up with a scienced out venturi system for the cooling fan. As it should mostly always work it was fine, but needing maximum ventilation, one should "remove the venturi and allow the air to flow with NO restriction."

WTF!!

All it took was breaking out a piece of plastic tunnel which was designed to accelerate the air flow, keeping the fan as quiet as possible, but under maximum need, Removing the air accelerator is indicated.

No more problems.

Damn thing runs at all processors one hundred per cent for hours and no "Save The Day" fan at all. Nothing was mentioned in the instructions about this, but after some research - FUCK! I should have looked closer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 18, 2014, 03:41:45 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 18, 2014, 01:30:59 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 28, 2013, 09:34:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 28, 2013, 01:45:31 AM
Only problem I see is that my rendering program runs fucking balls to the wall, constantly.  Meaning it maximizes all eight processors at one hundred percent capability all the time it is rendering, constantly.
My CPU cooler has two stages of protection. First stage is normal use and it is totally silent, quieter than a whisper in the next room and a second stage of "safety"  which runs a massive (kind of loud, meant to save the day, because the processor is approaching danger levels of heat) fan. I have gone into the bios and tried to adjust when the "save the day"  processor fan kicks in. Helped some, but it still turns on every five minutes or so. Do not feel safe upping the safeguard temp much above one ninety C. Tried it at two twenty C. Made no difference, still cycled the safety fan too often. Ended up setting it back to factory spec = one hundred eighty degrees Centigrade.

I am looking at either setting the processor a bit more slow from the get go (defeating the idea of having an huge eight core processor running solid, to some degree) and hoping to continually save the day or maybe finding another cooling system.

I have already been through the entire set of "changeable properties"  within the software. Not sure why it was set up to use one hundred percent of cpu power each second of every day, but as far as I can tell, it was.  (already emailed the programmer and asked if there was a way to tone it down a little - awaiting a response.)

I am looking at other cooling options. This one is basic wind drawn air through a set of processor fins. I have never owned a liquid cooled computer. Should I be looking at something like this or should I just give up a few clock cycles and slow things down a bit?

Do not want to fry a two hundred fifty dollar processor tonight.

I have been told that liquid cooling systems work better for hard working cpus.  True? Bullshit?  ???

BTW, I bought the most efficient (read as expensive) cooling fan the manufacturer (AMD) recommended.

 ???

Any ideas?

Should I go find one of those two hundred dollar liquid cooling systems?

I would say truth.

I don't have one, don't need one (yet :autism:), but if you surf any PC gaming forums the recommendation is mostly for liquid cooling. Hours of gaming can be hell on a system, and the games are nowhere near Mario Bros anymore with the hefty graphic requirements needed just to play them.

I remember when I used to play with Bryce on the first box I built, I put some hefty fans in there...sounded like a plane taking off when they really kicked into gear.  :LOL:

Big fucking LOL!!

I found that the fan system was set up with a scienced out venturi system for the cooling fan. As it should mostly always work it was fine, but needing maximum ventilation, one should "remove the venturi and allow the air to flow with NO restriction."

WTF!!

All it took was breaking out a piece of plastic tunnel which was designed to accelerate the air flow, keeping the fan as quiet as possible, but under maximum need, Removing the air accelerator is indicated.

No more problems.

Damn thing runs at all processors one hundred per cent for hours and no "Save The Day" fan at all. Nothing was mentioned in the instructions about this, but after some research - FUCK! I should have looked closer.

And you did.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 18, 2014, 07:19:44 AM
Moth balls and dryer sheets to put in my tool boxes in the shed in an attempt to keep the mice out
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 18, 2014, 10:27:01 AM
Makes a note to get dryer sheets for mine, since the moth balls will kill my ass.

Hope those little buggers choke on the perfume. :voodoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 18, 2014, 01:00:57 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 18, 2014, 10:27:01 AM
Makes a note to get dryer sheets for mine, since the moth balls will kill my ass.

Hope those little buggers choke on the perfume. :voodoo:

I like the smell of moth balls but then again I'm  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 18, 2014, 03:45:42 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 18, 2014, 07:19:44 AM
Moth balls and dryer sheets to put in my tool boxes in the shed in an attempt to keep the mice out

Do mice care about moth balls? Have heard it works for snakes.

Quote from: Jack on April 04, 2013, 05:49:53 PM
If you don't mind killing them, in childhood, mom used dark soda for mice in the barn. Any one will do, but she swore dr pepper is the best. Mice can't burp, so it kills them with no worry of poison for other animals that might want to eat them afterward.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 18, 2014, 04:16:31 PM
Quote from: Jack on January 18, 2014, 03:45:42 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 18, 2014, 07:19:44 AM
Moth balls and dryer sheets to put in my tool boxes in the shed in an attempt to keep the mice out

Do mice care about moth balls? Have heard it works for snakes.

Quote from: Jack on April 04, 2013, 05:49:53 PM
If you don't mind killing them, in childhood, mom used dark soda for mice in the barn. Any one will do, but she swore dr pepper is the best. Mice can't burp, so it kills them with no worry of poison for other animals that might want to eat them afterward.



I have read that it works about half the time must be the smell
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 18, 2014, 04:17:47 PM
The smell, yes, fresh ones probably keep lots of things away.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 18, 2014, 05:27:30 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 18, 2014, 10:27:01 AM
Makes a note to get dryer sheets for mine, since the moth balls will kill my ass.

Hope those little buggers choke on the perfume. :voodoo:

It is said mice hate the scent of peppermint.
So, will be dropping cotton balls with peppermint oil on it on several places in the attic, if it happens to get colder.

Soil is extremely wet now though. Don't think new mice will make it to the entries to the walls and attic this year. They did last year, but that was an exceptionally dry year in my garden.
Have not heard any resident mice since the beginning of spring, nor have I seen cats happily hunting in the attic.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 18, 2014, 05:46:08 PM
If they really grow to be a pest for you, Parts, this might be the thing you need:
Ecologika, an exclusive Ecologic Solution! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GnYx3XiXJU#)

Some fruit growers not far from me are using them, and claiming them to be very effective.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 18, 2014, 06:04:27 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 18, 2014, 05:27:30 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 18, 2014, 10:27:01 AM
Makes a note to get dryer sheets for mine, since the moth balls will kill my ass.

Hope those little buggers choke on the perfume. :voodoo:

It is said mice hate the scent of peppermint.
So, will be dropping cotton balls with peppermint oil on it on several places in the attic, if it happens to get colder.

Soil is extremely wet now though. Don't think new mice will make it to the entries to the walls and attic this year. They did last year, but that was an exceptionally dry year in my garden.
Have not heard any resident mice since the beginning of spring, nor have I seen cats happily hunting in the attic.

I read that also but it needs to be reapplied more often though I might get some peppermint oil when I go to the craft store this week and give it a try.

As far as the industrial trap thing goes I don't really want to kill them I just want them out of my tool and storage boxes.  My outdoor cat Chicken wing likes to try and catch them and in the summer I have a nice population of garter snakes around my yard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 18, 2014, 06:11:50 PM
Ah, good to see Chicken Wing is still going strong.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 18, 2014, 06:16:19 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 18, 2014, 06:04:27 PM
As far as the industrial trap thing goes I don't really want to kill them I just want them out of my tool and storage boxes.  My outdoor cat Chicken wing likes to try and catch them and in the summer I have a nice population of garter snakes around my yard.

I have no need to kill them, as long as they don't infest my house. They did do that last year, most were killed by my cats. I did not catch any by my traps. Did catch a few by hand, and put them outside, far enough from my home not to be able to return. When they start being a pest, eating, fouling and damaging things, I have no objections to killing them though. Hate the idea of rat poison. And lots of rodents are getting immune for that anyway, cats and dogs aren't, so they may get killed, eating poisonous mice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 18, 2014, 08:10:44 PM
Peppermint oil I have...might try that.

Thanks hyke.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 18, 2014, 10:23:04 PM

OT:

...  a fucking furnace!!


(yup, I am probably going to bitch about this a bit more.)   :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 19, 2014, 12:57:36 AM
Bought lunch. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 19, 2014, 06:21:31 AM
Bought nothing today.
It's a Sunday, there is nothing for sale where I live, today. Apart from cigarettes and condoms from a vending machine, maybe. And later today, the fat snack, for those not wanting to cook a meal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 22, 2014, 03:43:54 PM
150 gallons of home heating oil $583.50 which is a little less than half of what I use each year to heat my house
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 23, 2014, 12:09:18 AM
Something to eat, on my way home from the cinema.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 23, 2014, 11:57:31 AM
b'fast - waffle, scrambled eggs, sausage patties, and coffee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 23, 2014, 01:16:30 PM
Food, comfort food, warm knitted thingy, not a proper pullover, but something like it. Small extra present for soon to be BD. Cat treat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 23, 2014, 04:46:43 PM
A small light bulb for a flashing emergency light it was only 88 cents  I can't remember the last time I bought something in a store and the bill was less than a dollar 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 23, 2014, 08:17:36 PM
I bought some pretend seeds but they haven't arrived yet.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 24, 2014, 12:53:00 AM
Quote from: Gary on January 23, 2014, 08:17:36 PM
I bought some pretend seeds but they haven't arrived yet.  :orly:

Those are cool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 24, 2014, 12:53:45 AM
I bought two bright red LEGO lunchboxes.

One for my nephew, and one for me.  :hyke: :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on January 24, 2014, 07:40:50 AM
Quote from: Gary on January 23, 2014, 08:17:36 PM
I bought some pretend seeds but they haven't arrived yet.  :orly:

Why not buy real seeds? :orly:

Quote from: hykeaswell on January 24, 2014, 12:53:45 AM
I bought two bright red LEGO lunchboxes.

One for my nephew, and one for me.  :hyke: :hyke:

Do they stack into one big lunchbox? :harp:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 24, 2014, 08:40:17 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 24, 2014, 07:40:50 AM
Quote from: Gary on January 23, 2014, 08:17:36 PM
I bought some pretend seeds but they haven't arrived yet.  :orly:

Why not buy real seeds? :orly:

Quote from: hykeaswell on January 24, 2014, 12:53:45 AM
I bought two bright red LEGO lunchboxes.

One for my nephew, and one for me.  :hyke: :hyke:

Do they stack into one big lunchbox? :harp:

No, alas, I was disappointed, when I tried.
Does make it more convenient to keep it clean, and to keep sandwiches more neat, but still, it is a missed chance.
Apparently there are tiny boxes too, to place fruit and such in. But I have not seen them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 24, 2014, 12:45:08 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 24, 2014, 07:40:50 AM
Quote from: Gary on January 23, 2014, 08:17:36 PM
I bought some pretend seeds but they haven't arrived yet.  :orly:

Why not buy real seeds? :orly:

Because they're very special pretend seeds, with a story that's equally sad as it is beautiful.  :eyelash:  See my post in the video thread on the other site.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 24, 2014, 03:08:46 PM
Bread, potting soil, and clam chowder (to be used to make catfish stew tonight).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 24, 2014, 03:10:59 PM
You put potting soil in your stew?  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 24, 2014, 03:11:47 PM
Quote from: Gary on January 24, 2014, 03:10:59 PM
You put potting soil in your stew?  :lol1:

Yep, it adds fiber and minerals.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 24, 2014, 03:13:11 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 24, 2014, 03:11:47 PM
Quote from: Gary on January 24, 2014, 03:10:59 PM
You put potting soil in your stew?  :lol1:

Yep, it adds fiber and minerals.

And that bit of earthy something something to the flavor.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 26, 2014, 05:03:36 PM
Just a coffee and a Coca Cola today
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 26, 2014, 05:18:04 PM
Take-out pizza from Sam's Club
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 27, 2014, 03:57:38 PM
Nothing...yet.

Listing random stuff on fleabay and collecting my $$.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 27, 2014, 06:55:23 PM
Black seamless socks, catfood, yellow tomatoes, school cookies, milk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 27, 2014, 07:09:17 PM
A 600 board foot spray foam kit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 30, 2014, 07:00:34 AM
A banana smoothie when I was out walking.
An injection for my cat at the vets. The injection is for her arthritis, it is supposed to promote cartilage growth and the production of synovial(sp) fluid. Her arthritis is where the pelvis joins the spine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on January 31, 2014, 04:53:19 AM
Bought this book last week..
(http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1376750256l/17924465.jpg)
Like it quite a bit, I must say.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on January 31, 2014, 08:57:41 AM
Grand Theft Auto for the kids on Ps2
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 31, 2014, 09:21:01 AM
He Lutra, leuk je weer te zien.

On my way back from work, I bought some stuff at the Aldi that my own supermarket does not have.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on January 31, 2014, 09:38:31 AM
Hé hoi, Hykey. Ça va bien?

Um, 't lijkt dat de wens mezelf te uiten 'n tadski terug is.   (Ooh ooh)

Het lezen van bovengenoemd boek helpt daarbij ook wel iets, geloof ik.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 31, 2014, 12:32:49 PM
A coffee and a doughnut this morning
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 13, 2014, 07:11:52 AM
Books. Belated BD present for my brother, a book for myself. A book for all in this household, and two other books to send as gifts.

Just ordered them. Not at an online only bookseller, but at the webshop of Waanders. I would love to go there, but I have not time. If anyone of you ever happens to go to Zwolle, do visit the bookstore of Waanders. It is very pretty.
Bit weird though, because it has the sound of a late medieval church.
That is what the building is, and they kept it's atmosphere pretty much there. On some days they even have an organ player giving a concert in the shop, on the church organ.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 13, 2014, 07:15:44 AM
I also bought an enzyme containing washing detergent, biotex, to clean the pillows of my youngest after a big nosebleed, last night; toilet paper, for usual use; and lakrisal, to satisfy a still ongoing liquorice craving.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 13, 2014, 12:00:44 PM
2 six packs of .5L bottles of Coca Cola
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on February 13, 2014, 04:47:59 PM
A new dress for mother.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 13, 2014, 05:14:36 PM
Beer and Mexican food. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2014, 06:20:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 13, 2014, 05:14:36 PM
Beer and Mexican food. :zoinks:

In Prague?????   :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 14, 2014, 05:59:34 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 13, 2014, 06:20:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 13, 2014, 05:14:36 PM
Beer and Mexican food. :zoinks:

In Prague?????   :zombiefuck:

In Prague, yes. They have great beer and the Mexican restaurant just happened to be the closest.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 14, 2014, 08:40:10 PM
Quote from: Norman Bates on February 13, 2014, 04:47:59 PM
A new dress for mother.

You're such a good son.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 14, 2014, 11:23:13 PM
I bought a massive display of Asiatic Lillies for Valentines day to impress my wife. 

Of course, when spring comes, I always plant them in the garden, cut them down and wait for them to reproduce. Sometimes, the bulbs are just too fertile to just make a few babies and they bloom again, trying to create seeds. I would rather that they just produce minor bulbs along the stem to be set in for following years' blooms. NOt sure how to force one instance over the other. 

Pretty sure, the way they reproduce "next" has more to do with they way they were forced into bloom in the winter than anything I can later control.

I have done this for many years. Most of the past ones are still alive and reproducing in the garden.

... but if I get one that makes tiny baby bulbs along the stem, instead of seeds after flowering, I can guarantee several more plants of the same type within a year or two.

Makes it worth the trouble to try.

Her smiles upon seeing a forced bulb two or three feet high in the middle of winter make the investment seem wise.

 :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 15, 2014, 05:11:30 AM
I bought my twin an ornamental cat for her birthday. I looked in a lot of places and finally found one at the Dolphin Quay markets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 15, 2014, 06:10:19 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 15, 2014, 05:11:30 AM
I bought my twin an ornamental cat for her birthday. I looked in a lot of places and finally found one at the Dolphin Quay markets.
Didn't know you have a twin. Identical?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 16, 2014, 01:50:27 AM
Quote from: Jack on February 15, 2014, 06:10:19 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 15, 2014, 05:11:30 AM
I bought my twin an ornamental cat for her birthday. I looked in a lot of places and finally found one at the Dolphin Quay markets.
Didn't know you have a twin. Identical?
No, we are not identical, though it would have been cool if we were. She has dark brown hair and an almost olive complexion while I have red hair and am freckled. She is quite slim whereas I am fat (recently). She has had 3 kids and loves being a mum whereas I have either worked or studied during my adult life. We are pretty different.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 16, 2014, 08:10:16 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 16, 2014, 01:50:27 AM
Quote from: Jack on February 15, 2014, 06:10:19 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 15, 2014, 05:11:30 AM
I bought my twin an ornamental cat for her birthday. I looked in a lot of places and finally found one at the Dolphin Quay markets.
Didn't know you have a twin. Identical?
No, we are not identical, though it would have been cool if we were. She has dark brown hair and an almost olive complexion while I have red hair and am freckled. She is quite slim whereas I am fat (recently). She has had 3 kids and loves being a mum whereas I have either worked or studied during my adult life. We are pretty different.

Meant identical or fraternal. :laugh: Fraternal it is. Identical twins are usually very different people. Have known a few identical twins and always thought it would be really weird to have someone who looks so much the same walking around.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 16, 2014, 08:15:09 AM
medications and groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 17, 2014, 07:34:39 PM
Padded shipping mailers. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 17, 2014, 07:50:49 PM
Tuner cleaner
An air hose
Chocolate
Peppermint puffs
Coca Cola
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 17, 2014, 10:04:09 PM
clothes, personal items, neapolitan (vanilla, strawberry and chocolate) ice cream, a desk lamp, light bulbs for it, food
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 17, 2014, 11:42:50 PM
Czech beer. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on February 18, 2014, 07:16:43 PM
Quote from: Jack on February 16, 2014, 08:10:16 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 16, 2014, 01:50:27 AM
Quote from: Jack on February 15, 2014, 06:10:19 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 15, 2014, 05:11:30 AM
I bought my twin an ornamental cat for her birthday. I looked in a lot of places and finally found one at the Dolphin Quay markets.
Didn't know you have a twin. Identical?
No, we are not identical, though it would have been cool if we were. She has dark brown hair and an almost olive complexion while I have red hair and am freckled. She is quite slim whereas I am fat (recently). She has had 3 kids and loves being a mum whereas I have either worked or studied during my adult life. We are pretty different.

Meant identical or fraternal. :laugh: Fraternal it is. Identical twins are usually very different people. Have known a few identical twins and always thought it would be really weird to have someone who looks so much the same walking around.

Irony :P

(Public forums lead to enigmatic posts. :GA:)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 18, 2014, 07:42:54 PM
Magic Erasers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 18, 2014, 08:01:01 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on February 18, 2014, 07:16:43 PM

Irony :P
Should have seen that coming. Avoid the mirror for a couple of reasons; that's one of them.

Quote from: Jack on July 03, 2013, 06:46:44 PM
Sometimes I look in the mirror and think, so that's what I look like.

Quote
(Public forums lead to enigmatic posts. :GA:)
The correct word is esoteric. :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 19, 2014, 12:20:24 AM
Books. A t-shirt at Prague airport (it's a kind of a tradition that I have).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on February 21, 2014, 04:33:28 PM
Went shopping with Clare today

A second hand purple suede bag with tassels.
Some make up.
Hold up's.
3DS game for the urchin
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 21, 2014, 05:41:29 PM
Minwax   Brushable Lacquer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2014, 04:35:51 AM
Switched Jags. My new one is an XJ8, one of these...

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Jaguar_XJ8_Vanden_Plas.jpg/640px-Jaguar_XJ8_Vanden_Plas.jpg)

I'll miss the XK but keeping it would have proved to be far more costly than getting a newer Jag, I think.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2014, 04:36:58 AM
And the new one isn't new, btw. It's MY 2004.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 22, 2014, 10:57:02 AM
A Samsung Galaxy Rugby Pro to replace my old call and text only phone.  It's billed as an extremely durable smart phone and marketed to people in the construction industry and hopefully all the claims they make are true though I ordering a special case made by Otterbox to add a little extra durability
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on February 22, 2014, 02:40:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2014, 04:36:58 AM
And the new one isn't new, btw. It's MY 2004.

Is it a better drive?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 22, 2014, 06:00:33 PM
underwear and socks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 23, 2014, 03:15:13 AM
Quote from: bodie on February 22, 2014, 02:40:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2014, 04:36:58 AM
And the new one isn't new, btw. It's MY 2004.

Is it a better drive?

Maybe. It's very different to the XK. Both are proper Jags but the XJ is all about comfort while the XK is more about speed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 23, 2014, 07:48:38 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 23, 2014, 03:15:13 AM
Quote from: bodie on February 22, 2014, 02:40:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2014, 04:36:58 AM
And the new one isn't new, btw. It's MY 2004.

Is it a better drive?

Maybe. It's very different to the XK. Both are proper Jags but the XJ is all about comfort while the XK is more about speed.

Maybe you should post about it in the "you know you are getting old" thread.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 23, 2014, 11:59:14 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 23, 2014, 07:48:38 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 23, 2014, 03:15:13 AM
Quote from: bodie on February 22, 2014, 02:40:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 22, 2014, 04:36:58 AM
And the new one isn't new, btw. It's MY 2004.

Is it a better drive?

Maybe. It's very different to the XK. Both are proper Jags but the XJ is all about comfort while the XK is more about speed.

Maybe you should post about it in the "you know you are getting old" thread.  :orly:

:GA:

OMG, you're right. I was liking the air suspension in the XJ.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 27, 2014, 02:31:21 AM
I bought meds and a book full of articles for uni - $50.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 27, 2014, 05:42:54 AM
Half a ton of cellulose
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2014, 12:43:26 AM
A book at Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 02, 2014, 12:20:35 PM
Bird seed and suet cakes
Lacquer thinner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 02, 2014, 02:35:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on February 27, 2014, 05:42:54 AM
Half a ton of cellulose
:tinfoil:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 02, 2014, 02:56:35 PM
4 tops, a swimsuit, 2 pair of pants - Thrift store

Grapes, bananas, apples, cream and  boxed mac and cheese
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 02, 2014, 04:10:27 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 02, 2014, 02:35:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on February 27, 2014, 05:42:54 AM
Half a ton of cellulose
:tinfoil:

I like to feed the termites down at the park :zoinks:

I do mostly insulation work and have machines that blow cellulose insulation into attics and walls.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 02, 2014, 07:18:11 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 02, 2014, 04:10:27 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 02, 2014, 02:35:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on February 27, 2014, 05:42:54 AM
Half a ton of cellulose
:tinfoil:

I like to feed the termites down at the park :zoinks:

I do mostly insulation work and have machines that blow cellulose insulation into attics and walls.
Actually already looked up it's uses to see what you might be needing a half ton of cellulose. Figured that was probably it. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 19, 2014, 12:58:11 PM
Olives
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 20, 2014, 01:46:12 AM
(http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20130824/19/e-earphone/0b/96/j/o0570042812659875314.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on March 20, 2014, 05:56:25 AM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 20, 2014, 09:57:47 AM
250lbs gravel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 20, 2014, 10:01:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 20, 2014, 01:46:12 AM
(http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20130824/19/e-earphone/0b/96/j/o0570042812659875314.jpg)

Tease. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Peter on March 21, 2014, 09:52:57 AM
A LELO Gigi 2 deep rose (http://www.lelo.com/index.php?collectionName=femme-homme&groupName=GIGI-2) and a UK to US adapter.  It's going into a care package to be sent to a special someone.  She kept scratching herself inside with her fingernails and I love the idea of her using toys, so she picked out something and was all 'me wanty', but couldn't get it for herself because of overbearing parents, so I ordered it for her and I'm going to smuggle it to her in a package of Scottish souveniers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 21, 2014, 08:54:38 PM
Peter!

Nice of you to smuggle something special inside souvenirs, heh.

Last thing I bought myself was a milkshake.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 22, 2014, 02:46:33 AM
Beer and crisps. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 25, 2014, 11:22:53 AM
32.43 gallons of gasoline
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 26, 2014, 12:31:14 AM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 26, 2014, 12:33:06 AM
Crisps, margarine and cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 27, 2014, 12:15:21 AM
A book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 30, 2014, 10:54:49 PM
Butter flavored puff corn, mixed chocolate candies, and caramel-colored, carbonated, diabetes-infused water.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 30, 2014, 10:56:48 PM
Top Gear on DVD. Huge mistake. The bloody BBC edited the episodes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 30, 2014, 11:15:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 30, 2014, 10:56:48 PM
Top Gear on DVD. Huge mistake. The bloody BBC edited the episodes.
Sorry!
 :'(

I bought the new Hunger Games for the kids.

We watched it tonight. Spring break is upon us.

I have to find ways to entertain kids in the last days of winter, for two weeks running.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 30, 2014, 11:28:37 PM
Re Top Gear on DVD--anyone who likes the show, just stream them or download them.  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 31, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 30, 2014, 10:56:48 PM
Top Gear on DVD. Huge mistake. The bloody BBC edited the episodes.

How / what did they edit?

Thanks for the warning btw.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 31, 2014, 02:17:14 PM
Thrift Store:

One Night at McCool's and The Lincoln Lawyer DVDs
A gold sequin beret
3 shirts/tops
a totebag with umbrella for the PR
2 bottles of nail polish
some matting/masking paper (no idea what I'll use it for, but I'm sure I'll use it in some craft or another)
4 books
a framed needle work - definition of a cajun
a freezing sleeve to quickly cool drink cans
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 31, 2014, 02:26:29 PM
Bought a new pair of reading glasses. Somehow my whole collection, except one, decided to crumble, break and decay, the past weeks. And one pair of glasses isn't enough, when it is about reading glasses.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 31, 2014, 04:33:25 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 31, 2014, 02:17:14 PM

A gold sequin beret

Envisioning Queen Victoria in her gold sequin beret.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 31, 2014, 05:22:59 PM
Light bulbs
9 volt batteries
A buffing wheel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 31, 2014, 09:34:22 PM
Four pairs of ear buds from the Dollar Store.  I figure they break just as fast regardless of the quality.  The PR is hard on headphones/ear buds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 31, 2014, 09:36:47 PM
A huge bunch of assorted flower seeds mostly for the hillside.


Less grass, more flowers.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 31, 2014, 10:34:44 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 31, 2014, 12:41:46 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 30, 2014, 10:56:48 PM
Top Gear on DVD. Huge mistake. The bloody BBC edited the episodes.

How / what did they edit?

Thanks for the warning btw.

They've deleted the entire news sections from the first two episodes. Still haven't watched the third. This is series 16, btw. Beware.

I'm hoping they haven't butchered the Middle East Special.

Fucking annoyed, me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on April 03, 2014, 12:47:42 AM
Bought a police light bar set for my rock crawler RC from eBay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 03, 2014, 10:43:23 PM
Bought lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 03, 2014, 11:27:08 PM
Today was the last payday for the month (the 1st and the 3rd).  Went grocery shopping:

French bread, oranges, grapes, tinned milk, beans, ham seasoning, tinned sardines, unsalted canned corn, salad dressings, yogurt, lettuce, tomatoes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 04, 2014, 06:04:15 AM
A coffee, jelly doughnut and a Coke for later
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 04, 2014, 12:03:19 PM
Some wife beater shirts for the kid.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on April 04, 2014, 07:44:53 PM
I bought quite a few things lately...

-Syma X1 RC quadcopter
-a dirt cheap refurb LG Optimus Extreme
-pork rinds
-RC cola
-mini donuts
-life savers
-pizzas
-milk and bread
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 05, 2014, 11:17:20 PM
Benztropine, hot-cross-buns, ice cream, cereal, lots of milk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 05, 2014, 11:20:26 PM
Ice cream and cat food.

Silly cat won't eat anything but dry cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 06, 2014, 02:06:39 AM
A new SSD for my laptop. Will install it later today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 10, 2014, 06:13:34 PM
Hose repair end, new spray nozzle (by the looks of it...it won't last as long as the other one :P ), groceries.

(http://cdn.mscdirect.com/global/images/ProductImages/4480481-24.jpg)





Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 10, 2014, 06:20:37 PM
Organic vapor filters for my respirator   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 10, 2014, 06:26:13 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 10, 2014, 06:20:37 PM
Organic vapor filters for my respirator
Read this about twenty times. These words evoke the strangest mental reaction; can't even figure out a word for it. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 10, 2014, 08:26:58 PM
Quote from: Jack on April 10, 2014, 06:26:13 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 10, 2014, 06:20:37 PM
Organic vapor filters for my respirator
Read this about twenty times. These words evoke the strangest mental reaction; can't even figure out a word for it. :laugh:

I'd plus you, but I'll give you a  :thumbup: instead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 10, 2014, 10:51:28 PM
Bought a set of small Philips and torx bits.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 12, 2014, 11:33:56 AM
(http://www.ivstatic.com/files/et/imagecache/636/files/slides/2-marshmallow-peeps-636.jpg)

A couple packs of the purple ones.

*bites off a head*

They should ban these things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 12, 2014, 12:17:16 PM
What do they taste and feel like?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 12, 2014, 12:18:43 PM
I bought myself a pair of pre-loved carders. They came in the mail yesterday.
Today I bought food. And I forgot to buy myself a bunch of flowers. Will pick some lilacs tomorrow, to make up for that.  :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 12, 2014, 01:27:56 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 12, 2014, 12:17:16 PM
What do they taste and feel like?

They are marshmallow my wife loves them but only when they are stale, she will open a pack and let them sit a week before she eats them :zombiefuck:

Today I bought two 60 watt equivalent LED light bulbs which were on sale for $4 each and a bag of lime at Home Depot
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 12, 2014, 02:00:45 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 12, 2014, 12:17:16 PM
What do they taste and feel like?
Chicken.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 12, 2014, 08:09:01 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 12, 2014, 12:17:16 PM
What do they taste and feel like?

Squishy...like a regular marshmallow but they stretch more. Covered in fine crunchy sugar.

I'll eat them stale, but not by choice. :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 13, 2014, 01:43:47 AM
A t-shirt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 13, 2014, 07:23:10 AM
^Was it just a t-shirt with nothing on it?

I bought a lot of groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 13, 2014, 11:48:24 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 13, 2014, 07:23:10 AM
^Was it just a t-shirt with nothing on it?

This but without the date on.

(http://beersweden.se/wp-content/themes/wp-clear303/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://beersweden.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/LoggaEn%C3%96L.jpg&w=400&h=300&zc=1)

Visited a beer and whisky fair (http://www.svenskamassan.se/sites/en-ol-whiskymassa/for-besokare/in-english/), see, and bought their t-shirt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 17, 2014, 06:42:58 PM
A coffee and a lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 17, 2014, 07:12:41 PM
Carb cleaner, a spiral ham, sugar cookies, and a solar water pump for my wishing well in the front yard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 21, 2014, 11:07:40 PM
A CD, a gram of ethylphenidate, a gram of coke, a beta-keto-2C-B pill, a can of ginger beer and a pack of silver kingsize rizla.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on April 22, 2014, 06:17:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 13, 2014, 11:48:24 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 13, 2014, 07:23:10 AM
^Was it just a t-shirt with nothing on it?

This but without the date on.

(http://beersweden.se/wp-content/themes/wp-clear303/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://beersweden.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/LoggaEn%C3%96L.jpg&w=400&h=300&zc=1)

Visited a beer and whisky fair (http://www.svenskamassan.se/sites/en-ol-whiskymassa/for-besokare/in-english/), see, and bought their t-shirt.

:arrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 22, 2014, 07:54:13 AM
A coffee and two doughnuts one for me one for the dogs :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 22, 2014, 10:38:18 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 22, 2014, 07:54:13 AM
A coffee and two doughnuts one for me one for the dogs :green:

You made the dogs share a doughnut?  How cruel! :puppy: :puppy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 22, 2014, 01:01:08 PM
Make sure they don't get at anything containing xanthines (caffeine, theobromine, theophylline etc.) such as chocolate (even more so raisin-filled chocolate, grapes are potentially lethally poisonous to dogs in a very small quantity, most but not all dogs are susceptible to grape poisoning)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 22, 2014, 02:34:45 PM
Bought a book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 22, 2014, 10:43:41 PM
I haven't bought it yet, for I haven't the money.

But shopping list:

Some THF (tetrahydrofuran, a cyclic ether used as a solvent for reductions using LAH, lithium aluminium hydride)

Acetonitrile/methyl cyanide
DMF (dimethylformamide)
Potassium or sodium azide
Potassium or sodium cyanide
Benzaldehyde, for an amphetamine or meth synthesis via knoevanagel condensation
Enough square-profile magnet wire for building a pair of electromagnet coils several inches thick and 2-3 meters in diameter, along with a bunch of powerful quadrupole or sextupolar magnets. This I want so I can build myself a cyclotron or cyclosynchrotron, and a heavy-ion accelerator (both are types of particle accelerator), partly for all kinds of experiments, but also for use as a powerful alpha-radiation source, for bombardment of beryllium metal, Be absorbs alpha particles and spits out neutrons. I'd love to be able to do my own nuclear transmutations, for various reasons, but in part so I can obtain those chemical elements for an element collection that are otherwise extremely difficult or impossible to obtain, for instance, neutron bombardment of 238U results in transmutation to plutonium-239 and neptunium. As well as creating technetium, polonium and promethium.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 22, 2014, 11:20:06 PM
An 89 cent package of 4 wooden nail care sticks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 22, 2014, 11:34:10 PM

Bought the latest season four release on DVD of "Justified"
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 23, 2014, 08:47:32 AM
A four pack of hard wired smoke detectors to replace the ones at the house that all seemed to have died within weeks of each other. Not just  bad batteries they just stopped working completely
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 23, 2014, 09:25:12 AM
If you still have the busted ones, I could make use of the ion sources, if you don't mind parting with 'em?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 23, 2014, 01:49:00 PM
They don't look to kindly to people who mail them
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 23, 2014, 07:11:58 PM
241Am is only an alpha emitter. Simple paper or tinfoil wrapping (foil is overkill for alpha particles, unless maybe they were ultra-high energy coming from a dedicated accelerator, even then I doubt more than a bare few would make it through)

But paper is quite sufficient to block the alpha radiation coming from those small ion sources.I've heard some rumors that some kinds of smoke alarm, perhaps older ones, are actually based upon neptunium, and not just as a daughter isotope from the decay of 241Am.

Not sure if its true, but damn, I'd just love to find some of those in my lab-scavenging endeavors.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 25, 2014, 06:45:46 PM
Quote from: Lestat on April 23, 2014, 07:11:58 PM
241Am is only an alpha emitter. Simple paper or tinfoil wrapping (foil is overkill for alpha particles, unless maybe they were ultra-high energy coming from a dedicated accelerator, even then I doubt more than a bare few would make it through)

But paper is quite sufficient to block the alpha radiation coming from those small ion sources.I've heard some rumors that some kinds of smoke alarm, perhaps older ones, are actually based upon neptunium, and not just as a daughter isotope from the decay of 241Am.

Not sure if its true, but damn, I'd just love to find some of those in my lab-scavenging endeavors.

They are not that hot I have some fiestaware that's a lot more radioactive 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 25, 2014, 09:57:08 PM
Uranium glass I presume?

Once I eventually manage to save up enough money to build the cyclotron/synchrotron I have my heart set on, I'm definitely going to have to get hold of some 238U and some beryllium to set it up as a neutron source, using the 'tron to produce an alpha particle beam, make some thin carbon plates for use as a moderator to slow the neutrons liberated by bombarding the beryllium down to thermal energies where they can be then captured by the depleted uranium targets.

(aiming of course for 239Pu and neptunium :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 26, 2014, 03:20:41 AM
I bought a used book at Amazon. I love it that you can sometimes find books for £0.01.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 26, 2014, 06:13:08 AM
Quote from: Lestat on April 25, 2014, 09:57:08 PM
Uranium glass I presume?

Once I eventually manage to save up enough money to build the cyclotron/synchrotron I have my heart set on, I'm definitely going to have to get hold of some 238U and some beryllium to set it up as a neutron source, using the 'tron to produce an alpha particle beam, make some thin carbon plates for use as a moderator to slow the neutrons liberated by bombarding the beryllium down to thermal energies where they can be then captured by the depleted uranium targets.

(aiming of course for 239Pu and neptunium :)

Fiestaware is pottery the uranium is in the glaze
(http://[url=http://www.theodoregray.com/periodictabledisplay/Samples/092.2/s7.JPG]http://www.theodoregray.com/periodictabledisplay/Samples/092.2/s7.JPG[/url])
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 27, 2014, 11:35:30 PM
Rust remover.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on April 28, 2014, 05:33:35 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 26, 2014, 03:20:41 AM
I bought a used book at Amazon. I love it that you can sometimes find books for £0.01.

Offer $0.01; it's cheaper. :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 28, 2014, 10:51:50 AM
A   mannequin head
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 28, 2014, 11:48:10 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 28, 2014, 10:51:50 AM
A   mannequin head

Selling hats?

I have a headless torso. :zoinks:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 28, 2014, 12:22:42 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 28, 2014, 10:51:50 AM
A   mannequin head

For practicing to apply make up?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 28, 2014, 12:24:02 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 28, 2014, 11:48:10 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 28, 2014, 10:51:50 AM
A   mannequin head

Selling hats?

I have a headless torso. :zoinks:

There is romance in the air. 

 :eyelash:
 :bounce:

Anyone having a pair of legs laying around?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 28, 2014, 01:30:02 PM
For selling and displaying hats and helmets but also for pranking :zoinks:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 28, 2014, 02:34:34 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 28, 2014, 01:30:02 PM
For selling and displaying hats and helmets but also for pranking :zoinks:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg.html)


Who's that young lady you are hiding?   :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 28, 2014, 05:05:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 28, 2014, 01:30:02 PM
For selling and displaying hats and helmets but also for pranking :zoinks:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg.html)
That's awesome. Are those its boobs in the background?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 28, 2014, 05:50:17 PM
Quote from: Jack on April 28, 2014, 05:05:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 28, 2014, 01:30:02 PM
For selling and displaying hats and helmets but also for pranking :zoinks:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg.html)
That's awesome. Are those its boobs in the background?

Yes :2thumbsup:  I have a hand also :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on April 28, 2014, 06:26:41 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 28, 2014, 12:24:02 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 28, 2014, 11:48:10 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 28, 2014, 10:51:50 AM
A   mannequin head

Selling hats?

I have a headless torso. :zoinks:

There is romance in the air. 

 :eyelash:
 :bounce:

Anyone having a pair of legs laying around?

Celticgoddess does. ;)

:cfm:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2014, 02:27:35 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 28, 2014, 01:30:02 PM
For selling and displaying hats and helmets but also for pranking :zoinks:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20140428_150133_zpsa91e2e18.jpg.html)

That's an awesome prank. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 01, 2014, 07:30:11 PM
 :plus:

Awesome. I need one...and maybe a hand.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 01, 2014, 08:41:21 PM
Looks Islamic.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2014, 11:04:02 PM
I bought a CD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 02, 2014, 01:57:11 AM
@ Odeon: What CD?


I bought snacks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 02, 2014, 04:54:31 AM
Two sheets of plywood and two cans of foam
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 03, 2014, 09:00:53 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 02, 2014, 01:57:11 AM
@ Odeon: What CD?

The Swedish group Kent (http://kent.nu/)'s newest. It's awesome. :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 03, 2014, 09:06:29 AM
A JON-E  hand warmer it looks like a big Zippo and but has a catalytic element rather than a regular wick and you can keep it in your pocket as it burns
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 03, 2014, 09:24:18 AM
Rose geranium oil...supposed to work well as a tick repellent.

We shall see.

Little fuckers are out in droves already this year. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 03, 2014, 06:43:15 PM
Bunch of pansy's, a couple primrose, and a few marigolds. Put them in the ground and they are looking better already.

Damn Wal-Mart and their 50% off rack :GA: ...now if they would only neglect a few shrubs.  :zoinks:   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 03, 2014, 08:49:42 PM
I have bought lots of Spaghetti-Os.  I have original, I have them with meatballs, I have them with sliced franks!   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 03, 2014, 11:50:28 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 03, 2014, 08:49:42 PM
I have bought lots of Spaghetti-Os.  I have original, I have them with meatballs, I have them with sliced franks!   :2thumbsup:

Haven't had those in ages...I always crush up crackers in them.  8)

Don't like the ones with the hotdogs in them though. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 04, 2014, 02:00:32 AM
Bought a used CD at Amazon--Hugh Laurie's first blues album.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 04, 2014, 07:52:34 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 03, 2014, 09:00:53 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 02, 2014, 01:57:11 AM
@ Odeon: What CD?

The Swedish group Kent (http://kent.nu/)'s newest. It's awesome. :headbang2:

Sounds cool... is this (http://youtu.be/of-SRcj0h2c (http://youtu.be/of-SRcj0h2c)) them?

If so...reminds me of Miike Snow (http://youtu.be/8oKQSAt4c4c (http://youtu.be/8oKQSAt4c4c)).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 04, 2014, 11:19:17 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 04, 2014, 07:52:34 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 03, 2014, 09:00:53 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 02, 2014, 01:57:11 AM
@ Odeon: What CD?

The Swedish group Kent (http://kent.nu/)'s newest. It's awesome. :headbang2:

Sounds cool... is this (http://youtu.be/of-SRcj0h2c (http://youtu.be/of-SRcj0h2c)) them?

Yup, it's them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 11, 2014, 01:11:01 PM
Storm doors...two of them.

Found a guy selling 3 month old storm doors from a remodeling job...the exact same door I was looking at online that sells for $148.00...in brown.

$25.00 a door, hardware included.

I'm sure they won't last nearly as long as the couple they are replacing...but it's something...and they have screens. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 11, 2014, 10:49:51 PM
Bought books at Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 12, 2014, 04:34:47 AM
Potting soil
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 12, 2014, 11:18:37 PM
Heh reminds me of one of my ex fiancee-s. The older of the two kept a mannequin head in her bedroom for crossbow practice, after I got her a pistol crossbow for one b/day.

And I know what fiestaware is. Wouldn't fancy eating off any of that U-doped glass though, although it looks neat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 13, 2014, 01:26:31 AM
I bought a spinning wheel, and I bought wool. I hope both packages will arrive tomorrow, or even today. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 13, 2014, 01:24:32 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 01:26:31 AM
I bought a spinning wheel, and I bought wool. I hope both packages will arrive tomorrow, or even today.

Whatever you do, do not prick the needle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 13, 2014, 03:27:30 PM
Quote from: sg1008  on May 13, 2014, 01:24:32 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 01:26:31 AM
I bought a spinning wheel, and I bought wool. I hope both packages will arrive tomorrow, or even today.

Whatever you do, do not prick the needle.

It would fix my sleeping problems.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 13, 2014, 05:54:13 PM
Two liter bottle of Coke
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 13, 2014, 09:29:04 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 03:27:30 PM
Quote from: sg1008  on May 13, 2014, 01:24:32 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 01:26:31 AM
I bought a spinning wheel, and I bought wool. I hope both packages will arrive tomorrow, or even today.

Whatever you do, do not prick the needle.

It would fix my sleeping problems.  :zoinks:

All you would need is a handsome prince to give you a kiss every morning.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 13, 2014, 10:42:04 PM
Books. Always books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 13, 2014, 10:55:39 PM
Bananas and oranges

Make-up bags, I Robot DVD, fruit bowl, pill box, 5 books
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 14, 2014, 03:39:20 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 13, 2014, 09:29:04 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 03:27:30 PM
Quote from: sg1008  on May 13, 2014, 01:24:32 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 01:26:31 AM
I bought a spinning wheel, and I bought wool. I hope both packages will arrive tomorrow, or even today.

Whatever you do, do not prick the needle.

It would fix my sleeping problems.  :zoinks:

All you would need is a handsome prince to give you a kiss every morning.  :orly:
Is that an offer?  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on May 14, 2014, 06:57:13 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 14, 2014, 03:39:20 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 13, 2014, 09:29:04 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 03:27:30 PM
Quote from: sg1008  on May 13, 2014, 01:24:32 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 01:26:31 AM
I bought a spinning wheel, and I bought wool. I hope both packages will arrive tomorrow, or even today.

Whatever you do, do not prick the needle.

It would fix my sleeping problems.  :zoinks:

All you would need is a handsome prince to give you a kiss every morning.  :orly:
Is that an offer?  :eyelash:

:popcorn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 14, 2014, 11:28:00 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 14, 2014, 03:39:20 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 13, 2014, 09:29:04 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 03:27:30 PM
Quote from: sg1008  on May 13, 2014, 01:24:32 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 13, 2014, 01:26:31 AM
I bought a spinning wheel, and I bought wool. I hope both packages will arrive tomorrow, or even today.

Whatever you do, do not prick the needle.

It would fix my sleeping problems.  :zoinks:

All you would need is a handsome prince to give you a kiss every morning.  :orly:
Is that an offer?  :eyelash:

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 14, 2014, 01:49:42 PM
Two 60 watt equivalent LED light bulbs they were on sale for just $3.98 each 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 19, 2014, 06:23:00 AM
I bought a  shirt like one I had in collage at the flea market yesterday
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20140518_150900_zps81647bc2.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20140518_150900_zps81647bc2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 19, 2014, 06:55:37 PM
gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 19, 2014, 07:48:24 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 19, 2014, 06:23:00 AM
I bought a  shirt like one I had in collage at the flea market yesterday
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20140518_150900_zps81647bc2.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20140518_150900_zps81647bc2.jpg.html)

 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on May 19, 2014, 07:53:25 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 19, 2014, 07:48:24 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 19, 2014, 06:23:00 AM
I bought a  shirt like one I had in collage at the flea market yesterday
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20140518_150900_zps81647bc2.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20140518_150900_zps81647bc2.jpg.html)

 :zombiefuck:

Visit Lestat, then appreciate it. :stoned: :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 07:58:48 PM
LSD laced gummi bears...someone decided to share their trip. lol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on May 19, 2014, 08:02:16 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 07:58:48 PM
LSD laced gummi bears...someone decided to share their trip. lol

They're probably Hyke's. :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 08:10:27 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on May 19, 2014, 08:02:16 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 07:58:48 PM
LSD laced gummi bears...someone decided to share their trip. lol

They're probably Hyke's. :M

Well their not mine...I prefer mine soaked in Vodka.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 19, 2014, 08:39:49 PM
Thinking of parts wearing that shirt. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 09:12:15 PM
Quote from: Jack on May 19, 2014, 08:39:49 PM
Thinking of parts wearing that shirt. :laugh:

With the civil defense hat...that would rule. :viking:

I need a shirt like that now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 19, 2014, 09:25:13 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 07:58:48 PM
LSD laced gummi bears...

But Gummi bears don't have hair!!!  :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 19, 2014, 09:51:25 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 07:58:48 PM
LSD laced gummi bears...someone decided to share their trip. lol


NO fucking way!!

I want some!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 19, 2014, 09:53:07 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 19, 2014, 09:25:13 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 07:58:48 PM
LSD laced gummi bears...

But Gummi bears don't have hair!!!  :GA:

non-sequitur much?

 :apondering:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 19, 2014, 09:54:54 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 19, 2014, 09:53:07 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 19, 2014, 09:25:13 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 07:58:48 PM
LSD laced gummi bears...

But Gummi bears don't have hair!!!  :GA:

non-sequitur much?

 :apondering:

On the shirt they are drawn with hair.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 19, 2014, 09:58:08 PM

Got it, but to me that makes them not so gummy.
 :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 19, 2014, 10:01:00 PM
Seven sheets of Baltic birch, thirteen layer compressed plywood.

I am about to begin my new subwoofer project.

It is complicated and will take a bit of time to bring to fruition.

Fortunately, I already have a buyer lined up for the first pair.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 19, 2014, 10:11:48 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 09:12:15 PM
Quote from: Jack on May 19, 2014, 08:39:49 PM
Thinking of parts wearing that shirt. :laugh:

With the civil defense hat...that would rule. :viking:

It would also be good with the respirator. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 20, 2014, 01:07:22 AM
Quote from: Jack on May 19, 2014, 10:11:48 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 19, 2014, 09:12:15 PM
Quote from: Jack on May 19, 2014, 08:39:49 PM
Thinking of parts wearing that shirt. :laugh:

With the civil defense hat...that would rule. :viking:

It would also be good with the respirator. :laugh:

 :laugh:

* Trying to imagine that on a flea-market. *
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on May 20, 2014, 07:11:56 PM
$1700 in money orders
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 20, 2014, 08:35:48 PM
Do pass round that bag of acid-laced gummy bears please!
Not had any lucy in years.

Last thing I bought, were some CDs, a gram of ching, and some liter packs of guava juice that were going dirt cheap (60something pence a liter).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 21, 2014, 10:35:57 AM
Quote from: Lestat on May 20, 2014, 08:35:48 PM
Do pass round that bag of acid-laced gummy bears please!
Not had any lucy in years.

Last thing I bought, were some CDs, a gram of ching, and some liter packs of guava juice that were going dirt cheap (60something pence a liter).

What is ching?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 21, 2014, 01:14:39 PM
2 toggle switches 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 21, 2014, 04:30:20 PM
Ching is a special type of candy for grownups, thats mainly made and distributed from peru, bolivia and other countries close by. Its eaten via the nose (although I prefer it by a more (or rather the most) direct route.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 21, 2014, 11:29:21 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on May 20, 2014, 07:11:56 PM
$1700 in money orders

Sounds dangerous.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 22, 2014, 03:29:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 03, 2014, 11:50:28 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 03, 2014, 08:49:42 PM
I have bought lots of Spaghetti-Os.  I have original, I have them with meatballs, I have them with sliced franks!   :2thumbsup:

Haven't had those in ages...I always crush up crackers in them.  8)

Don't like the ones with the hotdogs in them though. :P

  I like them all, and am planning to have some soon, with a little melted butter for added flavor.   :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 22, 2014, 03:33:17 PM
  Today I finished paying for the crown on my right rear lower molar.  So far, my 2014 out-of-pocket dental
   expenses have added up to $528, which I can get reimbursed through a flexible-spending program at work.  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 22, 2014, 03:39:00 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 22, 2014, 03:33:17 PM
  Today I finished paying for the crown on my right rear lower molar.  So far, my 2014 out-of-pocket dental
   expenses have added up to $528, which I can get reimbursed through a flexible-spending program at work.  :tard:

I might be a relation....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 22, 2014, 03:42:09 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 22, 2014, 03:39:00 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 22, 2014, 03:33:17 PM
  Today I finished paying for the crown on my right rear lower molar.  So far, my 2014 out-of-pocket dental
   expenses have added up to $528, which I can get reimbursed through a flexible-spending program at work.  :tard:

I might be a relation....

  Do you have crowns too?  Do  :chicken: :chicken:  have teeth?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on May 22, 2014, 08:22:13 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 22, 2014, 03:42:09 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 22, 2014, 03:39:00 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 22, 2014, 03:33:17 PM
  Today I finished paying for the crown on my right rear lower molar.  So far, my 2014 out-of-pocket dental
   expenses have added up to $528, which I can get reimbursed through a flexible-spending program at work.  :tard:

I might be a relation....

  Do you have crowns too?  Do  :chicken: :chicken:  have teeth?  :orly:

I am a poor chicken relation...no crowns.... I have come to beg for assistance from my noble relatives, and claim part of their wills.... >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 22, 2014, 10:24:53 PM
Cbc is so shy.  She wears her crown on a rear lower molar.  I wear mine on my head.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 23, 2014, 03:41:43 PM
Dog treats
Coca Cola
Peppermints
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 31, 2014, 03:57:58 AM
Books
A DVD box
A t-shirt
More books
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: BadgerTom on May 31, 2014, 07:24:31 AM
Just bought the Digital Deluxe upgrade of WILDSTAR!

Bought the proper version two weeks ago... and the Pre-purchase Game has gone live and i can play it three days before the rest of the world!

Now all i need to do is get a better PC to play it in its Full Glory!!!!!!

NEXUS HERE I COME!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 31, 2014, 04:44:40 PM
Flowers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on May 31, 2014, 06:11:37 PM
Tales of Xilia Collector's Edition and Zelda Hyrule Hystoria Collector's Edition.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on May 31, 2014, 08:36:30 PM
Watch Dogs
One cinema ticket
Two bus tickets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 31, 2014, 08:55:36 PM
Quote from: BadgerTom on May 31, 2014, 07:24:31 AM
Just bought the Digital Deluxe upgrade of WILDSTAR!

Bought the proper version two weeks ago... and the Pre-purchase Game has gone live and i can play it three days before the rest of the world!

Now all i need to do is get a better PC to play it in its Full Glory!!!!!!

NEXUS HERE I COME!

Wildstar is evidently the rage with the band I like.  They've even set up an on-line group with the fans to play it. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 31, 2014, 09:09:41 PM
Bolt cutters
Milling vise
A funky tool for putting corks in wine bottles from around 1900
A few extension cords
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 31, 2014, 09:12:20 PM
Some clothes, meds, groceries.  Nothing exciting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on May 31, 2014, 10:16:29 PM
2 DVDs
Parakeet Food
Distilled Water x3
Chow Mein packets
Japanese Snack Crackers
Arizona Ice Tea (Mucho Mango)
Bottled Drinks x3
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 31, 2014, 10:54:17 PM
Quote from: Genesis on May 31, 2014, 10:16:29 PM
2 DVDs
Parakeet Food
Distilled Water x3
Chow Mein packets
Japanese Snack Crackers
Arizona Ice Tea (Mucho Mango)
Bottled Drinks x3

You have a parakeet?  I have a white one named Hedwig.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 01, 2014, 03:43:18 AM
I accidentally bought another two DVDs.  :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 01, 2014, 04:05:55 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2014, 03:43:18 AM
I accidentally bought another two DVDs.  :-[

How did you do that, tick a few boxes, when shopping online?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 01, 2014, 04:07:39 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 01, 2014, 04:05:55 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2014, 03:43:18 AM
I accidentally bought another two DVDs.  :-[

How did you do that, tick a few boxes, when shopping online?

I went into this store with a mate, never intending to buy anything, but then happened across two films that I really wanted. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 01, 2014, 04:09:37 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2014, 04:07:39 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 01, 2014, 04:05:55 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2014, 03:43:18 AM
I accidentally bought another two DVDs.  :-[

How did you do that, tick a few boxes, when shopping online?

I went into this store with a mate, never intending to buy anything, but then happened across two films that I really wanted. :-[

So it wasn't accidental, but it did take you by surprise.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 01, 2014, 04:13:49 AM
Now that depends on who is asking. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on June 01, 2014, 09:00:42 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2014, 04:13:49 AM
Now that depends on who is asking. :P

Perhaps it is a member of your household, and your DVDs are what :cbc: would call "smut". :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 01, 2014, 10:50:52 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on June 01, 2014, 09:00:42 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2014, 04:13:49 AM
Now that depends on who is asking. :P

Perhaps it is a member of your household, and your DVDs are what :cbc: would call "smut". :zoinks:

Have you heard of this new thing, "the internet"? :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on June 02, 2014, 07:47:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2014, 10:50:52 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on June 01, 2014, 09:00:42 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 01, 2014, 04:13:49 AM
Now that depends on who is asking. :P

Perhaps it is a member of your household, and your DVDs are what :cbc: would call "smut". :zoinks:

Have you heard of this new thing, "the internet"? :P

I have. :zoinks:

The internet is for porn. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiFD6EFVsTg#)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 02, 2014, 02:46:32 PM
A coffee this morning
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 03, 2014, 05:49:34 AM
nasal spray, tissues.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 03, 2014, 09:38:07 AM
Two six packs of .5 liter bottles of :coke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 07, 2014, 12:50:34 PM
A grappling hook  :ninja:
5 ammo boxes only a dollar each
A hatchet
Propane torch
2 Vises
A load of other hand tools
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 07, 2014, 01:19:01 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 07, 2014, 12:50:34 PM
A grappling hook  :ninja:

Do you intend to grapple?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 07, 2014, 01:52:28 PM
Quote from: Jack on June 07, 2014, 01:19:01 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 07, 2014, 12:50:34 PM
A grappling hook  :ninja:

Do you intend to grapple?

Yes :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 07, 2014, 03:34:41 PM
Another book at Amazon. I should stop going there, I always end up buying things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 01, 2014, 05:40:42 PM
The  insurance coverage for my businesses for the next year $2400 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 01, 2014, 05:49:38 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 22, 2014, 08:22:13 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 22, 2014, 03:42:09 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on May 22, 2014, 03:39:00 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 22, 2014, 03:33:17 PM
  Today I finished paying for the crown on my right rear lower molar.  So far, my 2014 out-of-pocket dental
   expenses have added up to $528, which I can get reimbursed through a flexible-spending program at work.  :tard:

I might be a relation....

  Do you have crowns too?  Do  :chicken: :chicken:  have teeth?  :orly:

I am a poor chicken relation...no crowns.... I have come to beg for assistance from my noble relatives, and claim part of their wills.... >:D

  I see a little chicken coveting a crown!  :queenie:   :chicken: Preciousssssss
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 01, 2014, 11:18:36 PM
Where is the little chicken, anyway? :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 01, 2014, 11:19:05 PM
Bought a used book at Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 07, 2014, 05:49:15 AM
Bought this chef's knife last week. Well, via a website, I did.
(http://www.kookwinkel.nl/upload/webshop/L/_MG_5862-W%C3%BCsthof-Classic-messenset-koksmes-20-cm-en-aanzetstaal-22-cm.jpg)

Already paid for both things but they're still not delivered to me.

Bugger.. for I cannot wait..
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 07, 2014, 02:42:58 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 01, 2014, 11:18:36 PM
Where is the little chicken, anyway? :-\

All that talk about food, chefs and chef-knives may have scared him away.  :'(

Come back, little spring chicken, the bovine will stand between you and the chefs.


 :chicken: :hyke: :fatchef:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 07, 2014, 04:04:15 PM
JB Weld and blue spray paint
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 07, 2014, 04:30:29 PM

More wood glue, several packs of sanding belts, six new router bits, a new battery operated (DeWalt) drill/driver and some acrylic wood filler.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 07, 2014, 11:20:39 PM
Bought myself a bottle of some premixed lime and soda cocktail, I thought was a mojito; one of those cocktails that despite my not being a vastly prolific consumer of
CH3-CH2,OH, only it was not, it was another cocktail based on some spirit I never heard of in my life before. Looked identical, that pastel shade of translucent lime green, and said flavored with lime juice and soda, to how a mojito should look. just cheapo but still alright stuff from aldi, looked identical, so I got a bit of an unwanted surprise there, nevertheless it was drinkable enough, to slug the entire bottle down with my breakfast (all deities that may or may not exist, please at least consider damning whoever made the policy of not serving cheeseburgers until something like 11-12 in the afternoon to drink from a lake of festering, stinking diseased knob-sore of a thousand generations of their own fanilies worst examples of a syphilitic, gin-addicted gutter whore (think somewhat previctorian, maybe tudor era to early victorian) for the image I had in mind for the gutter whore, riddled with the pox, selling their pestilent, louse-riddled cunt flaps for a bottle of ye olde mother's ruin)-originated, centuries old pus, riddled with corruption, and the rot, decay and putrefaction that is the result of centuries of careful tending in Hades, whilst their  pre-12am bacon-double-cheeseburger-nazi body should IMO be condemned to be bathed for all eternity in the foulest stenches Perdition has to offer,  and  not to mention infested by so many maggots and carrion-eating flies and insects that the tossrag guilty of more or less telling me to go away and not waste his time in question has next to bugger all hope of being able to tell his arse end from a heaving mass of blowfly maggots feasting on his corpse in hell.

 And preferably covered in   1,2-ethanedithiol-going up to selenophenol, baths for such originators of illogical, needless and totally pointless rules/policies that force others into  being inconvenienced. As a general principle,  regardless of who/what and where.

 And right along the scale of 'this bloody policy is both utterly pointless, and as stated, turning otherwise potentially good...err...potentially useful humanoid NT beings into drones, and on the far end of that nasty little peeve of a scale, the ones responsible, can go get sprayed with telluroacetone ( grub fascists to homicidally hungry, I could cheerfully douse the prick responsible from the lower, naturally occuring rectum, to the one that spews such a gout of feculent verbal liquid excreta saturated waste of perfectly good O2 in the result of cracking open telluro-acetone trimer to the monomer, assuming the Te compound is actually stable. , and forcing choice between things like egg mcmuffins and other awful sins against gastrointestinal systems the world over that are attached to cheapskates in a rush to get some FUCKING FOOD DAMMIT! THere is NOTHING I can eat short of fries and milkshakes etc. on that breakfast menu those nosh-hollowcaust-enfocing national socialists force on people in the morning.

In the short time before  I KNEW I would lose all appetite for the day, snarky, utterly w/o use, or fired it (some populations of lestat's un-holy demented cultist flock think it would be a righteous act to disembowel the guilty, politically correct pestilent incarnations with a feces-covered rusty teaspoon; and-or A couple of WP and beehive flechette rounds repeatedly, over an over in the fires of perdition :P


Main things  I bought were some music CDs, a new stereo to play them on, 3x5pill packs of pyrazolam, and one of etizolam. Along with a couple of g of ching for some pre-RX'day vein candy, and a bit over a quarter oz of some nutritious and delicious 'rather special' green plant buds. And lol...quarter oz? each eighth turned out to weigh almost a Q in and of itself on my digiscales.

Also bought a few bottles of codeine based cough mixture, and some DHC tabs (useful only after a cold water extraction, in which dissolves the extremely soluble opiates that ilk, whilst paracetamol which is the usual adulterant simply precipitates out if one simply immerses the tabs. Ground up or otherwise, but it isn't needed, they fall apart, and all is the needed to stir it up good, let all the APAP float around, then back in the fridge to settle down on  the bottom of an insoluble precipitate of APAP.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 08, 2014, 02:06:23 AM
Various sanding and polishing tools.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 08, 2014, 04:36:44 AM
Day is just starting for me, so I just got dressed, dragged myself to the doctor, got
my scripts for my weekly goodie-bag, bought a daily mail and two loaves of brown bread.

I really, really, really did NOT want to wake up, get up, dress, or do anything other than slouch my way to the fridge for a cold drink, and freezer for ice cubes to make it nice and icy. Didn't want to move one bit, after spending all yesterday and last night slamming some of the most ass-flattening potential I have ever had the good fortune to enter my veins. FUCK that shit was strong as hell, surprised me.

So I benzo-ed myself out cold with a few packets of pyrazolam and etizolam and however far I made it through that one bong I packed, before I felt myself hit with the force of a ten-ton fluffy feather pillow. In fact I woke up late to collect my scripted meds, just got home, and sitting down with my feet up, listening to my b/day (belated a bit true but hey, better late than never) gift to self, a special edition of one of Otep's albums, and a bunch of cheap selections music wise aside, got a copy of one of nevermore's albums. Sadly they didn't have that one I truly went for, the one containing 'psalm of Lydia', but 'inside four walls' and 'narcosynthesis' by them are still on it, and are some of my favourite songs by nevermore.


Contemplating buying myself a dangerous animal licence (DWA licence for the UK), so as I can have this petshop I know of, one that really seems good in the way it treats its animals, and on their welfare hunt down that cute wee scorpion I'm after, Parabuthus transvaalicus, one of the african fat-tailed scorpions, not the truly lethally toxic ones that are usually called fat tailed scorpions, those reside within the genus Androctonus. Parabuthus .T is one amazing scorpion, it alone, save possibly for others of its genus, among all scorpion species is capable of spitting venom. Well not truly spitting for it comes not from the mouth, but from the tail. Just like a cobra, piss it off or ill treat it, and it will give a warning shot if from a distance, consisting of a jet of scorpion venom launched, cobra-fashion (lesser range and visual acuity its true, but an arthropod cannot expect to live up to the targeting and range par excellence, compound eyes and all. But it's no shabby little jihadi wannabe sniper to say the least.



And coming home, got my stuff prepped....mmmmwoowwwowwowow that was amazing. I truly needed that big fat shot of morphine with a little oxy mixed in on the top to ice the cake and give the morph a bit of a harder punch:)

Could not help myself but lie back in the computer chair and sigh with pleasure :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 08, 2014, 06:09:00 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 07, 2014, 04:30:29 PM

More wood glue, several packs of sanding belts, six new router bits, a new battery operated (DeWalt) drill/driver and some acrylic wood filler.

Quote from: odeon on July 08, 2014, 02:06:23 AM
Various sanding and polishing tools.

Sounds like some people are starting some projects  anything interesting?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 09, 2014, 02:06:55 AM
Quote from: Parts on July 08, 2014, 06:09:00 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 07, 2014, 04:30:29 PM

More wood glue, several packs of sanding belts, six new router bits, a new battery operated (DeWalt) drill/driver and some acrylic wood filler.

Quote from: odeon on July 08, 2014, 02:06:23 AM
Various sanding and polishing tools.

Sounds like some people are starting some projects  anything interesting?

Getting the projector in shape, that's all. There's some surface oxidation that needs to be addressed since the booth was not properly insulated for years, before last year's big booth insulation project.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 10, 2014, 02:06:48 AM
Bought a different type of pillow for my head.
Don't like how it feels when I lay my head on it, thinking about sleep. But, I fall asleep soon, and I wake much more rested. Aching in my shoulders and neck is slowly getting less too. And thus, less pain in my arms and fingers.

Why my calves, feet and toes are feeling better too, I don't know, but I do not mind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 12, 2014, 02:53:55 AM
Bought this young cheese made of goat's milk at a proper cheesemonger yesterday. It's gorgeously delicious. Probably going to eat the whole chunk this evening (with a nice glass of tawny port).

 ("
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 12, 2014, 01:10:04 PM
Carburetor cleaner
Lawn mower gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 12, 2014, 07:14:31 PM
Quote from: lutra on July 12, 2014, 02:53:55 AM
Bought this young cheese made of goat's milk at a proper cheesemonger yesterday. It's gorgeously delicious. Probably going to eat the whole chunk this evening (with a nice glass of tawny port).

 ("

What time should I be over?  I love port.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 12, 2014, 08:49:14 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 12, 2014, 07:14:31 PM
Quote from: lutra on July 12, 2014, 02:53:55 AM
Bought this young cheese made of goat's milk at a proper cheesemonger yesterday. It's gorgeously delicious. Probably going to eat the whole chunk this evening (with a nice glass of tawny port).

 ("

What time should I be over?  I love port.

Me too...and cheese. :heart:

Enjoy yourself lutra. 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 13, 2014, 01:45:16 AM
Bought cage nuts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 13, 2014, 03:17:09 AM
Did enjoy myself.. there's still some cheese.. and some port left.  (http://www.intensitysquared.com/shoutBox/img/emoticons/eek.png)


Some way, somehow.. I went in early yestereve. Missed the football match too.  (http://www.intensitysquared.com/shoutBox/img/emoticons/eek.png)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 13, 2014, 05:44:18 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 12, 2014, 08:49:14 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 12, 2014, 07:14:31 PM
Quote from: lutra on July 12, 2014, 02:53:55 AM
Bought this young cheese made of goat's milk at a proper cheesemonger yesterday. It's gorgeously delicious. Probably going to eat the whole chunk this evening (with a nice glass of tawny port).

 ("

What time should I be over?  I love port.

Me too...and cheese. :heart:

Enjoy yourself lutra. 8)

Would you like three I2 ladies over for a port and cheese visit, Lutra?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 13, 2014, 06:02:41 AM
*starts tidying his place up* :laugh:

Well, you're welcome. There's a nice (dry/duh) white wine as well.

Mmmm, how many bottles and how much cheese must I fetch, I'm wondering now.

*lahlahlah*

("
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 13, 2014, 07:06:33 AM
Some connectors and adapters for a pressure washer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 13, 2014, 06:31:14 PM
Quote from: lutra on July 13, 2014, 06:02:41 AM
*starts tidying his place up* :laugh:

Well, you're welcome. There's a nice (dry/duh) white wine as well.

Mmmm, how many bottles and how much cheese must I fetch, I'm wondering now.

*lahlahlah*

("

 :party:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 14, 2014, 01:38:31 AM
Bought a Raspberry Pi (http://www.raspberrypi.org/) computer, on a whim.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 14, 2014, 03:53:53 AM
CDs,  otep, enter shikari, nevermore, several bags of candy, got a big bag of aniseed balls that happened to be in a pharmacy I went to, to get a box of co-dydramol for a cold-water extraction of the dihydrocodeine. A box of rounds for my revolver.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 14, 2014, 08:29:06 AM
Finally broke down and bought a new laser printer...will be here tomorrow.

The ancient HP 5L (Sept 1995) has taken to printing gibberish lately, sucking up about 4 sheets at a time, or printing stuff at random 2 hours later. I don't think I can save it this time...  :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 14, 2014, 11:00:58 AM
31.111 gallon of gas  $118.50 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 15, 2014, 02:25:53 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 14, 2014, 08:29:06 AM
Finally broke down and bought a new laser printer...will be here tomorrow.

The ancient HP 5L (Sept 1995) has taken to printing gibberish lately, sucking up about 4 sheets at a time, or printing stuff at random 2 hours later. I don't think I can save it this time...  :(

(http://www.technologybloggers.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Smashing-Printer.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 15, 2014, 04:46:21 AM
Some music CDs and a few grams of...errmm....south american white gold nasal-powder, and some OTC (head shop) benzo sedatives, one an anxiolytic type, etizolam (actually a thienodiazepine, like olanzapine, although not an antipsychotic) and a potently sedative, hypnotic one, pyrazolam, an unscheduled triazolo-benzo (like alprazolam/xanax and halcion/triazolam) although unlike most triazolo's, its pretty long lasting as well as just fucking powerful stuff.

Absolutely WONDERFUL for coke/meth/ethylphenidate shooting sessions, for the comedown.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 15, 2014, 06:15:12 PM
Two tires for the van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on July 15, 2014, 07:19:04 PM
(http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic2072057_md.png)

(http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic1097251.jpg)

(http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic436512_md.jpg)

(http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic353795_md.jpg)


I'm such a game slut.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 16, 2014, 01:28:00 AM
Bought a little box for my Raspberry Pi.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 16, 2014, 01:47:30 AM
Shoes for hiking.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 16, 2014, 02:08:54 AM
I'm going hiking next week, got it planned for my old man, my uncle to come and hike round this huge reservoir, nicknamed 'starving reservoir' until the old fart recently found out where it was again and what its name is (I can't remember).

It got that nickname from when we went hiking round it when I was in my mid teens or so, we had walked, and walked, and walked and WALKED for many, many hours, and by the time we got back to civilization (or its periphery at least), we were so hungry I felt as though I was almost going to collapse in a heap.

Got to a pub, only for them to be closing up shop right as we got there, but, kindly they let us in to buy ourselves (or in my case be bought, as I was too young then to buy my own drink) a cold pint, on a hot day; and a plate of nosh. Mana from heaven, absolute heaven in a pint glass and plate. I'd have been about ready to ram-raid the pub I was that hungry, if they hadn't taken kindly to us poor bedraggled, ravenous travellers and steal every last snack in the place, not to mention drain a large proportion of beer straight from the keg and down my neck :D

Going back there again next tuesday, just after I pick up (and shoot up) my meds, but this time, taking some food and drink with us in the backpack(s?) and stopping to fuel up with a pint or two and a cake before we go off.

I'm looking forward to it though, hoping I'll find a bag or two of mushrooms to take home at least, and cook up for tea.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on July 16, 2014, 07:05:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 15, 2014, 02:25:53 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 14, 2014, 08:29:06 AM
Finally broke down and bought a new laser printer...will be here tomorrow.

The ancient HP 5L (Sept 1995) has taken to printing gibberish lately, sucking up about 4 sheets at a time, or printing stuff at random 2 hours later. I don't think I can save it this time...  :(

(http://www.technologybloggers.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Smashing-Printer.jpg)

Your Printer is a Brat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQGtucrJ8hM#ws)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 16, 2014, 07:27:59 AM
Great, now you have to print the document twice. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 18, 2014, 07:30:15 PM
A half gallon of naphtha
A package of 0000 steel wool
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 19, 2014, 03:53:39 PM
Some methiopropamine, an analog of methamphetamine where a thiophene ring replaces phenyl.

Not got a half bad rush to it when shot IV. Having fun so far. Wish I had had enough money for a bit more than I got though, all gone now, still, got four good shots out of the bag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on July 19, 2014, 07:18:54 PM
A bike!

And then I ran over a screw so I bought a wheel repair kit and a Michelin tube.

I also had bought front and back lights, a black military-style helmet, and a bike lock.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 19, 2014, 07:52:17 PM
That's awesome. Not the flat tire part, but anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 22, 2014, 02:17:03 PM
A cheap Cen-tech pin pointer from Harbor Freight.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 22, 2014, 06:14:07 PM
Some almond crush pocky sticks. 

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YLFwd-ioL._AA160_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 26, 2014, 08:46:06 AM
Google Chromecast
HDMI cord
Mini keyboard
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 26, 2014, 08:52:27 AM
A new entertainment system :zoinks:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN3016_zps36d509ea.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN3016_zps36d509ea.jpg.html)

Both work fine but the record player needs a bit of love cosmetically  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 26, 2014, 08:55:15 AM
Quote from: Parts on July 26, 2014, 08:52:27 AM
A new entertainment system :zoinks:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN3016_zps36d509ea.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN3016_zps36d509ea.jpg.html)

Both work fine but the record player needs a bit of love cosmetically  :green:

Wonderful.  Now you and the missus can have dance when the power is out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 26, 2014, 09:26:01 AM
Quote from: Lestat on July 14, 2014, 03:53:53 AM
CDs,  otep, enter shikari, nevermore, several bags of candy, got a big bag of aniseed balls that happened to be in a pharmacy I went to, to get a box of co-dydramol for a cold-water extraction of the dihydrocodeine. A box of rounds for my revolver.

  Please tell more about the gun, and about your marksmanship!   :litigious:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 26, 2014, 07:39:55 PM
Green beans and fresh asparagus for dipping, fresh fruit, wine, salsa

For a get-together at someone's house.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 27, 2014, 01:14:31 AM
I bought a fancy-assed Crosman target style pump powered air pistol in .77 caliber to support my sons latest hyper-autistic interest in weaponry.

I brought home a huge television shipping carton and cut a piece of plywood to place in it to use as a backstop. I have it filled with pillow foam to stop the pellets we shoot and most we will re-use, since the pillow stuffing will keep most of the pellets from hitting the impenetrable wood backing and becoming too deformed to put back into the pistol.

He draws all his own targets (dinosaurs, bad anime characters, senators, ugly actors etc, well he is fifteen, going on eight, but showing promise) and I am teaching him how to shoot properly.

This is step one on the way to the extensive training I have had where he will eventually be able to shoot while running and still bullseye another moving target. Having this kind of confidence is the only way we Concealed weapon carriers can safely protect ourselves and the ones we love. I am filled with hope that he will someday become as confident and proficient as I am with all forms of personal defense weaponry.

I am glad we have finally gotten to this point. Hey, he is not so bad, after getting over the energetic rush of actually holding a weapon in his hand for the first few times. and just spraying his pellets everywhere. He is calming down and learning to squeeze a trigger.
I also have a really old pump rifle that he is using, but he has a hard time with the strength it takes to work that weapon/toy.
 :dunno:
I have tried to get him away from the books to do basic exercise, but wtf does a dad know? The boy needs more strength to work a weapon, but his interest has just begun and his interest in developing strength in his body has not yet.

I am waiting for the right girl to come into his life and stimulate his testosterone. LOLOL

ANY way this little Crosman shoots a 12 grain pellet at four hundred to six hundred feet per second (depending upon how many times you can pump it. It is pretty damn hard to pump it up all the way) and it will help to develop basic skills needed to step up to larger caliber types of weaponry.


EDIT:

Sorry, guys, but I did not buy a pump actuated pistol that shoots a "larger than three quarters of an inch in diameter" pellet by using a hand powered air pump.

HOL:Y SHIT!, You guys must think I am insane. 

The actual caliber of the air pistol is .177, a bit smaller that a typical .22 pistol, shoots a lighter pellet, but it can go at six hundred fifty feet per second with three pumps. Really cool, but it is not the size of a twenty gauge shotgun. It is actually close to 4.5mm in diameter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 28, 2014, 10:15:10 AM
A new rug (160x240cms/€40,-) for in the bedroom. Feelz nice and super-soft underneath 'me' feet. Bought myself a bottle of (pale) pink whine, macadamia nuts, croissant and some shaving foam also.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 01, 2014, 06:48:59 AM
Second door for the first floor's hallway is in:
(http://www.lundia.nl/files/cache/90fa46bb1f9a5f79935f39b2726f329f_f340.jpg)

Simple.. the way I like it..

Was motivated to cut a few centimetres off the bottom and then primer the fucker but.. 'the mad heat' is there again today.

Going to mount my mountain bike instead. Forest or lake side?

*flips a coin*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 01, 2014, 03:43:20 PM
Two new Trackfones for the PR and me, additional minutes.

Cherries and bananas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 01, 2014, 04:51:42 PM
Do share QV, those are some of my favourite fruit. Been good this year for cherries, been really big, fat, ripe and juicy. Theres an open air market stall sometimes in manchester city center that sells cherries for just one pound per tub, I bought some the last time I was in town to snack on on the way home. I think I might go there and see whats on offer tomorrow. A quid per tub is a fantastic price for cherries, they are really expensive in the supermarkets. Plain greed if you ask me, when they can be sold at such lower prices as they go for in town.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 01, 2014, 08:25:37 PM
Not sure how much a quid is (Queens don't carry money), but the cherries were relatively dirt cheap at $2.99 a pound (454 KG 1.78 money pounds).  They're still on sale, so I'll buy some more and try freezing them after pitting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 01, 2014, 09:46:44 PM
Quid=1 pound stirling.

I just haven't got a pound character on my keyboard, pressing shift+the key to write the pound char. results in a hash instead, but using the actual hash key doesn't produce the opposite char.

But the cherries cost a pound per pot. I might get some tomorrow/this coming morning, when I go to town to pick up some fun for the weekend
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 07, 2014, 08:29:22 PM
A High Volume Low Pressure spray gun and a regulator
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 09, 2014, 03:49:55 PM
A load of stuff at tag sales today including
A four inch bench vise
Three Snap-On wenches
A Nintendo N64
A steel M1 army helmet
2 Kevlar army helmets a M9 and a M6
A battery operated fan
And some more tools
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 09, 2014, 06:41:34 PM
Some arts and crafts doodads
Some beads and items for my cosplay
Books
3 tops
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 11, 2014, 10:51:07 AM
I bought books.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on August 11, 2014, 03:58:19 PM
I think I am going to buy a second pair of headphones. The guest can use mine, and I'll have another pair.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 11, 2014, 04:00:59 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on August 11, 2014, 03:58:19 PM
I think I am going to buy a second pair of headphones. The guest can use mine, and I'll have another pair.
:thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on August 11, 2014, 06:13:35 PM
Comic-Con Exclusive Jabba the Hutt Throne Room with Salacious Crumb.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on August 11, 2014, 07:36:12 PM
New Sony headphones...they were on sale, only 15.99

Pretty good sound, and good fit. Foldable and light which will make them easy to transport.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 12, 2014, 11:39:11 AM
Chocolate, some school stuff for the young ladies, and underwear for me. I was in dire need.

Had the luck to stumble on un-priced high quality brand stuff, that they decided I could take with me for 50cts a piece. Bought some boy-shorts I like on top of that. So, I am set for a while again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on August 12, 2014, 02:28:16 PM
Boy shorts are pretty hawt!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 13, 2014, 01:35:43 PM
I bought a t-shirt at Heathrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 13, 2014, 01:47:55 PM
Bought myself a new chopping/cutting board today.
(http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto550-PP7IEDOI.jpg)
Chef's knife and sharpening steel are new-ish too. Bought them as a set online plus/minus 2 months ago. The knife is really awesome and the sharpest thing I've ever had in my possession, I think. One cannot be even a little bit distracted or.. absent-minded for less than a second using this kitchen instrument .. and I try² be aware of that every time I chop up some veggies or a piece of beef, for instance.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 17, 2014, 06:32:32 PM
Have fun with those 'snap on wenches' ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 23, 2014, 03:32:19 AM
A male 37-pin D-sub.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 23, 2014, 09:32:07 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 23, 2014, 03:32:19 AM
A male 37-pin D-sub.

That sounds like a weird bra size.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 23, 2014, 01:04:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 23, 2014, 03:32:19 AM
A male 37-pin D-sub.

Kinky :eyebrows: 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 23, 2014, 01:10:09 PM
Beer :2thumbsup:

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN3028_zpsb5cfc43d.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN3028_zpsb5cfc43d.jpg.html)

Five dollars for a unopened six pack from 1977 :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on August 23, 2014, 01:14:20 PM
Oh, good lord NO!!!  :fp:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 23, 2014, 02:17:28 PM
I sold an empty six pack of Crystal Pepsi  for $10 and sell empty Billy beer cans for a dollar.   A full unopened six pack should bring in about $20 and the novelty of it will bring people to the table,  so it's far from a  :fp: for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:12:43 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 23, 2014, 01:04:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 23, 2014, 03:32:19 AM
A male 37-pin D-sub.

Kinky :eyebrows:

There is a female counterpart, too. Dolby porn. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 24, 2014, 01:13:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:12:43 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 23, 2014, 01:04:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 23, 2014, 03:32:19 AM
A male 37-pin D-sub.

Kinky :eyebrows:

There is a female counterpart, too. Dolby porn. :zoinks:
:needpics:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:15:08 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 24, 2014, 01:13:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:12:43 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 23, 2014, 01:04:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 23, 2014, 03:32:19 AM
A male 37-pin D-sub.

Kinky :eyebrows:

There is a female counterpart, too. Dolby porn. :zoinks:
:needpics:

(http://www.electronicplus.com/images/products/37MF-6.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:15:44 AM
Bought shielded signal cable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2014, 12:54:37 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:15:44 AM
Bought shielded signal cable.

One does what one must to keep them from reproducing (unnatural noise that is.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 24, 2014, 01:34:14 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:15:08 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 24, 2014, 01:13:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:12:43 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 23, 2014, 01:04:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 23, 2014, 03:32:19 AM
A male 37-pin D-sub.

Kinky :eyebrows:

There is a female counterpart, too. Dolby porn. :zoinks:
:needpics:

(http://www.electronicplus.com/images/products/37MF-6.jpg)

Where's the lube?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 24, 2014, 05:29:39 PM
Four light weight saw horse style table legs for the flea market
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 24, 2014, 10:44:47 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 24, 2014, 01:34:14 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:15:08 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 24, 2014, 01:13:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 24, 2014, 01:12:43 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 23, 2014, 01:04:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 23, 2014, 03:32:19 AM
A male 37-pin D-sub.

Kinky :eyebrows:

There is a female counterpart, too. Dolby porn. :zoinks:
:needpics:

(http://www.electronicplus.com/images/products/37MF-6.jpg)

Where's the lube?

None needed. :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on August 25, 2014, 01:11:15 AM
Won by the Sword, a 30 years war operational game




(http://www.gmtgames.com/gc30yw/WonSwordP500-1(RBM).jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 26, 2014, 08:13:04 PM
a small ornamental pepper plant
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on September 16, 2014, 01:02:38 PM
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFgxMDI0/z/drcAAOSwq7JUE5x3/$_57.JPG)

Bought it at the flea market for $20...

Unfortunately, the sheath doesn't hold the knife very well. It holds the axe fine though. Its a good sharp axe...real nice for cutting bark off of logs. It's technically cutlery, but I'm not a hunter...so using it for plants and trees mainly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 16, 2014, 01:20:23 PM
An LED light bulb to upgrade an old flashlight I have
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 17, 2014, 12:20:27 AM
Bought a measuring microphone and a patchbay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on September 17, 2014, 07:36:18 AM
A pedal bin (I bought.. half an hour ago).
(http://www.ikea.com/it/it/images/products/strapats-pattumiera-a-pedale__0191015_PE344541_S4.JPG)
When you press the pedal it yawns.  :yawn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 17, 2014, 07:46:11 AM
:laugh:

It's constantly tired, poor thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 17, 2014, 05:07:08 PM
175 2.5 inch tapered wooden plugs  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 17, 2014, 05:47:25 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 17, 2014, 05:07:08 PM
175 2.5 inch tapered wooden plugs  :zoinks:

I'm thinking there's some hole plugging in your future.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 17, 2014, 06:02:03 PM
At 2.5", won't that be a bit disappointing?? ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 17, 2014, 06:35:53 PM
Quote from: Pappy Boyington on September 17, 2014, 06:02:03 PM
At 2.5", won't that be a bit disappointing?? ;D

I'd like to take this moment to quote my good ole buddy, Puke.  :lol1:

Quote from: 神 on November 02, 2013, 04:44:46 PM
It is about length though, not girth.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on September 21, 2014, 05:15:31 PM
card for my sister's birthday woah she's 28 time goes by so quickly...gave her my ishuffle as a present and bought myself a sandisk 4GB sports clip...and a bunch of clothing from Victoria's Secret oh lordy keep me away from there clearance section on the web  :headhurts:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 21, 2014, 05:17:56 PM
Quote from: Hannah on September 21, 2014, 05:15:31 PM
card for my sister's birthday woah she's 28 time goes by so quickly...gave her my ishuffle as a present and bought myself a sandisk 4GB sports clip...and a bunch of clothing from Victoria's Secret oh lordy keep me away from there clearance section on the web  :headhurts:

So you bought yourself some cool stuff for your sister's birthday, and gave her your used crap?  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on September 21, 2014, 05:24:05 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on September 21, 2014, 05:17:56 PM
Quote from: Hannah on September 21, 2014, 05:15:31 PM
card for my sister's birthday woah she's 28 time goes by so quickly...gave her my ishuffle as a present and bought myself a sandisk 4GB sports clip...and a bunch of clothing from Victoria's Secret oh lordy keep me away from there clearance section on the web  :headhurts:

So you bought yourself some cool stuff for your sister's birthday, and gave her your used crap?  :lol1:

Well it was gently used and not crap heh...but hey she's a mom now and such so didn't mind  :thumbup: her kid is so freaking cute heh the little thing is smart and it's so funny when he spits up on her ha
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 21, 2014, 05:30:20 PM
Quote from: Hannah on September 21, 2014, 05:24:05 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on September 21, 2014, 05:17:56 PM
Quote from: Hannah on September 21, 2014, 05:15:31 PM
card for my sister's birthday woah she's 28 time goes by so quickly...gave her my ishuffle as a present and bought myself a sandisk 4GB sports clip...and a bunch of clothing from Victoria's Secret oh lordy keep me away from there clearance section on the web  :headhurts:

So you bought yourself some cool stuff for your sister's birthday, and gave her your used crap?  :lol1:

Well it was gently used and not crap heh...but hey she's a mom now and such so didn't mind  :thumbup: her kid is so freaking cute heh the little thing is smart and it's so funny when he spits up on her ha

So then yes.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 22, 2014, 12:42:33 AM
Quote from: lutra on September 17, 2014, 07:36:18 AM
A pedal bin (I bought.. half an hour ago).
(http://www.ikea.com/it/it/images/products/strapats-pattumiera-a-pedale__0191015_PE344541_S4.JPG)
When you press the pedal it yawns.  :yawn:
I have one of those in my bedroom, very handy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 28, 2014, 05:42:23 AM
A new cane.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 28, 2014, 06:10:24 AM
Breakfast at the dinner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on October 02, 2014, 06:26:23 PM
Basic Toiletries, old spice deodorant (the only one that works for me I've tried all the others) Poise pads thin liners, decongestants for lovely allergies...

Refilled my dunken dough-nuts card for coffee as theres is good coffee

Amazon dot com thus far:

Cafe Bustelo Can 10 OZ (espresso coffee)  :laugh:

and a book: The Mystery of the Shemitah: The 3,000-Year-Old Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future, the World's Future, and Your Future!

the title is corny Mr. Chan needs some advice with eh never-mind...the last book he wrote was a good read regardless of the cover... :yarly:

Music from Amazon Mp3:

Bonfire by: Spzrkt (Good stuff)  :2thumbsup:

Really I spend the most on music related stuff...that and Victoria's Secret but with VS I really am hitting a dry spell like I don't want to by another set of undies, shirts, yoga pants etc from them for a month or so...just normal I suppose...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 02, 2014, 08:22:04 PM
Twelve half liter bottles Coke
A jar of cherry peppers stuffed with Prosciutto and aged Provolone
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 03, 2014, 06:31:46 PM
A spray foam insulation kit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 04, 2014, 08:42:05 AM
A gel fireplace off of Craigslist.

Now I just need to buy the gel for it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 04, 2014, 08:55:21 AM
I want to see your gel fireplace!! :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 04, 2014, 10:34:51 AM
Chocolate. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 04, 2014, 12:05:45 PM
Lunch for the family from out  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on October 04, 2014, 12:33:44 PM
A bottle of Altenmunster Festbeir.   8)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8014/7701821040_f683d6d771.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 04, 2014, 02:19:21 PM
A 2006 Subaru Legacy, well I cosigned for it anyway, for one of my sons.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 04, 2014, 03:43:37 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 04, 2014, 02:19:21 PM
A 2006 Subaru Legacy, well I cosigned for it anyway, for one of my sons.

Did you get a test drive?

Fireplace...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/fireplace_zps5fd66b61.jpg)

It's parked downstairs for now until I can get the furniture re-arranged in the living room. :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on October 04, 2014, 04:11:45 PM
That's pretty. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 04, 2014, 04:16:57 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 04, 2014, 03:43:37 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 04, 2014, 02:19:21 PM
A 2006 Subaru Legacy, well I cosigned for it anyway, for one of my sons.

Did you get a test drive?

Fireplace...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/fireplace_zps5fd66b61.jpg)

It's parked downstairs for now until I can get the furniture re-arranged in the living room. :GA:

No I just got to go to do paperwork he went with my wife yesterday
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 04, 2014, 08:14:55 PM
Nice fireplace IQ. 

I went to the grocery and picked up a 12 ounce T-Bone steak for PA for Thanksgiving.  Since it was the end of the night they'd marked it down to $1.90 from $11.92.  And some other similarly marked down chuck eye steaks and pork stew meat. Thank heavens for freezers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:15:19 PM


Quote from: Parts on October 04, 2014, 02:19:21 PM
A 2006 Subaru Legacy, well I cosigned for it anyway, for one of my sons.


Great car, it will last him a long time. I recommend getting a second set of wheels and tires with Blizzaks or Nokians for your New England winters. Symmetrical AWD + snow tires = unstoppable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:59:35 PM


I was browsing eBay while drinking, and am now the owner of an E-Type Jaguar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 05, 2014, 12:52:45 AM
I vow never to browse eBay while drunk. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 05, 2014, 02:11:07 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:59:35 PM


I was browsing eBay while drinking, and am now the owner of an E-Type Jaguar.

An actual E-Type? :o

/jealous
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 05, 2014, 09:03:06 AM


Quote from: odeon on October 05, 2014, 02:11:07 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:59:35 PM


I was browsing eBay while drinking, and am now the owner of an E-Type Jaguar.

An actual E-Type? :o

/jealous


Yup. It's a project, but still an E-Type. I've always wanted one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 05, 2014, 12:52:43 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:59:35 PM


I was browsing eBay while drinking, and am now the owner of an E-Type Jaguar.

Wow, will you show pics?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 05, 2014, 12:55:38 PM


Quote from: hykeaswell on October 05, 2014, 12:52:43 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:59:35 PM


I was browsing eBay while drinking, and am now the owner of an E-Type Jaguar.

Wow, will you show pics?


It's on a truck on its way here from across the country. When I get it here I'll take some pics.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 05, 2014, 01:01:50 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 05, 2014, 12:55:38 PM


Quote from: hykeaswell on October 05, 2014, 12:52:43 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:59:35 PM


I was browsing eBay while drinking, and am now the owner of an E-Type Jaguar.

Wow, will you show pics?


It's on a truck on its way here from across the country. When I get it here I'll take some pics.

Nice.

Got one of my girls a scale model of the E type last year. One of her absolute favourite cars.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 05, 2014, 01:15:32 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:15:19 PM


Quote from: Parts on October 04, 2014, 02:19:21 PM
A 2006 Subaru Legacy, well I cosigned for it anyway, for one of my sons.


Great car, it will last him a long time. I recommend getting a second set of wheels and tires with Blizzaks or Nokians for your New England winters. Symmetrical AWD + snow tires = unstoppable.

Thanks for the info on the tires I will tell him.  Nice to see you around :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 05, 2014, 03:05:48 PM
Thrift store shopping:  4 miniature muffin tins, Easter decorations, purse, scarf, Sweeney Todd DVD, pants.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 05, 2014, 08:09:45 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:59:35 PM


I was browsing eBay while drinking, and am now the owner of an E-Type Jaguar.

Awesome.  :thumbup:

I've always loved those too.

Bought a hard drive....

"Hard drive error...blah blah blah....Imminent failure...blah blah blah." :yawn: I wonder if that's going to be imminent tomorrow or imminent next year this time around?

Yep, it's fucked, thought I heard a death rattle the other night, was hoping the cooling pad just sucked in some cat hair...guess not.

Oh well...it's backed up, and I have the recovery discs.  :voodoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 05, 2014, 11:16:42 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 05, 2014, 09:03:06 AM


Quote from: odeon on October 05, 2014, 02:11:07 AM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 04, 2014, 10:59:35 PM


I was browsing eBay while drinking, and am now the owner of an E-Type Jaguar.

An actual E-Type? :o

/jealous


Yup. It's a project, but still an E-Type. I've always wanted one.

Model year? Engine? Tell us more.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 06, 2014, 05:54:34 PM


It's a 1970 2+2 coupe with the 4.2 inline six. Not exactly the year or body style I wanted, but hey, still an E-Type. Just got a call today saying it should be delivered tomorrow. I'll take some pics as I'm sitting in it drinking beer and making engine noises.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on October 06, 2014, 08:34:31 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 06, 2014, 05:54:34 PM


It's a 1970 2+2 coupe with the 4.2 inline six. Not exactly the year or body style I wanted, but hey, still an E-Type. Just got a call today saying it should be delivered tomorrow. I'll take some pics as I'm sitting in it drinking beer and making engine noises.

Make sure you buy plenty of drip pans to put underneath it when it's parked.   :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 06, 2014, 11:21:45 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 06, 2014, 05:54:34 PM


It's a 1970 2+2 coupe with the 4.2 inline six. Not exactly the year or body style I wanted, but hey, still an E-Type. Just got a call today saying it should be delivered tomorrow. I'll take some pics as I'm sitting in it drinking beer and making engine noises.

1970 is a great MY. It's actually drivable, from what I hear.

Though my Jaguar mechanic says that they are all a pain to service because they break down all the time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: bodie on October 07, 2014, 01:57:04 AM
Lurch went to Germany and he returned with a gift for me.  It is a hand crank music box which plays Beethoven's Für Elise.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on October 07, 2014, 10:29:27 AM
a swiffer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 07, 2014, 11:32:47 AM
Quote from: Hannah on October 07, 2014, 10:29:27 AM
a swiffer

Those dusters are the best thing for killing spiders....ever. :zoinks:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 07, 2014, 01:52:16 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 07, 2014, 11:32:47 AM
Quote from: Hannah on October 07, 2014, 10:29:27 AM
a swiffer

Those dusters are the best thing for killing spiders....ever. :zoinks:

Your vacuum-cleaner collection starts to make sense to me, all of a sudden. :blonde:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 08, 2014, 07:21:51 PM
A battle axe if I ever decide to cosplay as Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 08, 2014, 07:37:33 PM


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20141008_120611.jpg)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20141008_113536.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Zippo on October 08, 2014, 07:43:50 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 08, 2014, 07:37:33 PM

images

that... looks like it needs a new... errything.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 08, 2014, 08:46:52 PM
Once fixed up, that car will be awesome. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 08, 2014, 09:18:16 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 08, 2014, 07:37:33 PM


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20141008_120611.jpg)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20141008_113536.jpg)

It looks pretty solid I will say that. :thumbup:

Now start looking around for another one that's rotted out to cannibalize from.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 08, 2014, 11:25:30 PM
A DIY if I ever saw one. Cool, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 09, 2014, 12:30:36 AM
Nothing to ad here. Cool it is.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on October 09, 2014, 09:04:40 AM
Yeah, car is super cool.

~

(Finally) I bought a new mattress, a slatted bed base and a pillow p/m an hour ago. In two weeks time they will be delivered at home.

Totally fed up with the mattresses I own at the moment.  :finger:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 09, 2014, 01:57:08 PM
Well, we know where EBM will be for the next few years.  Dad was fixing up a Studebaker Challenger for years. and years. and years.  But it's a lot of fun and satisfaction.

lutra, hope you have sweet dreams with the new bed.  Why 2 weeks for delivery?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on October 09, 2014, 05:30:52 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 08, 2014, 07:37:33 PM


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20141008_120611.jpg)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20141008_113536.jpg)
Nice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on October 09, 2014, 05:35:26 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 08, 2014, 07:37:33 PM


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20141008_120611.jpg)


(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/hafftrak/20141008_113536.jpg)

Looks like a good candidate for a Chevy small block and an M-22 rock crusher with a Hurst shifter and a Ford 9" in the back.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: awiddershinlife on October 09, 2014, 10:07:21 PM
Quote from: Jack on October 09, 2014, 05:30:52 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 08, 2014, 07:37:33 PM

Nice.
I don't recognize this car. Tell me more...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 09, 2014, 11:04:28 PM
It's a Jaguar E-Type. It's one of the most iconic car models ever.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 09, 2014, 11:05:31 PM
I bought it earlier but my new cane finally arrived.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: awiddershinlife on October 10, 2014, 08:32:09 PM
What year is your Jag?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 11, 2014, 03:11:46 AM
2004
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 11, 2014, 01:30:01 PM
Nice car,  one of my grandmother's neighbors had one of those  when I was a kid.

I bought bird seed to fill the feeders now that its getting colder
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: awiddershinlife on October 11, 2014, 01:39:31 PM
I bought a cat door. Trying to get my new home all pet friendly
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 16, 2014, 11:31:32 PM
Bought a cake.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 17, 2014, 12:03:22 AM
I bought a fucking awesome (Chinese, sorry to the flag and shit) fairly heavy duty table saw.

I have not even gotten it all set to square and stable yet, but I really like it and it pretty much blows away any Craftsman, or whatever other affordable saw I have looked at.

Got it at Big Lots.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 17, 2014, 03:38:45 PM
Shorts and Tshirt for the PR's Halloween costume
a glittery top for her in case she ever needs it.
A red and black corset for me for if I ever (HA!) lose weight. It's only about 8 inches too small for me. 

The shorts were $2.50, the tops were $3.00 each.  Too good to pass up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 18, 2014, 04:07:28 PM
Groceries, and walnuts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on October 18, 2014, 04:12:46 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 18, 2014, 04:07:28 PM
Groceries, and walnuts.

Why are the walnuts separate? :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 18, 2014, 04:23:37 PM
Quote from: Semicolon on October 18, 2014, 04:12:46 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 18, 2014, 04:07:28 PM
Groceries, and walnuts.

Why are the walnuts separate? :orly:

They took just as much space as the amount of my weekend groceries, in my bicycle bags.

I got word from a farm that they had a little bit of walnuts left for sale, but also that I was free to gather the last bits of fallen nuts for free.

So, the walnuts were not part of average groceries.

edit: fixed quoting mess.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on October 18, 2014, 04:54:50 PM
gotten my nails done (replaces the habit of picking my nails with the habit of rubbing cuticle oil into them) that was 20 for the acrylic fill, clear coat of UV activated gel polish and a five buck tip...the girls there do a great job and never hardly are tipped so I try to do my part...

Filled up my gas tank it's not on full but 2/3 on the dot should have gone to that place where gas is 2.74 per gallon...the prices going down might have something to do with the Nov. 4th elections I have no idea but you never know...I'm filling up while it's cheep...(I do vote but gas has nothing for me at least to do with whom I vote for if it did I'd be really stupid) then again perhaps I give the average person more intelligence benefit of the doubt then I should (but it was on TV or the net that thus and such from xyz party made the gas prices go down)  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 18, 2014, 08:16:35 PM
A headband and a pair of shoes for the PR's Halloween Costume.  Groceries, gas, the usual suspects.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 19, 2014, 01:33:04 PM
Some old tools including a small drill press from the 50s
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 19, 2014, 02:53:01 PM
Another pair of shoes for the PR's Halloween costume (more appropriate), clothes line and pins, groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on October 19, 2014, 04:39:05 PM


Quote from: Hannah on October 18, 2014, 04:54:50 PM
Filled up my gas tank it's not on full but 2/3 on the dot should have gone to that place where gas is 2.74 per gallon...the prices going down might have something to do with the Nov. 4th elections I have no idea but you never know...I'm filling up while it's cheep...(I do vote but gas has nothing for me at least to do with whom I vote for if it did I'd be really stupid) then again perhaps I give the average person more intelligence benefit of the doubt then I should (but it was on TV or the net that thus and such from xyz party made the gas prices go down)  :tard:


I never even look at gas prices... couldn't even tell you what they are right now. I need it, so I buy it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 19, 2014, 05:33:47 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on October 19, 2014, 04:39:05 PM


Quote from: Hannah on October 18, 2014, 04:54:50 PM
Filled up my gas tank it's not on full but 2/3 on the dot should have gone to that place where gas is 2.74 per gallon...the prices going down might have something to do with the Nov. 4th elections I have no idea but you never know...I'm filling up while it's cheep...(I do vote but gas has nothing for me at least to do with whom I vote for if it did I'd be really stupid) then again perhaps I give the average person more intelligence benefit of the doubt then I should (but it was on TV or the net that thus and such from xyz party made the gas prices go down)  :tard:


I never even look at gas prices... couldn't even tell you what they are right now. I need it, so I buy it.

This.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 19, 2014, 07:31:34 PM
A raspberry filled doughnut, a cream filled doughnut and a cup of coffee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 20, 2014, 01:49:10 PM
Impact sockets to replace the ones I loaned out to a friend a couple months ago
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 23, 2014, 12:44:58 AM
Helaes pindakaas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2014, 11:55:13 AM
Shoes for PA 14 Wide (48 Wide in European size).  Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 23, 2014, 08:06:30 PM
Lunch for my brother and nephew
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 23, 2014, 11:51:05 PM
Meds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 24, 2014, 11:44:28 AM
Marked down groceries, miscellaneous household items.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 24, 2014, 06:28:23 PM
Uploaded traveling passes. Bought naproxen and food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 24, 2014, 09:51:08 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 24, 2014, 06:28:23 PM
Uploaded traveling passes. Bought naproxen and food.

Naproxen for the wounded biker?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: awiddershinlife on October 24, 2014, 11:02:23 PM
I am not a shopper, but I have been shopping like a crazy thing. I had to buy scrubs, but i also got a new purse, wallet and small organizer bag (I reach into my purse and lay my hand on exactly the item I want as part of my organizational exoskeleton). I upgraded my pet food. Then I got it in my head that I wanted nothing more than to return to the leggings of the 80s. I walked into a clothing store and to my amazement, there they were. So I bought a tunic and leggings. I am a poor, but happy camper  :lol1: :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 25, 2014, 09:00:55 AM
Quote from: awiddershinlife on October 24, 2014, 11:02:23 PM
I am not a shopper, but I have been shopping like a crazy thing. I had to buy scrubs, but i also got a new purse, wallet and small organizer bag (I reach into my purse and lay my hand on exactly the item I want as part of my organizational exoskeleton). I upgraded my pet food. Then I got it in my head that I wanted nothing more than to return to the leggings of the 80s. I walked into a clothing store and to my amazement, there they were. So I bought a tunic and leggings. I am a poor, but happy camper  :lol1: :lol1:

When I was slender I would wear thermal pants as leggings.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 25, 2014, 11:54:04 AM
A coffee and a Lotto ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on October 25, 2014, 12:33:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 25, 2014, 11:54:04 AM
A coffee and a Lotto ticket

Megamillions, amirite??

I bought one too but the assholes didn't pick my numbers.   >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 25, 2014, 04:31:49 PM
Quote from: Pappy Boyington on October 25, 2014, 12:33:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 25, 2014, 11:54:04 AM
A coffee and a Lotto ticket

Megamillions, amirite??

I bought one too but the assholes didn't pick my numbers.   >:(

When Pappy wins, I call dibs on the first ride in the plane.  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 27, 2014, 01:45:08 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 24, 2014, 09:51:08 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 24, 2014, 06:28:23 PM
Uploaded traveling passes. Bought naproxen and food.

Naproxen for the wounded biker?

Yeah, she reacted heavily on it, alas. Stomach ache, unstoppable belching wearing her out during the night, and overall pain in bowels. So, she now skips it, and is on paracetamol only. There is improvement, thank goodness.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 27, 2014, 02:01:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 27, 2014, 01:45:08 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 24, 2014, 09:51:08 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 24, 2014, 06:28:23 PM
Uploaded traveling passes. Bought naproxen and food.

Naproxen for the wounded biker?

Yeah, she reacted heavily on it, alas. Stomach ache, unstoppable belching wearing her out during the night, and overall pain in bowels. So, she now skips it, and is on paracetamol only. There is improvement, thank goodness.

It's strange how the same medicine can help some folks and really do a number on others.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 27, 2014, 02:08:49 PM
Not a fan of Naproxen, me. NSAIDs don't do much for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 27, 2014, 03:22:45 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 27, 2014, 02:01:28 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 27, 2014, 01:45:08 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 24, 2014, 09:51:08 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 24, 2014, 06:28:23 PM
Uploaded traveling passes. Bought naproxen and food.

Naproxen for the wounded biker?

Yeah, she reacted heavily on it, alas. Stomach ache, unstoppable belching wearing her out during the night, and overall pain in bowels. So, she now skips it, and is on paracetamol only. There is improvement, thank goodness.

It's strange how the same medicine can help some folks and really do a number on others.

Weird thing is that she has had naproxen before, without nasty effects. That is why the doctor suggested it for her.

Quote from: odeon on October 27, 2014, 02:08:49 PM
Not a fan of Naproxen, me. NSAIDs don't do much for me.

Diclofenac, that does do something for me. Last times I took that, I was really pleased with what it did. Ibuprofen never ever did something for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 27, 2014, 05:52:02 PM
A UV flashlight and  electrical parts for some projects
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 27, 2014, 06:15:13 PM
I'm on diclofenic, turmeric, acetaminophen and hydrocodone for general aches and my specific knee pain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 28, 2014, 07:28:53 AM
Gas, batteries, hair dye, misc groceries, and nutella. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 28, 2014, 05:55:11 PM
Halloween candy, a shirt, gauze bandages, wash and blow dry for the PR
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 28, 2014, 06:33:42 PM
More electrical parts
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 03, 2014, 01:28:06 PM
Halloween candy. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 03, 2014, 05:42:03 PM
A small portable compressor to replace the one my brother 'borrowed'
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 03, 2014, 06:08:21 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 03, 2014, 05:42:03 PM
A small portable compressor to replace the one my brother 'borrowed'

My BIL has "borrowed" a couple already. :P

I have a cheap $50 Viair I keep hidden in the truck though that no one knows about. It's really tiny, but it's been the best damn compressor. It's fast and quiet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 03, 2014, 06:28:38 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 03, 2014, 06:08:21 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 03, 2014, 05:42:03 PM
A small portable compressor to replace the one my brother 'borrowed'

My BIL has "borrowed" a couple already. :P

I have a cheap $50 Viair I keep hidden in the truck though that no one knows about. It's really tiny, but it's been the best damn compressor. It's fast and quiet.


Most of the time when people say borrow in my head I hear 'give it to me forever' and still they talk me into it :GA:  A lot of time I just tell them to keep the stuff and give them my junky spares
I need one tomorrow to run a finish nailer so it was get a new one of lug the four foot tall beast of one I have in the basement out to a jobsite. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 12, 2014, 05:37:57 PM
208 gallons of heating oil
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on November 12, 2014, 05:39:15 PM
Four Sonny Chiba films, and Our Kind of Traitor by: John le Carre
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 12, 2014, 07:55:44 PM
Clothes, medicines, some food, etc.  Just some simple survival needs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 13, 2014, 12:54:49 AM
A Radiohead CD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 14, 2014, 08:10:33 PM
More clothes and groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 16, 2014, 05:20:40 AM
Petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on November 16, 2014, 05:25:07 AM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on November 16, 2014, 06:01:01 PM
I filled up my entire tank with 10 percent ethanol gas for 25 bucks  :yarly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 17, 2014, 12:23:39 AM
Quote from: Hannah on November 16, 2014, 06:01:01 PM
I filled up my entire tank with 10 percent ethanol gas for 25 bucks  :yarly:

Unfair. You don't want to know what it costs around here to fill up a tank.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on November 17, 2014, 01:31:37 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 17, 2014, 12:23:39 AM
Quote from: Hannah on November 16, 2014, 06:01:01 PM
I filled up my entire tank with 10 percent ethanol gas for 25 bucks  :yarly:

Unfair. You don't want to know what it costs around here to fill up a tank.

Well if you are in the UK I'm guessing it's 50 us bucks...elsewhere in the us of a no freaking clue
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 17, 2014, 03:04:53 PM
Quote from: Hannah on November 17, 2014, 01:31:37 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 17, 2014, 12:23:39 AM
Quote from: Hannah on November 16, 2014, 06:01:01 PM
I filled up my entire tank with 10 percent ethanol gas for 25 bucks  :yarly:

Unfair. You don't want to know what it costs around here to fill up a tank.

Well if you are in the UK I'm guessing it's 50 us bucks...elsewhere in the us of a no freaking clue

They're dropping here in Pa as well. I was actually a little below 1/4 of a tank last week and was surprised when the pump shut off before $40.

I just may start driving that little blood sucking vampire of mine a lot more.  8) 

Strangely enough I just hit 42,000 on it and it's been getting about 17mpg instead of 12-13 now. I think it's finally starting to get broken in...after only 20 years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 17, 2014, 05:28:22 PM
A furnace filter,  meds for Max's joint issues
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on November 18, 2014, 06:57:18 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 17, 2014, 03:04:53 PM
Quote from: Hannah on November 17, 2014, 01:31:37 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 17, 2014, 12:23:39 AM
Quote from: Hannah on November 16, 2014, 06:01:01 PM
I filled up my entire tank with 10 percent ethanol gas for 25 bucks  :yarly:

Unfair. You don't want to know what it costs around here to fill up a tank.

Well if you are in the UK I'm guessing it's 50 us bucks...elsewhere in the us of a no freaking clue

They're dropping here in Pa as well. I was actually a little below 1/4 of a tank last week and was surprised when the pump shut off before $40.

I just may start driving that little blood sucking vampire of mine a lot more.  8) 

Strangely enough I just hit 42,000 on it and it's been getting about 17mpg instead of 12-13 now. I think it's finally starting to get broken in...after only 20 years.
1.  that few miles in 20 years???
2.  How long was it getting 12-13 MPG?  Any chance that's just because you're not using the a/c any more?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on November 18, 2014, 09:02:33 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 17, 2014, 12:23:39 AM
Quote from: Hannah on November 16, 2014, 06:01:01 PM
I filled up my entire tank with 10 percent ethanol gas for 25 bucks  :yarly:

Unfair. You don't want to know what it costs around here to fill up a tank.

You need to invade Norway. :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 20, 2014, 08:25:00 AM
Nothing yet but heading out soon to get gas  which is around $3 a gallon here now
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 20, 2014, 09:56:57 AM
Quote from: PMS Elle on November 18, 2014, 06:57:18 AM
1.  that few miles in 20 years???
2.  How long was it getting 12-13 MPG?  Any chance that's just because you're not using the a/c any more?

Only 32,000 on it when I bought it a few years back. The original owner (neighbor) has neuropathy in his legs, he basically used it to go to the post office and back and his wife used her car for work. It's basically rust free with the exception of some surface rust on the brush guard on the front...he spent extra for the optional undercoating and it's holding up well.

Might be right about the a/c contributing to it...although I didn't re-charge it this summer so I never used it...slow leak somewhere...it always needs re-charged every season. But I was getting around 13 last year even in the winter. Actually I started noticing a difference after the buggy ABS system was disabled some months back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on November 20, 2014, 01:07:38 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 20, 2014, 09:56:57 AM
Might be right about the a/c contributing to it...although I didn't re-charge it this summer so I never used it...slow leak somewhere...it always needs re-charged every season.

All car A/C systems leak out of the pump shaft seal because that seal depends on a small amount of lubricant to work. The lubricant is mixed in with the refrigerant so when you're not using the A/C, the seal isn't getting lube. If you turn on your A/C periodically through the year, it takes care of this problem.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on November 20, 2014, 02:11:30 PM
-Got my nails done yesterday (or my nails did as the locals say)

-Bought some always bladder protection pads (they rock by the by)

-Some oil free moisturizer (for some stupid reason it's hard to find now without freaking spf 15 in it) no I just want the plain Jane oil free moisturizer not every other dang anti aging, anti what I've never even herd of you xyz under the freaking sun...lord have mercy it's worse then shopping for toothpaste :headhurts:

-Sugar Free Gum two packets (going back for more today because they were on sale)

-Small thing of Lindor truffles for my mom who's had foot surgery and will be home for the next two months (poor dear) She's doing OK though despite having 2 screws in her foot now, it had to be done because the bunion was out of control bad as in causing her to not be able to walk, hip pain, knee pain off topic I know but now I know where I get my gumption, and my I can do this tude from  :heisenberg: My Mom







Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 20, 2014, 02:44:15 PM
Knockoff Magic Erasers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 21, 2014, 09:31:25 AM
Quote from: Dieter on November 20, 2014, 01:07:38 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 20, 2014, 09:56:57 AM
Might be right about the a/c contributing to it...although I didn't re-charge it this summer so I never used it...slow leak somewhere...it always needs re-charged every season.

All car A/C systems leak out of the pump shaft seal because that seal depends on a small amount of lubricant to work. The lubricant is mixed in with the refrigerant so when you're not using the A/C, the seal isn't getting lube. If you turn on your A/C periodically through the year, it takes care of this problem.

That would probably be my problem then...I hardly used it. Thanks, I will remember that if I recharge it next summer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 21, 2014, 02:56:43 PM
Starting to pamper myself.  Some Shea Butter body cream and a meal at the diner.  Just me, the cook and the TV.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 21, 2014, 06:26:03 PM
A LED flash light bulb
More magic erasers
Crazy Glue
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on November 22, 2014, 05:24:37 AM
4TB external drive

2TB portable

chromecast

shop supplies

water repellant

groceries

headlights for van

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 22, 2014, 07:16:46 AM
A loaf of bread, three kaiserbrötchen and, CBC can start drooling now, some croissants.

Time to fatten up my teenage girls, now that they are somewhat into eating again, with the worst of the flu behind them. Youngest looks like a skeleton with skin.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 23, 2014, 03:37:36 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on November 18, 2014, 09:02:33 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 17, 2014, 12:23:39 AM
Quote from: Hannah on November 16, 2014, 06:01:01 PM
I filled up my entire tank with 10 percent ethanol gas for 25 bucks  :yarly:

Unfair. You don't want to know what it costs around here to fill up a tank.

You need to invade Norway. :viking:

You mean liberate Norway? We don't have that kind of strategic thinking around here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 23, 2014, 05:27:18 PM
An old-lady grocery carrier.  To bring things from the car to the apartment.  It's only about 100 feet, but we need to start pampering ourselves.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 24, 2014, 04:56:01 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 23, 2014, 05:27:18 PM
An old-lady grocery carrier.  To bring things from the car to the apartment.  It's only about 100 feet, but we need to start pampering ourselves.

Those are nice to have...I use mine for community yard sales a lot.  *remembers I have to make a new liner for it :apondering:*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 24, 2014, 05:54:01 PM
A wireless mouse and some dark chocolate 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on November 25, 2014, 05:42:36 AM
lottery tickets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 25, 2014, 12:32:19 PM
Chocolate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on November 25, 2014, 01:54:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 25, 2014, 12:32:19 PM
Chocolate.

Same...ha funny that we are buying it up  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 26, 2014, 01:49:05 AM
Quote from: Hannah on November 25, 2014, 01:54:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 25, 2014, 12:32:19 PM
Chocolate.

Same...ha funny that we are buying it up  :laugh:

I blame my daughter. She convinced me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on November 26, 2014, 02:29:19 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 23, 2014, 05:27:18 PM
An old-lady grocery carrier.  To bring things from the car to the apartment.  It's only about 100 feet, but we need to start pampering ourselves.

I have one of those things. I bought it to carry groceries on the city bus... but I only use it for laundry. I usually prefer to have my groceries in a bag for some reason.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 26, 2014, 11:58:58 PM
Bought lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 28, 2014, 02:31:47 AM
I bought books. For me, Tamora Pierce's last one in the Beka Cooper trilogy and Stephen Fry's latest book, one each for Ceilidh and my friend for Christmas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 29, 2014, 03:39:16 AM
Bought a used book at Amazon marketplace.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 29, 2014, 01:51:52 PM
Parts to make a table top volley ball set up for my wife's school
A light timer and a grow light :zoinks:  Not for that my house plants I keep outside most of the year don't get enough sun in my office so I am experimenting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on November 29, 2014, 04:05:25 PM
Christmas presents, books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 29, 2014, 08:33:07 PM
Cheesecake....and bought the SO one of those pens that writes on glass.

Wonder whose windshield he's writing on first?  :zoinks:

He wouldn't be bad if "some people" didn't keep enabling him.
I don't know how his brother ended up with "pussy whipped" written on his back window...it's not like I "dared" him to do it. :angel:



Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on November 30, 2014, 08:51:23 PM
I'm getting ready to buy Rosetta Stone software CD's 1-5 on sale for $178 300 off... :headbang2: Love me some cyber Monday deals
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 01, 2014, 12:02:07 AM
What language?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on December 01, 2014, 04:17:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2014, 12:02:07 AM
What language?

Arabic  :yarly: Just bought it and can't wait for it to come in the mail  :headbang2: Also, bought a headphone/mic set on amazon woohoo this is going to freaking rock  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on December 01, 2014, 04:18:56 PM
off topic but sort of on topic: I feel the older I've gotten the more I want to give in the way of gifts I can get what I want for myself I just usually ask for skull candy ear buds or small things like that I love the looks on my family's face when I give gifts to them...It really is a gift in of itself... :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 01, 2014, 04:59:53 PM
A 35 foot tape measure
Some electrical parts
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 02, 2014, 12:16:30 AM
Quote from: Hannah on December 01, 2014, 04:17:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 01, 2014, 12:02:07 AM
What language?

Arabic  :yarly: Just bought it and can't wait for it to come in the mail  :headbang2: Also, bought a headphone/mic set on amazon woohoo this is going to freaking rock  :viking:

Very cool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 03, 2014, 03:10:01 AM
A model brain and skeleton. But I didn't buy them. They are my Christmas presents from my parents. Can't wait. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 03, 2014, 04:06:37 AM
Buy a real brain instead. I read somewhere this morning that a hundred brains have gone missing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 03, 2014, 06:27:29 PM
Quote from: Parts on December 01, 2014, 04:59:53 PM
A 35 foot tape measure
Some electrical parts

Your thing is that long?    :clap:     
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 03, 2014, 06:28:24 PM
A heavy duty old lady grocery carrier.  We need it to carry things from the car to the apartment.  The next cursing you hear will be us assembling it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 03, 2014, 08:00:03 PM
Dinner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on December 06, 2014, 03:40:45 AM
Bought my lil' bro a junior Prank Kit. He was thrilled.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 08, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
A Sony BA700 battery on eBay. It's supposed to fit my Cowon MP3 player, with some soldering.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on December 08, 2014, 02:38:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 08, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
A Sony BA700 battery on eBay. It's supposed to fit my Cowon MP3 player, with some soldering.

Those sound like famous last words. :zoinks: Isn't that a lithium ion battery? :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 08, 2014, 07:22:38 PM
New wiring harness for the trailer
A pack of three neodymium magnets the size of a nickle  I now have 34 of them to play with
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 09, 2014, 12:11:45 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 08, 2014, 02:38:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 08, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
A Sony BA700 battery on eBay. It's supposed to fit my Cowon MP3 player, with some soldering.

Those sound like famous last words. :zoinks: Isn't that a lithium ion battery? :nerdy:

Yes, it is. It's the closest I can get, apparently, after reading up on the subject. The Cowon battery isn't supposed to be user-replaceable but people have done this before.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 09, 2014, 05:23:21 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 12:11:45 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 08, 2014, 02:38:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 08, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
A Sony BA700 battery on eBay. It's supposed to fit my Cowon MP3 player, with some soldering.

Those sound like famous last words. :zoinks: Isn't that a lithium ion battery? :nerdy:

Yes, it is. It's the closest I can get, apparently, after reading up on the subject. The Cowon battery isn't supposed to be user-replaceable but people have done this before.

I hate things that are made like that
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 09, 2014, 07:24:08 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 09, 2014, 05:23:21 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 12:11:45 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 08, 2014, 02:38:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 08, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
A Sony BA700 battery on eBay. It's supposed to fit my Cowon MP3 player, with some soldering.

Those sound like famous last words. :zoinks: Isn't that a lithium ion battery? :nerdy:

Yes, it is. It's the closest I can get, apparently, after reading up on the subject. The Cowon battery isn't supposed to be user-replaceable but people have done this before.

I hate things that are made like that

Yeah, me too. This one seems to be pretty straight-forward to replace, though, with the right battery replacement.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 09, 2014, 06:34:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 07:24:08 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 09, 2014, 05:23:21 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 12:11:45 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 08, 2014, 02:38:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 08, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
A Sony BA700 battery on eBay. It's supposed to fit my Cowon MP3 player, with some soldering.

Those sound like famous last words. :zoinks: Isn't that a lithium ion battery? :nerdy:

Yes, it is. It's the closest I can get, apparently, after reading up on the subject. The Cowon battery isn't supposed to be user-replaceable but people have done this before.

I hate things that are made like that

Yeah, me too. This one seems to be pretty straight-forward to replace, though, with the right battery replacement.

That's good, I have had to relocate batteries before when I could not find a direct replacement.

I just bought a part for a small 1950's metal lathe I am working on,  it's amazing the things you can find on ebay
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 09, 2014, 07:21:28 PM
Organic catnip.  :autism:

Apparently it's high test premium shit from the way the kids are passed out.

Well worth the price I must say. :thumbup:

I grow the fresh all summer, but forgot to dry some...so they haven't had a fix for about a month.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 09, 2014, 08:50:13 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 09, 2014, 07:21:28 PM
Organic catnip.  :autism:

Apparently it's high test premium shit from the way the kids are passed out.

Well worth the price I must say. :thumbup:

I grow the fresh all summer, but forgot to dry some...so they haven't had a fix for about a month.

I am growing catnip in my office this year,  it's doing rather well too
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on December 09, 2014, 11:32:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 07:24:08 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 09, 2014, 05:23:21 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 12:11:45 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 08, 2014, 02:38:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 08, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
A Sony BA700 battery on eBay. It's supposed to fit my Cowon MP3 player, with some soldering.

Those sound like famous last words. :zoinks: Isn't that a lithium ion battery? :nerdy:

Yes, it is. It's the closest I can get, apparently, after reading up on the subject. The Cowon battery isn't supposed to be user-replaceable but people have done this before.

I hate things that are made like that

Yeah, me too. This one seems to be pretty straight-forward to replace, though, with the right battery replacement.

Be careful that it doesn't heat up. :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 11, 2014, 12:51:27 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 09, 2014, 11:32:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 07:24:08 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 09, 2014, 05:23:21 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 12:11:45 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 08, 2014, 02:38:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 08, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
A Sony BA700 battery on eBay. It's supposed to fit my Cowon MP3 player, with some soldering.

Those sound like famous last words. :zoinks: Isn't that a lithium ion battery? :nerdy:

Yes, it is. It's the closest I can get, apparently, after reading up on the subject. The Cowon battery isn't supposed to be user-replaceable but people have done this before.

I hate things that are made like that

Yeah, me too. This one seems to be pretty straight-forward to replace, though, with the right battery replacement.

Be careful that it doesn't heat up. :GA:

Yeah, I'm a bit worried about that, actually.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 11, 2014, 04:07:33 AM
Shoes.

The other day, my son could not find his shoes before he left for school. It is below freezing most every day this time of year. He can not just wear some summer slippers as he generally does when he loses his shoes. I honestly did not know that he was down to one pair.

So I had this great idea. We would go shoe shopping (DO not worry. I am a really good "finder"  and found his shoes for him before he had to catch the bus to school,   BUT!!) and solve this problem for now.

We went to three shops and finally found the boy three pairs of shoes. Hopefully, this NEXT panic attack with be set off for a bit and he will always be able to find some shoes to wear to school.  Going to three places, at Christmastime, trying to find shoes for this enormous kid's feet, is a fucking nightmare!!  So be it.

I succeeded.

My boy has new shoes.


 

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 11, 2014, 09:49:51 AM
Non-perfumed washing detergent and dishwasher soap on offer.

I've never seen the non-perfumed stuff on offer before. It's such a niche market that shops don't bother to attract clients with that.

I was well pleased, and recommended the offer to someone else right away.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 11, 2014, 02:57:04 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 11, 2014, 09:49:51 AM
Non-perfumed washing detergent and dishwasher soap on offer.

I've never seen the non-perfumed stuff on offer before. It's such a niche market that shops don't bother to attract clients with that.

I was well pleased, and recommended the offer to someone else right away.
You can get it most places here but sometimes what they call fragrant free or non-perfumed is far from it,  though I do admit my sense of smell is better than most
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on December 11, 2014, 03:58:48 PM
Christmas/Hanukkah presents for the females in the family, they love them thus far  :yarly: I love giving gifts  :headbang2: I've also cleaned out my clothing some of the older Victoria Secret clothing was in there so that will be for folks at the good will to buy I know their eyeballs will pop out if they figure out it's Victoria Secret stuff...I smiled after driving off from the drop off at good will  :asthing:

The rule of clothing thumb is as more stuff comes in stuff needs to go out, I've gotten a lot of new VS clothing and panties so some had to go...

Got my brother a CD and my dad a book they are easy to please (as am I actually I don't expect much at Hanukkah) being with those you love or around folks that care is a gift as well, I'm guessing that is because I'm older now...

I also got my nails filled and done for the holidays ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 11, 2014, 07:56:15 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 11, 2014, 04:07:33 AM
Shoes.

The other day, my son could not find his shoes before he left for school. It is below freezing most every day this time of year. He can not just wear some summer slippers as he generally does when he loses his shoes. I honestly did not know that he was down to one pair.

So I had this great idea. We would go shoe shopping (DO not worry. I am a really good "finder"  and found his shoes for him before he had to catch the bus to school,   BUT!!) and solve this problem for now.

We went to three shops and finally found the boy three pairs of shoes. Hopefully, this NEXT panic attack with be set off for a bit and he will always be able to find some shoes to wear to school.  Going to three places, at Christmastime, trying to find shoes for this enormous kid's feet, is a fucking nightmare!!  So be it.

I succeeded.

My boy has new shoes.
U
Men in New Orleans are generally shorter than the average US male and the shoe sizes run smaller too.  PA wears a 14 extra wide and doesn't understand why I'm always looking for shoes for him.  Silly man.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on December 11, 2014, 10:19:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 11, 2014, 12:51:27 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 09, 2014, 11:32:33 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 07:24:08 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 09, 2014, 05:23:21 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 09, 2014, 12:11:45 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on December 08, 2014, 02:38:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 08, 2014, 12:01:24 AM
A Sony BA700 battery on eBay. It's supposed to fit my Cowon MP3 player, with some soldering.

Those sound like famous last words. :zoinks: Isn't that a lithium ion battery? :nerdy:

Yes, it is. It's the closest I can get, apparently, after reading up on the subject. The Cowon battery isn't supposed to be user-replaceable but people have done this before.

I hate things that are made like that

Yeah, me too. This one seems to be pretty straight-forward to replace, though, with the right battery replacement.

Be careful that it doesn't heat up. :GA:

Yeah, I'm a bit worried about that, actually.

Can you spot weld it instead? :dunno: Lithium ion batteries are heat sensitive, so I'd keep contact with the terminals as short as possible. :flames:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 11, 2014, 11:59:07 PM
Windscreen wipers for the Jag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on December 12, 2014, 09:00:37 AM
Christmas Presents!!!!


(Thank fuck that's over, bah humbug!)








Hope St Nick is decapitated misjudging a bridge's clearance height
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 13, 2014, 03:28:45 AM
I've bought most of mine online.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 13, 2014, 07:17:00 PM
Red Dead Redemption because it was on clearance and my kid traded the first copy...never did get to play it.

Playstation Vita for the kid (mom tested it out earlier).

Wine :thumbup:.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 14, 2014, 11:37:10 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 11, 2014, 07:56:15 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 11, 2014, 04:07:33 AM
Shoes.

The other day, my son could not find his shoes before he left for school. It is below freezing most every day this time of year. He can not just wear some summer slippers as he generally does when he loses his shoes. I honestly did not know that he was down to one pair.

So I had this great idea. We would go shoe shopping (DO not worry. I am a really good "finder"  and found his shoes for him before he had to catch the bus to school,   BUT!!) and solve this problem for now.

We went to three shops and finally found the boy three pairs of shoes. Hopefully, this NEXT panic attack with be set off for a bit and he will always be able to find some shoes to wear to school.  Going to three places, at Christmastime, trying to find shoes for this enormous kid's feet, is a fucking nightmare!!  So be it.

I succeeded.

My boy has new shoes.
U
Men in New Orleans are generally shorter than the average US male and the shoe sizes run smaller too.  PA wears a 14 extra wide and doesn't understand why I'm always looking for shoes for him.  Silly man.

THAT'S A LARGE FOOT!

My fifteen year old son wears twelve EEE and he is still growing. He is around one hundred ninety pounds and about my height at five eleven. Decent sized boy.

Buying shoes for him is already becoming difficult. I would hate to have to find a fourteen size wide shoe.

... but hey! I will do my best, even if it means ordering shit online and returning half of them or whatever.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 15, 2014, 06:49:09 PM
$84 worth of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 16, 2014, 12:15:22 AM
The battery for my MP3 player arrived yesterday. Time to do some soldering.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on December 16, 2014, 04:45:13 AM
Secret Santa present for work.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on December 18, 2014, 04:10:36 PM
Bread.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 18, 2014, 04:41:10 PM
groceries, some small baskets for organizing and a nightgown
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 18, 2014, 11:20:08 PM

"Guardians Of The Galaxy" movie for the kids (and me) and enjoyed it this evening.

This movie has some amazing LFEs if you are tended to explore them. Fucking WOW!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2014, 11:28:42 PM
^Going to watch that one tomorrow, with a friend.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 19, 2014, 10:54:33 PM
Plaaay it loooud!!

(Fucks' Sakes, Odeon; I know thaat I do this booooucy finger thing sometimes - stress and all - . You have probably seen it for ages. AAND, generally I can not tell when it is happiiinngg)

Sorry, but I need a new keyboaaard.

This shit is not ME stressing out.

I staarteed by correcting all the shit I was trying to typpe, but, I am fine. My keyboard seems to have gone insanne howwever.

I am fine.

See; why did thaat work? Fuck, never mind.

Looking into the future heere. I aam buyinng a new keeeyboard.

Fuck sakee!

It iiss nooot meee . I am fine, butt .............


Laater.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 19, 2014, 10:56:17 PM


I reallllly enjoooyeed the movie
.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 20, 2014, 03:59:09 AM
Your keyboard is hyperactive. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 23, 2014, 01:24:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 20, 2014, 03:59:09 AM
Your keyboard is hyperactive. :P

Funny, but it is.

(I haaaad to doooooouble correct every consonant)

 (OK, That was without corrections.   FUCK! I will get this fixed.  ----  that last bit, including this bit was corrected for keyboard sonsofbitches things)


Funny thing; my son types so fast that a dodgy keyboard can not get ahead of his skills               Yep, I had to corredct every word.

I generally use my laptop to post, after my daughter has goone doone. OK, See the "o" is skippy (fuck sake. had to correct that and the "p" You do not need foooouuuur  "p"s to spell skippy)


OK. Nevermiinnnd I will buy a new keyboaaaaard soooooon.

seeeeeeeey yoooouuuuuu soooooooooooon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2014, 10:57:21 AM
I'm reduced to hunt and peck typing, which I hate, on this tablet.  Even the removable keyboard is awkward.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 23, 2014, 11:51:17 AM
A lighter for a pipe and pipe tobacco
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 24, 2014, 11:37:25 PM
Did not know you were a fellow pipe smoker.

 :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 25, 2014, 12:31:30 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 24, 2014, 11:37:25 PM
Did not know you were a fellow pipe smoker.

 :LOL:

It's a gift for my foster son who is 22 and has traded in cigarettes for a pipe.  I never smoked a pipe but my father did so I have a lot of memories I associate with them and the smell.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 25, 2014, 12:40:54 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 25, 2014, 12:31:30 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 24, 2014, 11:37:25 PM
Did not know you were a fellow pipe smoker.

 :LOL:

It's a gift for my foster son who is 22 and has traded in cigarettes for a pipe.  I never smoked a pipe but my father did so I have a lot of memories I associate with them and the smell.

I do not smoke in the house, anymore, but this time of year, going outdoors or into the garage (my work space) is even more enjoyable than ever!
I own a great number of valuable smoking pipes that mostly sit awaiting my next puff. I have curtailed my need to smoke, so when I smoke, it is for simple pleasure, alone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 25, 2014, 12:46:28 AM

Back On Topic:

I bought some six inch castors to put on a huge double-door cabinet I built. I want everything portable in my garage.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 25, 2014, 09:15:37 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 25, 2014, 12:46:28 AM

Back On Topic:

I bought some six inch castors to put on a huge double-door cabinet I built. I want everything portable in my garage.

Being able to reconfigure things quickly make the space you have so much more useful.  A lot of my stuff in my shed workshop is on casters and when it's nice or have something large I move outside to work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 27, 2014, 02:54:15 AM
Haven't bought anything since before Christmas Eve. Haven't been outside the house.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 27, 2014, 08:51:59 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 27, 2014, 02:54:15 AM
Haven't bought anything since before Christmas Eve. Haven't been outside the house.

Well that's a no-brainer with your gas prices  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 27, 2014, 06:15:48 PM
A set of different shades for a fugly ceiling fan on fleabay...$13.

I haven't been able to trash pick any that were less ugly.

Maybe I'll list the old one's for $15.  :zoinks:

 

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 29, 2014, 06:31:16 AM
Groceries. Have to buy more vouchers as Christmas presents for the part of the family that I haven't seen yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 30, 2014, 12:10:40 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 27, 2014, 08:51:59 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 27, 2014, 02:54:15 AM
Haven't bought anything since before Christmas Eve. Haven't been outside the house.

Well that's a no-brainer with your gas prices  :P

I'm saving up money, though. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on December 30, 2014, 09:33:08 PM
beauty rush Minty Shine Victoria's Secret lip gloss holla  :yarly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 31, 2014, 03:17:28 AM
Where does one use secret lipgloss?

Thought Victoria's Secret was lingerie only. But, I am not an expert on women's things like moisturisers, high heels and lingerie.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 31, 2014, 03:33:37 AM
/me is trying very hard not to reply to that one
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on December 31, 2014, 07:58:35 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 31, 2014, 03:17:28 AM
Where does one use secret lipgloss?

Thought Victoria's Secret was lingerie only. But, I am not an expert on women's things like moisturisers, high heels and lingerie.

:GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on December 31, 2014, 11:45:05 AM
secret is part of the name...they make a lot of stuff actually...Perfume, body butter lotion, body mist sprays (love them) make-up (to expensive to get so don't bother) but I do love their lip glosses, the mint flavor is bomb dot com, and it's just 10 bucks at the store (it's where I get mine) and lasts for about 3 months...three months of non chapped lips yes please  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on December 31, 2014, 01:32:40 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 31, 2014, 03:17:28 AM
Where does one use secret lipgloss?
Never understood lipgloss. Once mad a girl really angry, because told her it made her look like she had been eating porkchops. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 31, 2014, 03:36:25 PM
Quote from: Jack on December 31, 2014, 01:32:40 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 31, 2014, 03:17:28 AM
Where does one use secret lipgloss?
Never understood lipgloss. Once mad a girl really angry, because told her it made her look like she had been eating porkchops. :laugh:

Porkchops yum  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 31, 2014, 04:50:25 PM
Quote from: Parts on December 31, 2014, 03:36:25 PM
Quote from: Jack on December 31, 2014, 01:32:40 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 31, 2014, 03:17:28 AM
Where does one use secret lipgloss?
Never understood lipgloss. Once mad a girl really angry, because told her it made her look like she had been eating porkchops. :laugh:

Porkchops yum  :drool:

That's the attraction of lipgloss...people love pork chops. :zoinks:

Seriously has always felt weird on my lips whenever I've used it...can't get past wanting to wipe it off all the time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on December 31, 2014, 08:15:25 PM
!983 F100
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on December 31, 2014, 08:51:26 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on December 31, 2014, 08:15:25 PM
!983 F100

:needpics:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 31, 2014, 09:13:31 PM
 :indeed: :agreed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 31, 2014, 10:09:55 PM
Come on skyblue, we want to see it!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on January 01, 2015, 02:52:23 AM
skyblue like this? (http://static1.prod.justauto.com.au/just_images/765b3863-fa2c-43ff-983b-feb08201046b/765b3863-fa2c-43ff-983b-feb08201046b-atlg.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 01, 2015, 11:18:18 AM
Bought some server space to run a Virtual Private Server. $7 per month is a steal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 01, 2015, 11:42:34 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 01, 2015, 11:18:18 AM
Bought some server space to run a Virtual Private Server. $7 per month is a steal.
Is that as an alternative to a new host?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 02, 2015, 12:05:11 AM
Quote from: Jack on January 01, 2015, 11:42:34 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 01, 2015, 11:18:18 AM
Bought some server space to run a Virtual Private Server. $7 per month is a steal.
Is that as an alternative to a new host?

Probably not this particular VPS, at least not in its current configuration, but I'm going to migrate I2 to a VPS if things pan out. For now, it's for my private stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 02, 2015, 12:12:06 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 02, 2015, 12:05:11 AM
Quote from: Jack on January 01, 2015, 11:42:34 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 01, 2015, 11:18:18 AM
Bought some server space to run a Virtual Private Server. $7 per month is a steal.
Is that as an alternative to a new host?

Probably not this particular VPS, at least not in its current configuration, but I'm going to migrate I2 to a VPS if things pan out. For now, it's for my private stuff.
Oooo, private stuff. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 02, 2015, 12:15:35 AM
Quote from: Jack on January 02, 2015, 12:12:06 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 02, 2015, 12:05:11 AM
Quote from: Jack on January 01, 2015, 11:42:34 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 01, 2015, 11:18:18 AM
Bought some server space to run a Virtual Private Server. $7 per month is a steal.
Is that as an alternative to a new host?

Probably not this particular VPS, at least not in its current configuration, but I'm going to migrate I2 to a VPS if things pan out. For now, it's for my private stuff.
Oooo, private stuff. :laugh:

:P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on January 02, 2015, 12:53:18 AM
THE BOYFRIEND PANT Beverly Hills Pink/Gold Angel (6yq) Large Regular length
OFF-THE-SHOULDER TUNIC XL long length

swank clothing for lounging and some panties from VS as well...Among which one says 'Gifted' on the butt  :mischief:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 02, 2015, 07:58:15 AM
Coca Cola
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 02, 2015, 05:38:52 PM
A 32 gig mirco SD card
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 02, 2015, 05:48:27 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 31, 2014, 04:50:25 PM
Quote from: Parts on December 31, 2014, 03:36:25 PM
Quote from: Jack on December 31, 2014, 01:32:40 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 31, 2014, 03:17:28 AM
Where does one use secret lipgloss?
Never understood lipgloss. Once mad a girl really angry, because told her it made her look like she had been eating porkchops. :laugh:

Porkchops yum  :drool:

That's the attraction of lipgloss...people love pork chops. :zoinks:

Seriously has always felt weird on my lips whenever I've used it...can't get past wanting to wipe it off all the time.
I'll use a lip-balm if my lips crack. One that does not stick or feel like a layer.
Can't wear lipstick or stuff like that. Don't like how it feels. Nailpolish on my fingernails feels like there is shrink foil on it too. Don't like the sensation.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 02, 2015, 07:04:14 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 02, 2015, 05:48:27 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 31, 2014, 04:50:25 PM
Quote from: Parts on December 31, 2014, 03:36:25 PM
Quote from: Jack on December 31, 2014, 01:32:40 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 31, 2014, 03:17:28 AM
Where does one use secret lipgloss?
Never understood lipgloss. Once mad a girl really angry, because told her it made her look like she had been eating porkchops. :laugh:

Porkchops yum  :drool:

That's the attraction of lipgloss...people love pork chops. :zoinks:

Seriously has always felt weird on my lips whenever I've used it...can't get past wanting to wipe it off all the time.
I'll use a lip-balm if my lips crack. One that does not stick or feel like a layer.
Can't wear lipstick or stuff like that. Don't like how it feels. Nailpolish on my fingernails feels like there is shrink foil on it too. Don't like the sensation.
Don't mind lipstick, but it's usually gone after the first cup of coffee. Will use lip balm if needed. Don't wear much makeup anyway; tend to touch my face and mouth a lot, so makeup in general is rather pointless because don't care enough to reapply. Gloss makes my lips feel like oily slugs, leaving a slimy trail on everything they touch. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 02, 2015, 10:03:39 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 02, 2015, 05:48:27 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 31, 2014, 04:50:25 PM
Quote from: Parts on December 31, 2014, 03:36:25 PM
Quote from: Jack on December 31, 2014, 01:32:40 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 31, 2014, 03:17:28 AM
Where does one use secret lipgloss?
Never understood lipgloss. Once mad a girl really angry, because told her it made her look like she had been eating porkchops. :laugh:

Porkchops yum  :drool:

That's the attraction of lipgloss...people love pork chops. :zoinks:

Seriously has always felt weird on my lips whenever I've used it...can't get past wanting to wipe it off all the time.
I'll use a lip-balm if my lips crack. One that does not stick or feel like a layer.
Can't wear lipstick or stuff like that. Don't like how it feels. Nailpolish on my fingernails feels like there is shrink foil on it too. Don't like the sensation.

Can't do lipstick either...although I will use lip balm, especially in the winter. Nail polish is lucky to last more than an hour then I have to take it off. Although I can paint my toenails and live with it for awhile.

I have a long list of stuff that either annoys me sensory-wise or triggers my asthma and that I avoid. Getting worse with age. :P

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 02, 2015, 10:48:10 PM
Have never cared much about nails. They're thin and brittle from biting them until age fifteen. Just keep them clean and short. Tried the fake ones for a short while, but not very conducive for work. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: awiddershinlife on January 03, 2015, 08:35:33 PM
Quote from: Jack on January 02, 2015, 10:48:10 PM
Have never cared much about nails. They're thin and brittle from biting them until age fifteen. Just keep them clean and short. Tried the fake ones for a short while, but not very conducive for work.

been hitting the ol' chia seeds and actually had to use nail clippers today.

Fake ones used to freak me out, but they've been popular so I can now tolerate them. My daughter loves them, which helped to reduce my flight/fight reaction to the useless things. I love my daughter!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 03, 2015, 11:16:05 PM
Mom consumes chia seeds because she manages her diabetes without insulin, and supposedly they aide in that somehow. Didn't know they're good for nails too. Her nails are thin and useless like mine; will have to remember to ask if she's noticed any change.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 04, 2015, 01:40:41 AM
Quote from: Hannah on January 02, 2015, 12:53:18 AM
THE BOYFRIEND PANT Beverly Hills Pink/Gold Angel (6yq) Large Regular length
OFF-THE-SHOULDER TUNIC XL long length

swank clothing for lounging and some panties from VS as well...Among which one says 'Gifted' on the butt  :mischief:
Haha, funny undies. I got a voucher for The Iconic (online fashion site) and I have looked and looked but can't find anything I like yet.

I have bought takeaway Red Rooster today, that was my last $10.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on January 04, 2015, 03:12:39 AM
new portable cd player and some new skull candy ear buds...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 04, 2015, 08:15:08 AM
Quote from: Hannah on January 04, 2015, 03:12:39 AM
new portable cd player and some new skull candy ear buds...

I have have a set of those for my laptop that are almost three years old and I use them all the time,  for relatively inexpensive ear phones they are great :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 05, 2015, 12:24:02 AM
^Bought those for my daughter but they didn't last long.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 05, 2015, 11:25:01 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 05, 2015, 12:24:02 AM
^Bought those for my daughter but they didn't last long.

Same with the son.

But they probably would have lasted longer if that damn maid  ::)  would remember to check pockets before she throws shit in the washer.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 05, 2015, 04:32:18 PM
Tried to take apart the latest pair of headphones to solder any loose wires. Shouldn't have, annoying as hell.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 05, 2015, 04:38:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 05, 2015, 04:32:18 PM
Tried to take apart the latest pair of headphones to solder any loose wires. Shouldn't have, annoying as hell.

The wire in some of them is so fine,  I wouldn't even try


I bought a neodymium magnet with a hook on it that is supposed to hold 65 pounds and a UV flash light at Home Depot today
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 05, 2015, 05:56:48 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 05, 2015, 04:38:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 05, 2015, 04:32:18 PM
Tried to take apart the latest pair of headphones to solder any loose wires. Shouldn't have, annoying as hell.

The wire in some of them is so fine,  I wouldn't even try


I bought a neodymium magnet with a hook on it that is supposed to hold 65 pounds and a UV flash light at Home Depot today

Cool.

Let me know how that works. I have quite a few but none that strong.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 05, 2015, 06:29:52 PM

Have not bought yet, but, I hit a road hazard while passing through a construction site. My entire exhaust pipe was torn lose.

Problem is that a full exhaust pipe for a fancy-assed Escalade, made of pure stainless steel costs over nineteen hundred dollars for the pipe.

I like the car, but I am probably going to just trade it in and get another car. I have not done any real custom modifications, except for a decent stereo.

Looking at getting another car, rather than spending so much money on this car.

 :violin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 05, 2015, 06:44:59 PM
 :2thumbsup:
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 05, 2015, 06:29:52 PM

Have not bought yet, but, I hit a road hazard while passing through a construction site. My entire exhaust pipe was torn lose.

Problem is that a full exhaust pipe for a fancy-assed Escalade, made of pure stainless steel costs over nineteen hundred dollars for the pipe.

I like the car, but I am probably going to just trade it in and get another car. I have not done any real custom modifications, except for a decent stereo.

Looking at getting another car, rather than spending so much money on this car.

 :violin:

Did you go back and pick it up? 

...it's beyond piecing together? 

Sorry DD, had stainless on the Saab we used to have...no they are not cheap...even back then.

 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 07, 2015, 10:49:02 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 05, 2015, 06:44:59 PM
:2thumbsup:
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 05, 2015, 06:29:52 PM

Have not bought yet, but, I hit a road hazard while passing through a construction site. My entire exhaust pipe was torn lose.

Problem is that a full exhaust pipe for a fancy-assed Escalade, made of pure stainless steel costs over nineteen hundred dollars for the pipe.

I like the car, but I am probably going to just trade it in and get another car. I have not done any real custom modifications, except for a decent stereo.

Looking at getting another car, rather than spending so much money on this car.

 :violin:

Did you go back and pick it up? 

...it's beyond piecing together? 

Sorry DD, had stainless on the Saab we used to have...no they are not cheap...even back then.

There is some weird government restriction against "repairing"  or re-welding of stainless steel exhaust systems for safety reasons. Some federal regulation prevents the normal shops from even touching them. I am forced to go back to a proper Cadillac dealership, which will NOT even touch it without ordering the "huge cost" part in its entirety, from the engine to the bumper.

I am being welcomed to the world of hi-tech, advanced auto ownership in a big way.
 :hahaha:


Of course, no one ever plans to hit a huge piece of metal on the road and have something punctured under the car, just driving down the highway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on January 07, 2015, 11:55:13 AM
Jeanette Jinkings  20 minute abdominal  workout and it rocks  :yarly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 07, 2015, 03:10:53 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 07, 2015, 10:49:02 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 05, 2015, 06:44:59 PM
:2thumbsup:
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 05, 2015, 06:29:52 PM

Have not bought yet, but, I hit a road hazard while passing through a construction site. My entire exhaust pipe was torn lose.

Problem is that a full exhaust pipe for a fancy-assed Escalade, made of pure stainless steel costs over nineteen hundred dollars for the pipe.

I like the car, but I am probably going to just trade it in and get another car. I have not done any real custom modifications, except for a decent stereo.

Looking at getting another car, rather than spending so much money on this car.

 :violin:

Did you go back and pick it up? 

...it's beyond piecing together? 

Sorry DD, had stainless on the Saab we used to have...no they are not cheap...even back then.

There is some weird government restriction against "repairing"  or re-welding of stainless steel exhaust systems for safety reasons. Some federal regulation prevents the normal shops from even touching them. I am forced to go back to a proper Cadillac dealership, which will NOT even touch it without ordering the "huge cost" part in its entirety, from the engine to the bumper.

I am being welcomed to the world of hi-tech, advanced auto ownership in a big way.
 :hahaha:


Of course, no one ever plans to hit a huge piece of metal on the road and have something punctured under the car, just driving down the highway.


Remembers the low tech days of patching your exhaust with an empty beer can and JB weld.  :LOL:

You have my sympathy DD. Hope you get a good deal.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 10, 2015, 03:52:26 AM
Quote from: Parts on January 05, 2015, 04:38:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 05, 2015, 04:32:18 PM
Tried to take apart the latest pair of headphones to solder any loose wires. Shouldn't have, annoying as hell.

The wire in some of them is so fine,  I wouldn't even try

I noticed. A completely pointless exercise. >:(

Quote
I bought a neodymium magnet with a hook on it that is supposed to hold 65 pounds and a UV flash light at Home Depot today

:viking:

I bought yet another book, this one by British physicist Julian Barbour.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 11, 2015, 02:21:05 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 05, 2015, 05:56:48 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 05, 2015, 04:38:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 05, 2015, 04:32:18 PM
Tried to take apart the latest pair of headphones to solder any loose wires. Shouldn't have, annoying as hell.

The wire in some of them is so fine,  I wouldn't even try


I bought a neodymium magnet with a hook on it that is supposed to hold 65 pounds and a UV flash light at Home Depot today

Cool.

Let me know how that works. I have quite a few but none that strong.

It seems pretty strong so far but I have not put weights on it yet to give it a real test mostly because they are out in the back yard and it's cold.

Today I bought new bolts and washers to replace the ones on the upstairs toilet tank that were leaking.  Also another succulent plant from the clearance rack at Lowes,  poor thing was on deaths door.  As much as I like getting really cheep house plants I wish they would just hire someone that knew how to take care of them at the store
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on January 11, 2015, 08:08:53 PM
1983 F100
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 11, 2015, 08:54:19 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 11, 2015, 02:21:05 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 05, 2015, 05:56:48 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 05, 2015, 04:38:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 05, 2015, 04:32:18 PM
Tried to take apart the latest pair of headphones to solder any loose wires. Shouldn't have, annoying as hell.

The wire in some of them is so fine,  I wouldn't even try


I bought a neodymium magnet with a hook on it that is supposed to hold 65 pounds and a UV flash light at Home Depot today

Cool.

Let me know how that works. I have quite a few but none that strong.

It seems pretty strong so far but I have not put weights on it yet to give it a real test mostly because they are out in the back yard and it's cold.

Today I bought new bolts and washers to replace the ones on the upstairs toilet tank that were leaking.  Also another succulent plant from the clearance rack at Lowes,  poor thing was on deaths door.  As much as I like getting really cheep house plants I wish they would just hire someone that knew how to take care of them at the store

I have a money tree I saved the guy from trashing at Wal mart...felt sorry for it, it had fallen off the table and out of the pot, didn't even know what it was, had to take it home...it is getting big.

I am not the best with house plants sometimes. I do better with the stuff outside. Used to do really well with African violets...but haven't had one around since before the kid.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on January 11, 2015, 10:02:17 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 07, 2015, 10:49:02 AM
There is some weird government restriction against "repairing"  or re-welding of stainless steel exhaust systems for safety reasons. Some federal regulation prevents the normal shops from even touching them.

It's due to the chromium in the stainless.

When I went to the Lincoln Electric welding school back in '06, they told us about the new regs coming down the pike.

You need to have an approved ventilation system to weld on many types of stainless now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 11, 2015, 11:35:18 PM
A metal build-your-own World War 2 three-tank set from Barnes and Nobles.  The pieces are metal.  It's for PA's birthday tomorrow.

The PR is giving him a book that has various lists of 10 things in movies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 12, 2015, 05:54:46 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 11, 2015, 11:35:18 PM
A metal build-your-own World War 2 three-tank set from Barnes and Nobles.  The pieces are metal.  It's for PA's birthday tomorrow.

The PR is giving him a book that has various lists of 10 things in movies.

?  Sounds interesting
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 12, 2015, 06:14:24 AM
Just ordered six vials of Stronghold for cats.
The pets are infested with jumpy critters.   :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 12, 2015, 04:29:44 PM
Quote from: Dieter on January 11, 2015, 10:02:17 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 07, 2015, 10:49:02 AM
There is some weird government restriction against "repairing"  or re-welding of stainless steel exhaust systems for safety reasons. Some federal regulation prevents the normal shops from even touching them.

It's due to the chromium in the stainless.

When I went to the Lincoln Electric welding school back in '06, they told us about the new regs coming down the pike.

You need to have an approved ventilation system to weld on many types of stainless now.

Or a shop with a really big wall around it so OSHA can't see inside :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 14, 2015, 12:07:00 AM
Bought lunch, yesterday. I shouldn't have, it was yucky.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on January 14, 2015, 05:12:57 PM
an ab roller, pfed for my poor sinuses...and just over half a take of gas for 10 bucks HOLLA  :yarly:

New sweater that looks swank on me if  I do say so from VS panties from VS and more boyfriend boot cut pants from VS... :mischief:

PS. my butt looks sweet of late! (As in I have one!) thank you workout DVD's  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 14, 2015, 07:40:09 PM
Coffee...for the new keurig the SO got me for Christmas.

I knew as soon as I gave up coffee someone would buy me a new machine.  :facepalm2:


So much for that. I've tried, the bold :o, the not so bold  :yawn:, the vanilla :thumbup:, the mocha :thumbup:, the cappuccino  :-\, hazelnut  :thumbdn:....cider, hot chocolate, tea...damn thing is the anti-Christ and it's taking me straight to k-cup hell.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 15, 2015, 03:31:09 AM
Just enjoyed a cup of coffee.

This morning I bought a book on autism and mindfulness. There are some controlled trials that indicate mindfulness can actually help people on the spectrum. Adapted version of mindfulness, with specific descriptions, and not vague wordings.
Am curious.
Kid of mine did an experimental course of it for kids on the spectrum, years ago. And it did help her somewhat. In evaluation all parents concerned said it should have been even more specific, but, all parents also noticed that it did help their kids.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 15, 2015, 12:25:31 PM
32.5 gallons of gas
1400 pounds cellulose
lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 15, 2015, 09:54:38 PM
I am going to buy:
Vouchers for my dad and sister's kids (late Christmas presents)
Drinks (coke zero)
Shampoo and deodorant
Dry cat food.
Lithium.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 26, 2015, 01:14:28 PM
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTA0WDE1MDA=/z/ew0AAOSwg3FUk0v4/$_1.JPG)

Tried to watch Spirited Away last night and our disc is worn out. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 26, 2015, 01:46:46 PM
Ordered a new rucksack for school.
Bought food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 26, 2015, 02:20:13 PM
3 60lbs sand bags to add a little weight to the back of the van
25lbs ice melter
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 26, 2015, 03:08:20 PM
A linear algebra book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 27, 2015, 06:41:38 AM
A haircut. Short at the back, long at the front.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Semicolon on January 27, 2015, 08:46:18 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 27, 2015, 06:41:38 AM
A haircut. Short at the back, long at the front.

So you have a reverse mullet? :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 27, 2015, 10:01:28 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 26, 2015, 03:08:20 PM
A linear algebra book.

Do they come in any other shapes?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 28, 2015, 05:10:01 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 27, 2015, 08:46:18 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 27, 2015, 06:41:38 AM
A haircut. Short at the back, long at the front.

So you have a reverse mullet? :orly:
Indeed, I was thinking that when I wrote it. Business at the back, party at the front.

It is the first time I have had a proper style.

Today I bought a memory foam pillow - I will see how I sleep tonight. I also did food shopping.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 28, 2015, 06:07:38 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 28, 2015, 05:10:01 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 27, 2015, 08:46:18 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 27, 2015, 06:41:38 AM
A haircut. Short at the back, long at the front.

So you have a reverse mullet? :orly:
Indeed, I was thinking that when I wrote it. Business at the back, party at the front.

It is the first time I have had a proper style.

Today I bought a memory foam pillow - I will see how I sleep tonight. I also did food shopping.

Most of the nights I love my memory foam pillow. Bought one last summer. But now and then I toss it aside and use my feather pillow.

I find that the memory foam pillow feels completely different in summer and winter. So, if you find that you do not like it, you can store it for a few months, and try again when the weather is cooler.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 28, 2015, 08:48:28 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 28, 2015, 06:07:38 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 28, 2015, 05:10:01 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 27, 2015, 08:46:18 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 27, 2015, 06:41:38 AM
A haircut. Short at the back, long at the front.

So you have a reverse mullet? :orly:
Indeed, I was thinking that when I wrote it. Business at the back, party at the front.

It is the first time I have had a proper style.

Today I bought a memory foam pillow - I will see how I sleep tonight. I also did food shopping.

Most of the nights I love my memory foam pillow. Bought one last summer. But now and then I toss it aside and use my feather pillow.

I find that the memory foam pillow feels completely different in summer and winter. So, if you find that you do not like it, you can store it for a few months, and try again when the weather is cooler.

I have a memory foam pillow but don't like them as much as feather ones

Today I bought a magnetic base for a dial indicator and some storage bins
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 28, 2015, 04:31:11 PM
A new refrigerator a nice side by side.  It was in the  scratch and dent  isle with a couple marks, nothing on the front,  and some missing shelving it was originally $1598 marked down to $600 we got it down to $475.  Only real bitch was I had to take one door off to get it in the kitchen
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 28, 2015, 09:58:49 PM
I wonder what happened to the shelves that went missing? You definitely got a bargain. My fridge cost more than that and it is puny.
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 28, 2015, 06:07:38 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 28, 2015, 05:10:01 AM
Quote from: Semicolon on January 27, 2015, 08:46:18 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 27, 2015, 06:41:38 AM
A haircut. Short at the back, long at the front.
So you have a reverse mullet? :orly:
Indeed, I was thinking that when I wrote it. Business at the back, party at the front.

It is the first time I have had a proper style.

Today I bought a memory foam pillow - I will see how I sleep tonight. I also did food shopping.
Most of the nights I love my memory foam pillow. Bought one last summer. But now and then I toss it aside and use my feather pillow.

I find that the memory foam pillow feels completely different in summer and winter. So, if you find that you do not like it, you can store it for a few months, and try again when the weather is cooler.
I think I will like it a lot more in winter. My head somewhat sinks into it and gets very warm. So I sleep on the very edge of it.

Today I bought cat food, lots and lots of cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 29, 2015, 11:45:37 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 27, 2015, 10:01:28 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 26, 2015, 03:08:20 PM
A linear algebra book.

Do they come in any other shapes?

:tard:  Maybe, but linear is hawt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 29, 2015, 06:47:23 PM
Insulation, sheet rock and paint along with the necessary labor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 29, 2015, 09:01:54 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 29, 2015, 06:47:23 PM
Insulation, sheet rock and paint along with the necessary labor.

Are you using conventional fiberglass batts or something else?  Any details would be good it's the business I am in and am always curious about how things are done in other parts of the country
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 30, 2015, 12:01:18 AM
Quote from: Parts on January 29, 2015, 09:01:54 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 29, 2015, 06:47:23 PM
Insulation, sheet rock and paint along with the necessary labor.

Are you using conventional fiberglass batts or something else?  Any details would be good it's the business I am in and am always curious about how things are done in other parts of the country

Fiberglass batts and some blown insulation.  The spray foam isn't too popular here.  BTW - the duct work came out spectacular on the leakage test.  We've passed all the rough-in inspections.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 30, 2015, 12:59:11 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 30, 2015, 12:01:18 AM
Quote from: Parts on January 29, 2015, 09:01:54 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 29, 2015, 06:47:23 PM
Insulation, sheet rock and paint along with the necessary labor.

Are you using conventional fiberglass batts or something else?  Any details would be good it's the business I am in and am always curious about how things are done in other parts of the country

Fiberglass batts and some blown insulation.  The spray foam isn't too popular here.  BTW - the duct work came out spectacular on the leakage test.  We've passed all the rough-in inspections.

I'm not a big fan of spray foam except for airsealing, I feel it's used a lot when it isn't necessary and installed by poorly trained people who can pretty much   destroy your house if they screw up, I have seen it happen .  I mostly install blown in insulation and fiberglass batts.   Good to hear it's going well :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 30, 2015, 09:15:32 AM
More coffee for the keurig.

This thing is a money pit...and I can't say I'm all that impressed with the coffee it makes either, the iced tea is nice though.  :apondering:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 03, 2015, 11:44:53 AM
 A pack of small torsion springs, some wire bushings and a EKE 21V 150W light bulb from McMaster-Carr
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 04, 2015, 12:23:31 AM
A telescope.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 04, 2015, 11:51:52 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 04, 2015, 12:23:31 AM
A telescope.

:needpics:


Or at least tell us the specs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on March 04, 2015, 12:01:14 PM
2 VS pocket mirrors in a freaking pattern I hate, they got rid of the one I liked  :headhurts:...yea I need a VS 'hello Hannah stop spending all yo money on that page' But I'll give them away more then likely...I think I have enough VS stuff, honestly it's ridiculous! 

I need to get some stuff on Land's End or something because I need comfortable professional looking pants, shirts (some of the VS shirts are good, but a lot of them have writing on them) Seeing as I will by the end of 2015 have an IT job after my two A plus tests are passed...yea I need some work clothes in my arsenal...I'm also losing fat weight (though still weigh the same) and have changed shape so I might just go to the nice Goodwill and get clothing there as my size changes...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 04, 2015, 03:41:19 PM
Quote from: Pappy on March 04, 2015, 11:51:52 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 04, 2015, 12:23:31 AM
A telescope.

:needpics:


Or at least tell us the specs.

It's this one (http://www.astroshop.eu/skywatcher-telescope-n-150-750-explorer-bd-neq-3/p,15330). A 6" mirror with a quite short focal length so fast f/5 optics. Small enough to actually be able to move the damned thing around when needed, and large enough to be useful for deep sky observation.

I considered getting a Dobsonian but since I probably want to do some astrophotography, this one was better suited for the task.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 05, 2015, 05:54:39 AM
Meds for me and Ceilidh. They were expensive, especially the Caltrate, so now I am broke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on March 09, 2015, 10:53:34 PM
I've been needing a new backpack for adventures, and bike riding and walking during inclement weather- every time it rains a little I have to wrap my books and laptop in plastic bags...it is barely water proof and does not hold my books as well anymore.

So I bought myself a used French military F1 day pack (25 bucks)- it'll be for daily use, but also has loops for an extra pack on bottom and top if i want to go camping. Its waterproof and looks excellent for carrying books.

(http://image.rakuten.co.jp/outletforgreen/cabinet/f1bousuirykku1.jpg)

(http://images.channelgrabber.com/MTQ5Mg==/53a06527f0cc4.jpg)

(http://www.keepshooting.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/550x/200a770672541f5289c19dec62307d9f/f/r/french-f1-day-pack-interior.jpg)

(http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/outletforgreen/cabinet/f1bousuirykku5.jpg)

(http://www.epicmilitaria.com/shopimages/SKU6091Kinsert.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 10, 2015, 03:29:47 AM
Do you have a luggage rack on your bike?
Here you see lots of people placing a Steco Monkey on their luggage rack, to carry their school luggage very secure with them, without having the weight on their back all the time. Watertight covers to put over bags are common here too, because with side wind and lots of rain, water will often still creep through watertight school bags. (Through the zip-locks and underneath flaps)

Makes cycling a lot more pleasant, with the weight on the back of the bike, instead of on the back of the cyclist. I never have the weight on my own back, when cycling.

Some people also carry the luggage in front of their bikes, that is OK if it is not too heavy, and if there are not too many differences in height during the trip. And it will make steering less agile.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on March 10, 2015, 03:03:44 PM
Cool! I don't have a back rack yet, but probably will get one in the future. Here people attach crates to the back with bungee chords. I have enough money to get a backpack cover, just bought a bright orange one :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 10, 2015, 03:14:48 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on March 10, 2015, 03:03:44 PM
Cool! I don't have a back rack yet, but probably will get one in the future. Here people attach crates to the back with bungee chords. I have enough money to get a backpack cover, just bought a bright orange one :)

Anything someone a bike does so they can be more visible is great :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on March 10, 2015, 03:27:28 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 10, 2015, 03:14:48 PM
Quote from: sg1008 on March 10, 2015, 03:03:44 PM
Cool! I don't have a back rack yet, but probably will get one in the future. Here people attach crates to the back with bungee chords. I have enough money to get a backpack cover, just bought a bright orange one :)

Anything someone a bike does so they can be more visible is great :plus:

Thanks, I was considering putting reflective tape on the back pack, but this is better, I can put it on the cover and not alter the pack.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 10, 2015, 05:18:26 PM
Marshmallow peeps. :autism:

It's that time of year again. :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 10, 2015, 06:22:41 PM
I bought sugarbutt a Yankees jacket with all their world series patches on the sleeves.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 10, 2015, 06:25:13 PM
Who gives a crap about the damn Yankees?   :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 10, 2015, 06:34:39 PM
Quote from: Pappy on March 10, 2015, 06:25:13 PM
Who gives a crap about the damn Yankees?   :thumbdn:

My Yankee.  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 11, 2015, 06:53:08 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 10, 2015, 05:18:26 PM
Marshmallow peeps. :autism:

It's that time of year again. :asthing:

Do you like them fresh or stale?  My wife likes them stale and will open the pack and let them sit a few days before eating them :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 11, 2015, 07:37:50 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 11, 2015, 06:53:08 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 10, 2015, 05:18:26 PM
Marshmallow peeps. :autism:

It's that time of year again. :asthing:

Do you like them fresh or stale?  My wife likes them stale and will open the pack and let them sit a few days before eating them :zombiefuck:

Fresh, but I will eat them stale if they actually last that long.

Normally they don't.  :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 21, 2015, 09:22:26 AM
Sockyarn.  :flyingbat:

All kinds of colours, from dark blue to neon green, and from pomegranate red to some awkwardly intriguing pastels.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 21, 2015, 09:36:12 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 21, 2015, 09:22:26 AM
Sockyarn.  :flyingbat:

All kinds of colours, from dark blue to neon green, and from pomegranate red to some awkwardly intriguing pastels.

Ooh!  The cats will be having fun.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 21, 2015, 09:38:52 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 21, 2015, 09:36:12 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 21, 2015, 09:22:26 AM
Sockyarn.  :flyingbat:

All kinds of colours, from dark blue to neon green, and from pomegranate red to some awkwardly intriguing pastels.

Ooh!  The cats will be having fun.
:laugh:

They behave reasonably well. Luna doesn't care. (And she does care when I am mending clothes, sewing yarn is very much liked by her). And Sirius will sit in my face, just like he does when I try to read a book, or am behind the laptop.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 21, 2015, 09:39:45 AM
It's weird to have a proper stash of sockyarn. But fun too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 21, 2015, 11:49:02 AM
29 gallons of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 21, 2015, 11:56:25 AM
^^  Just going to drive around the block??     :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 21, 2015, 12:02:34 PM
Quote from: Pappy on March 21, 2015, 11:56:25 AM
^^  Just going to drive around the block??     :zoinks:

Yeah and maybe to the corner store to pick up some milk :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 21, 2015, 07:51:41 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 21, 2015, 12:02:34 PM
Quote from: Pappy on March 21, 2015, 11:56:25 AM
^^  Just going to drive around the block??     :zoinks:

Yeah and maybe to the corner store to pick up some milk :zoinks:

I call shotgun.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on March 21, 2015, 11:03:54 PM
Music is one of those things I'm always buying... :heisenberg: Bought Buckethead's Electric Tears, and Crime Slunk Scene...Forgot how much they rock... :headbang2:

Also, going to be buying some 'work'esk' clothing scary scary going to the mall to get their 'fashion advice' oh lordy  :headhurts: pray for me or karma something lawd...

I am getting a set of paints at Dillars and a nice shirt that is it! they will as good sales folk try   :viking: to get me to buy more...ha ha funny that...I'm not budging for them as far as buying more (they shall be shocked, or not don't care really)

But the fashion advice I will be taking for free thanks (notes yes written by hand)  :mischief: that should drive them nuts!

I'll just get the add on's and other stuff at a nice second hand clothing store not to far from where I live; or even goodwill (if you really look hard enough.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 27, 2015, 12:18:27 AM
Interstellar on Blu-ray.  :headbang2:

There are some interesting interpretations of modern physics in that film, but I love playing it loud.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on March 27, 2015, 12:52:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 27, 2015, 12:18:27 AM
Interstellar on Blu-ray.  :headbang2:

There are some interesting interpretations of modern physics in that film, but I love playing it loud.

Great movie!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 28, 2015, 02:54:50 AM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 27, 2015, 12:52:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 27, 2015, 12:18:27 AM
Interstellar on Blu-ray.  :headbang2:

There are some interesting interpretations of modern physics in that film, but I love playing it loud.

Great movie!

I'm torn. On one hand, the physicist in me cringes when watching it (and I don't care that Kip Thorne was involved; he clearly lost some of his arguments). On the other, I enjoy the ride and love the storytelling.

My latest pet peeve about the film concerns the blu-ray edition's use of more than one aspect ratio. The Imax sequences have kept their 1.85 ratio while the rest of the movie is in 2.35. Annoying as hell. To complicate things, I originally saw a 70mm presentation that was in 2.21--this is the standard 70mm aspect ratio.

:GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 28, 2015, 02:55:32 AM
A free Interstellar pun: I bet Kip is Thorne too. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 28, 2015, 03:00:02 AM
I went to the second hand shop to buy some shirts for bed and ended up getting some pants as well. I am still size 16. Boohoo!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2015, 09:39:29 AM
I had some front end work done on the car, control arms/struts?  Anyway while doing this the cv boot on the driver's side broke.  Since the repair shop didn't know if they were to blame, they repaired that for free. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 28, 2015, 09:52:12 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 28, 2015, 03:00:02 AM
I went to the second hand shop to buy some shirts for bed and ended up getting some pants as well. I am still size 16. Boohoo!

I found some really nice bedlinnen at the second hand shop. Barely or never used.

Also brought two sport-trousers home. Will keep the one that fits best, and am allowed to return the other. Even at the second hand shop, there is a 'within 7 days return policy' on clothes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on March 28, 2015, 10:50:34 AM
Nothing and I feel great because I have saved the few bucks in my pocket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on March 28, 2015, 01:54:31 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 28, 2015, 02:54:50 AM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 27, 2015, 12:52:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 27, 2015, 12:18:27 AM
Interstellar on Blu-ray.  :headbang2:

There are some interesting interpretations of modern physics in that film, but I love playing it loud.

Great movie!

I'm torn. On one hand, the physicist in me cringes when watching it (and I don't care that Kip Thorne was involved; he clearly lost some of his arguments). On the other, I enjoy the ride and love the storytelling.

My latest pet peeve about the film concerns the blu-ray edition's use of more than one aspect ratio. The Imax sequences have kept their 1.85 ratio while the rest of the movie is in 2.35. Annoying as hell. To complicate things, I originally saw a 70mm presentation that was in 2.21--this is the standard 70mm aspect ratio.

:GA:

I just love that big budget sci-fi is back for the moment.  I also loved Gravity.  The "fantasy" stuff, (Star Wars, Star Trek, etc.) is fun, but doesn't hit me in the same place.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 28, 2015, 08:22:20 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 28, 2015, 09:52:12 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 28, 2015, 03:00:02 AM
I went to the second hand shop to buy some shirts for bed and ended up getting some pants as well. I am still size 16. Boohoo!

I found some really nice bedlinnen at the second hand shop. Barely or never used.

Also brought two sport-trousers home. Will keep the one that fits best, and am allowed to return the other. Even at the second hand shop, there is a 'within 7 days return policy' on clothes.
I once found a Transformers doona cover at the second hand shop. Gave it to Ceilidh, she loves it. I have found two others for me as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on March 29, 2015, 03:21:42 PM
Highlighters.  6 packs of 6 colors.  New, crisp highlighters make me happy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 29, 2015, 03:53:29 PM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 29, 2015, 03:21:42 PM
Highlighters.  6 packs of 6 colors.  New, crisp highlighters make me happy.

Very particular about office supplies; when complimented on them have been known to say, it's the little things. Have a preference for the sharpie accents highlighters with fluid inside. They have small precision tips and can be left uncapped without drying up. Don't often use highlighters, but when I do, liquid highlighters make me happy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on March 29, 2015, 04:07:06 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 29, 2015, 03:53:29 PM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 29, 2015, 03:21:42 PM
Highlighters.  6 packs of 6 colors.  New, crisp highlighters make me happy.

Very particular about office supplies; when complimented on them have been known to say, it's the little things. Have a preference for the sharpie accents highlighters with fluid inside. They have small precision tips and can be left uncapped without drying up. Don't often use highlighters, but when I do, liquid highlighters make me happy.

Office-supply-nerds have opinions on strange things.  Are you a "neon yellow" or a "golden yellow"?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 29, 2015, 04:11:25 PM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 29, 2015, 04:07:06 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 29, 2015, 03:53:29 PM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 29, 2015, 03:21:42 PM
Highlighters.  6 packs of 6 colors.  New, crisp highlighters make me happy.

Very particular about office supplies; when complimented on them have been known to say, it's the little things. Have a preference for the sharpie accents highlighters with fluid inside. They have small precision tips and can be left uncapped without drying up. Don't often use highlighters, but when I do, liquid highlighters make me happy.

Office-supply-nerds have opinions on strange things.  Are you a "neon yellow" or a "golden yellow"?

Neon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on March 29, 2015, 04:12:54 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 29, 2015, 04:11:25 PM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 29, 2015, 04:07:06 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 29, 2015, 03:53:29 PM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 29, 2015, 03:21:42 PM
Highlighters.  6 packs of 6 colors.  New, crisp highlighters make me happy.

Very particular about office supplies; when complimented on them have been known to say, it's the little things. Have a preference for the sharpie accents highlighters with fluid inside. They have small precision tips and can be left uncapped without drying up. Don't often use highlighters, but when I do, liquid highlighters make me happy.

Office-supply-nerds have opinions on strange things.  Are you a "neon yellow" or a "golden yellow"?

Neon.

Me too  :ghugs:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 29, 2015, 04:16:36 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 29, 2015, 04:11:25 PM
Neon.

However can't stand neon highlights in spreadsheets, and most often color cells with a light powder blue. Don't really like colorful data but sometimes it's a necessity, and pastel colored worksheets are much more soothing to review than alarming shades of neon or red, which most other people seem to prefer to use. Though of course, that's not about office supplies and actual highlighters.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on March 29, 2015, 04:20:07 PM
Only if trying to alarm someone  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 29, 2015, 04:27:46 PM
Neon yellow is the default highlight color in excel, so that probably has more to do with it's usage. Generally don't wish to alarm people with my work, so use soothing colors for their benefit as well as my own. Some people don't realize the impact of color. A co-worker had her email set to red text for unread messages; it may have even been the default but can't remember. Told her that her inbox looked very alarming and emergent. She changed it and then later noted to me, it was much less stressful to look at.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 30, 2015, 06:48:52 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 29, 2015, 04:27:46 PM
Neon yellow is the default highlight color in excel, so that probably has more to do with it's usage. Generally don't wish to alarm people with my work, so use soothing colors for their benefit as well as my own. Some people don't realize the impact of color. A co-worker had her email set to red text for unread messages; it may have even been the default but can't remember. Told her that her inbox looked very alarming and emergent. She changed it and then later noted to me, it was much less stressful to look at.

My grandmother was color blind...she always referred to anything red as pink. Painted her kitchen ceiling a "nice shade of pink" one year, looked like something out of Amityville horror. :P

Bought 100 retaining wall blocks today, a box of sleepytime tea, and some waders for the SO.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 30, 2015, 10:49:00 PM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 28, 2015, 01:54:31 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 28, 2015, 02:54:50 AM
Quote from: Chairbert on March 27, 2015, 12:52:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 27, 2015, 12:18:27 AM
Interstellar on Blu-ray.  :headbang2:

There are some interesting interpretations of modern physics in that film, but I love playing it loud.

Great movie!

I'm torn. On one hand, the physicist in me cringes when watching it (and I don't care that Kip Thorne was involved; he clearly lost some of his arguments). On the other, I enjoy the ride and love the storytelling.

My latest pet peeve about the film concerns the blu-ray edition's use of more than one aspect ratio. The Imax sequences have kept their 1.85 ratio while the rest of the movie is in 2.35. Annoying as hell. To complicate things, I originally saw a 70mm presentation that was in 2.21--this is the standard 70mm aspect ratio.

:GA:

I just love that big budget sci-fi is back for the moment.  I also loved Gravity.  The "fantasy" stuff, (Star Wars, Star Trek, etc.) is fun, but doesn't hit me in the same place.

Totally agree. I love big budget SF.

There are lots of things I like in Interstellar, btw, so don't get me wrong. I really, really like Cooper station, to take one example, because clearly someone did his homework.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 01, 2015, 11:08:20 AM
32 Gallons of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 01, 2015, 04:31:01 PM
An expensive duvet cover and pillow shams, a lovely tray to put on the ottoman, some books.  All from the thrift store and saved the usual wad of money.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 01, 2015, 08:10:08 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 01, 2015, 04:31:01 PM
An expensive duvet cover and pillow shams, a lovely tray to put on the ottoman, some books.  All from the thrift store and saved the usual wad of money.

:thumbup: 

Waiting for the first rummage sale next month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 04, 2015, 12:19:01 AM
A book for my daughter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 04, 2015, 10:14:00 AM
Coffee and a cinnamon roll
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 06, 2015, 02:03:17 AM
Easter chocolate for my nieces and nephews. A pair of jeans for myself.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 06, 2015, 07:28:51 PM
$36 of faxing because I procrastinated.  A different bath faucet, door knobs and paint for the PR's accent wall.  Veggies for PA's dinner.  Prescriptions.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 07, 2015, 01:50:50 PM
A 24 volt transformer to power a relay but it's going back the old one is still good just had some loose wires I found when removing it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 08, 2015, 03:42:28 PM
Square circular knitting needles.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 08, 2015, 05:33:30 PM
Fuses
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 08, 2015, 11:05:50 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 09, 2015, 01:03:59 AM
Printer cartridges.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 09, 2015, 06:39:27 PM
Lawn trimmer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 09, 2015, 11:27:03 PM
A CD and a DVD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on April 10, 2015, 01:32:22 AM
A Judge Dredd sticker for my laptop, which should be arriving any day.  :litigious:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 10, 2015, 04:57:17 AM
Two jars of these
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/095-1.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/095-1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 10, 2015, 04:46:58 PM
A couple of scratch lottery tickets for m'self and the missus.....alas, both losers!   :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 10, 2015, 04:53:48 PM
A coffee and a cinnamon roll
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on April 10, 2015, 09:59:12 PM
Did I tell you guys I got my french military F1 daypack!
It's awesome. Smaller than I thought, but still good backpack size.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 11, 2015, 06:08:12 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on April 10, 2015, 09:59:12 PM
Did I tell you guys I got my french military F1 daypack!
It's awesome. Smaller than I thought, but still good backpack size.
How about a picture of this? :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 11, 2015, 11:45:10 AM
A big cup of tea before my shift at the Homeless shelter!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on April 11, 2015, 03:50:55 PM
Pillows! And a mattress, which won't be delivered until the 21st.  :'(

Soon my bed will be delectable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 12, 2015, 01:18:13 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 11, 2015, 06:08:12 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on April 10, 2015, 09:59:12 PM
Did I tell you guys I got my french military F1 daypack!
It's awesome. Smaller than I thought, but still good backpack size.
How about a picture of this? :)

Sure. :zoinks:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 13, 2015, 04:01:26 AM
Bloody hell, odeon.

I bought a shirt, two pairs of pants and a hoodie today. When I got home and looked at the receipt, I realised I had only been charged for the hoodie.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on April 13, 2015, 12:59:54 PM
Bought three new games, now that I can actually spend money for once.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 13, 2015, 03:49:45 PM
Mulch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 13, 2015, 04:12:06 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 13, 2015, 03:49:45 PM
Mulch

Ewww. Don't remind me. Have to get a truckload of that. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 13, 2015, 05:09:05 PM
A stove, closet doors, wall cabinet end panels, cabinet door knobs.  I returned the closet doors and base cabinet end panels I bought wrong.  I need to return the cabinet door pulls I bought earlier.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 14, 2015, 11:24:04 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 13, 2015, 04:01:26 AM
Bloody hell, odeon.

 :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 15, 2015, 04:33:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 14, 2015, 11:24:04 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 13, 2015, 04:01:26 AM
Bloody hell, odeon.


 :-[
I should have included a :P heheh. I just wanted to see sg's bag.

Anyway, I bought groceries yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 17, 2015, 10:59:14 AM
Groceries, a new sports bra, and :wine:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 17, 2015, 11:00:29 AM
...oh and a bag full of cat toys.

The kids are now tanked up on catnip and throwing fuzzy mice everywhere. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 17, 2015, 02:58:41 PM
Bought beer. Found this nice 'merican IPA..
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 17, 2015, 03:13:41 PM
My allergy med! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on April 17, 2015, 05:01:49 PM
a new harness for the dog, and yesterday I ordered Batman: The Killing Joke from Wordery. Hope it comes soon, its been very quiet at work and I'm racing through books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 17, 2015, 05:15:42 PM
The complete Original Jonny Quest DVD's.  (SHown back in the 60's) 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on April 18, 2015, 01:17:09 PM
2014 Chrysler Town & Country
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 18, 2015, 01:37:17 PM
Ham Steak
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on April 19, 2015, 04:58:47 AM

A computer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2015, 01:45:45 AM
Plane tickets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on May 01, 2015, 01:04:36 PM
said this but it bears repeating...ticket for one to see Avengers:AOU I'm very excited to see it... :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 01, 2015, 02:06:19 PM
Tourmaline, Schrol, Malachite, Charoite, Turquoise, Ruby in Zoisite, Jade, Smokey Quartz.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 01, 2015, 02:27:22 PM
Garden plants and gardening supplies! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 01, 2015, 02:43:41 PM
A coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 01, 2015, 04:07:33 PM
Quote from: Jesse on May 01, 2015, 02:06:19 PM
Tourmaline, Schrol, Malachite, Charoite, Turquoise, Ruby in Zoisite, Jade, Smokey Quartz.
Welcome back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 01, 2015, 04:16:21 PM
Quote from: Jesse on May 01, 2015, 02:06:19 PM
Tourmaline, Schrol, Malachite, Charoite, Turquoise, Ruby in Zoisite, Jade, Smokey Quartz.

Nice selection!   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on May 01, 2015, 04:24:18 PM
no fire agates richard?  :headbang2:

long time no see.

I bought beer. :beergrin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 01, 2015, 05:42:51 PM
OMG Jesse's back!! :GA:

Quote from: Jesse on May 01, 2015, 02:06:19 PM
Tourmaline, Schrol, Malachite, Charoite, Turquoise, Ruby in Zoisite, Jade, Smokey Quartz.

Your post is worthless without pictures.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 01, 2015, 05:43:20 PM
Quote from: Dhalsim on April 19, 2015, 04:58:47 AM

A computer.

Post more with it.  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 01, 2015, 06:47:43 PM
A cookbook.

Thug Kitchen..."Eat Like You Give a Fuck"




Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 01, 2015, 08:20:04 PM
Curtains, curtain rods and a sheet set.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 01, 2015, 09:03:55 PM
It's great seeing you guys! Actually Dunc I did get one new fire agate, if I. An be arsed I will try to post pictures. I basically lost all my passwords to those photograph websites, and my files are all to big for this one,  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 02, 2015, 02:51:58 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 01, 2015, 08:20:04 PM
Curtains, curtain rods and a sheet set.

Good to see you are now getting to the functional decorating stage.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 02, 2015, 02:57:48 AM
Quote from: Jesse on May 01, 2015, 09:03:55 PM
It's great seeing you guys! Actually Dunc I did get one new fire agate, if I. An be arsed I will try to post pictures. I basically lost all my passwords to those photograph websites, and my files are all to big for this one,  :zoinks:

Welcome back Jesse.

How's life?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on May 02, 2015, 01:40:15 PM
Quote from: Jesse on May 01, 2015, 09:03:55 PM
It's great seeing you guys! Actually Dunc I did get one new fire agate, if I. An be arsed I will try to post pictures. I basically lost all my passwords to those photograph websites, and my files are all to big for this one,  :zoinks:

Hi Jesse  :santa:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 02, 2015, 01:50:59 PM
It's alright I supose. Could be more,  :heisenberg: but otherwise alright, hello mla.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:14:50 PM
Bought cake.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 02, 2015, 04:33:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:14:50 PM
Bought cake.

To celebrate liberty?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 02, 2015, 04:38:04 PM
Work gloves.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:39:41 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 02, 2015, 04:33:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:14:50 PM
Bought cake.

To celebrate liberty?

Yes, as a matter of fact. Thought some of my old workmates were worth it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 02, 2015, 04:44:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:39:41 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 02, 2015, 04:33:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:14:50 PM
Bought cake.

To celebrate liberty?

Yes, as a matter of fact. Thought some of my old workmates were worth it.
And they'll need their comfort food to get through their days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:47:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 02, 2015, 04:44:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:39:41 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 02, 2015, 04:33:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:14:50 PM
Bought cake.

To celebrate liberty?

Yes, as a matter of fact. Thought some of my old workmates were worth it.
And they'll need their comfort food to get through their days.

They need booze. I doubt it's PC to Buy THAT.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 02, 2015, 06:15:55 PM
Tomato and pepper plants and some other veggie seeds
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 02, 2015, 06:16:49 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:47:35 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 02, 2015, 04:44:59 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:39:41 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 02, 2015, 04:33:11 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2015, 04:14:50 PM
Bought cake.

To celebrate liberty?

Yes, as a matter of fact. Thought some of my old workmates were worth it.
And they'll need their comfort food to get through their days.

They need booze. I doubt it's PC to Buy THAT.

Giving them some of that, to take home with them, might have been OK.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 03, 2015, 12:50:07 AM
They'd need it on the job, to cope.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 03, 2015, 12:54:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 03, 2015, 12:50:07 AM
They'd need it on the job, to cope.

They could force feed it on the boss. Working conditions might improve rapidly, if they did.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 03, 2015, 01:05:34 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 03, 2015, 12:54:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 03, 2015, 12:50:07 AM
They'd need it on the job, to cope.

They could force feed it on the boss. Working conditions might improve rapidly, if they did.

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on May 06, 2015, 08:07:59 PM
A film by Zhang Li called 1911: The end of an empire
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on May 06, 2015, 08:24:54 PM
arduino starter kit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 06, 2015, 10:00:09 PM
Had my first ever latte at a cafe with the walking group.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 07, 2015, 08:39:56 AM
Renewed My Subscription to EARTH Magazine!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 07, 2015, 03:43:57 PM
Bought a book at Foyles. I love that place.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 07, 2015, 04:01:00 PM
Pair of trousers. Really needed them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 07, 2015, 04:15:43 PM
A car wash and a new bulb for the microwave.  Yeah, my life is so blase!    :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on May 07, 2015, 04:22:58 PM
Fishing gear and an inflatable raft
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 07, 2015, 05:31:00 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 07, 2015, 03:43:57 PM
Bought a book at Foyles. I love that place.

Agreed.  My idea of a perfect home.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 07, 2015, 06:06:04 PM
A Box of foam plugs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 08, 2015, 12:31:16 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 07, 2015, 05:31:00 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 07, 2015, 03:43:57 PM
Bought a book at Foyles. I love that place.

Agreed.  My idea of a perfect home.

Which is why I'll probably spend the weekend there. They'll have to throw me out. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 08, 2015, 02:05:20 PM
Some books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 08, 2015, 04:16:23 PM
Had a shopping day with the girls today. None of us really likes shopping, but we got through alive, even made it a good afternoon, despite a bad start. Plenty of things were needed, and found.
Only non necessities we bought were chocolate, candy and cheese. Let me say it better. Only non necessary stuff we bought was a bit of candy.

Glad the pressure of having to buy necessary stuff is mostly gone now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 08, 2015, 07:18:02 PM
More piddling shit for the house.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 09, 2015, 04:54:47 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 08, 2015, 07:18:02 PM
More piddling shit for the house.
:plus:

Never heard that word before.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 09, 2015, 01:11:20 PM
A small magnifying glass for Carla's pharmacist job!    8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 09, 2015, 03:28:30 PM
Some asparagus plants
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 09, 2015, 03:45:53 PM
Yet another book. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 09, 2015, 04:57:06 PM
Some flat sheets, more stuff for the house, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on May 10, 2015, 05:58:56 PM
Comic books, some William Gibson novels from Oxfam, and picked up a used spin dryer from some bloke in Brighouse for Mel this afternoon. Perfect for scoured fleeces.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 10, 2015, 06:35:54 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 09, 2015, 04:54:47 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 08, 2015, 07:18:02 PM
More piddling shit for the house.
:plus:

Never heard that word before.

Piddling can also mean peeing.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 10, 2015, 11:58:00 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 10, 2015, 06:35:54 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 09, 2015, 04:54:47 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 08, 2015, 07:18:02 PM
More piddling shit for the house.
:plus:

Never heard that word before.

Piddling can also mean peeing.  :zoinks:

Making puddles?   :zoinks:
 :pee:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 11, 2015, 07:17:13 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 08, 2015, 07:18:02 PM
More piddling shit for the house.

Your going to be the first person with PTSD from going to Home Depot.
:hug:

Is the end in sight yet?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on May 11, 2015, 10:07:14 AM
some chill music that is worth every penny...need some chill vibes these days...feel me?  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 11, 2015, 01:02:57 PM
Something to eat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 11, 2015, 06:15:02 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 11, 2015, 07:17:13 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 08, 2015, 07:18:02 PM
More piddling shit for the house.

Your going to be the first person with PTSD from going to Home Depot.
:hug:

Is the end in sight yet?
 

Another quick trip to HD (matching light bulbs for two I dropped,  look at exterior door knobs - need to change the interior side parts to brushed nickel).

It looks like we will be emptying the apartment Tues, Wed and Thurs.  Thursday the lease is up.  Thankfully we don't have any furniture or appliances to move, just personal stuff.  We're really not planning on rushing it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 11, 2015, 07:35:54 PM
A three inch hole saw
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 11, 2015, 07:45:34 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 10, 2015, 11:58:00 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 10, 2015, 06:35:54 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 09, 2015, 04:54:47 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 08, 2015, 07:18:02 PM
More piddling shit for the house.
:plus:

Never heard that word before.

Piddling can also mean peeing.  :zoinks:

Making puddles?   :zoinks:
 :pee:

It can also mean to waste time.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 14, 2015, 03:02:19 PM
An iced tea and a Mounds bar
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Hannah on May 14, 2015, 09:42:29 PM
gum, and coconut water spray oil for my hair stuff works great!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 15, 2015, 01:48:17 AM
Quote from: Hannah on May 14, 2015, 09:42:29 PM
gum, and coconut water spray oil for my hair stuff works great!

Funny, both "gum" and "stuf" are words used for an eraser in Dutch. But that was a thing you did not list as bought.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 15, 2015, 02:00:06 PM
Beer and crisps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on May 15, 2015, 05:10:15 PM
A flat pack desk for Mel's studio. I get to put the fucker up tomorrow.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 16, 2015, 03:10:26 PM
Another book. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on May 17, 2015, 11:13:57 PM
From Ikea (gasp) real wood shelves that fit drawer units. The real wood was over twice the price of the particle board shelves. Pyraxis talked me out of the red plastic inserts.
They're not like the old solid pine shelves from Ikea that I have in my storage box - these are made of laminated pine. Still, they smell of wood rather than glue or plastic.
Tomorrow I'll finish assembling it and also put together the chair Pyraxis bought for the living room.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 18, 2015, 01:27:16 PM
IKEA is :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 18, 2015, 02:09:57 PM
Quote from: WolFish on May 17, 2015, 11:13:57 PM
From Ikea (gasp) real wood shelves that fit drawer units. The real wood was over twice the price of the particle board shelves. Pyraxis talked me out of the red plastic inserts.
They're not like the old solid pine shelves from Ikea that I have in my storage box - these are made of laminated pine. Still, they smell of wood rather than glue or plastic.
Tomorrow I'll finish assembling it and also put together the chair Pyraxis bought for the living room.

Generally the smell from the particle board is the formaldehyde binder, it makes me nauseous :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 18, 2015, 03:13:13 PM
Some flowers for Carla!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 18, 2015, 03:42:56 PM
A coffee and a Coke
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 19, 2015, 03:01:56 PM
Groceries and stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on May 19, 2015, 04:34:17 PM
Bought a digital Steam key of Cities: Skylines off of a YouTuber's website thing for 22 bucks.

Wow, this game is exactly like SimCity 5, but a billion times better. I've already put 30 hours into it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 19, 2015, 06:11:10 PM
Flowers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 19, 2015, 06:15:48 PM
curtains, tvs, microwave,etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 20, 2015, 04:53:10 AM
Cat food and medication.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 20, 2015, 07:26:02 AM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 20, 2015, 09:10:32 AM
Coffee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 20, 2015, 10:52:29 AM
Coca Cola and stuffed cherry peppers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 20, 2015, 11:58:39 AM
The latest Star Trek book!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2015, 01:47:14 PM
HDMI and Ethernet cables, underwear for PA.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on May 21, 2015, 02:41:07 AM
Another instalment of the Judge Dredd complete case files.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 21, 2015, 10:59:50 AM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on May 21, 2015, 02:41:07 AM
Another instalment of the Judge Dredd complete case files.  :autism:

Why do you need another if they are complete? :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 23, 2015, 07:23:20 PM
A new dryer,  I had fixed the old one so many time and didn't want to put anymore time or money into it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on May 24, 2015, 07:20:47 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 21, 2015, 10:59:50 AM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on May 21, 2015, 02:41:07 AM
Another instalment of the Judge Dredd complete case files.  :autism:

Why do you need another if they are complete? :tard:

It comes in 22 volumes. I'd have to remortgage the house to do it all in one go.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 24, 2015, 10:06:16 AM
The Sunday Boston Globe newspaper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 01, 2015, 09:06:52 AM
Drove 4 hours round-trip yesterday to purchase a 1967 HydroSwift with an Evinrude Big Twin 40 outboard.  It needs some TLC, and I haven't yet got the damn engine to start, but it should be fun if I can  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 01, 2015, 09:16:31 AM
Quote from: Hubert on June 01, 2015, 09:06:52 AM
Drove 4 hours round-trip yesterday to purchase a 1967 HydroSwift with an Evinrude Big Twin 40 outboard.  It needs some TLC, and I haven't yet got the damn engine to start, but it should be fun if I can  :autism:

I envy people who can work on engines, especially since I am mechanically declined!   :autism:  Good luck with the engine!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 01, 2015, 10:12:00 AM
Quote from: rock hound on June 01, 2015, 09:16:31 AM
Quote from: Hubert on June 01, 2015, 09:06:52 AM
Drove 4 hours round-trip yesterday to purchase a 1967 HydroSwift with an Evinrude Big Twin 40 outboard.  It needs some TLC, and I haven't yet got the damn engine to start, but it should be fun if I can  :autism:

I envy people who can work on engines, especially since I am mechanically declined!   :autism:  Good luck with the engine!

I am not mechanically inclined either.  Should be an adventure.  Thanks :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 01, 2015, 11:37:40 AM
Quote from: Hubert on June 01, 2015, 10:12:00 AM
Quote from: rock hound on June 01, 2015, 09:16:31 AM
Quote from: Hubert on June 01, 2015, 09:06:52 AM
Drove 4 hours round-trip yesterday to purchase a 1967 HydroSwift with an Evinrude Big Twin 40 outboard.  It needs some TLC, and I haven't yet got the damn engine to start, but it should be fun if I can  :autism:

I envy people who can work on engines, especially since I am mechanically declined!   :autism:  Good luck with the engine!

I am not mechanically inclined either.  Should be an adventure.  Thanks :)


Sounds more like something up Parts alley.  I can do stuff with wood, in a crude american crafts style way.  But, my inclination with engines that don't work, is to scrap them and buy a new one.  Or have somebody else else fix it.  Just looking at an engine intimidates me!   :GA:   Enjoy the adventure!   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 01, 2015, 12:24:14 PM
Thanks.  I might have to hit Parts up.  He helped me with a lawnmower a few years ago if I remember correctly. Him and Icequeen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 01, 2015, 12:32:34 PM
Quote from: Hubert on June 01, 2015, 12:24:14 PM
Thanks.  I might have to hit Parts up.  He helped me with a lawnmower a few years ago if I remember correctly. Him and Icequeen.

It's always good to have a good source of expertise to help. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 01, 2015, 10:06:15 PM
Two computers and two bed frames.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 04, 2015, 12:52:18 PM
A pint. :beergrin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 04, 2015, 01:49:33 PM
Dog treats
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 04, 2015, 06:00:09 PM
A jewelers loop with LED and UV lights to better examine specimens that I find.    8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 04, 2015, 06:48:43 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 04, 2015, 06:00:09 PM
A jewelers loop with LED and UV lights to better examine specimens that I find.    8)

That's really cool. Want to examine my specimens?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 04, 2015, 08:36:50 PM
no
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 04, 2015, 11:58:47 PM
Groceries. I am trying to save money so it is unlikely that I will buy anything more exciting in the near future.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 05, 2015, 08:22:29 AM
Came to an agreement on a 1965 Seminole Thunderbird.  Picking her up tonight.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 05, 2015, 08:30:05 AM
One more for those who know anything about this stuff
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 05, 2015, 01:09:11 PM
When we going fishing :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 05, 2015, 02:15:00 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 05, 2015, 01:09:11 PM
When we going fishing :zoinks:

I might be heading out this Sunday.  Bring the beer ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 05, 2015, 03:44:43 PM
Cool. Can I come too, if I bring beer?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 05, 2015, 06:05:14 PM
4000 BBs
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 05, 2015, 08:09:50 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 04, 2015, 08:36:50 PM
no

:emosad:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 06, 2015, 11:33:45 AM
Quote from: Hubert on June 05, 2015, 02:15:00 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 05, 2015, 01:09:11 PM
When we going fishing :zoinks:

I might be heading out this Sunday.  Bring the beer ;)
Quote from: odeon on June 05, 2015, 03:44:43 PM
Cool. Can I come too, if I bring beer?

*stares intently at the male bonding*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 06, 2015, 11:40:42 AM
Books.  :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 06, 2015, 11:47:38 AM
A bunch of tools for $0.25 each
An older Hilti cordless drill for $1
A bunch of  Vaseline glass dishes and cups for $0.25 each
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 06, 2015, 11:58:45 AM
Bought a UK-EU AC adapter, too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 06, 2015, 01:16:53 PM
A necklace hanger for Carla's numerous necklaces! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 06, 2015, 04:05:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 06, 2015, 11:58:45 AM
Bought a UK-EU AC adapter, too.

Come on don't be a wimp just cut the end off and  strip the wires then just stick them in the proper holes in the outlet :zoinks:

My uncle who owned a safety supply company of all things had things at his house that he plugged in this way :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 06, 2015, 04:49:51 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 06, 2015, 04:05:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 06, 2015, 11:58:45 AM
Bought a UK-EU AC adapter, too.

Come on don't be a wimp just cut the end off and  strip the wires then just stick them in the proper holes in the outlet :zoinks:

My uncle who owned a safety supply company of all things had things at his house that he plugged in this way :2thumbsup:

 :zombiefuck:

I've had a few encounters with electricity and that's more than enough, thank you very much. No need to burn the house down too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 06, 2015, 06:40:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 06, 2015, 04:49:51 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 06, 2015, 04:05:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 06, 2015, 11:58:45 AM
Bought a UK-EU AC adapter, too.

Come on don't be a wimp just cut the end off and  strip the wires then just stick them in the proper holes in the outlet :zoinks:

My uncle who owned a safety supply company of all things had things at his house that he plugged in this way :2thumbsup:

 :zombiefuck:

I've had a few encounters with electricity and that's more than enough, thank you very much. No need to burn the house down too.

In the US the regular power is 110 for things like water heaters and dryers they double it up to 220 but not all houses have an outlet, my brother uses 220 for the machinery he uses working on peoples houses if there is no outlet he takes off the front of the panel and hooks up with big jumper clips one on each 110 leg the other on the neutral no breaker :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 07, 2015, 03:05:29 AM
Quote from: Parts on June 06, 2015, 06:40:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 06, 2015, 04:49:51 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 06, 2015, 04:05:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 06, 2015, 11:58:45 AM
Bought a UK-EU AC adapter, too.

Come on don't be a wimp just cut the end off and  strip the wires then just stick them in the proper holes in the outlet :zoinks:

My uncle who owned a safety supply company of all things had things at his house that he plugged in this way :2thumbsup:

 :zombiefuck:

I've had a few encounters with electricity and that's more than enough, thank you very much. No need to burn the house down too.

In the US the regular power is 110 for things like water heaters and dryers they double it up to 220 but not all houses have an outlet, my brother uses 220 for the machinery he uses working on peoples houses if there is no outlet he takes off the front of the panel and hooks up with big jumper clips one on each 110 leg the other on the neutral no breaker :zombiefuck:

:GA: That's bound to go wrong sooner or later.

We've got 220V for most household stuff, but I feed my early 60s film projector with three-phase current. The wiring was a bit dodgy--50-yo wiring can be like that--but we finally replaced it all last year. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 07, 2015, 03:03:00 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 06, 2015, 11:33:45 AM
Quote from: Hubert on June 05, 2015, 02:15:00 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 05, 2015, 01:09:11 PM
When we going fishing :zoinks:

I might be heading out this Sunday.  Bring the beer ;)
Quote from: odeon on June 05, 2015, 03:44:43 PM
Cool. Can I come too, if I bring beer?

*stares intently at the male bonding*

Hells yeah!

The gopher can even come along if it stays quiet and doesn't chew on anything important.  It's small, and I could have used it to run the hamster wheel in the engine compartment.   :zoinks:

Took it out on Saturday.  Check out the What Have You Done Today? thread for photos.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 07, 2015, 03:55:08 PM
Quote from: Hubert on June 07, 2015, 03:03:00 PM
The gopher can even come along

Goodness no. :aff:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 07, 2015, 10:38:47 PM
Bought flight tickets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 08, 2015, 04:33:00 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2015, 10:38:47 PM
Bought flight tickets.

And you just got home.  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on June 08, 2015, 03:36:42 PM
A backpack with 12 pockets. It has water bottle pockets on the inside and outside, plus the front panel is divided into two pockets, each of which have one and two pockets. The main compartment has a computer pocket and finally there is a stuff pocket on the outside.

MY old pack was fine for traveling in the car, but today I took it downtown and with only one writing book, one sketchbook and my ditty bag it looked and felt like a sausage. The new one swallowed up the entire backpack along with my raincoat, umbrella, water bottle and my other purchases: A bosun's hat, a belt and cooking tongs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 08, 2015, 06:55:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2015, 10:38:47 PM
Bought flight tickets.

I read that as fight tickets, but that's probably because I was just looking a fight tickets.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 08, 2015, 08:11:44 PM
Used a $25 gift certificate to a Mexican grocery store.  Picked up apricot jam, honey, tomato sauce, plums, bread, Grey Poupon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, soft drinks, Jamaican ginger beer, garlic powder and pure vanilla extract.  Because I can't keep a running total in my head, I paid an additional $18.  Their mean counter is to die for, but I'm a little leary of buying meat there.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 08, 2015, 08:26:00 PM
Chinese food for Amber and myself! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 08, 2015, 08:40:58 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 08, 2015, 08:26:00 PM
Chinese food for Amber and myself!

Do you eat oriental food with chopsticks?  :orly: I think oriental food taste better with chopsticks and I get upset if I don't get to have chopsticks. It's really weird because wooden spoons totally gross me out and make my teeth cringe.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 08, 2015, 09:20:25 PM
Why is oriental considered a racial slur now?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 08, 2015, 09:48:03 PM
Quote from: Hubert on June 08, 2015, 09:20:25 PM
Why is oriental considered a racial slur now?
Is it really? Had no clue. Have actually been personally trying to stop saying Asian and saying oriental instead, because not all Asians are oriental. Assume it's an American thing to use the word Asian because Americans are quick to say either Chinese or Japanese and that's potentially offensive if one doesn't know it as correct, so Americans just say Asian. There was a discussion at work some months back about the Chinese zodiac and someone said something erroneous about elephants, only to be corrected by being told not all Asians are Chinese. Was going to ask her if that's offensive, referring to oriental people as Asians, but the conversation was interrupted and she's since left the company so can't ask her. What the crap am I supposed to say?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 08, 2015, 10:32:23 PM
Quote from: Hubert on June 08, 2015, 09:20:25 PM
Why is oriental considered a racial slur now?
Got me reading about this now. Seems it all depends on where one lives and who one is speaking to. In the US it's considered politically incorrect usage; rugs are oriental not people, and Americans use the term Asian to mean Orientals, while many European countries use the word Asian to mean what we call Middle-Easterners and they call Orientals oriental. Also read that in the US, older Orientals prefer the term oriental, while younger ones prefer Asian. Youth will win in the long term, so will go back to using the term Asian.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 09, 2015, 12:17:13 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 08, 2015, 04:33:00 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2015, 10:38:47 PM
Bought flight tickets.

And you just got home.  :zombiefuck:

Well, yeah. Life's like that now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 09, 2015, 12:18:06 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 08, 2015, 06:55:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2015, 10:38:47 PM
Bought flight tickets.

I read that as fight tickets, but that's probably because I was just looking a fight tickets.  :lol1:

 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 09, 2015, 01:28:30 AM
Quote from: Hubert on June 08, 2015, 09:20:25 PM
Why is oriental considered a racial slur now?

Can't keep up with that nowadays. Kid read to me from the newspaper that a word had become non-grata, because, while it was used without negative connotations in Dutch, it had wrong connotations in South Afrika, and therefore could not be used in the Netherlands any more either.

 :scratchhead:

Forbidding words will not decrease the use of slurs. Any word can be used in the wrong way.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 09, 2015, 02:23:05 AM
"Two Ethnic s walk into a bar ......."
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on June 09, 2015, 01:35:10 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 09, 2015, 01:28:30 AM
Quote from: Hubert on June 08, 2015, 09:20:25 PM
Why is oriental considered a racial slur now?

Can't keep up with that nowadays. Kid read to me from the newspaper that a word had become non-grata, because, while it was used without negative connotations in Dutch, it had wrong connotations in South Afrika, and therefore could not be used in the Netherlands any more either.

 :scratchhead:

Forbidding words will not decrease the use of slurs. Any word can be used in the wrong way.

You're right.
I imagine that's one of the reasons I am not teaching cultural diversity anymore. In the U.S. everyone tries to get a politically correct card to use, which leaves those of us with legitimate issues looking like them if we protest something that's genuinely prejudiced.  I told my classes that it was far better to be open minded than to memorize all the labels.

My dissertation research was compromised by my putting "African American" on my forms. I found out from my assistants that people were refusing to do the study because they objected to the term. Turns out a famous comedienne had made a routine about how she wasn't African American, she was black. For the next few years people were refusing to be called African American because it wasn't their label.

In fact, the term was introduced by Jesse Jackson, a black activist, not so long ago - 1988. Before that the term black was chosen to distinguish the race from the slaver use of "negro" (which means black) and "nigger."

Asians have such advocates in the ivory tower, but I'm not sure about elsewhere. Those folks preferred Asian unless the country of origin was known.
IMHO in general people in the U.S. are woefully negligent in world knowledge. So I've been places where Asians are Orientals and anyone from the Middle East (or looked like they were from the ME, including Indians, etc) were Arabs.

Are preferences different in different countries?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 09, 2015, 04:51:23 PM
Completely understood blacks rejecting the African American label. American citizens are americans and it makes sense blacks wouldn't identify with a title that sounds like some sort immigrant nationality status.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 09, 2015, 05:38:05 PM
 :headbang2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLqqZmNFa_A
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 09, 2015, 05:54:10 PM
Quote from: Jack on June 08, 2015, 10:32:23 PM
rugs are oriental

And food.  :2thumbsup:

Quote from: odeon on June 09, 2015, 12:18:06 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 08, 2015, 06:55:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2015, 10:38:47 PM
Bought flight tickets.

I read that as fight tickets, but that's probably because I was just looking a fight tickets.  :lol1:

 :lol1:

Jack wont let me blow any money right now, but next month I'm totally watching some caged men beat each other bloody.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 10, 2015, 12:36:02 AM
Quote from: Hubert on June 08, 2015, 09:20:25 PM
Why is oriental considered a racial slur now?

It is? :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 10, 2015, 12:39:07 AM
Quote from: WolFish on June 09, 2015, 01:35:10 PM
Are preferences different in different countries?

Probably, but I honestly can't keep up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 10, 2015, 01:04:59 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 10, 2015, 12:39:07 AM
Quote from: WolFish on June 09, 2015, 01:35:10 PM
Are preferences different in different countries?

Probably, but I honestly can't keep up.

Me neither.

Some cookies and desserts had to change their names too. But "Blanke vla" is still available.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 10, 2015, 01:08:02 AM
We have had name changes to cookies too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 10, 2015, 12:24:17 PM
My grandson had to change his last name.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on June 10, 2015, 03:08:44 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 10, 2015, 01:04:59 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 10, 2015, 12:39:07 AM
Quote from: WolFish on June 09, 2015, 01:35:10 PM
Are preferences different in different countries?

Probably, but I honestly can't keep up.

Me neither.

Some cookies and desserts had to change their names too. But "Blanke vla" is still available.
Why????? :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on June 10, 2015, 03:13:58 PM
Groceries including almost a kilo of pork for $6 CDN. It was supposed to be 750 grams but it looked and felt heavier. Couldn't find my scale so I weighed 850 grams of rice flour with a bungee. The meat was heavier.
Also some oxalis for the front garden plot and GF croissants.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 10, 2015, 03:54:02 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 10, 2015, 12:24:17 PM
My grandson had to change his last name.
Why?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 10, 2015, 04:17:09 PM
Quote from: Jack on June 10, 2015, 03:54:02 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 10, 2015, 12:24:17 PM
My grandson had to change his last name.
Why?

So many grandchildren. Were you referring to the von Battenbergs, Your Highness?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 12, 2015, 10:35:53 AM
A laptop.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 12, 2015, 11:52:55 AM
a newspaper and a scratch lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 12, 2015, 05:48:47 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 10, 2015, 04:17:09 PM
Quote from: Jack on June 10, 2015, 03:54:02 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 10, 2015, 12:24:17 PM
My grandson had to change his last name.
Why?

So many grandchildren. Were you referring to the von Battenbergs, Your Highness?

Apologies, I thought I had responded earlier.  Yes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 12, 2015, 07:11:17 PM
Generic Brand Turpanoid.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on June 13, 2015, 04:13:01 PM
new trainers for both the boys, and a couple of beers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 13, 2015, 05:14:21 PM
Some bowls at a local thrift store.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on June 13, 2015, 05:34:50 PM
Medicine, vitamins, and cough drops. I also got my dog an antler to chew on.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 14, 2015, 01:44:24 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on June 13, 2015, 05:34:50 PM
Medicine, vitamins, and cough drops. I also got my dog an antler to chew on.

Read that wrong and thought you had dressed your dog up Christmas style. Felt sorry for the critter.  :asthing: :laugh:

Get better soon, spring chicken. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 14, 2015, 03:22:22 AM
Flight tickets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 15, 2015, 09:33:50 PM
Took advantage of some sales at the grocery.  Bought about $160 worth of stuff for $80.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on June 27, 2015, 08:16:37 PM
My first old person bike. I kept falling on the mountain bike so I wanted an easier one with comfort construction and at least 18 speeds for the hills here. Ended up getting a Schwinn hydra but since it's a step through with a weird diamond shaped tube and no bolts there's nowhere to put a water bottle. Got Py to get one too. Trying to figure out if hose clamps might work for the water bottles.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 28, 2015, 04:09:01 AM
My new laptop arrived, finally.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 29, 2015, 07:48:08 PM
A 1999 Ford E250 cargo van for work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 29, 2015, 07:49:56 PM
Congratulations.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ZEGH8578 on June 29, 2015, 08:00:46 PM
a new mouse

the communist in me insisted on keeping the useless piece of shit mouse I had before, for months on end. Cheap Microsoft-crap, that pretty much malfunctioned from the moment I plugged it in...
It finally got the better of me, and I threw it into the wall.
(the mouse-wheel had a habit of "jumping", resulting in a very jittery scrolling. sometimes I would scroll down several times, and the page would simply vibrate - but stay in place)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 29, 2015, 08:08:42 PM
Quote from: ZEGH8578 on June 29, 2015, 08:00:46 PM
a new mouse

the communist in me insisted on keeping the useless piece of shit mouse I had before, for months on end. Cheap Microsoft-crap, that pretty much malfunctioned from the moment I plugged it in...
It finally got the better of me, and I threw it into the wall.
(the mouse-wheel had a habit of "jumping", resulting in a very jittery scrolling. sometimes I would scroll down several times, and the page would simply vibrate - but stay in place)

Mine is having the problem of interpreting a single click as a double click. It's had that problem for a long time. Sometimes I take it apart and clean it and that helps for a very short while. I bought a new one too, it was a complete dud and it didn't work at all. I still haven't returned it because I hate returning stuff, so I don't even know when or if that will ever happen, so I'm stull using my old clickably inept one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 29, 2015, 11:56:00 PM
Buy a Logitech mouse. Avoid the cheap ones, though. They are cheap for a reason.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ZEGH8578 on June 30, 2015, 12:49:21 AM
I bought the most expensive one they got - BUT! I have noticed that many of the cheap-ass mice have a decent enough life-span. The worst one so far was the Microsoft one, strangely enough. I went for it, cus I thought such a brand would carry some weight, but that turned out to be a mistake..

I had Logitech in mind, but to be perfectly honest, I have no goddamn clue where any of the computer shops are in the city, and I really didn't feel like treasure hunting with google maps and whatnot. Last time I had to take several trips far outside the city, to some doofus-shop that opens late and closes early, lazy asses... I just went to Clas Ohlson instead :M

Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 29, 2015, 08:08:42 PM
Mine is having the problem of interpreting a single click as a double click. It's had that problem for a long time. Sometimes I take it apart and clean it and that helps for a very short while. I bought a new one too, it was a complete dud and it didn't work at all. I still haven't returned it because I hate returning stuff, so I don't even know when or if that will ever happen, so I'm stull using my old clickably inept one.

If I buy something I cannot use, I'll throw it away. There is a sting, but if I can't use it I can't use it and often you can't return it either if you have opened the pack and stuff. They kindov expect you to know what you've bought. Bastards >:I

I am opposite with stuff that *does* work, if there is even a semblance of life left in something, I will use it to the fullest. Typically untill I outright hate the damn thing.. :D

I'm actually double-clicking this one a lot by mistake now, because of the different button resistance
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 30, 2015, 01:16:16 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 29, 2015, 07:48:08 PM
A 1999 Ford E250 cargo van for work

Nice!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 30, 2015, 02:01:29 PM
A  window sticker for the van

(http://cdn.rockabilia.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/300x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/STICKER/131553F.JPG)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 30, 2015, 11:27:58 PM
An extra hard drive for the laptop. Also ordered a bracket and a cable to install it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 30, 2015, 11:42:06 PM
I paid my parking fine. $50.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 01, 2015, 05:00:23 PM
Groceries, L-Tyrosine
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on July 03, 2015, 06:21:02 PM
I bought a political campaign.  :mischief:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 04, 2015, 02:08:27 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on July 03, 2015, 06:21:02 PM
I bought a political campaign.  :mischief:

Was it on sale or did you have to pay full price?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on July 04, 2015, 02:08:21 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 04, 2015, 02:08:27 AM
Quote from: sg1008 on July 03, 2015, 06:21:02 PM
I bought a political campaign.  :mischief:

Was it on sale or did you have to pay full price?

Discount. But the value is increasing, so it was a good investment.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 05, 2015, 01:23:08 AM
Political campaigns are never good value. :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 05, 2015, 01:23:36 AM
Bought a micro SDHC card.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 05, 2015, 02:28:02 AM
Bought a dark blue thick jacket for my dad for his birthday. Hope he likes it. I will be seeing him next Saturday.

Also bought some pies and donuts from Jesters.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 05, 2015, 02:35:36 PM
A good day for my collections at the flea market
A Mann Indian Chief fire axe
A hatchet handle
Metal shoe guards
A pack of four pieces of maple sugar candy
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 07, 2015, 09:22:35 PM
Wine. :wine:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 08, 2015, 05:02:34 AM
Birthday presents for my niece, nephew and stepdad. A quick way to go broke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 08, 2015, 05:46:41 AM
The local newspaper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 08, 2015, 02:45:45 PM
Whisky. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 08, 2015, 04:57:16 PM
Three copies of the van key
A jiggle siphon to get the gas out of the old van before it gets donated
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on July 08, 2015, 06:56:07 PM
Wensters college dictionary
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 08, 2015, 07:24:26 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 09, 2015, 03:34:37 PM
Petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 09, 2015, 04:19:48 PM
Trailer hitch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 10, 2015, 03:23:49 AM
A birthday present for my sister (a silver looking cat photo frame) and a card.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 10, 2015, 07:09:11 AM
Local newspaper and a scratch lottery ticket for Carla.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 10, 2015, 08:14:47 AM
Two small tool boxes and a 25 year old high school year book, at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 10, 2015, 09:14:22 AM
more groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 10, 2015, 03:36:31 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 10, 2015, 04:10:09 PM
coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 10, 2015, 06:13:06 PM
Refrigerator thermometer and washing machine hoses.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 11, 2015, 10:27:56 AM
A sand scoop.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FZWWEnypL._SX425_.jpg)

That one. 
The beach awaits.

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oaXiyRazMyg/T-D9d2QYZFI/AAAAAAAAAU0/j6E6rJazvqE/s640/blogger-image-1299250400.jpg)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 14, 2015, 10:29:16 PM
Medication. Lots of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 15, 2015, 09:35:36 AM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 16, 2015, 01:17:24 AM
A pair of pants and a bed shirt from Good Sammy's (second hand shop).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 19, 2015, 03:02:11 PM
Some small carriage bolts and lock nuts to go on them for my vans ladder rack,  I'm sure I had ones that would have worked but thought it prudent to get new ones for the job
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 20, 2015, 06:53:03 PM
Lunch at McDonald's...desperate times call for desperate measures!   :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 21, 2015, 01:37:47 AM
Quote from: rock hound on July 20, 2015, 06:53:03 PM
Lunch at McDonald's...desperate times call for desperate measures!   :P

Poor you. How desperate were the times you lived in?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on July 21, 2015, 05:25:07 AM
Quote from: rock hound on July 20, 2015, 06:53:03 PM
Lunch at McDonald's...desperate times call for desperate measures!   :P

If I was a man of God I would pray for you, instead I simply off you my sympathy. You poor soul.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 21, 2015, 01:43:03 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 21, 2015, 01:37:47 AM
Quote from: rock hound on July 20, 2015, 06:53:03 PM
Lunch at McDonald's...desperate times call for desperate measures!   :P

Poor you. How desperate were the times you lived in?

Pretty desperate, driving for what seemed like hours, hot humid day, grabbed whatever was fast cheap and easy and filling.    :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 21, 2015, 01:43:37 PM
Quote from: Some_Bloke on July 21, 2015, 05:25:07 AM
Quote from: rock hound on July 20, 2015, 06:53:03 PM
Lunch at McDonald's...desperate times call for desperate measures!   :P

If I was a man of God I would pray for you, instead I simply off you my sympathy. You poor soul.  :zoinks:

Bless you! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 21, 2015, 01:54:25 PM
A book. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 21, 2015, 01:56:47 PM
Apples, spinach, brie, bread, French bread.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 21, 2015, 02:36:42 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 21, 2015, 01:56:47 PM
Apples, spinach, brie, bread, French bread.

Yum
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 21, 2015, 11:12:06 PM
As a surprise for Kayleigh, I put $50 down for a Halo game pack.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 22, 2015, 12:56:39 PM
Another book. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 22, 2015, 06:00:08 PM
Two chicken teriyaki make your own meals from the meat section.  They were originally $10, on sale for $2.99 with an attached $2.00 off coupon.  Two dinners for 99 cents each, 3 packs of bacon 79 cents each, 2 heads of lettuce $1.40, etc.  Oh yeah, and a 10 inch stainless steel rolling pin.  No idea what I'll use it for, but it will definitely take out a burglar if I can lift it.  Really lucked out on the markdowns today.

Two tops, bath mat from the thrift store.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 22, 2015, 06:03:21 PM
A respirator and a box of 3mil garbage bags
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 22, 2015, 10:39:07 PM
You bought some great bargains, QV.

I went out with my friend for lunch and bought a vegie burger and Pepsi ( I hardly ever drink Pepsi but Adam would be happy).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on July 23, 2015, 10:45:36 AM
Parts and labor :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 23, 2015, 11:53:54 AM
SAM-e, the dietary supplement for mood, liver function and joints.   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 23, 2015, 03:43:56 PM
A particle board bookcase from the thrift store for the laundry room.  We had to throw ours away after the fire.  They last about 15 years in the attached room.  Used to store tools, miscellany, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 23, 2015, 07:13:56 PM
A new batch of loose leaf Lapsang Souchong tea!    :tea:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on July 24, 2015, 04:12:18 AM
new phone  for girlfriend
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 24, 2015, 07:56:11 AM
Some light bulbs for the kitchen ceiling fan light.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 25, 2015, 05:00:23 AM
Coffee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 25, 2015, 05:08:19 AM
Stuff for breakfast.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 25, 2015, 08:51:46 AM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 25, 2015, 09:00:05 AM
A Bell & Howell 545 Filmosound  for $3  everything seems to work but I have not run any movies through it yet will post a photo later
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 25, 2015, 04:07:26 PM
Is that 16mm? Awesome.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on July 25, 2015, 05:51:04 PM
Coconut oil for my hair
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 25, 2015, 09:25:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 25, 2015, 04:07:26 PM
Is that 16mm? Awesome.

Yes 16mm,  nobody ever has the films though :dunno: 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 30, 2015, 11:57:23 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 25, 2015, 09:25:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 25, 2015, 04:07:26 PM
Is that 16mm? Awesome.

Yes 16mm,  nobody ever has the films though :dunno:

I have a 16mm print of Gremlins. :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 30, 2015, 11:57:45 PM
I bought another book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 31, 2015, 08:41:00 AM
3 coffee "cups" (literally holds one cup), a knitted winter cap (black with silver sparkles of course), some kitchen utensils and a top.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 31, 2015, 02:00:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2015, 11:57:23 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 25, 2015, 09:25:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 25, 2015, 04:07:26 PM
Is that 16mm? Awesome.

Yes 16mm,  nobody ever has the films though :dunno:

I have a 16mm print of Gremlins. :M

You would think that with the number of them made there would be more around, when I was a kid you could get them at the library not to mention all the ones schools had
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 31, 2015, 02:18:39 PM
An old horror movie from the late 50's.  Caltiki, the immortal monster.   :heisenberg:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 01, 2015, 03:56:00 AM
Quote from: Parts on July 31, 2015, 02:00:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2015, 11:57:23 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 25, 2015, 09:25:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 25, 2015, 04:07:26 PM
Is that 16mm? Awesome.

Yes 16mm,  nobody ever has the films though :dunno:

I have a 16mm print of Gremlins. :M

You would think that with the number of them made there would be more around, when I was a kid you could get them at the library not to mention all the ones schools had

True. I wonder what happened to all those prints. Here, I'm guessing that most of them were chopped up when the distributors no longer had the space that was needed. A lot of 35mm prints were destroyed at the same time. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 01, 2015, 03:56:42 AM
Bought dinner to me and the offspring.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on August 01, 2015, 05:44:40 AM
A paper and a scratch lottery ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 01, 2015, 06:20:36 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 01, 2015, 03:56:00 AM
Quote from: Parts on July 31, 2015, 02:00:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2015, 11:57:23 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 25, 2015, 09:25:28 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 25, 2015, 04:07:26 PM
Is that 16mm? Awesome.

Yes 16mm,  nobody ever has the films though :dunno:

I have a 16mm print of Gremlins. :M

You would think that with the number of them made there would be more around, when I was a kid you could get them at the library not to mention all the ones schools had

True. I wonder what happened to all those prints. Here, I'm guessing that most of them were chopped up when the distributors no longer had the space that was needed. A lot of 35mm prints were destroyed at the same time. :(

I asked my wife to ask the AV guy at her school and he said they were all gone before his time,  I had been hoping that some were still in a back room somewhere.  My brother told me about a guy he knew who destroyed a lot of old film to recover the silver
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 01, 2015, 03:52:05 PM
A spear gun  :zoinks:

From the 60s don't know if it works I think I am missing the air pump but for $3 you can't go wrong
Also bout a bunch of tools and climbing gaffs for telephone poles
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on August 01, 2015, 06:53:40 PM
Booze.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 04, 2015, 12:08:24 AM
Books :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 04, 2015, 02:36:15 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 04, 2015, 12:08:24 AM
Books :-[

Hey, books are a great addiction. They don't ruin your weight, nor your liver. And buying a nice book is very satisfying.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 05, 2015, 12:12:17 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 04, 2015, 02:36:15 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 04, 2015, 12:08:24 AM
Books :-[

Hey, books are a great addiction. They don't ruin your weight, nor your liver. And buying a nice book is very satisfying.

I know. My bookshelves put on weight, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 09, 2015, 05:06:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 05, 2015, 12:12:17 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 04, 2015, 02:36:15 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 04, 2015, 12:08:24 AM
Books :-[

Hey, books are a great addiction. They don't ruin your weight, nor your liver. And buying a nice book is very satisfying.

I know. My bookshelves put on weight, though.

I had to take leave of a lot of books, my bookshelves were morbidly obese. Did help for a while.
Now I may have to do it again.
 :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 09, 2015, 05:11:58 AM
I made a bid for fun on Marktplaats on a box with spinning related stuff. Could not see all that was in it, but recognised one thing that was absolutely worth more than what the former bidder had suggested, and that I would not mind having.
So, just for fun I offered €15, it was overbid the day after. To my amazement, I got it.
There is loose weaving stuff in the box, that I cannot use, there are display plates for all kinds of rope (shop? school?) and there was an umbrella wool winder, a cake winder and two niddy noddies, all complete and working well. Three spools that do not fit my spinning wheel, but may fit one of someone I know.

Kid and I had fun this morning, using the stuff we could use.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 11, 2015, 08:03:15 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 09, 2015, 05:06:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 05, 2015, 12:12:17 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 04, 2015, 02:36:15 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 04, 2015, 12:08:24 AM
Books :-[

Hey, books are a great addiction. They don't ruin your weight, nor your liver. And buying a nice book is very satisfying.

I know. My bookshelves put on weight, though.

I had to take leave of a lot of books, my bookshelves were morbidly obese. Did help for a while.
Now I may have to do it again.
 :-\

But you can't do that. :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 11, 2015, 10:40:07 PM
three meals eaten out that I shouldn't have bought.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 11, 2015, 10:41:20 PM
Going soon to buy meds. How exciting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 12, 2015, 07:42:40 AM
Three inch tungsten carbide tipped hole saw with arbor and pilot
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 13, 2015, 06:41:13 AM
^ I have no idea what that would look like.

I bought dry cat food, people food and lots of medication.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 13, 2015, 09:44:36 AM
People food. PJ for youngest. And two books. Started reading in one of them on my way home, waiting for the bus. Was almost disappointed when the bus showed up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 13, 2015, 05:09:46 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 13, 2015, 06:41:13 AM
^ I have no idea what that would look like.

I bought dry cat food, people food and lots of medication.

One of these though this bit is a bit smaller.    :2thumbsup:
(http://www.tool-rank.com/media/listing/photos/thumbnail/300x300s/cc/4d/d5/spyder-001-83-1435300279.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 13, 2015, 09:23:42 PM
Thank heavens I didn't have to buy this.  One of the PR's epilepsy meds is now $1,809.99 a month.  Thank you all who pay into Medicare and whose taxes go to Medicaid.  All her prescriptions are free because of you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 13, 2015, 09:27:00 PM
Dinner. Went out with some American colleagues and had lots of fun.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 14, 2015, 01:00:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 13, 2015, 09:23:42 PM
Thank heavens I didn't have to buy this.  One of the PR's epilepsy meds is now $1,809.99 a month.  Thank you all who pay into Medicare and whose taxes go to Medicaid.  All her prescriptions are free because of you.
Wow those prices are high. I know development does cost a lot. But this seems outrageous.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 15, 2015, 02:49:17 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 14, 2015, 01:00:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 13, 2015, 09:23:42 PM
Thank heavens I didn't have to buy this.  One of the PR's epilepsy meds is now $1,809.99 a month.  Thank you all who pay into Medicare and whose taxes go to Medicaid.  All her prescriptions are free because of you.
Wow those prices are high. I know development does cost a lot. But this seems outrageous.
A few years ago I was on Lamictal (lamotrigine) and I had to spend over $150 per month because it wasn't on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme like my other meds were. It wasn't long before I went on sodium valproate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 15, 2015, 05:35:49 AM
A new router to upgrade our in house wi-fi.

Interestingly, I find that this router has multiple USB ports for an external hard drive to use as "Common Storage"  for all of the computers on the network, for instance,  AND any USB powered printer now becomes a "network" printer.  While that seems normal, I never had that functionality with my old router. I plan to shut it all down here in a few minutes and install this beauty.

I got to thinking ... my home system consists of five tablets, five cellphones, two laptops, three desktops, three Bluray players and one remote music player for the outdoors. Needless to say my old N600 router could not keep up with the demand.

I am also planning for some external security devices as well, so it was time to enter the Twenty First Century.

OH and here is a pic ...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 15, 2015, 06:10:39 AM
Bought another book. This one was obligatory for offspring. Will leaf through it too though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 15, 2015, 06:02:44 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 15, 2015, 02:49:17 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 14, 2015, 01:00:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 13, 2015, 09:23:42 PM
Thank heavens I didn't have to buy this.  One of the PR's epilepsy meds is now $1,809.99 a month.  Thank you all who pay into Medicare and whose taxes go to Medicaid.  All her prescriptions are free because of you.
Wow those prices are high. I know development does cost a lot. But this seems outrageous.
A few years ago I was on Lamictal (lamotrigine) and I had to spend over $150 per month because it wasn't on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme like my other meds were. It wasn't long before I went on sodium valproate.

The PR is on lamotrigine and Zonegran.  She was paying $1.10 for the lamotrigine and $3.30 for the Zonegran, but was placed on some program where she pays nothing for her scripts.  She's also on citalopram and risperidone and L-Tyrosine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on August 15, 2015, 08:03:04 PM
A rib dinner for the missus.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 16, 2015, 12:05:55 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 15, 2015, 06:02:44 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 15, 2015, 02:49:17 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 14, 2015, 01:00:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 13, 2015, 09:23:42 PM
Thank heavens I didn't have to buy this.  One of the PR's epilepsy meds is now $1,809.99 a month.  Thank you all who pay into Medicare and whose taxes go to Medicaid.  All her prescriptions are free because of you.
Wow those prices are high. I know development does cost a lot. But this seems outrageous.
A few years ago I was on Lamictal (lamotrigine) and I had to spend over $150 per month because it wasn't on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme like my other meds were. It wasn't long before I went on sodium valproate.

The PR is on lamotrigine and Zonegran.  She was paying $1.10 for the lamotrigine and $3.30 for the Zonegran, but was placed on some program where she pays nothing for her scripts.  She's also on citalopram and risperidone and L-Tyrosine.
I found that lamotrigine was a good med. But it wore off after a couple of years. I tried risperidone while in hospital and it gave me twitches so they took me off it. I have never heard of Zonegran, is it good?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 16, 2015, 02:47:10 AM
Risperidone made a kid of mine more and more tired over time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 16, 2015, 07:51:12 AM
Books. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 16, 2015, 10:20:48 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 16, 2015, 12:05:55 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 15, 2015, 06:02:44 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 15, 2015, 02:49:17 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 14, 2015, 01:00:07 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 13, 2015, 09:23:42 PM
Thank heavens I didn't have to buy this.  One of the PR's epilepsy meds is now $1,809.99 a month.  Thank you all who pay into Medicare and whose taxes go to Medicaid.  All her prescriptions are free because of you.
Wow those prices are high. I know development does cost a lot. But this seems outrageous.
A few years ago I was on Lamictal (lamotrigine) and I had to spend over $150 per month because it wasn't on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme like my other meds were. It wasn't long before I went on sodium valproate.



The PR is on lamotrigine and Zonegran.  She was paying $1.10 for the lamotrigine and $3.30 for the Zonegran, but was placed on some program where she pays nothing for her scripts.  She's also on citalopram and risperidone and L-Tyrosine.
I found that lamotrigine was a good med. But it wore off after a couple of years. I tried risperidone while in hospital and it gave me twitches so they took me off it. I have never heard of Zonegran, is it good?

Zonegran is the brand for zonisimide (sp?).  She needs both to manage her seizures.  She does get bad twitches (neck contortions) on higher doses of risperidone.  She's on an infant dose, which she manages her moods well without side effects.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 16, 2015, 01:11:35 PM
27.34 gallons of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 16, 2015, 01:24:06 PM


MOTHER FUCKING MICROWAVE!!!!


My wife fried the other one, unintentionally (I think), by putting something in that still had foil attached. It was an almost empty peanut butter jar with some small ring of foil still attached to the seal. She was making some quick, throw together granola bars to be drenched and thus bound in melted chocolate and peanut butter, then left to cool and congeal.

It was actually kind of fun to watch.  It started sparking inside the microwave, making a hellacious sound, then the power was overloaded and the lights seemed to dim. Then something inside the back wall of the microwave "POPPED"  really loudly. NO more microwave. 

When she opened the door the plastic jar was on fire.

:GA:


Anyway, a pisser for the interruption of her culinary efforts, but funny to watch the appliance bite the dust.  All better now. A new one is in place.

 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on August 16, 2015, 01:24:38 PM
A fried clam dinner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 16, 2015, 02:34:43 PM
Yet another book. I can't help it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 17, 2015, 10:26:11 AM
Fuel lines for a couple of broken string trimmers I have to fix
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 23, 2015, 06:49:01 PM
A Pulaski been looking for one for awhile and found one for $8 at the flea market
(http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE3-951763dt.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on August 23, 2015, 10:11:59 PM
You and me's pals, right parts? :hide:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 23, 2015, 11:26:18 PM
You should *correct* them all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 24, 2015, 06:42:37 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on August 23, 2015, 10:11:59 PM
You and me's pals, right parts? :hide:

Sure thing come on over and I'll give you a big hug  :) 







  :mwhaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 24, 2015, 08:38:10 AM
Melatonin and Belgian chocolate.  :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on August 24, 2015, 05:58:50 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 24, 2015, 06:42:37 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on August 23, 2015, 10:11:59 PM
You and me's pals, right parts? :hide:

Sure thing come on over and I'll give you a big hug  :) 







  :mwhaha:

I think I'll just go hide out in the shed.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 26, 2015, 07:17:14 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 09, 2015, 05:11:58 AM
I made a bid for fun on Marktplaats on a box with spinning related stuff. Could not see all that was in it, but recognised one thing that was absolutely worth more than what the former bidder had suggested, and that I would not mind having.
So, just for fun I offered €15, it was overbid the day after. To my amazement, I got it.
There is loose weaving stuff in the box, that I cannot use, there are display plates for all kinds of rope (shop? school?) and there was an umbrella wool winder, a cake winder and two niddy noddies, all complete and working well. Three spools that do not fit my spinning wheel, but may fit one of someone I know.

Kid and I had fun this morning, using the stuff we could use.

I should bid for fun more often.

Last week I offered a price for a spinning wheel, because I saw a trader had made a ridiculously low bid. And I made one higher bid once after that. Then two traders were taking over and the price sky-rocketed. Hyke is no rich bovine, so I let it be.
Could use a second spinning wheel though. Kid picked up the virus.

Yesterday I got an email, it is mine, if I want it, for a price lower than I offered. And it comes with four bobbins in total, a simple lazy kate and a set of carders. All that for €40.

The price had gone up over €100 since I last checked.

It will probably need some TLC, but the model is one that can be taken apart and put back together again easily.

Now only have to think on how to get it here. No car and such. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 26, 2015, 12:33:19 PM
flavoured coffee creamers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 27, 2015, 12:03:41 AM
A book. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on August 27, 2015, 05:19:44 AM
Maududi translation of the Qur'an, which "... is accepted by scholars for being the most accurate" - Bill Warner, Phd (politicalislam.com)

(http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l598/Dahlsim/koran%20vertically_zpslbeellp4.jpg)

Also, seeing how I might not be able to make it to the conference that Geert Wilders is attending in South Australia, I decided to get to know the man by reading his book. I'm still waiting for this to arrive in the post but what small amount I've heard from him on facebook I approve of. Freedom of speech isn't just for people who have something to say. 

(http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Marked-for-Death-Geert-Wilders.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 27, 2015, 06:42:27 AM
Haven't bought any actual thing, except for groceries. This fortnight was full of bills.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 27, 2015, 09:24:56 AM
Duct tape  :tape:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 27, 2015, 10:39:04 AM
Quote from: Dhalsim on August 27, 2015, 05:19:44 AM
Maududi translation of the Qur'an, which "... is accepted by scholars for being the most accurate" - Bill Warner, Phd (politicalislam.com)

(http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l598/Dahlsim/koran%20vertically_zpslbeellp4.jpg)

Also, seeing how I might not be able to make it to the conference that Geert Wilders is attending in South Australia, I decided to get to know the man by reading his book. I'm still waiting for this to arrive in the post but what small amount I've heard from him on facebook I approve of. Freedom of speech isn't just for people who have something to say. 

(http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Marked-for-Death-Geert-Wilders.jpg)

Geert Wilders is pretty dictatorial in how he rules his own political party. His party splices at least once a year because of that. He is great in motivating masses though, with platitudes and prejudices worded in a creative and catchy way. Lots of things he comes up with do not compute though. He's a politician who thrives on discontent voters, but just like a lot of other politicians, he sells fried air.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 29, 2015, 03:37:48 AM
Geert Wilders is a nutcase. It's a bit scary how people like him pop up all over Europe these days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 29, 2015, 05:09:55 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 29, 2015, 03:37:48 AM
Geert Wilders is a nutcase. It's a bit scary how people like him pop up all over Europe these days.

Not only Europe. USA and Australia seem to love him too.

USA has of course a different blonde nutcase with bad haircut to love, lately.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on August 29, 2015, 09:52:14 AM
 :thumbup:
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 29, 2015, 05:09:55 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 29, 2015, 03:37:48 AM
Geert Wilders is a nutcase. It's a bit scary how people like him pop up all over Europe these days.

Not only Europe. USA and Australia seem to love him too.

USA has of course a different blonde nutcase with bad haircut to love, lately.

It's a wig...and he's a moron.

A very rich moron. :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 29, 2015, 01:39:38 PM
A nice big antique Parker machinist's vise
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 30, 2015, 02:13:31 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on August 29, 2015, 09:52:14 AM
:thumbup:
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 29, 2015, 05:09:55 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 29, 2015, 03:37:48 AM
Geert Wilders is a nutcase. It's a bit scary how people like him pop up all over Europe these days.

Not only Europe. USA and Australia seem to love him too.

USA has of course a different blonde nutcase with bad haircut to love, lately.

It's a wig...and he's a moron.

A very rich moron. :LOL:

He invited several female journalists to inspect his follicles to prove they are real, apparently. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 30, 2015, 02:14:07 AM
Bought paint and brushes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 30, 2015, 03:07:07 AM
Church rummage sale.  Storage containers, Halloween decoration, purse, muffins, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 30, 2015, 03:44:33 PM
I want to buy more books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 30, 2015, 08:57:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 30, 2015, 03:44:33 PM
I want to buy more books.

Doesn't everyone :2thumbsup:  I bought a book at a tag sale yesterday on building model steam engines
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 31, 2015, 01:46:01 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 30, 2015, 08:57:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 30, 2015, 03:44:33 PM
I want to buy more books.

Doesn't everyone :2thumbsup:  I bought a book at a tag sale yesterday on building model steam engines

Cool. Now I want one too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on September 03, 2015, 01:13:38 AM
-MISP Vintage Empire Strikes Back Imperial Troop Transport - probably should send it in for grading!
-Vintage Die Cast X-Wing still sealed on the card, but the card is roughed up.
-Vintage Empire Strikes Back Imperial Commander still sealed on a C-7/8 card.
-About 50 STAR WARS, X-Files, and Samurai Jack comics (mostly STAR WARS), including all the variants from the past few months that my Comic Shop holds for me, despite living two hoirs away and only picking them up every few months.
 
At 0001 on the 4th I will be running between TRU, Target, and WM for all the new Force Awakens and other STAR WARS toys and collectibles. Good thing I didn't spend any money the past few months.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 04, 2015, 12:29:45 AM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 04, 2015, 02:10:57 PM
Some acid     :mushie: 

Muriatic Acid for leaning off cement and removing the galvanization off some metal
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on September 04, 2015, 03:24:45 PM
Boojum.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on September 04, 2015, 05:07:16 PM
Quote from: Some_Bloke on September 04, 2015, 03:24:45 PM
Boojum.

Is that like Jenkem?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on September 04, 2015, 07:24:39 PM
Too much - stuff for the kids going back to school/college, birthdays, car, stuff for the rabbits, beer... Its been a fucking expensive month and it isn't payday yet.  :hide:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 05, 2015, 01:28:39 AM
Beer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on September 05, 2015, 04:10:31 AM
Well, I've actually read his book, so public opinion be damned, I'm going to speak up for Geert Wilders here anyway. While it may be true that in a public context his views have been made to look abhorrent or immoral but what he advocates isn't just freedom of speech but the very fundamental freedoms which islam is opposed to us having. It isn't bigotry to respond to an agenda but the media belittles people from speaking out against the dangers islam poses to us. I also appreciated the degree of honesty in objective speaking about islam itself. We are, as he suggests, censoring ourselves - by default relinquishing our own freedom of speech. If more people spoke out against islam there would be a better chance of combating against our civilised worlds' cultures from being annihilated. I think you should all read his book before judging him. As we all know that "kent brockman" doesn't give a shit about the realities of islam (or the rest of the world for that matter).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 05, 2015, 08:36:52 AM
A box of black heads :zoinks:


(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN4175_zpsjpa1dfxq.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN4175_zpsjpa1dfxq.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 05, 2015, 09:46:26 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 05, 2015, 08:36:52 AM
A box of black heads :zoinks:


(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN4175_zpsjpa1dfxq.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN4175_zpsjpa1dfxq.jpg.html)

What are they made of Parts?
Plaster?

Some look like cement.


Bought some clothes for the kid at the rummage sale yesterday...(American Eagle, Abercrombie & Fitch, & Aero), and original xbox for $1, and a set of s&p grinders for another $1.


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 05, 2015, 11:47:12 AM
Styrofoam spray painted black,  the paint didn't agree with some of them and melted them a bit.  They will be good to display helmets and hats, some I'll sell  $2 each. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 07, 2015, 09:57:59 AM
Quote from: Dhalsim on September 05, 2015, 04:10:31 AM
Well, I've actually read his book, so public opinion be damned, I'm going to speak up for Geert Wilders here anyway. While it may be true that in a public context his views have been made to look abhorrent or immoral but what he advocates isn't just freedom of speech but the very fundamental freedoms which Islam is opposed to us having. It isn't bigotry to respond to an agenda but the media belittles people from speaking out against the dangers Islam poses to us. I also appreciated the degree of honesty in objective speaking about Islam itself. We are, as he suggests, censoring ourselves - by default relinquishing our own freedom of speech. If more people spoke out against Islam there would be a better chance of combating against our civilised worlds' cultures from being annihilated. I think you should all read his book before judging him. As we all know that "kent brockman" doesn't give a shit about the realities of Islam (or the rest of the world for that matter).

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/02/19/response-geert-wilders-unravelling-islamic-myths

I think you should read other sources before parroting Wilders's lies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 07, 2015, 11:28:33 AM
A Bell & Howell Filmosound 16mm Projector with a load of movies including  Lost in Space  The Cave of the Wizards   and an I Love Lucy episode.  Still have not gone through them all when he said $25 I just took everything :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 07, 2015, 02:48:02 PM
An electric fan (small room sized), a desk lamp, Halloween hats and  decorations, a bowling bag, a sleeveless top, a small electric water heater, groceries, L-Tyrosine for the PR
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on September 08, 2015, 10:07:37 AM
Odeon, what lies are you referring to? Also, do you really think I went from zilch to Wilder's book on freedom of speech without reading from other sources first?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 08, 2015, 02:40:13 PM
Quote from: Dhalsim on September 08, 2015, 10:07:37 AM
Odeon, what lies are you referring to? Also, do you really think I went from zilch to Wilder's book on freedom of speech without reading from other sources first?

The way you are talking about Islam is rather telling.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 08, 2015, 05:20:19 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 07, 2015, 11:28:33 AM
A Bell & Howell Filmosound 16mm Projector with a load of movies including  Lost in Space  The Cave of the Wizards   and an I Love Lucy episode.  Still have not gone through them all when he said $25 I just took everything :hyke:

Whoa...awesome.

(http://www.robots-and-androids.com/images/danger-will-robinson.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 09, 2015, 12:31:21 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 26, 2015, 07:17:14 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on August 09, 2015, 05:11:58 AM
I made a bid for fun on Marktplaats on a box with spinning related stuff. Could not see all that was in it, but recognised one thing that was absolutely worth more than what the former bidder had suggested, and that I would not mind having.
So, just for fun I offered €15, it was overbid the day after. To my amazement, I got it.
There is loose weaving stuff in the box, that I cannot use, there are display plates for all kinds of rope (shop? school?) and there was an umbrella wool winder, a cake winder and two niddy noddies, all complete and working well. Three spools that do not fit my spinning wheel, but may fit one of someone I know.

Kid and I had fun this morning, using the stuff we could use.

I should bid for fun more often.

Last week I offered a price for a spinning wheel, because I saw a trader had made a ridiculously low bid. And I made one higher bid once after that. Then two traders were taking over and the price sky-rocketed. Hyke is no rich bovine, so I let it be.
Could use a second spinning wheel though. Kid picked up the virus.

Yesterday I got an email, it is mine, if I want it, for a price lower than I offered. And it comes with four bobbins in total, a simple lazy kate and a set of carders. All that for €40.

The price had gone up over €100 since I last checked.

It will probably need some TLC, but the model is one that can be taken apart and put back together again easily.

Now only have to think on how to get it here. No car and such. :P

And, she is here.
Was not allowed to pay the price we had agreed on. If I had tried, I probably would have gotten it for free. Too nice a woman selling it.
It will need some TLC indeed. New bushings, a new drive band, and a new connecting bit between treadle and footman.
The ball bearing in the centre of the wheel is still in perfect shape though. So no issue there at all. And the treadle has a nice height and feel.

So, now I have to find a supplier for plain bushings. One that does not only sell by packages of a hundred at a time.
 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 09, 2015, 05:55:03 AM
I bought underwear. :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 10, 2015, 12:23:39 AM
Going to buy a new keyboard today. Bought one just a couple of weeks ago that's driving me crazy since the spacing seems to be just a bit off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 11, 2015, 10:29:47 AM
A laptop. Nothing fancy, just something basic to do the job it needs to do. Mine bit the dust last year so I was waiting for a good back to school sale.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 11, 2015, 12:54:33 PM
Didn't buy the keyboard yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 11, 2015, 02:22:37 PM
A Megamillions ticket with my coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 11, 2015, 02:29:30 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 11, 2015, 02:22:37 PM
A Megamillions ticket with my coffee
I hope you win megamillions!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on September 12, 2015, 08:20:38 AM
Birthday present for my niece and irrelevant groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 12, 2015, 08:33:10 AM
Quote from: Marion Crane on September 12, 2015, 08:20:38 AM
Birthday present for my niece and irrelevant groceries.

What did you get her?

Something pink? Or is she one of the few girls of that age not completely into pink?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on September 12, 2015, 08:40:55 AM
Oh no, she's a real girly girl :laugh:. I asked her mummy what she needed and based on that I got her two nice skirts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 12, 2015, 09:09:12 AM
Bought a cabin bag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 12, 2015, 11:46:43 AM
Some stuff at a couple tag sales including a hatchet, axe and a 16mm take up reel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 12, 2015, 12:58:10 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 13, 2015, 12:06:27 AM
Two mandala colouring books. Apparently colouring books are all the rage now for adults. A number of magazines have brought out their version of book. I bought my friend an animal one for $10 and she is very happy with it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 13, 2015, 01:39:35 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 13, 2015, 12:06:27 AM
Two mandala colouring books. Apparently colouring books are all the rage now for adults. A number of magazines have brought out their version of book. I bought my friend an animal one for $10 and she is very happy with it.
I LOVE colouring! I have a mandala one too. Psychologist's are saying that the effects of it are like a physical meditation. It's good for lowering anxiety and stress. I know how good actual meditation can be but my ADD brain keeps rebelling when I try to do it in the traditional sense, but this works for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 13, 2015, 03:25:20 AM
Works for me also. I have been colouring since 2005 when my roommate in hospital got me started on it. Strange that it should take off in popularity now.

Subsequent hospital stays have had me starting other patients colouring as well.

You can get mandalas by searching images of them on the net and then printing them out. I have gotten heaps that way.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 13, 2015, 03:45:25 AM
^ Me too. I haven't stopped  colouring since I was a child. It was something I always continued to do. It's bizarre that all of a sudden now, it's this hugely popular thing. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 13, 2015, 07:00:09 AM
Got my colouring book years ago. And now indeed, they are everywhere. The rage will pass. I will like colouring one way or another way after it has gone out of fashion.
Right now, I love what happens with colours when I knit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 13, 2015, 01:52:07 PM
I bought a yummy lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 14, 2015, 12:58:50 PM
Bought yet another book. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on September 14, 2015, 02:17:27 PM
Odeon, I've finished reading 4 chapters of the koran, and so far there's a huge disparage of how Muslims (and allah) should treat non-Muslims. Also, there's already been mention of Muslims not taking non-muslims as friends. Anything wrong with this picture, Odeon? I suppose it's another book you haven't read yet but have an opinion of?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 14, 2015, 03:39:13 PM
Quote from: Dhalsim on September 14, 2015, 02:17:27 PM
Odeon, I've finished reading 4 chapters of the koran, and so far there's a huge disparage of how Muslims (and Allah) should treat non-Muslims. Also, there's already been mention of Muslims not taking non-muslims as friends. Anything wrong with this picture, Odeon? I suppose it's another book you haven't read yet but have an opinion of?

I have read it. As for my opinions, I believe I've posted quite a few of them here in the past, both about the book itself and the faith.

If I recall correctly, I think the Quran says that the ones who fight you because of your faith are the ones you must avoid. Pretty sure it also says that those who befriend them are bad, too. And quite early on, there is something to the effect of there being no compulsion in religion, a passage that is frequently pointed out by Islamic scholars when people like you read the Quran--or rather, an interpretation, since there is considerable agreement among the scholars that it is a book that cannot be translated and still remain the Quran--and parrot what people like Wilders claim.

Also remember that for a more "valid" interpretation, you'd need an Imam to tell you what it all actually means. In this day and age, you can easily find one online for the simpler questions. I'm sure some will encourage you to read the 110 chapters you have left.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on September 14, 2015, 08:47:02 PM
Quote from: Dhalsim on September 14, 2015, 02:17:27 PM
Odeon, I've finished reading 4 chapters of the koran, and so far there's a huge disparage of how Muslims (and Allah) should treat non-Muslims. Also, there's already been mention of Muslims not taking non-muslims as friends. Anything wrong with this picture, Odeon? I suppose it's another book you haven't read yet but have an opinion of?
This post is dripping between the lines and it's bewildering.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 15, 2015, 02:35:17 AM
Quote from: Jack on September 14, 2015, 08:47:02 PM
This post is dripping between the lines and it's bewildering.

* resists urge to plus Jack for the beauty of this sentence. I see it drip now. *
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 15, 2015, 04:04:09 AM
Flooring.

29 cases of flooring.

Goodbye carpet...it was fun. Not. *sneezes*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 15, 2015, 04:44:08 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 15, 2015, 04:04:09 AM
Flooring.

29 cases of flooring.

Goodbye carpet...it was fun. Not. *sneezes*

Carpet at least keeps the dust in one place. With flooring, it will roam through the room, forming dust bunny flocks and lint mountains. 
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Post by: 'andersom' on September 15, 2015, 04:45:52 AM
Congrats on the flooring. I would not want to go back to carpet in the livingroom. Yes, the dust now flocks together. At least I can see it immediately now. And there are no scents trapped in the carpet any more. That I do like the best about flooring, the lack of that faint scent that carpet gets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on September 15, 2015, 09:00:58 AM
Quote from: Dhalsim on September 14, 2015, 02:17:27 PM
Odeon, I've finished reading 4 chapters of the koran, and so far there's a huge disparage of how Muslims (and Allah) should treat non-Muslims. Also, there's already been mention of Muslims not taking non-muslims as friends. Anything wrong with this picture, Odeon? I suppose it's another book you haven't read yet but have an opinion of?

Disparage?

I once heard a Christian guy say something about not treating Muslims well.  I think.  Maybe I misundertood.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 15, 2015, 11:48:14 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 15, 2015, 04:45:52 AM
Congrats on the flooring. I would not want to go back to carpet in the livingroom. Yes, the dust now flocks together. At least I can see it immediately now. And there are no scents trapped in the carpet any more. That I do like the best about flooring, the lack of that faint scent that carpet gets.

Thanks.  :LOL:

I have 3 rooms of berber...20+ yr old berber.  The cat hair and junk doesn't even want to vacuum out of the crap, it just kind of settles in and gets stuck between the loops.  :o

Not to mention that is where everything gets spilled on...never the linoleum. It's like an unwritten law. :dunno:



Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 15, 2015, 12:03:05 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 15, 2015, 11:48:14 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 15, 2015, 04:45:52 AM
Congrats on the flooring. I would not want to go back to carpet in the livingroom. Yes, the dust now flocks together. At least I can see it immediately now. And there are no scents trapped in the carpet any more. That I do like the best about flooring, the lack of that faint scent that carpet gets.

Thanks.  :LOL:

I have 3 rooms of berber...20+ yr old berber.  The cat hair and junk doesn't even want to vacuum out of the crap, it just kind of settles in and gets stuck between the loops.  :o

Not to mention that is where everything gets spilled on...never the linoleum. It's like an unwritten law. :dunno:

Ooh, the memories. When I got married, we moved into a flat with cheap carpet on the floor. The previous renter had had two cats. He had only lived there for a short time, but still. To vacuum did not help at all. We took some combs, and literally combed the whole floor. It had a different colour after our treatment, and our bin was filled with a furry mass.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 15, 2015, 12:04:40 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 15, 2015, 11:48:14 AM
Not to mention that is where everything gets spilled on...never the linoleum. It's like an unwritten law. :dunno:

You do realise that there will be no spilling on the flooring either? Cats will throw up on the couch now, right on that favourite spot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 15, 2015, 02:34:42 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 15, 2015, 12:04:40 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 15, 2015, 11:48:14 AM
Not to mention that is where everything gets spilled on...never the linoleum. It's like an unwritten law. :dunno:

You do realise that there will be no spilling on the flooring either? Cats will throw up on the couch now, right on that favourite spot.

Yep, I'm pretty much betting on that, they are evil. :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 15, 2015, 04:18:24 PM
Quote from: Jack on September 14, 2015, 08:47:02 PM
Quote from: Dhalsim on September 14, 2015, 02:17:27 PM
Odeon, I've finished reading 4 chapters of the koran, and so far there's a huge disparage of how Muslims (and Allah) should treat non-Muslims. Also, there's already been mention of Muslims not taking non-muslims as friends. Anything wrong with this picture, Odeon? I suppose it's another book you haven't read yet but have an opinion of?
This post is dripping between the lines and it's bewildering.

And it's probably not going to get an actual answer until we've all moved on.

Just noticed this, btw: how Allah *should* treat non-Muslims? There is, I believe, nothing at all in the Quran about how Allah should do anything. It's not in the nature of these things to question how your deity does things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 15, 2015, 04:20:18 PM
A skirt that the PR may be able to use in her Halloween costume (Tinker Bell), a carving fork, a hand towel, a book and a cosmetic bag.  Groceries, lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on September 15, 2015, 04:26:05 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 15, 2015, 04:18:24 PM
Quote from: Jack on September 14, 2015, 08:47:02 PM
Quote from: Dhalsim on September 14, 2015, 02:17:27 PM
Odeon, I've finished reading 4 chapters of the koran, and so far there's a huge disparage of how Muslims (and Allah) should treat non-Muslims. Also, there's already been mention of Muslims not taking non-muslims as friends. Anything wrong with this picture, Odeon? I suppose it's another book you haven't read yet but have an opinion of?
This post is dripping between the lines and it's bewildering.

And it's probably not going to get an actual answer until we've all moved on.

Just noticed this, btw: how Allah *should* treat non-Muslims? There is, I believe, nothing at all in the Quran about how Allah should do anything. It's not in the nature of these things to question how your deity does things.

I once wrote a piece that directed Jesus to give me a rimjob.  He didn't do it.  I was dissapoint.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 15, 2015, 04:28:55 PM
I understand. The thing about these ethereal things is that you have to pretend. You have to believe really hard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on September 15, 2015, 04:31:31 PM
 :baked:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 15, 2015, 04:34:40 PM
It's not the same as being high, I'm told.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on September 15, 2015, 04:36:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 15, 2015, 04:34:40 PM
It's not the same as being high, I'm told.

Then why bother?  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 15, 2015, 04:36:58 PM
Quote from: Hubert on September 15, 2015, 04:36:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 15, 2015, 04:34:40 PM
It's not the same as being high, I'm told.

Then why bother?  :dunno:

Not really sure.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 15, 2015, 05:16:10 PM
Today I bought a doctors appointment :P

What I REALLY want to buy is good Indian food but I'm restraining myself.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 16, 2015, 02:37:14 PM
Bought stuff to eat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 16, 2015, 02:59:44 PM
Uploaded three bus passes. Bought food, lip balm, vitamine C. And, last but not least, dino cookies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 16, 2015, 05:19:41 PM
25 lbs of ground chicken carcasses with 2 lbs of organs. 4 XL marrow bones. All for the dogs. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 17, 2015, 01:24:24 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 29, 2015, 03:37:48 AM
Geert Wilders is a nutcase. It's a bit scary how people like him pop up all over Europe these days.

It's a reaction against the PC morons run amok. They are starting to make the Westboro Baptist Church look like the voice of reason.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 17, 2015, 02:51:12 PM
Guess what I bought. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 17, 2015, 03:37:33 PM
Will I win something, if I guess right?  :zoinks:




I guess, one or more books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 17, 2015, 03:40:30 PM
Used some points I accumulated on my grocery card to buy gas for 51 cents a gallon.  Saved $1.41 per gallon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 17, 2015, 04:01:42 PM
Bought another book for my Kindle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 17, 2015, 06:52:39 PM
Tires. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 17, 2015, 07:24:04 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 17, 2015, 06:52:39 PM
Tires. :zombiefuck:
I have 4 of those coming up in my near future too. Really not looking forward to it. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 17, 2015, 08:38:56 PM
I found some really nice knives ...

Obviously these are kitchen knives and I love them!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 18, 2015, 12:19:39 AM
Good kitchen knifes are awesome. Nothing worse than trying to slice a leek with a blunt knife, or a cabbage with a knife that wanders away.

Missing a bread knife in your picture, DD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 18, 2015, 09:46:10 AM
Some treats and a pig ear for Marley
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 18, 2015, 12:30:25 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 18, 2015, 12:19:39 AM
Good kitchen knifes are awesome. Nothing worse than trying to slice a leek with a blunt knife, or a cabbage with a knife that wanders away.

Missing a bread knife in your picture, DD.

I already have a decent bread knife, made by Henkel.  I only posted my most recent acquisitions.

Most of my kitchen knives are Henkel. Do not know if you are familiar with the brand, but Henkel knives are far superior to these (actually pretty fucking awesome) Chinese knives I have recently bought.

I had need of a few paring knives (it seems like any small knife in this house is always dirty/used) and steak knives or table knives as some know them. I actually bought six of the steak knives and six of the paring knives, except for the one in-curved blade knife. I now want to re-order a few more of the tiny in-curved bladed knives.

I remember that my grandmother had an ancient knife that was mis-sharpened over a great number of years and had the shape of the in-curved blade. As a boy, I was only rarely allowed to touch her knives. I always liked that curved knife. NOW I have one of my own.

I was not sure if I would like the large utility/carving knife, but once I tried it, I was hooked! It is very thin, yet extremely rigid and easy to sharpen to a razor edge.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 18, 2015, 12:46:57 PM
I used to take small sharp kitchen knifes to cut my stuff. There's a small grinding stone ready to take on my work surface in the kitchen, for the small knives. Sharpness is elementary.
I bought a big knife like yours somewhere last year. Was not sure I would be using it much either, but I'm hooked. It's heavy, it is sharp, it is precise. Nothing chops up a chili peper finer than this big knife. Mine is one from an old Dutch factory, Amefa. And I love it. Used to have German kitchen knifes before that. The city of Solingen harbours knowledge on how to make a knife.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 18, 2015, 01:20:11 PM

I was not familiar with the "City Of Blades" so I googled.

Solingen is the home of Henkels knives. as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 18, 2015, 01:30:02 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 18, 2015, 01:20:11 PM

I was not familiar with the "City Of Blades" so I googled.

Solingen is the home of Henkels knives. as well.

I know, I have had Henkel kitchen knives, think my ex took them with him. My mother still has them.
Over half of the sharp knifes from my youth were Henkel or Herder I think. :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 18, 2015, 01:33:33 PM
Hah, memories. My grandmother had a BIG knife. She was disabled from babytime on, having a very crooked arm, especially her wrist and hand were affected. But that did not keep her from cutting bread, holding it against a clean kitchen cloth on her stomach, with that huge knife. Slicing perfect slices of bread, never harming the cloth at all. Somehow in my memory, her knife is the mother of all sharp knives.
 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 18, 2015, 02:06:38 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 17, 2015, 03:37:33 PM
Will I win something, if I guess right?  :zoinks:




I guess, one or more books.

:-[

You don't win anything. I need the money for more books. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 18, 2015, 03:04:02 PM
I need to invest in a good set of kitchen knives. When I was away at the cottage I rented, their knives were amazing and it made such a difference. Especially since I cook so much from scratch. Always needing to slice, chop something.

Today I bought lunch for myself and the oldest and it was a disappointment. Ate less than half. Didn't taste good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on September 18, 2015, 10:07:34 PM
These:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 19, 2015, 02:59:19 AM
Since yesterday evening? Haven't had the time to spend anything.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 19, 2015, 09:07:45 AM
A coupe pieces of vaseline glass, some steel wool and an old desk lamp
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 19, 2015, 09:47:24 AM
A burger. Had to get something to eat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 20, 2015, 08:53:59 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 13, 2015, 03:45:25 AM
^ Me too. I haven't stopped  colouring since I was a child. It was something I always continued to do. It's bizarre that all of a sudden now, it's this hugely popular thing. :laugh:

Thought about this a bit more. It is not that long ago that everyone could be a bit creative, because of all the home made stuff. Food, clothes, furniture, gardening, even singing together and telling stories. Over time that all went away. Even cooking meals from unprocessed things is happening less and less. The need to embellish did not go. Part of humanity, and found in a lot of humans. Colouring may fill a need.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 20, 2015, 09:39:31 AM
Quote from: Trigger 11 on September 18, 2015, 10:07:34 PM
These:


Awesome. :thumbup: I was playing with Darth Vader in Walmart when I went to get tires.

Almost brought him home that day, probably will end up getting him before Christmas.  :autism:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 20, 2015, 10:28:11 AM
Unmentionables, Halloween shirt, Tinkerbelle wings for the PR, 2 pairs of pants, books, groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 20, 2015, 01:44:41 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 20, 2015, 08:53:59 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 13, 2015, 03:45:25 AM
^ Me too. I haven't stopped  colouring since I was a child. It was something I always continued to do. It's bizarre that all of a sudden now, it's this hugely popular thing. :laugh:

Thought about this a bit more. It is not that long ago that everyone could be a bit creative, because of all the home made stuff. Food, clothes, furniture, gardening, even singing together and telling stories. Over time that all went away. Even cooking meals from unprocessed things is happening less and less. The need to embellish did not go. Part of humanity, and found in a lot of humans. Colouring may fill a need.
I absolutely agree.

Bought this today: (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81RsWBKXQqL._SX466_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 20, 2015, 04:41:14 PM
Some tools and a bee smoker
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 20, 2015, 06:11:34 PM
Sleep pants for PA, a plastic bag dryer (baby bottle dryer), the PR's top for her TinkerBell costume, a cosmetic bag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 22, 2015, 05:27:34 AM
I put a bed on layby. It has an oriental look to it. It's a double to replace the one that I already have that is falling apart.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 23, 2015, 12:45:54 AM
Nothing, for a change. Planning to buy a tablet in the near future, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 23, 2015, 11:59:19 AM
Fantastic lucky bargain. The thrift store had a rack of merino wool and silk Neck men's sweaters.  Most were marked $22.95 on purple tags.  There were about 5 or so that were marked marked $14.95 with a green tag.  The green tags were 75% off.  So PA's Christmas present cost me less than $4.00.  Manufacturer's tag was priced at $78.

Bought Ozzy Osbourne's hardback  autobiography in pristine condition for $1 for my sister's Christmas present.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 23, 2015, 12:47:16 PM
Bought 5 novels at the thrift store.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 23, 2015, 02:52:40 PM
An Oregon Ducks sticker for the rear window of my truck.   8)   GO DUCKS!!!

Oh, also had to do a clutch job on it. :icequeen:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 23, 2015, 06:55:18 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 18, 2015, 01:30:02 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 18, 2015, 01:20:11 PM

I was not familiar with the "City Of Blades" so I googled.

Solingen is the home of Henkels knives. as well.

I know, I have had Henkel kitchen knives, think my ex took them with him. My mother still has them.
Over half of the sharp knifes from my youth were Henkel or Herder I think. :D
If you want I can show a pic of some more dastardly, warlike knives to come from the "City Of Blades." Never knew the name, other than "Henkel" but always liked the steel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 24, 2015, 02:37:34 PM
Some plywood and a gallon of denatured alcohol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 24, 2015, 03:36:25 PM
Bought a rigid heddle loom. 60 cm wide.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 24, 2015, 05:42:31 PM
A sleeping bag that was on sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 24, 2015, 06:03:52 PM
A cheap pillow at Walmart.

A really, uber soft, fluffy, cuddly, pillow.

Think I need about 20 more of these suckers so that I can stack them all in a pile and lay on them. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 24, 2015, 06:14:23 PM
Frozen strawberry lemonade
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 24, 2015, 06:20:30 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 24, 2015, 06:03:52 PM
A cheap pillow at Walmart.

A really, uber soft, fluffy, cuddly, pillow.

Think I need about 20 more of these suckers so that I can stack them all in a pile and lay on them. :zoinks:
I was there today and eyeing all of their body pillows, thinking the exactly same thing :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 24, 2015, 11:30:37 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 24, 2015, 06:20:30 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 24, 2015, 06:03:52 PM
A cheap pillow at Walmart.

A really, uber soft, fluffy, cuddly, pillow.

Think I need about 20 more of these suckers so that I can stack them all in a pile and lay on them. :zoinks:
I was there today and eyeing all of their body pillows, thinking the exactly same thing :laugh:

Ah, I bought a body pillow on offer. Hid it when I got home. Will be a BD present for the oldest. Not that she has no pillows.
 :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2015, 11:49:17 PM
Nothing. I have barely been outside the house lately. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 25, 2015, 09:06:04 AM
A big old milling machine vise, regulated DC power supply and a digital to analog  converter for a tv
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on September 25, 2015, 11:59:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 14, 2015, 03:39:13 PM
Quote from: Dhalsim on September 14, 2015, 02:17:27 PM
Odeon, I've finished reading 4 chapters of the koran, and so far there's a huge disparage of how Muslims (and Allah) should treat non-Muslims. Also, there's already been mention of Muslims not taking non-muslims as friends. Anything wrong with this picture, Odeon? I suppose it's another book you haven't read yet but have an opinion of?

I have read it. As for my opinions, I believe I've posted quite a few of them here in the past, both about the book itself and the faith.

If I recall correctly, I think the kuran says that the ones who fight you because of your faith are the ones you must avoid. Pretty sure it also says that those who befriend them are bad, too. And quite early on, there is something to the effect of there being no compulsion in religion, a passage that is frequently pointed out by Islamic scholars when people like you read the Quran--or rather, an interpretation, since there is considerable agreement among the scholars that it is a book that cannot be translated and still remain the Quran--and parrot what people like Wilders claim.

Also remember that for a more "valid" interpretation, you'd need an Imam to tell you what it all actually means. In this day and age, you can easily find one online for the simpler questions. I'm sure some will encourage you to read the 110 chapters you have left.
You must have read a weak translation. As I said earlier, my translation is recommended by scholars for being the most accurate English translation.
You wouldn't need an imam either, they are mostly in use for the benefit of muslims because a) most are unable to read teh coran, and b) imams spread messages from other branches of the umma and caliph.
I would like the passage address of "there is no compulsion in religion" so I can read in its context - please...
No compulsion in religion can mean that "allah" needs to be worshipped rather than "designing" it so that it's impossible not to, yes?
If not, and you really mean that religion is a choice, I offer this passage from the coran 2:135-136
"And remember that abraham prayed, "Lord, make this city a city of peace and security, and provide with every kind of fruit those of its people, who believe in allah and the Last Day," allah answered, "As for the disbelievers, I will also provide them with the necessities of life in this world, though in the Next World I will drag them to the torture of hell, and that is the worst abode."

I don't know what you're trying to play at when you claim that nonmuslims aren't hated by allah or commanded to be hated by muslims... I figure you've either read a poor translation, haven't read it, or are otherwise just wanting to propagate a positive image of islam.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on September 26, 2015, 12:06:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 07, 2015, 09:57:59 AM

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/02/19/response-geert-wilders-unravelling-islamic-myths

I think you should read other sources before parroting Wilders's lies.

This article makes good points against better ones. The arguments are quite distanced.
The ignorance pisses me off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 26, 2015, 02:00:23 AM
I'm doing what I always do when confronted by bigots such as yourself, addressing the more obvious problems with your bs.

I'm not a Muslim. I don't believe in any of it, just as I don't believe in Christianity or Buddhism or any other religion, but I don't buy your kind of bigoted conclusions where one always accepts the worst possible interpretation just because there is one, either. As Al pointed out elsewhere, pretty much any religion can be used for this sort of thing. What you are posting is the usual inflammatory bs that bigots produce, and I can only shrug, point out the errors in your ways (in vain, I know, because one of the biggest problems with bigots is that they never listen), and move on.

I know a fair bit about Islam, having shot down your kind before, and so spotting the usual problems with an Islamophobic's rants is trivial. The tell-tale qualifiers about the recommended *translations*, etc, are frequently present, as are the quotes from the Quran as provided by Islamophobic websites.

Judging all followers of a religion, pretty much regardless of which one, based on interpretations of a passage in a book, is ridiculous and bigoted, but unfortunately not irrelevant because it is then used to attack these people, not because of what they've done but because of what nutcases half a globe away have, and do.

Again, choose your Imam more carefully, but also, do try to understand their role before opening your mouth again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 26, 2015, 02:01:20 AM
I love the new word filters, btw. It wasn't my doing but it takes the discussion to a level where it belongs. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on September 26, 2015, 02:54:25 AM
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I'm doing what I always do when confronted by bigots such as yourself, addressing the more obvious problems with your bs.
Retaliation against an agenda is not bigotry.

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I don't buy conclusions where one always accepts the worst possible interpretation
You're making an unfair assumption on my critical thinking abilities.

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one of the biggest problems with bigots is that they never listen
Now who is being bigoted?

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I know a fair bit about islam, having shot down your kind before, and so spotting the usual problems with an Islamophobic's rants is trivial. The tell-tale qualifiers about the recommended *translations*, etc, are frequently present, as are the quotes from the Quran as provided by Islamophobic websites.
The quote I provided was from my personal copy (and teh reason for telling the translation is avoid the bs argument that it isn't accurate, etc). Also, it was an easy flick through, I didn't source it online - the coran is filled with nasty shit and you think your some sort of authority on the subject. I can back up my claim but not going to on the basis that you're "shooting me down" will really just be an attack on my moral character and my intellectual integrity which you seem to be lacking.
eg...
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Judging all followers of a religion, pretty much regardless of which one, based on interpretations of a passage in a book, is ridiculous and bigoted, but unfortunately not irrelevant because it is then used to attack these people, not because of what they've done but because of what nutcases half a globe away have, and do.
At what point did I refer to "all" muslims? Maybe I made mention of all 'true muslims', and that's fair enough within certain contexts. No one was saying anything along the lines of 'every German is a nazi', and no, your conclusion doesn't logically follow that the religion doesn't produce the same warmongers half a world away from where it is now, or that the silent majority are somehow negating the issues caused by the rather large proportion of true adherents.

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Again, choose your Imam more carefully, but also, do try to understand their role before opening your mouth again.
islam is a fascist ideology with political agenda -so maybe search some videos of imams in "rational" parts of the islamik world, hear what they're saying before accusing me of talking shit again, your excellency.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on September 26, 2015, 07:53:25 AM
Quote from: Jihadi Eradicator on September 26, 2015, 02:54:25 AM
islam is a fascist ideology with political agenda
Not a personal supporter of islam, but this statement strikes as backwards. It's an understandable twist of view, as there are many places in the world where the more predominant religion of the area can be viewed as politically motivated due to political leaders being subsequently members of a given faith, but religions in themselves don't really have political agendas. A good example in the US is the Christian faith could be viewed as having a right wing political agenda, but the reality is the republican party holds a political ideology with a religious agenda. There are a number of countries in the world with official state religion and those rulers have both secular and religious authority which might serve as a better example than the US, but wont speak as really knowing about that. The Islamic state isn't a religion; it's a political ideology with a religious agenda.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 26, 2015, 09:31:10 AM
I'm disappointment in your lack of bible quotes, Jack.  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 26, 2015, 09:44:34 AM

I bought two machetes. I really only need one, but I did not know from an online pic which one would be better.

Interestingly either one would work and they are both awesome.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 26, 2015, 09:54:09 AM
Spent around $100 at tag sales today a lot more than usual,  the haul included a 3/4 inch socket set, a cast iron book press, a bunch of tools including some Starrett brand stuff and a box of the metal logos off cars
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Post by: DirtDawg on September 26, 2015, 10:42:30 AM
Here are the machetes. Notice one is 30 inches long and the short one is twenty four inches long, but that one has a saw blade edge AND it came with a scabbard, so if I wanted to, I could wear that one on my hip. Probably even more intimidating than the .45 Colt I usually carry (lots of punks carry guns, but having the balls to walk around with a fucking machete on one hip might and the perennial, constant Colt on the other might be cool). I can see both at once as "the way to go."
:lol:

... but honestly, I have vines to contain this season and basically always have, but I retired my old WWII era Philippine surplus machete, with honors. It has served me well for more than thirty years.  I plan to put it in a shadow box with a few patches from the era and display it as a part of my WWII memorabilia.
A new era begins.



Edit:

Did you notice that the shorter one, which included the scabbard, sports a kind of hilt that most machetes do not. This thing could be used almost as an ancient Greek or Roman warrior might have; a basic (horrible, if you need to go there) fighting weapon. Kind of cool!


Oh, the short one is Chinese manufactured and the long one is a South African import, engraved "Latin Style." Probably made for cutting cane.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on September 26, 2015, 11:47:37 AM
 :viking:
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 26, 2015, 02:10:29 PM
groceries
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Post by: Parts on September 26, 2015, 05:19:09 PM
The car emblems I got today
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN4248AAA_zpsyufeoyeq.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN4248AAA_zpsyufeoyeq.jpg.html)
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Post by: odeon on September 27, 2015, 03:11:51 AM
^Those are awesome, Parts.
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Post by: Icequeen on September 27, 2015, 07:26:51 AM
Awesome.

I spy a VW, VW 412, Karmann ghia badge, and that grill next to the Peugeot emblem is probably early air-cooled VW too.

Love the Mercedes and Peugeot selection as well, someone had nice taste in cars. 8)
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Post by: 'andersom' on September 27, 2015, 08:52:43 AM
That VW412 jumped out for me. One of the cars we had at home.
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Post by: Charlotte Quin on September 27, 2015, 09:29:00 AM
Parts, I don't suppose you have any old Chrysler badges?
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Post by: Parts on September 27, 2015, 12:02:34 PM
Quote from: Marion Crane on September 27, 2015, 09:29:00 AM
Parts, I don't suppose you have any old Chrysler badges?

No Chrysler at the moment,  while I do buy this sort of thing whenever I see it at a reasonable price I don't come across it that often  all this came from an estate sale I went to yesterday the place was beautiful piles of stuff everywhere.  I paid just $25 for the lot which was a great deal.  I went back today and got some other stuff including two Mercedes grills one with the ornament on it one without for $15 and $10 respectively along with some tools, a 60s vhf radio and a bell jar.  The guy was a real tinkerer and had a wide variety of things and parts of things, a man after my own heart   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 27, 2015, 11:25:36 PM
Bought a Samsung tablet.
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Post by: DirtDawg on September 28, 2015, 01:56:54 PM
Cool! Which one?
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Post by: Phoenix on September 28, 2015, 08:28:07 PM
edam cheese. I'm in love  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 28, 2015, 11:23:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 28, 2015, 01:56:54 PM
Cool! Which one?

The Samsung Tab S 10.5. Pretty damned nice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 28, 2015, 11:44:26 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 28, 2015, 08:28:07 PM
edam cheese. I'm in love  :drool:

I grew up on Edammer. (Edam cheese) My mother would buy a round cheese every other week.

Have you tasted Gouda already?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 28, 2015, 11:45:04 PM
I love both Edam and Gouda.
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Post by: renaeden on September 29, 2015, 05:40:45 AM
I bought an expensive lunch. Spinach ravioli with creamy sauce. Nice but expensive. Next time my friend and I will go to Macca's.
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Post by: Phoenix on September 29, 2015, 07:22:41 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on September 28, 2015, 11:44:26 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 28, 2015, 08:28:07 PM
edam cheese. I'm in love  :drool:

I grew up on Edammer. (Edam cheese) My mother would buy a round cheese every other week.

Have you tasted Gouda already?
Yes. I have a serious love affair with cheese. I bought Prosecco salami and my favourite crackers to go with it. :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 29, 2015, 07:44:57 AM
Groceries and a "Replacement Front Wiper Pulse Module" for $18 on fleabay.  :zoinks:

Just drove home from Walmart in the rain with no wipers. Thankfully it wasn't pouring.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on September 29, 2015, 08:42:28 AM
Faggoting on about a tablet.., They're shit!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on September 29, 2015, 12:18:13 PM
Five DVDs, a container for Bird Seed, Food for my Budgies, Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 29, 2015, 12:37:30 PM
Last Friday, I bought some six year old Gouda cheese, slowly ripened, soft as butter and an amazing taste.

 * drools *
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on September 29, 2015, 12:50:20 PM
A ticket to sit for the state bar exam.  $725.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 29, 2015, 12:52:30 PM
Quote from: Hubert on September 29, 2015, 12:50:20 PM
A ticket to sit for the state bar exam.  $725.
I guess that's to cover the photocopying fees given the stack of paper you've got. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on September 29, 2015, 12:54:06 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 29, 2015, 12:52:30 PM
Quote from: Hubert on September 29, 2015, 12:50:20 PM
A ticket to sit for the state bar exam.  $725.
I guess that's to cover the photocopying fees given the stack of paper you've got. :P

The very extensive background check  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 29, 2015, 04:16:38 PM
Quote from: Hubert on September 29, 2015, 12:54:06 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 29, 2015, 12:52:30 PM
Quote from: Hubert on September 29, 2015, 12:50:20 PM
A ticket to sit for the state bar exam.  $725.
I guess that's to cover the photocopying fees given the stack of paper you've got. :P

The very extensive background check  :viking:
I used to run background checks. I've read some interesting things over the years  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 29, 2015, 05:22:09 PM
Quote from: Hubert on September 29, 2015, 12:54:06 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 29, 2015, 12:52:30 PM
Quote from: Hubert on September 29, 2015, 12:50:20 PM
A ticket to sit for the state bar exam.  $725.
I guess that's to cover the photocopying fees given the stack of paper you've got. :P

The very extensive background check  :viking:

We could have vouched for you for $500.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 29, 2015, 11:09:00 PM
I can do it cheaper than that. :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 29, 2015, 11:10:05 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 29, 2015, 04:16:38 PM
Quote from: Hubert on September 29, 2015, 12:54:06 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 29, 2015, 12:52:30 PM
Quote from: Hubert on September 29, 2015, 12:50:20 PM
A ticket to sit for the state bar exam.  $725.
I guess that's to cover the photocopying fees given the stack of paper you've got. :P

The very extensive background check  :viking:
I used to run background checks. I've read some interesting things over the years  :laugh:

Tell us more. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 30, 2015, 01:00:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 28, 2015, 11:23:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on September 28, 2015, 01:56:54 PM
Cool! Which one?

The Samsung Tab S 10.5. Pretty damned nice.

Not bad at all. We use a proprietary version of those at work everyday.
Our store has eight of them; one for each department. Mostly to "compare shop" our competitors in the presence of customers and keep tabs on up to the minute inventory status of hot items. Idiots do not appreciate them. I often find them sitting in the departments with low batteries, because workers just leave at night without putting them back on the charge, PREPARING THEM FOR THE NEXT SHIFT!!  Idiots.

My department's use is generally revolving around my being "required" to take pics of my displays after I complete them "ON TIME."  The task is tied to our getting back end funds from the various vendor studios (Universal, Sony, Warner, Paramount, RCA, Capital, etc.) with whom we enter into contracts. They take decent pics for such a device.

I only wish I was allowed to upgrade mine to include aps which can be used to keep track of release dates and scheduled delivery of HOT upcoming new release media. I have to do that on my own cellphone. It would be better on the tablet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 30, 2015, 10:48:34 AM
Snacks. I'm PMSing. Don't judge.
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Post by: Parts on September 30, 2015, 01:00:50 PM
A coffee and a Powerball ticket, I could not resist  the jackpot is 301 million
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 30, 2015, 07:36:59 PM
I've never bought a lottery ticket. I don't even know how. I wouldn't know what to ask for :laugh:
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Post by: renaeden on September 30, 2015, 10:20:32 PM
I have bought one once. My mum directed me in what to ask for. But now I forget.
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Post by: Parts on October 01, 2015, 02:57:30 PM
I don't play that much and just get the ones where the computer picks the number so all you have to do is ask for a quick pic of the type you want.  I won $4 double the cost of the ticket on the one I got yesterday
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Post by: 'andersom' on October 19, 2015, 01:07:33 PM
Food, chocolate, reine claude syrup.

And clothes for the oldest. We had a shopping afternoon. :viking: She also fitted a pair of Dr Martens, and at home we ordered a different pair, one size up, same model, very different colour-way. I think she is as good as set for winter now. We took refuge in a book-store and during some detour walks, avoiding people.

Time to plan an afternoon like that with the youngest. 

Maybe even the bovine herself needs to do some shopping for clothes.  :GA:
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Post by: Queen Victoria on October 19, 2015, 01:17:19 PM
Some organic frozen meals marked down to $1.  Cheap meals for a few days.
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Post by: Phoenix on October 19, 2015, 02:46:32 PM
Vitamins, Eucalyptus bubble bath, tissues, cough drops.
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Post by: Parts on October 19, 2015, 06:46:52 PM
A roll of Tyvek house wrap for tomorrows job
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Post by: renaeden on October 21, 2015, 02:22:37 AM
A water cooler. It is a step down from an air conditioner.
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Post by: skyblue1 on October 21, 2015, 06:08:38 AM
winter coat
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Post by: odeon on October 25, 2015, 02:04:08 AM
Jeans.
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Post by: Phoenix on October 25, 2015, 02:25:52 PM
anti-static wristband for the oldest.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 30, 2015, 05:48:01 PM
I bought two simple rigid heddle looms secondhand online. Identical ones, that was imperative. For a future project. Not ready for this project yet, but I could not resist this offer. Now I can go and try working with two heddles on one loom.

Did not know it when I sealed the deal. But when I opened the box, I saw they are of a quality brand. The seller could have asked way more than she sold them for.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 30, 2015, 05:57:22 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 30, 2015, 05:48:01 PM
I bought two simple rigid heddle looms secondhand online. Identical ones, that was imperative. For a future project. Not ready for this project yet, but I could not resist this offer. Now I can go and try working with two heddles on one loom.

Did not know it when I sealed the deal. But when I opened the box, I saw they are of a quality brand. The seller could have asked way more than she sold them for.

Looms are one of those things that seem to show up in waves at the flea market,  for the longest time you'll see none then you get one to sell and every other person there seems to have one :GA:  Do you dye your own fabric?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 30, 2015, 06:21:40 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 30, 2015, 05:57:22 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on October 30, 2015, 05:48:01 PM
I bought two simple rigid heddle looms secondhand online. Identical ones, that was imperative. For a future project. Not ready for this project yet, but I could not resist this offer. Now I can go and try working with two heddles on one loom.

Did not know it when I sealed the deal. But when I opened the box, I saw they are of a quality brand. The seller could have asked way more than she sold them for.

Looms are one of those things that seem to show up in waves at the flea market,  for the longest time you'll see none then you get one to sell and every other person there seems to have one :GA:  Do you dye your own fabric?

At the moment they are everywhere indeed. Most of them have a wacky and horrid heddle mechanism. I had one of those as a kid, and utterly hated it, because it would never do what I wanted it to do.
Online most of the simple looms offered are those. And some expect big money for it too.
My brother told me last year I'd be having a loom within a year, and I said I did not see that happening.
 :laugh:

I've a beginning weaver. But I like to play with the technique, without going to a big loom. Don't have the space nor the money for playing with stuff like that.

I have dyed some of my homespun wool. And my last project was a cat rug, with a weft of my own wool. Taught myself some new techniques that way.
Cat loves it, and it turned out well enough for me too. Second thing I made sofar.



It is funny to see how there are trends in secondhand stuff. Few years ago, everyone wanted porcelain enamel objects. Now that fad is over, and people who have liked that for decades can buy it again at decent rates. After that the whitewashed rubbish, and some whitewashed quality stuff was the rage. Seems to be fading now.
And, there is the hipster induced need for homemade stuff still going on. With a few years most looms will end up on attics again, waiting for the next weaving trend. Will make it more affordable again for the tinkerers at heart.
Know someone stocking up on small silver items at the moment. They are dead cheap, because not in fashion right now. He waits for the time that changes.

Somewhere in the eighties, if you inherited a big Frisian clock, you'd have to make your house more burglar safe. They were worth a fortune. Their value decimated over the years.

Intriguing stuff, second hand market.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 30, 2015, 06:49:54 PM
 My wife is an art teacher and while in school her concentration in art was ceramics and fabric.  We have had a number of looms  over the years and every time we went to sell one there was a glut of them up at the market.  I asked about the dyes because I have about fifty tins of aniline dye and was wondering if it was something  that was becoming more popular,  if you were in the states I could mail some but shipping powders overseas seems to be a good way to get on some bad lists :green: 

The second hand market is a strange thing indeed hipsters and the internet have made it even stranger.  I had a guy who looked at a vintage aluminum  Halliburton suitcase for about twenty minutes to see if he could make it into a drum  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 01, 2015, 04:37:47 PM
A hewing hatchet made by the Atha Tool Co. that looks like it was only used a few times,  pretty good considering it was made before 1913
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 03, 2015, 03:40:58 PM
Groceries, and more pillows. :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 03, 2015, 05:13:47 PM
A cheep desktop computer to hold my daughter off the rest of the school year, want to wait on getting her a laptop till we find out what wherever she goes to college wants her to get this coming year
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Post by: renaeden on November 04, 2015, 03:36:28 AM
A calendar for 2016 (it is Star Trek so I couldn't help myself plus I had encouragement from Kayleigh).
Some Soda Stream mixes - ginger beer, ginger ale and tonic.
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Post by: Parts on November 04, 2015, 02:25:35 PM
A Cree 100 watt equivalent LED light bulb  for $12
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Post by: Queen Victoria on November 04, 2015, 04:51:29 PM
Almost finished with Christmas shopping.  Picked up a Cinderella VCR tape for a friend's daughter, 2 stocking stuffers and a stuffed animal for the PR.  Just need to buy 2 gift cards and I'm done.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on November 04, 2015, 06:20:35 PM
I bought a Google Tshirt for a geeky family member's birthday.  :orly:
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Post by: Queen Victoria on November 05, 2015, 12:45:45 PM
Holiday foods - asparagus, black olives, flavoured coffee creamer
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Post by: Parts on November 05, 2015, 08:04:50 PM
An antique  hand powered  drill press
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Post by: odeon on November 06, 2015, 01:33:48 AM
The Sopranos on Blu-ray.
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Post by: renaeden on November 07, 2015, 03:23:49 AM
$50 worth of petrol.
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Post by: Icequeen on November 07, 2015, 11:10:10 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/radio_zpsnfbkmmne.jpg)

A Realistic Astronaut 8 band radio for $2.00.

It's in really excellent shape.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 08, 2015, 10:19:16 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 07, 2015, 11:10:10 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/radio_zpsnfbkmmne.jpg)

A Realistic Astronaut 8 band radio for $2.00.

It's in really excellent shape.

Very nice :2thumbsup:   
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Post by: Queen Victoria on November 08, 2015, 12:32:09 PM
coffee, English muffins, cooked chicken, tea sandwiches, prescriptions, eggs - boring
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Post by: Charlotte Quin on November 09, 2015, 04:30:35 AM
A new keyboard. Not sure if I like it (too bulky) but beggars can't be choosers.
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Post by: Parts on November 09, 2015, 12:31:46 PM
Two six packs of .5l bottles of Coke
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Post by: 'andersom' on November 09, 2015, 02:53:41 PM
Read that wrong, missed the dot. Thought it was about 5 litre bottles of Coke.  :zoinks:
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Post by: Parts on November 09, 2015, 03:52:41 PM
A Jeroboam of Coke yummy :2thumbsup:
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Post by: 'andersom' on November 12, 2015, 02:22:53 PM
Chocolate mice and frogs. They are not wearing bathing suits though.

(It's a st Nic. related type of sweets. Soft sugar works, covered with a thin layer of chocolate, wrapped in a shiny foil with a print so the sweet looks like a mouse or frog. )
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Post by: renaeden on November 12, 2015, 10:10:39 PM
^Yum.

I have bought nothing all week as I have a very expensive psychiatrist appointment on Monday.
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Post by: Parts on November 13, 2015, 04:40:04 PM
Coffee on the way home
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Post by: Queen Victoria on November 13, 2015, 06:13:43 PM
Orange cranberry doughnuts
2 winter tops
pair of shoes
rug for  by my bed
groceries
Halloween stickers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 15, 2015, 09:05:09 AM
Filled up the van's gas tank 24.16 gallons at $2.069 just $50 cheapest gas I have gotten in a long time
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Post by: odeon on November 16, 2015, 01:32:19 AM
Books. :P
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Post by: Parts on November 16, 2015, 10:18:44 AM
Two hole saws, a pilot drill and a box of 3 mil plastic garbage bags
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Post by: renaeden on November 17, 2015, 12:10:05 AM
Groceries. How exciting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2015, 09:36:19 PM
After trying at 3 stores in town, 3 stores on-line, I finally just googled Merida Toddler Doll and found it at JCPenney.  Ordered it and it will be here by 12/8.  That is the last Christmas present.  Now I only need to buy a tree and Christmas Eve dinner fixings.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on November 25, 2015, 09:45:10 PM
Almost done with my shopping too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 25, 2015, 10:28:17 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2015, 09:36:19 PM
After trying at 3 stores in town, 3 stores on-line, I finally just googled Merida Toddler Doll and found it at JCPenney.  Ordered it and it will be here by 12/8.  That is the last Christmas present.  Now I only need to buy a tree and Christmas Eve dinner fixings.
Wish I had it as organised as you do. You're awesome! :)

I bought ice and bread yesterday. Got to buy cat food today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 26, 2015, 01:11:50 AM
Coffee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on November 26, 2015, 02:05:25 AM
I bought a pizza, a new Wolverine statue, and Fallout 4 with my Paymetons money.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 26, 2015, 02:41:49 AM
I wish someone would paymetons.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 26, 2015, 10:13:48 AM
Quote from: renaeden on November 25, 2015, 10:28:17 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 25, 2015, 09:36:19 PM
After trying at 3 stores in town, 3 stores on-line, I finally just googled Merida Toddler Doll and found it at JCPenney.  Ordered it and it will be here by 12/8.  That is the last Christmas present.  Now I only need to buy a tree and Christmas Eve dinner fixings.
Wish I had it as organised as you do. You're awesome! :)

I bought ice and bread yesterday. Got to buy cat food today.

Not awesome.  Just put aside spare change and "found/extra" money from Nov 1 through Oct 31 each year.  We had $126 + for the holidays.  Shopping is easy since I'm always at the thrift stores (gorgeous cashmere sweater with $78 price tag for under $4 for PA, Disney VCR tape for a daughter's friend, etc.)  I only shop 4 people  - 2 friends and 2 family.  Buying things on sale/closeout during the year helps too.  Have all the eating crackers bought for New Years Eve, the jellies and olives, ham, etc.


We already have a little over $26 towards the 2016 holidays.


It helps that Mom, Grandma Teenie and (Great)Grandma Janins were all Capricorn who lived together.  I learned thrift and reuse at an early age, but just followed it wisely recently.  During the Depression Grandma Teenie would sneak next door and take the wood discards from the mill to burn in the stove.  Uncle Frank would bring the stale bread home and they would burn that occasionally also.
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Post by: odeon on November 27, 2015, 01:27:27 AM
I bought a used book at Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on December 02, 2015, 12:51:42 AM
PS4 Limited Edition Battlefront Darth Vader Console
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Post by: Queen Victoria on December 02, 2015, 01:32:56 AM
Some wall decorations for the bathroom.  I need to spray paint them a dark grey or a black.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 02, 2015, 01:33:59 AM
Booked hotel rooms for February's European tour. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 02, 2015, 01:36:38 AM
Although I thought I was through Christmas shopping, I bought PA 2 bottles of sweet wine.  One is pineapple flavoured and the other peach flavoured.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 02, 2015, 01:48:06 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 02, 2015, 01:33:59 AM
Booked hotel rooms for February's European tour. :P

You sound like a pop-star.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 02, 2015, 10:04:35 AM
Aluminum shingle flashing, D cell batteries and a circular florescent light bulb
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 03, 2015, 01:30:15 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 02, 2015, 01:48:06 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 02, 2015, 01:33:59 AM
Booked hotel rooms for February's European tour. :P

You sound like a pop-star.

8)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 03, 2015, 01:31:17 AM
^Also bought plane tickets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 03, 2015, 03:42:09 PM
230 gallons number 2 heating oil @ $1.57 a gallon which is less than half what it was two years ago
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 03, 2015, 03:48:06 PM
Quote from: Parts on December 03, 2015, 03:42:09 PM
230 gallons number 2 heating oil @ $1.57 a gallon which is less than half what it was two years ago

Wow, that's cheap.  :o

I figured it would go down now that I don't live in a house with an oil furnace.  :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 03, 2015, 03:50:41 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on December 03, 2015, 03:48:06 PM
Quote from: Parts on December 03, 2015, 03:42:09 PM
230 gallons number 2 heating oil @ $1.57 a gallon which is less than half what it was two years ago

Wow, that's cheap.  :o

I figured it would go down now that I don't live in a house with an oil furnace.  :LOL:

I have the advantage of living within 10 miles of two different ports where they bring it in
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 04, 2015, 01:39:13 AM
Bought a text editor online.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 04, 2015, 01:44:14 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 04, 2015, 01:39:13 AM
Bought a text editor online.

I thought slavery was officially abolished.  :scratchhead:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 04, 2015, 11:09:57 AM
A set of vintage Noma bubble lights for $1.00.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 05, 2015, 04:15:53 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on December 04, 2015, 01:44:14 AM
Quote from: odeon on December 04, 2015, 01:39:13 AM
Bought a text editor online.

I thought slavery was officially abolished.  :scratchhead:

Officially. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on December 05, 2015, 09:59:12 AM
 :GA:
Quote from: Icequeen on December 04, 2015, 11:09:57 AM
A set of vintage Noma bubble lights for $1.00.

Jelly
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 13, 2015, 03:25:50 AM
Books. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 13, 2015, 04:34:03 PM
26 gallons of gas at just $2.049  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 15, 2015, 04:39:20 AM
I put some money towards Kayleigh getting a PlayStation 4 for Christmas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 15, 2015, 09:15:07 AM
Brake tag for the Royal coach, gas, groceries, kitchen dishes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 15, 2015, 11:35:42 PM
Christmas presents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 16, 2015, 12:20:46 AM
^Yeah, same. Still have more to buy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 16, 2015, 02:07:09 AM
people and cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 16, 2015, 06:40:19 PM
 Bosch 18 volt kit with an impact driver and a hammer drill,  it came with a bonus tool of your choice and I got a sawzall which my wife is giving me for Xmas. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on December 17, 2015, 12:14:24 AM
I bought a brand new Xbox One controller, a computer monitor, and a wireless mouse with my Paytreeon money! :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 22, 2015, 04:38:30 PM
A yoga book with routines for different mental health issues.

Now, do I start with the OCD chapter, Anxiety chapter, Stress chapter, Insomnia chapter, Asperger's chapter, Chronic Fatigue chapter, or the Phobia chapter?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 22, 2015, 04:40:07 PM
 :lol1:

Gotta catch them all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 22, 2015, 07:35:15 PM
  I have recently bought new security software and a new mouse.  :spitscreen:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 23, 2015, 02:24:55 AM
Bought a new monitor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 23, 2015, 06:19:32 PM
Presents 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 24, 2015, 02:48:46 AM
^Yeah, me too. Bought my last one yesterday.

Also bought lunch to the son and me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 24, 2015, 04:36:25 AM
Groceries. Now I have $6 in my bank account. Christmas, as always, has left me broke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 07, 2016, 04:14:21 PM
I got this  the other day  :drool:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20151229_160029_zpsnsh94zz8.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20151229_160029_zpsnsh94zz8.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 07, 2016, 04:25:36 PM
Books, groceries, household items, personal products, a VCR player for the PR, coffee and yogurt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 07, 2016, 09:09:40 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 07, 2016, 04:14:21 PM
I got this  the other day  :drool:
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/20151229_160029_zpsnsh94zz8.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/20151229_160029_zpsnsh94zz8.jpg.html)

You and me are pals, right Parts?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 07, 2016, 11:48:55 PM
I wish I liked peanut butter, I would so try those.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 09, 2016, 06:34:56 PM
  I just bought tons of cleaning products!  (http://www.clivan.com.br/conteudo/uti/5_1.jpg)  Back to work!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 09, 2016, 06:46:29 PM
I only bought food today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on January 09, 2016, 07:32:59 PM
Lottery tickets.

Yes, I do understand statistics.  I get pleasure out of the anticipation and that's what I am paying for.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 13, 2016, 08:14:27 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on January 09, 2016, 07:32:59 PM
Lottery tickets.

Yes, I do understand statistics.  I get pleasure out of the anticipation and that's what I am paying for.

True of every gambling addict ever.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 14, 2016, 01:03:52 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 13, 2016, 08:14:27 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on January 09, 2016, 07:32:59 PM
Lottery tickets.

Yes, I do understand statistics.  I get pleasure out of the anticipation and that's what I am paying for.

True of every gambling addict ever.  :zoinks:

  I bought some too.  Maybe this time next week I'll be postwhoring from the back of a limo.  :toporly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 14, 2016, 07:34:54 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 14, 2016, 01:03:52 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 13, 2016, 08:14:27 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on January 09, 2016, 07:32:59 PM
Lottery tickets.

Yes, I do understand statistics.  I get pleasure out of the anticipation and that's what I am paying for.

True of every gambling addict ever.  :zoinks:

  I bought some too.  Maybe this time next week I'll be postwhoring from the back of a limo.  :toporly:

Will you take me for rides in your limo?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 14, 2016, 08:29:04 PM
I bought some too. They say you have a about as much chance of winning as being struck by lightening, my uncle was struck by lightening...it wasn't that hard...so WTH.

I won $4.00  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 15, 2016, 06:23:54 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 14, 2016, 07:34:54 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 14, 2016, 01:03:52 AM
  I bought some too.  Maybe this time next week I'll be postwhoring from the back of a limo.  :toporly:

Will you take me for rides in your limo?  :orly:

  Sure I will.  You can have your own little seat.  :trollface:

                       (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XIoqDo9fL._AC_UL160_SR160,160_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 15, 2016, 09:13:43 AM
Last week we bought a 2014 Nissan Versa hatchback when my wife's car showed even more signs it was about to die
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 15, 2016, 09:24:22 AM
Books. Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 15, 2016, 09:28:14 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 15, 2016, 09:24:22 AM
Books. Lunch.

What do books eat for lunch :tard:

I love books but they seem to be approaching critical mass in my house and I still keep buying them :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 15, 2016, 09:35:51 AM
Quote from: Parts on January 15, 2016, 09:28:14 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 15, 2016, 09:24:22 AM
Books. Lunch.

What do books eat for lunch :tard:

I love books but they seem to be approaching critical mass in my house and I still keep buying them :GA:

They seem to eat money. :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 18, 2016, 03:36:39 PM
A cheap Fuji Finepix camera with a decent zoom lens to replace an even cheaper Samsung that is having some serious issues. :GA:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 18, 2016, 05:52:19 PM
Some shelving and two 60lbs sand bags for extra weight in the back of the van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 18, 2016, 07:19:10 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 15, 2016, 06:23:54 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 14, 2016, 07:34:54 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 14, 2016, 01:03:52 AM
  I bought some too.  Maybe this time next week I'll be postwhoring from the back of a limo.  :toporly:

Will you take me for rides in your limo?  :orly:

  Sure I will.  You can have your own little seat.  :trollface:

                       (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XIoqDo9fL._AC_UL160_SR160,160_.jpg)

I was thinking of myself as more of a big fat dash ornament.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 19, 2016, 01:21:47 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 18, 2016, 07:19:10 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 15, 2016, 06:23:54 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 14, 2016, 07:34:54 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 14, 2016, 01:03:52 AM
  I bought some too.  Maybe this time next week I'll be postwhoring from the back of a limo.  :toporly:

Will you take me for rides in your limo?  :orly:

  Sure I will.  You can have your own little seat.  :trollface:

                       (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XIoqDo9fL._AC_UL160_SR160,160_.jpg)

I was thinking of myself as more of a big fat dash ornament.  :zoinks:

  (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31isi7mPGOL._SY300_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 19, 2016, 06:17:00 PM
 :lol1:    :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 19, 2016, 10:02:07 PM
I got the back window of my car retinted. Looks great. And I can actually see out the back while I am driving now. Before it was all bubbled and fuzzy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 20, 2016, 12:11:08 PM
  I bought a cone filter so I can make coffee by pouring boiling water directly into the cup.
  My coffee maker is too complicated to disinfect before every use, as I would feel compelled
  to do since I may still have mice roaming the apartment and possibly touching the
  coffee maker with their sticky little feet.  :sick:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 20, 2016, 01:23:10 PM
A new cellphone.  The old one was dying
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 20, 2016, 04:06:36 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 20, 2016, 12:11:08 PM
  I bought a cone filter so I can make coffee by pouring boiling water directly into the cup.
  My coffee maker is too complicated to disinfect before every use, as I would feel compelled
  to do since I may still have mice roaming the apartment and possibly touching the
  coffee maker with their sticky little feet.  :sick:

Nice. Now you will be able to enjoy hand-dripped coffee in the mornings.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 20, 2016, 05:13:16 PM
A coffee at Dunkin' Donuts that turned out to be somewhat watery and burnt :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 20, 2016, 05:34:42 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on January 20, 2016, 04:06:36 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 20, 2016, 12:11:08 PM
  I bought a cone filter so I can make coffee by pouring boiling water directly into the cup.
  My coffee maker is too complicated to disinfect before every use, as I would feel compelled
  to do since I may still have mice roaming the apartment and possibly touching the
  coffee maker with their sticky little feet.  :sick:

Nice. Now you will be able to enjoy hand-dripped coffee in the mornings.

  It's fast and simple!  I just have to scoop more coffee with the smaller spoon I'm now using.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 20, 2016, 05:38:31 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 20, 2016, 05:13:16 PM
A coffee at Dunkin' Donuts that turned out to be somewhat watery and burnt :zombiefuck:

  I'm guessing they left it on the burner till it was burnt and thick, then added water in hopes of
   reducing the burnt taste!  Nice try.  :thumbdn:   Should just have dumped it and started over.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on January 20, 2016, 06:00:16 PM
Gluten free sub rolls and beef liver.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 20, 2016, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: WolFish on January 20, 2016, 06:00:16 PM
Gluten free sub rolls and beef liver.

  Do you saute the liver in butter and add onions?  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on January 20, 2016, 06:39:28 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 20, 2016, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: WolFish on January 20, 2016, 06:00:16 PM
Gluten free sub rolls and beef liver.

  Do you saute the liver in butter and add onions?  :drool:

Yes, and the onions are slightly caramelized. Liver is like shrimp and steak - it has to be cooked just right or it's ugly and dry. I've eaten it all my life so I have the timing right. The first time I had it was when I was a child; my mother, who overcooks everything, overcooked it but I fell in love with the flavor so I taught myself to make it. Never had to share.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 20, 2016, 06:45:51 PM
Quote from: WolFish on January 20, 2016, 06:39:28 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on January 20, 2016, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: WolFish on January 20, 2016, 06:00:16 PM
Gluten free sub rolls and beef liver.

  Do you saute the liver in butter and add onions?  :drool:

Yes, and the onions are slightly caramelized. Liver is like shrimp and steak - it has to be cooked just right or it's ugly and dry. I've eaten it all my life so I have the timing right. The first time I had it was when I was a child; my mother, who overcooks everything, overcooked it but I fell in love with the flavor so I taught myself to make it. Never had to share.

  That's excellent.  We sometimes serve liver and onions at the retirement home, and I try not to
   overcook it.  It's a fine line to walk.  One resident complained about his being too rare.  :fatchef:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 21, 2016, 12:04:25 AM
I paid for 20% of my course fee at Tafe.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 22, 2016, 01:12:05 AM
Plane tickets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 22, 2016, 01:12:40 AM
Sliced provolone cheese.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on January 22, 2016, 01:16:00 AM
A new pot.

We saved stamps to get a discount. $25 CDN for something called profiselect by a company called WMF. It's my first pot in a long while - I have Tramontina which have lasted since college to now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 25, 2016, 10:09:39 PM
I bought a 1TB hard drive with USB3, a case to put it and its cord into, two 8GB flash drives and a notebook with three sections - I hope that's enough to start with.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 27, 2016, 05:26:27 PM
A set of wheels for scaffolding for $40 from a Craig's list add
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 27, 2016, 05:47:09 PM
Quote from: WolFish on January 22, 2016, 01:16:00 AM
A new pot.

We saved stamps to get a discount. $25 CDN for something called profiselect by a company called WMF. It's my first pot in a long while - I have Tramontina which have lasted since college to now.

Nice.

German, WMF makes Silit also. I have a Silit pot that's at least 20 yrs old...one of my very favorites.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 02, 2016, 11:04:30 AM
A new battery for my camera and another UV flash light
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on February 02, 2016, 02:44:00 PM
A lot of gluten free food from the first comfortable supermarket I've found in Montreal.

They had U.S. brands and four - no - five different kinds of gluten free cake. Except for the glaring lack of raisin choices, I was very happy. They also had organic hearts of romaine - a favorite treat of mine.
Cookies and cake mix and GF toaster pastries. They had different varieties of tofu - the other stores here had none at all. They had the GF ramen that I have been buying on Amazon and driving to the U.S. to pick up (not just the ramen, other packages as well). The overhead music was in English and they had free indoor parking even though they were close to downtown.

Close to downtown meant big bags of cans and the smell of homeless laundry, but it wasn't prevalent. The staff was completely multicultural. And they had a huge Godiva display. Made me wish I still ate chocolate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 03, 2016, 03:45:10 AM
Bought food, yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 03, 2016, 11:06:28 AM
Drive through the rain at 1 in the morning for ice cream and something to make a sandwich out of.  Ended up with salami and chocolate ice cream.  From the look by the cashier I sort of thought he was thinking, "She's too old to be pregnant."  I'm sure I would have totally freaked him out if I'd chosen the pistachio almond ice cream.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 04, 2016, 10:21:50 AM
Bought food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 04, 2016, 10:51:42 AM
A chocolate cake which was 1/3 eaten while sitting in bed, sipping coffee and re-re-re-reading London by Rutherfurd.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 04, 2016, 11:56:10 AM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 04, 2016, 01:05:22 PM
0000 steel wool
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 05, 2016, 02:14:36 AM
Chips and gravy for lunch at school.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 05, 2016, 05:26:40 AM
Nothing yet today, I haven't even got dressed yet.

But going to go buy some chow later, when some...other...shops open, going to pay a local head shop a visit for some 3-fluorophenmetrazine (a stimulant) and find some greens if possible.  Perhaps may make another trial of 1-propionyl-LSD, after trying it last week and finding it quite nice and full of sparkle, so to speak, a long, introspective flush of the psyche is needed soon methinks, its been too long since I had a good thorough clearout of that sort.
to
I could MURDER a subway sandwich right now though, I fancy a footlong w/ steak, triple lots of all the different cheeses on top of the baseline single serving, meatballs and as many black olives as will fit. I think I'll arrive in town, buy my sandwich, go grab some green and make sure I have a nice well developed case of the munchies first, I love a quick toke or three before I eat, as it enhances the pleasure from food, makes everything taste so much better. 

Bah...a half hour to go until everywhere I need is open.

For now, a beer will have to fill the current yawning chasm that has taken up residence at the end of my oesophagus.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 05, 2016, 11:54:07 AM
Quote from: Lestat on February 05, 2016, 05:26:40 AM
Nothing yet today, I haven't even got dressed yet.


Ooooooooooh, please post the nude picture.   :popcorn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 05, 2016, 09:48:03 PM
Windshield wipers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 06, 2016, 06:56:25 AM
A paper and a scratch $1 lottery ticket.............won $2    :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 06, 2016, 07:08:41 AM
  Lots of frozen foods.  I feel relatively safe storing things in the freezer.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 06, 2016, 07:19:38 AM
4g of 3-fluorophenmetrrazine,  some diphenidine, a load of methoxphenidine, a couple oz of
 some synthetic cannnabinoid smoke mix and somed
 beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 06, 2016, 07:22:44 AM
Quote from: Lestat on February 06, 2016, 07:19:38 AM
4g of 3-fluorophenmetrrazine,  some diphenidine, a load of methoxphenidine, a couple oz of
 some synthetic cannnabinoid smoke mix and somed
 beer.

  You sound like Walter White's kind of guy. :heisenberg:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ZEGH8578 on February 06, 2016, 09:41:46 AM
Wtf you need beer for, after that little shopping list?

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 06, 2016, 12:27:30 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 06, 2016, 07:08:41 AM
  Lots of frozen foods.  I feel relatively safe storing things in the freezer.  :2thumbsup:

You haven't heard about the mutant polar bear mice?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 06, 2016, 12:56:56 PM
A coffee for Carla!      :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on February 06, 2016, 01:19:23 PM
Quote from: Lestat on February 06, 2016, 07:19:38 AM
4g of 3-fluorophenmetrrazine,  some diphenidine, a load of methoxphenidine, a couple oz of
 some synthetic cannnabinoid smoke mix and somed
 beer.

And you are still bewildered by your inability to keep your life together?  :hahaha:

Try putting some actual money aside instead of drugs.  Much more useful next time you run off the tracks and end up back in abject poverty.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ZEGH8578 on February 06, 2016, 01:38:50 PM
Those are also drugs you have to actually make an effort to look for.

I don't reaaaally get that. Most drugs give similar experiences (not the same! but similar), and once you've tried some, you kindov know what you get.
I tripped uber-balls on mushrooms - and then on LSD (they were practically identical), and I know have a been-there-done-that relation towards it. I also understand why the trip happened, what the brain does, why reality becomes warped the way it does.

I also tried stimulants, and they usually do nothing for me. If anything, they make me feel bad. Cocaine did absolutely nothing (no. I didn't get ripped off), but that too I understand why. Cocaine reacts with your emotions, it boosts your confidence. My confidence is fine, because I know that the world is a craphole, and dreams are for suckers - and I'm not lamenting it. I'm fine with it. Cocaine reacts with people who fill their lives with lament, it changes lament into confidence, and you strut more. If you strut allready, you might just as well snort flour. Same as if you allready got a serious brain defect that removes all filtration from your neural input, you're pretty much on LSD all day long.

Alcohol bothers me, a bit of cliche arguments here, but I don't like the loss of control. I don't like how potent it is (most people don't even KNOW how potent alcohol is. A small shot is enough to make you drunk. A big glass of pure booze will make you vomit, shit and die. Good luck trying to shit yourself by smoking too much weed)

Then there's weird exotic shit like Salvia, or legal "state drugs" like antidepressants and epilepsy medicine and whatnot.
By this level, I can't help but suspect a competitive relation to the drugs (either that, or a complete desperation, as in full on junkie mentality, where one will snort epilepsy pills one day, and dried and powdered banana peels the next)

Imho, aspies should stick to weed. In fact, most people should. It gives you a lil sense of lull, like a glass of beer, but without the hastle of filling your belly with liquid, and walking around like a water balloon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 06, 2016, 05:12:56 PM
Two bottles of fuming hydrochloric acid, a bottle each of concentrated phosphoric and formic acids, as well as a couple of ten liter carboys of solvent naptha and a carboy of concentrated sulfuric acidl

As well as a cheeseburger and a can of coke as an in-flight refuelling stop. Needed it too, had ate barely anything for quite a while, due to being overloaded, I eat very littlle if I'm feeling stressed
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on February 06, 2016, 05:17:28 PM
Quote from: Lestat on February 06, 2016, 05:12:56 PM
Two bottles of fuming hydrochloric acid, a bottle each of concentrated phosphoric and formic acids, as well as a couple of ten liter carboys of solvent naptha and a carboy of concentrated sulfuric acidl

As well as a cheeseburger and a can of coke as an in-flight refuelling stop. Needed it too, had ate barely anything for quite a while, due to being overloaded, I eat very littlle if I'm feeling stressed

I can't imagine why you would feel stressed.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 06, 2016, 10:46:47 PM
Quote from: rock hound on February 06, 2016, 06:56:25 AM
A paper and a scratch $1 lottery ticket.............won $2    :headbang2:
In Australia we call them scratchies.

I can't smoke weed anymore. I get extremely paranoid. So it is all prescription meds for me.

I bought bread, tomatoes, yoghurt and some other food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 07, 2016, 03:34:08 AM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 07, 2016, 09:39:46 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 06, 2016, 12:27:30 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 06, 2016, 07:08:41 AM
  Lots of frozen foods.  I feel relatively safe storing things in the freezer.  :2thumbsup:

You haven't heard about the mutant polar bear mice?

  Oy, if that were true I'd be a size zero in no time at all.  :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 07, 2016, 09:46:21 AM
  Fortunately I remembered to buy  :tp:

 
  One of my oldest friends used to give her tenant emergency rolls of toilet paper because they'd run out.
  She'd ask me, rhetorically, "How can anyone be dumb enough to run out of toilet paper?!"
  I buy it now with that in mind.  When I get down to my last roll, I remember her words.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 20, 2016, 10:09:00 AM
210 gallons heating oil at only $1.32 per gallon less than half of what it was last year
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 20, 2016, 10:20:31 AM
  Lots of food that I haven't eaten, probably because the cold/sinus thing is squashing my appetite.  :apondering:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 20, 2016, 11:22:16 AM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 20, 2016, 01:43:12 PM
Lots of groceries. And wine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 20, 2016, 01:45:51 PM
A $1 scratch lottery ticket!   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on February 20, 2016, 03:12:23 PM
Bookcase for my new office.  Spent part of today moving all my legal texts in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 20, 2016, 03:39:37 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on February 20, 2016, 03:12:23 PM
Bookcase for my new office.  Spent part of today moving all my legal texts in.

  What kind of wood is it?  And how many legal books do you have?   :book:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on February 20, 2016, 04:15:11 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 20, 2016, 03:39:37 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on February 20, 2016, 03:12:23 PM
Bookcase for my new office.  Spent part of today moving all my legal texts in.

  What kind of wood is it?  And how many legal books do you have?   :book:

It's modular furniture that came out of a box, but it looks nice.  Oak veneer.

Right now it's 48, but I'll keep adding.  It also holds an upright humidor, two bottles of single malt scotch, some glasses, a couple of awards and some trinkets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 20, 2016, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on February 20, 2016, 04:15:11 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 20, 2016, 03:39:37 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on February 20, 2016, 03:12:23 PM
Bookcase for my new office.  Spent part of today moving all my legal texts in.

  What kind of wood is it?  And how many legal books do you have?   :book:

It's modular furniture that came out of a box, but it looks nice.  Oak veneer.

Right now it's 48, but I'll keep adding.  It also holds an upright humidor, two bottles of single malt scotch, some glasses, a couple of awards and some trinkets.

  That's going to be a real grownup's office.  :toporly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 21, 2016, 06:49:21 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 20, 2016, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on February 20, 2016, 04:15:11 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 20, 2016, 03:39:37 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on February 20, 2016, 03:12:23 PM
Bookcase for my new office.  Spent part of today moving all my legal texts in.

  What kind of wood is it?  And how many legal books do you have?   :book:

It's modular furniture that came out of a box, but it looks nice.  Oak veneer.

Right now it's 48, but I'll keep adding.  It also holds an upright humidor, two bottles of single malt scotch, some glasses, a couple of awards and some trinkets.

  That's going to be a real grownup's office.  :toporly:

(http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/4f862ef0-29b8-47e5-9332-5f1228eec9db/b96abd1b-e310-4592-945b-757bd0913b64.jpg)

Blech. I never could acquire a taste for Scotch.
Not classy enough I suppose.

Bought two orchids and a pruning saw.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 21, 2016, 08:04:29 PM
Books!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on February 22, 2016, 10:16:22 AM
a tramontina 5qt dutch oven. it's an old style so it matches the ones i already have. will be using it to make ribs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 22, 2016, 10:42:00 AM
A new shower curtain that has a global map on it!    8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 24, 2016, 08:03:30 AM
  I bought paper goods.  :tp: :tp: :tp:   Lots and lots of them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 24, 2016, 08:25:53 AM
Just coffee this morning yesterday I got a gallon of oil based stain blocking paint
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 24, 2016, 11:43:53 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 24, 2016, 08:03:30 AM
  I bought paper goods.  :tp: :tp: :tp:   Lots and lots of them.

Because you had no paper left to make your shredder happy?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 24, 2016, 12:55:46 PM
Quote from: rock hound on February 22, 2016, 10:42:00 AM
A new shower curtain that has a global map on it!    8)

How often do you get lost in the shower?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 24, 2016, 01:03:28 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 24, 2016, 12:55:46 PM
Quote from: rock hound on February 22, 2016, 10:42:00 AM
A new shower curtain that has a global map on it!    8)

How often do you get lost in the shower?

Not too often!   ;)  I just like maps!   And the wife approved!   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 24, 2016, 01:39:28 PM
Quote from: rock hound on February 24, 2016, 01:03:28 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 24, 2016, 12:55:46 PM
Quote from: rock hound on February 22, 2016, 10:42:00 AM
A new shower curtain that has a global map on it!    8)

How often do you get lost in the shower?

Not too often!   ;)  I just like maps!   And the wife approved!

How detailed is it? Can you see where I live?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 24, 2016, 02:09:50 PM
It's a general type map with the countries and some of their cities on them.  The Netherlands is there, with a star marking Amsterdam.  I change shower curtains every few months as soap scum and mildew build on them.  They are fairly inexpensive and livens up the bathroom decor with a change of scenery.   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 24, 2016, 03:00:10 PM
the PR bought 5 VCR tapes now that she has a player.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 24, 2016, 03:06:35 PM
Some goodies to munch on post surgery!   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 25, 2016, 01:10:37 AM
Quote from: rock hound on February 24, 2016, 03:06:35 PM
Some goodies to munch on post surgery!   


Surgery? :-\
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 25, 2016, 05:54:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 25, 2016, 01:10:37 AM
Quote from: rock hound on February 24, 2016, 03:06:35 PM
Some goodies to munch on post surgery!   

Surgery? :-\
He is having hernia surgery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 25, 2016, 10:25:53 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 25, 2016, 01:10:37 AM
Quote from: rock hound on February 24, 2016, 03:06:35 PM
Some goodies to munch on post surgery!   


Surgery? :-\

Yep, Left inguinal hernia surgery.  Just had it done, back home feeling slightly spacy and moving slowly, but, other wise not bad.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 27, 2016, 02:45:10 AM
I hope it went well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 27, 2016, 05:43:13 AM
A couple of 5-liter jugs of petroleum ether/naptha solvent.

And a few blotters of 1-propionyl-LSD. Lol, whilst in hospital waiting for the discharge to be done, take-home meds processing in the pharmacy, I just stayed in my bed on the ward, alternating between playing assassin's creed on my laptop, and listening to music via youtube, having gotten into the pay-TV/phone/internet systems they have for the patients beds on the wards, thanks to a USB port located in the back of the screen, or if going for a bong-break then sneakily cracking and patching into the internal staff WiFi, so I could keep online without interruption whilst going outside for a quick toke *grins*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 27, 2016, 06:22:50 AM
Bought a loaf of fresh pumpernickel bread at a small bakery.  Can rarely find in grocery stores anymore around here  but he always has it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 27, 2016, 06:47:12 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 27, 2016, 02:45:10 AM
I hope it went well.

Slowly, but, surely.  I never had major surgery before, it really throws the body functions out of whack.  But, everything seems to be following the plan/instructions.  So far, so good!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 27, 2016, 10:07:44 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 25, 2016, 05:54:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on February 25, 2016, 01:10:37 AM
Quote from: rock hound on February 24, 2016, 03:06:35 PM
Some goodies to munch on post surgery!   

Surgery? :-\
He is having hernia surgery.

Shouldn't he be having hisnia surgery?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 27, 2016, 01:16:35 PM
A M18 military smoke grenade with red smoke it looks to be from the Vietnam era for $10.  I got it from a guy I know that does a lot of clean outs and also sells up at the market but this sort of thing makes him nervous

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN4815_zpss56qlvbq.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN4815_zpss56qlvbq.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 27, 2016, 03:44:17 PM
That's awesome.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 27, 2016, 05:44:41 PM
Parts buys awesome things.  I buy Gatorade, chicken noodle soup and disposable underpants; the PR has a nasty stomach virus. :bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 27, 2016, 10:29:34 PM
Just going out to check my bank balance, before going chemical shopping, for both the kinds of chemical goods that are to be ingested, and those which serve rather, as reagents for the creation of new artworks.

On the list:

Solvents: diethyl ether, THF, methylene chloride, benzene, carbon tet, carbon disulfide (bleerrgh! ick!), CBr4, acetone, DMF, and acetonitrile (methyl cyanide)

Reagents: HgCl2, nitromethane, nitroethane, phosphorus trichloride, PCl5, POCl3, sulfuryl ,chloride, thionyl chloride, piperidine, potassium cyanide (might go for the sodium salt, given that one gets more cyanide ion for the pound in one's pocket, courtesy of the lower atomic weight of Na compared to K), indole, benzothiophene, oxalyl chloride, LiAlH4, some borohydride, activated carbon, and formaldehyde so I can rustle up some plat cat and Pd/C. Have PdCl2 to work with but the platinum cat, that will be tricky, given the inertness of platinum. Means using some rather noxious chemicals to dissolve Pt metal, such as aqua regia, or nitrosyl chloride.

Ingestables-some N-cumyl-1-(5-fluoropentyl)indazole-3-carboxylate, conveniently now available as a 'C-liquid' for electronic cigarettes, dissolved in a mixture of propylene glycol and glycerine. Its a short acting cannabinoid (half hour, 25 minutes or so post intake, vaporised or smoked on inert carrier herbs in a bong, short lived, like the majority of these currently available indazole cannabinoidergic ligands, but its fucking potent, scarily so almost. I've had HU-210, a THC analog, but a full agonist at Cb1 receptors, and extremely, extremely long lived, known also for being one of the most potent cannabinoids so far known in terms of Ki and efficacy at Cb1 and Cb2Rs, that one is active at a dose of a couple of hundred micrograms, but this indazole bad boy, this one is the big bad motherfucking wolf at the door in terms of sheer weight potency, I don't even possess a scale capable of measuring individual single dose quantities of this, but dissolving a larger amount, accurately weighed, into a solvent base useable in my E-fag, at a 1mg/1ml concentration all that it takes is perhaps 3-4 modest inhalations, and it comes on with all the unstoppable momentum of a plush foam covered wrecking ball.

A place I'm evaluating for doing business also has an excellent selection of novel benzodiazepines, 3-fluorophenmetrazine, and 3-fluorinated analogs of both methyl- and ethylphenidate. Interestingly, seems like replacing hydrogen at the no.3 carbon of either of the ritalinic acid esters with a fluorine causes a dramatic increase in weight potency, active at 0.5-1mg from some reports.

The ethoxy analog of methoxphenidine, some methoxphenidine, diphenidine, deschloroketamine if I can find it, or bromoketamine.

http://researchchemist.co.uk/research-chemicals/special-offers is looking good, going to check the site out on safeorscam.com first though of course.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2016, 03:39:17 AM
Bought some beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 28, 2016, 06:18:17 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on February 24, 2016, 11:43:53 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 24, 2016, 08:03:30 AM
  I bought paper goods.  :tp: :tp: :tp:   Lots and lots of them.

Because you had no paper left to make your shredder happy?  :orly:

  The type of paper I bought is not intended for the shredder.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 28, 2016, 06:20:38 AM
Quote from: Parts on February 27, 2016, 06:22:50 AM
Bought a loaf of fresh pumpernickel bread at a small bakery.  Can rarely find in grocery stores anymore around here  but he always has it

  I used to buy pumpernickel bread from the supermarket bakery where I had my first job.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 28, 2016, 06:22:19 AM
Quote from: Parts on February 27, 2016, 01:16:35 PM
A M18 military smoke grenade with red smoke it looks to be from the Vietnam era for $10.  I got it from a guy I know that does a lot of clean outs and also sells up at the market but this sort of thing makes him nervous 

  Now the neighbors will know not to mess with you!   :odeon:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 28, 2016, 07:30:53 AM
pizza for breakfast
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 28, 2016, 09:24:06 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on February 28, 2016, 07:30:53 AM
pizza for breakfast

Did you save some for me?  :pizza:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 28, 2016, 10:24:46 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 28, 2016, 09:24:06 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on February 28, 2016, 07:30:53 AM
pizza for breakfast

Did you save some for me?  :pizza:
of course

and its a breakfast pizza with gravy, eggs and sausage; sprinkled with bacon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 28, 2016, 11:09:26 AM
All I bought today is a coffee for me and a doughnut for the dog
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 28, 2016, 12:59:29 PM
Quote from: skyblue1 on February 28, 2016, 10:24:46 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 28, 2016, 09:24:06 AM
Quote from: skyblue1 on February 28, 2016, 07:30:53 AM
pizza for breakfast

Did you save some for me?  :pizza:
of course

and its a breakfast pizza with gravy, eggs and sausage; sprinkled with bacon

Well, I was hoping for a deluxe pizza with extra black olives.  But tea with any kind of pizza is b'fast.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 28, 2016, 04:43:40 PM
Bought nothing today.

No shops open in my village on a Sunday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 28, 2016, 05:40:28 PM
Some needed groceries.  I'm in luck that the last day of the big grocery sales is the first of March, which is also check-in-the-bank day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 28, 2016, 05:44:52 PM
  Food.  Paper towels.  Bleach!  :pirate:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on February 29, 2016, 11:11:35 AM
elderberry jam, a DS game and mousetraps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on March 01, 2016, 08:52:45 AM
Today I received a bunch of seeds and bulbs. From 3 diff. kinds of onion, carrot seeds, leek, beet root, tomato, climbing Fr. beans, green beans to (even) some potatoes 'bulbs'. Um, may Spring start early (and properly) this year. First signs aren't there yet though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on March 08, 2016, 01:17:21 PM
Lighter gas (in a can/you know.. with extra nipples in the cap). Needed to refill my jet lighter.

(okay, nozzles) 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 08, 2016, 02:59:31 PM
Tea and chocolate. And put some more money on my bus pass.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 08, 2016, 03:40:36 PM
Just a coffee and cinnamon roll this morning
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 09, 2016, 03:09:46 PM
A book. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on March 10, 2016, 01:46:54 PM
A bottle of wine (pinot blanc), some tea, coffee, a leek and a fennel, a small can of anchovies, some dried parsley (no fresh to be found) and.. other stuff as well.

Did you know that parsley (fresh/flat leaved) is a very underrated herb and that it contains quite a long list of healthy minerals. It is one of my favourite herbs (super versatile) to use in the kitchen.

Blahiah.. (sørry)

*farts*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 10, 2016, 01:55:26 PM
Another volcano book!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 10, 2016, 02:36:34 PM
Lunch from a deli
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 10, 2016, 04:23:32 PM
Beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 14, 2016, 02:58:11 PM
Don't pass this one by.  It's a winner.


The PR and I went shopping today.  I went into the store and bought some things for her including the Peanuts DVD and a Minions DVD.  I tried to hide them, but she caught sight of the bag. 

What's that?
Nothing.  It's mine.
What is it?
I said it's mine.
No, I saw the Minions.
It's a Minion sex toy.  (I'm a quick thinker.)
Yewwhh.   (pause)  Is it for Daddy?


Inquiring minds do not want to know.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 14, 2016, 03:29:51 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 14, 2016, 02:58:11 PM
Don't pass this one by.  It's a winner.


The PR and I went shopping today.  I went into the store and bought some things for her including the Peanuts DVD and a Minions DVD.  I tried to hide them, but she caught sight of the bag. 

What's that?
Nothing.  It's mine.
What is it?
I said it's mine.
No, I saw the Minions.
It's a Minion sex toy.  (I'm a quick thinker.)
Yewwhh.   (pause)  Is it for Daddy?


Inquiring minds do not want to know.
:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 14, 2016, 06:43:26 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 14, 2016, 02:58:11 PM
Don't pass this one by.  It's a winner.


The PR and I went shopping today.  I went into the store and bought some things for her including the Peanuts DVD and a Minions DVD.  I tried to hide them, but she caught sight of the bag. 

What's that?
Nothing.  It's mine.
What is it?
I said it's mine.
No, I saw the Minions.
It's a Minion sex toy.  (I'm a quick thinker.)
Yewwhh.   (pause)  Is it for Daddy?


Inquiring minds do not want to know.

 :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 15, 2016, 01:11:53 AM
:rofl: +

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 15, 2016, 01:12:19 AM
Bought a Synology 4-bay NAS.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 15, 2016, 11:15:17 AM
30 gallons of gas $53.67
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on March 16, 2016, 01:36:33 AM
two pirate books in french
a sci-fi anthology
an ironing board for py
waffles for breakfast
pineapple for dehydrating (our house does it naturally)
blueberries
eggs

arrived in the mail:
collector's item from adventure time cartoon
melon ball tool
tiny metal bento

something called eye training is coming from the UK in April but ordered the same day as the others.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2016, 08:09:40 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 14, 2016, 02:58:11 PM
Don't pass this one by.  It's a winner.


The PR and I went shopping today.  I went into the store and bought some things for her including the Peanuts DVD and a Minions DVD.  I tried to hide them, but she caught sight of the bag. 

What's that?
Nothing.  It's mine.
What is it?
I said it's mine.
No, I saw the Minions.
It's a Minion sex toy.  (I'm a quick thinker.)
Yewwhh.   (pause)  Is it for Daddy?


Inquiring minds do not want to know.

  She's more worldly than I am.  No flies on her.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 16, 2016, 01:28:32 PM
Magic Erasers and sanding pads for plaster
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 16, 2016, 01:33:01 PM
Plane tickets to Kentucky to visit the inlaws!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2016, 03:27:39 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 16, 2016, 01:28:32 PM
Magic Erasers and sanding pads for plaster

  I tried a Magic Eraser once and it didn't do anything.  Did I use it wrong?  :dunce:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 16, 2016, 03:47:38 PM
A 12 ounce second cup of coffee for my wife since she has to work overtime!    walmart, I hate you!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on March 16, 2016, 04:00:48 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 16, 2016, 03:27:39 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 16, 2016, 01:28:32 PM
Magic Erasers and sanding pads for plaster

  I tried a Magic Eraser once and it didn't do anything.  Did I use it wrong?  :dunce:
ask icequeen
i don't trust those things. i think it's just a glorified eraser. i use murphy's oil soap which can take paint off wood but take blue fountain pen ink out of a white sweater without damaging it.

i bought mousetraps and a sanding mouse, stuff for the garden and a screwdriver.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2016, 04:05:50 PM
  "Sanding mouse" has an aggressive ring to it, is it related to the trapping?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on March 16, 2016, 08:32:17 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 16, 2016, 04:05:50 PM
  "Sanding mouse" has an aggressive ring to it, is it related to the trapping?  :orly:
it's a detail sander with one pointed and one rounded end - like a mouse. i wish i could say i was building a trap but i am sure with these mice it would fail.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 17, 2016, 08:28:17 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 16, 2016, 03:27:39 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 16, 2016, 01:28:32 PM
Magic Erasers and sanding pads for plaster

  I tried a Magic Eraser once and it didn't do anything.  Did I use it wrong?  :dunce:

I love them and use them around the house as well as on stuff I am going to sell.  They will work okay with just water but I use them mostly with Krud Kutter (http://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/krud-kutter/) and have even used them with brake cleaner to remove graffiti
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 17, 2016, 02:06:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 17, 2016, 08:28:17 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 16, 2016, 03:27:39 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 16, 2016, 01:28:32 PM
Magic Erasers and sanding pads for plaster

  I tried a Magic Eraser once and it didn't do anything.  Did I use it wrong?  :dunce:

I love them and use them around the house as well as on stuff I am going to sell.  They will work okay with just water but I use them mostly with Krud Kutter (http://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/krud-kutter/) and have even used them with brake cleaner to remove graffiti

I love them.
They take off all those scuff marks on toys, shoes, the sides of vacuums, housings on trimmers, etc, you just can't rub too hard or they will dull the sheen on plastic.

I use them for cleaning up my resale stuff all the time. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 17, 2016, 06:41:50 PM
Magic erasers are awesome; they're truly magical.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 18, 2016, 05:27:44 AM
Before I get paid next, I will be buying medication - benztropine and haloperidol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 19, 2016, 12:59:57 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 17, 2016, 06:41:50 PM
Magic erasers are awesome; they're truly magical.

  Maybe I'll buy some more and see if I can find the magic this time.   :witch1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 19, 2016, 01:06:58 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 17, 2016, 02:06:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 17, 2016, 08:28:17 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 16, 2016, 03:27:39 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 16, 2016, 01:28:32 PM
Magic Erasers and sanding pads for plaster

  I tried a Magic Eraser once and it didn't do anything.  Did I use it wrong?  :dunce:

I love them and use them around the house as well as on stuff I am going to sell.  They will work okay with just water but I use them mostly with Krud Kutter (http://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/krud-kutter/) and have even used them with brake cleaner to remove graffiti

I love them.
They take off all those scuff marks on toys, shoes, the sides of vacuums, housings on trimmers, etc, you just can't rub too hard or they will dull the sheen on plastic.

I use them for cleaning up my resale stuff all the time. :thumbup:

A little Armor All will bring that back on most things 8) 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 19, 2016, 01:44:52 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 19, 2016, 12:59:57 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 17, 2016, 06:41:50 PM
Magic erasers are awesome; they're truly magical.

  Maybe I'll buy some more and see if I can find the magic this time.   :witch1:
What did you try to do with them? First time ever using one was on the laundry room wall and the door leading from the laundry room to the garage. They were riddled with scuff marks and no amount of cleaning was helping. One has to be careful using magic eraser on painted surface as they can be more abrasive than wanted and remove the paint. Have only used it on white wall paint so not sure how damaging they can be to color wall paint, but it made the wall and door look amazing so went around the whole house using it on all the doors and doorjambs where people touch the most. The most impressive use of magic eraser was at work. When the cubes were re-configured in my department to accommodate more people, I ended up with a cube constructed of components which had been in storage for a while. The white laminate surface for the desktop was horribly scuffed and even scrubbing it with comet had no result. One magic eraser later and it looks like a new surface. Offered the extra eraser in the package to the team member who got the other cruddy desktop and she was equally impressed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 19, 2016, 01:50:22 PM
  I ran water over mine, as I thought I was supposed to do.  Is that how you use them?  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 19, 2016, 01:55:59 PM
Yes, they're supposed to be used slightly damp.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 19, 2016, 01:58:28 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 19, 2016, 01:55:59 PM
Yes, they're supposed to be used slightly damp.

  I'll try again.  I must have done something wrong.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 19, 2016, 02:01:33 PM
What were you cleaning?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 19, 2016, 02:04:24 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 19, 2016, 02:01:33 PM
What were you cleaning?

  I don't remember, possibly a painted wall with scuff marks.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on March 20, 2016, 01:00:31 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 19, 2016, 02:04:24 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 19, 2016, 02:01:33 PM
What were you cleaning?

  I don't remember, possibly a painted wall with scuff marks.  :dunno:
I know why you can't remember. I know what you were trying to do!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 20, 2016, 05:29:58 AM
  Was I trying to turn my frown upside-down?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on March 20, 2016, 11:48:37 AM
Wooden pirate swore and some pirate toys for my son from Goodwill.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 20, 2016, 11:58:46 AM
Quote from: Natalia Evans on March 20, 2016, 11:48:37 AM
Wooden pirate swore and some pirate toys for my son from Goodwill.
Welcome back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on March 20, 2016, 12:04:06 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 20, 2016, 11:58:46 AM
Quote from: Natalia Evans on March 20, 2016, 11:48:37 AM
Wooden pirate swore and some pirate toys for my son from Goodwill.
Welcome back.

Probably for not long, I am just bored and can't focus on my story.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 20, 2016, 12:11:34 PM
Then nevermind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 20, 2016, 12:37:17 PM
Quote from: Natalia Evans on March 20, 2016, 12:04:06 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 20, 2016, 11:58:46 AM
Quote from: Natalia Evans on March 20, 2016, 11:48:37 AM
Wooden pirate swore and some pirate toys for my son from Goodwill.
Welcome back.

Probably for not long, I am just bored and can't focus on my story.

Come on then stick around a bit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on March 21, 2016, 09:07:01 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 20, 2016, 05:29:58 AM
  Was I trying to turn my frown upside-down?  :orly:
now you look dangerous.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 21, 2016, 07:13:13 PM
Quote from: WolFish on March 21, 2016, 09:07:01 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 20, 2016, 05:29:58 AM
  Was I trying to turn my frown upside-down?  :orly:
now you look dangerous.

Anyone wielding a pickle of that size looks dangerous.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 22, 2016, 03:16:37 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 21, 2016, 07:13:13 PM
Quote from: WolFish on March 21, 2016, 09:07:01 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 20, 2016, 05:29:58 AM
  Was I trying to turn my frown upside-down?  :orly:
now you look dangerous.

Anyone wielding a pickle of that size looks dangerous.  :zoinks:

It's not a pickle, it's a vibrator on wheels.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 22, 2016, 03:20:22 PM
50lbs of sunflower seeds and some suet cakes for the birds
Reading glasses
Peppermint puff candies
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 22, 2016, 06:46:26 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 22, 2016, 03:16:37 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 21, 2016, 07:13:13 PM
Quote from: WolFish on March 21, 2016, 09:07:01 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 20, 2016, 05:29:58 AM
  Was I trying to turn my frown upside-down?  :orly:
now you look dangerous.

Anyone wielding a pickle of that size looks dangerous.  :zoinks:

It's not a pickle, it's a vibrator on wheels.

Oh yeah, now I remember she once explained it's a skateboard.  :tard:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on March 23, 2016, 02:03:34 AM
oxygenated water. nothing to write home about.
i like mineralized and high ph water. these taste awesome to me. the oxygenated stuff tasted like tap water. i make my own mineral water now and get the high ph stuff as a treat. haven't quite got the formula for it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 24, 2016, 10:55:13 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 21, 2016, 07:13:13 PM
Quote from: WolFish on March 21, 2016, 09:07:01 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 20, 2016, 05:29:58 AM
  Was I trying to turn my frown upside-down?  :orly:
now you look dangerous.

Anyone wielding a pickle of that size looks dangerous.  :zoinks:

  You're just bitter 'cause your pickle is teeny weeny.  :hahaha: :trollface:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on March 25, 2016, 12:08:52 AM
a lamb shank and some other things for Easter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 26, 2016, 04:45:22 AM
Sneakers. They were $119 and for that I hope that they last me a few years. Nike, mostly black with a bit of pink.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 26, 2016, 06:42:19 AM
A newspaper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 26, 2016, 08:12:48 AM
A new Cowon hi-def audio player. It's going to take a week for it to arrive, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 26, 2016, 03:14:25 PM
A couple of tires for my truck.

We have to have our studded tires off of our vehicles by Apr 1st.

2 of my "street" tires were bald and a local tire store had a couple of used Michelins that were almost new.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on March 27, 2016, 01:01:39 PM
A £7000/USD$10,000 wheelchair.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 27, 2016, 01:14:02 PM
Quote from: ῦ on March 27, 2016, 01:01:39 PM
A £7000/USD$10,000 wheelchair.

Does insurance pick up any part of that there?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 27, 2016, 01:14:31 PM
How much do wheelchairs cost these days? I have no idea if that's a bargain or somebody ripped off a cripple. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'Butterflies' on March 27, 2016, 01:18:10 PM
For that price, I hope you can pull neat doughnuts :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 27, 2016, 01:19:47 PM
Quote from: ῦ on March 27, 2016, 01:01:39 PM
A £7000/USD$10,000 wheelchair.
Is it a model that keeps you as agile as you want it to be?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: ῦ on March 27, 2016, 01:21:32 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 27, 2016, 01:14:02 PM
Quote from: ῦ on March 27, 2016, 01:01:39 PM
A £7000/USD$10,000 wheelchair.

Does insurance pick up any part of that there?

>Insurance
AHAHAH.
No.


I'll probably have to contribute an amount later, once the actual invoices start flying.

Quote from: odeon on March 27, 2016, 01:14:31 PM
How much do wheelchairs cost these days? I have no idea if that's a bargain or somebody ripped off a cripple. :P

Well, it's really two things.

First off, it's this bit;

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/IMG_20160318_160720_zpskoa3wd1r.jpg)

Which is a top of the range Max-Lite, titanium frame, carbon fibre wings, reinforced steel footplate (for a freewheel to clamp to), Surge LT pushrims, Spinergy Spox wheels, Marathon Plus tyres - it's almost £1k for the wheels alone - Suspension forks, doublesoft castors, every option that wasn't going to compromise the life of the chair (structural carbon fibre, for example) is on there and turned right up to the top of the range.

That was ~£3600.

Then there's the other half...

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/IMG_20160318_160928_zpsvecpnty7.jpg)

Which is a hybrid handcycle with an eWheel, which will help me up to 15mph (after which I'm on my own). That was the rest of the cost.

Bonus; Managed to get the wheels, frame accents and forks on the bike exactly the same colour, across three manufacturers.

Quote from: Butterflies on March 27, 2016, 01:18:10 PM
For that price, I hope you can pull neat doughnuts :viking:

I get wheelspin at the lights if I don't lean forward if I have the power turned all the way up.

Quote from: hykeaswell on March 27, 2016, 01:19:47 PM
Quote from: ῦ on March 27, 2016, 01:01:39 PM
A £7000/USD$10,000 wheelchair.
Is it a model that keeps you as agile as you want it to be?

When I'm overtaking bikes, oh my, yes >=]
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 27, 2016, 02:55:33 PM
Looks good.

Phone fucking up. So, edit.

Wonder what your torso will look like, in a few months.

No problems with things dislocating, while cycling the wheelchair?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 27, 2016, 03:36:27 PM
White wine at the request of SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED!      8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 27, 2016, 04:23:55 PM
Not actually bought yet, but just looking online for somewhere to get silver fluoride cheaply from, or failing that, means going the hard way, making the silver fluoride from silver oxide or other Ag compounds (I have AgCl to hand, as well as metallic silver, but I'd rather keep any fluorine chemistry to the bare minimum, courtesy of the tendency of so many organofluorination reagents for being both unholy toxic, and corrosive to glass as well.

What I've been wanting to try, is replacement of the bromine atom in the synthetic psychedelic 2C-B-FLY (FLY implies that the 2,5 methoxy groups that would signify a 2C-x or DOx, tied in the form of a ring, the fully aromatic (I.e benzodifuranyl) system is termed 'dragonFLY)
Got plenty 2C-B-FLY around, and both 2C-TFM and DOTFM look very interesting.

I found 2C-B-fly itself a very pleasant, if VERY sedating material. Literally had me sprawled out over my bed in a boneless heap due to the intensity of the myorelaxation.  Not sure if 2C-TFM-FLY has ever been tried in man, but going from initial trials of the brominated analog, then it should prove worth it. I'm rather enthusiastic about the chance <MAYBE, to try it.   The only snag is the general nastiness of most trifluoromethylation reagents, hydrofluoric acid (slips through the skin, starts chelating calcium as  insoluble CaF,causes massive hypocalcaemia, and very deep burns via very limited contact, And it etches glass too.

Lovely, no?

nope. Not a lovely bone in its metaphorical body, HF is the devil's own putrefied urine, and I hate working with it, no matter what guise it may occur in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 27, 2016, 08:14:57 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.

Port is a little too sweet for me!   Maybe I need to try another brand!    :apondering:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 08:57:17 PM
Quote from: rock hound on March 27, 2016, 08:14:57 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.

Port is a little too sweet for me!   Maybe I need to try another brand!    :apondering:

It is all pretty sweet...part in fact I believe because of the brandy they usually add to fortify it.  The tawny is a little less sweet than the ruby red that I love.

I was gifted with a huge gallon of it one year (Taylor's)...didn't really care for it at first taste...couldn't cook with it...and of course, I couldn't let it go to waste...(just think of all those poor wine deprived men and women in foreign countries). 

It got a little better tasting every night...and by the end of it (a month or so later)...I was licking it off the side of the glass if I spilled it while pouring.

Yep, when you catch yourself licking the side of the glass...that's when you know you have officially passed the point of no return. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 28, 2016, 06:42:31 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.

  That sounds positively sinister.  What are you planning?  :hide:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 28, 2016, 09:03:37 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 08:57:17 PM
Quote from: rock hound on March 27, 2016, 08:14:57 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.

Port is a little too sweet for me!   Maybe I need to try another brand!    :apondering:

It is all pretty sweet...part in fact I believe because of the brandy they usually add to fortify it.  The tawny is a little less sweet than the ruby red that I love.

I was gifted with a huge gallon of it one year (Taylor's)...didn't really care for it at first taste...couldn't cook with it...and of course, I couldn't let it go to waste...(just think of all those poor wine deprived men and women in foreign countries). 

It got a little better tasting every night...and by the end of it (a month or so later)...I was licking it off the side of the glass if I spilled it while pouring.

Yep, when you catch yourself licking the side of the glass...that's when you know you have officially passed the point of no return. :laugh:


Heck, I lick the side of the bottle AND the glass, so as not to waste a drop!   :laugh:  Every time I see Port, I think of the old PBS series "Rumpole of the Bailey" and his having a glass of Port after work.   :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on March 28, 2016, 11:09:56 AM
An Easter egg.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 28, 2016, 11:57:20 AM
Some flowers for Carla.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2016, 12:59:16 PM
Marked down Easter candies
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 28, 2016, 01:01:38 PM
Discount Peep's for Carla!   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 28, 2016, 01:18:24 PM
You are really spoiling Carla. White wine, flowers, peeps.

I am imagining a party in the middle of packed cardboard boxes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 28, 2016, 02:02:41 PM
Just a coffee this morning, left my wallet in my wife's car and only had a couple bucks I leave in my visor for just such an occasion
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 28, 2016, 02:26:19 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on March 28, 2016, 01:18:24 PM
You are really spoiling Carla. White wine, flowers, peeps.

I am imagining a party in the middle of packed cardboard boxes.

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 28, 2016, 02:26:59 PM
Curtains and curtain rods for Amber's room!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 28, 2016, 02:36:01 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 28, 2016, 06:42:31 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.

  That sounds positively sinister.  What are you planning?  :hide:

Painting the kitchen cabinets.

Been planning that for 4 years now, was going to go with an off white, then changed my mind to white white...but with the condition they're in and the daily chore of scrubbing fingerprints off of the white paint...I changed my mind yet again.

Black...black is good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on March 28, 2016, 04:26:58 PM
Diapers for my girl
A few video games
Easter stuff
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2016, 05:08:45 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 28, 2016, 02:36:01 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 28, 2016, 06:42:31 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.

  That sounds positively sinister.  What are you planning?  :hide:

Painting the kitchen cabinets.

Been planning that for 4 years now, was going to go with an off white, then changed my mind to white white...but with the condition they're in and the daily chore of scrubbing fingerprints off of the white paint...I changed my mind yet again.

Black...black is good.

When we rebuilt the house I chose a very pale, pale grey for the walls and a slightly bluish grey for the trim.  The kitchen has black glossy cabinets.  PA hates them, but I LOVE them.  They look a storm of black ice would look like if that could happen.  They were supposed to be stained black, but the guy who did the staining had never stained before, but I like his mistake.   

(PA gave me total free reign on whatever I wanted to do in the house.  The only input he had was on the flooring.  I ignored his desire for carpet and went with large grey tile because tile is cooler in the summer in Louisiana.) 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 28, 2016, 05:42:47 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2016, 05:08:45 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 28, 2016, 02:36:01 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 28, 2016, 06:42:31 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.

  That sounds positively sinister.  What are you planning?  :hide:

Painting the kitchen cabinets.

Been planning that for 4 years now, was going to go with an off white, then changed my mind to white white...but with the condition they're in and the daily chore of scrubbing fingerprints off of the white paint...I changed my mind yet again.

Black...black is good.

When we rebuilt the house I chose a very pale, pale grey for the walls and a slightly bluish grey for the trim.  The kitchen has black glossy cabinets.  PA hates them, but I LOVE them.  They look a storm of black ice would look like if that could happen.  They were supposed to be stained black, but the guy who did the staining had never stained before, but I like his mistake.   

(PA gave me total free reign on whatever I wanted to do in the house.  The only input he had was on the flooring.  I ignored his desire for carpet and went with large grey tile because tile is cooler in the summer in Louisiana.)

I picked out a very light blueish gray for one wall as an accent color. Going with a satin finish on the cabinets.  :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2016, 03:30:54 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 28, 2016, 02:36:01 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on March 28, 2016, 06:42:31 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.

  That sounds positively sinister.  What are you planning?  :hide:

Painting the kitchen cabinets.

Been planning that for 4 years now, was going to go with an off white, then changed my mind to white white...but with the condition they're in and the daily chore of scrubbing fingerprints off of the white paint...I changed my mind yet again.

Black...black is good.

  I approve this message.  :witch:   Enjoy your edgy new kitchen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 29, 2016, 05:44:17 PM
Peanuts, peppermint puff candies and bungee cords
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 29, 2016, 06:16:05 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 29, 2016, 05:44:17 PM
Peanuts, peppermint puff candies and bungee cords

That is going to be one hell of an orgy
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 29, 2016, 08:45:38 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 29, 2016, 06:16:05 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 29, 2016, 05:44:17 PM
Peanuts, peppermint puff candies and bungee cords

That is going to be one hell of an orgy

Or one hell of a snack.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 30, 2016, 11:16:36 AM
Spray paint, air filter and two sheets of plywood underlayment that will be made into a photo prop for prom at my wife's school
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on March 30, 2016, 03:57:10 PM
Boxes and box tape for moving!
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Post by: Grey Area on March 30, 2016, 08:59:55 PM
Tesco Finest green tea.
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Post by: odeon on April 04, 2016, 12:59:42 PM
A pizza.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 05, 2016, 12:08:29 PM
Chocolate weetos cereal, rice crispies, 6-7 tubs of nesquik banana milkshake mix powder, because they were going on offer for 28p a tub, rather than >£1.50, bought every last tub the store had.

4 big thick chewy, chocolate chip triple-chocolate choc fudge brownies. Several jelly snakes.

Chloroform.

Rice pudding
Ambrosia tinned custard, delish eaten straight out of the can.
2 big jugs of naptha (mid-high boiling mixed aromatic/aliphatics)

Some gallium metal
7.5g bag of 'kronic' a synthetic weed substitute 'spice' type product, based on N-cumyl-1-(5-fluoropentyl)indazole-3-carboxamide
A few smaller bags (3.5g/each) of another mixture of a similar nature and usage based this time on AKB-48 (synon. w  the name 'APINACA') and its 1-(5-fluoropentyl) homolog.


TETA (triethylenetetramine)
NH42SO4, a big tub of it, for use as a conveniently storable source of ammonia gas whenever the latter is needed, but with the advantage of not having to deal with storage of big tanks, excessively onerous cryo requirements. Simply add as supersaturated a solution of strong base such as caustic soda or KOH, and the stronger base displaces the weaker in a metathesis reaction producing ammonia and the metal sulfate, lead through appropriate drying agent/s to the level of dryness required, then condense the ammonia into liquid anhydous NH3 using a dry ice/acetone bath etc., or leading it into solvents for use as solutions,  into acid solutions for other salt formation, and as an ammonia/nitrogen source for feeding biological cultures/fermentations .


A pre-packed pill/cap of methoxphenidine, aka 'MXP'

Liquorice rock sticks.
Hot chocolate mixture.

A kilogram of triphenylphosphine.

Some heptane.

A few liters of diethyl ether, and a little diisopropyl ether.

A packet of original 'fisherman's friends' lozenges, and a packet of aniseed ones.

Pot noodles (chicken and mushroom), tins of grapefruit segments in grapefruit juice (more of them, got some just recently but ate them all)

Ammonium nitrate

Various other minor bits and pieces, drinks, snacks, chemicals of various kinds.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 05, 2016, 02:17:21 PM
Gas for the car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 05, 2016, 04:18:25 PM
Anti seize compound
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 06, 2016, 02:54:20 AM
Quote from: rock hound on March 28, 2016, 09:03:37 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 08:57:17 PM
Quote from: rock hound on March 27, 2016, 08:14:57 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 27, 2016, 06:49:12 PM
A bottle of port and some black paint.

Port is a little too sweet for me!   Maybe I need to try another brand!    :apondering:

It is all pretty sweet...part in fact I believe because of the brandy they usually add to fortify it.  The tawny is a little less sweet than the ruby red that I love.

I was gifted with a huge gallon of it one year (Taylor's)...didn't really care for it at first taste...couldn't cook with it...and of course, I couldn't let it go to waste...(just think of all those poor wine deprived men and women in foreign countries). 

It got a little better tasting every night...and by the end of it (a month or so later)...I was licking it off the side of the glass if I spilled it while pouring.

Yep, when you catch yourself licking the side of the glass...that's when you know you have officially passed the point of no return. :laugh:


Heck, I lick the side of the bottle AND the glass, so as not to waste a drop!   :laugh:  Every time I see Port, I think of the old PBS series "Rumpole of the Bailey" and his having a glass of Port after work.   :laugh:
Didn't think of licking the bottle...when I lived in MA I collected dessert wines which if my mother hasn't stolen them should still be in the basement of my mother's summer house. Not getting my hopes up - she tends to give my things away (inadvertently or on purpose) to people who work on the summer house. I have a collection here of Warre's dating from the 1990s - every few years I buy a new bottle and open one old.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 06, 2016, 03:06:57 AM
Just bought a load of kinder surprise eggs. Also a rotisserie chicken and a gluten free apple pie with the most incredible flaky crust. Most people wouldn't know the difference. The crust is a little lighter than a wheat crust.

Hard to believe that something less expensive than cracker jacks has so much better prizes. The chocolate is vile but so are cracker jacks these days. I bought one bag to compare - the corn was almost black (likely too much molasses), many were stuck together and there might have been 20 peanuts in a big bag. The "prize" was s sticker of Sailor Jack and Bingo the dog, both of whom have real life equivalents: Robert Ekstein and Russell the dog. The only thing I know about kinder surprise is that they are banned in the US due to their being a choking hazard. I rather suspect that in reality they are a competition hazard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 06, 2016, 06:29:52 AM
  Paper supplies  :tp:  and a lot of fatty food I don't need.  :sumo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 06, 2016, 04:40:05 PM
Quote from: WolFish on April 06, 2016, 03:06:57 AM
Just bought a load of kinder surprise eggs. Also a rotisserie chicken and a gluten free apple pie with the most incredible flaky crust. Most people wouldn't know the difference. The crust is a little lighter than a wheat crust.

Hard to believe that something less expensive than cracker jacks has so much better prizes. The chocolate is vile but so are cracker jacks these days. I bought one bag to compare - the corn was almost black (likely too much molasses), many were stuck together and there might have been 20 peanuts in a big bag. The "prize" was s sticker of Sailor Jack and Bingo the dog, both of whom have real life equivalents: Robert Ekstein and Russell the dog. The only thing I know about kinder surprise is that they are banned in the US due to their being a choking hazard. I rather suspect that in reality they are a competition hazard.
Choking hazards can be often be covered by warnings and age limit notices on the packaging. The US has regulations against inedible objects inside edible objects.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 07, 2016, 09:50:48 AM
Quote from: Jack on April 06, 2016, 04:40:05 PM
Quote from: WolFish on April 06, 2016, 03:06:57 AM
Just bought a load of kinder surprise eggs. Also a rotisserie chicken and a gluten free apple pie with the most incredible flaky crust. Most people wouldn't know the difference. The crust is a little lighter than a wheat crust.

Hard to believe that something less expensive than cracker jacks has so much better prizes. The chocolate is vile but so are cracker jacks these days. I bought one bag to compare - the corn was almost black (likely too much molasses), many were stuck together and there might have been 20 peanuts in a big bag. The "prize" was s sticker of Sailor Jack and Bingo the dog, both of whom have real life equivalents: Robert Ekstein and Russell the dog. The only thing I know about kinder surprise is that they are banned in the US due to their being a choking hazard. I rather suspect that in reality they are a competition hazard.
Choking hazards can be often be covered by warnings and age limit notices on the packaging. The US has regulations against inedible objects inside edible objects.
only manufactured, i am sure - otherwise fruit would be banned. though i suppose that since it's all natural, a peach pit could be considered edible.
i have seen chocolate easter eggs in the states with prizes and toys inside, but those are huge by comparison. maybe it's the size that matters.
and i would imagine that because part of the inedible part is outside, that things like those plastic rings with candy on them are ok.
source for the choking hazard admittedly 3rd or 4th party, but i maintain its a competition thing. if you tasted that chocolate you'd know that kinder surprise is an inedible object inside an inedible object.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 07, 2016, 10:05:03 AM
Quote from: WolFish on April 07, 2016, 09:50:48 AM
if you tasted that chocolate you'd know that kinder surprise is an inedible object inside an inedible object.

True.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 07, 2016, 02:28:13 PM
After about 10 years, we now have a salvage store near us again.  I went Saturday (opening) and today.  Scored some nice reductions.  It will definitely be on my shopping rounds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 07, 2016, 04:15:01 PM
Quote from: WolFish on April 07, 2016, 09:50:48 AM
but i maintain its a competition thing.
Have to disagree; the US thrives on capitalism and if they were legal, there would already be some mega US chocolate label making/selling a similar product, if they're really so popular. Ferro owns the Kinder label name, but they have other chocolate products and other popular brand names in the US. Ferro not only has Ferro chocolates in the US, but also owns Nutella and Tic Tac.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 07, 2016, 04:24:23 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 07, 2016, 10:05:03 AM
Quote from: WolFish on April 07, 2016, 09:50:48 AM
if you tasted that chocolate you'd know that kinder surprise is an inedible object inside an inedible object.

True.
It doesn't exactly have to be food, apparently. The first thing that came to mind is fortune cookies. Looked it up and the small slips of paper inside the cookie is considered edible. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on April 07, 2016, 06:25:57 PM
Rubik's cube
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 07, 2016, 09:55:35 PM
Quote from: Kittybitty on April 07, 2016, 06:25:57 PM
Rubik's cube

I found the book on how to solve it I got back in the 80s when I was cleaning out my father's condo and have it in my office
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on April 08, 2016, 01:17:10 AM
Fuel for our grill
Nintendo eshop card with Luigi AR card for Photos with Mario

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 08, 2016, 02:25:49 AM
groceries and more kinder surprise.
lettuce was on sale for $1 a head so i am experimenting with green bags again.
cantaloupe was $1 each too. yum
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 08, 2016, 08:44:18 AM
A local newspaper and a scratch lottery ticket!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 08, 2016, 09:51:41 AM
29 gallons of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 08, 2016, 11:04:42 AM
Comfort food. A huge bag of tiny chocolate filled wafers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on April 08, 2016, 11:17:46 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 07, 2016, 09:55:35 PM
Quote from: Kittybitty on April 07, 2016, 06:25:57 PM
Rubik's cube

I found the book on how to solve it I got back in the 80s when I was cleaning out my father's condo and have it in my office

The closest I got to solving it was two solid color sides when I was 11.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 08, 2016, 05:15:22 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 07, 2016, 09:55:35 PM
Quote from: Kittybitty on April 07, 2016, 06:25:57 PM
Rubik's cube

I found the book on how to solve it I got back in the 80s when I was cleaning out my father's condo and have it in my office
Can remember that. The knowledge of solving a Rubik's cube in a few turns ruined it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 08, 2016, 05:38:43 PM
2 Nite Ize Figure 9 Rope Tighteners
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 09, 2016, 03:04:56 AM
Quote from: Jack on April 08, 2016, 05:15:22 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 07, 2016, 09:55:35 PM
Quote from: Kittybitty on April 07, 2016, 06:25:57 PM
Rubik's cube

I found the book on how to solve it I got back in the 80s when I was cleaning out my father's condo and have it in my office
Can remember that. The knowledge of solving a Rubik's cube in a few turns ruined it.

A classmate had that booklet. I had nearly solved the damn thing, then he showed me the solution for the last hurdle.
Funny, I forgot what it was and found a different way to do it on my own. Still find that bit the most puzzling of the cube. Maybe because I have seen a solution that does not match my own?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 10, 2016, 04:26:08 AM
a lot of maple syrup, maple taffy, maple butter and maple sugar at a sugar shack. they were so happy to talk to us and take our money that they gave us two maple lollipops. we have enough syrup to last a year. earlier in the season i bought something more expensive that was very thin. we are having a taste test today with waffles and two or three other kinds of maple syrup.

partly it is the sugar shack experience that makes the syrup better. this place had a gluten free menu and gave us cards to put at our places. the wait staff paid attention to the cards when bringing our food. we had dinner and then went out and had maple taffy made on snow. we could only eat one apiece - mine made me a little high.

the weird thing is that all the quebec syrup seems to come in the same cans (glass is a lot more expensive). there is a blank place on the can and found out that you can just buy the cans. guessing that's what all the sugar shacks do and then put on their own label. there are pics of geezers filling cans by hand.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 11, 2016, 05:59:09 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 08, 2016, 09:51:41 AM
29 gallons of gas

  If that isn't already a country song, it should be.  :tumbleweed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 11, 2016, 08:08:23 AM
A 128 GB micro SD card.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 11, 2016, 10:21:19 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 11, 2016, 05:59:09 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 08, 2016, 09:51:41 AM
29 gallons of gas

  If that isn't already a country song, it should be.  :tumbleweed:

29 gallons of gas in the truck, 29 gallons of gas.  You take a drive and do a job.  28 gallons of gas in the truck.


 :roses:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 11, 2016, 10:38:10 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 11, 2016, 10:21:19 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 11, 2016, 05:59:09 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 08, 2016, 09:51:41 AM
29 gallons of gas

  If that isn't already a country song, it should be.  :tumbleweed:

29 gallons of gas in the truck, 29 gallons of gas.  You take a drive and do a job.  28 gallons of gas in the truck.


 :roses:
nah, honey I'm good
29 gallons under the hood...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 12, 2016, 08:20:46 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 11, 2016, 08:08:23 AM
A 128 GB micro SD card.

  Swedish House Mafia should make that into a song.  :moomin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 12, 2016, 08:23:20 AM
  Speaking of country songs ... "He was just a hundred yards from Mary Ann."  :'( 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 12, 2016, 09:25:43 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 12, 2016, 08:20:46 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 11, 2016, 08:08:23 AM
A 128 GB micro SD card.

  Swedish House Mafia should make that into a song.  :moomin:

I will use the card to store songs in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 12, 2016, 10:10:50 AM
A canvas drop cloth and a replacement led bulb for a flashlight
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 12, 2016, 02:31:55 PM
Whoever has been talking  about kinder chocolate eggs. Lol. Sorry, but no. There is no such thing. Kinder chocolate eggs or chocolate bars do not exist. There are cerainly products sold under the kinder brand in egg shaped, and bar shaped servings.

Chocolate, they are not.  disgusting, sickly garbage. They really are repulsively sickly and cloying. Not to mention that the so called 'chocolate' is so low in cocoa that it really does not deserve  the name of chocolate at all.

Theres even an ad campaign on TV, in which a little kid tells his mother that his teddy-bear is 'really not well, perhaps a kinder chocolate bar will make him better', acting like he was playing 'dr'. And then eats it.

The ad then actually talks of them being so good because they are have so little cocoa, (allegedly so kids will like them).
Bloody stupid IMO, and lol when I had those egg things as a kid (the bars didn't exist then I don't think. at least I never saw any, not that I'd have looked for them, or wanted any if I had found some), I loathed them then too.

Chocolate should be nearly black, its so dark, rich, flavoursome, a little bit brittle, snapping cleanly when broken in the hand, and not leave behind any cloying sensation in the mouth. Dark, and bittersweet, with the emphasis heavily on the 'bitter'. Whilst I could probably accept 70%, if its offered to me by someone else, I wouldn't buy it, 85% at least. The more the better. When it comes to chocolate, its dark chocolate all the way for me. I like the Lindt stuff, they do a good range of cocoa content for different tastes, as well as lovely treats like dark chocolate spiked with lime, or laced with chilli peppers, and go all the way right up to 99% cocoa. THAT is chocolate. The 85%s are alright  and 90 and 95%, those are really very nice. But that 99 percent is absolutely a little chunk sliced off the very pearly gates  of heaven, dosed liberally with sprinkles ground off St.Peter's spare set of keys.

Mmmm..I just got paid, yesterday I think. Whilst I have quite a few supplies for the lab I need, had to give my old man back some money that I owe him from when the DHSS wrongfully
stripped me of my income, and left me with nothing, save for £20 a week, once a month. So he helped out, while I fought for the money back, I got it eventually, with a nice big backpayment that got me my new laptop and quite a lot of nice new things for me to have for  my lab, in the meantime though without the help, just so I could buy food, I would have had nothing at all to eat, for months, longer in fact than I could have gone and avoided at the very best, ending up in hospital through malnutrition, the few pounds a week would be gone in days, considering some would be eaten up in transport to places to purchase the food and drink, the rest just disappeared and got me enough food to have a handful of meals  a week , but thats it, bar anything catchable or pickable from the table spread of mother nature. But My old man did step in and help me out with the basics, so I had enough to keep me going, for quite a while until I managed to get my income back again.

So he gets some when I get paid, what I can afford, until I've payed back the money given.

So far today, for me, I bought :

Several of the big bottles of super-thick milkshakes of the 'frijj' brand, some banana and some fudge brownie flavour ones. Love those, they are really substantial and can serve as almost a meal, not balanced of course, but if one doesn't feel like anything solid and bulky, they are both pourable, tasty, and they are substantial enough to satisfy and fill a hole  when one feels like skipping a main full-sized meal.

A big handful (didn't count, just grabbed as many sachets as would fit in my hands) of packets of 'angel delight' pudding mix, all butterscotch flavor. (REALLY tasty if made up with a thin milkshake from nesquik powder, or commercial bottled milkshakes, to the point of being mixable, then the rest being the thick frijj stuff.) Sets in a minute or so, maybe a minute and a half rather than five minutes if done that way.

A huge load of tubs of nesquik banana milkshake powder mix,  because they were hacked down in price at the local corner shop to nearly nothing, 50p each I think, rather than £2.50 ish), so I bought out their entire stock. Out of date so they reduced it to get it all gone fast. Its just flavouring and sugar really, with a bit of food-safe yellow dye, not the sort of product that can really go off, and even if very old will never be prone to the kinds of spoilage that could do much worse than MAYBE make it taste wrong. Just the sort of thing that keeps for as long a time as its allowed to remain un-consumed.

Must have got myself at least 7-9 of them, enough to make milkshakes in bulk, by using a sheet of paper, or a folded up menu from our local chinese takeout as a powder funnel (I'd no fucking WAY drink or eat anything thats been in mine, because I know what else has been there in the past, at least, what I can remember, and plenty of it was something I wouldn't want in my mouth :P)

Several cans of rice pudding

Two steaks, rump, beef, nice big juicy looking ones. Looking forward to marinating those in a mixture of dark soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, HP brown sauce, tabasco habanero sauce, ground black pepper, lots of chilli peppers, some ground pink peppercorns (actually from, a species of sumac, not a true pepper), a few broken, cracked seeds of Piper cubeba, the cubeb, some sczechuan pepper fruit and seedcases, ground fine (these oddball little oriental spice berries/fruits aren't hot like other peppers, but like the cubeb pepper, they have a slightly astringent, terebinth-like, camphoraceous kind of scent and taste to them, the camphor-like element being much more pronounced in the cubeb than in sczechuan pepper. But unlike the other spices in my special steak seasoning  recipe  the latter of those has a STRANGE effect upon the mouth, causing a tingling, like one feels if, to test a low-powered household use battery, like a PP3 with the two terminals close enough together, placing one's tongue on the electrodes, and the battery is live. And also, the 'pepper' causes a really funky tingling, cooling, numbing effect, almost like a local anaesthetic applied topically to the mouth/tongue in too low a concentration to nullify all sensation.

The other two ingredients I use in my spice mix, I cannot buy. Well I could buy one of the two, but no need. They are peppery boletus, Chalciporus piperatus, and the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, both mushrooms, that grow in association with the silver birch tree, in fact the bolete is apparently either a parasite of, or engages in a symbiosis with, the fly agaric, I read recently after looking it up, because for years and years, I'd observed that whenever I find some peppery boletes fruiting, there were ALWAYS fly agarics growing within the local space around the birch trees, almost without exception. And now, I bet where there were no fly agaric fruitbodies, there must have been a mycorrhiza in symbiosis with the roots of the silver birches in question at least.

Accurate enough so that one may use the presence of a single C.piperatus fruitbody as an indicator that one should then go and search the locale for fly agarics, and keep visiting the same tree the bolete came from under, because there will be fly agarics to pick soon afterwards.

The Amanita muscaria is a little bit poisonous, containing a poison called ibotenic acid, although this if it does cross the BBB, which is debatable, there are excitatory aminoacid transporters that function as active efflux pumps, pushing it out as fast as it enters. Ibotenic acid is however broken down by heating, its quite unstable, and decarboxylates (a carboxylic acid has the structure RCOOH where the 'R group is hydrogen in the case of formic acid, or carbon in higher carboxylic acids such as acetic, propionic (propanoic), the organic acid that in common with isovaleric (isopentanoic) acid, responsible for the stink of cheesy feet, and butyric acid which is what gives rancid fat its noxious stench (the very name 'butyric' acid, comes from butter, for its the cause of the stink of gone off butter in fact), and in doing so, loses CO2 from that carboxylic moiety, to form muscimol, a GABAa receptor (the same as is bound by cnbenzodiazepines, Z-drugs like zolpidem, zopiclone and the ever so shitty and useless zaleplon, the barbiturates, valerian, quaalude/methaqualone and others, although muscimol is very uncommon in binding the same binding site on the GABAa receptor complex as does GABA itself, producing a sedative/dissociating and trance-inducing hallucinogenic and powerfully adaptogenic and oneirogenic properties. My favourite use, if I'm not using it as an adaptogen, like say, ginseng, as a tonic and resilience booster, is to use it in cooking, in sub-psychoactive amounts, that do not affect the diner mentally, it does impart and help tease out the most wonderful flavor from savouries, meats especially, IMO beef best of all.)

There are also traces of another neurotoxin, muscarine, from the latin 'musca' meaning 'fly', hence the species epithet 'muscaria' in the binomial, for the mushroom used to
be used to poison flies in the days before cans of fly-spray. There isn't much present, mere fractions of a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of one percent at most, if that. Enough to kill blowflies sure, but not humans, in larger, psychotropic doses it can be enough to cause sweating, and tearing of the eyes. But there is never enough muscarine in A.muscaria, despite the name (its the place it was first discovered, however there are much larger amounts in the fungal genus Inocybe, a tribe of smallish to medium, more small than medium, mostly brown to off white, greyish to reddish-rust in color mushrooms.  There is enough in many to cause serious poisoning, and the Inocybe family is LOADED with members full to bursting with muscarine and the odd other neurotoxin here and there in a handful of species (even psilocybin has been discovered in three, although nobody should ever seek these out, due to the danger of severe or even lethal poisoning by the muscarine-producing members of the genus. And one of the psilocybin-producing taxa produces a unique psilocybin derivative, thats a trimethyltryptammonium quaternary salt, if I remember rightly, and it is a frickin' potent agonist at 5HT3 serotonin receptors, so would NOT be pleasant one bit. (the 5HT3 receptor is expressed a lot in the digestive system, and antagonists there are used in medicine as some of the most powerful, fast working and astonishingly effective antinauseant/antiemetic drugs, such as the brilliant ondansetron, usually used for cancer patients chemo-sickness, although I got a shot of it given me in hospital when I ended up having some GI problems, vomiting and retching so hard in the end it was streaked red, and nothing else but bile, acid and foam. Went from foetal position to sat up and reading the warhammer40k novel I had been reading at the time again. This was after NOTHING else had worked. Not buscopan/hyoscine/scopolamine butylbromide, nor scopolamine hydrochloride, not cyclizine, or any of the gaviscon/pepto-bismol type things. Went through everything they HAD, in the way of antisickness treatments bar only the dopamine antagonists like domperidone, trifluroperazine, stelazine etc., because I CANNOT take antidopaminergic agents, they cause me horrible akathisia, its just awful, the sort of internal torture people could cheerfully throw themselves in front of a moving train to avoid.

And that would go manyfold more so the case now, because I now take a med I didn't the last time that got inflicted on me by doctors that didn't know, and were too stupid to either listen or understand, a dopamine receptor agonist called pramipexole (mirapex), for restless legs at night (although I take a couple of the pills a day as well, one when I wake, and another, well whenever I feel like it later, really, timing dictated only by how much a response is required as is induced by said drug.

RLS is just..ugh. Nasty. Most unpleasant, and the pisstake is, it typically manifests when one needs to rest most of all, preventing all hope of sleep or comfort, unless something like an adrenergic catecholamine release blocker such as clonidine, tizanidine, xylazine etc (although the latter is more usually used to immobilize large animals, in low doses its lovely stuff, although not whats considered recreational as such, although I hear it is in, I think, possibly brazil, some latino country anyhow. But I love those sorts of agents, hated beta-blockers with a passion, but agonists of the adrenergic autoreceptor (an autoreceptor is a postsynaptic receptor that detects high levels of a given neurotransmitter, once activated, telling the presynaptic neurone to chill its beans and not pump out so much, in essence, a negative feedback mechanism serving to avoid a continual massive outpouring of neurotransmitter, and to avoid the balance between functional neurotransmitter system and the whole shebang becoming uncontrollable.

The mirapex does do well though, I quite like it, took a bit of wheedling and pleading to get it, but I wasn't about to back down, because whilst I DO have quite a few things here that will quite effectively terminate a bout of RLS, most of them come at a price. Namely the use of much more limited supplies of a resource far more precious than is pramipexole, those being my oxy IRs, and the two types of morphine dose that I get, if I'm going to have a wee poke anyhow then they get used, as they do when the RLS refuses to respond to a second mirapex tablet within a reasonable time, although with RLS, its not something that makes it tempting to wait very long. Or sometimes if I do go for the opioid way of fixing it, then I find a  couple of 10mg or 1x30mg to prep one right before/on climbing into bed, which tends to be enough, tolerance or not, as its not taken either for pain relief or to get off then, doesn't seem to take much to quiet the howling and skriking  nerves in my legs and arms enough that they keep it zipped and stop shouting and screaming until I get to sleep. Sometimes needs another 10 or so, maybe 20, if its morph I'm using, but I prefer for a redose at night if needed to use one of my oxys, as those are instant release, and don't need preparing and filtering, bioavailability by mouth is good enough in fact that I don't need to bang those. Up the nose is fine although I don't really like insufflating things much, just because of the way it feels, and the oxys have an insoluble binder of some sort as an excipient, so it sticks up there until some water is dripped into the nostril and snorted up, then blown out.

My other main options are gabapentin, that I take for pain in my leg due to nerve damage, which doesn't respond to opioids much, a little, but not much, and only at doses enough to knock me out completely, my guess is it only stops the neuropathic pain because the rest of me isn't around to notice, because I'll be sprawled out on the sofa in my comfy, warm bathrobe with a book probably open over my face keeping the light out:P or chlormethiazole, my antiseizure med, also a sedative/hypnotic. Thats not so precious, so to speak, as is my morph or oxy, I only get so much from my doc, but its  not really much more difficult to prepare more, or derivatives of it, than it is to unzip my fly, pull up a bog seat, and take a piss, in terms of complexity at least. It takes longer, and urinating doesn't (thankfully haha!) cause the release of clouds of SO2 and hydrogen chloride (or of course, if its the other suitable halogen chosen, then hydrogen bromide rather than HCl. I've never tried making the iodo derivative,nor the fluoride, but this is by choice, and decision not to taste either of them, although I could if I chose, make them without difficulty, I just wouldn't wish to take either one if I DID make any, for two different reasons. The fluorinated derivative, just..NO!, because of the potential, even )theoretical, that it may metabolize to fluoroacetate in the body, as fluoroacetate is a VICIOUS poison, and almost impossible to treat, works by being metabolized to fluorocitrate, which then enters the citrate cycle (Kreb's cycle), and due to the strength of the fluorine-carbon bond, when citrate (fluorocitrate that is, rather) would be metabolized by aconitase, an enzyme, fluorocitrate can bind to the enzyme's active site, but cannot progress down the kreb's cycle, thus poisoning the enzyme irreversibly, just like sticking superglue in a lock and putting in a key that will enter the keyhole, but not turn and open the door. Result? its stuck there, buggering things up completely, for good. And since the citrate cycle is a vital fundamental process, blocking it, which in the case of the kreb's cycle, means that mitochondria end up starved of ATP, killing the cells thus exposed.

So fluoroethyl ANYthing, instantly rules out my using that substitution pattern in any of my pharmaceutical chem projects, gets the proposed molecule ruled out instantly, absolutely, and without hope of parole or rehabilitation. Particularly horrible stuff, fluoroacetate, as aside from its sheer noxiousnes and the near impossibility of doing a fucking thing for those poisoned, save only for supportive measures, in addition, due to its targeting energy production and use at the cellular level, it means that fluoroacetate goes most for those tissue types that have
the highest energy requirements, such as the brain, the heart, the lungs, and the reproductive organs the most of all, although it doesn't refrain from slaughtering everything else it encounters too.

Replacing the usual chlorine of chlormethiazole with iodine is more of a theoretical and nonacute type hazard, because the iodine atom is a much better leaving group than chlorine, bromine is in the middle between the two, so I judged it alright to make and test, to explore its activity, when I'm done doing so to the point of satisfaction in my research upon bromoethiazole/bromethiazole, as I've christened it, then it'll be left to my archives, my interest sated, to be brought out once in a while if there is no sedative/hypnotic or anticonvulsant  agent available and one is needed, then the reaction leftovers from my studies will be around, or some can be prepared afresh.

Iodine is just that bit TOO good a leaving group, at least in the form of an aliphatic iodoalkane, and the better the ability of a functional group to undergo nucleophilic displacement the more so the leaving group, the easier it can be removed, if its something that can do so at all, the easier it can then go on to alkylate DNA, which isn't good unless you have cancer, and are
being treated with mustard gas for it (yes, mustard gas, some of the nitrogen mustards developed first for warfare as chemical weaponry got noticed for the fact that poisoned/wounded soldiers with mustard gas burns experienced a huge drop in white blood cell levels, so some of the mustards of the nitrogen type were  further developed for a more worthy use than war, this time, rehabilitated, to cure instead of kill and maim, being  used to treat cancers of the bone marrow and blood (leukaemias).

So theres every chance it could at as an alkylating agent, tagging DNA with a big useless function-destroying substituted hydroxyethylthiazole-shaped DNA-zit. So unless I were to find a good reason why this wouldn't happen in the particular case of any hypothetical synthesis and in-vivo use of  the iodo analog of chlormethiazole, its simply not even going to be made, for if it wouldn't be tested for activity (although I guess maybe, I could test it some day in a cultured cell line via radioligand binding/displacement  of a suitable ligand, tritiated phenobarbital, o srimilarly radiolabelled picrotoxin, or amongst others perhaps bicuculline..at least I THINK bicucculine, an alkaloid acting as a GABAa antagonist/inverse agonist convulsant derived from herbs in the genus Corydalis (not 100% but I'm fairly sure chlormethiazole at least, binds to the barbiturate recognition site on the GABAa receptor complex, its definitely not the benzodiazepine site, and isn't the valerian/loreclezole site, or the orthosteric site that recognizes GABA itself. Neurosteroid binding site could be plausible solely based upon the pharmacological effect, although I've never gotten to try a GABAergic neurosteroid, although I'd like to see what they are like, in comparison with other GABAa agonists.

Generally though, there is such scant, if any real justification for my believing that sticking an iodine there in place of a chlorine or bromine atom, that there would be a damn scrap of difference, with a psychedelic, my usual field of expertise really in terms of their qSAR, with a compound with such diverse cognitive effects as the psychedelics, there is a vast amount of room for subtlety and for as many permutations and quirks of experience as exist thought patterns within a single mind, upon a single day, on a single experience, locked up within just a single psychedelic compound. But in and of themselves, they are but tools, catalysts in a manner of speaking, the value of which lies not within the compound itself, but in what it can help to make manifest, the real magic, remains within the brain of the receiver, opened and made accessible by the psychedelics, certainly, but originating and existing within the person.

But with something of the nature of a sedative-hypnotic, they aren't what one could call dainty, subtle or particularly detailed, although theres difference enough to make them fun enough to work on to be worth doing so, at least, personally, they can still be worth it enough to make a decent few days in the lab, etc.

Br to I though on the same skeleton, I just can't see it changing the character enough to bother assaying it in-silico or in a living cell line even so much as to justify the cost of the iodine itself (I need to buy more actually, I'm out of I2 after someone stole mine a while ago, and its actually not all that cheap, and its great weight makes what sounds like a fair quantity actually not look like anything close to as much as one might think, for a given weight. Last I bought any, it was supplied in a small screw-capped pot, no taller than the length of my clenched fist, and not all that wide, but it contained  a quarter of a kilo of the stuff, to the eye though I'd have guessed at 50g or so, just from how it looked, had I not known quite how dense the stuff is in the elemental state)


What else have I bought today?

2 packets of liquorice rolling papers and a pouch of amber leaf tobacco. I usually use my e-cig now, but for the occasional tobacco cigarette, maybe 2-3 a day at most now. And not all the time. Just like one when I wake up and another later before I go to bed last thing at night. But I treated myself to some proper rolling burn today, just a small 12.5g pack, because I've not had any for a long time, can hardly remember the last time I spent money on tobacco, which of course is no bad thing. But once in a while I do fancy a rolly. I usually don't, and just
beg a smoke off my folks, since I smoke so little now. But my moms are the pre-made filter type smokes, and taste like pickled anus on a popsicle stick compared to a proper roll up.

Main reason now I smoke actually, is I really do enjoy one as the accompaniment to a nice big slug of lady M. Not sure what it is about it, but something makes a smoke  a little carcinogenic stick of burning heaven when on a painkiller of some kind. And in a way that cannot be equaled by an E-cig (THAT bit I do know, but generally why smoking itself is so much more enjoyable then, I'm not entirely certain. Certainly does though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 12, 2016, 03:19:00 PM
  ^ Holy hypergraphia, Batman!  :P


  I have recently discovered Haagen-Dazs'  "destination flavor,"  Mayan Chocolate, which is
  laced with cinnamon.  I wouldn't have expected that combination to work, but it's delicious.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 12, 2016, 05:13:02 PM
Que?

Those haagen-dazs ice creams are alright. Too expensive though.

And I like sorbet a lot more than I do ice cream. I can quite happily eat both. Choosing for myself though, I'll buy sorbet every time, but the folks prefer ice creams, so if my old man goes shopping and brings a tub back for me as well as one for them, it'll be ice cream every time. Not cinnamon though. yuck. I hate cinnamon. As far as I go, the only good use for cinnamon, is as a source of cinnamaldehyde (haven't as yet managed to get round to running a synth to test for myself) but I have read quite a lot of references to the to a cinnamoyl substitution being used on certain of the phenanthrene morphinan type opiates, in particular, a cinnamoylnoroxycodone derivative that was quoted as being some 80x the potency, by weight, of morphine. Which sounds rather a tempting undertaking for me one day, considering I wouldn't have to make the oxy itself.  I'd have to go without, or slash my dose of oxycodone for a while and stick to morphine, over the counter codeine, dihydrocodeine and opium tincture, as well as (NOT over the counter, sadly) solid raw opium as it comes from collected poppy pod latex, boiled and the plant matter rising to the top of the pot as scum skimmed off and discarded (well, saved, actually, until there be a larger quantity of dross collected, for some alkaloids will always be left behind from the initial extraction/cleaning up, to be saved up and re-extracted later to yield a little extra second helping of morphia, codeine, and the lesser alkaloidal fractions present in Papaver somniferum.

And of course, there would have to be testing of the 3,6-dicinnamoyl ester of morphine itself, ala the esterification using the more usual acetic anhydride/acetyl chloride (or, my own personal preference, the dipropionyl ester, which is simply lovely, compared to H, as pronounced as the difference between gold bars and dog muck), it using cinnamic anhydride, or alternatively a cinnamoyl halide and a bit of the tertiary amine base of choice to mop up the released hydrogen halide gas, TETA (triethylenetetramine) from twopart epoxy kits works nicely and is cheap as chips. No need to bother with buying  triethylamine, or fucking around to synth Hunig's base.  If buying, then pyridine, or better yet, 4-dimethylaminopyridine make for kickarse acylation catalysts/Hydrogen halide scavengers (you'll get better yields with para-DMAP than with bog standard pyridine though)

Wouldn't surprise me either if piperazine would serve alright, but not so good as DMAP (and I daresay, I am a bit of a TETA fan, since it has served me so well for so many other things,
 (it totally OWNS, when chosen as the base for knoevanagel condensations/Henry reactions when a beta-nitrostyrene is the target, never tried it on a nitropropene, nitrobutene or nitropentene/nitroisovalerene though, have been meaning to get round to at least some beta-nitropropenes and beta-nitroisovalerylenes., but thats just one of those personal preferences and quirky likings that chemists sometimes get set in the ways of :P ) still, it works.


Ice cream wise, tesco own brand ones are good, or some are. I like the mississippi mud pie one. Chocolate enough to bury a mayan empire all in a liter or two tub, thats perfect snack size :D

What I like most though are something I discovered recently. Kopparberg frozen fruit cider sorbet. Comes in serving-size foil pouches, just slice the top off, and squeeze out into one's bowl. I would never have cottoned on to those, but for chance. Bought some when I was out food shopping and looking for something to slake my thirst, thought they were some sort of fruit squash, like those 'capri sun' type thingies, fruit juice in a foil bag type things. I didn't know it was cider. If I had, I'd never have touched them.
For I HATE cider generally speaking. But these don't taste like vinegar and rotten apples, or like cider at all. Got a load of these delightful elderflower and lime ready-to-freeze cider sorbet pouches, and was an instant convert, so to speak. Got a few of a different one too, smirnoff vodka raspberry sorbet. Worked really nicely both together. The cider ones were the nicest though, really light, delicate elderflower scent and flavour, and they just melt in the mouth really fast, so it almost half-inhales, half swallows. I think it might be something like the alcohol
content (not huge, about 5%) being just enough to depress the melting point a bit, just enough so that its altered in consistency enough to melt the moment it hits the heat of one's mouth.

They do lots of other flavours too, although I've only so far sampled the elderflower&lime one.

I've never been a huge drinker of alcohol (or eater, in this case, rather), at least, not since I actually became old enough to drink. Fun enough as a kid/young-mid teen knocking around with a few mates getting pissed and whiling away the time. Never really been a massive drinker even then, only on occasion, bar a few thundering, brutal, vicious bastardlyshite hangovers. Although to this very day I cannot drink or stand the smell of cointreau, after, when I was about 12-13 or so, drinking an entire bottle of the stuff. Haven't touched it once since in all the years after! gah my insides twitch just THINKING about that! good fucking christ jesus mcgod the day after in my old lfa school, shit ME. My head. Somehow I have the distinct feeling, that I probably made my teacher's life a living, breathing hell-made-flesh in response to every turned on light switch, every noisy pencil scratch and page turned. Thats alright with me, she was a total utter cow, caught her forcing some MR kids to use tomato juice once in a home ec lesson she had just scraped a thick cover of mould off, once. Told someone else they were
basically trash, who would forever 'poison everything they touched'. And more in that vein.

Did at least strike back on behalf of the kids that could not, and who being NV, had no voice to speak of it in their own defense. Went out of the school building and promptly spent a while ramming the blade of my knife repeatedly into the tyres of her car, right the way up to the hilt of the blade, and giving it a good hard rip and twist now and then for good measure. Carved them to tattered shreds. I'd not have been in a great mood that day to begin with, but bullying like that, and treating the most vulnerable, people who cannot speak out if tormented, thats the lowest of the fucking low, and I DESPISE those who do it. I hated HER to begin with, but she had it coming after that home ec lesson, and I wasn't in the least disposed towards forgiveness. It'd be a cryogenic day in Satan's own personal BBQ pit before she gets forgiveness from me for that act. To this day, she hasn't. And won't.

Found time to gob on her even, the day I returned to my LFA school years after leaving, to see a few people I missed, and pay a call on a certain young kanner's lass by the name of laura, that I have always been absolutely crazy about. From when she was about 11 years old to the present day (shes about 30something now, and astonishingly, she actually has not aged a day, to look at. ) Still find her attractive, not that that is my type, young, I mean. But IMO its fair enough if I liked her just the same when we were both that age, and simply never NOT liked her. Seen her since, as one of my other friends by sheer chance went to another spesh school with her, been giving lots of thought to getting my friend to help find laura's place again to go visit, see if she fancies coming out to dinner or something, maybe hooking up. If not, just getting back in contact, to catch up etc.)


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 12, 2016, 05:39:55 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on April 12, 2016, 03:19:00 PM
  ^ Holy hypergraphia, Batman!  :P


  I have recently discovered Haagen-Dazs'  "destination flavor,"  Mayan Chocolate, which is
  laced with cinnamon.  I wouldn't have expected that combination to work, but it's delicious.  :2thumbsup:

You can have ALL of mine.  Enjoy
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 13, 2016, 01:31:47 AM
A chocolate almond torte
three lamps
dill dressing
elderflower concentrate
loganberry concentrate
dish brushes

a bit of annoyance because in the self serve checkout i put the catalog into my bag without scanning it.
the monitor gods of ikea dealt with this transgression by sending a clerk who counted the items in my bag and concluded that i was one short. sigh.
the same one saw me try to use my discover card and have it denied. when she saw me take out my debit card she asked if she could take it from me. She used those words. I said of course not.
i know that they are trained to profile people like me (though these days i am taken for syrian and not african), and i know she was trying to be helpful, but the whole reason i was in the self serve was to avoid people like her.

ah well.
the torte - gluten free - was delicious.
the elderflower was interesting but i am not using for taste anyway.
the lamps are for my office, to reduce the lighting footprint.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on April 13, 2016, 01:56:36 PM
Three bottles of Heisenberg Vampire Vape, blueberry menthol flavour, 80 VG, 6mg nicotine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 13, 2016, 03:03:39 PM
A sheet of OSB and some wood strapping
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 14, 2016, 09:59:46 AM
Chocolate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 14, 2016, 12:08:37 PM
The 128GB card I ordered the other day arrived. I'm now busy filling it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 14, 2016, 03:19:16 PM
20 boxes of staples for a Bostitch H30‑6 staple hammer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 14, 2016, 05:32:58 PM
Gas for the truck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 16, 2016, 08:06:50 AM
Quote from: Grey Area on April 13, 2016, 01:56:36 PM
Three bottles of Heisenberg Vampire Vape, blueberry menthol flavour, 80 VG, 6mg nicotine.

    :heisenberg: appreciates your patronage!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 16, 2016, 08:09:47 AM
  I bought a new charger cord for my phone.  It's so nice to see the phone start charging immediately
  and continue till it's done, without my having to shift the phone or the cord to some magic angle.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 17, 2016, 02:58:33 PM
A full face shield

(http://www.graniteworkwear.com/Thumbnail/Default.aspx?file=/Upload/Images/59ccd-BL20P1.jpg&width=300&height=340)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 17, 2016, 03:50:43 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 17, 2016, 02:58:33 PM
A full face shield

(http://www.graniteworkwear.com/Thumbnail/Default.aspx?file=/Upload/Images/59ccd-BL20P1.jpg&width=300&height=340)

Saw an advert for "open face helmets" the other day.  :headhurts:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 19, 2016, 11:51:38 AM
Bought a book with Russian fairy tales, illustrated by Ivan Bilibin. First time I saw something of this illustrator. It is magnificent. My favourite book from childhood is a book with Russian fairy tales, because of the gorgeous illustrations, by Rie Kramer. I already prefer Bilibin over Kramer.

Love the rhythm of Russian fairy tales.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 19, 2016, 01:39:19 PM
John Deer green spray paint
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 19, 2016, 11:59:51 PM
a sharper image backpack on wheels so that py and i will stop fighting over my old one.
also a lot of chocolate meringue cookies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2016, 12:31:44 AM
  Paper supplies, including  :tp: :tp: :tp:  for the new toilet!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 20, 2016, 04:27:42 PM
This, this, and this:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 20, 2016, 04:29:13 PM
 :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 20, 2016, 04:30:04 PM
Smokey Quartz and Chrysocolla.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on April 20, 2016, 05:36:09 PM
See.  You weren't done after all :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 20, 2016, 06:22:18 PM
Very nice!   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 20, 2016, 09:17:53 PM
Did you use to smoke (or still do of course), grey area? using the efag as a quitting aid, or do you just find you like it for other reasons.


I got one first a while back, and have used them ever since although I prefer the higher strength ones, I think if I went for weaker ones I would just end up taking longer, harder and more frequent drags on it to compensate. Smoking some from a freebie bottle of e-liquid that the place I ordered from last, totally wicked its called, theyre quite reliable and reputable, UK based and fast to deliver, my last order took just two days, that is, it arrived not the day after placing the order but the following morning. Faster than I expected. And because I ordered a few bottles at a time, of a few different flavours they sent me another one for nothing. Turned out to be 'iced lemon&lime flavour, and its really nice, one of the better ones I've had.

I do wish there were some better quality control though with respect to the hardware itself, the batteries seem never to be very durable at all and to die often. I've got a big pile of mine, and my dad's e-fag batteries that have died. I have quite a collection now, as I keep every failed, dead battery for later use.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 20, 2016, 09:46:25 PM
Lestat, was actually wondering recently in another thread what you know about the fluids, propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin, used in ecigarettes and vaporizers, and what you might know about their reaction to heat which is taking place in the atomizer.  http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,20700.msg1111380/topicseen.html#msg1111380
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 21, 2016, 01:48:04 AM
Quote from: Jesse on April 20, 2016, 04:30:04 PM
Smokey Quartz and Chrysocolla.

The smoky quartz is nice. I am looking for a piece of aqua aura to replace one that went down the black hole of ADHD.
I have a lot of rocks but mine are all apartment sized - at least a tenth the size of yours.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 21, 2016, 01:52:22 AM
Quote from: Jack on April 20, 2016, 09:46:25 PM
Lestat, was actually wondering recently in another thread what you know about the fluids, propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin, used in ecigarettes and vaporizers, and what you might know about their reaction to heat which is taking place in the atomizer.  http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,20700.msg1111380/topicseen.html#msg1111380
I too am interested in the propylene glycol as I get exposure to it every March in asthma inhalers. Salt pipes only work for minor symptoms.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 21, 2016, 07:25:20 AM
Actually I have quite a major concern about the ones based on glycerine as well as PG.

The PG, I am not bothered about. What worries me so much is the glycerine. Because glycerine can be dehydrated, either by means chemical, or thermally. Glycerine's structure is simple enough; 1,2,3-propanetriol
This can undergo dehydration and rearrangement to a real little charmer and no mistake, prop-2-ene-1-al or to give a trivial name, acrylic, or allylic aldehyde. Its produced as I said by dehydration


to give acrolein, in bulk form enough to handle, more than whatever is being vaporised, I mean, having deliberately synthed some many years ago, using anhydrous sodium bisulfate, I simply mixed the two chemicals together, hooked up the appropriate glassware to do so, stuck both in the rxn vessel chosen (don't ask me what kind of flask, condenser, still heads I used, this was years ago, and not something that ever led to any truly interesting projects, that was just a diversion for me really when I wanted something to occupy my mind, and , oppoywant of money, but for want either of a supplier which HAS those things, or if they do, but only companies with shitty bad attitudes like sigma-aldrich, who with the most disgusting condecension, won't deign to sell an individual so much as a single grain of table salt; and I am not affiliated with officialdom in any sense, nor am I through a university or similar, so theres plenty places that are of no use to the citizen chemist, or to the more clandestine variety either.)

Anyhow, make some prop-2-enal I did. Wished I hadn't, too. Its really noxious stuff, volatile, it stinks to high heaven, not really an easily definable smell. And its masked by the fact that its a powerful, aggressive lachrymatory agent (tear gas, choking agent type stuff), and the slightest whiff in the air makes sharing that space intolerable, it'll leave you gasping for breath, with your nose and eyes pouring forth a huge torrent of tears and nasal secretions. Makes one feel like they are about to vomit, probably makes it happen too, to anyone willing to remain near some acrolein.

Smelll itself, though relatively faint compared to some, is like rotting animal fat, thats been set on fire, with heavy overtones of burnt grease, and acrid, irritant beyond belief. Its toxic as all hell,  mutagenic and carcinogenic.

Ive been meaning to switch to pure propylyne glycol, even if it means making the liquid from flavour concentrates and nicotine sulfate myself, I am sure that the E-cigs aren't anything like as
terrible for health as smoking tobacco, so an improvement at least. Compared to the thousands of nasty things in tobacco, such as nitrosamines, hydrogen  cyanide gas, HCHO, CO, hell, tobacco plants apparently bioaccumulate polonium from the soil, presumable 210Po given its the commonest isotope in human general use.


In the end, I had to get rid of some acrolein another time too, after I'd finished using it, the leftovers had to go since it can polymerize violently if it gets old. So, down the sink it went, flushed with water. Ufortunately for me I turned the hot tap on instead of cold, which promptly vaporized whilst down the plug hole, sending a gout of acrolein vapor in my direction.

Lachrymatory? the word really doesnt at all do justice to this substance. To compare it with capsaicin or blazing hot peppers, the latter can't hold a candle to it, mono- or dichloroacetone doesn't do it justice, nor CS 'gas', I've never made CN, CR, adamsite or phosgene oxime, so I can't compare those. A lot worse too, than the likes of acyl halides (like acetyl  chloride, propionyl chloride, allyl bromide,elemental  bromine fumes or chlorine gas. Chromyl chloride comes close if allowed to escape. Which is why it shouldn't be, nasty, toxic, corrosive, and hydrolyses into hexavalent Cr species and HCl fumes. Its an orangy-dark red liquid, looks like bromine, powerful oxidizer  (made by distilling a mixture of either a dichromate salt, or chromic anhydride, aka trioxide  with salt and concentrated sulfuric acid, collecting the distillate in a  suitable vessel until one wishes to make use of it.)


Acrolein is typically exposed to people, thankfully only in small quantities, when fat burns (lipids are often based on glyceryl esters)(anyone working in F can work it out themselves, because I confess, its such a useless, 'proprietary' almost, scale, C, based on the BP of H2O actually makes sense, and is at least,I never use it, and really never bothered to learn it either since its little more than a nuisance used by americans and really old farts  he or in cigarette smoke.re in england haha. ) but at 280'C  glycerine dehydrates, losing two molecules of H2O.
I advise using the lowest satisfactory voltage level if the efags one uses be the variable yield type.

Anyone wants to find out just what a vicious little utter bastard of a chemical acrolein is, take a few ml of glycerine, and some sodium bisulfate (look around online, its available without
difficulty or restriction in some cleaning products, iirc 'sani-flush' is one such, although I've always just bought bisulfate from my suppliers, but take  a ml or two of glycerine and some bisulfate, after evaporating off the water from the cleaning product (this is a DEhydration, after all ;)) and heat the two together strongly, a tin can will do really, if you haven't a test-tube or other long container that resists heat. Once your done, and believe you me, you will KNOW about it, take one or two drops of the resulting liquid, onto a tissue or something, and use one's hands to waft the vapor to one's nose from a foot or so off, that tiny kind of exposure isn't going to do anyone real harm, I myself surely copped a lot more when I accidentally
vaporised the lot, after tipping it down the sink and flushing, stupidly, with HOT water, ugh yuck!.

Hehe, something tells me that not very many people will be tempted to do it twice :zombiefuck:

Propylene glycol isn't anything to worry about, its often used like glycerine, as a humectant in things that are intended for human consumption, and a medicine excipient. Not toxic stuff, ethylene glycol (antifreeze) is toxic, but thats because it gets metabolized to the toxic oxalic acid mainly, that doesn't follow through either to POLYethylene glycols, or to propylene glycol (glycol is a synonym for 'diol', btw). PG is harmless stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 21, 2016, 01:55:46 PM
Hubert, yer right. I can't stop!  :laugh:
Rockhound: Thanks!
Wolfish, I hope you can get one. I still have things to get as well
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 21, 2016, 05:20:40 PM
Quote from: Lestat on April 21, 2016, 07:25:20 AM
Actually I have quite a major concern about the ones based on glycerine as well as PG.

The PG, I am not bothered about. What worries me so much is the glycerine. Because glycerine can be dehydrated, either by means chemical, or thermally. Glycerine's structure is simple enough; 1,2,3-propanetriol
This can undergo dehydration and rearrangement to a real little charmer and no mistake, prop-2-ene-1-al or to give a trivial name, acrylic, or allylic aldehyde. Its produced as I said by dehydration


to give acrolein, in bulk form enough to handle, more than whatever is being vaporised, I mean, having deliberately synthed some many years ago, using anhydrous sodium bisulfate, I simply mixed the two chemicals together, hooked up the appropriate glassware to do so, stuck both in the rxn vessel chosen (don't ask me what kind of flask, condenser, still heads I used, this was years ago, and not something that ever led to any truly interesting projects, that was just a diversion for me really when I wanted something to occupy my mind, and , oppoywant of money, but for want either of a supplier which HAS those things, or if they do, but only companies with shitty bad attitudes like sigma-aldrich, who with the most disgusting condecension, won't deign to sell an individual so much as a single grain of table salt; and I am not affiliated with officialdom in any sense, nor am I through a university or similar, so theres plenty places that are of no use to the citizen chemist, or to the more clandestine variety either.)

Anyhow, make some prop-2-enal I did. Wished I hadn't, too. Its really noxious stuff, volatile, it stinks to high heaven, not really an easily definable smell. And its masked by the fact that its a powerful, aggressive lachrymatory agent (tear gas, choking agent type stuff), and the slightest whiff in the air makes sharing that space intolerable, it'll leave you gasping for breath, with your nose and eyes pouring forth a huge torrent of tears and nasal secretions. Makes one feel like they are about to vomit, probably makes it happen too, to anyone willing to remain near some acrolein.

Smelll itself, though relatively faint compared to some, is like rotting animal fat, thats been set on fire, with heavy overtones of burnt grease, and acrid, irritant beyond belief. Its toxic as all hell,  mutagenic and carcinogenic.

Ive been meaning to switch to pure propylyne glycol, even if it means making the liquid from flavour concentrates and nicotine sulfate myself, I am sure that the E-cigs aren't anything like as
terrible for health as smoking tobacco, so an improvement at least. Compared to the thousands of nasty things in tobacco, such as nitrosamines, hydrogen  cyanide gas, HCHO, CO, hell, tobacco plants apparently bioaccumulate polonium from the soil, presumable 210Po given its the commonest isotope in human general use.


In the end, I had to get rid of some acrolein another time too, after I'd finished using it, the leftovers had to go since it can polymerize violently if it gets old. So, down the sink it went, flushed with water. Ufortunately for me I turned the hot tap on instead of cold, which promptly vaporized whilst down the plug hole, sending a gout of acrolein vapor in my direction.

Lachrymatory? the word really doesnt at all do justice to this substance. To compare it with capsaicin or blazing hot peppers, the latter can't hold a candle to it, mono- or dichloroacetone doesn't do it justice, nor CS 'gas', I've never made CN, CR, adamsite or phosgene oxime, so I can't compare those. A lot worse too, than the likes of acyl halides (like acetyl  chloride, propionyl chloride, allyl bromide,elemental  bromine fumes or chlorine gas. Chromyl chloride comes close if allowed to escape. Which is why it shouldn't be, nasty, toxic, corrosive, and hydrolyses into hexavalent Cr species and HCl fumes. Its an orangy-dark red liquid, looks like bromine, powerful oxidizer  (made by distilling a mixture of either a dichromate salt, or chromic anhydride, aka trioxide  with salt and concentrated sulfuric acid, collecting the distillate in a  suitable vessel until one wishes to make use of it.)


Acrolein is typically exposed to people, thankfully only in small quantities, when fat burns (lipids are often based on glyceryl esters)(anyone working in F can work it out themselves, because I confess, its such a useless, 'proprietary' almost, scale, C, based on the BP of H2O actually makes sense, and is at least,I never use it, and really never bothered to learn it either since its little more than a nuisance used by americans and really old farts  he or in cigarette smoke.re in england haha. ) but at 280'C  glycerine dehydrates, losing two molecules of H2O.
I advise using the lowest satisfactory voltage level if the efags one uses be the variable yield type.

Anyone wants to find out just what a vicious little utter bastard of a chemical acrolein is, take a few ml of glycerine, and some sodium bisulfate (look around online, its available without
difficulty or restriction in some cleaning products, iirc 'sani-flush' is one such, although I've always just bought bisulfate from my suppliers, but take  a ml or two of glycerine and some bisulfate, after evaporating off the water from the cleaning product (this is a DEhydration, after all ;)) and heat the two together strongly, a tin can will do really, if you haven't a test-tube or other long container that resists heat. Once your done, and believe you me, you will KNOW about it, take one or two drops of the resulting liquid, onto a tissue or something, and use one's hands to waft the vapor to one's nose from a foot or so off, that tiny kind of exposure isn't going to do anyone real harm, I myself surely copped a lot more when I accidentally
vaporised the lot, after tipping it down the sink and flushing, stupidly, with HOT water, ugh yuck!.

Hehe, something tells me that not very many people will be tempted to do it twice :zombiefuck:

Propylene glycol isn't anything to worry about, its often used like glycerine, as a humectant in things that are intended for human consumption, and a medicine excipient. Not toxic stuff, ethylene glycol (antifreeze) is toxic, but thats because it gets metabolized to the toxic oxalic acid mainly, that doesn't follow through either to POLYethylene glycols, or to propylene glycol (glycol is a synonym for 'diol', btw). PG is harmless stuff.
Thanks, Lestat. Interesting have seen vegetable glycerin promoted as better because it's 'natural' vegetable based.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 21, 2016, 08:15:58 PM
Not a problem. I suppose it at least saves the need to find out what the stuff is like up close and personal if you don't actually decide to do so by choice. Although its an interesting enough little experiment, and a very handy thing too, if ever you need a military strength teargas type chemical weapon (its not used by militaries, mind you, it has awful storage properties, reactive group on each end with its allylic double bond on one and an aldehyde on the other, its  very structure begs for condensation rxns of the intramolecular variety. And it does, it polymerizes first to tarry stuff, then to solid plasticish crap if stored for long, hardly applicable to a successful chemical munition. But its brutal enough stuff certainly, and easy as hell to make, I managed it with just the contents of a modern (read 'nanny-fied piss-poor and lacking all the really really useful stuff like strong acids/bases, organometallics, decent variety or amounts of solvents, red/white phosphorus, anything with mercury or other heavy metals, and no iodine crystals, only tincture, nor ampoules of bromine, Li/Na/K/Rb/Cs or NaK alloy.' where the word 'modern' appears!)

Well not strictly true, I did need to buy some glycerine from the pharmacy down the road from me but thats it.





Whoever was promoting vegetable glycerine as somehow better (did this mean better than propylene glycol, better than other ingredients of some nature, or vegetable-derived glycerine being better than that derived from animal fat sources, or produced by somebody in a glass flask?) either way, they are full of shit.

The premise 'its better because its ''natural'' is often touted by people trying to sell products, or parroted blindly by woolly-minded tree-hugging types who are too much of a pack of bellends to step back and actually apply logic, to figure out for themselves if those claims speak truth, or if they are about as full of goodness as a bowl of fair-trade eco-friendly 'green' recycled, 'cardboard-brekky' flakes served in a bowl of whatever that low-fat, low-cal 'lite' stuff is thats nominally whitish, liquid, and of bovine origin, but which is otherwise undeterminable, probably for the best, too. Skimmed milk, allegedly. But I wouldn't be caught saying so in public for fear of being sued by trading standards. Or worse, all those 'milk's that are made from rice, oat, or that abhorrent filth known as soy milk to its devotees, and sewage to everybody else.


Glycerine, or anything else, (with the sole exception of compounds having different stereoisomers, positional isomers etc., from the natural origin, because of the biology of whatever produces it, and
stereoselectivity of enzymes being as great as it is, vs what may well just turn out as a racemic mixture or other isomer when the most widely known or used synthetic routes are applied, this is not necessarily better or worse, only different) is just the same no matter what it comes from or how. It is a very simple, small, and a-chiral substance. Ergo glycerine, is glycerine, is glycerine.

Its always irked me that people can be that STUPID as to promote things or be suckered into buying what the morons are spouting and selling, we use atropine, scopolamine (hyoscine) etc in medicine, this comes from the deadly nightshade plant, belladonna. As well as can be found in Daturas, Brugmansias, mandrake, henbane and others of the solanaceae tribe. But in the natural form, they are unpredictable, with regards to alkaloid content, and as such far less controllable, which in something highly toxic equals less safe.

Or how about arsenic? perfectly natural, either as its compounds or as native arsenic 'metal'. Same could be said of almost anything for which both a use in a refined form exists, and which is found in some form as, or in a natural entity, and which is also toxic. Whats better? being able to control precisely the dose so as to heal, not poison? or trusting to chance and knowledge of the plant or animal or mineral's general tendencies and properties?  Castor oil is a perfect example. The oil is pressed from the castor bean, the seed of the plant Ricinus communis. And the seeds are packed full of ricin, in a layer just under the shell, for those unfamiliar, its one of the deadliest natural toxins to be found, taking, once it gets into a cell to do its dirty work, just a single solitary molecule of ricin to inactivate, permanently, every last ribosome there, terminating translation of genes to their encoded protein products, and thus killing the cell. Castor oil however is extracted, or should be, in such a manner as to leave the ricin behind with the seed waste. As it is, its purgative. If it left all that perfectly natural, ricin-o-liciousness in there, it would just be a deadly, and extremely potent poison. The difference between the two, is the application of the hand of man. One seed is all it takes to kill a person, if ingested, just one, if the hard external seed coat is broken before or after it be consumed. So there'd be enough if it all went into the oil in one bottle to take out a decently sized town, if it could be divided into single human lethal doses and the population lined up and poisoned
one by one until they all got some, by some deranged maniac with a bottle of now-with-added-ricin castor oil.

'Natural', quite simply, doesn't mean a fucking thing, with very occasional exceptions to that rule. Glycerine, will be 1,2,3-propanetriol, without giving a tinker's turd how it came to exist. And nor should anybody else. The only exception, to that, I guess, is for people whom choose not to consume animal products for reasons like being a vegetarian, but that doesn't change the nature of the product, only the reason for consuming one over the other, if that choice is made at all.


Come to think of it if you use an e-fag and its ever ran dry whilst your taking a pull, that choking, acrid, irritating crap that makes you cough and splutter and tear up? thats what made me concerned
about acrolein formation, and thusly, exposure to begin with. Knowing glycerine dehydrates to it,  it was pretty obviously recognizable from my first run in with the stuff in its pure form that it was the probable bad actor there. I'd recognize that stink anywhere, I think, coupled with the lachrymatory effects. I'd have it banned from use were I in power, glycerine, that is, from being used in e-liquids or c-liquids. Or at least, place strong limitations upon the permissible concentration as a percentage. There doesn't seem to be much to warrant its use anyway, if propylene glycol is used.  And I don't get the use of both together. Why, if one has a good enough option, of low likely harmfullness, would it be good to dilute it with/mix in something much less appetizing? after all, do people have half a bowl full of piss with their cornflakes, and half a bowl of milk? no, at least I don't, I stick with the milk :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 22, 2016, 05:20:40 PM
Quote from: Lestat on April 21, 2016, 08:15:58 PM
Whoever was promoting vegetable glycerine as somehow better (did this mean better than propylene glycol, better than other ingredients of some nature, or vegetable-derived glycerine being better than that derived from animal fat sources, or produced by somebody in a glass flask?) either way, they are full of shit.
Can't remember exactly. The part of being better may have been my own perception based on how the product was advertised, and a vegetable base product may simply sound like a better idea than a petroleum based product. Many e-cigarette liquids are a mixture of the two, but can recall seeing a distributor offering pure vegetable glycerin liquids touted as natural and organic. Though you're right, it's probably marketing strategy like the line about e-cigarette clouds being simple water vapor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 22, 2016, 10:07:51 PM
pen refills, paper, a binder and a pair of tongs I've had my eye on for 6 months.

also a monitor stand but that won't arrive for a bit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 23, 2016, 10:40:31 AM
A Saab hubcap from the 60s or 70s at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 23, 2016, 12:06:48 PM
Propylene glycol isn't a petroleum distillate fraction at all, its just an small molecule alcohol. PEGs (polyethylene glycols, of varying molecular weights, POLYethylene glycol is no longer toxic and isn't metabolized to oxalate. Its plastic, more or less, and harmless, PG is a liquid, but nontoxic unlike ethylene glycol, and its quite safe, used in food products as a humectant sometimes (a humectant is something thats used to help retain some moisture in an item, to keep it soft and pliant).

The line about being just water vapor is an outright, blatant lie. Its a cloud of propylene glycol and glycerine, assuming both are present. There is water in a lot of e-liquids maybe all of them, but its not the only thing in there, theres the glycerine, PG, flavourings, nicotine and sometimes colors, in one for some reason I also found maltitol, one of the polyols (sugar-alcohols, like pentaerythritol and xylitol). That ruined wicks faster than any other I've ever tried. I'm guessing maybe it can caramelize like sugar if heated, clogging the element. It definitely did that!)



I'd FAR prefer a pure PG based one, other than the nicotine and flavouring that is. The claim about glycerine, vegetable derived or otherwise being healthier, is one I harbour grave doubts about. Afterall, what sounds more appetizing. A base that doesn't, or one that does decompose with excess heat exposure to something horribly toxic, irritant, carcinogenic, mutagenic and to top it all off, a tear gas. And an aggressive little bugger of a lachrymator at that. I'd sooner not inhale (or ever again have anything to DO with) acrolein.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 23, 2016, 02:34:47 PM
Two birthday presents and the accompanying cards and wraps.  Some kitchen storage items, food, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 23, 2016, 02:58:29 PM
Candles, paper napkins, garlic press, water carafes, food, beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 23, 2016, 06:01:47 PM
Quote from: Lestat on April 23, 2016, 12:06:48 PM
Propylene glycol isn't a petroleum distillate fraction at all, its just an small molecule alcohol.
Okay. Hubert said propylene glycol is produced from propylene which is produced from petroleum. Is it just far enough removed for that to not matter? Also have had some previous notion both propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin are oil substances, one being petroleum based and the other plant based. Though don't know enough about chemistry to know if calling them oils is correct.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 24, 2016, 02:09:02 AM
Well I meant that it doesn't mean it has any of the character of a petroleum like compound (alkanes, lightweight to medium sized alkenes, aromatics like benzene, etc.) And that it is not simply present in and isolated via fractional distillation from crude oil. Like naphtha in its varying weights/boiling ranges.

Propylene glycol behaves as an alcohol in its reactions, and while propylene might be used as manufacturing feedstock that doesn't mean its anything actually alike to the end product. Propylene is a fairly reactive gas, and it behhaves nowt like propylene glycol, rather it undergoes the reactions typical of an aliphatic, non-cyclic olefin (olefin=alkene, synonym) such as rxn with elemental bromine to give propyl bromide, the halogen reacting at the position of the double bond, formation of aziridines etc

Propylene glycol is a somewhat viscous, non-toxic and undergoes  the reactions typical of alcohols, a glycol is a synonym for a diol compound (diol-two -OH groups having alcoholic character such as those on an alkane carbon chain background for example) such as formation of esters, dehydration to ethers either with itself or another alcoholic or phenolic character, either using the william synthesis route, or with concentrated sulfuric acid as the dehydrating agent to induce the condensation-dehydration, losing water to form a single bridging oxygen between two alcohols,  ending up with R-OH+R-OH ---(H2SO4 as dehydrating agent) -H2O-->ROR where R is a compound bearing one or more alcoholic moieties.


Just because something COMES from some point of origin, chemically speaking it does not mean that the subsequent product bears any resemblance to the precursor.

The 2C-D I had started life as a pharmacologically inactive,   2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylbenzaldehyde, just a boring looking white powder. Plus some nitromethane, a volatile liquid that smells like marzipan, or bitter almond, quite pleasant, condensed with the benzaldehyde using a corrosive and certainly not something you want to swallow, triethyltetramine, TETA, as the catalyst, isolated and purified from epoxy hardener, not at all appetizing, resulting in the formation of a beta-nitrostyrene. Bright yellow crystalline compound with a most irritant character if it gets on skin, wash with methanol (takes about 10ml of methanol ingested to kill or permanently blind.)

Reduce this either with an amalgam of mercury and aluminium, or for the brave, lithium aluminium hydride, after rigorous drying of ALL glassware to be used with the LAH, likewise thorough degassing and dessication of the solvents in contact with it (THF or ether usually, dried by distillation over sodium metal, or lithium if one can't find it, battery cores with the Li part recycled will do nicely, its in the form of thin tape, so has a large surface area yet isn't going to burst into flame very easily in bits, or one can use sodium-benzophenone ketyl, although I haven't. It even changes color when the THF is dry to let one know its done. ) Glass goes in the oven for a while before use, to make certain its drier than a hasidic jewish nun's  muff crack.

LAH has the advantage of not being inherently noxious, like mercury on a toxicity/environmental waste basis, you just end up with salts of it or LiOH if the excess be decomposed as it must at the end, and water is used, or alcohols like isopropanol are good, it seems to react a bit slower. Inert gas a must.

Result, 2C-D, a white, crystalline (as the salts of it) powder once its been washed with solvent and cleaned. LAH on the other hand if it gets wet or contacts air likes to burst into flame. NOT what one wants to happen with a flask full of ether or THF sitting at ground zero xD.

2C-D is one of the phenethylamine psychedelics. About as different in character from any of the things that went into its making as one could possibly get.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 24, 2016, 03:20:15 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 23, 2016, 10:40:31 AM
A Saab hubcap from the 60s or 70s at a tag sale

Awesome.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 24, 2016, 03:20:42 AM
I bought whisky.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 24, 2016, 02:04:52 PM
Quote from: Lestat on April 24, 2016, 02:09:02 AM
Well I meant that it doesn't mean it has any of the character of a petroleum like compound (alkanes, lightweight to medium sized alkenes, aromatics like benzene, etc.) And that it is not simply present in and isolated via fractional distillation from crude oil. Like naphtha in its varying weights/boiling ranges.

Propylene glycol behaves as an alcohol in its reactions, and while propylene might be used as manufacturing feedstock that doesn't mean its anything actually alike to the end product. Propylene is a fairly reactive gas, and it behhaves nowt like propylene glycol, rather it undergoes the reactions typical of an aliphatic, non-cyclic olefin (olefin=alkene, synonym) such as rxn with elemental bromine to give propyl bromide, the halogen reacting at the position of the double bond, formation of aziridines etc

Propylene glycol is a somewhat viscous, non-toxic and undergoes  the reactions typical of alcohols, a glycol is a synonym for a diol compound (diol-two -OH groups having alcoholic character such as those on an alkane carbon chain background for example) such as formation of esters, dehydration to ethers either with itself or another alcoholic or phenolic character, either using the william synthesis route, or with concentrated sulfuric acid as the dehydrating agent to induce the condensation-dehydration, losing water to form a single bridging oxygen between two alcohols,  ending up with R-OH+R-OH ---(H2SO4 as dehydrating agent) -H2O-->ROR where R is a compound bearing one or more alcoholic moieties.


Just because something COMES from some point of origin, chemically speaking it does not mean that the subsequent product bears any resemblance to the precursor.

The 2C-D I had started life as a pharmacologically inactive,   2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylbenzaldehyde, just a boring looking white powder. Plus some nitromethane, a volatile liquid that smells like marzipan, or bitter almond, quite pleasant, condensed with the benzaldehyde using a corrosive and certainly not something you want to swallow, triethyltetramine, TETA, as the catalyst, isolated and purified from epoxy hardener, not at all appetizing, resulting in the formation of a beta-nitrostyrene. Bright yellow crystalline compound with a most irritant character if it gets on skin, wash with methanol (takes about 10ml of methanol ingested to kill or permanently blind.)

Reduce this either with an amalgam of mercury and aluminium, or for the brave, lithium aluminium hydride, after rigorous drying of ALL glassware to be used with the LAH, likewise thorough degassing and dessication of the solvents in contact with it (THF or ether usually, dried by distillation over sodium metal, or lithium if one can't find it, battery cores with the Li part recycled will do nicely, its in the form of thin tape, so has a large surface area yet isn't going to burst into flame very easily in bits, or one can use sodium-benzophenone ketyl, although I haven't. It even changes color when the THF is dry to let one know its done. ) Glass goes in the oven for a while before use, to make certain its drier than a hasidic jewish nun's  muff crack.

LAH has the advantage of not being inherently noxious, like mercury on a toxicity/environmental waste basis, you just end up with salts of it or LiOH if the excess be decomposed as it must at the end, and water is used, or alcohols like isopropanol are good, it seems to react a bit slower. Inert gas a must.

Result, 2C-D, a white, crystalline (as the salts of it) powder once its been washed with solvent and cleaned. LAH on the other hand if it gets wet or contacts air likes to burst into flame. NOT what one wants to happen with a flask full of ether or THF sitting at ground zero xD.

2C-D is one of the phenethylamine psychedelics. About as different in character from any of the things that went into its making as one could possibly get.
Thanks, Lestat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 24, 2016, 06:50:54 PM
  I bought food for tomorrow's clean-a-thon in the apartment!  :sweep:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 24, 2016, 10:13:47 PM
I bought cat food. Bought a bag of dry food and got 12 sachets for free!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 25, 2016, 09:53:33 AM
I've spent more than I'm comfortable spending, mostly gee-gaws.  Time to tighten the old purse strings next month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 25, 2016, 11:42:58 AM
29.5 Gallons of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 25, 2016, 01:11:46 PM
Cleaning has not turned up my aqua aura so I have been haunting ebay in spite of the danger.
hoping that this arrives looking at least a little like the photo:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tVMAAOSwYmZXHEEf/s-l64.jpg)

 :hahaha:

ADHD, i got this one because the palmstone i wanted got bought by someone when i wasn't looking. just looked at my summary.
sigh, the someone was me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 26, 2016, 12:25:22 AM
Bought lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on April 27, 2016, 02:57:36 PM
maple cotton candy
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 27, 2016, 04:42:01 PM
New wheel for the wheelbarrow
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 27, 2016, 06:59:56 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 24, 2016, 03:20:15 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 23, 2016, 10:40:31 AM
A Saab hubcap from the 60s or 70s at a tag sale

Awesome.

Just saw this.
Rounded baby moon style was the early ones, flatter baby moon I remember on our 73 (99L model). Our 1976 & 77 had the full covers with the slots that always picked up stones everywhere you went.

I learned how to drive on the 77, and took it places no other car could go, it was a tank.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 28, 2016, 02:06:43 AM
I will be buying a haircut. Also wash and blowdry.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 28, 2016, 11:21:03 AM
Just got home from shopping, on my way back from seeing this social worker chick thats been helping me out with some stuff. Nice girl, easy to get along with, talk to, shes helping me get free travel passes, and looking into housing for me, with a view to my moving out of my current home. I'd like somewhere to myself, wouldn't want to be in a flat, that would effectively be downgrading from my current situation, but she seems to understand that, knows I'm an autie, so is one of her relatives actually, or aspie, she actually knew of the kanner's school I went to before going to my last school, an aspie boarding one. So she understands that I'm not a people person. Not raw, anyway. And that if I do move, I need somewhere to house the skunk-works. So to speak. Doesn't seem to mind that. Lol, although she did ask what the book I'd brought to read while I waited for her was (Vladimir kren, Ladislav cvak, The Genus Claviceps :P )

Got plenty shopping done too.

2  big boxes of rice crispies, an uncounted basket full of 4 or 5 count packs of passion fruits, every last single pack of shiitake mushrooms in the supermarket, must be about 13-14 punnets of the buggers, maybe not hua gu, or even dong gu/donko grade, but still. I like shiitake. I like shiitake a LOT. And they are to go with the steaks I picked up, rump, and sirloin, as well as some cheaper two-piece packs of just generic, decent enough, but generic slabs of deceased bovine. Good enough, especially when they have been marinated in a mixture of soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, daddie's or better yet, devil's hot brown sauce, tabasco, the habanero one not the regular,or the green one, and then given a good slathering of black pepper, before having my own personal recipe for fly agaric, peppery boletus and cubeb with Schinus pink peppercorn, at least those are the main ingredients, theres other things in there too, although some are intermittent, being seasonal fungi, meaning there is of course no
guarantee at all that I'm always able to procure them from the wild, just depends upon my luck. 


LOTs of packs of steak, had to freeze most of them. Uncounted number of packs of 2 steaks each, few different kinds.
A copy of the video game 'kingpin', used to have it when I was in school, but lent it to one of the other lads in the house. Fucking little scrote buggered off with it, and I couldn't go and take it back off him, because he timed it with my leaving the school for good. Git. Went into a charity shop, just to browse really, more than anything. Picked up a few novels for 50p each, the game cost me a pound. And I saw, and bought, a rather nice little leather jacket, short length, down to my waist, very tight fit (which is a good thing, the guy at the till tried telling me it was too small, but I can fit in it, and its comfy enough. Was a special needs kids charity place called 'scope'.

Just got back home, after waiting for ages in the bastarding piss it down rain, absolutely piss wet through and both feeling like, and resembling in some respects, a drowned rodent of the murine variety.
But lol. Damn! what did I find in the pockets? I felt a lump in the side, and felt for the cause. An old hairband, an old copper penny, all corroded, and a wee little nugget of hash :):):)

Also found a shopping bag with no owner, and containing an untouched, unopened tube of 'soothers', candies with a gooey center like lockets, honey and lemon flavour. And three times today found money. First about £2.60-£2.70, the second a good few quid, bit less than a fiver. And last but not least, getting out of the car at home, a  pound lying in the road under the car.


Also bought some valerian extract pills, to use for their dream inducing properties (the correct term is 'oneirogen'), a bottle of lavender oil, two bottles of cough mixture, which I drank while waiting for a lift (pulmo bailly, its called. Codeine as main active, also guiacol in there which stinks something awful and tastes no better, but I figured go for it, may as well, since the only other thing  I was doing, then
was standing in the pissing rain, freezing my nackers off, and feeling sorry for myself :P. So I treated myself a little bit, to the cough mixtures and a chocolate muffin.  I   wanted a rolly but of course with soaking wet hands and fingers, with it howling down, there wasn't a chance of producing owt but a sorry dogend. Bought some nasal decongestant tablets for my stuffy nose, and a milky way chocolate
milk shake. Oh, and four extra cheesy four-cheese pizzas. Which like the steaks, are going to have fried shiitake mushrooms liberally scattered over the pizza once its cooked (cook separate, pizza in
the oven, shiitakes can fry in a pan on top. When done, mushrooms on pizza, pizza in Lestat.

Not  sure whats wrong with my secondary hotplate, but may need a new motor and/or a new dial to adjust the temperature on one or both of its plates (I have two hotplates, one a single plate, with magnetic stirrer, the other no mag, but a double plate, one large one smaller), I think the pot might be shot to shit.

Lol, even though I'm usually going hungry, now is a time of plenty:) So much so I actually entertained, just for a moment, the thought 'why does my old man have to  be doing a chicken tonight??
Because I'm itching to be tucking into steak and pizza and industrial lots of shiitakes on both. Steak for breakfast, steak for elevenses, steak for dinner, steak for tea, maybe pizza for supper. Or pizza for breakfast actually sounds better, because the carbs will cause an initial glucose spike, so I'd sooner that happen when it would be welcome, whilst I'm waking up, and shaking off the grizzledness of the previous nights sleepy ol' me, than right before going to bed, only to be pumped full of energy and alertness.

And lastly, bought a tube of 'anbesol' extra strength. Its a local anaesthetic gel, 2 percent lidocaine and a bit of clove oil are the actives. I have a sore tooth at the moment


Aside from the drowned rattedness, not a bad day's..errr...well...day-ing.

Was very nice to come home and after ditching all that weight, to tuck into a nice big bowl :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 30, 2016, 05:09:35 AM
Bought a Japanese lunch for Kayleigh and me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 30, 2016, 07:39:52 AM
Groceries.

And some handmade tatting spools. Thought it was time to learn something new.  :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 30, 2016, 08:32:33 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 30, 2016, 07:39:52 AM
Groceries.

And some handmade tatting spools. Thought it was time to learn something new.  :nerdy:

I want a two weeks progress report.

I tried that about 7+ years ago when I found a lot of them at a rummage sale. Ending up selling them on fleabay two months later...what a mess that was.  :LOL:

Hope you have better luck. :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 30, 2016, 10:04:45 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 30, 2016, 08:32:33 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 30, 2016, 07:39:52 AM
Groceries.

And some handmade tatting spools. Thought it was time to learn something new.  :nerdy:

I want a two weeks progress report.

I tried that about 7+ years ago when I found a lot of them at a rummage sale. Ending up selling them on fleabay two months later...what a mess that was.  :LOL:

Hope you have better luck. :thumbup:

First have to find yarn that is suitable for this. Heard it made a massive difference, type of yarn. Woman who made them described the effects of different yarn very graphically. Working with one type of yarn was like working with slimy fish that were alive and squirming to get away.
 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 30, 2016, 04:50:38 PM
Bought a USB to lightning cable for the iPhone. The old one gave up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 30, 2016, 11:30:09 PM
Bought two shirts for $30. Also bought asthma meds, chicken and leek pies, milk and cereal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on May 01, 2016, 11:49:37 AM
Picked up my new suitcase this weekend.
This one has more pockets than my old one, but the duffle bag straps are not detachable, which is the smallest of minuses.
I spent a couple of years looking for this on ebay, hoping to find a used one that was not too badly damaged. This one is new with tags.

It's a sharper image backpack/duffle bag/trolley. It has functional backpack straps, rollerblade wheels and duffle bag straps. Py and I had to take turns using my old one. It goes in the overhead bin with no issues - I once packed six weeks worth of clothing in it and still fit it in the overhead. Now Py has her own and I have my own. they also wear like iron - in all the years of mishandling when i did check it, the old one only lost one zipper pull and has one inconsequential wonky zipper.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 01, 2016, 01:23:08 PM
Managed to find 6 apples for 3 cents a piece in the marked down produce bin.  They're practically perfect.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2016, 04:08:16 PM
  I bought new headphones today.  The old ones just quit working suddenly, they stopped transmitting
  sound into my right ear!  So now I have the new ones and they work great.  Listening to music now.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 01, 2016, 09:25:20 PM
Boiled linseed oil and masking tape
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 02, 2016, 09:55:22 AM
Quote from: Parts on May 01, 2016, 09:25:20 PM
Boiled linseed oil and masking tape

 Someone is going to have some fun.  :cfm:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 03, 2016, 05:11:46 PM
A cat fountain.

Pump went on the fur kids fountain.

Got a nice deal on a much better one.

It's different.
Different is not good.
They are drinking out of a bowl, circling it, and glaring at me now.

Damn furry little ass pies. :roar:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 04, 2016, 03:00:20 PM
Bought dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 04, 2016, 03:14:57 PM
What kind?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on May 04, 2016, 03:17:19 PM
Their regular Pilsner. It's all we can get here in the US.  :bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 04, 2016, 03:17:47 PM
Steel wool to knit gloves with.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 04, 2016, 03:19:07 PM
Quote from: Pappy on May 04, 2016, 03:17:19 PM
Their regular Pilsner. It's all we can get here in the US.  :bigcry:

You need to visit Prague. :beergrin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on May 04, 2016, 05:25:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 04, 2016, 03:19:07 PM
Quote from: Pappy on May 04, 2016, 03:17:19 PM
Their regular Pilsner. It's all we can get here in the US.  :bigcry:

You need to visit Prague. :beergrin:

Funny you should mention that.

I might be going on a Viking river cruise from Paris to Prague next year.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 05, 2016, 10:01:06 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 04, 2016, 03:17:47 PM
Steel wool to knit gloves with.

  Steel wool gloves?  Are we going on another crusade?  (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/battle/crusader.gif)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 05, 2016, 12:58:49 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 05, 2016, 10:01:06 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 04, 2016, 03:17:47 PM
Steel wool to knit gloves with.

  Steel wool gloves?  Are we going on another crusade?  (http://freesmileyface.net/smiley/battle/crusader.gif)
I was wondering too.

Should we polish the chastity belts for those who will stay at home?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 05, 2016, 01:14:54 PM
Quote from: Pappy on May 04, 2016, 05:25:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 04, 2016, 03:19:07 PM
Quote from: Pappy on May 04, 2016, 03:17:19 PM
Their regular Pilsner. It's all we can get here in the US.  :bigcry:

You need to visit Prague. :beergrin:

Funny you should mention that.

I might be going on a Viking river cruise from Paris to Prague next year.

You should. Prague is awesome, one of my favourite European cities.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on May 05, 2016, 01:41:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 05, 2016, 01:14:54 PM
Quote from: Pappy on May 04, 2016, 05:25:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 04, 2016, 03:19:07 PM
You need to visit Prague. :beergrin:

Funny you should mention that.

I might be going on a Viking river cruise from Paris to Prague next year.

You should. Prague is awesome, one of my favourite European cities.

That's what my brother says. He's the one who suggested that particular trip.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 05, 2016, 01:53:05 PM
It's also dirt cheap. You can get a decent hotel and eat well without being robbed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 05, 2016, 02:21:40 PM
This.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 05, 2016, 02:22:15 PM
This.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 05, 2016, 02:22:42 PM
This.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 05, 2016, 02:23:29 PM
This.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 05, 2016, 02:24:04 PM
This.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 05, 2016, 02:42:06 PM
Nice Jesse.  I don't like brown/beige/tan so I don't usually comment on those colored minerals/gems/rocks.  I do like these.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 05, 2016, 02:51:00 PM
Thank you. It's ok, comment on what you like. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 05, 2016, 03:00:39 PM
  Is that heart-shaped one made of turquoise?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on May 05, 2016, 03:10:39 PM
Nope. Amazonite from Madagascar

The rest of it is:

Malachite
Smokey Quartz
Ruby crystal in Fuchsite
Faceted Lapis Lazuli
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 05, 2016, 03:17:01 PM
Ether
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 05, 2016, 03:21:50 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 05, 2016, 03:17:01 PM
Ether

  Subduing an enemy? :heisenberg:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 05, 2016, 03:25:31 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 05, 2016, 03:21:50 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 05, 2016, 03:17:01 PM
Ether

  Subduing an enemy? :heisenberg:

Starting a lawn mower :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 05, 2016, 04:15:28 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 05, 2016, 03:25:31 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on May 05, 2016, 03:21:50 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 05, 2016, 03:17:01 PM
Ether

  Subduing an enemy? :heisenberg:

Starting a lawn mower :green:

  Got it.  Mum's the word.  :evillaugh: :trollface:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 06, 2016, 10:42:53 AM
Food and drink. Just paying for it. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on May 06, 2016, 11:21:31 AM
Some really expensive certificates.  At least they have nice calligraphy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 06, 2016, 02:06:18 PM
Quote from: Hubert, Esq. on May 06, 2016, 11:21:31 AM
Some really expensive certificates.  At least they have nice calligraphy.

Did you buy frames for them too?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 06, 2016, 06:02:01 PM
Last thing I bought was a coffee on the way home from picking my daughter up from school
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 07, 2016, 03:42:55 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 03, 2016, 05:11:46 PM
A cat fountain.

Pump went on the fur kids fountain.

Got a nice deal on a much better one.

It's different.
Different is not good.
They are drinking out of a bowl, circling it, and glaring at me now.

Damn furry little ass pies. :roar:
Our cat Liam used to only drink out of the bathroom sink tap and sometimes we would accidentally leave it running. The first fountain we bought him was a failure - it just had water bubbling from the middle of it. The second fountain has been much better as it has a running stream of water. Kayleigh put it on the bathroom bench next to the sink. Liam loves it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 07, 2016, 12:00:52 PM
A coffee and a Powerball ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 08, 2016, 02:29:52 AM
Many many bottles of good brown ale, as my local  corner shop had them  out of date so down to 49p a bottle, r its called.
ester
a 1/4 oz of herb, yesterday. All gone now though. .and a tram ticket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 14, 2016, 03:32:05 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 30, 2016, 08:32:33 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on April 30, 2016, 07:39:52 AM
Groceries.

And some handmade tatting spools. Thought it was time to learn something new.  :nerdy:

I want a two weeks progress report.

I tried that about 7+ years ago when I found a lot of them at a rummage sale. Ending up selling them on fleabay two months later...what a mess that was.  :LOL:

Hope you have better luck. :thumbup:

Here's the two weeks report.

First attempts were miserable, mainly because I got interrupted with big things when trying.

Here is what I fiddled the past two days. Most of it yesterday, during small breaks in housekeeping.

(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc445/hetiswat/Handwerken/tatting_zpsf5e2kaqn.jpg) (http://s1212.photobucket.com/user/hetiswat/media/Handwerken/tatting_zpsf5e2kaqn.jpg.html)

Going really slow. Once it goes smooth, I can speed up a bit, I hope.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 14, 2016, 01:15:56 PM
WTF is that?

Bought two bags of 'soft eating liquorice'
Short (about one inch each) lengths of soft black liquorice. Bout two bags of that from my local pharmacy whilst waiting for a script to be filled. And a 'chupa-chups' candy lollypop,, the price of which I didn't QUITE have so I now owe that pharmacist 4 pence.

Bought a bottle of that really delicious rose-spiked fentiman's fermented nonalcoholic lemonade. Got one glass one of that bottle plus a little left to drink down in one big swallow.
Plus, while I didn't buy it, I have just BEEN bought a fried fish in batter and some chips. Just heating it in the MW now (I was fast asleep before, just woke up, lying on the sofa when it got here, just tucking in now, with a bottle each of irn bru and some coke.)


Mmmm *buuurrrrp*
That was good. Just finished munching that down. My old man just went and got the family a fish&chip supper. Already had the drinks. That filled a dirty great yawning chasm, yum, that was really good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 14, 2016, 01:21:35 PM
Quote from: Lestat on May 14, 2016, 01:15:56 PM
WTF is that?

My first 'decent' attempts using tatting techniques. It's just stitches, nothing more than that. Only learning the technique. Later I may be trying to make bits of lace.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 14, 2016, 01:34:31 PM
I mean, wtf is tatting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 14, 2016, 01:49:43 PM
Quote from: Lestat on May 14, 2016, 01:34:31 PM
I mean, wtf is tatting.

^This.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 14, 2016, 04:14:31 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 14, 2016, 01:49:43 PM
Quote from: Lestat on May 14, 2016, 01:34:31 PM
I mean, wtf is tatting.

^This.

  Tatting is a lacemaking technique.  Hyke's lace will make lovely trim for the royal gowns! :queenie:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 14, 2016, 06:47:21 PM
Tatting is devilishly difficult to do IMHO.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 14, 2016, 07:09:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 14, 2016, 01:49:43 PM
Quote from: Lestat on May 14, 2016, 01:34:31 PM
I mean, wtf is tatting.

^This.

Frivolite. The French word describes it well. It's a frivolous thing to do. Doesn't produce things for handy daily use.

With the aid of either shuttles or long needlles a type of lace can be made. It has intriguid me since I was a little kid. Now I am exploring how it works.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 14, 2016, 07:17:54 PM
I'll stick to keeping my art in its homes of glass and quartz.

Lol hyke. Thats the EXACT sort of motivation I have myself, for my own art. I do like mine to be USEFUL though (which isn't a criticism of you hyke) not at all. merely, my own preference.
I like my hobbies to produce something useful out of it, (and even better, to pay their way, a net monetary gain, rather than the hobby simply sucking down money, I like the way my own hobby  while not always, to pay for itself at least. If there is a profit at the end, so much the better of course :heisenberg:

But I do want it as much as possible to at least, pay for its own upkeep, I admit I could make more than I do, but I do so like the reward at the end of a long, potentially quite mentally and financially taxing project of being able to afford going on ebay, etc. and having the freedom not just to buy essentials (despite what people may say, yes, they are indeed essential!http://www.intensitysquared.com/Smileys/default/green.gif
But to be able to search around until I've found things I simply LIKE,  such as say, treating myself to a new separatory  funnel, or some new ultramicroscale glassware pieces, just to flick through whats on offer until I find something I can both use, and that I really really like, and want for myself.

The last time, I bought myself a Kipp gas generator, identical to the one in the picture here. It did cost me quite a bit, more than I'd spend on something noncritical otherwise
But having earned enough to pay for it, and some left over too, I went for the auction, and won http://www.intensitysquared.com/Smileys/default/santa2.gif
Despite being a somewhat old piece of equipment (I mean, from the date it was first invented, not the specific item I myself have, I don't know where or when it came from. They are outmoded in most commercial labs these days because people just buy pressurized gas bottles. Whilst I can buy SOME gases like that, many useful ones, chlorine cylinders, hydrogen sulfide, and hydrogen cyanide in particular, as well as SO2, I can't lay hold of, not for want of money, I just have nobody to buy them from, so I do things the old fashioned way (circa 1800s in origin)
and it works just the same way now as it would do then. (Kipp generators are for producing steady streams of gases on-tap, via a pressure equalization mechanism, turn the tap on, get gas, turn it off, stop getting gas. Main difference is that they don't come out dry, and as such, often  need drying by the operator, assuming dry gas is actually a requirement of the user at the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipp%27s_apparatus

And it LOOKS great too, standing on the lab bench, its got to be about the most stylish and neat looking of all my equipment, maybe outmatched by my micro-scale equipment, because those are just cute (I.e things like tiny, tiny tiny little 5ml or even 2.5ml flasks, or the all-in-one 5ml pear-shaped two-neck flask with built in condenser and column, vacuum adaptor etc, although now the top inlet is damaged, because the fucking bastard pigs trashed the place, and I've simply never even SEEN such a piece again, anywhere. I can still use it for some things
but its irreplaceable, and absolutely heartbreaking to have it damaged like that :(

It isn't even the money, its that I can't even FIND another, let alone buy it, I have a hunch it may well have been something someone had made specially to order from a glassblower, although
I've kept the other broken bit in case I can ever get it repaired.




Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on May 15, 2016, 12:54:52 AM
a frame for a poster i have had since undergrad. it is a quote from alan greenspan and described my communication issues exactly.

"I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant"
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 15, 2016, 06:12:11 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 14, 2016, 06:47:21 PM
Tatting is devilishly difficult to do IMHO.

Have you tried it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 15, 2016, 07:59:10 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 15, 2016, 06:12:11 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 14, 2016, 06:47:21 PM
Tatting is devilishly difficult to do IMHO.

Have you tried it?

I couldn't even get the fricking bobbin open.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 16, 2016, 01:51:32 AM
The wooden shuttles I use don't have that problem.
Know what you mean though. Tried to open a shuttle with a spool and it bruised my fingers. Will not use shuttles that I have to pry open to get a spool out. Most shuttles are without a separate spool.

I may post an updated report for IQ later in the day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 16, 2016, 07:57:51 AM
Yeah.  Mine were metal/tinny things.  I really want to learn.  My Great Grandmother couldn't do it to save her life.  Maybe I inherited her tatting genes.  There should be some youtube video I'll look up whenever I get the urge to tat again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 16, 2016, 11:27:14 AM
Took me quite some attempts of blundering, till a few days ago it suddenly made sense to my hands and brain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 16, 2016, 01:58:02 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 16, 2016, 03:09:19 PM
Nothing. Shops were closed yesterday and today, because of Pentecost. Takes two days in the Netherlands, and in small villages like mine, shops are closed both days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on May 16, 2016, 03:57:21 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 16, 2016, 03:09:19 PM
Nothing. Shops were closed yesterday and today, because of Pentecost. Takes two days in the Netherlands, and in small villages like mine, shops are closed both days.
haven't heard that word since my days as a catholic.

i bought groceries and saved some plants from the snow by purchasing them. some marigolds and i forget what the other things were. might try to plant them later in the week when it gets warmer.
chicken for $1.99 a lb CDN
porterhouse listed as t-bone for $9/lb. here they call it a t-bone and include the tenderloin because they can't sell filet mignon to us poor people. i would find it hard to believe that they didn't know what it was. when we grill it py gets the strip and part of the tenderloin and i get part of the tenderloin which is nicer to my teeth.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 16, 2016, 06:33:52 PM
Compressor valve
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 16, 2016, 11:12:03 PM
Well, we updated our cable service this week end, but I think they fucked up.

There was a promotional discount effective for two years if we signed up for the upgrade this month.

Great, right!! Only problem is that we were suppose the get faster internet speeds and a few more channels, like maybe forty more than the basic service that we had before.
Now we have over two thousand cable channels, even some expensive stuff, like five NFL sports channels (do mot even know how many golf, tennis, fishing, hunting and foreign channels we have now) and seven racing channels covering stuff from all over the world. It is kind of cool, but WAY more than we can ever use.

Pretty sure they fucked up and I need to call them so I do not receive a bill for over two hundred dollars next month.

Oh, we were supposed to pay about twelve dollars more per month, not more than double. I really have no need for all these channels.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 22, 2016, 02:42:17 PM
Spent around $100 at tag and estate sales yesterday got a load of tools, a unicycle, air force fight coveralls, and a rather nice mineral collection
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 22, 2016, 06:26:23 PM
Quote from: Pappy on May 22, 2016, 02:43:33 PM
This won't be up for much longer, but this is what I bought.  8)

http://corvallis.craigslist.org/mcd/5529691113.html

 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 23, 2016, 04:01:48 AM
I know nothing about motorbikes but have to say that it is a nice shade of blue. ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:09:55 PM
A wifi router.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 23, 2016, 01:11:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:09:55 PM
A wifi router.

Cool! What did you get?
 :fish2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:12:53 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 23, 2016, 01:11:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:09:55 PM
A wifi router.

Cool! What did you get?
 :fish2:

A Linksys wrt1900 acs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 23, 2016, 05:17:47 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:12:53 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 23, 2016, 01:11:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:09:55 PM
A wifi router.

Cool! What did you get?
 :fish2:

A Linksys wrt1900 acs.

Sounds just like mine as far as specs. Mine is a Netgear, AC1900.  I posted a pic of it the day I bought it.
It has been a while.
 :dunno:


With the popularity of online ALL HOME security devices, there are insanely "powerful"  routers available if one has the need.

We sell one crazy variety for those households that is AC3900 quad "channel" with its own battery back up built in. Around nine hundred dollars.


Mine works fine. You will love yours!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 24, 2016, 04:55:38 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 23, 2016, 05:17:47 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:12:53 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 23, 2016, 01:11:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:09:55 PM
A wifi router.

Cool! What did you get?
 :fish2:

A Linksys wrt1900 acs.

Sounds just like mine as far as specs. Mine is a Netgear, AC1900.  I posted a pic of it the day I bought it.
It has been a while.
 :dunno:


With the popularity of online ALL HOME security devices, there are insanely "powerful"  routers available if one has the need.

We sell one crazy variety for those households that is AC3900 quad "channel" with its own battery back up built in. Around nine hundred dollars.


Mine works fine. You will love yours!

I'm also thinking about adding a switch to the mix. I need something to extend parts of my new network.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 24, 2016, 06:01:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:12:53 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 23, 2016, 01:11:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:09:55 PM
A wifi router.

Cool! What did you get?
 :fish2:

A Linksys wrt1900 acs.

They support dd-wrt now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 25, 2016, 05:19:42 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 24, 2016, 06:01:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:12:53 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 23, 2016, 01:11:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 23, 2016, 01:09:55 PM
A wifi router.

Cool! What did you get?
 :fish2:

A Linksys wrt1900 acs.

They support dd-wrt now.

Yeah, they do, and I'm wondering if that is what I should use.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 25, 2016, 03:07:37 PM
4 bottles of carbonated elderflower presse. the shop charged me only for two of them. Meant to have been £2.39 a bottle, I had a fiver, went to pick myself out 2 bottles of the stuff, and the
lady at the till asked me for only £2.39. So I went back and grabbed another two bottles, I'm just drinking the last of the stuff now, mixed with cherry wine and with a 'max orange' calippo
broken into chunks, tossed in to cool and flavour it as the pieces bob about on top. A splash, just  a wee  dash of brandy in it would have been nice, but I CBF be going out to the shops again; as I have just got home from going for a chinese.

Got two big portions of king prawn egg fried rice, two chinese style aromatic crispy ducks, a banana fritter for later, a big tub of fat, juicy ripe strawberries my folks gave me, and the chinese  place's owner threw me in a free huge bag of prawn crackers.

Plus plenty snacks, a bottle of powerade, a couple of tubs of super-sour and blazing raging hot fireball candy, and some 'push pop' bubblegum (i think) candys etc. 'party ring' iced cookies and other stuff besides.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 25, 2016, 04:47:48 PM
 :poop: for the garden
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 25, 2016, 07:12:13 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 25, 2016, 04:47:48 PM
:poop: for the garden

  I like this because it could be taken figuratively at first ... "I bought some shit for the garden."
   Meaning some stuff.  But then it turns out you bought actual shit for the garden!  :poop:  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 26, 2016, 12:51:17 AM
Bought a Linksys switch for my new LAN.

Apparently the fibre broadband we were supposed to have by now has been delayed and nobody seems to know why, so I couldn't be arsed to hook up the switch. >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 26, 2016, 03:16:30 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 26, 2016, 12:51:17 AM
Bought a Linksys switch for my new LAN.

Apparently the fibre broadband we were supposed to have by now has been delayed and nobody seems to know why, so I couldn't be arsed to hook up the switch. >:(
In my Wireless class next week I will be setting up a Linksys router and changing its security settings as a test. I have been practicing for it by using Cisco Packet Tracer. It has been interesting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 26, 2016, 03:56:53 AM
http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/hack-like-pro-use-netcat-swiss-army-knife-hacking-tools-0148657/


You can download this little tool, netcat, for nothing, its only a few hundred kb in size, but god damn its versatile and adapable.  Whatever your planning, then you want it around. TCP/UDP toolkit, and used in conjunction with a decent quality sniffer on the network you can pull all kinds of interesting, useful and nifty exploits. Such as setting up backdoors via a 'reverse' netcat session using a pair of instances of the software one on the remote (target) host one on the local machine, getting it listening for a connection and then having the remotehost copy of netcat initiate the outgoing connection. Neatly bypassing a firewall  in some cases, if they are programmed only to block an incoming TCP connection to that port. (I've not explored its UDP capabilities as much though)

But its not ONLY useful for black-hatted shits and giggles,  its absolutely indispensable for diagnostics, using an ethernet sniffer on the network to see the packet traffic in realtime, using netcat to design the packets to be sent as probes. Good for remote-fingerprinting an OS as well if you know what your doing with it (need to be aware, or at least find info on how specific OS TCP/IP stacks respond to specific probes, such as both standard, and deliberately malformed packets. Watching for such things as the structure of error messages if any are forthcoming when you send a packet, mallformed in different ways, to open ports, closed ports, the wrong type of port (TCP or IP packet to a UDP port, and the other way round etc, closed and open), the sky is the limit really. If you want something even more capable, get yourself a copy of the nemesis project online. That one is perfect for a comprehensive packet-crafter toolkit, including if your that way inclined, functionality that will suit the sort of stuff thats all very, very black hat. Mind you, that really depends on what your inclined towards getting up to, just think of it as a very sharp knife and a lot bigger than a swiss army knife, and as such a lot better for cutting, chopping slicing and stabbing. The only question is WHAT is to be sliced, diced and chopped and the intent of the user.  (think of it like a stick of dynamite. You can use it when you go out on a walk to do some mineral prospecting, once you find a suitable target needing blasting before you get to take your sacks of rock chunks home with you. But weather you turn those big hunks of thorium ore into a small sample for your element collection of metallic thorium, or you build say, a breeder reactor, or if your some filthy fucking allahsturbating sack of putrescent muhammid-raping, paedophile-worshipping islamonigger

pig jism intent on building a radiological weapon, that depends on who the user is and what they wish to do, not upon the tools, which do the same in a white hand or a paki bastard's trotters.

Those broken, radioisotope-laden thorite/monazite chunks/sand do not possess an opinion one way or the other about what happens to them, and the Th metal refined from it decays at the same rate, releasing the exact same quantity, type and ratio of decay products for any given isotope(s) without respect to the owner, or caring about anything else for that matter. Same goes for tools that are eminently suitable for being kept under hats blacker than a blistering stream of vitriolic curse words in a coal mine. Indeed that sort of netwoork enumeration tool, the sort that are designed with the black-hatted in mind from the start, are usually better than the rest because they are written with advanced users and technically complex uses in mind from day one (or ground zero, for the two may well resemble each other closely in that case :P)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 26, 2016, 04:15:40 AM
I don't know if you understand what a basic level I am at. Certainly not hacking, heh. I even asked where I should plug the router in. It's wireless. What a dunce I am!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 26, 2016, 11:20:42 AM
Quote from: renaeden on May 26, 2016, 04:15:40 AM
I don't know if you understand what a basic level I am at. Certainly not hacking, heh. I even asked where I should plug the router in. It's wireless. What a dunce I am!

Not a dunce!

One of my favorite questions to ask a "Just learning" or unsophisticated customer:

"Are you sure you have all the cables needed to hook up your new wireless system?"

 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 26, 2016, 03:48:18 PM
Small bins to put tools in for the flea market
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 27, 2016, 12:29:21 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 26, 2016, 11:20:42 AM
Quote from: renaeden on May 26, 2016, 04:15:40 AM
I don't know if you understand what a basic level I am at. Certainly not hacking, heh. I even asked where I should plug the router in. It's wireless. What a dunce I am!

Not a dunce!

One of my favorite questions to ask a "Just learning" or unsophisticated customer:

"Are you sure you have all the cables needed to hook up your new wireless system?"

 :zombiefuck:

Interestingly, wireless systems do require *some* cables. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 27, 2016, 02:37:11 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 27, 2016, 12:29:21 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 26, 2016, 11:20:42 AM
Quote from: renaeden on May 26, 2016, 04:15:40 AM
I don't know if you understand what a basic level I am at. Certainly not hacking, heh. I even asked where I should plug the router in. It's wireless. What a dunce I am!

Not a dunce!

One of my favorite questions to ask a "Just learning" or unsophisticated customer:

"Are you sure you have all the cables needed to hook up your new wireless system?"

 :zombiefuck:

Interestingly, wireless systems do require *some* cables. :P
Yup, could not set up mine, because they had sent me a rotten cable. Went to the place where I had gotten the contract and asked them to check the cable where according to troubleshooter the problem was. They checked the cable and said it was fine. So a mechanic had to come to do the hooking up of everything. Turned out the cable was rotten after all.
Mechanic was free of charge, and while he was herehe brought some sockets up to date for free.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 27, 2016, 05:51:09 AM
Knock on wood my "little" setup has been fairly stable lately. Not the fastest, but stable.

Underground lines are great, but not when they where installed long before dsl and cable. No one even wants to touch this mess.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 27, 2016, 04:51:03 PM
A bunch of old tools at an estate sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 27, 2016, 09:47:25 PM
Two bottle of Coke Zero at college. I think I am spending too much on drinks but because my mouth is so dry all the time (medication side effect) I need to drink. I don't like water.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 27, 2016, 09:55:25 PM
Have you tried those water flavoring drops? Personally don't like them, but don't mind water.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 27, 2016, 10:09:17 PM
Do you mean like Soda Stream? We have those but since Christmas the shops haven't been stocking the diet flavours I like except cola which tastes yuck. Before I was having ginger ale, ginger beer and lemonade.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 27, 2016, 10:22:49 PM
There's tons of different brands and different flavors of them here. Looked up soda stream, and don't think that's the same thing. It's just tiny bottles of concentrated flavoring to put in water. Just google water flavor drops.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 27, 2016, 10:56:07 PM
Quote from: Jack on May 27, 2016, 10:22:49 PM
There's tons of different brands and different flavors of them here. Looked up soda stream, and don't think that's the same thing. It's just tiny bottles of concentrated flavoring to put in water. Just google water flavor drops.
In the grocery stores here, they're in the drink aisle next to the cool aid packets and other powdered drink mixes. Put some in a care package for the oldest years ago, bought some of the liquid ones and also some that were tiny single size packets of dry mix, tea and lemonade flavor, and things like that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 28, 2016, 04:53:15 AM
Have you tried slices of ginger in water? Or do you need the sweetness too?
I now have a bottle with cold water, slices of ginger root, lemon and mint in the fridge. If you need sweetness to make things drinkable, maybe adding a seweetener would help.
Time to get creative?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2016, 07:36:18 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 27, 2016, 12:29:21 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 26, 2016, 11:20:42 AM
Quote from: renaeden on May 26, 2016, 04:15:40 AM
I don't know if you understand what a basic level I am at. Certainly not hacking, heh. I even asked where I should plug the router in. It's wireless. What a dunce I am!

Not a dunce!

One of my favorite questions to ask a "Just learning" or unsophisticated customer:

"Are you sure you have all the cables needed to hook up your new wireless system?"

 :zombiefuck:

Interestingly, wireless systems do require *some* cables. :P

Imagine that reality sprung upon the novice all at once.

 :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2016, 07:45:09 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 27, 2016, 05:51:09 AM
Knock on wood my "little" setup has been fairly stable lately. Not the fastest, but stable.

Underground lines are great, but not when they where installed long before dsl and cable. No one even wants to touch this mess.

Mine are underground, installed around '90. We buried an extra six inch plumbing pipe just for cabling to the house.  The "promise from the city"  at the time was that the entire area was going for underground utilities and very "sanitary" look to the neighborhood.

It never happened. I have a pole on my streetside corner that feeds "everything"  in four directions, Honestly, it looks like some kind of "'rigged" together crap that one would see in a third world country.

Fucking HATE that horrid pole and the destruction of my view of sunsets that results.

So going to our twenty something year old house, we are clean, but everyone else needs to enter the late '80s tech!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2016, 07:54:47 AM
Quote from: Pappy on May 27, 2016, 10:23:57 PM
Ginger Ale is :viking:

I find the ones which actually use REAL ginger  in the process. It is thought that ginger is beneficial to brain function. Probably a good idea for some of us old farts with certain horrors in our family history.
I use about a two liter per week as an after dinner drink.



One of the best things about taking ginger to improve brain function is that I believe it might help to remember where I put the Viagra.
 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2016, 07:58:10 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 28, 2016, 04:53:15 AM
Have you tried slices of ginger in water? Or do you need the sweetness too?
I now have a bottle with cold water, slices of ginger root, lemon and mint in the fridge. If you need sweetness to make things drinkable, maybe adding a seweetener would help.
Time to get creative?

Have you tried using a zester on your fresh ginger to add some to teas?

It is a serious "bitter"  so maybe some honey and salt to balance (yep, salt in tea, sacrilege, right?)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 28, 2016, 12:41:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 28, 2016, 07:58:10 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 28, 2016, 04:53:15 AM
Have you tried slices of ginger in water? Or do you need the sweetness too?
I now have a bottle with cold water, slices of ginger root, lemon and mint in the fridge. If you need sweetness to make things drinkable, maybe adding a seweetener would help.
Time to get creative?

Have you tried using a zester on your fresh ginger to add some to teas?

It is a serious "bitter"  so maybe some honey and salt to balance (yep, salt in tea, sacrilege, right?)
I'm going to try that. I know how lemon zest gets more bitter when heated. I like the thought of that in tea on a n either hot or cold day. Does the salt back up the ginger and tea flavours?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 28, 2016, 01:44:14 PM
More old tools including an adze my second one in as many days
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2016, 08:25:36 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 28, 2016, 12:41:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 28, 2016, 07:58:10 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 28, 2016, 04:53:15 AM
Have you tried slices of ginger in water? Or do you need the sweetness too?
I now have a bottle with cold water, slices of ginger root, lemon and mint in the fridge. If you need sweetness to make things drinkable, maybe adding a seweetener would help.
Time to get creative?

Have you tried using a zester on your fresh ginger to add some to teas?

It is a serious "bitter"  so maybe some honey and salt to balance (yep, salt in tea, sacrilege, right?)
I'm going to try that. I know how lemon zest gets more bitter when heated. I like the thought of that in tea on a n either hot or cold day. Does the salt back up the ginger and tea flavours?

The salt (small amount) levels the two bitters; tea and ginger. It marries well with honey. I only barely tolerate mint. but this might be a time for some.

I do not enjoy mint, but many do pursue aromatics of all types for their teas.  I sometimes use manzanilla or cilantro as aromatics in tea.

Manzanilla has a more common name; I just can not thin of it right now.



Edit:
Oh!  It is also called chamomile, which I grow in the west facing areas of my garden. (sorry, I learned about manzinilla from my Indian "friends" growing up. I call it by the native name) The entire plant is medicinal but the flowers are super loaded with flavor. That is the beginning of the name "Little Apple." A tiny bit of chamomile can also offset a few bitters
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 28, 2016, 08:56:26 PM
Quote from: Jack on May 27, 2016, 10:56:07 PM
Quote from: Jack on May 27, 2016, 10:22:49 PM
There's tons of different brands and different flavors of them here. Looked up soda stream, and don't think that's the same thing. It's just tiny bottles of concentrated flavoring to put in water. Just google water flavor drops.
In the grocery stores here, they're in the drink aisle next to the cool aid packets and other powdered drink mixes. Put some in a care package for the oldest years ago, bought some of the liquid ones and also some that were tiny single size packets of dry mix, tea and lemonade flavor, and things like that.
Sounds like cordial to me. Used to drink that before we got Soda Stream. Kayleigh said we we will probably have to get our flavours online.
Quote from: Pappy on May 27, 2016, 10:23:57 PM
Ginger Ale is :viking:
I agree. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 29, 2016, 01:18:08 AM
Bought various network-related stuff to finalise the new LAN.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 02, 2016, 03:09:25 PM
Smoke bombs for the woodchuck
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 03, 2016, 05:50:28 AM
Quote from: Parts on June 02, 2016, 03:09:25 PM
Smoke bombs for the woodchuck
 

  (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/GilGrissomCSI/woodchuck.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 03, 2016, 07:08:03 PM
Some clothes at the rummage sale and one of the SO's very favorite movies.

"Legends of the Fall"

For those of you that have never seen it.

Brother #1 brings wife to be home to meet father and other 2 brothers before going off to war.

Brother #2 takes up with wife to be after Brother #1 dies in war.

Brother #3 marries wife to be after Brother #2 runs away from the mess.

Wife to be, now wife of #3 still loves #2 and kills herself after he returns.


I think it's one of the stupidest movies ever, but he's happy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 04, 2016, 04:17:25 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 03, 2016, 07:08:03 PM
Some clothes at the rummage sale and one of the SO's very favorite movies.

"Legends of the Fall"

For those of you that have never seen it.

Brother #1 brings wife to be home to meet father and other 2 brothers before going off to war.

Brother #2 takes up with wife to be after Brother #1 dies in war.

Brother #3 marries wife to be after Brother #2 runs away from the mess.

Wife to be, now wife of #3 still loves #2 and kills herself after he returns.


I think it's one of the stupidest movies ever, but he's happy.

  After he returns? ... *Shatner pause* ... but why?  :chin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 04, 2016, 01:05:18 PM
Bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 04, 2016, 01:20:07 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 04, 2016, 04:17:25 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 03, 2016, 07:08:03 PM
Some clothes at the rummage sale and one of the SO's very favorite movies.

"Legends of the Fall"

For those of you that have never seen it.

Brother #1 brings wife to be home to meet father and other 2 brothers before going off to war.

Brother #2 takes up with wife to be after Brother #1 dies in war.

Brother #3 marries wife to be after Brother #2 runs away from the mess.

Wife to be, now wife of #3 still loves #2 and kills herself after he returns.


I think it's one of the stupidest movies ever, but he's happy.

  After he returns? ... *Shatner pause* ... but why?  :chin:

#2 marries another...who is killed, and even after his wife is gone...he wants no part of wife of brother #3 who still loves him.

She is a special little snowflake that cannot take his rejection.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 04, 2016, 01:41:04 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 04, 2016, 01:20:07 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 04, 2016, 04:17:25 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 03, 2016, 07:08:03 PM
Some clothes at the rummage sale and one of the SO's very favorite movies.

"Legends of the Fall"

For those of you that have never seen it.

Brother #1 brings wife to be home to meet father and other 2 brothers before going off to war.

Brother #2 takes up with wife to be after Brother #1 dies in war.

Brother #3 marries wife to be after Brother #2 runs away from the mess.

Wife to be, now wife of #3 still loves #2 and kills herself after he returns.


I think it's one of the stupidest movies ever, but he's happy.

  After he returns? ... *Shatner pause* ... but why?  :chin:

#2 marries another...who is killed, and even after his wife is gone...he wants no part of wife of brother #3 who still loves him.

She is a special little snowflake that cannot take his rejection.

It's a baffling film, but with a good soundtrack.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 04, 2016, 03:11:13 PM
I think I'll see The Lobster instead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 04, 2016, 03:28:05 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 04, 2016, 03:11:13 PM
I think I'll see The Lobster instead.

You're better off.

The soundtrack is good, but the whole story line gives me a headache.

Today's scores:
Three vintage kitchen appliances new in the box...2 that will bring me some nice $$, the other is a keeper.
A real tv stand for the kid... :asthing: I get my flip up coffee table back.
Some assorted clothes.
...and a box full of classic Nintendo NES games, some rare with assorted booklets and controllers for $10.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on June 04, 2016, 09:46:53 PM
as requested. picked it up today. going to have tea to inaugurate it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 05, 2016, 01:01:15 AM
^Oooh, I like that. :)

I bought groceries mainly for myself since Kayleigh was going to be away for the weekend. But she came home early.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 05, 2016, 03:36:22 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 03, 2016, 07:08:03 PM
Some clothes at the rummage sale and one of the SO's very favorite movies.

"Legends of the Fall"

For those of you that have never seen it.

Brother #1 brings wife to be home to meet father and other 2 brothers before going off to war.

Brother #2 takes up with wife to be after Brother #1 dies in war.

Brother #3 marries wife to be after Brother #2 runs away from the mess.

Wife to be, now wife of #3 still loves #2 and kills herself after he returns.


I think it's one of the stupidest movies ever, but he's happy.
:LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 05, 2016, 06:54:25 PM
Can't find the right thread to put this in, but wolfy, I would DISPOSE OF those fiddlehead greens. Dump the things in the trash because they are not fit for human or animal food
Full of toxins most of them. Thiaminases are most common, along with hydrogen cyanide, an unknown toxin in some of them, and in certain ones a really nasty compound called ptilaquoside, an illudane glycoside thats both highly toxic and carcinogenic. Haemolytic, targets red blood cells, can cause blindness, and damages DNA.

You of all people should avoid eating these. I know some people do eat them but they really are not food. They are poisonous and only careful and thorough treatment enables them to be eaten with any degree of relative safety whatsoever. The thiaminases are enzymes, so should be denatured by prolonged boiling, throwing the water and boiling again.
Make me think of false morels they do, in that people's sensitivity varies hugely,  but considering your health and the mode of action of some of the crap in fiddleheads, you really shouldn't be eating them. Ptilaquoside is so nast that even the water table is thought to become poisoned where rich stands of ptilaquoside containing ferns, bracken especially, male  fern is also very poisonous, in bracken rich areas, the incidence of stomach, mouth and throat cancer skyrockets. Even amongst those who don't eat them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on June 05, 2016, 08:03:05 PM
groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 06, 2016, 01:12:24 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 04, 2016, 01:20:07 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 04, 2016, 04:17:25 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 03, 2016, 07:08:03 PM
Some clothes at the rummage sale and one of the SO's very favorite movies.

"Legends of the Fall"

For those of you that have never seen it.

Brother #1 brings wife to be home to meet father and other 2 brothers before going off to war.

Brother #2 takes up with wife to be after Brother #1 dies in war.

Brother #3 marries wife to be after Brother #2 runs away from the mess.

Wife to be, now wife of #3 still loves #2 and kills herself after he returns.


I think it's one of the stupidest movies ever, but he's happy.

  After he returns? ... *Shatner pause* ... but why?  :chin:

#2 marries another...who is killed, and even after his wife is gone...he wants no part of wife of brother #3 who still loves him.

She is a special little snowflake that cannot take his rejection.

  So very sad.  Here is a song about love and loss.  :'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-cd3cNsuyE
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 06, 2016, 09:44:19 AM
Chocolate. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on June 06, 2016, 10:38:36 AM
Quote from: Lestat on June 05, 2016, 06:54:25 PM
Can't find the right thread to put this in, but wolfy, I would DISPOSE OF those fiddlehead greens. Dump the things in the trash because they are not fit for human or animal food
Full of toxins most of them. Thiaminases are most common, along with hydrogen cyanide, an unknown toxin in some of them, and in certain ones a really nasty compound called ptilaquoside, an illudane glycoside thats both highly toxic and carcinogenic. Haemolytic, targets red blood cells, can cause blindness, and damages DNA.

You of all people should avoid eating these. I know some people do eat them but they really are not food. They are poisonous and only careful and thorough treatment enables them to be eaten with any degree of relative safety whatsoever. The thiaminases are enzymes, so should be denatured by prolonged boiling, throwing the water and boiling again.
Make me think of false morels they do, in that people's sensitivity varies hugely,  but considering your health and the mode of action of some of the crap in fiddleheads, you really shouldn't be eating them. Ptilaquoside is so nast that even the water table is thought to become poisoned where rich stands of ptilaquoside containing ferns, bracken especially, male  fern is also very poisonous, in bracken rich areas, the incidence of stomach, mouth and throat cancer skyrockets. Even amongst those who don't eat them.

Obsess much?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 07, 2016, 02:21:06 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 06, 2016, 09:44:19 AM
Chocolate. :orly:

Me too.  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on June 08, 2016, 01:42:54 AM
wasabi, seaweed, kimchi furikake, rice vinegar, GF steel cut oats and tinkyada pasta.

also a staple gun, staples and a knife sharpener.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 10, 2016, 03:19:39 AM
A pack of vegetables and a leek to go in soup. Four different meds, some chocolate, pasta and sour cream.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 10, 2016, 06:49:16 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 10, 2016, 03:19:39 AM
A pack of vegetables and a leek to go in soup. Four different meds, some chocolate, pasta and sour cream.

  You make soup at home?  Do you add marinara sauce?  It's good in vegetable soup.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 10, 2016, 12:34:07 PM
A   Bastard                       














file :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 10, 2016, 02:06:41 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 10, 2016, 12:34:07 PM
A   Bastard                       














file :green:

A flat bastard?

I use mine a lot. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on June 10, 2016, 02:08:55 PM
a new game : Kodama
hoping to get py to play it with me tonight.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on June 10, 2016, 03:34:25 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 10, 2016, 12:34:07 PM
A   Bastard                       














file :green:

YA BASTID!!!  :oneliner:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 10, 2016, 10:43:48 PM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 10, 2016, 06:49:16 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 10, 2016, 03:19:39 AM
A pack of vegetables and a leek to go in soup. Four different meds, some chocolate, pasta and sour cream.

You make soup at home?  Do you add marinara sauce?  It's good in vegetable soup.  :)
I have made soup at home. On Monday (my day off from college) I plan to make chicken and vegetable soup. It will be nice to eat because it is cold here.

I have made pumpkin soup and I plan to make that again, it is easier than I thought it would be.

I don't really like marinara sauce much.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 11, 2016, 05:12:37 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 10, 2016, 06:49:16 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 10, 2016, 03:19:39 AM
A pack of vegetables and a leek to go in soup. Four different meds, some chocolate, pasta and sour cream.

  You make soup at home?  Do you add marinara sauce?  It's good in vegetable soup.  :)

Do you make the marinara sauce yourself?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 11, 2016, 06:39:13 AM
Quote from: hykeaswell on June 11, 2016, 05:12:37 AM
Quote from: couldbecousin on June 10, 2016, 06:49:16 AM
Quote from: renaeden on June 10, 2016, 03:19:39 AM
A pack of vegetables and a leek to go in soup. Four different meds, some chocolate, pasta and sour cream.

  You make soup at home?  Do you add marinara sauce?  It's good in vegetable soup.  :)

Do you make the marinara sauce yourself?

  Oh no.  :laugh:  I made vegetable soup once at work and it came out bland, so I added canned marinara.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 04, 2016, 08:22:31 PM
For the first day in I don't know how long, I DIDN'T BUY A SINGLE THING!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 05, 2016, 02:12:21 AM
I bought lunch - chips and a drink.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 05, 2016, 12:56:45 PM
Bought new maps to the GPS.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 05, 2016, 01:22:50 PM
Ice cream
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on July 05, 2016, 07:30:08 PM
Just a couple books and a board game and lip balm, and some video games (used).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on July 06, 2016, 12:04:54 AM
a head of cabbage as a prelude to pancit for py and coleslaw for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 06, 2016, 01:48:00 PM
Quote from: WolFish on July 06, 2016, 12:04:54 AM
a head of cabbage as a prelude to pancit for py and coleslaw for me.

I have half a head of cabbage left from last week and a recipe for cabbage and bean soup.  If only it weren't so hot outside I'd make it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 06, 2016, 06:36:16 PM
Spray on glue
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 06, 2016, 08:14:45 PM
Clothes for The PR and me.  Looseleaf paper, notebooks, composition books, pencils, index cards and a graphing calculator.

The supplies are dirt cheap right now.  PA uses some for his Russian lessons.  I'm going to teach myself pre-calculus and/or trig this year.  Heaven help us.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 07, 2016, 02:41:36 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 06, 2016, 08:14:45 PM
Clothes for The PR and me.  Looseleaf paper, notebooks, composition books, pencils, index cards and a graphing calculator.

The supplies are dirt cheap right now.  PA uses some for his Russian lessons.  I'm going to teach myself pre-calculus and/or trig this year.  Heaven help us.
Will you teach yourself using computer software? Or books. Whichever, good on you, that stuff is hard.

I bought two photocopies of proof of enrollment at college next semester. 20 cents each. Hehehe. Then posted them off to Centrelink. This is so that I can get an education supplement.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 07, 2016, 08:13:08 AM
Quote from: renaeden on July 07, 2016, 02:41:36 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 06, 2016, 08:14:45 PM
Clothes for The PR and me.  Looseleaf paper, notebooks, composition books, pencils, index cards and a graphing calculator.

The supplies are dirt cheap right now.  PA uses some for his Russian lessons.  I'm going to teach myself pre-calculus and/or trig this year.  Heaven help us.
Will you teach yourself using computer software? Or books. Whichever, good on you, that stuff is hard.

I bought two photocopies of proof of enrollment at college next semester. 20 cents each. Hehehe. Then posted them off to Centrelink. This is so that I can get an education supplement.

books.  Stuck on Ch 1, subsection 1 of Algebra and Trig.  Just a review of terms, but  there are a lot of them. 

Part of the problem is that sometimes I have to know WHY something is called what it's called.  Irrational numbers?  I just decided they were irrational because I couldn't figure out why they weren't rational.  Somethings you have to just take on faith.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 07, 2016, 01:45:18 PM
A box of 1500 small self tapping screws $28  hard to believe they are almost two cents each   :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 07, 2016, 05:10:57 PM
3 sets of pajamas on close-out for $3.00 each
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 07, 2016, 08:03:34 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 07, 2016, 08:13:08 AM
Quote from: renaeden on July 07, 2016, 02:41:36 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 06, 2016, 08:14:45 PM
Clothes for The PR and me.  Looseleaf paper, notebooks, composition books, pencils, index cards and a graphing calculator.

The supplies are dirt cheap right now.  PA uses some for his Russian lessons.  I'm going to teach myself pre-calculus and/or trig this year.  Heaven help us.
Will you teach yourself using computer software? Or books. Whichever, good on you, that stuff is hard.

I bought two photocopies of proof of enrollment at college next semester. 20 cents each. Hehehe. Then posted them off to Centrelink. This is so that I can get an education supplement.

books.  Stuck on Ch 1, subsection 1 of Algebra and Trig.  Just a review of terms, but  there are a lot of them. 

Part of the problem is that sometimes I have to know WHY something is called what it's called.  Irrational numbers?  I just decided they were irrational because I couldn't figure out why they weren't rational.  Somethings you have to just take on faith.

Or because something like sq rt of 2 or pi are operations or not fractions?  I dunno.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on July 16, 2016, 06:57:32 AM
Two 3.5mm stereo to twin 3.5mm mono splitter cables from Maplin. They gave me a PhD too.

(http://67.media.tumblr.com/c536ade86616c8e2c27d0c38506c3e22/tumblr_oa8ryhvfK81s1tjo4o1_500.png)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on July 16, 2016, 08:17:47 AM
chicken wings!

GF bread that makes good toast, a new water bottle and 4 liters of distilled water.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 23, 2016, 06:01:43 PM
I got a 1950 Zenith AM/FM radio this morning for $5,  tubes light up but that's it  going to look at it tomorrow to figure out why
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 24, 2016, 03:30:55 AM
Bought a USB network adapter I found on a bargains shelf.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on July 24, 2016, 07:27:46 AM
  Loads of food and drinks that I need like I need another roll around my midsection.  :sumo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 27, 2016, 11:59:52 AM
An old industrial Vornado fan for $50 to be my new eye catching piece up at the flea market
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN5766_zpstx9ug5eq.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN5766_zpstx9ug5eq.jpg.html)

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN5765_zpshloclmaj.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN5765_zpshloclmaj.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 27, 2016, 06:36:45 PM
^Never seen a fan like that before.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 27, 2016, 07:53:42 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 27, 2016, 06:36:45 PM
^Never seen a fan like that before.

They put out an incredible amount of air and were very popular before AC.  This one is rather large and was used in a factory. They made lots of smaller ones and  they are all highly desirable.  It's a bit rough but it will look a lot better when I finish working on it.  I have been cleaning it and the amount of nicotine on it is disgusting :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 29, 2016, 04:08:07 PM
Happy Hippos
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 29, 2016, 05:24:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 27, 2016, 07:53:42 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 27, 2016, 06:36:45 PM
^Never seen a fan like that before.

They put out an incredible amount of air and were very popular before AC.  This one is rather large and was used in a factory. They made lots of smaller ones and  they are all highly desirable.  It's a bit rough but it will look a lot better when I finish working on it.  I have been cleaning it and the amount of nicotine on it is disgusting :zombiefuck:

I remember seeing one or two of those when I was younger.

My mom had an old Kisco hassock fan, I think she sold it for $2.00 at one of our yard sales. Wish I still had it, they where cool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 29, 2016, 11:23:26 PM
I love it.

But I would prefer a good AC. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 30, 2016, 01:50:28 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 29, 2016, 05:24:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on July 27, 2016, 07:53:42 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 27, 2016, 06:36:45 PM
^Never seen a fan like that before.

They put out an incredible amount of air and were very popular before AC.  This one is rather large and was used in a factory. They made lots of smaller ones and  they are all highly desirable.  It's a bit rough but it will look a lot better when I finish working on it.  I have been cleaning it and the amount of nicotine on it is disgusting :zombiefuck:



I remember seeing one or two of those when I was younger.

My mom had an old Kisco hassock fan, I think she sold it for $2.00 at one of our yard sales. Wish I still had it, they where cool.



I still have an all metal General Electric fan from the '50s that is noisy as hell (I like that when I am trying to sleep, no rattles, just air moving noise) which belonged to my wife's grandmother. I have fixed it after the motor died, ten years ago or so, but there is no fixing the fact that the fan blades cut the air like a banshee on crack and send out an insane amount of air.
I will never part with it. It is mine now, since I made it work again. It is mine! I love it!!


Sorry. I seemed to have posted in the middle of the quote. Had to make it look right.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 31, 2016, 04:40:14 PM
It's Sunday so instead of going to church I bought a church pew at an estate sale for $25 :green:  It's a short one about 5 feet long from a church that was built in 1918 and closed in 1996.  I was going to sell it them my wife saw it and just started talking about where she was going to put it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 01, 2016, 12:47:54 PM
The grocery salvage store had a sale this weekend.   I picked up about $150 worth of groceries for $43. 

When you can get MRE-type meals for 32 cents, orange marmalade for 50 cents, cans of fruit for 25 cents, you stock up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 01, 2016, 12:52:32 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 01, 2016, 12:47:54 PM
The grocery salvage store had a sale this weekend.   I picked up about $150 worth of groceries for $43. 

When you can get MRE-type meals for 32 cents, orange marmalade for 50 cents, cans of fruit for 25 cents, you stock up.

I wish we had one of those around here
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 02, 2016, 05:11:39 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 01, 2016, 12:52:32 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 01, 2016, 12:47:54 PM
The grocery salvage store had a sale this weekend.   I picked up about $150 worth of groceries for $43. 

When you can get MRE-type meals for 32 cents, orange marmalade for 50 cents, cans of fruit for 25 cents, you stock up.

I wish we had one of those around here
So do I.

Today I bought 2 drinks and a mocha muffin.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 02, 2016, 09:29:15 AM
We were without one for about 6 years.  So, it's a welcome addition.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 02, 2016, 09:56:04 AM
A strawberry rhubarb pie  :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 02, 2016, 02:40:22 PM
Diethyl ether, diisopropyl ether, heptane, cellulose thinners, naphtha, big tub of 'andrews salts'-similar to alka seltzer. Codeine and chloroform cough syrup, wine gums, can of coke, two big bottles of coke, two cans of 'KA' black grape soda, macdonalds large choc milkshake, two bacon double cheeseburgers  with extra bacon, two lots of fried mozzarella bites, can of diethylene glycol, 'oragel extra strength' benzocaine gel for my sore feetses. Amber leaf tobacco, liquorice rolling papers and a large tank of compressed anhydrous CO2 gas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 03, 2016, 06:33:00 PM
Dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 03, 2016, 08:04:01 PM
My Irlen retest and new lenses which I will pick up in around a month. Over $500. Eek.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 03, 2016, 08:40:27 PM
Two paperbacks from the thrift store

Dinner fixings
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 04, 2016, 09:36:34 AM
A new phone
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 04, 2016, 12:30:04 PM
about 7 packets of honey and lemon 'lockets' mentholated throat candies full of gooey honey syrup in the center. Going for 30 pence a tube rather than nearly 70p per packet. They were on display marked right down to next to nothing in a local pharmacy I picked up a prescription at, as they were a few days short dated. Not going to be a thing wrong with them, that kind of thing doesn't GO 'off' and even much much older ones I've eaten before and been totally fine inasmuch as I was doing alright before eating them. Stayed the same, no worse no better, other than the soothing effect on my throat.


Bought pentane, hexanes, heptane, diisopropyl ether, diethyl ether, a mixture of diisopropyl and diethyl ether, naphtha, bought a little xylene, but didn't buy much because someone arranged for a friend of his to give me a gift, by way of a big jar of pure xylene)

Magnesium sulfate, calcium chloride, pseudoephedrine, fuming hydrochloric acid.

Currently req. a quote for the following:

Thionyl chloride
Iodine
phosphorus trichloride
Phosphorus tribromide
Phosphorus (elemental, red allotrope)
thionyl bromide
mercuric chloride
benzaldehyde
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 04, 2016, 01:33:26 PM
Quote from: Lestat on August 04, 2016, 12:30:04 PM
about 7 packets of honey and lemon 'lockets' mentholated throat candies full of gooey honey syrup in the center. Going for 30 pence a tube rather than nearly 70p per packet. They were on display marked right down to next to nothing in a local pharmacy I picked up a prescription at, as they were a few days short dated. Not going to be a thing wrong with them, that kind of thing doesn't GO 'off' and even much much older ones I've eaten before and been totally fine inasmuch as I was doing alright before eating them. Stayed the same, no worse no better, other than the soothing effect on my throat.


Bought pentane, hexanes, heptane, diisopropyl ether, diethyl ether, a mixture of diisopropyl and diethyl ether, naphtha, bought a little xylene, but didn't buy much because someone arranged for a friend of his to give me a gift, by way of a big jar of pure xylene)

Magnesium sulfate, calcium chloride, pseudoephedrine, fuming hydrochloric acid.

Currently req. a quote for the following:

Thionyl chloride
Iodine
phosphorus trichloride
Phosphorus tribromide
Phosphorus (elemental, red allotrope)
thionyl bromide
mercuric chloride
benzaldehyde

How easy it getting chemicals there?  Here it can be a real bitch a lot of places will only sell to schools and businesses not individuals,  there also is a lot of regulation due to the governments obsession with people making bombs or drugs 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 04, 2016, 03:32:23 PM
For me-very easy indeed. I cultivate good relationships with suppliers and remain faithful customers to them. I pick who I buy from with care, and treat them with respect. Plus, I have my sources, I have my ways and my means. I'm very lucky in that I can buy almost anything, as long as I pay for it, I can get it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 05, 2016, 11:07:57 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 01, 2016, 12:52:32 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 01, 2016, 12:47:54 PM
The grocery salvage store had a sale this weekend.   I picked up about $150 worth of groceries for $43. 

When you can get MRE-type meals for 32 cents, orange marmalade for 50 cents, cans of fruit for 25 cents, you stock up.

I wish we had one of those around here

Yeah, me too.

We have a huge food distributor local, but all of their injured pallets of dry goods, canned goods etc are donated to the local churches' free food pantries for the poor and needy, just burned out homeless and so forth.

Kind of hard to get in the way of all that.


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 06, 2016, 12:04:56 AM
Quote from: Lestat on August 02, 2016, 02:40:22 PM
Diethyl ether, diisopropyl ether, heptane, cellulose thinners, naphtha, big tub of 'andrews salts'-similar to alka seltzer. Codeine and chloroform cough syrup, wine gums, can of coke, two big bottles of coke, two cans of 'KA' black grape soda, macdonalds large choc milkshake, two bacon double cheeseburgers  with extra bacon, two lots of fried mozzarella bites, can of diethylene glycol, 'oragel extra strength' benzocaine gel for my sore feetses. Amber leaf tobacco, liquorice rolling papers and a large tank of compressed anhydrous CO2 gas.

So, what is "teh mad scientist"  up to now.

I notice you bought no "cheese to cut"  so I have to assume you are going "high octane"  with the heptane.


... but you tell us.
 :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 06, 2016, 04:56:42 PM
Well the heptane was kind of a bonus, it was a mixture of diisopropyl ether, diethyl ether and heptane, car cold-start fluid. I'd usually not bother, but I needed the range of solvents quickly and straight away. Its over the counter, and the only other ingredient is traces of very, very high-boiling lubricant oil that stays behind. Like I said, usually wouldn't bother but I'd have had to wait if I ordered the ether and DIPE. All thats needed is fractional distillation, the diethyl ether come off first, then diisopropyl ether, and finally the heptane. The cylinder lubricant probably wouldn't come off without vacuum. So doing the distillation at atmospheric pressure works fine enough with a water or oil bath. Didn't exactly need the heptane, but won't throw it away.

Got some regular diethyl ether on its own also, though.  Will need drying though. Going to use it for an in-situ Birch-Benckeser reduction of PSE. That is to say, immerse the flask in a cryo bath, cool some dried diethyl ether right down to increase solubility, fill flask with appropriate quantity of finely cut up lithium, then gas with dry ammonia, forming Li-bronze in-situ, then introduce PFED in ether solution. Avoids having to condense anhydrous ammonia down to a liquid, and less fumes to deal with. Never done a Birch-B before, but no time like the present. Although still investigating this new bisulfite scheme. Going to try the same with addition of HCl this time also.

What do you mean cheese to cut? mozzarella bites were just...well for macdonalds food they aren't too bad. And I do like the double cheeseburgers, preferably with bacon and extra cheese on them. All that grease and salt and melted cheese and bacon...it just hits a certain spot, no?

Up t
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 06, 2016, 06:36:28 PM
Bought dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 06, 2016, 06:58:18 PM
Pouch of amber leaf and a huge bag of fizzy bubblegum chews, along with a pack of hobnob oat cookies. Couldn't eat them right away, as I like to leave them open a while to go nice and soft and chewy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on August 07, 2016, 07:33:18 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 02, 2016, 09:29:15 AM
We were without one for about 6 years.  So, it's a welcome addition.
we had one in florida where i once got a bag of xanthan gum (essential for GF cooking) for 97 cents. retail price $13. one of the things i really miss since we moved here.

up here they throw it away, compost it or give it to food banks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 08, 2016, 11:48:06 PM
Quote from: Lestat on August 06, 2016, 04:56:42 PM

What do you mean cheese to cut?


Sorry, it was a really bad old joke about cheese causing one to fart, and "cutting the cheese" means to fart, thus producing a small quantity of methane.

I regret making the joke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 09, 2016, 10:17:53 AM
5g of 3-bromo-4-(-1,1difluoromethoxy-)-5-methoxybenzaldehyde.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 09, 2016, 10:25:28 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 08, 2016, 11:48:06 PM
Quote from: Lestat on August 06, 2016, 04:56:42 PM

What do you mean cheese to cut?


Sorry, it was a really bad old joke about cheese causing one to fart, and "cutting the cheese" means to fart, thus producing a small quantity of methane.

I regret making the joke.

Keep on with the "oldisms."  We have to educate these young whippersnappers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 09, 2016, 12:14:11 PM
I just didn't get the way it was put in context, I assumed given he was replying to my having bought cheeseburgers, that cheese to cut meant solid blocks of cheese that would require division in order to consume. I am familiar with the expression.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 09, 2016, 01:25:26 PM
Bought some kind of makeup for my daughter. I have truama issues now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 09, 2016, 05:12:05 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 09, 2016, 01:25:26 PM
Bought some kind of makeup for my daughter. I have truama issues now.

I remember the time my aunt drove in from Texas in her comfortable house slippers while leaving her other shoes at home.  My father was drafted to go to the Imperial Shoe Store on Canal Street to buy her a pair of shoes since they wore the same size.  Both my aunt and Dad were 6 feet tall.  It's a good thing the Imperial was used to the more colourful males from the French Quarter shopping there. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 09, 2016, 05:34:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 09, 2016, 01:25:26 PM
Bought some kind of makeup for my daughter. I have truama issues now.

MY daughter had to have some "equipment" to work for her stage dance outfit.

Trauma is a good description of fathering a daughter, at times.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 09, 2016, 09:56:17 PM
Not bought yet, but trying to decide weather it would be more economical to purchase larger quantities of potassium iodide and liberate the elemental iodine myself, or buy one of the 250 or 500g lots of I2 from eastern europe, as theres some going quite cheaply at the moment.

I need to replace my I2, because some fucking bucket  of steaming, stinking, feculent dysenteric FECAL SQUIRTINGS stole a significant variety and quantity of reagents from me, plus some glassware as well, the cunting bastard son of a syphilitic slut bitch. Although its at least some consolation that if mishandled could well easily kill him, burn his house down or/and leave him in a hospital critical burns unit, screaming in agony. I truly, truly hope that they did so. I'd have helped him with his chemistry aspirations even, upon request, but no, he had to be a sneaking, gutless thieving fucking abhuman maggot, burrowing in the rotting gangrenous anal passage of the foulest most disgusting sections of sub-humanity.

Lost a LOT of stuff, some of the chemicals very difficult to replace, or to find in the first place, and three maybe four of those requiring the absolute utmost in discretion to even speak of to a chemical supplier. One of them requiring so much by way of discretion that one simply DOES NOT breathe its name save to other clandestine chemists.

But amongst the more workaday type things, nitromethane, nitroethane, iodine, glacial acetic acid, aluminium and iron powder, lithium-aluminium hydride, all my isopropanol, stole my toluene the prick...ether IIRC, can't remember for sure. So a lot of stuff I must replace and at considerable expense.  a Great deal of reagents both mundane, rare and bait-as-all-hell; and a lot of solvents. Shit do I ever wish I could locate the thieving cunt, so I could jam a sack of glass bottles up his ass and take a sledgehammer to his pelvis and G.I tract then leave him to die slowly of infection from his lacerated insides.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 10, 2016, 01:36:02 AM
100ml of high-purity  thionyl chloride (SOCl2)
250g of elemental iodine (I2)
5g of 3-bromo,-4-(1,1-difluoromethoxy)-5-methoxybenzaldehyde.

I also want some (when I can find it, although I think I shall have to wait until my favoured chemical supplier via private lines of communication returns from vacation because I cannot find it where I just have been shopping.

I've seen something quite interesting and unusual also on ebay. A small sample of Hittorf's phosphorus (this is essentially a crystalline allotrope, first discovered in 1865 by a scientist named mr. Hittorf, by means of boiling white phosphorus dissolved in molten lead for almost a day, then dissolving away the lead with somewhat strong HNO3 (nitric  acid), which revealed that a crystalline allotrope of phosphorus, of a violet color had been left behind, the structure of the molecule being formed of pyramidal chains of IIRC 6 atoms, with upraised tall phosphorus cages every other repeat unit.

Although there are several similar violet allotropes, this particular one is interesting because it is metallic, or more probably, a metalloid, otherwise known as a semimetal, like such elements as silicon, germanium, arsenic, selenium and tellurium and some of the allotropes of boron also.

Going to check my bank account now actually so I can see if I have enough for both some red phosphorus, and some violet phosphorus. Although I'm not too sure about the violet P, I'd like it quite a lot actually, but the sample is tiny, a mere 0.1g. And I could do much better than that much cheaper than this, if I wait for my primary chem supplier to return, and purchase some white phosphorus, and some concentrated nitric acid, and do the whole dissolving and thence boiling in lead, followed by dissolving the metal in some of the HNO3.  That way I could have myself a PROPER sample, not merely 100mg, which I think for the price is extortion. That way, once I get a periodic table case that can be mounted upon the wall of my lab as display piece, that is in my opinion one I've put in the effort to make a suitably worthy and beautiful work of art, I can then have enough white, the different red allotrope polymorphs, rhombohedral-metallic [Hittorf's] and monoclinic violet phosphorus, fibrous violet phosphorus, scarlet phosphorus, Schenck's phosphorus and IF I can manage the last, most difficult ones, two metallic, crystalline allotropes of black phosphorus and the easiest one of the P nanostructures to prepare, although difficult still, phosphorene, the ultra-thin, 2-D monomolecular layered phosphorus atom analog of graphene, the carbon equivalent.

The plan is to build the display case myself,  in the shape of the periodic table, inlay labels, or my preference, etch them into the very glass itself covering the sections with name of element, atomic weight, and where relevant, allotropic form. and where possible, with whatever amount of effort, I want to go right back to basics for the samples, that meaning, to, where not occuring as a native element in the free state, to win them out of their ores and minerals myself.
Such as say, I'd not buy sodium metal, but rather, I'd rig up another electrolytic cell and pass a current through electrodes immersed in molten sodium salts to effect separation of sodium in the elemental state, as the metal itself.

Or build an arc-furnace for reducing phosphates to white phosphorus, mixed phosphate/carbon and silica sand at extremely high temperatures IIRC will work. And where some exist, doing further work on my elements to prepare the different known allotropes so as to include samples of each, such as the different arsenic allotropes, metallic and red, amorphous selenium, that sort of thing.

But the important thing is doing the work personally by my own hand, just buying them is kinda cheating, although there are a handful of exceptions. I don't mind buying source compounds, to do the isolations FROM, but even then where possible I'll be going ore-hunting and mineral prospecting myself.

And not just because buying them is cheating, but BORING too. If I have to work my arse off for each and every single item up to uranium then that means I will have a long, long long time worth of project work to enjoy, which means by definition, lots of doing what I love.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 10, 2016, 04:25:23 AM
Well, I went for the red allotrope, 9g, but not the violet, I couldn't afford both. And I can easily convert some red phosphorus to Hittorff's metallic or metalloid violet phosphorus by means of distillation under inert gas and reduced pressure, collecting the resultant white phosphorus by sublimation; followed by finally, melting down some lead, skimming any oxide slag off the surface and dissolving, again under inert gas, white P in the molten Pb and keeping it molten for about a day.

Will have to order some concentrated nitric acid though, I have none left at the moment.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 10, 2016, 02:32:01 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 09, 2016, 05:34:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 09, 2016, 01:25:26 PM
Bought some kind of makeup for my daughter. I have truama issues now.

MY daughter had to have some "equipment" to work for her stage dance outfit.

Trauma is a good description of fathering a daughter, at times.

I love my daughter but she does force me to prove it every now and then. :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 10, 2016, 03:45:58 PM
Two rolls of duct tape
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 10, 2016, 09:01:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 10, 2016, 02:32:01 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 09, 2016, 05:34:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 09, 2016, 01:25:26 PM
Bought some kind of makeup for my daughter. I have truama issues now.

MY daughter had to have some "equipment" to work for her stage dance outfit.

Trauma is a good description of fathering a daughter, at times.

I love my daughter but she does force me to prove it every now and then. :GA:

Same. I'll join you.

:GA::GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 10, 2016, 10:37:01 PM
Lots and lots of cat food. Food for us as well.

Kayleigh spotted some black kids' fingerless gloves while grocery shopping. They are mine now and they fit me well. Small hands.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 10, 2016, 11:04:44 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 10, 2016, 03:45:58 PM
Two rolls of duct tape

  Here's what it looks like if you think in pictures:  :zoinks:

                    :tape: :tape:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 10, 2016, 11:07:03 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 10, 2016, 10:37:01 PM
Lots and lots of cat food. Food for us as well.

Kayleigh spotted some black kids' fingerless gloves while grocery shopping. They are mine now and they fit me well. Small hands.

  I have small hands too!  *high fives Renaeden, quietly cos we have small hands*  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 11, 2016, 02:51:02 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on August 10, 2016, 11:07:03 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 10, 2016, 10:37:01 PM
Lots and lots of cat food. Food for us as well.

Kayleigh spotted some black kids' fingerless gloves while grocery shopping. They are mine now and they fit me well. Small hands.

  I have small hands too!  *high fives Renaeden, quietly cos we have small hands*  :2thumbsup:
*high fives back*  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 11, 2016, 05:50:34 AM
Haven't (yet) bought it, but I'm eyeing up some crystals of tellurium on ebay.

What I really want though is not just reagent grade chunks or powder, but naturally sourced, native Te, on one of its ores of good quality crystal, such as sylvanite, twinned with the Te, and of gemstone-like quality. Because whilst one certainly wouldn't want to WEAR it, unless somehow covered with say a layer of waterglass, it can look absolutely stunning.

If you think in more pictures I want one like this:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Tellurium-89043.jpg/440px-Tellurium-89043.jpg)

*stealthily takes a tissue and wipes away a trace of drool* :voodoo: :vortex2:


CBC its not size, its what you DO with them that counts;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 13, 2016, 06:37:26 PM


I bought a "fancy" toilet for our master bath.

We have some issues with the old one running over AND softening the floor.

I have a huge project ahead of me, replace about half the floor in our bathroom and basically everything else. just because you do ONE THING then you HAVE to do it all. Right?

I am tossing off between doing the entire floor and a patch, but since the project has gotten SO BIG, I will probably end up doing the whole floor, instead of some kind of patch job.

 :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on August 13, 2016, 06:54:00 PM
What's a fancy toilet?  :orly:  Is it one of those that squirts water at your bunghole?  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 13, 2016, 07:06:52 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on August 13, 2016, 06:54:00 PM
What's a fancy toilet?  :orly:  Is it one of those that squirts water at your bunghole?  :zoinks:

IN my book spending well over two hundred dollars ...

Second question:  No!!  Like I mean really fucking NO!!


I bought a toilet that is adjustable as to water flow (kind of not in keeping with the federal standard of one and two tenths gallons per flush) and it sits a bit high for my "senior"  ass.  It is also an oval instead of a round. Much more comfy, etc.

It looks huge next to the old one, but my shiiting will be more better, I am sure.  (everyone will benefit from this)

NO more questions, please.  It will be an aawesome toilet once I install it.

I have my week end planned. I am ready to get this done.




Oh, I am going Have to go under the house and work with the "YUCK" plumbing to finish the work, but it will be worth it in the end.

DAYUM, did I just post a Leto's style post?

Whatever.

Difficult to have only one toilet with four people in the house. Been about three weeks now since the floor acted dangerously and I tried to shore it up for a bit.Fixing it, right away..

Gawd, I miss that guy!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on August 13, 2016, 07:10:56 PM
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 14, 2016, 03:22:01 AM
I miss Kevv, too. He should come back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 14, 2016, 01:44:47 PM
A 'frijj' chocolate milkshake, 3 cans of naphtha, some cough mixture, and some grapefruit juice, with bits in. My favourite, after lychee juice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 16, 2016, 10:51:49 AM
A solar panel,  one of the ones that is used for heating water.  Not sure what I will do with it but they were new in the box and were being broken apart and scrapped which seem just wrong paid scrap value for it $25
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on August 16, 2016, 11:08:46 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on August 13, 2016, 06:54:00 PM
What's a fancy toilet?  :orly:  Is it one of those that squirts water at your bunghole?  :zoinks:

  You go potty in a hole in the ground.  :hahaha: :trollskull:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 20, 2016, 04:25:25 PM
New tires for my trailer after having spotted the belts on the inside showing
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 20, 2016, 05:11:30 PM
I must confess, that I've been very naughty  at times trading scrap metal in.

Lead sheet rolled up around bricks, or handfuls of gravel, plus copper and lead pipes folled with soil, or more rocks, to increase the weight. Or filling up car batteries with shite to increase the weight.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on August 24, 2016, 02:14:12 PM
i bought the porterhouse listed as a t-bone $12.37US for 1.98 pounds of 1.5 inch thick porterhouse.

i bought a second more modest steak another porterhouse $12CDN for 1.36 pounds.

i also bought a porterhouse packaged with a t-bone. discount price $6.77CDN a pound. $18.69 for two steaks

so $46.49CDN for 3 porterhouse steaks and one t-bone steak. coals have been started.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on August 29, 2016, 01:48:06 AM
Just food and money to play some video games with my son at an arcade.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 29, 2016, 02:12:36 AM
I am still trying to decide whether or not to contact the collector owner of that particular tellurium crystal on sylvanite personally and make him an offer. For some reason that fucker has me green with envy. Its just so damn fine a specimen. Not something you'd wish to handle (Te breath....no thanks. Sulfur edition was bad enough once, and that was a horrifying experience, absofuckinglutely shockingly awful, people would move from 100s yards off to get away walking in open air down a street after something produced mercaptans endogenously as a metabolite. Clothes had to be kept on for about a week, and then disposed of for good, away from the house, even belt, coat, everything but shoes had to go, permanently. Burnt some IIRC. Apparently tellurium breath, which can result from absorption of tiny, tiny quantities is so awful that people have actually comitted suicide because it was so utterly, terribly foul. I don't experiment on tellurium analogs of sulfur an potentially selenium containing psychotropics AT ALL for that reason. I've heard tell of books in unis being retired permanently because of being touched by students engaged in work on Te compounds. But for the collection, it looks awesome native. Selenium does, the grey allotrope does at least, as it can be melt-cast like sulfur and melted into a shiny, almost flawless mirror finish. Sulfur is more fun for its plastic allotrope, formed although shortlived, by pouring molten sulfur into cold water, the result is like toffee and can be pulled and stretched when cool and moulded by hand into forms and left to harden.

Currently not bought anything but bought cheesecake, dried beef chews, jerky, and vodka yesterday. Oh and a big pouch of amber leaf rolling baccy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 02, 2016, 04:08:01 PM
A can of foam and new  pads for my sons roofing boots
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 02, 2016, 05:54:32 PM
Going to get  a 5l can of acetonitrile
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on September 02, 2016, 09:35:42 PM
Front Impact Sensor for my 2002 Pontiac Sunfire GT, which set me back $550 just for the part. Airbags may save lives, but they are expensive as hell to fix and replace all of the associated parts/systems. Mine just "went bad" setting off the airbag light, so the car wouldn't pass inspection.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 02, 2016, 09:59:08 PM
Ingredients for a lemon meringue pie. Made the pie but it was a bit of a disaster. The meringue tastes nice but looks terrible, it's flat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 03, 2016, 05:33:03 AM
Hm I might just skip on that MeCN, since I just found I can do the thing I wanted the acetonitrile for in methylene chloride (and probably chloroform for that matter) using zinc bromide, although it was just a passing reference in a journal article, going to start scouring the published literature using sci-hub.cc (it fakes access tokens to university systems to bypass publishing house paywalls and retrieve articles for free)

Might try it using chloroform (which I can make from acetone easily enough via the haloform reaction with lye and hypochlorite bleach, handily for me I happen to have a 5 gallon drum of industrial hypochlorite solution (without the usual crap that goes into household bleach) thats quite a lot more concentrated, so I wouldn't have to order much. No ZnBr handy but could always do a small scale test run by making ZnCl. Or for that matter substitute another lewis acid, such as anhydrous ferric chloride, circuit board etchant, by preparing the anhydrous salt from the hydrate, courtesy of refluxing the hydrate in thionyl chloride. The SOCl2 reacts irreversibly with H2O (2F3Cl3[xH2O]+SOCl2>FeCl3+xHCl&SO2)

Stinky but it works very well for dessication of metal chloride salts, and neatly removes everything as gaseous byproducts.

Haven't decided yet whether to try that, or buy some zinc powder and potassium or sodium bromide (NaBr preferably, more bromine for my pound)
because I could use both for many more things. Although I could do both, considering I already have the SOCl2 and I think my old man almost certainly has some circuit board etching compound around that he'd spare me a bit of for testing things out. I'm just a bit leery of opening a bottle of the other reagent in the system, even outside, its apparently pretty corrosive, but thats not the issue. The issue is the huge warning 'WARNING! STENCH!' printed on the bottles. They arrived with a seal between the cap and bottle too. And despite claims of being less foul than some of its close relatives, those might well be present as byproducts, in small amounts, and thats all it will take for the stuff to be truly frighteningly horrendous.

Ren-thanks for reminding me, I totally forgot about the lemon/lime cheesecake in the fridge. Going to have some of that assuming its still good to eat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 30, 2016, 05:07:59 PM
Just ordered a litebook. Now there is hoping it will make a difference.

Hope it will be here tomorrow. Otherwise will have to wait till Tuesday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 30, 2016, 06:20:52 PM
:tape:

A 6 pack of heavy duty packing tape.

I'd love to say it was for a creative endeavor... :dominatrix:

...but I'm almost out and need it for shipping.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 01, 2016, 03:57:10 PM
More books!   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 01, 2016, 03:59:03 PM
Quote from: rock hound on October 01, 2016, 03:57:10 PM
More books!   8)

It feels good every time, doesn't it? :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 01, 2016, 04:14:36 PM
Well in the end I decided to give myself the option of trying the reaction I had in mind in both acetonitrile and dichloromethane/methylene chloride. Can try in chloroform as well since I more or less decided to splurge on a huge restock of solvents, to give myself enough of everything I generally need frequently, couldn't get chloroform from this particular stockist,  but since I accidentally ordered a 15 liter container of acetone (which can easily be used to make chloroform via the haloform reaction using caustic soda and hypochlorite bleach) in addition to the intended 25 liters, thanks to a shitty mousepad on this laptop and not realizing it until the order had already been submitted, I may as well use a bunch of it to do a large-scale haloform reaction, turn it into chloroform, and maybe sell the surplus chloroform on ebay afterwards, as its quite expensive there.

Oops:P :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on October 02, 2016, 06:37:26 AM
I just bough a Samsung Galaxy S3 as my old phone is slowly sitting itself. Next I have to buy a computer. Will look around a little for that. Ugh. Computer seat itself too


Conveniently whilst I started saving for trip overseas next year
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on October 02, 2016, 06:53:38 AM
Quote from: Al Swearengen on October 02, 2016, 06:37:26 AM
I just bough a Samsung Galaxy S3 as my old phone is slowly sitting itself. Next I have to buy a computer. Will look around a little for that. Ugh. Computer seat itself too


Conveniently whilst I started saving for trip overseas next year

  The S3 is an old phone, but mine still works fine.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 02, 2016, 07:21:58 AM
The last Samsung I thought was junk and used to get red hot while charging.

...but the LG I have now is a bigger piece of junk that constantly freezes and reboots.

Enjoy the Samsung, just don't leave it charging on anything overly flammable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 02, 2016, 07:36:18 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 02, 2016, 07:21:58 AM
The last Samsung I thought was junk and used to get red hot while charging.

...but the LG I have now is a bigger piece of junk that constantly freezes and reboots.

Enjoy the Samsung, just don't leave it charging on anything overly flammable.

Or just up your insurance and make sure nobody is home :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 02, 2016, 10:46:43 AM
They do get hot when charged.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 02, 2016, 11:29:22 AM
Wood and screws.  My sister is putting up shelves in my pantry.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Graelwyn on October 02, 2016, 03:38:13 PM
DVD of Gone Girl.
Supplies for making Christmas cards.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 04, 2016, 06:00:47 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on September 30, 2016, 05:07:59 PM
Just ordered a litebook. Now there is hoping it will make a difference.

Hope it will be here tomorrow. Otherwise will have to wait till Tuesday.

It just got delivered. It's small and sleek amd the light emitted is said to be equivalent to 10.000 LUX.

It is now charging.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 04, 2016, 08:10:08 AM
Some tobacco.

Still bloody waiting for my fuckton of solvents, potassium iodide and pot perm.

Oh, and I did buy a load of tubes of a kind of candy called 'parma violets', those are pale round disk-shaped sweets, softish and crunchy, powdery in texture, dissolving not super-fast but quite quickly when sucked on, pale mauve in color and tasting of, well, violets (as in the scent of the flowering plant, sweetish, perfumed flavour, very old fashioned). My old man loathes them but I love the things. Got a couple of bags of irn bru flavour boiled sweets that actually do taste like irn bru the drink. Really nice they are too. And two bottles of bubblegum flavour fizzy pop, 2l sizes.

Some lavender essential oil.

And whilst I haven't bought yet, I am on the hunt for some mercury metal, and WFNA type HNO3 (white fuming nitric acid), or alternatively some mercury nitrate, or better yet, since it isn't the nitrate anion I want, its the Hg content, in fact I'd sooner have it as mercury (II) chloride or mercury (II) bromide. And I'd rather not bother spending the money to buy the nitric acid either as currently dissolving mercury, if all I can get is mercury in its elemental, metallic form, is pretty much the only need I currently would have for it (I.e if I came upon Hg(NO3)2 itself then I wouldn't require the WFNA, at least not right now I wouldn't, although it is one of the handier acids to have around, for its strongly oxidizing character. Not bad for cleaning things off glassware, preferable to a chromic acid bath as it doesn't leave behind chromium residues all the elements making up HNO3 being gaseous and therefore volatile, it leaves when asked without sticking its foot in the door haha. And MUCH safer to use, although not so effective on the very toughest of gunk, than using piranha bath (a mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and conc. hydrogen peroxide. Eats the living shit out of most anything it touches, damn dangerous and has a nasty ass tendency towards forming things that can explode, and it will itself cause organics to go kaboomski. Nasty stuff, but good for removing burnt on carbonized crap from glassware because its quite capable of dissolving even the likes of a carbon rod, inorganic carbon itself is oxidized to CO2 by piranha acid. But everything damn well BETTER have been dealt with thoroughly first so the organics have been burnt off before its used, nitric is more of a first resort, and a lot safer)

Not quite decided whether to go for Hg(0) and dissolve the metal  in nitric acid myself then prepare one of its oxides and thence a halide (other than mercuric iodide which is insoluble more or less in water and the lower alcohols..damn near most other things too afaik, although I've never had anything personally to do with it), or buy Hg salts directly. Because on the one hand the salts are more convenient and facile for my uses, but on the other, harder to turn to Hg metal, needing first converting to cinnabar, mercury sulfide, then roasting to distill off mercury as the vapor, condensing it, which I would really really REALLY not want to do. Mercury vapor being the nasty fucking shit that it is. But I also have something I'd like to do with mercury metal, if I can get it in bulk, namely make a mercury cell.

Not the battery type, not that kind of mercury cell, but one that uses liquid mercury as the anode, for electrolytic reduction of potassium salts, the molten salt sitting above the dense mercury being electrolyzed and as its produced, potassium metal dissolves into the mercury to form an amalgam, once the mercury is saturated with as much potassium or sodium as it can take, then the mercury-potassium amalgam is recovered and the mercury distilled off and recovered, or potentially made use of itself directly without having to distill off the Hg (which stays in the metallic form)

One issue though is I'd have to really find the mercury as metal, in this country because its so fucking heavy and dense and a bastard to have shipped, because of the way it can't go on air freight, as one spill and the plane could be eaten away in flight. Which of course is not conducive to the pilot retaining clean underwear to say the very least:D

And whilst my organic chemistry use for Hg as mercury (II) salts (mercury (I) being the mercurous oxidation state and Hg (II) is mercuric, the latter being much, much much more toxic than mercury (I) only requires small quantities, almost catalytic quantities often as not, for use as an electrode for the potassium/sodium amalgam type electrolytic refinement, that requires the use of liters of it. Which wouldn't come cheaply either.  Shipping too would be monstrous if its international, as Hg is extremely heavy and very very dense. So dense, that apparently if one has a tank of mercury metal, its actually physically possible to stand on it without sinking. Would love to see if its true, and if it would only apply that one doesn't sink if horizontal, or if the narrow surface area of booted feet would in fact, sink despite its great density. I've seen pictures of the likes of pound coins floating on it though. But one day, I want to give it a try, to see if I can walk on mercury, like jesus christ was reputed to walk on water:D (wearing protective gear of course)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on October 04, 2016, 09:55:23 AM
Bunch of new STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE toys, a new HVAC system and Water Heater for the basement, and some Vicodin and Protonix.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 04, 2016, 06:13:42 PM
A roll of Tyvek and a GFI outlet
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 04, 2016, 06:14:39 PM
Oh, and I did buy a load of tubes of a kind of candy called 'parma violets', those are pale round disk-shaped sweets, softish and crunchy, powdery in texture, dissolving not super-fast but quite quickly when sucked on, pale mauve in color and tasting of, well, violets (as in the scent of the flowering plant, sweetish, perfumed flavour, very old fashioned). My old man loathes them but I love the things. Got a couple of bags of irn bru flavour boiled sweets that actually do taste like irn bru the drink. Really nice they are too. And two bottles of bubblegum flavour fizzy pop, 2l sizes.


I'm with your father on this one.  There was a similar candy called Violets that came in a purple and silver wrapper.  Mom and Lise loved them.  The smell would send me rushing from the room.  Still can't abide them and will go down another aisle if I find them in a store.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 06, 2016, 09:17:50 PM
THATS THE ONES!!!

I thought they'd gone for good, years back, until  I found them again recently. I bought a carrier bag full. Eating them now actually. I can't get enough of those, been munching them all da...for about two weeks actually haha.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 07, 2016, 07:31:24 AM
That's the joy of people liking different things.  There's always someone else who can give you their "share."
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Post by: rock hound on October 07, 2016, 09:05:37 AM
Renewed our computer security.
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Post by: odeon on October 07, 2016, 09:32:37 AM
Bought a laptop to replace the one Dell took back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 07, 2016, 10:47:37 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 07, 2016, 09:32:37 AM
Bought a laptop to replace the one Dell took back.

Attention all gophers!

The Gopher Liberation Front had kindly permitted Mr Odeon to replace his laptop, so as to enable hiim to spread our " Free Gary Gopher" message to the World. Unfortunately, our experiment in Induced Stockholm Syndrome is quite not as successful  as hoped; witness his lack of gratitude in the post cited above. Witness also his failure to explicity support our cause . However, it is early days yet, and we  remain  encouraged by his lack of overt hosility towards gopherkind

We are presently restraining gophers 3 and 4,  as their training methods are deemed overenthusiastic


Gopher no 11 (pp  Gopher no 2)
Gopher Liberation Front
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 07, 2016, 10:57:09 AM
What? No, this isn't a coup, Gopher no. 27. Don't be silly. It's just a  management re-shuffle.

Your friend, Gorden ( Gopher 11)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 07, 2016, 02:56:47 PM
A Stanley number 6 type 11 wood plane from between 1910-1918
A bucket of insulators
Two small oak chairs
Several old sockets

At a tag sales this morning :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 07, 2016, 03:38:39 PM
Bought dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on October 07, 2016, 07:28:03 PM
Quote from: Parts
A Stanley number 6 type 11 wood plane from between 1910-1918

Was that for your own use or are you going to flip it??
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 07, 2016, 09:23:36 PM
Quote from: Pappy on October 07, 2016, 07:28:03 PM
Quote from: Parts
A Stanley number 6 type 11 wood plane from between 1910-1918

Was that for your own use or are you going to flip it??

I think I am going to add it to my collection for now,  it's the oldest one I have at the moment and it looks nice next to the 5 1/2
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 08, 2016, 05:27:24 AM
Bought a new E-fag, since I couldn't find the bollocksing twuntocks of a battery I had. It works, but its gone AWOL.

Plus a bottle each of cherry  and of apple flavour, 24mg/ml nicotine solution for it. The apple one I've not tried until now, not bad.

Those fucking batteries though generally, are awful. Remarkably high fail rate. Not had one explode on me yet though.

Although I have once had one moments away from igniting, after my old man 'did me a favour' and stripped the metal casing off of one then tossed it in my lab whilst I was watching TV. Lithium batteries, don't play well with being gutted and thrown in somebody's crotch. They have a strong tendency towards rapid oxidation in air within moments, getting hotter and hotter and eventually catching fire.

You won't USUALLY see me grab something smoking and glowing red hot from between my legs, and running with it in my bare hands hell for leather for a tub of petroleum spirit then dunking it in same, muttering and grumbling, to breath a sigh of relief, followed by my comitting an act of surgery upon said hot battery core, but on that occasion it had to be done. Normally when I fillet lithium batteries in order to retrieve the lithium, its done entirely under a bowl full of petrol or white spirit, without scrabbling between my legs and with much, much less swearing involved.

I've got a growing bag full of un-spent lithium batteries, that in some way have failed, contacts shot, etc. and they are ALL, each and every one of  them e-fag batteries that gave up the ghost on me. I keep them when they do though, as I am a big believer in recycling:P at least, when I know its not going to a landfill in china, and there is a decent piece of lithium in there as thin foil, which is perfect for doing in-situ Birch-Benkiser reductions, when the anhydrous ammonia is not condensed to a cryogenic liquid, but rather is bubbled into diethyl ether, kept on an ice/salt/antifreeze bath until one gets the royal blue of solvated electrons, or lithium bronze in more concentrated solution, and once preformed, substrate, dissolved in ether is added with just a dash of alcohol to serve as a proton source. The thin foil reacts quickly, compared to lithium added as chips or little chunks bit by bit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 08, 2016, 05:40:35 AM
I haven't bought, but I will most likely tomorrow - dry cat food and cans too.

Also I see that two new car tyres are on the horizon, since one of the back ones is quite bald on the edge. I don't know how that happened since I inflate them every couple of weeks all to the same pressure. The tyre people can probably tell me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 08, 2016, 11:16:27 AM
Some acetone, to make some chloroform with, along with a couple of boxes of dihydrocodeine 7.5mg/paracetamol 500s. And a bottle of robitussin cough mixture for its NMDA antagonist properties to get my memory working properly again (atypical response due to former excitotoxic insult which I think is responsible for the problems)

It'll get me to the point I can do the work on the DHC to hopefully obtain dihydromorphine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on October 08, 2016, 11:42:23 AM
a coloring book, some kinder eggs and a pan in which to make meatloaf.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 08, 2016, 11:57:56 AM
More tag sale stuff
3 Ludwig cymbal stands with one Zildjan cymbal  for just $17 :o

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 12, 2016, 10:58:46 AM
A box of 48 prismacolors, hardly used, for €1,50.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 12, 2016, 03:39:14 PM
A long red wig and wig cap for The PR's Halloween costume:  The Little Mermaid
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Post by: rock hound on October 12, 2016, 05:33:08 PM
groceries
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Post by: renaeden on October 12, 2016, 09:42:18 PM
Stuff from the second-hand shop.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 13, 2016, 01:57:21 AM
I'd SOOOO snugglify that QV! (well I would any any day of the millennium, Samhain or no Samhain.

Has she, however, thought of how she will locomote whilst  the cute lil' feets attached to the even cuter legs, whilst they are  linked together in piscine form?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 13, 2016, 10:38:34 AM
Quote from: Lestat on October 13, 2016, 01:57:21 AM
I'd SOOOO snugglify that QV! (well I would any any day of the millennium, Samhain or no Samhain.

Has she, however, thought of how she will locomote whilst  the cute lil' feets attached to the even cuter legs, whilst they are  linked together in piscine form?

It's actually Little Mermaid transitionish.  She's wearing a green sleep shirt with the LM on it, and some very loose shorts that are a lovely seaish green and blue with a subtle bubble design in them.  I'm going to try to find some seashell jewelry I can salvage for seashells in her wig and/or a bracelet/necklace.  It has to be fairly simple because she's being taken to the Center by my GF (who needs to do the final items) since I'm hopefully going to be working the early election.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 13, 2016, 11:36:57 AM
Gas for the car!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 16, 2016, 10:50:59 AM
From the Dollar Store:

Toothpaste
Butter dish
Batteries
Brushes, a comb and hair holders for The PR
Cat toy
Sponges
Small food containers
Bath soap
Gift box and ribbon
Socks
Kitchen tools
Carpet remnants for the winter floors
Soft drink for The PR
? ? ? ? ?

About $40 after discount and before tax. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 16, 2016, 01:30:39 PM


Nice!  We have a Dollar General store two blocks away, walking distance.  I go there for light bulbs, disposable aluminum baking pans, garden sprays, oils for low level needs (like the garage door railings), various cleaning stuff you run out of before making the enormous trip to the town to find a BIG store for everything else.

... but to find gift boxes and ribbon stuff  and carpet remnants?

We do not have a store like that. There is a "salvage freight"  type store about twenty miles away, but their stock changes so often that you never know what you will find and it is usually a full pallet of things that have had a corner damaged and you take the good parts at a few pennies on the dollar. great finds, but often costly since some pallets are full of tools or fancy rugs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 16, 2016, 02:23:59 PM
@ DirtDawg - thanks.  Living in a (big?) suburb does give me access to lots of stores.  The only thing we don't have is a bakery outlet.  But DT sells bread and the local grocery frequently discounts their bakery goods.  Wish the Salvage Store (grocery) did.  I can pick up some items for less than 50 cents on a BOGO day.  With a coupon it would be free.

And did you know that The Dollar Tree and SaveALot take manufacturer's coupons?  Most folks don't know, although the national brands there are limited. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 30, 2016, 04:02:53 PM
Some new lab glass, replacing the shit the filth broke, so I have the stuff to use in the meantime before I can bring a suit against the cunts.

Got about half a grand worth of new glass. Woot! its gonna be xmas come early 50x over! If there be one thing I cannot resist it is going glass shopping.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 31, 2016, 01:26:32 PM
Bought a book at Foyle's.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on October 31, 2016, 10:04:06 PM
Bought a handcrafted keychain made from recycled circuit board, as a birthday gift for male inlaw who works in IT, similar to this one. He's very hard to shop. It's encased in a pendant form with resin coating. Concerned if he'll like it.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 01, 2016, 02:36:17 AM
^ I think it's a great present. :)
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Post by: odeon on November 01, 2016, 11:57:42 AM
More books. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 01, 2016, 01:09:19 PM
Quote from: Jack on October 31, 2016, 10:04:06 PM
Bought a handcrafted keychain made from recycled circuit board, as a birthday gift for male inlaw who works in IT, similar to this one. He's very hard to shop. It's encased in a pendant form with resin coating. Concerned if he'll like it.

I like it. :autism: But then I also would like to make one of these:

(http://i1.wp.com/cdn.makezine.com/uploads/2010/07/circuit_board_table.jpg?resize=600%2C401)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 01:29:05 PM
A bottle of Amontillado!    8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 01, 2016, 02:20:59 PM
6 doughnuts, self-medicating
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on November 01, 2016, 04:13:40 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 01, 2016, 02:36:17 AM
^ I think it's a great present. :)

Quote from: Icequeen on November 01, 2016, 01:09:19 PM
Quote from: Jack on October 31, 2016, 10:04:06 PM
Bought a handcrafted keychain made from recycled circuit board, as a birthday gift for male inlaw who works in IT, similar to this one. He's very hard to shop. It's encased in a pendant form with resin coating. Concerned if he'll like it.

I like it. :autism: But then I also would like to make one of these:

(http://i1.wp.com/cdn.makezine.com/uploads/2010/07/circuit_board_table.jpg?resize=600%2C401)
Second guessing myself because it was second choice. First choice was a pen. The pen is fantastic, but seemed more than appropriate to spend. Guess if not well received, it could be for spare keys. The artist also sells them as necklace pendants, and makes other jewelry pieces. Depending on the quality of this piece when it arrives, may return to buy something for the oldest for Christmas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 01, 2016, 05:29:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 01:29:05 PM
A bottle of Amontillado!    8)

    Don't get bricked in!  :brickwall:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 05:32:44 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on November 01, 2016, 05:29:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 01:29:05 PM
A bottle of Amontillado!    8)

    Don't get bricked in!  :brickwall:

It's my Halloween treat!   Requiescat en pace!    :bangbang:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on November 02, 2016, 01:13:29 AM
it's 4.5 cm in diameter and holds 240ml and it kept the tea hot. after a couple of hours still had to wait to drink it. heat escapes from the lid.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 02, 2016, 02:19:54 AM
Quote from: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 05:32:44 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on November 01, 2016, 05:29:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 01:29:05 PM
A bottle of Amontillado!    8)

    Don't get bricked in!  :brickwall:

It's my Halloween treat!   Requiescat en pace!    :bangbang:

RIP sounds very final. Hope that that was for the bottle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 02, 2016, 02:21:26 AM
Quote from: WolFish on November 02, 2016, 01:13:29 AM
it's 4.5 cm in diameter and holds 240ml and it kept the tea hot. after a couple of hours still had to wait to drink it. heat escapes from the lid.

Wow, that's a slim thermos. Cool. (Or hot).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 02, 2016, 08:55:03 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on November 02, 2016, 02:19:54 AM
Quote from: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 05:32:44 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on November 01, 2016, 05:29:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 01:29:05 PM
A bottle of Amontillado!    8)

    Don't get bricked in!  :brickwall:

It's my Halloween treat!   Requiescat en pace!    :bangbang:

RIP sounds very final. Hope that that was for the bottle.

Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies!    ;) ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on November 02, 2016, 10:31:22 PM
A 21-Back Snaggletooth and an ESB Luke Skywalker (Hoth), both probably C-7/8 and the Luke is unpunched.

Found a 6" Malcolm Reynolds to complete my Firefly 6" collection.

A bunch of exclusive Funko Pops! for my Son and I at stores in Louisville, KY I don't have in Virginia.

A White Castle Veggie Slider, which was pretty good. Hadn't eaten there since going meatless.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 02, 2016, 11:10:23 PM
Used the money I got back from the bank after Darrent ripped me the fuck off. Got my half a grand  back and spent almost all of it , on more new glassware plus reagents. Got £20 odd in change from the shopping, and have several hundred quid worth of both lab glass and reagents coming.

NOBODY fucks with Lestat, nobody the fuck will rip me off, and damned if anyone's kicking me while I'm down. Someoe does, I WILL rise, and I will become stronger, and god the fuck dammit, hurt my lab and watch it grow a hundredfold more than anything some fucking cunt does to it.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 03, 2016, 07:55:48 AM
A mop head
Sand paper for a detail sander
Wanted some  new tack cloths but could not find them at Home Despot
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 03, 2016, 08:53:44 AM
3 Geoscience books! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 03, 2016, 01:09:28 PM
Tool boxes and combination locks for sharp objects, 1 for the kitchen, 1 for my bedroom.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 15, 2016, 09:51:52 PM
Quote from: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 05:32:44 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on November 01, 2016, 05:29:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on November 01, 2016, 01:29:05 PM
A bottle of Amontillado!    8)

    Don't get bricked in!  :brickwall:

It's my Halloween treat!   Requiescat en pace!    :bangbang:

  For the love of God, Montresor!  :bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 16, 2016, 01:12:04 AM
Bought meds and some lip balm with SPF15+ just in time for summer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 18, 2016, 12:10:09 PM
A set of German field telephones from the 60s at an estate sale.  The ringers both work but I haven't tried the voice connections yet but there is very little that can go wrong so they should work also :)

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN5889_zpspfkfd7z4.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN5889_zpspfkfd7z4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 18, 2016, 12:25:54 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 18, 2016, 12:10:09 PM
A set of German field telephones from the 60s at an estate sale.  The ringers both work but I haven't tried the voice connections yet but there is very little that can go wrong so they should work also :)

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/DSCN5889_zpspfkfd7z4.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/DSCN5889_zpspfkfd7z4.jpg.html)

Sweet pickin's!   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 18, 2016, 01:17:41 PM
An  alembic, a still, of sorts, in the style of ye olde alchymists of yore. This was one of their stock in trade essentials, and I've  wanted one for ages. Also bought myself a dimroth condenser but can't take a photo of that yet since I as of yet have not received it in the mail.
They are a very efficient condenser style, having a thin internal double spiral occupying the internal space, through which the coolant passes, both coolant in- and outlet hose barbs being at the top.

(http://s11.postimg.org/s58cvbscz/DSCN0906.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 18, 2016, 02:21:48 PM
Bought beer.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on November 18, 2016, 03:31:56 PM
Pampered The PR.  Lunch at her favorite diner (They served her a specially made chocolate strawberry cheesecake slice).  Had her hair washed and styled.  Bought purple washcloths for her.  Bought sushi for her dinner.

Also bought a pre-lit 4 foot Christmas tree, a giant red bow topper and a small pannetone (sp?). 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 18, 2016, 03:59:24 PM
My beloved cobalt blue wine glasses with sun and lunar symbols!
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Post by: Lestat on November 18, 2016, 04:29:13 PM
Well QV you just put in some admiring and happy thoughts for the PR whenever you treat her like that, at least send her a big smile from me, because reading that just put so wide a grin on my face that I had to pick my rollup off my lap after it dropped from between my lips, before it burnt me or my clothing.

Thats well nice of them to make a special cheesecake for her. I love those, although chocolate isn't my favourite, nor strawberry. I love the ones with the layer of gooey lemon/lime on top, preferably lime.Strangely I've never seen a lemon&lime cheesecake.  I particularly like ones topped with lots of little shavings of lime zest. Those are delish.

Hearing they did that for her specially (and so they should:)) just made me grin my 2.5th big grin of the day. The first being my wakeup dose of morphia, the second waking up from my nodding out, stretched head to foot flat out on the sofa using cushions for a pillow, with a shirt over my head to stop the lights bothering me or waking me up, and once I awoke from my pleasant little vacation to the home of one certain god by the name of Mr. Morpheus, finding a parcel had been received by my old man for me, and slitting the packing tape like a sociopathic kid at xmas who'd waited by the chimney with a swiss army knife, coveting all the gifts on santa's pimped out set of whee...err...hooves?:D meaning after the roofie'd glass of brandy, santa got slain rather than on the sleigh again. Tearing that off like a kiddie at xmas was my second grin (the pleasant nod being the 0.5, in comparison to the other two. And finding the new alembic/retort in the prev. photo nestled in the equally eagerly opened sheets of bubble-wrap. Now lastly, I hear that they did that for the PR, that made me grin my  last grin presumably, of the days grinning quota. To think of the smile on her face as she tucked in to that cheesecake, that QV, I will crack a beer to celebrate, its worth more than one, but I've drunk all but my last bottle, else I'd go for a crate.

And not a grin, but thankful that my new bank card, after getting ripped off and doing the chargeback for those reagents that the scammer 'store' tried to screw me over on. Next trading standards will be brought in on the pricks. But got me money back, and although I have to pay customs charges, there is something 'a'waitin' for me being held until payment. This I think must be my 40-something piece major lab glass set, not sure if its the bigger or the smaller, as I have two separate sets coming, plus a new electronic PH meter and something else, my new Dimroth condenser. Was advertised as a Graham type, but no, its a Dimroth, and if anything IMO one would pay more money for a Dimroth than  a Graham condenser. They are both efficient, but especially the Dimroth type are mighty fine precision instruments for painstaking work. Perfectly usable for the likes of reflux and distillation but particularly effective for those fractional distillations and vacuum distillations that require the utmost precision and care, for separations of compounds having boiling points close to each other. Although not so fine as a spinning band column, those are very expensive, useful for separations of components having a mere few degrees between them as I understand it. I don't have a spinning band column though, not yet anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 19, 2016, 02:49:47 AM
 awwww, you bring back memories, Parts.

After an army training around where I lived as a kid, my brother found a set of field phones. He and I used it at night, the cables going via the outside  of the house. We were 6 and 7 years old, I think.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 19, 2016, 11:04:45 AM
  A couple of canvasses, more acrylic paint, more brushes, and two tubes of gesso.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 19, 2016, 05:24:31 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.

Coffee burned a hole in it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 19, 2016, 07:09:14 PM

Not so much me, but my dear wife and her constant shopping comes up with treasures, sometimes.  She has so many funny t-shirts these days. I look at her and I have to read stuff, then I laugh.


 Latest funny "T" ...

"Chocolate does not ask stupid questions. Chocolate understands."

I love that one!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 19, 2016, 07:17:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.

My zipper broke during the last storm. Fugly storm!
I am still looking for a light leather jacket, like the one that gave up.

(BTW, taking it to a local tailor, I found that replacing the zipper costs more than the jacket cost me in the first place. Really? yeah!)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 20, 2016, 01:02:50 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 19, 2016, 05:24:31 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.

Coffee burned a hole in it?

Must have been without me noticing. Sneaky.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 20, 2016, 01:04:02 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 19, 2016, 07:17:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.

My zipper broke during the last storm. Fugly storm!
I am still looking for a light leather jacket, like the one that gave up.

(BTW, taking it to a local tailor, I found that replacing the zipper costs more than the jacket cost me in the first place. Really? yeah!)

If it's a jacket you like, it might be worth it anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 20, 2016, 09:59:36 AM
Couple of new 500ml round bottom flasks, a new condenser and vacuum takeoff adapter, plus a new thermometer of the immersion type (the other type I use being something thats shaped somewhat like a handgun, battery goes in the grip, readout on the back with a pair of lenses in recessed holes where a pistol barrel would be, the top one is for a targeting laser, and the lower one is an IR detector that gives a more or less instant readout on the back display and can be used from outside a flask or other bit of equipment. It isn't quite as accurate as an immersion thermometer or thermocouple probe, and like thermocouples takes a moment to equalize and display the correct readout but its a mighty handy tool to have.

New PH test probe.

Wish the new thermometer had been a mercury one, I prefer Hg thermometers to the alcohol-filled type I have now, since alcohols freeze at temperatures that Hg won't, since mercury metal has a damn low freezing point, below most cryogenic temperature requiring stuff I'd be doing.

Could do with going and setting up a distillation at the moment actually, christen it so to speak :D
because I need some ether and temperatures at just short of dry ice. Dry ice would have been more suitable but I can wing it with an ice-salt-calcium chloride/alcohol/antifreeze bath.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 20, 2016, 01:03:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2016, 01:04:02 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 19, 2016, 07:17:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.

My zipper broke during the last storm. Fugly storm!
I am still looking for a light leather jacket, like the one that gave up.

(BTW, taking it to a local tailor, I found that replacing the zipper costs more than the jacket cost me in the first place. Really? yeah!)

If it's a jacket you like, it might be worth it anyway.

That is exactly why I still have it. I do like it. It IS leather!  Fixing old leather makes more sense than killing again just for a new jacket.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 20, 2016, 01:23:22 PM
500 small price tags
Metallic chrome spray paint
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Walkie on November 20, 2016, 04:35:09 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 20, 2016, 01:03:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2016, 01:04:02 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 19, 2016, 07:17:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.

My zipper broke during the last storm. Fugly storm!
I am still looking for a light leather jacket, like the one that gave up.

(BTW, taking it to a local tailor, I found that replacing the zipper costs more than the jacket cost me in the first place. Really? yeah!)

If it's a jacket you like, it might be worth it anyway.

That is exactly why I still have it. I do like it. It IS leather!  Fixing old leather makes more sense than killing again just for a new jacket.

 :plus: for thinking of the original owner :)

I have a leather jacket. it's a leather parka :). i was looking for something really,  really  warm for the Winter, and i went everwhere looking for a proper parka, but parkas had becomme fashionable, so they were all fashion tat that would fall to bits in five minutes, besides having the pockets in the wrong places or fake pockets and other outrages. I'd actually settled for one of those, the previous year and literally wore it to rags before the winter was halfway done.

But this year, i'd got a benefits backpayent and i was bloody determined to get a decent coat this year. It was number one priority.  i spotted this one in a leather specialist shop. It was not only a proper parka, well made with a thick fleece lining, it was a man's extra large parka, with room for several layers of jumpers underneath, besides myself.   It was love at first sight. And it  was in their sale too, which meant that my last £200 was enough to buy it. My biggest ever outlay on an item of clothing. 

The only problem was the zip. I instantly spotted that it didn't have the proper thick chunky zip that any coat of mine must have, or else i get it stuck, get it warped and evventually mangle it, sometimes with self trapped inside garment. (Had to cut myself out of a jacket once) So I asked if they could change the zip, and they did, at a fraction of the cost of the jacket.

That was a few years ago, and it's still pretty much good as new, despite being worn near-constantly in half-cold weather.  I'm impressed with my own good sense in investing that money in something that turns out to be bargain (considering usage)  compared with other coats I've had.   :)  And I'm soooo glad I had that money at the right time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on November 21, 2016, 10:19:03 AM
most of my coats are pretty old. i think the oldest is 12 years. don't have any leather because i bought my coats during a nothing made of leather phase.

we went to the states to pick up stuff.
replacement remote for the one that vanished
rowntrees fruit pastilles from ireland. can't get them here, but could in florida.
a replacement for my melted kolinsky sable watercolor brush
expandex which will help with GF baking
gluten free food
mrs meyer radish scent dish soap and hand soap
boring stuff like clothing and paper products
and the best - a pair of shoes to replace the ones that went missing courtesy of the movers. they fit exactly the same way. they are the closest to the thing of things.


bought a textbook which vanished courtesy of the post office who claim it was "left with person" at the mailbox facility which signs for each package and logs it into their computer when they get it. they had no record of it.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 21, 2016, 07:29:49 PM
Quote from: WolFish on November 21, 2016, 10:19:03 AM
a replacement for my melted kolinsky sable watercolor brush

:woohoo: A replacement for my melted kolinsky sable watercolor brush!!  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 22, 2016, 05:38:19 AM
Two Mega Bloks (sp) Halo sets for Kayleigh at the second hand shop, while there I also bought two shirts and a pair of pants. Eight books as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 22, 2016, 05:53:16 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on November 21, 2016, 07:29:49 PM
Quote from: WolFish on November 21, 2016, 10:19:03 AM
a replacement for my melted kolinsky sable watercolor brush

:woohoo: A replacement for my melted kolinsky sable watercolor brush!!  :zoinks:

  That isn't yours.  Keep your grubby paws off it!  :dom: (http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_108.gif)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Walkie on November 22, 2016, 08:52:43 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on November 22, 2016, 05:53:16 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on November 21, 2016, 07:29:49 PM
Quote from: WolFish on November 21, 2016, 10:19:03 AM
a replacement for my melted kolinsky sable watercolor brush

:woohoo: A replacement for my melted kolinsky sable watercolor brush!!  :zoinks:

  That isn't yours.  Keep your grubby paws off it!  :dom: (http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_108.gif)


hmm. looks like a mouse, calls itself a cat, it must be the GOPHER!

'bout time we had a proper gopher icon , methinks

I  might even try and find the right thread to post that suggestion in, cos i know, i know, smilies are such a superimportant thing, we have to  follow the accepted  procedure to the letter there.  Let chaos reign everwhere else, but smilies , well  smilies....ah, they are part of the chaos, they sit at the heart of the chaos, making the whole chaos thing possible, and must therefore be protected from the chaos.

I just knew there had to be some kind of rationale there  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on November 22, 2016, 03:51:39 PM
Hubert once proved smileys aren't really protected from the chaos either. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 22, 2016, 04:15:47 PM
Quote from: Walkie on November 20, 2016, 04:35:09 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 20, 2016, 01:03:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2016, 01:04:02 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 19, 2016, 07:17:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.

My zipper broke during the last storm. Fugly storm!
I am still looking for a light leather jacket, like the one that gave up.

(BTW, taking it to a local tailor, I found that replacing the zipper costs more than the jacket cost me in the first place. Really? yeah!)

If it's a jacket you like, it might be worth it anyway.

That is exactly why I still have it. I do like it. It IS leather!  Fixing old leather makes more sense than killing again just for a new jacket.

 :plus: for thinking of the original owner :)

I have a leather jacket. it's a leather parka :). i was looking for something really,  really  warm for the Winter, and i went everwhere looking for a proper parka, but parkas had becomme fashionable, so they were all fashion tat that would fall to bits in five minutes, besides having the pockets in the wrong places or fake pockets and other outrages. I'd actually settled for one of those, the previous year and literally wore it to rags before the winter was halfway done.

But this year, i'd got a benefits backpayent and i was bloody determined to get a decent coat this year. It was number one priority.  i spotted this one in a leather specialist shop. It was not only a proper parka, well made with a thick fleece lining, it was a man's extra large parka, with room for several layers of jumpers underneath, besides myself.   It was love at first sight. And it  was in their sale too, which meant that my last £200 was enough to buy it. My biggest ever outlay on an item of clothing. 

The only problem was the zip. I instantly spotted that it didn't have the proper thick chunky zip that any coat of mine must have, or else i get it stuck, get it warped and evventually mangle it, sometimes with self trapped inside garment. (Had to cut myself out of a jacket once) So I asked if they could change the zip, and they did, at a fraction of the cost of the jacket.

That was a few years ago, and it's still pretty much good as new, despite being worn near-constantly in half-cold weather.  I'm impressed with my own good sense in investing that money in something that turns out to be bargain (considering usage)  compared with other coats I've had.   :)  And I'm soooo glad I had that money at the right time.

Thank you.

Odeon's words fell alongside my own thoughts.  I have just hesitated to get it fixed because of the initial cost, but the true cost is greater than any outlay of cash.

I intend to take it back to our tailor and have her put in a zipper that will last  lifetime.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 22, 2016, 04:52:34 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 22, 2016, 04:15:47 PM
Quote from: Walkie on November 20, 2016, 04:35:09 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 20, 2016, 01:03:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2016, 01:04:02 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 19, 2016, 07:17:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.

My zipper broke during the last storm. Fugly storm!
I am still looking for a light leather jacket, like the one that gave up.

(BTW, taking it to a local tailor, I found that replacing the zipper costs more than the jacket cost me in the first place. Really? yeah!)

If it's a jacket you like, it might be worth it anyway.

That is exactly why I still have it. I do like it. It IS leather!  Fixing old leather makes more sense than killing again just for a new jacket.

 :plus: for thinking of the original owner :)

I have a leather jacket. it's a leather parka :). i was looking for something really,  really  warm for the Winter, and i went everwhere looking for a proper parka, but parkas had becomme fashionable, so they were all fashion tat that would fall to bits in five minutes, besides having the pockets in the wrong places or fake pockets and other outrages. I'd actually settled for one of those, the previous year and literally wore it to rags before the winter was halfway done.

But this year, i'd got a benefits backpayent and i was bloody determined to get a decent coat this year. It was number one priority.  i spotted this one in a leather specialist shop. It was not only a proper parka, well made with a thick fleece lining, it was a man's extra large parka, with room for several layers of jumpers underneath, besides myself.   It was love at first sight. And it  was in their sale too, which meant that my last £200 was enough to buy it. My biggest ever outlay on an item of clothing. 

The only problem was the zip. I instantly spotted that it didn't have the proper thick chunky zip that any coat of mine must have, or else i get it stuck, get it warped and evventually mangle it, sometimes with self trapped inside garment. (Had to cut myself out of a jacket once) So I asked if they could change the zip, and they did, at a fraction of the cost of the jacket.

That was a few years ago, and it's still pretty much good as new, despite being worn near-constantly in half-cold weather.  I'm impressed with my own good sense in investing that money in something that turns out to be bargain (considering usage)  compared with other coats I've had.   :)  And I'm soooo glad I had that money at the right time.

Thank you.

Odeon's words fell alongside my own thoughts.  I have just hesitated to get it fixed because of the initial cost, but the true cost is greater than any outlay of cash.

I intend to take it back to our tailor and have her put in a zipper that will last  lifetime.

The hole in my old jacket had grown too big to be easily fixable. I'm told they might be able to do it but I do need something to show myself in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 22, 2016, 08:44:07 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 22, 2016, 04:52:34 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 22, 2016, 04:15:47 PM
Quote from: Walkie on November 20, 2016, 04:35:09 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 20, 2016, 01:03:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 20, 2016, 01:04:02 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 19, 2016, 07:17:27 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 19, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Bought a new leather jacket to replace an old one with a hole in it.

My zipper broke during the last storm. Fugly storm!
I am still looking for a light leather jacket, like the one that gave up.

(BTW, taking it to a local tailor, I found that replacing the zipper costs more than the jacket cost me in the first place. Really? yeah!)

If it's a jacket you like, it might be worth it anyway.

That is exactly why I still have it. I do like it. It IS leather!  Fixing old leather makes more sense than killing again just for a new jacket.

 :plus: for thinking of the original owner :)

I have a leather jacket. it's a leather parka :). i was looking for something really,  really  warm for the Winter, and i went everwhere looking for a proper parka, but parkas had becomme fashionable, so they were all fashion tat that would fall to bits in five minutes, besides having the pockets in the wrong places or fake pockets and other outrages. I'd actually settled for one of those, the previous year and literally wore it to rags before the winter was halfway done.

But this year, i'd got a benefits backpayent and i was bloody determined to get a decent coat this year. It was number one priority.  i spotted this one in a leather specialist shop. It was not only a proper parka, well made with a thick fleece lining, it was a man's extra large parka, with room for several layers of jumpers underneath, besides myself.   It was love at first sight. And it  was in their sale too, which meant that my last £200 was enough to buy it. My biggest ever outlay on an item of clothing. 

The only problem was the zip. I instantly spotted that it didn't have the proper thick chunky zip that any coat of mine must have, or else i get it stuck, get it warped and evventually mangle it, sometimes with self trapped inside garment. (Had to cut myself out of a jacket once) So I asked if they could change the zip, and they did, at a fraction of the cost of the jacket.

That was a few years ago, and it's still pretty much good as new, despite being worn near-constantly in half-cold weather.  I'm impressed with my own good sense in investing that money in something that turns out to be bargain (considering usage)  compared with other coats I've had.   :)  And I'm soooo glad I had that money at the right time.

Thank you.

Odeon's words fell alongside my own thoughts.  I have just hesitated to get it fixed because of the initial cost, but the true cost is greater than any outlay of cash.

I intend to take it back to our tailor and have her put in a zipper that will last  lifetime.

The hole in my old jacket had grown too big to be easily fixable. I'm told they might be able to do it but I do need something to show myself in.

Well, I am giving you partial credit for pushing my mind over the fence I had sat upon for about a year. My jacket is not only very cool, it is worth saving. I suppose I just needed that extra bit of incentive  to get it done.

When I balked at the repair cost, I had only just begun to think of the real cost. Mine does not have a hole in it. It has a broken zipper. It seems incomprehensible  to do other than repair the zipper.

Thank you, Odeon for allowing yourself to shove me to the right side of the fence I was sitting upon.
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 23, 2016, 01:34:23 AM
No problem. Leather jackets are important. 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on November 23, 2016, 07:38:12 AM
Quote from: Walkie on November 22, 2016, 08:52:43 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on November 22, 2016, 05:53:16 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on November 21, 2016, 07:29:49 PM
Quote from: WolFish on November 21, 2016, 10:19:03 AM
a replacement for my melted kolinsky sable watercolor brush

:woohoo: A replacement for my melted kolinsky sable watercolor brush!!  :zoinks:

  That isn't yours.  Keep your grubby paws off it!  :dom: (http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_108.gif)


hmm. looks like a mouse, calls itself a cat, it must be the GOPHER!

'bout time we had a proper gopher icon , methinks

I  might even try and find the right thread to post that suggestion in, cos i know, i know, smilies are such a superimportant thing, we have to  follow the accepted  procedure to the letter there.  Let chaos reign everwhere else, but smilies , well  smilies....ah, they are part of the chaos, they sit at the heart of the chaos, making the whole chaos thing possible, and must therefore be protected from the chaos.

I just knew there had to be some kind of rationale there  :green:

  I like this one. (http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_108.gif) Admins, please add!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 23, 2016, 01:46:33 PM
Damn straight. I have six, possibly seven if one of my old ones is still hanging around.

Two trenchcoats, a bomber-biker jacket style one, shorter and heavy as that new president wanker they got in the US, whassisname...on the tip of my tongue can't think of it..damn warmongering playboy thuggish chump that makes bush look like a limp wristed knob fairy, or rather more of one, and with an IQ that one could use, if one had a box big enough to nail him in, with a couple of metal pipes attached to either side for condensing liquid helium...muppetish name, that is sitting there and befouling the tip of my tongue as if it were a bite taken from a dogshit sandwich.

Plus I have two really tight, form-fitting thin leathers, one a zip up and one that has one large button in the center so it opens into a V at the collar-chest area and approaching the waist also.  I got the biker jacket for about £12-14 or so, and the two form-fitting figure hugging ones for about £6 a piece. One of the trenches is getting old, and I am going to either retire it for a labcoat with some inbuilt armor compared to cotton (I.e by ways of being thicker and more resistant to splashes or spills of acid or strong base, other misc. corrosives and oxidizers or remove the damaged arm, and the other one both, turn it into a sleeveless trench, weighted with lots of little laminated packets of finely powdered lead, for a weighted one.

And  :mischief:!  :junkie:'s   :voodoo: arrived today :mischief:

Or rather one subset of a portion of it did. Pics to follow in the skunkworks.

Lestat said 'let there be  :heisenberg:'
And Lo! there was  :heisenberg:

Lestat looked upon his new  :voodoo: and with his eye, saw that it was fucking awesome shit.

So sayeth the bible, in the book of fed can kiss my fucking autistic arsehole and call it icecream. Pretty sure that is the quote, at least. CBC, you've read that stuff more recently than I haven, no? thats about right, no? verse 1 of the book of  :heisenberg:


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on November 23, 2016, 02:10:26 PM
A McDonalds Festive Cheese Feast burger and chocolatey banoffee pie.

They were delicious. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 08, 2016, 12:55:09 PM
  New pants and an enormous new sweater to wear to the Christmas party.
  Also, expensive new headphones for my music-listening enjoyment.  Christmas present for myself!  :santa:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 08, 2016, 09:08:01 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on December 08, 2016, 12:55:09 PM
New pants and an enormous new sweater to wear to the Christmas party.
Also, expensive new headphones for my music-listening enjoyment.  Christmas present for myself!  :santa:
Is it one of those sweaters with a Christmas theme or pattern?

I bought some cat food and then went to Good Sammy's where I bought myself 3 t-shirts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 08, 2016, 10:41:25 PM
Today, I only managed to buy a large iced tea for The PR.  Yay for me!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 09, 2016, 05:49:56 AM
Quote from: renaeden on December 08, 2016, 09:08:01 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on December 08, 2016, 12:55:09 PM
New pants and an enormous new sweater to wear to the Christmas party.
Also, expensive new headphones for my music-listening enjoyment.  Christmas present for myself!  :santa:
Is it one of those sweaters with a Christmas theme or pattern?

I bought some cat food and then went to Good Sammy's where I bought myself 3 t-shirts.

  Not a Christmas sweater really, just a black and white design.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 09, 2016, 08:05:21 AM
Cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on December 09, 2016, 09:43:53 AM
Flowers for Carla.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on December 27, 2016, 05:53:37 PM
Ordered new flatware with Christmas money; oddly excited about it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on December 28, 2016, 04:38:21 AM
A bed for the spare bedroom. Now kid can come over and stay for the night, if she wants to.

First have to clean and assemble it and should wash the cover of the mattress. It has a zipper along three sides, so it's very doable.

The bed is not dirty, but it is second hand, so a good rinse is what it will get.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on December 28, 2016, 07:09:14 AM
  My new security software.  Well worth it.  Computer is running better now.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 28, 2016, 05:04:11 PM
Two sets of shelves. One for the lounge room and one to go next to the bookcase, for more books. Will be putting them together today sometime.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on December 28, 2016, 05:18:40 PM
Ice tea? ick!

I can't get to the idea of liking the stuff, tried it, don't  like it cold. I do like proper tea, hot mind you. But for the life of me, I can't picture myself doing anything other than throwing away a brew thats gone cold.

It'll warm up once she's drunk it of course, but personally, I want it hot BEFORE it reaches my mouth, it doesn't feel right, or taste right, when cold, the tannins make it feel 'off' somehow when cold.

As for me bought a bag of baccy and several packs of various chewy fruit candies.

And last night, me and the old man went looking for a kind of candy similar to midget gems, but a bit different, can't remember the damn name now, but that we haven't been able to find for years. Finally managed to find some in an online speciality sweet shop. I ordered 3-4 packs of hard liquorice too. The kind that shatters or snaps rather than bends, like nigroids only bigger if its what I'm hoping it is. Was looking for salmiak, salted liquorice, salted with both ordinary salt and NH4Cl, but they didn't have any, so had to settle for the next most appealing thing they had by way of liquorice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on December 28, 2016, 11:17:57 PM
All I did was order Jimmy Johns today.

As well as a pair of Satoshi Kon movies on Amazon  :LOL:

Two movies that are hard to find...  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on January 02, 2017, 03:34:10 PM
A new motorcycle helmet.

The liner on the old one was getting torn up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 02, 2017, 04:32:21 PM
9-pin sockets for my newest Dolby processor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on January 03, 2017, 06:10:37 PM
Found a Casio "Personal-mini" calculator at a thrift store for 2 dollars and some change, in box with leather sleeve and instructions. The calculator has a 6-digit, green, lit (LED?) display, and an A/C jack. Apparently, this calculator was produced around 1975-76. It almost works fine with a fresh pair of AA batteries, but one of the digits is dead. >:( Oh well, only a couple of bucks. Here's a picture (not mine)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Vintage_Casio_Personal-Mini_Electronic_Pocket_Calculator%2C_Made_in_Japan%2C_Circa_1975_%2811979568385%29.jpg/640px-Vintage_Casio_Personal-Mini_Electronic_Pocket_Calculator%2C_Made_in_Japan%2C_Circa_1975_%2811979568385%29.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on January 03, 2017, 06:18:44 PM
Quote from: Darksydegout on January 03, 2017, 06:10:37 PM
Found a Casio "Personal-mini" calculator at a thrift store for 2 dollars and some change, in box with leather sleeve and instructions. The calculator has a 6-digit, green, lit (LED?) display, and an A/C jack. Apparently, this calculator was produced around 1975-76. It almost works fine with a fresh pair of AA batteries, but one of the digits is dead. >:( Oh well, only a couple of bucks. Here's a picture (not mine)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Vintage_Casio_Personal-Mini_Electronic_Pocket_Calculator%2C_Made_in_Japan%2C_Circa_1975_%2811979568385%29.jpg/640px-Vintage_Casio_Personal-Mini_Electronic_Pocket_Calculator%2C_Made_in_Japan%2C_Circa_1975_%2811979568385%29.jpg)

Old Casio stuff looks so cool. The display is probably a VFD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_fluorescent_display).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 03, 2017, 06:20:43 PM
Quote from: Darksydegout on January 03, 2017, 06:10:37 PM
Found a Casio "Personal-mini" calculator at a thrift store for 2 dollars and some change, in box with leather sleeve and instructions. The calculator has a 6-digit, green, lit (LED?) display, and an A/C jack. Apparently, this calculator was produced around 1975-76. It almost works fine with a fresh pair of AA batteries, but one of the digits is dead. >:( Oh well, only a couple of bucks. Here's a picture (not mine)

Take it apart and try to fix it.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 03, 2017, 09:19:18 PM
haircut
a few good prices at the grocery salvage store.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 03, 2017, 09:27:41 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 03, 2017, 09:19:18 PM
haircut
a few good prices at the grocery salvage store.
Cool, I am having a haircut tomorrow. Can't wait for my hair to be shorter and off my neck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 03, 2017, 11:23:03 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 03, 2017, 09:27:41 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 03, 2017, 09:19:18 PM
haircut
a few good prices at the grocery salvage store.
Cool, I am having a haircut tomorrow. Can't wait for my hair to be shorter and off my neck.

It's about 1 inch long at the crown, short male cut in back.  It was done with a razor, which I prefer.  Evidently razor cuts are coming back into style.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 04, 2017, 12:23:41 AM
I've had a razor cut before. It feels funny. My haircut will be long at the front and short at the back. I usually have a certain hairdresser do it and I don't have to say anything. Bonus is that she likes my hair. But she's on holidays and I will have to explain what I want to another hairdresser. Bummer. I hope I get it right.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 04, 2017, 01:16:30 AM
I always need to go to the same one. Who knows, the others might take what I say at face value. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2017, 07:48:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 04, 2017, 01:16:30 AM
I always need to go to the same one. Who knows, the others might take what I say at face value. :zoinks:

  Literal-minded people have Assburgers disease.  They should post on here.  :tard: :trollface:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on January 05, 2017, 07:54:20 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/QQr01Kr.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 05, 2017, 10:01:28 AM
A huge bag of candy. Filled up a standard-sized shopping bag full of assorted sugary treats, several packs of cinder toffee, one of my favourites, a few big bags of bubblegum flavour sour jelly thingies, some 'milk bottles' which I really didn't expect much of, which is just as well since they were edible, but crap. Sarsaparilla drops, which aren't 'drops' at all, rather the entire lot solidifies into one giant mass which requires hitting it with something heavy, or whacking it against a table etc. to snap off consumable pieces, tasty though, lots of really hard to break but very good liquorice toffee, this stuff needs a hammer to shatter it whilst still in the packets. And I got a ton of the stuff for free by some happy accident. Ordered three bars online from a specialist sweet shop, and instead, got sent (when I weighed it all, thinking something was up, what was left un-eaten at the time amounted to just under 2kg! Got some 'floral gums', an old childhood favourite, that I'd only ever seen sold in this one little cafe, in anglesey, wales, right near the shore at church bay. Never seen them anywhere else, although I'd looked,couldn't remember their name but finally got lucky and managed to find a pic online whilst buying more candy goodies. Immediately ordered 1/4lb, which for these is a lot, since they are tiny, maybe 4.5-5mm wide, and about a little longer than a .177 cal airgun oellet, They are sort of like midget gems, only harder and with a fruity, floral odour and taste, All of those are gone now though, so I'm stuck having to eat all that candy:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 05, 2017, 11:10:31 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2017, 07:48:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 04, 2017, 01:16:30 AM
I always need to go to the same one. Who knows, the others might take what I say at face value. :zoinks:

  Literal-minded people have Assburgers disease.  They should post on here.  :tard: :trollface:

They are complete spazzes, unable to cope with life outside their workplace. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 06, 2017, 06:17:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 05, 2017, 11:10:31 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2017, 07:48:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 04, 2017, 01:16:30 AM
I always need to go to the same one. Who knows, the others might take what I say at face value. :zoinks:

  Literal-minded people have Assburgers disease.  They should post on here.  :tard: :trollface:

They are complete spazzes, unable to cope with life outside their workplace. :zoinks:

  Sometimes I have trouble coping with my workplace too.  Does that mean I am the spazziest?  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 06, 2017, 04:38:23 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 06, 2017, 06:17:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 05, 2017, 11:10:31 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2017, 07:48:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 04, 2017, 01:16:30 AM
I always need to go to the same one. Who knows, the others might take what I say at face value. :zoinks:

  Literal-minded people have Assburgers disease.  They should post on here.  :tard: :trollface:

They are complete spazzes, unable to cope with life outside their workplace. :zoinks:

  Sometimes I have trouble coping with my workplace too.  Does that mean I am the spazziest?  :autism:

I think you gave them the Assburgers in the first place. :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 07, 2017, 01:31:14 AM
Dry cat food, Royal Canin - the expensive stuff. But the cats love it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 07, 2017, 02:19:31 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 07, 2017, 01:31:14 AM
Dry cat food, Royal Canin - the expensive stuff. But the cats love it.
I'm glad I found a good Dutch alternative for that. Way cheaper. Especially when Sirius was still around. He needed diet food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 07, 2017, 02:52:44 PM
One of these, but the washer...not the dryer:

(http://c.shld.net/rpx/i/s/i/spin/image/spin_prod_1157028612?wid=800&hei=800&op_sharpen=1)

Yep, I said I'd never fall for a front load washer with no agitator. I lied.

It hums like a ufo ready for take off.
Now if anyone can identify the tune it plays when it's done...let me know. I'm going nuts trying to figure out what it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y7rj98trow
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 07, 2017, 04:00:46 PM
We had a Westinghouse front loader washing machine back in the 1950's.  No fancy gadgets, just got the job done.  I don't ever recall having to call a repairman for it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 07, 2017, 05:43:10 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 07, 2017, 02:52:44 PM

Now if anyone can identify the tune it plays when it's done...let me know. I'm going nuts trying to figure out what it is.
Yahoo answers says it's Clock Town Day 1 from Zelda Majora's Mask. Don't have a good enough ear for music to tell if that's correct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtz-qGWKNOw
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 07, 2017, 10:12:33 PM
Quote from: Jack on January 07, 2017, 05:43:10 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 07, 2017, 02:52:44 PM

Now if anyone can identify the tune it plays when it's done...let me know. I'm going nuts trying to figure out what it is.
Yahoo answers says it's Clock Town Day 1 from Zelda Majora's Mask. Don't have a good enough ear for music to tell if that's correct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtz-qGWKNOw

I found that, it's really close. I still can't tell though whether that's it or not.

Boy thinks it is though, he should know...that was one of his favorite games. :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 07, 2017, 10:24:42 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 07, 2017, 04:00:46 PM
We had a Westinghouse front loader washing machine back in the 1950's.  No fancy gadgets, just got the job done.  I don't ever recall having to call a repairman for it.

I love this one so far.

The evil Maytag is setting in the garage. I think I'm going to take it apart...piece by piece. I have never hated an appliance as much as I hated that damn thing.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 08, 2017, 12:55:46 AM
It looks very high-tech.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 08, 2017, 02:23:03 AM
I'd like one - fancy! All mine does is emit even pitched beeps at the end or if a load is off balance.

I bought a card for my niece's 25th birthday and a litre of milk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 08, 2017, 02:45:44 AM
Bought breakfast at the airport.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 08, 2017, 03:42:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 08, 2017, 02:45:44 AM
Bought breakfast at the airport.

You seem to fly a lot. Where do you fly to?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 08, 2017, 05:32:56 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 06, 2017, 04:38:23 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 06, 2017, 06:17:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 05, 2017, 11:10:31 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 05, 2017, 07:48:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 04, 2017, 01:16:30 AM
I always need to go to the same one. Who knows, the others might take what I say at face value. :zoinks:

  Literal-minded people have Assburgers disease.  They should post on here.  :tard: :trollface:

They are complete spazzes, unable to cope with life outside their workplace. :zoinks:

  Sometimes I have trouble coping with my workplace too.  Does that mean I am the spazziest?  :autism:

I think you gave them the Assburgers in the first place. :autism:

  No, their refrigerator mothers did.  Also, vaccinations.  I've done my research.  :M :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 08, 2017, 11:09:18 AM
Quote from: justcurious on January 08, 2017, 03:42:45 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 08, 2017, 02:45:44 AM
Bought breakfast at the airport.

You seem to fly a lot. Where do you fly to?

London, back and forth, back and forth.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 08, 2017, 01:13:45 PM
How do you like London?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 08, 2017, 03:47:49 PM
Some fireworks while passing though South Carolina on my way to Florida  :pow:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 09, 2017, 12:30:45 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 08, 2017, 01:13:45 PM
How do you like London?

It's OK when there isn't a tube strike.  :soapbox:  Today was awful.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 09, 2017, 01:41:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 09, 2017, 12:30:45 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 08, 2017, 01:13:45 PM
How do you like London?

It's OK when there isn't a tube strike.  :soapbox:  Today was awful.

So, you got shafted by the Tube.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 10, 2017, 01:45:04 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 09, 2017, 01:41:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 09, 2017, 12:30:45 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 08, 2017, 01:13:45 PM
How do you like London?

It's OK when there isn't a tube strike.  :soapbox:  Today was awful.

So, you got shafted by the Tube.

*groan* :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 10, 2017, 03:01:28 PM
When I was little and travelling with my mum in the Underground, when my mum said the tube was stuck, I thought that it meant the train was stuck in the tunnel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 10, 2017, 03:13:01 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 10, 2017, 03:01:28 PM
When I was little and travelling with my mum in the Underground, when my mum said the tube was stuck, I thought that it meant the train was stuck in the tunnel.

  What does it mean?  :dunce:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 10, 2017, 03:17:57 PM
Just a coffee today
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 10, 2017, 03:22:06 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 10, 2017, 03:13:01 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 10, 2017, 03:01:28 PM
When I was little and travelling with my mum in the Underground, when my mum said the tube was stuck, I thought that it meant the train was stuck in the tunnel.

  What does it mean?  :dunce:

The tube could no longer move around the train. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 10, 2017, 03:23:56 PM
^ Yes, precisely.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 10, 2017, 03:26:36 PM
IOW, I took the train being stuck in the tunnel as literally stuck, and it couldn't physically move cos it was jammed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 10, 2017, 03:31:42 PM
Isn't it fun when the bloody train is packed and has to stop in the middle of a turn and your nose is two inches from the armpit of someone who last showered last month? :zombiefuck:

"Use all available space."  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on January 11, 2017, 02:52:33 PM
My lunch  :roar:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on January 11, 2017, 02:59:04 PM
£20 of credit for my phone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 12, 2017, 01:00:19 AM
Groceries which included tiramisu. I will try that tonight.
Tinned cat food - 48 cans of it.
Paid my speeding fine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on January 12, 2017, 01:12:45 AM
Yummie, now I'm craving tiramisu around 8 am.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 12, 2017, 06:12:56 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 12, 2017, 01:00:19 AM
Groceries which included tiramisu. I will try that tonight.
Tinned cat food - 48 cans of it.
Paid my speeding fine.

  How fast were you going?   :hotrodder:  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 12, 2017, 06:23:42 AM
I was rushing through a set of lights, doing 88kms/h in an 80 zone. Whoops.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 12, 2017, 07:28:04 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 12, 2017, 06:23:42 AM
I was rushing through a set of lights, doing 88kms/h in an 80 zone. Whoops.

  I'm sure you won't do that again, young lady.  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 12, 2017, 08:53:16 AM
A blueberry crumb pie last night
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on January 12, 2017, 10:54:31 AM
meatloaf fixin's for my mighty MEATY meatloaf!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 13, 2017, 02:58:31 PM
224 gallons home heating oil
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 13, 2017, 04:40:37 PM
Books. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 14, 2017, 11:35:16 AM
Nothing, as of yet. Still awaiting the last things I purchased, although  due to the way they were obtained, it will take a couple of weeks for them to be available for use.

Other than that, still waiting to get paid again, in which case, as long as my experiments prove fruitful, will be needing some piperazine, as the mono-hydrochloride or mono-hydrogen phosphate salt. Although I have around 10g, already leftover from a previous project (DM-235, one of the AMPAkine nootropic [cognitive and memory consolidation enhancer] family, also known as sunifiram. Got plenty leftover, more than enough for the project in question [something by the name of AP-237, theres a wikipedia article on it. Not much effort, in fact more or less identical procedure to the DM-235 synthesis, although this one is a novel opioid, same synthetic route, pretty much, only difference is switching an acylating agent, and using an alkylating agent (cinnamyl chloride) in the second step after deprotection with NaOH solution).

Reagents were damn expensive though.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 14, 2017, 06:18:04 PM
Quote from: rock hound on January 12, 2017, 10:54:31 AM
meatloaf fixin's for my mighty MEATY meatloaf!

  Please describe this meatloaf in exquisite detail.  :puppy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on January 14, 2017, 09:19:58 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 14, 2017, 06:18:04 PM
Quote from: rock hound on January 12, 2017, 10:54:31 AM
meatloaf fixin's for my mighty MEATY meatloaf!

  Please describe this meatloaf in exquisite detail.  :puppy:

2 and a  half pounds lean ground beef, 3/4 cup vegetable juice, 1/3 cup water, 3/4 cup bread crumbs, 2 eggs and a packet of onion mushroom soup mix.   Hand mix...I use nitrile gloves, since I'm allergic to latex.....  Place in large pyrex pan...11X9...after molding into a loaf shape.  Bake at 400 degrees F until interior temp is 170 F degrees.   Now you can add a packet of bacon bits for extra flavor, or use BBQ sauce in place of vegetable juice for another type of flavor.......as one of my friends uses.  You can also add onions or peppers to the mix according to your particular tastes.   It is a flexible recipe as to what your individual tastes are.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 15, 2017, 08:13:21 AM
Quote from: rock hound on January 14, 2017, 09:19:58 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 14, 2017, 06:18:04 PM
Quote from: rock hound on January 12, 2017, 10:54:31 AM
meatloaf fixin's for my mighty MEATY meatloaf!

  Please describe this meatloaf in exquisite detail.  :puppy:

2 and a  half pounds lean ground beef, 3/4 cup vegetable juice, 1/3 cup water, 3/4 cup bread crumbs, 2 eggs and a packet of onion mushroom soup mix.   Hand mix...I use nitrile gloves, since I'm allergic to latex.....  Place in large pyrex pan...11X9...after molding into a loaf shape.  Bake at 400 degrees F until interior temp is 170 F degrees.   Now you can add a packet of bacon bits for extra flavor, or use BBQ sauce in place of vegetable juice for another type of flavor.......as one of my friends uses.  You can also add onions or peppers to the mix according to your particular tastes.   It is a flexible recipe as to what your individual tastes are.

  Sounds good.  My mother used dry oats instead of bread crumbs, and crumbled a bay leaf into the mix.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on January 15, 2017, 08:44:06 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 15, 2017, 08:13:21 AM
Quote from: rock hound on January 14, 2017, 09:19:58 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 14, 2017, 06:18:04 PM
Quote from: rock hound on January 12, 2017, 10:54:31 AM
meatloaf fixin's for my mighty MEATY meatloaf!

  Please describe this meatloaf in exquisite detail.  :puppy:

2 and a  half pounds lean ground beef, 3/4 cup vegetable juice, 1/3 cup water, 3/4 cup bread crumbs, 2 eggs and a packet of onion mushroom soup mix.   Hand mix...I use nitrile gloves, since I'm allergic to latex.....  Place in large pyrex pan...11X9...after molding into a loaf shape.  Bake at 400 degrees F until interior temp is 170 F degrees.   Now you can add a packet of bacon bits for extra flavor, or use BBQ sauce in place of vegetable juice for another type of flavor.......as one of my friends uses.  You can also add onions or peppers to the mix according to your particular tastes.   It is a flexible recipe as to what your individual tastes are.

  Sounds good.  My mother used dry oats instead of bread crumbs, and crumbled a bay leaf into the mix.  :)

I prefer using 90% lean ground beef.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 15, 2017, 08:49:29 AM
Quote from: rock hound on January 15, 2017, 08:44:06 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 15, 2017, 08:13:21 AM
Quote from: rock hound on January 14, 2017, 09:19:58 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 14, 2017, 06:18:04 PM
Quote from: rock hound on January 12, 2017, 10:54:31 AM
meatloaf fixin's for my mighty MEATY meatloaf!

  Please describe this meatloaf in exquisite detail.  :puppy:

2 and a  half pounds lean ground beef, 3/4 cup vegetable juice, 1/3 cup water, 3/4 cup bread crumbs, 2 eggs and a packet of onion mushroom soup mix.   Hand mix...I use nitrile gloves, since I'm allergic to latex.....  Place in large pyrex pan...11X9...after molding into a loaf shape.  Bake at 400 degrees F until interior temp is 170 F degrees.   Now you can add a packet of bacon bits for extra flavor, or use BBQ sauce in place of vegetable juice for another type of flavor.......as one of my friends uses.  You can also add onions or peppers to the mix according to your particular tastes.   It is a flexible recipe as to what your individual tastes are.

  Sounds good.  My mother used dry oats instead of bread crumbs, and crumbled a bay leaf into the mix.  :)

I prefer using 90% lean ground beef.

  A friend of mine makes a delicious turkey loaf with dried cranberries included.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on January 15, 2017, 09:02:29 AM
You can make a meat loaf with ground chicken, turkey, pork.  It's a pretty flexible dish.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 15, 2017, 09:11:17 AM
Quote from: rock hound on January 15, 2017, 09:02:29 AM
You can make a meat loaf with ground chicken, turkey, pork.  It's a pretty flexible dish.

  I think this might be the year I start to cook at home.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 15, 2017, 12:21:23 PM
For quicker baking, bake your meatloaf in a muffin tin.  Also makes leftovers easier to package (except for meatloaf sandwiches)

I also use a handful or two of oats in my meatloaf. 

Meatloaf is quite a flexible dish. Veggies like finely chopped cabbage (cole slaw mix from the bag), corn, carrots, etc can be snuck in.  And uit can be almost any nationality depending on the seasonings you use. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 15, 2017, 01:45:05 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on January 15, 2017, 12:21:23 PM
For quicker baking, bake your meatloaf in a muffin tin.
That's an excellent idea. Prefer meats well done, so the ends are the only appealing bits of a meatloaf.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on January 15, 2017, 08:34:28 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 15, 2017, 09:11:17 AM
Quote from: rock hound on January 15, 2017, 09:02:29 AM
You can make a meat loaf with ground chicken, turkey, pork.  It's a pretty flexible dish.

  I think this might be the year I start to cook at home.  :2thumbsup:

Omelets are another flexible dish.  Muenster cheese and scallions make them delicious.  Or add a spaghetti sauce topping or velveeta cheese spread for creaminess.  I even experimented with chopped spinach and muenster cheese.  Yum!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 16, 2017, 09:48:12 AM
Quote from: rock hound on January 15, 2017, 08:34:28 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 15, 2017, 09:11:17 AM
Quote from: rock hound on January 15, 2017, 09:02:29 AM
You can make a meat loaf with ground chicken, turkey, pork.  It's a pretty flexible dish.

  I think this might be the year I start to cook at home.  :2thumbsup:

Omelets are another flexible dish.  Muenster cheese and scallions make them delicious.  Or add a spaghetti sauce topping or velveeta cheese spread for creaminess.  I even experimented with chopped spinach and muenster cheese.  Yum!

  I often make omelets at work for the residents, so I already have some technique.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 17, 2017, 01:59:19 AM
My omelet making is abysmal. I either flip it before it is ready or I burn it.

I bought ice, tea tree oil, ice cream, bread and potatoes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on January 17, 2017, 01:41:59 PM
A new vape tank.

(https://vapenw.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/410x410/cc0fe89840c625f6e5d2b8a1c0f4afe3/s/k/skyhook_rdta_by_smok_ss_1.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 17, 2017, 02:24:02 PM
I was saying to my friend the other day that they should do vapes for binge eaters to help stop them from overeating...just have the flavours in the vape without the nicotine. I think it's a brilliant idea.  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on January 17, 2017, 04:25:54 PM
Most juices are available without nicotine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 17, 2017, 04:34:28 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on January 17, 2017, 04:25:54 PM
Most juices are available without nicotine.

They're high in calories, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on January 17, 2017, 04:48:49 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 17, 2017, 04:34:28 PM
They're high in calories, though.

I mean vape juice, not fruit juice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 17, 2017, 05:00:12 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on January 17, 2017, 04:48:49 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 17, 2017, 04:34:28 PM
They're high in calories, though.

I mean vape juice, not fruit juice.

Ahh. Curious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 17, 2017, 09:06:50 PM
As a compulsive over eater, one of the signs that I'm out of emotional balance is that I begin to feel as though I fdon't have a "core".  It feels like an physical existence emptiness until I get enough food to bring it back into being.  Food sensations/taste in the mouth won't do it for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 18, 2017, 05:01:57 AM
About £160-something worth of reagents. Something rather difficult although not truly out of the question, for most. The what, is in the skunkworks only mind you, but its an investment, in a large part, so I can start my own chemical company.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 18, 2017, 05:06:15 AM
And a load of bags of haribo bubblegum bottle sour jelly sweets. Love 'em.

And I don't see the point of vape juice with no nicotine in it. I use homemade stuff now, so I can omit the glycerine, and use just propylene glycol as a base, because glycerine when it overheats and dehydrates produces prop-2-enal, or acrolein, a tear gas at its most pleasant, and at its worst, an outright poison and carcinogenic, mutagenic nasty ass shit. That and making it from scratch, I like mine at about double or triple strength (assuming about 24-25mg/ml from off the shelf at best). Vaping a mixture of blackcurrant and cherry menthol, with some extra menthol added to the propylene glycol/flavour/nicotine. And its much more satisfying than off the shelf stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 18, 2017, 08:27:16 AM
Quote from: Lestat on January 18, 2017, 05:06:15 AM
And a load of bags of haribo bubblegum bottle sour jelly sweets. Love 'em.

And I don't see the point of vape juice with no nicotine in it. I use homemade stuff now, so I can omit the glycerine, and use just propylene glycol as a base, because glycerine when it overheats and dehydrates produces prop-2-enal, or acrolein, a tear gas at its most pleasant, and at its worst, an outright poison and carcinogenic, mutagenic nasty ass shit. That and making it from scratch, I like mine at about double or triple strength (assuming about 24-25mg/ml from off the shelf at best). Vaping a mixture of blackcurrant and cherry menthol, with some extra menthol added to the propylene glycol/flavour/nicotine. And its much more satisfying than off the shelf stuff.

Sounds like it's good for a blocked up nose too. Why do you have a lab, what is it for?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 18, 2017, 10:59:49 AM
It is for...well, for anything that takes my fancy. Thats one of the things I like most about having my own lab. Chemistry mostly, bio/pharm innovation and exploration, biotech, synthetic chemistry both inorganic and organic, I've always had a spazz speshul interest for the sciences, being somewhat of a lifelong self-taught, (for the most part, plus learning a LOT on various forums) polymath. That and I am to the devouring of information what crack is to crackheads and being paid not to turn tricks, put a bag over her head and sod off is to courteney love.

I can't help myself in that respect, not that I'd want to change a damn thing about that, or being autie, of course. But I started pretty young, a few years old, about 3-4 or so teaching myself to read using mycology textbooks. And developing what in fact I strongly suspect was a special interest in the field that I already had and just needed something to reveal the existence of, lurking away down inside, like a choice mushroom delicacy sniffed out from its hiding place in a woodland or forest or field somewhere at 6am so as to make sure I get there before other mycophagically-inclined eccentric fruitcakes hades-bent on snaffling up some tasty prize for the frying pan before someone else like them, or me, gets there and beats them to breakfast.

And yes, I confess, I have, at times left the house at about 4:30-5am to make sure I get to the woods at the crack of first light when I've seen something like a chanterelle a day or two before, and have at least once, after finding a really luxuriant woodchip bed outside a 24hour macdonalds positively slithering with Psilocybe cyanescens (Wavy Cap psilocybe) the previous year and again harvesting bags and bags full of the almighty potent trippy little buggers so as to make DAMN sure I would be in there to claim my prize, I'd spotted those the previous year and seen some that season too, and waited, watched, stalked my prey in the guise of someone innocently going during the day for a burger, all the while, conducting recon to see how my patches were doing.

And worth it too, for some of the most potent shrooms ever experienced by quite a wide margin. The equivalent fresh of perhaps 3 grams dried (P.cyanescens are at their best fresh because of a high psilocin to psilocybin ratio, at least in the UK strain, not so sure about the US one, and psilocin is much less stable in storage and drying. Which isn't to say they won't absolutely blow the top of your head off :D A close relative of P.azurescens, which is, I believe, the strongest member of the entire Psilocybe genus.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 18, 2017, 06:51:17 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 17, 2017, 02:24:02 PM
I was saying to my friend the other day that they should do vapes for binge eaters to help stop them from overeating...just have the flavours in the vape without the nicotine. I think it's a brilliant idea.  :green:

  But some of us would miss ... chewing.  :devour:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 19, 2017, 11:27:09 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 18, 2017, 06:51:17 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 17, 2017, 02:24:02 PM
I was saying to my friend the other day that they should do vapes for binge eaters to help stop them from overeating...just have the flavours in the vape without the nicotine. I think it's a brilliant idea.  :green:

  But some of us would miss ... chewing.  :devour:

But just think...you could blow clouds that smell like donuts.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on January 23, 2017, 08:46:50 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 19, 2017, 11:27:09 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on January 18, 2017, 06:51:17 PM
Quote from: justcurious on January 17, 2017, 02:24:02 PM
I was saying to my friend the other day that they should do vapes for binge eaters to help stop them from overeating...just have the flavours in the vape without the nicotine. I think it's a brilliant idea.  :green:

  But some of us would miss ... chewing.  :devour:

But just think...you could blow clouds that smell like donuts.

  I already do that, out the other end.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 25, 2017, 12:57:16 PM
A three inch hole saw
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on February 01, 2017, 10:00:33 AM
I really wanted this. It saw it in store today and it looked really good IRL. Then I went to order it online and saw the price. I thought, sod that. I mean, maybe I'd pay £15 for it at a push, since it's made of wood...but it isn't worth £26.  :-\

http://www.johnlewis.com/scion-mr-fox-tray-medium/p3086299

(http://johnlewis.scene7.com/is/image/JohnLewis/002991781?$prod_main$)

Still, went to Tesco today and bought some baby food, yes, baby food. They do low calorie little portions of sweets and snacks, like the Japanese do, but in baby food form. Bought lower calorie crisps too. I thought a lifestyle change was in order, eat lots of little treats everyday so I feel I still have variety, rather than one or two big treats.

Plus, some baby food tastes great, and doesn't have crap in it. Not all of it, but...yeh, the ones I've chosen.

Got a free mocha and fruity flapjack at John Lewis today, which was the main reason I went in admittedly, plus finding products to spend my free vouchers on. I wonder why when picking out the cakes and biscuits, that staff insist you use the tongs provided. I mean, everyone touches the tongs, so you still touch everybodys' germs...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 01, 2017, 04:57:22 PM
^^^  That's a cute tray  looks like something my wife would buy but if it wasn't so expensive

I bought a heavy duty quick release extension for a drill and a Mexican Coca Cola at Home Depot
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 02, 2017, 04:10:49 AM
I like those trays. They are so versatile.

Today I bought cat food at City Farmers (which is a really big pet store) and then on to Woolworths where amongst other things I bought a portable vacuum cleaner. Have wanted one for ages.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on February 02, 2017, 06:21:49 AM
Portable vacuum cleaners are handy.

Parts: Why a Mexican Coca Cola?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 23, 2017, 04:00:41 PM
Quote from: justcurious on February 02, 2017, 06:21:49 AM
Portable vacuum cleaners are handy.

Parts: Why a Mexican Coca Cola?

It has cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup and tastes more like it used to when I was a kid, another plus it's in a glass bottle instead of plastic
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 23, 2017, 04:22:42 PM
My electrically heated molten metal bath arrived today for my violet P experiments :D quicker than I thought it would be too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: WolFish on February 24, 2017, 12:54:09 AM
a set of SAE and metric spanners, 15 of each for $49CDN. With the exchange rate that makes it more like $39 for 30 wrenches. pretty good for canada.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 24, 2017, 12:21:58 PM
Beer. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 24, 2017, 01:07:48 PM

Came home with a decent sized log of Braunschweiger from a local German butcher.

This is the "Four Liver" recipe, beef, pork, lamb and foul. Just throwing some on a saltine cracker, it is fabulous!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 24, 2017, 02:36:12 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 24, 2017, 01:07:48 PM

Came home with a decent sized log of Braunschweiger from a local German butcher.

This is the "Four Liver" recipe, beef, pork, lamb and foul. Just throwing some on a saltine cracker, it is fabulous!

Memories from my youth, Braunschweiger, Limburger Cheese, hassenpfeffer (made with rabbit).  My sister didn't like either one, so I didn't have to share.
  Do you put an onion slice and mayonnaise on the cracker?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 24, 2017, 02:38:41 PM
A couple 60 watt equivalent LED bulbs and a soda at the dollar store.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 24, 2017, 03:45:20 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 24, 2017, 02:36:12 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 24, 2017, 01:07:48 PM

Came home with a decent sized log of Braunschweiger from a local German butcher.

This is the "Four Liver" recipe, beef, pork, lamb and foul. Just throwing some on a saltine cracker, it is fabulous!

Memories from my youth, Braunschweiger, Limburger Cheese, hassenpfeffer (made with rabbit).  My sister didn't like either one, so I didn't have to share.
  Do you put an onion slice and mayonnaise on the cracker?

No onion or any bother about the cracker,  just wanted to sample the bounty,  but both will go on my dark rye bread, soon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 24, 2017, 04:44:45 PM
Good Duct tape to fix my daughters loose bumper...temporarily. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 24, 2017, 06:42:46 PM
The PR "repurposed" some extra money I gave her for bowling and bought some things that weren't needed.  I didn't have a smaller bill, so I gave her what I had.  So, I guess I bought some flowers for my best friend.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 25, 2017, 03:14:27 AM
Quote from: rock hound on February 24, 2017, 04:44:45 PM
Good Duct tape to fix my daughters loose bumper...temporarily.
I fixed my car that way... it's been 3 years now :paperbag:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 25, 2017, 03:41:16 AM
LOL QV!

She is such a sweetie :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on February 25, 2017, 06:11:03 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 24, 2017, 01:07:48 PM

Came home with a decent sized log of Braunschweiger from a local German butcher.

This is the "Four Liver" recipe, beef, pork, lamb and foul. Just throwing some on a saltine cracker, it is fabulous!

  When I used to work in a supermarket deli, we had two brands of liverwurst:
   Braunschweiger and Mother Goose.  duck  What do you think of Mother Goose?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on February 25, 2017, 09:10:42 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 25, 2017, 03:14:27 AM
Quote from: rock hound on February 24, 2017, 04:44:45 PM
Good Duct tape to fix my daughters loose bumper...temporarily.
I fixed my car that way... it's been 3 years now :paperbag:

I managed to find a tape that nearly matched the car color.  My plan is to get the bumper fixed after the winter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 25, 2017, 02:49:45 PM
Quote from: Lestat on February 25, 2017, 03:41:16 AM
LOL QV!

She is such a sweetie :)

Today, I will sell her  >:D  to you for the $20 she took from our emergency fund.  Now I have to keep the medicines, sharp objects and all the money in the house under lock and key. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 25, 2017, 03:12:53 PM
Done!

Although your underselling by a long way, I'd sure not be stupid enough to do myself out of money when there is a bargain. Although, as I remember your remark of some time ago 'pure and chaste', your going to have to be satisfied with 'genuine' 'not the exploitative type'  and 'got your back' '

I've been meaning to put some security measures in place for the lab in any case. Although the kitchen and the fridge would need a pretty thorough going-through considering some of the things that are hanging around in beakers and other containers, some of which aren't labelled, since *I* know what they are, and my old man knows that he'd be a complete idiot to drink or eat out of a vessel containing anything he didn't put there himself.

Lets just say that when lab space has been tight, things have often migrated. Xylene and ethyl acetate in the fridge, ergot sclerotia in the fridge, or there were a while back, something that needs analysis done on it to determine exactly what went on during a reaction but otherwise a golden-amber looking thick oil. Beakers of H2SO4 that have become colored and look like a soft drink (not kidding, it does, now bright red and could easily be mistaken for something drinkable if it wasn't in a lab beaker and you didn't know of my inclinations towards chemistry, pharmacology and bio), a cylinder containing white phosphorus under water....(highly toxic, bursts into flame on exposure to air and gives off a shitload of acidic P2O5 smoke, that looks way out of proportion for the size of the quantity of phosphorus that produces it when burning)

I do keep most of the lab escapees in their own spot though, and the spice rack has been emptied and repurposed to serve as a reagent bottle storage rack instead :P

Which is pretty much what you'll have to make do with it.
I'd argue for more than £20, if it was somebody else's wallet. But thats again because of her worth, and because no matter what someone is buying they would be a fool to argue for themselves having to fork out MORE than the asking price. I'm autistic, not stupid :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 25, 2017, 06:00:47 PM
A rake and  a new spot light with a motion detector on it
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 25, 2017, 08:19:20 PM
Quote from: Lestat on February 25, 2017, 03:12:53 PM
Done!

Although your underselling by a long way, I'd sure not be stupid enough to do myself out of money when there is a bargain. Although, as I remember your remark of some time ago 'pure and chaste', your going to have to be satisfied with 'genuine' 'not the exploitative type'  and 'got your back' '

I've been meaning to put some security measures in place for the lab in any case. Although the kitchen and the fridge would need a pretty thorough going-through considering some of the things that are hanging around in beakers and other containers, some of which aren't labelled, since *I* know what they are, and my old man knows that he'd be a complete idiot to drink or eat out of a vessel containing anything he didn't put there himself.

Lets just say that when lab space has been tight, things have often migrated. Xylene and ethyl acetate in the fridge, ergot sclerotia in the fridge, or there were a while back, something that needs analysis done on it to determine exactly what went on during a reaction but otherwise a golden-amber looking thick oil. Beakers of H2SO4 that have become colored and look like a soft drink (not kidding, it does, now bright red and could easily be mistaken for something drinkable if it wasn't in a lab beaker and you didn't know of my inclinations towards chemistry, pharmacology and bio), a cylinder containing white phosphorus under water....(highly toxic, bursts into flame on exposure to air and gives off a shitload of acidic P2O5 smoke, that looks way out of proportion for the size of the quantity of phosphorus that produces it when burning)

I do keep most of the lab escapees in their own spot though, and the spice rack has been emptied and repurposed to serve as a reagent bottle storage rack instead :P

Which is pretty much what you'll have to make do with it.
I'd argue for more than £20, if it was somebody else's wallet. But thats again because of her worth, and because no matter what someone is buying they would be a fool to argue for themselves having to fork out MORE than the asking price. I'm autistic, not stupid :autism:

"She's leaving on a jet plane"

I'll see if odeon can meet her at Heathrow and put her on a train to you.    :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 26, 2017, 03:28:37 AM
Give me two weeks and I'll help.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 03, 2017, 12:02:01 AM
Today I spent most of a voucher I got for my birthday. I bought a bra, a blue shirt and some socks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 03, 2017, 12:44:24 AM
Bought a used headphone amp to replace one that died on me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 03, 2017, 06:12:03 AM
  I've bought Lysol and glass cleaner.  Lots of rodent-deterring ammonia!  >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 03, 2017, 07:46:45 AM
Well I'm not paying extra, he'll have to sleep outside, I'll have to go and buy the wood to build a kennel now:P  I do have a spare spiked collar though (got at least two, possibly 3, but I've only seen the really heavy, wide one with the double row of steel spikes, and the thin single spiked leather  band one around recently. Think there might be one with short metal studs on it somewhere as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 03, 2017, 11:19:55 AM
Quote from: Lestat on March 03, 2017, 07:46:45 AM
Well I'm not paying extra, he'll have to sleep outside, I'll have to go and buy the wood to build a kennel now:P  I do have a spare spiked collar though (got at least two, possibly 3, but I've only seen the really heavy, wide one with the double row of steel spikes, and the thin single spiked leather  band one around recently. Think there might be one with short metal studs on it somewhere as well.

? ? ? ? ?  I went back and scanned your recent posts.  Did you forget to post something we should know about?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 03, 2017, 05:17:19 PM
A gallon of acetone
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 04, 2017, 06:51:11 AM
Quote from: Parts on March 03, 2017, 05:17:19 PM
A gallon of acetone

  You could make a lot of nail polish remover with that!   :blonde: :cheer:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 04, 2017, 06:53:44 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 03, 2017, 11:19:55 AM
Quote from: Lestat on March 03, 2017, 07:46:45 AM
Well I'm not paying extra, he'll have to sleep outside, I'll have to go and buy the wood to build a kennel now:P  I do have a spare spiked collar though (got at least two, possibly 3, but I've only seen the really heavy, wide one with the double row of steel spikes, and the thin single spiked leather  band one around recently. Think there might be one with short metal studs on it somewhere as well.

? ? ? ? ?  I went back and scanned your recent posts.  Did you forget to post something we should know about?

  Just so we all understand:  NOBODY puts T. rex in a kennel!  :dino2:   :runaway: :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 04, 2017, 11:38:03 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 04, 2017, 06:51:11 AM
Quote from: Parts on March 03, 2017, 05:17:19 PM
A gallon of acetone

  You could make a lot of nail polish remover with that!   :blonde: :cheer:

It would be a lot cheaper too, about  $15 a gallon.  I use it to clean the  foam guns I use at work mostly
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 04, 2017, 01:31:02 PM
You mentioned sending odeon along with the PR. I don't need three mouths to put food in (counting me, if you were wondering who the third one was. I'm not feeding him for free:P)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 04, 2017, 01:37:41 PM
I thought you were talking about a pet dog.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 04, 2017, 08:28:47 PM
Quote from: Lestat on March 04, 2017, 01:31:02 PM
You mentioned sending odeon along with the PR. I don't need three mouths to put food in (counting me, if you were wondering who the third one was. I'm not feeding him for free:P)

Nobody puts the Royal Musician in a corner/kennel.  Although I have been wanting to see him wearing nothing buy a spiked collar.   >:D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 05, 2017, 12:44:43 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 04, 2017, 08:28:47 PM
Quote from: Lestat on March 04, 2017, 01:31:02 PM
You mentioned sending odeon along with the PR. I don't need three mouths to put food in (counting me, if you were wondering who the third one was. I'm not feeding him for free:P)

Nobody puts the Royal Musician in a corner/kennel.  Although I have been wanting to see him wearing nothing buy a spiked collar.   >:D

:zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 05, 2017, 11:24:00 AM
(http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-12470643254795/leather-collar-l9147-4.jpg)

$21.45

Kinky isn't as cheap as it used to be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 05, 2017, 02:56:43 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 05, 2017, 11:24:00 AM
(http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-12470643254795/leather-collar-l9147-4.jpg)

$21.45

Kinky isn't as cheap as it used to be.

A bit Hugh Laurie in the mouth.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on March 07, 2017, 05:31:26 PM
A mechanical keyboard.  $189 for a keyboard is kind of insane, but I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/ (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 07, 2017, 08:05:56 PM
Today I found two Julian Lennon Albums in perfect shape at Goodwill.

Also a couple of Neil Young and a couple of Black Sabbath, various Deutsche Gramophone classical sets, many of them multi disc; twenty seven LPs all told.

But to find those Julian Lennon albums in such great shape (I have an original first one, but never bought the second one)... WOW!

I know his musical career was short lived, but there is no way in Heaven, Earth or Hell that I am not going to enjoy his creations. Think about it!

 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 07, 2017, 09:15:06 PM
Quote from: Meowsy McDermott on March 07, 2017, 05:31:26 PM
A mechanical keyboard.  $189 for a keyboard is kind of insane, but I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/ (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/)

How did you customize it?  :orly: I just went complete rainbow apeshit on that website.  :zoinks:

I want this one but Jack wont let me.   >:(

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7b/58/56/7b5856003f80f08e516262d12410fb78.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 08, 2017, 01:32:05 AM
Quote from: Meowsy McDermott on March 07, 2017, 05:31:26 PM
A mechanical keyboard.  $189 for a keyboard is kind of insane, but I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/ (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/)

Pretty colours. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 08, 2017, 01:34:02 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 07, 2017, 08:05:56 PM
Today I found two Julian Lennon Albums in perfect shape at Goodwill.

Also a couple of Neil Young and a couple of Black Sabbath, various Deutsche Gramophone classical sets, many of them multi disc; twenty seven LPs all told.

But to find those Julian Lennon albums in such great shape (I have an original first one, but never bought the second one)... WOW!

I know his musical career was short lived, but there is no way in Heaven, Earth or Hell that I am not going to enjoy his creations. Think about it!

I have two Julian Lennon LPs. I like him.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 08, 2017, 05:29:36 AM
Along with regular groceries, I bought some mulch to put around our frangipani plant. It is the only thing apart from the wall vine and weeds that is growing in the backyard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 08, 2017, 07:06:43 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 08, 2017, 01:34:02 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 07, 2017, 08:05:56 PM
Today I found two Julian Lennon Albums in perfect shape at Goodwill.

Also a couple of Neil Young and a couple of Black Sabbath, various Deutsche Gramophone classical sets, many of them multi disc; twenty seven LPs all told.

But to find those Julian Lennon albums in such great shape (I have an original first one, but never bought the second one)... WOW!

I know his musical career was short lived, but there is no way in Heaven, Earth or Hell that I am not going to enjoy his creations. Think about it!

I have two Julian Lennon LPs. I like him.

  So many memories from this time ...  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPWbrJMH3cE

  Paul McCartney said, at the time this album was released: 
  "I love the stuff he wrote.  And he sings like a trouper."  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 08, 2017, 09:01:14 AM
How much money for an old-style keyboard?!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on March 08, 2017, 09:52:32 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 07, 2017, 09:15:06 PM
Quote from: Meowsy McDermott on March 07, 2017, 05:31:26 PM
A mechanical keyboard.  $189 for a keyboard is kind of insane, but I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/ (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/)

How did you customize it?  :orly: I just went complete rainbow apeshit on that website.  :zoinks:
12410fb78.jpg[/img]

Nothing too crazy.

(http://i.imgur.com/Cb868ny.png)

Cherry MX Blue switches with 0.2 mm sound dampeners.  Still very "clicky".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 08, 2017, 11:29:42 AM
Bi-fold door parts
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 08, 2017, 11:36:25 AM
Quote from: Parts on March 08, 2017, 11:29:42 AM
Bi-fold door parts

Bi-fold door is one of your relatives, Parts?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 08, 2017, 08:37:03 PM
Quote from: Meowsy McDermott on March 08, 2017, 09:52:32 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 07, 2017, 09:15:06 PM
Quote from: Meowsy McDermott on March 07, 2017, 05:31:26 PM
A mechanical keyboard.  $189 for a keyboard is kind of insane, but I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/ (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/)

How did you customize it?  :orly: I just went complete rainbow apeshit on that website.  :zoinks:
12410fb78.jpg[/img]

Nothing too crazy.

(http://i.imgur.com/Cb868ny.png)

Cherry MX Blue switches with 0.2 mm sound dampeners.  Still very "clicky".

That's nice.  :orly: I want this one, but Jack wont let me have that either.  >:(

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 08, 2017, 08:38:56 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 08, 2017, 09:01:14 AM
How much money for an old-style keyboard?!

The first one I posted is $750 plus tax and shipping.  :orly: I sit at a tiny laptop stand that barely has room for a mouse pad, so I don't know where I'm going to put my two awesome keyboards.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 09, 2017, 11:04:23 AM
A Wearever square Angel Food cake pan from the 1960's.  I wasn't even aware these existed.  I have NO use for it, scant room for it, BUT I HAD to have it.

I made an evil giggle   >:D   thinking of Parts while I was buying it.  Mine, all mine! Precious!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 09, 2017, 02:27:42 PM
I get it.

There are things that I encounter that I can not even conceive of not grabbing up on the spot. Most are vintage sound related.

Not long ago I found a solid aluminum "very old school," THICK Betty Crocker branded Faberwear cake pan, thirteen by nine, with a matching sliding top cover to protect the cake.
An aluminum pan made to mimic the cooking properties of a cast iron pan, sort of. AND a matching sliding protective cover!
I had to have it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 09, 2017, 04:26:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 09, 2017, 02:27:42 PM
I get it.

There are things that I encounter that I can not even conceive of not grabbing up on the spot. Most are vintage sound related.

Not long ago I found a solid aluminum "very old school," THICK Betty Crocker branded Faberwear cake pan, thirteen by nine, with a matching sliding top cover to protect the cake.
An aluminum pan made to mimic the cooking properties of a cast iron pan, sort of. AND a matching sliding protective cover!
I had to have it.

Shall we have a Bake-off?  Couldbecousin can judge.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 10, 2017, 12:46:10 AM
Thinking of buying new speaker elements and filters for the garage cinema. About time. The old ones are crappy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 10, 2017, 06:09:03 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 09, 2017, 04:26:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 09, 2017, 02:27:42 PM
I get it.

There are things that I encounter that I can not even conceive of not grabbing up on the spot. Most are vintage sound related.

Not long ago I found a solid aluminum "very old school," THICK Betty Crocker branded Faberwear cake pan, thirteen by nine, with a matching sliding top cover to protect the cake.
An aluminum pan made to mimic the cooking properties of a cast iron pan, sort of. AND a matching sliding protective cover!
I had to have it.

Shall we have a Bake-off?  Couldbecousin can judge.

I was actually trying to point out that we are on the same team. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 10, 2017, 10:33:23 AM
A new tupperware type container for soaking axes and hammers in linseed oil after rehandling them.  The last one broke and made an awful mess :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 10, 2017, 11:05:40 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 10, 2017, 06:09:03 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 09, 2017, 04:26:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 09, 2017, 02:27:42 PM
I get it.

There are things that I encounter that I can not even conceive of not grabbing up on the spot. Most are vintage sound related.

Not long ago I found a solid aluminum "very old school," THICK Betty Crocker branded Faberwear cake pan, thirteen by nine, with a matching sliding top cover to protect the cake.
An aluminum pan made to mimic the cooking properties of a cast iron pan, sort of. AND a matching sliding protective cover!
I had to have it.

Shall we have a Bake-off?  Couldbecousin can judge.

I was actually trying to point out that we are on the same team. :laugh:

I know we are.  Just trying to get some goodies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 11, 2017, 03:37:38 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 10, 2017, 11:05:40 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 10, 2017, 06:09:03 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 09, 2017, 04:26:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 09, 2017, 02:27:42 PM
I get it.

There are things that I encounter that I can not even conceive of not grabbing up on the spot. Most are vintage sound related.

Not long ago I found a solid aluminum "very old school," THICK Betty Crocker branded Faberwear cake pan, thirteen by nine, with a matching sliding top cover to protect the cake.
An aluminum pan made to mimic the cooking properties of a cast iron pan, sort of. AND a matching sliding protective cover!
I had to have it.

Shall we have a Bake-off?  Couldbecousin can judge.

I was actually trying to point out that we are on the same team. :laugh:

I know we are.  Just trying to get some goodies.

Goodies? A couple of  weeks ago I made a double (Box Duncan Hines devils food cake in two pans) cake and carefully (I have learned to do this for a sheet cake, for real)  sliced it down the center edgewise to make a huge four layer cake, in thirteen by nine size.

I split both cakes down the middle and set one top as a base on a huge beef cutting plate that we have from the turn of the previous century  (came over with my wife's mom's stuff from England when she moved back here after the "service stuff her dad did" was all finished -

Her husband/my wife's father was older than my own kin.

... , then cream cheese icing from a can (sorry, it is just too easy) on the bottom layer, then the next layer of cake, then a layer of dark chocolate icing, The another cake layer then more cream cheese, then the final layer of cake smothered in chocolate.

It made four layers, alternating between cream cheese and dark chocolate icing (sorry, but all came from cans). I actually used one can of cream cheese and two cans of dark chocolate icing to create something that went away in about two days.

WTF!!  Yep. That is my (tongue in cheek)  way of sayng that my creations are totally suck and not worth doing again.  Hell the damn thing took forever to make and it did not even last two days. That was one of the worst cakes I have ever made.!!

All evidence to support this claim. It totally sucked. It only lasted two days!! What a shit cake!!

Anyway, I hope your tastebuds are screaming at chocolate and cream cheese together.

Ours did.   BUT what a suck city cake! Did not even last two days. Worst cake ever!! 
(NOT.   It was fabulous!!  I can not wait to try this again, but I am thinking of pineapple and orange cake for the layers and all cream cheese icing.)
 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 11, 2017, 04:09:21 PM
 :drool:

I would have ruined it by putting a layer of cherry pie filling somewhere in it.  Better get an unlisted address because there will be a lot of Intense stalkers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 11, 2017, 04:31:32 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 11, 2017, 04:09:21 PM
:drool:

I would have ruined it by putting a layer of cherry pie filling somewhere in it.  Better get an unlisted address because there will be a lot of Intense stalkers.
Can not ruin a cake with cherries!

It was just a couple of boxed cake mixes and some canned icing.

It is all in the want to "create" with no bounds and the result can be delicious.

Even with common ingredients.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 11, 2017, 04:47:14 PM

Back to outdoor life things.

I came home with some boards to beef up some storage areas that have become a little saggy in the top of the garage. It is where we store Christmas shit up top over the summer and fall.

My plan is to shore up the dodgy supports and get all the fucking boxes of crap out of my way so I can use my garage as a wood shop again!!

I have a number of projects at hand, not to mention using my table saw to cut some native planks to use in my new found wood burning interest.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 11, 2017, 10:11:15 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 11, 2017, 04:31:32 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 11, 2017, 04:09:21 PM
:drool:

I would have ruined it by putting a layer of cherry pie filling somewhere in it.  Better get an unlisted address because there will be a lot of Intense stalkers.
Can not ruin a cake with cherries!

It was just a couple of boxed cake mixes and some canned icing.

It is all in the want to "create" with no bounds and the result can be delicious.

Even with common ingredients.

I posted that because I thought you might not like the combination and wanted to be more admiring of your accomplishments.  I agree almost any cake can be improved with cherries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 12, 2017, 12:19:41 AM
Thanks.

Since we last "spoke"  I used a spice cake mix, added the guts of a can of apple pie filling,  chopped finely, most of the gel washed away. I felt I needed to offset the fruit so I added a half cup of flour and a teaspoon of baking powder to the mix. So far so good. It rose, smells fabulous and looks perfect.

It has cooled sufficiently and I am adding a canned salted caramel icing in a few minutes. Not sure what to call it, yet, but a caramel apple theme is entering my mind.

 Yes, I will take shortcuts most of the time with sweets, but to have the recipes from ages of old recreated is a true pleasure.  one I rarely have time to explore. Kids take more time than imaginable, though.
Shortcuts have allowed me to be creative and still saved me more than once.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 12, 2017, 02:34:31 AM
Here my muffins made with mineola juice and chunks of white chocolate look small. And the are. But the taste is awesome.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 12, 2017, 07:12:47 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 08, 2017, 08:38:56 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 08, 2017, 09:01:14 AM
How much money for an old-style keyboard?!

The first one I posted is $750 plus tax and shipping.  :orly: I sit at a tiny laptop stand that barely has room for a mouse pad, so I don't know where I'm going to put my two awesome keyboards.  :dunno:

  The neighbors are going to complain about the hoard spilling out of your burrow.
   Then the Health Department will come with the county sheriff  :police:  to take your keyboards. :trollface:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 14, 2017, 12:53:58 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 11, 2017, 10:11:15 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 11, 2017, 04:31:32 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 11, 2017, 04:09:21 PM
:drool:

I would have ruined it by putting a layer of cherry pie filling somewhere in it.  Better get an unlisted address because there will be a lot of Intense stalkers.
Can not ruin a cake with cherries!

It was just a couple of boxed cake mixes and some canned icing.

It is all in the want to "create" with no bounds and the result can be delicious.

Even with common ingredients.

I posted that because I thought you might not like the combination and wanted to be more admiring of your accomplishments.  I agree almost any cake can be improved with cherries.

Honestly as ancient as it might be to do chocolate and cherries together, maybe we should rethink things and make something that takes both flavors to another level.

I have often wondered if kiwis make as good a cake as some cucurbits do. What about a cake made of kiwi and cherry THEN iced with dark chocolate?

I might need therapy.

 :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 14, 2017, 02:51:48 PM
Cucurbitaceae make good cakes? come to think of it, a watermelon or cantaloupe melon/galia melon cake sounds really good, although it might take a bit of chemistry as well to get a proper concentrate of watermelon. Perhaps some synthetic watermelon essence would need creating, even. Bet its just a matter of digging up the info on the right ester or esters and then a bit of practical fiddling with the balance if its more than one. Esters generally make for strong and distinctive scents or occasionally stenches. n-amyl (amyl=pentyl, the 5-carbon radical corresponding with the saturated hydrocarbon pentane, of all the simple unsubstituted alkanes, pentane has the lowest boiling point and is yet a liquid at room temperature, albeit a very volatile one, which makes me prefer it over isohexane (n-hexane is unusually toxic for a hydrocarbon as it gets metabolized to a diketonic compound, hexan-2,5-dione. Other similar diketones of simple saturated alkane hydrocarbons where the carbonyl groups are each in what would, if viewed from the end closest to either, be the beta position of that C=O are also similarly toxic, making n-hexane quite unpleasantly neurotoxic, although not acutely extremely toxic, its a cumulative neurotoxin, or rather, its metabolite, after primary metabolism to an alcohol, hexan-2-ol, followed by further metabolism via cytochrome P450 pathway enzymes,  then oxidation to the  aforementioned diketone is, and causes a polyneuropathy by interacting with axons of the peripheral nervous system, specifically by forming an imine with lysine residues within the proteins of the nerve cells, this imine then cyclizes to a pyrrole and this is oxidized, screwing up the conformation of the proteins attacked by 2,5-hexanedione rendering them unfit for performing their requisite duties. The end result, is a sensory polyneuropathy and eventual degeneration of the nerve axons potentially causing paralysis and/or severe wastage and atrophy of the nerves, typically of the lower body, legs  etc.

So despite its widespread use as a solvent, I prefer to use isohexane if I'm going to use hexane at all, since the other isomers of hexane do not possess such a toxicity. I rather like pentane though, because of the ability to rapidly strip it away with nothing more than a warm water bath, which is extremely useful if the compound or imtermediate you are working with, or the rxn in which pentane is being used as a solvent in is very temperature sensitive. n-pentane being nontoxic, no more so than any other hydrocarbon of the alkane series especially and a volatility not that far removed from butane. Best cooled down before opening containers though rather than opened at RT due to its low boiling point. But that does mean even without a vacuum one can rapidly strip pentane and its isomers, cyclopentane is a little more convenient to handle, since its boiling point is slightly above it, and isopentane is a little lower boiling. with n-pentane boiling at 35.9 'C. Which reminds me, I need more cyclopentane and n-pentane. As well as some hexane and heptane.

What I bought most recently, were several bags of jelly babies, both basset's, the powder-coated ones and some of the non-powdered sugar-covered haribo ones, since these seem a bit more heavily flavoured. I compromize between texture and flavour by buying both. Although I've never yet tried eating both of a same color/flavour together to see if the compromise works both by buying both kinds and eating separately, or eating both together. I just murdered several large ethnic minority families. Killed a bunch of black babies for fun, I ripped their faces off an broke their legs and left their still-twitching soon-to-be-carcasses to steep in acid to get rid of their little negro bodies. (I like the black jellybabies best, followed by green ones, although what ethnic minority those are..seasick babies maybe-s or martian perhaps:P Followed by eating the chinky kids, fuckin little yeller bastards :autism: Although I am partial to eating a white baby now and then, biting off their little pink toesies one by one. Or pulling a little wog nipper's head off or crunching its little toddler skull  between my teeth. Easier to do with babies than biting an adult's head, because the fontanelles, those soft spots where the skull has gaps to allow brain growth, at least in babies I haven't murdered, have not closed.

One mixed-race family of small children murdered, on to the next massacre. The last one obviously had just come back from a family outing to the seaside. That trip was its last. Now I'm sucking a baby off, before I slowly dissolve it. Just as well this room is soundproofed well.

Also bought some 'KA' grape soda, some of the delicious although increasingly difficult to find barr brand bubblegum pop to wash down the dead, dying and soon to be dead cannibal preteen feast.

Ok, so I have a dark sense of humor, I admit it. Oh well, too bad, on with the slaughter of family no.3.  Got a couple of bags of 'lion' gums, dark, sort of tough and quite chewy liquorice gums, and very very tasty, one of my favourites. As well as some rolling papers and a pouch of my favoured brand of tobacco and got some more e-liquid for my e-cig *gulps down two more wogs and a martian exchange student* although the e-liquid was free, since I had my old man make it up from nicotine, dissolved in propylene glycol because I don't want to take the chance of the regular stuff proving just as carcinogenic in the long run as cigarettes, due to the use of a mixture of glycerine and propylene glycol as diluents for the nicotine. This is some sort of mentholated fruit flavour, quite agreeable.

Its the glycerine thats concerning since it dehydrates when heated too much (too much in the context of using an e-cig, rather than the lab setting deliberately of course) to produce prop-2-ene-al, or acrolein as its commonly known, which is horrible, horrible stuff and powerfully lachrymatory to boot (like tear gas, only in this case, awfully toxic to boot)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 14, 2017, 04:56:41 PM
I was actually thinking of some of the more commonly known edible genera of the family of gourds you mention. Most of which have been used in baking, eaten raw, harvested for the fabulously nutritious seeds and the edible flowers, since well before anyone from this hemisphere kept records of any sort, such as squashes. 
I have only had watermelon cake once; never tried to make one. It was good.

Modern pumpkin, zucchini, butternut and various others all make great subjects for baking into cakes, breads, even sweets of many sorts. I was mainly wondering if anyone had tried to offset the harshness and acidity of a common kiwi, applying the known baking chemistry to actually come up with a tasty bread or cake treat to eat?
Only thing I have really found as warning, looking at baking websites is that kiwi contains a specific type of enzyme compound (actinidin, more research is necessary) which is used in curdling milk at the outset of some types of cheese making, so no creamy type desserts. It is also used to tenderize meat. Sounds dangerous.
I still wonder if a cake is possible with something to take those enzymes to a friendly place.
 :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 15, 2017, 03:48:14 AM
They will denature when the cake is baked. Enzymes are proteins (albeit they (almost?) always have at least one coordinated metal ion which serves as an active catalytic site)

The kiwi is the same as pawpaw/papaya in that it contains enzymes which can tenderize meat, this is because they are proteases. So you could just cook the kiwi first and render it down to a mushy consistency and then add to the creamy whatever. Don't know off the top of my head what temperature it takes to denature this specific protein, but it'll probably be below 50-60 degrees. There are heat-resistant enzymes, but these are mostly found, along with many other especially heat-resistant proteins in deep-sea bacteria and other organisms found on the superheated, sulfurous water-spewing deep-sea hydrothermal vents and in scalding hot pools in areas such as Yellowstone. One such, TaQPol in fact formed the beginnings of our ability to work with DNA, the abbreviation above, used in the biotech field stands for Thermophilus aquaticus polymerase, a DNA polymerase that unlike most DNA polymerases, which cannot be used for the reaction known as PCR, or polymerase chain reaction* since it involves initially thermally cleaving DNA into its sense and antisense strands, the temperature at which this reversible DNA unzipping takes place is greater than the denaturation temperature of most DNA polymerases from other organisms, so it took someone to think up of using DNA polymerase enzymes harvested from other organisms adapted to a naturally hot environment (you'd be surprised at just what extent life can evolve to be adapted to conditions which to us are noxious in the extreme. Even being frozen solid, growing on vents spewing water under immense pressure superheated to the point where it would melt lead, things grow and crawl and writhe on the mouths of the vents in deep ocean trenches. Strange and often nameless things, slithering, oozing, twitching and wriggling in the abyss, supping at a hadean, sulfurous tit.

(ok, I admit it, a little amateur homage to the late, great, and IMO autistic as fuck Howard Phillips Lovecraft. By one of his cyclopean disciples) (really, when you read the word 'cyclopean' who else comes to mind :P) Apart from me, that is.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 15, 2017, 10:47:35 AM
Lovecraft is a master.  He heightens the terror, maintains it at a plateau for a few pages, then heightens it again.  Shiver and repeat.

(need to find some Lovecraft to re-read.  Last read him some time in the 1970's.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 15, 2017, 03:00:19 PM
Bought books again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 15, 2017, 03:51:58 PM
Quote from: Lestat on March 15, 2017, 03:48:14 AM
They will denature when the cake is baked. Enzymes are proteins (albeit they (almost?) always have at least one coordinated metal ion which serves as an active catalytic site)



I might just try it, since you say so. Hell, I have plenty of flour, sugar, eggs and leavening.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 15, 2017, 04:01:58 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 15, 2017, 10:47:35 AM
Lovecraft is a master.  He heightens the terror, maintains it at a plateau for a few pages, then heightens it again.  Shiver and repeat.

(need to find some Lovecraft to re-read.  Last read him some time in the 1970's.)

I have a complete collection, but unfortunately they are in storage under the house at this time. Read him last in the '90s.

Probably better to go buy a few paperbacks than to disrupt my long term storage plan.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 15, 2017, 04:09:00 PM
Thin nylon/poly cord and a copper fitting to fix some wind chimes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 15, 2017, 04:17:22 PM
Bought a small painting today. No signature. I got captivated by the lines and the composition.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 15, 2017, 04:30:51 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 15, 2017, 04:09:00 PM
Thin nylon/poly cord and a copper fitting to fix some wind chimes

Sounds like a great indoor project.

I have some chimes that need the same treatment. They are not normal chimes, though.
We used to use some window shade mechanisms to roll up some of our smaller photo backgrounds. One day when we were changing from one type of background to another, more hip, modern (for the time) look I discovered that they sounded like real chimes when suspended just right and struck.

So, when we upgraded our back ground system, making all those free rolling shade type things obsolete, I took twelve of them, drilled holes in the top, removed all the internal spring operated mechanisms and made myself a set of six foot tall wind chimes. Sawing some of them shorter a few times to create various tones All random, no musicality intended. This is not tinkly sounding, but more Bong, bang bong bung BONG sounding. all my tinkly ones are still fine but the huge six foot chimes are in need of some attention.

The wind flapper that is suspended in the center which operates the midway between the twelves'  length pounder has fallen due to the poly giving up after so many years in the weather. It takes quite a wind to make my chimes ring as it is.

Spring project for me!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 16, 2017, 05:24:39 AM
An expensive quilt for my bed. I got sick of the other quilt bunching up inside its cover at the end of the bed on my feet. This new quilt is twice the thickness of the other one, it fills up the cover a lot better.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2017, 06:53:32 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 15, 2017, 10:47:35 AM
Lovecraft is a master.  He heightens the terror, maintains it at a plateau for a few pages, then heightens it again.  Shiver and repeat.

(need to find some Lovecraft to re-read.  Last read him some time in the 1970's.)

  His story "The Rats In The Walls" really made an impression on me, long before my first mouse issue.  :hide:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 16, 2017, 09:09:47 AM
I didn't buy this today, nor did I receive it today. But I did try it out today, and I'm really pleased with it. Smaller water bottles are a little more hard to find, especially cute ones. This is 300ml/12floz.

(http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/XuUAAOSwA3dYUQ-p/s-l225.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2017, 12:44:37 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 16, 2017, 09:09:47 AM
I didn't buy this today, nor did I receive it today. But I did try it out today, and I'm really pleased with it. Smaller water bottles are a little more hard to find, especially cute ones. This is 300ml/12floz.

(http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/XuUAAOSwA3dYUQ-p/s-l225.jpg)

  Awww, it's got a little lanyard.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 16, 2017, 02:06:26 PM
Stuff to eat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 16, 2017, 02:10:04 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2017, 12:44:37 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 16, 2017, 09:09:47 AM
I didn't buy this today, nor did I receive it today. But I did try it out today, and I'm really pleased with it. Smaller water bottles are a little more hard to find, especially cute ones. This is 300ml/12floz.

(http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/XuUAAOSwA3dYUQ-p/s-l225.jpg)

  Awww, it's got a little lanyard.  :)

Did anyone notice also that it has a cute little picture of a cat on it? :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 16, 2017, 09:56:18 PM
I thought it was Hello Kitty at first, then realised it wasn't.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 17, 2017, 05:13:28 AM
Here are more pictures of it. It's the 300ml pink one. The blue one has a panda on it. Pandas aren't my favourite animal. The even smaller bottle looks like it has elephants on it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-Clear-Sport-School-Bottle-Plastic-Fruit-Juice-Water-Cup-500ML-/222345600156?var=521205489246&hash=item33c4d49c9c:g:besAAOSwEzxYUQ~U
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 17, 2017, 08:28:27 AM
Hard to tell what they are because the bottles are clear. But I know I would definitely prefer the cat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 17, 2017, 11:49:35 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 16, 2017, 02:10:04 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2017, 12:44:37 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 16, 2017, 09:09:47 AM
I didn't buy this today, nor did I receive it today. But I did try it out today, and I'm really pleased with it. Smaller water bottles are a little more hard to find, especially cute ones. This is 300ml/12floz.

(http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/XuUAAOSwA3dYUQ-p/s-l225.jpg)

  Awww, it's got a little lanyard.  :)

Did anyone notice also that it has a cute little picture of a cat on it? :)

  So it does!  It looks like this one.  --->  :cat:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 18, 2017, 12:23:06 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 17, 2017, 11:49:35 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 16, 2017, 02:10:04 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 16, 2017, 12:44:37 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 16, 2017, 09:09:47 AM
I didn't buy this today, nor did I receive it today. But I did try it out today, and I'm really pleased with it. Smaller water bottles are a little more hard to find, especially cute ones. This is 300ml/12floz.

(http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/XuUAAOSwA3dYUQ-p/s-l225.jpg)

  Awww, it's got a little lanyard.  :)

Did anyone notice also that it has a cute little picture of a cat on it? :)

  So it does!  It looks like this one.  --->  :cat:

Actually, that does! :cat:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 18, 2017, 11:20:23 AM
That's a cute water bottle.  :thumbup:

I haven't really been out this week, trying to be good and stay out of the thrift store.

Bought a HUGE box of glass beads and jewelry supplies last week for $15.00.

...and picked up this ring for a .25
It was black as coal when I bought it.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/ring_zps9qys0c9t.jpg)

Sterling and yep, real diamonds (small as shit, but real). It's missing one though, I think I do have a stray earring around here that can provide a replacement.

It's all sparkly and shit in the sun.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 18, 2017, 11:40:05 AM
That's a pretty ring. :) I never buy silver because of the tarnishing thing, it's annoying. Silver coloured things, yes. Gold suits my skintone better.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 18, 2017, 02:03:03 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 18, 2017, 11:20:23 AM
That's a cute water bottle.  :thumbup:

I haven't really been out this week, trying to be good and stay out of the thrift store.

Bought a HUGE box of glass beads and jewelry supplies last week for $15.00.

...and picked up this ring for a .25
It was black as coal when I bought it.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/ring_zps9qys0c9t.jpg)

Sterling and yep, real diamonds (small as shit, but real). It's missing one though, I think I do have a stray earring around here that can provide a replacement.

It's all sparkly and shit in the sun.  :autism:

Did you really say you bought it for a quarter?  A quarter of what, the farm?

I guess you recognized that the color meant silver, at least silver plate, but diamonds?



Note to JC:  the tarnish of silver can be greatly postponed with an occasional dip in household ammonia. Just put your ring into a bottle cap and barely cover it with ammonia. A buck for a pint which will last for years.
Or if you can afford a sonic cleaner (uses a neutral glycerin compound and supersonic wave generator to do the work) it will keep your silver clean indefinitely after a short bath once a month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 18, 2017, 02:42:01 PM
I thought ammonia was poisonous.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 18, 2017, 03:18:22 PM
A quart of shellac and some ebony stain
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 18, 2017, 04:21:59 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 18, 2017, 02:42:01 PM
I thought ammonia was poisonous.
I just bought a litre of the stuff.

Not for food purposes  though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 18, 2017, 05:56:42 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 18, 2017, 02:03:03 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 18, 2017, 11:20:23 AM
That's a cute water bottle.  :thumbup:

I haven't really been out this week, trying to be good and stay out of the thrift store.

Bought a HUGE box of glass beads and jewelry supplies last week for $15.00.

...and picked up this ring for a .25
It was black as coal when I bought it.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/danny0023/ring_zps9qys0c9t.jpg)

Sterling and yep, real diamonds (small as shit, but real). It's missing one though, I think I do have a stray earring around here that can provide a replacement.

It's all sparkly and shit in the sun.  :autism:

Did you really say you bought it for a quarter?  A quarter of what, the farm?

I guess you recognized that the color meant silver, at least silver plate, but diamonds?



Note to JC:  the tarnish of silver can be greatly postponed with an occasional dip in household ammonia. Just put your ring into a bottle cap and barely cover it with ammonia. A buck for a pint which will last for years.
Or if you can afford a sonic cleaner (uses a neutral glycerin compound and supersonic wave generator to do the work) it will keep your silver clean indefinitely after a short bath once a month.

Unless my tester lies. Low quality though, think QVC special by the way they are set.

High resale "might" bring around $100...and that's a big might and probably only if the missing one was replaced. But this is a keeper.

Someone had tried to clean it with a paste cleaner and the stones where almost as filthy looking as the band.   

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 18, 2017, 08:40:12 PM
I bought a miniature Centipede arcade machine for 20 bucks, it's the size of a coffee mug and it plays like a Nintendo or Atari console version of Centipede, kinda amazing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 18, 2017, 08:57:35 PM
Quote from: Darksydegout on March 18, 2017, 08:40:12 PM
I bought a miniature Centipede arcade machine for 20 bucks, it's the size of a coffee mug and it plays like a Nintendo or Atari console version of Centipede, kinda amazing.

Now that's awesome. I used to have a Pac-Man one I think...wish I still did.  :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 19, 2017, 12:54:46 AM
A Dolby SRA5 module.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 19, 2017, 01:19:49 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on March 18, 2017, 08:57:35 PM
Quote from: Darksydegout on March 18, 2017, 08:40:12 PM
I bought a miniature Centipede arcade machine for 20 bucks, it's the size of a coffee mug and it plays like a Nintendo or Atari console version of Centipede, kinda amazing.

Now that's awesome. I used to have a Pac-Man one I think...wish I still did.  :LOL:

I wasn't impressed by the Pac-Man version, seemed a bit overpriced for what you got. Meh.

But this Centipede one is different. It's like playing a little NES, with full color graphics and smooth gameplay, it even has a backlit screen so that you can play in a dark room.

Only negative points for the mini arcade machines that it doesn't save your high scores (BOO!), and it has no rubber feet at the bottom, so the unit will slide around.

Little Youtube review here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZSV-LmZ27c
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 20, 2017, 03:00:12 AM
Try the NH3 quick scrub method, DO NOT KEEP AMMONIA/SILVER mixtures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is similar to Fenton's reagent, can be used for silver-plating glass or alternatively for creatively producing an EXTREMELY shock sensitive shock sensitive silver nitride, AgNH3,
Micrograms to mg or so are coated on gravel and used for kids throw-down toy snaps to create an explosion on contact. This stuff is REALLY sensitive to friction and contact and WILL detonate violently as a brisant, violent, primary HE upon the least provocation. Fuck with fulminating silver and it'll fuck with you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 20, 2017, 08:12:12 AM
I was addicted to Tetris when I was little. I begged for and was bought two different electronic diaries that had the game on them. Both went "missing".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 20, 2017, 08:16:50 AM
Think I'm going to have to place enquiries as to where to obtain large  (thousands of liters) nitrogen and argon tanks. A hundred liters, used that up in a day. And especially whilst designing my electrolytic cell for alkali metal production I'll be using large volumes due to the whole experimenting to find ideal configurations of electrodes and inert gas shielding. Nitrogen is cheaper. On the other hand, nitrogen cannot be used for lithium production since lithium metal, alone amongst alkali metals forms a nitride and burns in nitrogen. Thats not to say lithium nitride might not be useful, since its a superbase.

I need big fucking tanks of inert gas, and new regulators too, since the last use they were put to corroded the bejeesiz out of the things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 20, 2017, 09:31:23 AM
Quote from: Lestat on March 20, 2017, 08:16:50 AM
Think I'm going to have to place enquiries as to where to obtain large  (thousands of liters) nitrogen and argon tanks. A hundred liters, used that up in a day. And especially whilst designing my electrolytic cell for alkali metal production I'll be using large volumes due to the whole experimenting to find ideal configurations of electrodes and inert gas shielding. Nitrogen is cheaper. On the other hand, nitrogen cannot be used for lithium production since lithium metal, alone amongst alkali metals forms a nitride and burns in nitrogen. Thats not to say lithium nitride might not be useful, since its a superbase.

I need big fucking tanks of inert gas, and new regulators too, since the last use they were put to corroded the bejeesiz out of the things.

Meddlesome Mom here:  WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THEM?  The neighbors and (I) aren't going to want them in your backyard.  There's no room in the house.  If you think the police have you on their radar, they'll be living in your bedroom with this.  What safety laws might you be breaking storing even an inert gas?  Will this void the insurance on your Dad's house? 

Back to my usual jolly self:  Hi, Lestat.

Modified to add:  Rhetorical post.  I'm not going to read a wall of text, just wanted to butt in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 20, 2017, 09:39:06 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 20, 2017, 09:31:23 AM
Quote from: Lestat on March 20, 2017, 08:16:50 AM
Think I'm going to have to place enquiries as to where to obtain large  (thousands of liters) nitrogen and argon tanks. A hundred liters, used that up in a day. And especially whilst designing my electrolytic cell for alkali metal production I'll be using large volumes due to the whole experimenting to find ideal configurations of electrodes and inert gas shielding. Nitrogen is cheaper. On the other hand, nitrogen cannot be used for lithium production since lithium metal, alone amongst alkali metals forms a nitride and burns in nitrogen. Thats not to say lithium nitride might not be useful, since its a superbase.

I need big fucking tanks of inert gas, and new regulators too, since the last use they were put to corroded the bejeesiz out of the things.

Meddlesome Mom here:  WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THEM?  The neighbors and (I) aren't going to want them in your backyard.  There's no room in the house.  If you think the police have you on their radar, they'll be living in your bedroom with this.  What safety laws might you be breaking storing even an inert gas?  Will this void the insurance on your Dad's house? 

Back to my usual jolly self:  Hi, Lestat.

Modified to add:  Rhetorical post.  I'm not going to read a wall of text, just wanted to butt in.

+ 1.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 20, 2017, 01:20:40 PM
QV-bear in mind this is compressed gas. It occupies a smaller volume than it would do at atmospheric pressure. And as long as there is enough oxygen available to breathe, even a bullet through a tank would only make a mess owing to physical trashing from a runaway tank going off like a rocket if the top was blown off etc. or made to spin on its axis.

And I'd just stand it up in the lab when not needed, with a set of 'clips' albeit big, strong wide clamp type affairs, bolted into the wall. Because I NEED better inert gas supplies.I've gone through three, or possibly four welding size bottles in 2 nights. And not that I'd store the tanks in the garden, there are already chemical drums kept there. Fuming hydrochloric acid, and multi-gallon drums of 4,4-diphenylmethyldiisocyanate, sodium hypochlorite solution that i use for many things, such as as an oxidant, chlorine donor, or for preparation of elemental chlorine gas where required, as its far more convenient to prepare and use chlorine gas when its wanted, as its wanted in what quantity is wanted and where it is to be used or through short supply lines than it is to obtain a Cl2 gas tank (and there I am unwilling to try making my own, because the danger to others, and myself from a cylinder of chlorine gas should it eat through the tank walls eventually is infinitely greater than argon or nitrogen. I'd be better protected personally, and my old man could grab my spare gas mask but its not like the neighbors would have gas masks in several different rooms, and be prepared for a return to WWII era gas warfare and response thereto. I might be, but its not fair to inflict that on the neighbors. Although the one I really like is on holiday atm (I suspect aspie tendencies and she is really damned well fine, as well as a quite lovely person personality-wise) I have warned the neighbors who have rented her place for the time shes away that I am a chemist, and they appreciated the forewarning (even if it was partly for me also so they don't immediately think 'terrorist and/or redneck hick drug cook'), it was for both me and them, for future reference mainly, as the only noise was a little hissing and bubbling hydrogen and a whining noise from a fan cooling down a power supply plus a vacuum pump operating and a kind of buzzing noise from a submerged water pump filling a condenser rather than any stenches, pops, cracks or sudden bursts of flame and/or sparks, be they chemical or electric arc-derived.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 20, 2017, 01:22:49 PM
Also, considering some of the other things in my lab, a tank of inert gas is the least worrying thing that could conceivably be added. It'd be the most benign item in there, save glassware itself, clean and empty, not in use, stoppers, plastic/rubber tubing, teflon coated stirbars, teflon tape etc.


Compared to sodium, lithium and a sodium-calcium alloy by way of reactive metals, mercury metal and sometimes its salts, iodine, iodine monochloride, >98% sulfuric acid, strong aqueous ammonia solutions, phosphorus (red and white both), sometimes fuming nitric acid, sometimes although not currently concentrated perchloric acid, potassium permanganate, sodium dichromate, chromic acid/sulfuric acid mixture for cleaning at times, thionyl chloride, propionyl chloride, n-butyric anhydride, cinnamyl chloride, acetic anhydride, cyanides if ever I need them I have no issue buying some, diethyl and diisopropyl ether, THF, triphenylphosphine, hydroxylamine, methyl iodide when desired, other alkyl iodides likewise (plenty acutely toxic and carcinogenic/mutagenic) glacial acetic acid, mercaptans (thiols, where sulfur replaces oxygen in an alcohol (R-SH vs alcohols R-OH where R'=the carbon chain or cyclic aliphatic ring, notorious for their brutal stenches, a few drops of some of the lower liquid ones will be enough most likely to render an area about the size of a football pitch uninhabitable until its gone, used in miniscule traces to add to natural gas lines for house gas supplies to provide a warning stink, although in tiny quantities. As compared to hundreds of grams of dodecanethiol, which if opened outside a well-sealed glovebox would be truly heinous and way beyond sickeningly, disgustingly, gutbustingly abhorrent, a stench from the blackest abyss in hell that'd be if released all at once), ammonium polysulfides, which stink something nasty too although not so virulently foul as thiols. The abysmal stygian reek of those mercaptans/thiols CARRIES too, likewise for things like many substituted indole derivatives, which rather than the rotting egg-metallicish bitter stink of the mercaptans smell like festering shit of a particularly vile nature. Indeed, skatole, a simple ring-substituted [4-methyl indole] gives the very name of the word and etymological root 'scat' adj. 'scatological' from its being the chief culprit for what GIVES human shit its stink, then there are metal powders such as 30 micron aluminium (that is, the grain size per particle is 30 thousandths of one millimeter, plus slightly larger grain size magnesium, then there are also fine nickel and copper powders.........whats the problem about a little inert gas?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 20, 2017, 06:07:10 PM
A pair of Dr. Scholls sandals.  Wooden sole, broad adjustable leather band across the top of the toes.  I had a pair in the early 1970's.  Walked all over Europe in them. 

The DuMauriers by Daphne DuMaurier
Some cookbook on using cake mix as a basis to make spectacular desserts.

3 tops and 3 pairs of short for The PR
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 21, 2017, 12:55:14 AM
Five crossover filters for the garage cinema front speakers. Now I only have to find five matching woofers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 21, 2017, 08:14:12 AM
About two-two and a half liters of dimethyl ether.  Some glass and ceramic cutting drills, a new blowtorch with autoignite piezo switch rather than the old one I have up in the lab that needs lighting with a lighter, this you just press a button on the side and it ignites it with a piezoelectric spark and small electrode within the bore of the torch. Max temp 1600 'C and nicely lightweight. Various solvents. A full face welding shield. 10 new broad-spectrum replacement canisters for one of my gas masks, some spray zinc dust based primer for paint, the Zn will be most useful, needed some zinc powder plus it'll help me out with some electroplating stuff. A set of pipecutters for copper pipes, nice and neat, better than a hacksaw imo for Cu pipe.

A plenty other stuff, spent a few hundred quid in the end, plus got  a couple of burgers and a milkshake from mcdonalds since it was near the hardware stores that I had to go to to cater to my needs. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 21, 2017, 08:19:36 AM
But you said you didn't like milkshake. I like their double cheese burgers, but I ditch the bun because of the preservative, E282.

I want one of those American style burgers with a variety of toppings. I don't think I've ever had a proper American style one before...I mean, the kinds you see in the programme Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. I love that programme. I could never eat such big portions though, I get full so easily.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 21, 2017, 09:56:29 AM
Quote from: Lestat on March 20, 2017, 08:16:50 AM
Think I'm going to have to place enquiries as to where to obtain large  (thousands of liters) nitrogen and argon tanks. A hundred liters, used that up in a day. And especially whilst designing my electrolytic cell for alkali metal production I'll be using large volumes due to the whole experimenting to find ideal configurations of electrodes and inert gas shielding. Nitrogen is cheaper. On the other hand, nitrogen cannot be used for lithium production since lithium metal, alone amongst alkali metals forms a nitride and burns in nitrogen. Thats not to say lithium nitride might not be useful, since its a superbase.

I need big fucking tanks of inert gas, and new regulators too, since the last use they were put to corroded the bejeesiz out of the things.

    A/k/a "precursor"? :heisenberg:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 21, 2017, 01:37:16 PM
It synthetic strawberry I don't like and the strawberry milkshakes.


And fucking hell I must have spent nearly £300-400 out of nearly £700 today on tools and other such lab supplies. And, I haven't even gotten STARTED yet:P

That and stuff for my video masterpiece, the chemistry lesson I'm working on, been beavering away at it all day, bar the time I was out to go pick up supplies. And enjoying myself immensely doing it. Just stopping for a quick fag break then its acid at the ready and let 'er rip:)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 21, 2017, 10:13:32 PM
Quote from: justcurious on March 18, 2017, 02:42:01 PM
I thought ammonia was poisonous.

Don't drink very much of it. You'll be fine.

Also rinse silver products in cold water after using ammonia. No harm.

Do not worry about the rinse water either. Ammonia is great for plants.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 21, 2017, 10:21:53 PM
A few rolls of boxing tape for my wrists, case of Angus Bubba Burgers and (Parts might know about dealing with this problem) two new garage door springs.

Yep my wife was headed out to work yesterday and she came back in to announce that the garage door would not work. Worried that the motor had failed, hoping that it was only a breaker, I realized right away that it was trying to work, but one of the coil springs had broken. I had to just muscle it up to get her on her way.

All better now but those things are such a pain in the ass to deal with!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 22, 2017, 01:16:42 PM
Twenty table knives.  Somehow we were down to 2.  They were 10 cents apiece at the thrift store.  I had to examine them carefully since they had to have minimal or no serations.  These don't have to be locked up.  Bought a pack of batteries for the independent (?) mouse which was powerless to run the computer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 22, 2017, 03:33:48 PM
Why minimal or no serrations? I find that kind of knife a pain in the arse to use since they need so much pressure behind them they are crap for cutting up food. 'Specially a nice juicy piece of dead farm animal.

Bought a metric arseton of gas mask canisters, designed for dealing with multiple threat types, as well as various greases, solvents, tubing, teflon tape, tanks of argon. Treated myself to some diamond tipped glass and carbide-tipped ceramic/glass drills and various other things. For various other parts. Lol one of the hardware/welding stores even gave me some free stuff. Got a free stiff bristled brush thats perfect as a sensory stim toy amongst other things, some spray lubricant for example, that is able to resist high temperatures. Whether or not it will stand up to some of the things I'd end up subjecting it to (no not that type of lube, this has to resist 200 'C
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 22, 2017, 05:34:09 PM
Quote from: Lestat on March 22, 2017, 03:33:48 PM
Why minimal or no serrations? I find that kind of knife a pain in the arse to use since they need so much pressure behind them they are crap for cutting up food. 'Specially a nice juicy piece of dead farm animal.

Bought a metric arseton of gas mask canisters, designed for dealing with multiple threat types, as well as various greases, solvents, tubing, teflon tape, tanks of argon. Treated myself to some diamond tipped glass and carbide-tipped ceramic/glass drills and various other things. For various other parts. Lol one of the hardware/welding stores even gave me some free stuff. Got a free stiff bristled brush thats perfect as a sensory stim toy amongst other things, some spray lubricant for example, that is able to resist high temperatures. Whether or not it will stand up to some of the things I'd end up subjecting it to (no not that type of lube, this has to resist 200 'C

The PR was into cutting not too long ago.  Anything sharp (knives, can openers, ice picks, sewing needles, etc.) is kept under lock and key.  She only uses a knife to spread mayonnaise on her bread.  I have cut her food for her for years since she never mastered cutting with one hand, even with an adapted knife.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 23, 2017, 12:19:11 AM
Got fed up with my keyboard and ordered a new one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 23, 2017, 05:20:18 AM
  Simply AppleTM.  It's delicious.  :apple:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on March 23, 2017, 09:19:37 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 23, 2017, 12:19:11 AM
Got fed up with my keyboard and ordered a new one.

Mechanical?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 24, 2017, 12:31:14 AM
Quote from: Meowsy McDermott on March 23, 2017, 09:19:37 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 23, 2017, 12:19:11 AM
Got fed up with my keyboard and ordered a new one.

Mechanical?

Nah, just a Logitech thingy. One of those ergonomic keyboards--the Logitech kind used to be called "Wave". I've been using them for years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 25, 2017, 04:28:39 PM
6 40x40mm graphite crucibles, with lids,
4x 50ml iron crucibles, with lids
5x flat, 3mm thick sheets of graphite, 50x40mm
A roll of flexible graphite foil, 0.5mm thick.
10x 4mm wide, 100mm long graphite electrodes
1x2kg capacity graphite crucible
several pounds of potassium hydroxide
a 75ml nickel crucible..

Also recently bought some tanks of inert gas, a lot of new gas mask filter canisters, new blowtorch I can work borosilicate glass with. Still need to get some more glass syringes though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 26, 2017, 08:31:03 AM
  Some necessities  :tp: :tp: :tp:  and some fattening crap food that I don't need!  :sumo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 27, 2017, 12:10:00 AM
Wondering if I should buy a Google Pixel phone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 28, 2017, 05:36:41 AM
One of these. It looks small on there, but it's as big as a tote/large shoulder bag. I quite like it, it's quite lovely. :)



(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6b/01/0f/6b010feb2a27b8d68d4179a47ed27ddd.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 28, 2017, 05:53:31 AM
  ^ Her Majesty :queenie: will love that bag.  She may want to be presented with one!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 28, 2017, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: justcurious on March 28, 2017, 05:36:41 AM
One of these. It looks small on there, but it's as big as a tote/large shoulder bag. I quite like it, it's quite lovely. :)



(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6b/01/0f/6b010feb2a27b8d68d4179a47ed27ddd.jpg)

Sends Lady Weeble in to snatch it.

Simply love it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on March 28, 2017, 03:51:08 PM
Bought a used Acer 22" widescreen LCD monitor for about 20 dollars, because my secondary monitor just died.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 29, 2017, 12:22:39 AM
Thinking about secondary monitors now. Wondering if I should buy one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 29, 2017, 04:53:29 AM
Some herb, after meeting some girl yesterday. There seemed something....well, not 'not quite right' about her, but as if something was amiss. Seemed really shaken up, can't remember if she said she was 13 or 16, seemed like she was at least somewhat drunk, kept holding on to my arm for support, said she just wanted someone friendly around, couldn't help but wonder if she'd just had trouble from someone, seemed like she was on the verge of tears, or perhaps had been crying. Asked me if I had a spare smoke, stopped to make her a few rollups, and we got talking. Don't know what it was, but something definitely felt like it wasn't quite right.  Seemed like a nice enough lass, whatever it was that was off, it didn't feel like it was something about her, more, related to her, if that makes sense, an event of some sort.                                                                   She said she was alright though, I just got the sense she might be troubled in some way.

Could just have been drunk though, she did seem to need assistance not going into the road, but not incoordinated like she was dead drunk. But uninhibited enough to link arm with someone she'd just met, that she didn't know until then.                   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 29, 2017, 10:41:15 AM
Fluid Film an anti rust and lubricant  spray made from lanolin which I use on all my outdoor tools
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:04:32 PM
The crossover filters I ordered from eBay arrived today. Cheap, but they actually look well-made. It's going to be interesting to hear what they do to the speakers. I need to by some woofers first, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:07:02 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:04:32 PM
The crossover filters I ordered from eBay arrived today. Cheap, but they actually look well-made. It's going to be interesting to hear what they do to the speakers. I need to by some woofers first, though.

  Play the woofers  :nicegear:  for your woofer!  :puppy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:11:50 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:07:02 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:04:32 PM
The crossover filters I ordered from eBay arrived today. Cheap, but they actually look well-made. It's going to be interesting to hear what they do to the speakers. I need to by some woofers first, though.

  Play the woofers  :nicegear:  for your woofer!  :puppy:

Not THAT kind of woofer.

The puppy likes surround sound, I've discovered. She sat on the sofa with me today while I was playing a proper Dolby Digital concert, her head following the sounds across the room.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:20:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:11:50 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:07:02 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:04:32 PM
The crossover filters I ordered from eBay arrived today. Cheap, but they actually look well-made. It's going to be interesting to hear what they do to the speakers. I need to by some woofers first, though.

  Play the woofers  :nicegear:  for your woofer!  :puppy:

Not THAT kind of woofer.

The puppy likes surround sound, I've discovered. She sat on the sofa with me today while I was playing a proper Dolby Digital concert, her head following the sounds across the room.

  Here's some proper sound for her. --->  :notes: :puppy:  :notes:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:25:18 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:20:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:11:50 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:07:02 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:04:32 PM
The crossover filters I ordered from eBay arrived today. Cheap, but they actually look well-made. It's going to be interesting to hear what they do to the speakers. I need to by some woofers first, though.

  Play the woofers  :nicegear:  for your woofer!  :puppy:

Not THAT kind of woofer.

The puppy likes surround sound, I've discovered. She sat on the sofa with me today while I was playing a proper Dolby Digital concert, her head following the sounds across the room.

  Here's some proper sound for her. --->  :notes: :puppy:  :notes:

She needs at least five channels and a subwoofer. :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:26:22 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:25:18 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:20:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:11:50 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:07:02 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:04:32 PM
The crossover filters I ordered from eBay arrived today. Cheap, but they actually look well-made. It's going to be interesting to hear what they do to the speakers. I need to by some woofers first, though.

  Play the woofers  :nicegear:  for your woofer!  :puppy:

Not THAT kind of woofer.

The puppy likes surround sound, I've discovered. She sat on the sofa with me today while I was playing a proper Dolby Digital concert, her head following the sounds across the room.

  Here's some proper sound for her. --->  :notes: :puppy:  :notes:

She needs at least five channels and a subwoofer. :M

  Spoken like a true dog owner.  Only the best for your pup.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:27:39 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:26:22 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:25:18 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:20:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:11:50 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on March 29, 2017, 03:07:02 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2017, 03:04:32 PM
The crossover filters I ordered from eBay arrived today. Cheap, but they actually look well-made. It's going to be interesting to hear what they do to the speakers. I need to by some woofers first, though.

  Play the woofers  :nicegear:  for your woofer!  :puppy:

Not THAT kind of woofer.

The puppy likes surround sound, I've discovered. She sat on the sofa with me today while I was playing a proper Dolby Digital concert, her head following the sounds across the room.

  Here's some proper sound for her. --->  :notes: :puppy:  :notes:

She needs at least five channels and a subwoofer. :M

  Spoken like a true dog owner.  Only the best for your pup.  8)

She deserves the best. :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 29, 2017, 04:58:04 PM
A storybook at the thrift shop.  :M

It's called Cats, Cats, Cats :autism:

"In a great big house on the edge of town
Lived a tiny old woman named Mrs. Brown

She had no children, she had no mother
She had no sister, she had no brother

She had no chickens, she had no rats
What Mrs. Brown had were...

Cats, Cats, Cats!"
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on April 02, 2017, 07:30:30 AM
I have a £10 eBay voucher to use by the 8th, and I've no clue what to spend it on. Suggestions?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 02, 2017, 09:31:47 AM
Front right brake caliper for the van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 02, 2017, 10:10:02 AM
  Way too many carbs.  That's the last damn thing I need.  :sumo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 02, 2017, 10:41:46 AM
Quote from: justcurious on April 02, 2017, 07:30:30 AM
I have a £10 eBay voucher to use by the 8th, and I've no clue what to spend it on. Suggestions?

Me. :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 02, 2017, 10:58:38 AM
Saturday I bought a 24 ounce (3 cups) bottle of bubble bath from the dollar store for The PR.  She used the entire bottle in her bath last night.  Thank heavens it was the cheap stuff and didn't foam much.  But that's the bubble bath for the month.
 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on April 02, 2017, 11:23:22 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 02, 2017, 10:41:46 AM
Quote from: justcurious on April 02, 2017, 07:30:30 AM
I have a £10 eBay voucher to use by the 8th, and I've no clue what to spend it on. Suggestions?

Me. :M

I don't need a person who's that cheap. I meant something worthwhile!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 02, 2017, 08:41:33 PM
Quote from: justcurious on April 02, 2017, 11:23:22 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 02, 2017, 10:41:46 AM
Quote from: justcurious on April 02, 2017, 07:30:30 AM
I have a £10 eBay voucher to use by the 8th, and I've no clue what to spend it on. Suggestions?

Me. :M

I don't need a person who's that cheap. I meant something worthwhile!

You could buy me something shiny.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 03, 2017, 08:12:29 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 02, 2017, 08:41:33 PM
Quote from: justcurious on April 02, 2017, 11:23:22 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 02, 2017, 10:41:46 AM
Quote from: justcurious on April 02, 2017, 07:30:30 AM
I have a £10 eBay voucher to use by the 8th, and I've no clue what to spend it on. Suggestions?

Me. :M

I don't need a person who's that cheap. I meant something worthwhile!

You could buy me something shiny.  :orly:

  I could give you a shiner and it wouldn't cost me a dime.  :boxers: :trollface:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 03, 2017, 10:10:40 AM
Roast beef and swiss on a hard roll with mayo,lettuce,tomato,onions,salt and pepper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on April 03, 2017, 10:43:26 AM
Car insurance.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 03, 2017, 07:10:30 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 03, 2017, 08:12:29 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 02, 2017, 08:41:33 PM
Quote from: justcurious on April 02, 2017, 11:23:22 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 02, 2017, 10:41:46 AM
Quote from: justcurious on April 02, 2017, 07:30:30 AM
I have a £10 eBay voucher to use by the 8th, and I've no clue what to spend it on. Suggestions?

Me. :M

I don't need a person who's that cheap. I meant something worthwhile!

You could buy me something shiny.  :orly:

  I could give you a shiner and it wouldn't cost me a dime.  :boxers: :trollface:

 :lol1:   :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on April 03, 2017, 08:40:54 PM
A Moga Power Pro bluetooth controller for my smartphone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 04, 2017, 04:26:30 AM
Groceries and underwear.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 04, 2017, 07:47:20 AM
Quote from: Darksydegout on April 03, 2017, 08:40:54 PM
A Moga Power Pro bluetooth controller for my smartphone.

Not entirely sure what it is, but + + + for anything that's bossy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 04, 2017, 09:00:08 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 04, 2017, 07:47:20 AM
Quote from: Darksydegout on April 03, 2017, 08:40:54 PM
A Moga Power Pro bluetooth controller for my smartphone.

Not entirely sure what it is, but + + + for anything that's bossy.

  Your Majesty would indeed appreciate anything that increases one's control!  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 04, 2017, 01:35:14 PM
A couple sweat shirts and a laundry basket
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 04, 2017, 07:44:25 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 04, 2017, 09:00:08 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 04, 2017, 07:47:20 AM
Quote from: Darksydegout on April 03, 2017, 08:40:54 PM
A Moga Power Pro bluetooth controller for my smartphone.

Not entirely sure what it is, but + + + for anything that's bossy.

  Your Majesty would indeed appreciate anything that increases one's control!  :2thumbsup:

But not if it lessens mine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 04, 2017, 07:45:52 PM
One of those "as seen on TV" pasta cookers.  You put the pasta in it, add boiling water, wait 3 minutes and hopefully edible pasta.  I'm hoping The PR will be able to use it since she can't lift pots/pans with boiling water in them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 05, 2017, 09:41:02 AM
Three compressed gas tanks (argon)
A new regulator (already have one, but it has suffered quite a lot of misery and pain during its service to me. I've put it through rather a lot, to say the least) for the tanks, keeping the old one still, but using it for when one or the other is going to be on the receiving end of brutality, the kind of treatment that makes the metal scream inside. Which isn't exactly infrequent (its hooked up providing pressure to a chlorine generator right now for instance using Ar to dilute the Cl2 and push it through a column packed with iodine, after which, the result, iodine monochloride with some traces of iodine trichloride, is aggressive and corrosive enough to make chlorine look like a little fluffy bunny rabbit in comparison. Not friendly stuff, the rest of the equipment, such as the ground glass joints have had to be wrapped in teflon because using dow-corning high-vacuum grease didn't go too well. Stuff turns to something resembling cement on exposure to the vapor from the ICl and ICl3. ICl being the main offender since its a volatile liquid, whereas the trichloride is a solid, although volatile all the same, the argon tanks own internal pressure is the only thing preventing that unwholesome witch's brew from backing up the gas line and probably resulting in the regulator on the argon bottle crumbling away to dust. That, and a clamp on the line (I pressurize it very slightly, before starting the flow of chlorine gas, when the Cl2 begins to flow properly then the pressure of argon is increased, a clamp put over the tubing to prevent chlorine, and worse things besides, backing up into the regulator and argon tank, using flexible tubing that will withstand some flow of argon whilst in the midst of turning the clamp and inflate like a balloon, then quickly turning off the valve)

Bought three tins of travel sweets (more for the tins, than for the candy as it happens. I wanted the tins because they will fit perfectly in my molten metal bath for heating things and leave just enough space for things like a pair of long-nosed pliers to move the tin, attach electrodes to the sweet can (with the candies poured out first of course), whilst heating it in a bath of molten lead. Needed replacement sweet tins after corroding the crap out of the ones I had.

Several bags of fried, sweetened dried banana chips.

A few bags of 'chewits', a quarter bottle of dark rum and a kilo of potassium hydroxide (caustic potash, KOH, its the potassium 'version' of lye. A damn sight more corrosive though. Whilst the nickel-based guitar fretwire I often use as disposable electrodes will withstand quite a lot of abuse being used to electrolyse molten, fused caustic soda, even for as long as 12 hours give or take, all night long basically, dipped in a bath of molten caustic soda at a few hundred degrees 'C, a mixture of caustic soda and caustic potash, after just an hour or so, maybe two at the most, when I pulled the electrode out of the melt, which was only at around two hundred degrees 'C, the caustic potash-based melt had ripped it to shreds, eroding the end into a needle-sharp pointy spike.....NOT something I fancy the prospect of ever getting on my skin, I do plan to test it against a piece of cheap meat just to see what kind of damage it can do to flesh, something revolting, like pork, I've a pretty confident feeling that molten potassium hydroxide would chew straight through the likes of a pork chop and out the other side, especially after seeing what it did to that nickel alloy, which is normally very resistant to even some pretty harsh treatment)

[and where electrodes are concerned, 'harsh treatment' constitutes the kind of thing mother electrodes tell their children will happen to them if they misbehave to scare the living shit out of them around these parts, and leave them unable to sleep at night, or wake up screaming in the middle of the night thinking they just heard a switch clicking 'on'. Its the conductive materials equivalent to Auschwitz, only not quite so friendly, warm and fuzzy. Warm, yes, but one out of three is as good as it gets :P]

QV-have her try getting a colander with a handle, or a sieve, and just put the pan in the sink or next to it, then fill it with the boiling water. That way she could suspend the pasta in the boiling water, lift out just the pasta, flick away the last bits of water then munch away when its done. About 10 minutes usually does it, at least with the bulkier kinds of pasta. I hate those tiny little bow-tie shaped things so I wouldn't know how long those take to cook; probably pretty quickly though.

And when she's done serving up her chow, then it only takes one hand to ditch the boiling water, or whatever is left of it, straight into the sink without having to carry it anywhere. Use of a plastic chopping board underneath, or wooden one at least would be helpful, plastic being better due to plastics generally having poorer heat conduction capacities, thus trapping in the heat for longer and better cooking the pasta without having to fr. ex. boil extra water in the kettle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 06, 2017, 04:34:30 AM
I bought a Nintendo Zelda game for Kayleigh. Guess what she's doing now? She is going to pay me back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 07, 2017, 10:45:46 AM
A garbage disposal to replace the broken one at my sons house
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 07, 2017, 10:38:01 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 07, 2017, 10:45:46 AM
A garbage disposal to replace the broken one at my sons house
We don't have those in Australia (I don't think) so I am curious as to why one is needed in your son's house. And was it expensive?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 08, 2017, 02:03:00 AM
Bought a new mobile to replace the one that was stolen. A Google Pixel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 08, 2017, 10:01:51 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 07, 2017, 10:38:01 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 07, 2017, 10:45:46 AM
A garbage disposal to replace the broken one at my sons house
We don't have those in Australia (I don't think) so I am curious as to why one is needed in your son's house. And was it expensive?

The house they bought had one on one side of the double sink in the kitchen but it was broken and had gotten to the point the water would not even drain through it. They also recently got a dishwasher and wanted to hook it up and the it hooked up to the disposal.  I figured it was easier to just get a cheep $100 one and replace it than screw around with new fittings.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 11, 2017, 03:13:20 PM
Bought a large graphite crucible, several smaller, lidded carbon crucibles, two lidded iron crucibles which I intend to plate with a layer of nickel to make them chemically much more corrosion resistant, or perhaps with either chromium or nickel-chrome alloy plating (nichrome), and also treated myself, really rather splashed out and bought a lidded, decent sized crucible in solid nickel, although that was expensive, at more than £30, closer to £40 IIRC. Bought a decent sized supply of 3mm dia. carbon rods, a couple of meters of it if I remember right, just waiting for it to arrive, that is for use in making electrodes, that I'll drill holes in and tap screw threads in the middle of each electrode if there are small enough taps available for the lathe. If not, I'll just either use the lathe to put an external screw thread on with a die-head, and cut some carbon internally threaded nuts, to be used in oppositely tightened pairs, meeting in the middle at a hole drilled horizontally through the side of the electrodes, so that a piece of copper wire can be threaded through, and a nut fastened on from either side and tightened in the opposite directions to each other, thus locking the wires in place, so that the wires leading to power supplies never have to go near the sorts of solutions and melts that I would subject them to, because they are frequently corrosive in the extreme, to the extent that the anodes need plating with resistant metals, or if using carbon rods, which have excellent electrical conductivity, then the parts in contact with the electrolytes can be considered disposable. Hence the need to keep them away from the wires, because the electrolytes would treat the power supply connections the same way. Like the last crocodile clips that were attached. They dissolved into slush in the electrolyte melt being used and ended up crumbling away to nothingness. They were stainless steel clips, and they survived most of a night.

The iron crucibles were dirt cheap though, so if I can give them a successfully applied, decent quality plating that will resist the brutally corrosive extremely caustic alkaline melts that I've been zapping of late once I get the power supply sorted out I can if one fails just buy more, two cost me less than the price of a burger and a coke at macdonalds, and I already have nickel salts, as well as fine nickel powder
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 15, 2017, 06:41:09 AM
Some liquorice sticks, 5 liters of ethylene glycol antifreeze, unmixed, so I'm not paying for water I'd only distill out anyway.

3 bottles of methylated spirits, brought same to the counter only to be told go get another one, since there was an offer on, 4 for 3. I was running really short on alcohols.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 15, 2017, 06:46:57 AM
Royal Canin dry cat food (expensive but the cats love it and don't throw it up), some dark chocolate covered ginger for my stepdad for Easter and two Jesters pies for Kayleigh.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 15, 2017, 09:40:33 AM
27.5 gallons gasoline at $2.289 a gallon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 09:53:59 AM
  More fatty food than I actually need or even want.  :sumo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 15, 2017, 12:50:09 PM
These:

(http://www.junkfoodguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fruitpunchpeeps-01.jpg)

....and these.

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61f6GV3nYIL._SX425_.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 15, 2017, 12:58:32 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 15, 2017, 09:40:33 AM
27.5 gallons gasoline at $2.289 a gallon

Gasoline has gone up a bit here as well.

Kind of suxxors to have to pay that much!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 01:54:57 PM
Gas is about $2.14 at the local station.  Went up 15 cents overnight.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 15, 2017, 03:25:55 PM
It's still cheap as dirt when compared to the rest of the world.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 04:00:43 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 01:54:57 PM
Gas is about $2.14 at the local station.  Went up 15 cents overnight.

  I remember the time we went to Cape Cod, sometime in the late 70s, and I was surprised by
   how expensive gas was there --- 60 cents per gallon.  Sometimes I really miss the 70s.  :apondering:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 15, 2017, 06:30:39 PM
When I first got my licence (1996), I paid 68¢ a litre.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:21:42 PM
12 moving boxes, some packing tape, pens, air freshener

Cleaning out the house and organizing things that remain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:23:17 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:21:42 PM
12 moving boxes, some packing tape, pens, air freshener

Cleaning out the house and organizing things that remain.

  Are you moving to a new house, or just putting some things in storage?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:26:51 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:23:17 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:21:42 PM
12 moving boxes, some packing tape, pens, air freshener

Cleaning out the house and organizing things that remain.

  Are you moving to a new house, or just putting some things in storage?  :orly:

I've been gently told by 3 social worker types  NELLIE HAD A TURKEY YESTERDAY AT BOWLING  THREE STRIKES IN A ROW   :asthing: now she'll let me finish the post in peace that I need to get the house cleaned out and straightened out or a) no services and/or b) be reported to Old Age Protective Services.

While the house isn't an absolute hoarding situation, it really, really, really could be better.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:29:05 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:26:51 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:23:17 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:21:42 PM
12 moving boxes, some packing tape, pens, air freshener

Cleaning out the house and organizing things that remain.

  Are you moving to a new house, or just putting some things in storage?  :orly:

I've been gently told by 3 social worker types  NELLIE HAD A TURKEY YESTERDAY AT BOWLING  THREE STRIKES IN A ROW   :asthing: now she'll let me finish the post in peace that I need to get the house cleaned out and straightened out or a) no services and/or b) be reported to Old Age Protective Services.

While the house isn't an absolute hoarding situation, it really, really, really could be better.

  I'm sorry, I know you'll get it done. :hug:


   Congrats to Nellie.  Now I want a turkey sandwich.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:30:00 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:29:05 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:26:51 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:23:17 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:21:42 PM
12 moving boxes, some packing tape, pens, air freshener

Cleaning out the house and organizing things that remain.

  Are you moving to a new house, or just putting some things in storage?  :orly:

I've been gently told by 3 social worker types  NELLIE HAD A TURKEY YESTERDAY AT BOWLING  THREE STRIKES IN A ROW   :asthing: now she'll let me finish the post in peace that I need to get the house cleaned out and straightened out or a) no services and/or b) be reported to Old Age Protective Services.

While the house isn't an absolute hoarding situation, it really, really, really could be better.

  I'm sorry, I know you'll get it done. :hug:


   Congrats to Nellie.  Now I want a turkey sandwich.  :laugh:

The PR says one with bacon is on the way.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:34:01 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:30:00 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:29:05 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:26:51 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 15, 2017, 07:23:17 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 15, 2017, 07:21:42 PM
12 moving boxes, some packing tape, pens, air freshener

Cleaning out the house and organizing things that remain.

  Are you moving to a new house, or just putting some things in storage?  :orly:

I've been gently told by 3 social worker types  NELLIE HAD A TURKEY YESTERDAY AT BOWLING  THREE STRIKES IN A ROW   :asthing: now she'll let me finish the post in peace that I need to get the house cleaned out and straightened out or a) no services and/or b) be reported to Old Age Protective Services.

While the house isn't an absolute hoarding situation, it really, really, really could be better.

  I'm sorry, I know you'll get it done. :hug:


   Congrats to Nellie.  Now I want a turkey sandwich.  :laugh:

The PR says one with bacon is on the way.

  Thank you, Princess!  :bacon:  My local supermarket carries "bacon lover's turkey."
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 17, 2017, 10:02:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 15, 2017, 03:25:55 PM
It's still cheap as dirt when compared to the rest of the world.

Maybe, but I had paid one dollar eighty nine cents last summer on occasion. This is quite a rising cost in my book.

Fresh eggs have gone to around four dollars per dozen, pork is around three dollars  per pound, bacon closer to five dollars for decent cuts. Half decent bread is three to four dollars per pound.  (yes, I can still bake my own for around a dollar per loaf, but that takes time and effort, the main reason that prepared bread became so popular in the mid fifties era)

The reason they say we have minimal inflation is because they include the "way down"  house market in those numbers.

Do not know about you but I have only bought four houses in my entire life and each one I traded up to a better house, resulting in me only having one house at a time. Most people are lucky to buy one and yet the "numbers"  include this major, once in a lifetime purchase to calculate inflation.
I am not fooled by this.

We are experiencing massive inflation and this fact is kept from the general public using Magic Math.

As far as gasoline, we could be self reliant for many years (price would go up a bit, but the  "politics"  would be more navigable) if we could only use our own stores and resources until a better solution that fossil fuels is presented.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 17, 2017, 02:27:14 PM
The bowling alley increased their salad prices by $1 because of the rising price of lettuce.  I know there are/were massive shortages in Europe. 

I'm fortunate to be able to stockpile some bargains.  Without that we'd be up goose creek.  Today I bought 24 cans of tuna for 50 cents each.  And it wasn't that long ago that tuna came in 6 1/2 ounce cans.  Now it's 5 ounces.  Most can goods have been down sized to 15 ounces at best.

I was able to get about a dozen cans of minestrone soup for 46 cents a can, instant oatmeal for about 6 or 7 cents a packet, etc. from the grocery salvage store.  The best score I did was 4 dozen heat in the bag sliced carrots for 12 cents a bag.  They are 16 ounces each.  Just toss into some soup, mash into potatoes, etc.  Great tummy filler.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 17, 2017, 03:15:59 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 17, 2017, 02:27:14 PM
The bowling alley increased their salad prices by $1 because of the rising price of lettuce.  I know there are/were massive shortages in Europe. 

I'm fortunate to be able to stockpile some bargains.  Without that we'd be up goose creek.  Today I bought 24 cans of tuna for 50 cents each.  And it wasn't that long ago that tuna came in 6 1/2 ounce cans.  Now it's 5 ounces.  Most can goods have been down sized to 15 ounces at best.

I was able to get about a dozen cans of minestrone soup for 46 cents a can, instant oatmeal for about 6 or 7 cents a packet, etc. from the grocery salvage store.  The best score I did was 4 dozen heat in the bag sliced carrots for 12 cents a bag.  They are 16 ounces each.  Just toss into some soup, mash into potatoes, etc.  Great tummy filler.

Sounds like some bargains!

I generally "stockpile"  meats when I find them at a bargain. I found some pork loins for a dollar twenty nine per pound recently. I bought forty pounds. That is like one third or one fourth  the normal price.
I am not opposed to fruits and veggies, I just never see anything like that around here.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2017, 05:40:42 PM
  I keep buying food and drink amd it keeps disappearing.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 17, 2017, 07:58:02 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 17, 2017, 05:40:42 PM
  I keep buying food and drink amd it keeps disappearing.  :autism:

You sure?  Look in your toilet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on April 17, 2017, 08:13:34 PM
 :poop:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 17, 2017, 11:27:06 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 17, 2017, 10:02:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 15, 2017, 03:25:55 PM
It's still cheap as dirt when compared to the rest of the world.

Maybe, but I had paid one dollar eighty nine cents last summer on occasion. This is quite a rising cost in my book.

Fresh eggs have gone to around four dollars per dozen, pork is around three dollars  per pound, bacon closer to five dollars for decent cuts. Half decent bread is three to four dollars per pound.  (yes, I can still bake my own for around a dollar per loaf, but that takes time and effort, the main reason that prepared bread became so popular in the mid fifties era)

The reason they say we have minimal inflation is because they include the "way down"  house market in those numbers.

Do not know about you but I have only bought four houses in my entire life and each one I traded up to a better house, resulting in me only having one house at a time. Most people are lucky to buy one and yet the "numbers"  include this major, once in a lifetime purchase to calculate inflation.
I am not fooled by this.

We are experiencing massive inflation and this fact is kept from the general public using Magic Math.

As far as gasoline, we could be self reliant for many years (price would go up a bit, but the  "politics"  would be more navigable) if we could only use our own stores and resources until a better solution that fossil fuels is presented.

Other solutions have been presented. Better is questionable, at least in the short term, since there's been a century of development to produce petrol engines.

As for inflation, yeah. You're not the only ones. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 18, 2017, 01:51:27 AM
Increasing the prices of their salad by an entire US version of a real pound? ahem...dollar..?!

Thats taking the piss considering there isn't generally a vast quantity of lettuce to begin with, or at least they are not based entirely upon lettuce. Theres no way it went up THAT much.

Places everywhere are cheating people by charging more for smaller containers of products or less of whatever and not even having the price remain static, which would stilll be a ripoff as it is, but shrinking pack sizes is outright lying and theft. And IMO inflation and deflation should quite simply, be abandoned as concepts altogether. No, the bankers would doubtless kick and scream at the idea of being quite so pragmatic and brutal about it but IMO that should stop nobody.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 18, 2017, 04:57:43 AM
  Last night I bought food and drink, paper goods, and cleaning supplies!  :multitask:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on April 18, 2017, 05:48:30 AM
I wanted to buy this watch, but it was out of stock. :(

http://www.blippo.com/kawaii-dream-land-watch.html
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 18, 2017, 07:05:31 AM
Some high-purity graphite arrived today, in the form of square-rectangular slabs about 4mm thick.

Still waiting on certain reagents however. Got some 98-99% glacial acetic acid and a few other bits and pieces. that I am still waiting for though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 18, 2017, 09:20:47 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 17, 2017, 03:15:59 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 17, 2017, 02:27:14 PM
The bowling alley increased their salad prices by $1 because of the rising price of lettuce.  I know there are/were massive shortages in Europe. 

I'm fortunate to be able to stockpile some bargains.  Without that we'd be up goose creek.  Today I bought 24 cans of tuna for 50 cents each.  And it wasn't that long ago that tuna came in 6 1/2 ounce cans.  Now it's 5 ounces.  Most can goods have been down sized to 15 ounces at best.

I was able to get about a dozen cans of minestrone soup for 46 cents a can, instant oatmeal for about 6 or 7 cents a packet, etc. from the grocery salvage store.  The best score I did was 4 dozen heat in the bag sliced carrots for 12 cents a bag.  They are 16 ounces each.  Just toss into some soup, mash into potatoes, etc.  Great tummy filler.

Sounds like some bargains!

I generally "stockpile"  meats when I find them at a bargain. I found some pork loins for a dollar twenty nine per pound recently. I bought forty pounds. That is like one third or one fourth  the normal price.
I am not opposed to fruits and veggies, I just never see anything like that around here.

Because of my ADD-Innattentiveness when I try to stockpile meat I forget I've got it.  Total waste of money.  So for now I work on non-perishables.  That price for pork loins would be cheap for here also.  Good buy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 18, 2017, 11:51:14 AM
Bought 10 liters of dichloromethane, and 5 grams of HgCl2 [mercuric chloride, mercury (II) chloride] otherwise known as corrosive sublimate, very toxic, one of the more toxic inorganic mercury compounds (organomercurials are just out of the question. Not shit I'm prepared to work with in the case of almost all organic mercury derivatives) and not to be confused with the far less dangerous, although at least to me, less useful calomel, to give it its antiquated name, mercury (I) chloride [the mercurous, rather than mercuric oxidation state is (I) whilst mercuric, which generally speaking are more toxic than their monovalent counterparts are in the (II) oxidation state) and just bought 50 thick-walled borosilicate glass test tubes as well as 4 new boss heads for my clamp stands. atm I'm down to a push-fit rubber and metal one with the grip being rubber, which I don't like, don't trust, and are in short, a last ditch desperate measure. Can't wait for the replacements for the ones that broke, the diecast shite ones. Can't say as I'll miss those.                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 18, 2017, 09:45:32 PM
My order came in the mail! Sheets. Or should I say, sheet. I ordered two, a mauve one (which I have now) and a blue one. Where's the blue one? I will give it a week and if I don't have it, I will complain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 18, 2017, 11:51:35 PM
You might want to complain now unless you ordered them from different manufacturers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 19, 2017, 12:48:23 AM
Yeah, I decided not to wait and sent them an email about 20 minutes ago. I wrote that I have proof that I ordered two sheets. And some other stuff. Can't believe I have had this much trouble with one order. I thought it was enough that I waited a month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on April 19, 2017, 01:19:44 AM
I bought some Koss UR-20 headphones. I'll probably hate using them just like with every pair of headphones I've ever had, but whatever.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 19, 2017, 04:48:38 AM
Quote from: Darksydegout on April 19, 2017, 01:19:44 AM
I bought some Koss UR-20 headphones. I'll probably hate using them just like with every pair of headphones I've ever had, but whatever.

  Mine are Skullcandy by Hesh.  :headphones:  Why do you hate all your headphones?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 19, 2017, 05:54:32 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 19, 2017, 12:48:23 AM
Yeah, I decided not to wait and sent them an email about 20 minutes ago. I wrote that I have proof that I ordered two sheets. And some other stuff. Can't believe I have had this much trouble with one order. I thought it was enough that I waited a month.
I got an email back apologising for the inconvenience. They said there was an error in the system that separated my order into two. I will be getting my other sheet soon. Hopefully I won't have to wait another month.

I guess it pays to be polite in a complaint email.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on April 19, 2017, 12:26:12 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 19, 2017, 04:48:38 AM
Quote from: Darksydegout on April 19, 2017, 01:19:44 AM
I bought some Koss UR-20 headphones. I'll probably hate using them just like with every pair of headphones I've ever had, but whatever.

  Mine are Skullcandy by Hesh.  :headphones:  Why do you hate all your headphones?

Cuz they're uncomfortable and make my ears all sweaty. And I don't like things "in" my ears, either. :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 19, 2017, 02:49:47 PM
Bought pizza.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 19, 2017, 09:24:31 PM
Quote from: Darksydegout on April 19, 2017, 12:26:12 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 19, 2017, 04:48:38 AM
Quote from: Darksydegout on April 19, 2017, 01:19:44 AM
I bought some Koss UR-20 headphones. I'll probably hate using them just like with every pair of headphones I've ever had, but whatever.
Mine are Skullcandy by Hesh.  :headphones:  Why do you hate all your headphones?
Cuz they're uncomfortable and make my ears all sweaty. And I don't like things "in" my ears, either. :zombiefuck:
Yay, someone who feels the same way as I do. I used to have to wear earplugs for work (loud machinery and rattling forklifts) and I hated it, especially if someone wanted to talk to me. Either I couldn't hear them or they couldn't hear me.

I get a sweaty ear just talking on my mobile phone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on April 19, 2017, 09:33:07 PM
Basically my usual at Panda Express:

Chow Mein,
Beef and Broccoli,
and Orange Chicken
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 19, 2017, 09:41:54 PM
^Thanks. I'm hungry now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2017, 06:16:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 19, 2017, 02:49:47 PM
Bought pizza. :pizza:

  Fixed it for you.  Make an effort, use the smileys.  :M :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 20, 2017, 11:04:18 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2017, 06:16:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 19, 2017, 02:49:47 PM
Bought pizza. :pizza:

  Fixed it for you.  Make an effort, use the smileys.  :M :P

What are you, five? :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 21, 2017, 04:02:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2017, 11:04:18 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2017, 06:16:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 19, 2017, 02:49:47 PM
Bought pizza. :pizza:

  Fixed it for you.  Make an effort, use the smileys.  :M :P

What are you, five? :zoinks:

  We have a smiley for "five," kind of.  :vulcan:  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 21, 2017, 03:17:09 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 21, 2017, 04:02:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2017, 11:04:18 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2017, 06:16:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 19, 2017, 02:49:47 PM
Bought pizza. :pizza:

  Fixed it for you.  Make an effort, use the smileys.  :M :P

What are you, five? :zoinks:

  We have a smiley for "five," kind of.  :vulcan:  :P

I thought that was a Vulcan salute.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 22, 2017, 07:38:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 21, 2017, 03:17:09 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 21, 2017, 04:02:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2017, 11:04:18 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2017, 06:16:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 19, 2017, 02:49:47 PM
Bought pizza. :pizza:

  Fixed it for you.  Make an effort, use the smileys.  :M :P

What are you, five? :zoinks:

  We have a smiley for "five," kind of.  :vulcan:  :P

I thought that was a Vulcan salute.

  It is.  With five fingers.  I'm doing the best I can here.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 22, 2017, 11:31:56 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 22, 2017, 07:38:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 21, 2017, 03:17:09 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 21, 2017, 04:02:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2017, 11:04:18 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2017, 06:16:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 19, 2017, 02:49:47 PM
Bought pizza. :pizza:

  Fixed it for you.  Make an effort, use the smileys.  :M :P

What are you, five? :zoinks:

  We have a smiley for "five," kind of.  :vulcan:  :P

I thought that was a Vulcan salute.

  It is.  With five fingers.  I'm doing the best I can here.  :P

Go find a better smiley. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 23, 2017, 08:10:09 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 22, 2017, 11:31:56 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 22, 2017, 07:38:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 21, 2017, 03:17:09 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 21, 2017, 04:02:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2017, 11:04:18 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2017, 06:16:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 19, 2017, 02:49:47 PM
Bought pizza. :pizza:

  Fixed it for you.  Make an effort, use the smileys.  :M :P

What are you, five? :zoinks:

  We have a smiley for "five," kind of.  :vulcan:  :P

I thought that was a Vulcan salute.

  It is.  With five fingers.  I'm doing the best I can here.  :P

Go find a better smiley. :P

  Done!  May it haunt your dreams.   :dwave:   :trollface:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 23, 2017, 08:40:06 AM
A typewriter at a tag sale yesterday for $10
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 23, 2017, 11:31:19 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 23, 2017, 08:10:09 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 22, 2017, 11:31:56 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 22, 2017, 07:38:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 21, 2017, 03:17:09 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 21, 2017, 04:02:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2017, 11:04:18 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on April 20, 2017, 06:16:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 19, 2017, 02:49:47 PM
Bought pizza. :pizza:

  Fixed it for you.  Make an effort, use the smileys.  :M :P

What are you, five? :zoinks:

  We have a smiley for "five," kind of.  :vulcan:  :P

I thought that was a Vulcan salute.

  It is.  With five fingers.  I'm doing the best I can here.  :P

Go find a better smiley. :P

  Done!  May it haunt your dreams.   :dwave:   :trollface:

Ugh. It will.  :odeon:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on April 24, 2017, 01:21:04 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 19, 2017, 09:41:54 PM
^Thanks. I'm hungry now.
:LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 24, 2017, 01:56:42 PM
A largish kitchen knife (think Ginsu) and a pair of kitchen scissors from the Dollar Tree.  Used them today.  The knife held up spectacularly.  See the What did you do today thread (if I can find it)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 24, 2017, 11:31:10 PM
A bra. I went to a bra, lingerie and sports wear specialty shop. I was bothered almost straight away and contradicted on what size I said I am.

What size did I end up buying? The size I first said I was. I know my boobs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 25, 2017, 06:46:47 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 24, 2017, 11:31:10 PM
A bra. I went to a bra, lingerie and sports wear specialty shop. I was bothered almost straight away and contradicted on what size I said I am.

What size did I end up buying? The size I first said I was. I know my boobs.

  That belongs on a T-shirt.  boobs1 boobs2 boobs1  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 25, 2017, 08:16:01 AM
Lol Ren, what dumb fucking twunts, trying to tell somebody what size tits the have. *snorffle* as if their owner isn't going to have (probably) had the same pair for oh, all but their first 14-15 years at least, absolute minimum .

At any rate, long enough to know where they are, what they are, how many there are of them and what they generally get kept in if anything. Some people just need a slap in the face with a tire iron to dislodge some of the accumulated collection of itinerant stupidity that has so obviously built up between their ears, to fill the large hole in said cranial region.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 26, 2017, 02:33:08 PM
Quote from: Lestat on April 25, 2017, 08:16:01 AM
Lol Ren, what dumb fucking twunts, trying to tell somebody what size tits the have. *snorffle* as if their owner isn't going to have (probably) had the same pair for oh, all but their first 14-15 years at least, absolute minimum .

At any rate, long enough to know where they are, what they are, how many there are of them and what they generally get kept in if anything. Some people just need a slap in the face with a tire iron to dislodge some of the accumulated collection of itinerant stupidity that has so obviously built up between their ears, to fill the large hole in said cranial region.

Sizes do change over time. For some women the changes can be quite big. 14 years the same size is not a usual thing.

But just as with shoes, some selling people are horrible and want to push their idea of what should fit without talkng the actual body it should fit on serious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 26, 2017, 09:13:04 PM
My size has changed in the last 3 years. Getting fat does that to you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 26, 2017, 11:57:40 PM
Upgraded and renewed oXygen, the tool of choice for me and most of my colleagues.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 27, 2017, 05:04:56 AM
You don't look fat to me ren, curvaceous is what I'd call your look. In a good way. I find you pretty damn cute actually if I may be so bold. Especially that 'going to eat you' aspie stare you have. :)

Bought some bubblegum candies and a couple of liters of glacial acetic acid.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 27, 2017, 05:20:23 AM
Quote from: Lestat on April 27, 2017, 05:04:56 AM
You don't look fat to me ren, curvaceous is what I'd call your look. In a good way. I find you pretty damn cute actually if I may be so bold. Especially that 'going to eat you' aspie stare you have. :)

Bought some bubblegum candies and a couple of liters of glacial acetic acid.
Thanks Lestat. You know how to make a girl feel better. :)

I didn't buy it - Kayleigh did - a dock to put hard drives in. Maybe making a RAID.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 27, 2017, 05:49:16 AM
Well sure, I mean it though, your hot.

You mean those hot-swap drive caddies? I've got those in my desktop, makes changing over hard drives SO much less of a pain in the arse. I hate having to ferret around in the guts of the thing, with so little space between power supply and those hard to pull out power connectors. The data cables aren't too bad but the power leads are total shits to pull out without whacking knuckles on the power supply.

Total coincidence as I was replying to this thread, the mail came, with a pair of drying tubes for keeping atmospheric moisture out of glassware containing moisture-sensitive chemicals in use:

(http://oi68.tinypic.com/of56r9.jpg)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 27, 2017, 07:09:24 PM
Those look fancy.

I bought expensive ice cream. I got chocolate and vanilla with a ripple of caramel through it. Yum.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 28, 2017, 03:46:26 PM
A ballast for the light in my son's kitchen
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on April 28, 2017, 09:03:00 PM
Aside from food and travel, the latest thing I bought was a trade paperback of a comic book. It was an impulse buy when two of my friends popped into Forbidden Planet, a shop I never set foot in as I always end up impulse buying something.

I am a piece of nerd trash with no self-control.  :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 28, 2017, 11:23:58 PM
Quote from: Some_Bloke on April 28, 2017, 09:03:00 PM
Aside from food and travel, the latest thing I bought was a trade paperback of a comic book. It was an impulse buy when two of my friends popped into Forbidden Planet, a shop I never set foot in as I always end up impulse buying something.

I am a piece of nerd trash with no self-control.  :'(

Where have you been traveling?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on April 29, 2017, 05:24:30 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 28, 2017, 11:23:58 PM
Quote from: Some_Bloke on April 28, 2017, 09:03:00 PM
Aside from food and travel, the latest thing I bought was a trade paperback of a comic book. It was an impulse buy when two of my friends popped into Forbidden Planet, a shop I never set foot in as I always end up impulse buying something.

I am a piece of nerd trash with no self-control.  :'(

Where have you been traveling?  :orly:

Went to London for a week. Ended up being there the day of the terrorist attack.  :-[
Also, buses to and from places in my own country.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on April 29, 2017, 06:41:20 AM
  I bought a bunch of new  :underwear: , T-shirts, pants, and a couple of pairs of shoes.  I can now throw away
   some shabby old rags I'd been wearing long past the point that I should have gotten rid of them.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 29, 2017, 07:08:15 AM
Drying tubes are pretty basic standard piece of kit for any lab that will ever deal with reagents or reactions that involve anything water sensitive, they plug into a female joint of glassware where it is open to the air and cannot be plugged due to factors like heating, or high vapor pressure of something inside, so they need to be equalized with external atmospheric pressure, as stoppers would get pushed out, or worse, fired out, so rather than sealing all holes off with stoppers, a drying tube is used, a wad of something suitable to contain the dessicant is packed at the end near the bulb, to stop it falling into the reaction flask, such as cotton wool, wire wool if its anything nastier, or whatever, so long as its permeable, will hold, and not get melted, set on fire etc. by the drying agent

 (things like phosphorus pentoxide for instance, one of the most powerful dessicants available, the acid anhydride of orthophosphoric acid, H3PO4, is extremely acidic and generates a LOT of heat when it hydrates, but for things that aren't acid sensitive, or just for keeping atmospheric moisture from entering when it absolutely has to be kept dry, such as for example, with a LAH reduction

 (lithium aluminium hydride, powerful reducing agent, but it has to be used in freshly flame-dried glassware, thats just come out of the oven after cooling down (since it needs using in an etherial solvent usually, most commonly THF [tetrahydrofuran], although diethyl ether, diisopropyl ether etc. can also be used. Reduces nitro, nitrile, amide, oximes, azides and imines to amines, as well as esters, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid chlorides (and presumably also acid iodides and bromides although very unlikely to reduce an acyl fluoride, although the latter I'd rather not be around as many of them would present the danger of forming a lethal and nigh untreatable metabolic poison, fluoroacetate/fluoroacetic acid, which is extremely unpleasant stuff, gets metabolized like acetate via the Kreb's cycle and to fluorocitrate, where citrate is meant to be there,
 during the metabolic generation of ATP, the cellular energy 'currency' since the tight carbon-fluorine bond cannot be split off by aconitase [no relation to the plant aconite, or monkshood/wolfbane], its the equivalent of throwing a metabolic spanner into the gears and it just binds and clogs the enzyme, starving cells of energy and killing them, toxic to pretty much every living thing, near irreversible, certainly with what hospitals have access to, and targets the organs especially with the highest energy demands, such as heart and brain. As toxic as many battlefield nerve agents if not more so than some of the entry-level ones like sarin and tabun, and in any case, all of them would hydrolyze easily to give off fumes of hydrofluoric acid which itself is pretty foul stuff).

LAH also reduces C=O bonds in ketones and aldehydes, in the case of C-N, C=N or azides giving amines, in the other cases giving primary alcohols. Its pyrophoric though and careful drying of glassware fresh before use is needed, since it reacts violently with water, with wet solvents (the THF/ether should be freshly distilled immediately before use over lithium or sodium metal, although one could use calcium, barium or strontium for it if thats whats to hand, and a blanket or flow of inert gas such as a helium or argon atmosphere must be used with it too. Tends to scare the pants off inexperienced chemists their first time around with it due to its reputation. But it is clean, and its certainly effective. For things like nitro compounds to amines it'd be my first choice, unless the substrate is very expensive or has other functional groups it won't be selective with, in which case I'd probably use Red-Al, despite the price ( sodium bis(2-methoxyethoxy)aluminium hydride ), which is pretty selective, quite gentle on substrates, not pyrophoric, and generally one of the best of the hydride reducing agents for sensitive substrates, but the catch is, you need 7 molar equivalents of Red-Al per mole of substrate to be reduced, assuming there is only one functional group to be reduced on the molecule, and its damnably expensive.

 I need to get some though, for one particular project, since the substrate in question, there are two of them to be created from just 5g of the initial precursor to both, I doubt I could buy more, and the chemistry would be very difficult most likely and involve a lot of purification via column chromatography, vacuum distillation and such of crude product that'd almost certainly be a mixture, I only have the 5g of the starting compound, thankfully only a two-step reaction plus cleanup, but all the same, it cost me £80-something for the 5g and making it would be a certifiable nightmare, meaning every scrap needs to be made as good a use of as possible and the best possible reagents for every step, and best quality of same forked out for and my wallet being made to ache yet further in the process.


These came for me the other day:

Microscale integrated pear-shaped flask with side-arm, vigreaux column and vertical+sideways arms for reflux and distillation

(http://oi68.tinypic.com/23w9n41.jpg)

And a pressure-equalized addition funnel, for additions in closed-circuit systems. With a normal separatory funnel being used as an addition funnel the top has to be open to the air because as liquid drains out into wherever its going, the air pressure difference created when it does cannot equalize and the liquid in the funnel gets 'stuck', the pressure-equalized addition funnel allows gas exchange through the side tube between the underside of the stopcock and the main body of the funnel, with a limited amount of gas, such as an inert atmosphere, that remains constant and just cycles round keeping the pressure normalized and allowing flow to continue. Rather handy little piece of equipment, I've wanted one for a while and finally, during my last lab glass update, spotted one on ebay for around £15 give or take a couple of quid. a 100 pack of capillary tubes came as well, won't bother to take a photo of those however, as they are nothing particularly interesting to look at, just very thin-bore, thin-walled single-use soda-lime glass tubes a few inches long, about 1mm ID, for taking the melting point of a sample, heated slowly, temperature monitored with a thermometer, the tube going into the solid sample, and when it melts the narrow bore causes a portion of sample to flow up into the tube by capillary action, impurities in the sample generally depress the melting point. Tested something I was working on last night and it was off by  14-16 degrees 'C, letting me know that I need to wash it first with dilute acid, then water, followed by dissolving it in hot alcohol and further washing with sodium bisulfate solution to remove unreacted starting reactants and catalyst. Nothing terribly difficult, just boring and more effort, but easier to clean up now than after the final reaction in the series of steps between start point and desired end product.

(http://oi67.tinypic.com/200qpv9.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 29, 2017, 05:24:44 PM
Quote from: Some_Bloke on April 29, 2017, 05:24:30 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 28, 2017, 11:23:58 PM
Quote from: Some_Bloke on April 28, 2017, 09:03:00 PM
Aside from food and travel, the latest thing I bought was a trade paperback of a comic book. It was an impulse buy when two of my friends popped into Forbidden Planet, a shop I never set foot in as I always end up impulse buying something.

I am a piece of nerd trash with no self-control.  :'(

Where have you been traveling?  :orly:

Went to London for a week. Ended up being there the day of the terrorist attack.  :-[
Also, buses to and from places in my own country.

 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 29, 2017, 05:39:11 PM
I hoarded a bunch of water today.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on April 29, 2017, 06:21:30 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 29, 2017, 05:39:11 PM
I hoarded a bunch of water today.  :zoinks:

Good for you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 29, 2017, 06:36:43 PM
A small rolling suitcase for The PR's bowling stuff, 5 paperbacks, Krispy Kreme
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 29, 2017, 07:42:50 PM
Think I'd fit in there too? I could reach out and take my share of the weight 'walking' with my fingers in front of the wheels, like 'thing' from the addams family scurrying along the floor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 29, 2017, 09:41:48 PM
Movie tickets and some drinks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 29, 2017, 09:48:20 PM
Seeing what?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 29, 2017, 10:37:26 PM

Bought some new things to continue the re-new of our master bath.

Nice double vanity with "fake" marble sinks and counter top. All new fixtures and a larger mirror. Old mirror goes to the kids' bathroom.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 29, 2017, 10:57:59 PM
Double! Fancy.
Quote from: Lestat on April 29, 2017, 09:48:20 PM
Seeing what?
We saw Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Pretty good and had some very funny parts in it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 30, 2017, 02:06:38 AM
I think I'll just wait until it is released on Blu-ray.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 30, 2017, 06:03:08 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 29, 2017, 05:39:11 PM
I hoarded a bunch of water today.  :zoinks:
Are gophers good swimmers?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2017, 12:12:55 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 29, 2017, 05:39:11 PM
I hoarded a bunch of water today.  :zoinks:

  I'll bet now your bladder is swollen up to lima bean size. :gopher: :lol2: :trollface:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2017, 01:15:51 AM
Bought five speaker drivers for the garage cinema. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2017, 05:00:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 01, 2017, 01:15:51 AM
Bought five speaker drivers for the garage cinema. :)

  If any of them malfunction, you can post about it in the "developed country problems" thread.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 01, 2017, 03:28:37 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2017, 05:00:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 01, 2017, 01:15:51 AM
Bought five speaker drivers for the garage cinema. :)

  If any of them malfunction, you can post about it in the "developed country problems" thread.  :zoinks:

Or he can send them to DirtDawg for repair.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 01, 2017, 05:14:53 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on April 30, 2017, 06:03:08 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 29, 2017, 05:39:11 PM
I hoarded a bunch of water today.  :zoinks:
Are gophers good swimmers?

I can't speak for other gophers, but I'm only a half decent swimmer.  :dunno:

Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2017, 12:12:55 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 29, 2017, 05:39:11 PM
I hoarded a bunch of water today.  :zoinks:

  I'll bet now your bladder is swollen up to lima bean size. :gopher: :lol2: :trollface:

I'm not hoarding it in my bladder.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 02, 2017, 12:03:16 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2017, 05:00:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 01, 2017, 01:15:51 AM
Bought five speaker drivers for the garage cinema. :)

  If any of them malfunction, you can post about it in the "developed country problems" thread.  :zoinks:

Where do YOU keep your cinema?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 02, 2017, 10:47:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2017, 12:03:16 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2017, 05:00:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 01, 2017, 01:15:51 AM
Bought five speaker drivers for the garage cinema. :)

  If any of them malfunction, you can post about it in the "developed country problems" thread.  :zoinks:

Where do YOU keep your cinema?

  I have no cinema.  To see a new movie, I must ride in a cab to the cinema a few minutes away.  :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 03, 2017, 12:13:19 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 02, 2017, 10:47:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 02, 2017, 12:03:16 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 01, 2017, 05:00:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 01, 2017, 01:15:51 AM
Bought five speaker drivers for the garage cinema. :)

  If any of them malfunction, you can post about it in the "developed country problems" thread.  :zoinks:

Where do YOU keep your cinema?

  I have no cinema.  To see a new movie, I must ride in a cab to the cinema a few minutes away.  :'(

That's just awful. :hug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 03, 2017, 05:39:08 AM
If you want one to be a good swimmer, better take your foot off his head first :P

And who needs a cinema when you got a lab :P Speaking of which, got some nice shiny new replacement boss heads for my clamps just arrive. My last ones turned out to be die-cast metal, these are nice steel ones. Been waiting way too long for those, had to manage for a while with a shitty rubber moulded one, that I ended up having to glue with superglue  to keep the fucking end on after the shite die-cast things broke.

Didn't cost me much, but worth a lot more in practice than they were in currency. Will put those to good use. Plus the new ones have a V profile where the screw meets up with the back plate, so easier to lock onto the round bars of stands (mine doesn't follow any special standard, its just a big block of iron/steel that I tapped a hole in with the lathe and made a matching threaded rod to go in it. by paring it down using a tungsten carbide tipped cutter, that works something like a rotary plane, only for steel instead of wood that slots into the side of the lathe on a movable post which moves in and out, axially to the plane of rotation of the workpiece to thin it out, then force it through a die-head. Pretty simple, but cost me nothing at all and the heavy counterweight serves to keep large bits of glass clamped and held where they should be, even when its something like a stack of condensers that very nearly pokes the top of the ceiling, full of boiling solvents laden with stuff you really wouldn't want falling on your head, like acid, or mercury salts. Or worse, mercury salt-laden acid (not that long ago had to do just that in fact)

Need to get more keck clips now, this time some stainless, preferably chromium-plated steel, all the ones I have/had were plastic, and now I only have a bare handful left, after the iodine monochloride synthesis I did a while back, even wrapped tightly in teflon, it ate through the grease and then resulted in the clips crumbling away into little pieces, whilst the surfaces closest turned to dust.

I've only got a handful of bottles that are capable of storing that, that I obtained by the sheer stupidity of the filth. Illegal raid on the premises, 'took samples' which they then left on the lab bench. Turns out those bottles, they obviously have to be prepared to encounter just about anything, if they were to raid, say a terror cell, or jackboot on somebody enjoying their right to a private life and doing nothing of the kind, but using some fairly nasty chemicals to do it. Those I think must have teflon caps or something. I wouldn't try them with hydrofluoric acid, or a very select few other chemicals but they are resistant as hell to STRONG oxidizers, acids, halogens and other, nastier things still. Could do with buying some bottles like that, because, with the threads wrapped in teflon tape, I've had just under an ounce of iodine monochloride sat in one for at least a couple of months now and there isn't even damage to the little gasket insert in the top that makes sure they seal well, don't think its even penetrated through to the other side of it, which makes me think the whole cap assembly must be teflon or something like it. Could do with some bottles of that kind in half liter and liter sizes for storage of reagents like chromyl chloride (its an extremely powerful oxidizer, likes to set things on fire, water sensitive as hell, giving off copious fumes of HCl gas and carcinogenic chromium (VI) residues, I spilled some once, and it burnt a hole straight through the bench! had to physically cut out the section it contacted and patch in another surface, after permanently gluing a sheet of wood over the entire remainder where only little bits of mist or splatter had gone, after a flask broke in the middle of a distillation, eventually got rid of the entire lot as hazardous waste)

But it does have its uses, despite setting most solvents on fire or doing other unpleasant things to them (needs using in something really inert, like anhydrous methylene chloride, chloroform or carbon tet)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 03, 2017, 02:17:58 PM
30.78 gallons gasoline for $72
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 03, 2017, 05:40:14 PM
Book came in the mail. A hardback version of Watership Down. For my mum for Mothers Day. I hope she likes it, it's a  really nice book, has coloured pictures inside and all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 06, 2017, 08:48:34 AM
18 hatchet and hammer handles, a ball peen hammer and a marlinspike that were in a bucket at a tag sale for a dollar each
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 06, 2017, 01:21:51 PM
Shirts. Socks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 06, 2017, 03:38:19 PM
Whats a marlin spike? presumably of no relation to jet large  apex predatory fish.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 07, 2017, 08:30:53 AM
Quote from: Lestat on May 06, 2017, 03:38:19 PM
Whats a marlin spike? presumably of no relation to jet large  apex predatory fish.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

It's used to untie ropes,  the one I got is wood and was in a bucket tool  handles.  It's similar to this one,  I should be able to get $15-20 for it as an antique

(http://www.barrowbells.org.uk/FundraisingMedia/P1160952.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 08:32:54 AM
How big is that, Parts? I like it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 07, 2017, 08:38:56 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 08:32:54 AM
How big is that, Parts? I like it.

About 18 inches (46cm)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 07, 2017, 08:50:53 AM
Quote from: Parts on May 07, 2017, 08:38:56 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 08:32:54 AM
How big is that, Parts? I like it.

About 18 inches (46cm)

  No dirty talk on here, this is a family site!  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 07, 2017, 08:53:38 AM
  Lately I've bought WAY more sugary, fatty food than I can even finish.  :sick:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 09:18:45 AM
Quote from: Parts on May 07, 2017, 08:38:56 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 08:32:54 AM
How big is that, Parts? I like it.

About 18 inches (46cm)

That's big enough to pry into tight shiprope knots.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 07, 2017, 11:42:12 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 07, 2017, 08:50:53 AM
Quote from: Parts on May 07, 2017, 08:38:56 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 08:32:54 AM
How big is that, Parts? I like it.

About 18 inches (46cm)

  No dirty talk on here, this is a family site!  :police:

I suspect size matters with this one. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 07, 2017, 12:12:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 07, 2017, 11:42:12 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 07, 2017, 08:50:53 AM
Quote from: Parts on May 07, 2017, 08:38:56 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 08:32:54 AM
How big is that, Parts? I like it.

About 18 inches (46cm)

  No dirty talk on here, this is a family site!  :police:

I suspect size matters with this one. :zoinks:

  Stop encouraging her.  We must keep it clean and decent!  :police:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 07, 2017, 12:25:45 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 07, 2017, 12:12:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 07, 2017, 11:42:12 AM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 07, 2017, 08:50:53 AM
Quote from: Parts on May 07, 2017, 08:38:56 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 08:32:54 AM
How big is that, Parts? I like it.

About 18 inches (46cm)

  No dirty talk on here, this is a family site!  :police:

I suspect size matters with this one. :zoinks:

  Stop encouraging her.  We must keep it clean and decent!  :police:

I'm sure it's both, right now. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 01:05:10 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 07, 2017, 08:50:53 AM
Quote from: Parts on May 07, 2017, 08:38:56 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on May 07, 2017, 08:32:54 AM
How big is that, Parts? I like it.

About 18 inches (46cm)

  No dirty talk on here, this is a family site!  :police:

Woman! What's on your mind?

Go, have a cold shower. Tomorrow you can see your hysteria (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria_(2011_film)) therapist again.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 08, 2017, 12:44:36 PM
A book on the maiden voyage of the space shuttle, "Into the Black".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on May 10, 2017, 05:54:55 PM
Supplements for a health issue I'm having. They're way too expensive.  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 10, 2017, 06:11:44 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on May 10, 2017, 05:54:55 PM
Supplements for a health issue I'm having. They're way too expensive.  :thumbdn:

  I hope they prove worth the money.  :crossed:


   I bought a shiny new silvery phone charger.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 10, 2017, 09:09:55 PM
I bought some socks and some wrapping paper for my mum's Mothers Day present.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on May 15, 2017, 01:21:59 PM
I got a new Rosewill mechanical keyboard from ebay for 60 bucks. It's backlit, has Cherry MX blue switches, and two USB ports. Very clicky!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 15, 2017, 05:35:23 PM
Three tops for myself, a Beanie Baby for The PR and an already put together 3 shelf wire unit.  Thrift store
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on May 15, 2017, 09:48:40 PM
A tea from my favourite shop. It's a Monday night tradition with monkeyboy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 16, 2017, 06:01:26 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on May 15, 2017, 09:48:40 PM
A tea from my favourite shop. It's a Monday night tradition with monkeyboy.

The boy loves tea.
He ordered Pu-erh tea that arrived yesterday.

They age it for 10 years compressed in a disc shaped cake that looks like a frisbee.

He made me some last night.
Smells pretty awesome.
Tastes like a gym sock. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on May 16, 2017, 07:06:31 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 16, 2017, 06:01:26 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on May 15, 2017, 09:48:40 PM
A tea from my favourite shop. It's a Monday night tradition with monkeyboy.

The boy loves tea.
He ordered Pu-erh tea that arrived yesterday.

They age it for 10 years compressed in a disc shaped cake that looks like a frisbee.

He made me some last night.
Smells pretty awesome.
Tastes like a gym sock. :P

10 years is a lot of effort to come out tasting like a gym sock. :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 16, 2017, 09:30:22 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 16, 2017, 06:01:26 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on May 15, 2017, 09:48:40 PM
A tea from my favourite shop. It's a Monday night tradition with monkeyboy.

The boy loves tea.
He ordered Pu-erh tea that arrived yesterday.

They age it for 10 years compressed in a disc shaped cake that looks like a frisbee.

He made me some last night.
Smells pretty awesome.
Tastes like a gym sock. :P

Note to self:  Find out what Lady Weeble's been using to steep the tea.  Make an inventory of the sock drawer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 16, 2017, 11:34:41 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 16, 2017, 09:30:22 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 16, 2017, 06:01:26 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on May 15, 2017, 09:48:40 PM
A tea from my favourite shop. It's a Monday night tradition with monkeyboy.

The boy loves tea.
He ordered Pu-erh tea that arrived yesterday.

They age it for 10 years compressed in a disc shaped cake that looks like a frisbee.

He made me some last night.
Smells pretty awesome.
Tastes like a gym sock. :P

Note to self:  Find out what Lady Weeble's been using to steep the tea.  Make an inventory of the sock drawer.

  All Your Majesty's tea is carefully steeped in clean bags made just for that purpose.  :angel:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 16, 2017, 12:34:41 PM
Bought a four ounce bag of chai tea from a wonderful kid who knocked on our door. Obviously he is running a promotional for the end of school dance and stuff (he told me that) and it was quite costly, but I found him hard to deny. A truly engaging child!

His dad was driving him into "strange"  neighborhoods (we have VERY few blacks who live in "Old Towne"  here) and the kid was hoofing it between houses. I went out and talked to the dad in his car. He seemed really OK and maybe even cool. I gave them a check for twenty seven dollars.

He just came by and made good on his delivery.

For several years we had a number of kids we bought whatever they came to our door peddling.  One was selling Girl Scout Cookies. :drool:
They have all grown up now and gone away to thier own lives, but now we seem to have another young kid who needs some help at times.
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 16, 2017, 03:22:42 PM
*Sends miss pretty kitty a big sack of loving squeezes* :) gods damn its good to have you back, I've missed you so much.

Bought kg KMnO4.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 16, 2017, 05:17:28 PM
Quote from: "couldbecousin" on May 16, 2017, 11:34:41 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 16, 2017, 09:30:22 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 16, 2017, 06:01:26 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on May 15, 2017, 09:48:40 PM
A tea from my favourite shop. It's a Monday night tradition with monkeyboy.

The boy loves tea.
He ordered Pu-erh tea that arrived yesterday.

They age it for 10 years compressed in a disc shaped cake that looks like a frisbee.

He made me some last night.
Smells pretty awesome.
Tastes like a gym sock. :P

Note to self:  Find out what Lady Weeble's been using to steep the tea.  Make an inventory of the sock drawer.

  All Your Majesty's tea is carefully steeped in clean bags made just for that purpose.  :angel:

Maybe we need to check the water supply?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on May 17, 2017, 06:17:40 AM
I ordered an UV torch from a chinese ebayer for 99p.  It has taken so long to arrive that now it's here I can't remember why I needed it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on May 17, 2017, 11:18:12 AM
40 x 30ml bottles bottles of vape juice at £30 per box of 10 bottles for me, and a Star Wars "build your own R2-D2" book for my sister's birthday. Star Wars fans are really easy to buy presents for.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 17, 2017, 11:26:37 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on May 17, 2017, 06:17:40 AM
I ordered an UV torch from a chinese ebayer for 99p.  It has taken so long to arrive that now it's here I can't remember why I needed it.

99p is cheep how much was the shipping?  I have several of them and use them for checking money, looking for repairs on things(cracks and such show better under UV) and checking Vaseline glass which glows under UV.   

I bought a bag of shit  :poop: and some other stuff for the garden
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 17, 2017, 11:55:27 AM
Bought a Logitech mouse to replace one that died.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 17, 2017, 12:58:34 PM
Wonder what if anything I'll get in the mail today.

Currently-got lots of nice things, although some of them expensive things. (This is to be taken more in the context of a moan than of a boast, I am not the materialistic-obsessed status-symbol worshipper type at ALL, although I do of course want enough in life to get by on and to do the things I enjoy doing, and to have good things)

Various acyl halides and anhydrides, alkyl halide (trans-cinnamyl chloride), Fe dust, nitroethane, isopropylamine, ethylamine, triethylenetetramine, no methylamine but could make it rather easily as soon as I have more money to spend if I wanted it (currently I don't), palladium (II) chloride (very expensive, and I don't have very much, about 1g give or take the few tens of milligrams I've used), platinum metal as fine dust (Might not be a materialistic kinda autie, but I'd certainly not be in the least unhappy if the weights of how much Pt dust were to be switched with the iron, or even the magnesium, aluminium or copper or nickel metal powders I have, haven't weighed it, but its a small vial rather than a kilo sack, sadly. I'd even take a half kilo without too heavy protestation:autism:)

50 test tubes.
A 50ml integrated pear shaped flask with a side-arm (male fitting), female joint on top and integrated mini vigreaux column. Its a cute looking little thing.

500g hydroxylamine, as the hydrochloride salt,
1kg triphenylphosphine
phosphorus-red, 2kg -the quantity that has been used, and some that accidentally ignited during distillation of white P when a retort broke (producing quite an impressive localized fireball, not so much impressive for its violence or size, for it was no explosion, but how bright and blazing intensity of the heat, how stray blobs if stepped on, the moment the boot was removed from the little blob of white P, it immediately selfignited again, and again, and again until it was simply left to burn (at the scale I was working on this was quite safe, assuming of course, one doesn't actually get burnt or poisoned by the stuff itself), excellent quality red P (sigma-aldrich) and at a knockdown price too (and no I don't use it for THAT reaction, I.e the breaking bad kinda thing, its main use to me is twofold-one, is to prepare other reagents because phosphorus has an incredibly versatile, rich chemistry, like sulfur, or carbon, there are just so many potential things to be done and to investigate and take good advantage of synthetically speaking, and the other will be for the element collection, since it has a collossal number of allotropes and crystalline polymorphs (such as for example, cubic white, orthorhombic white, monoclinic white, two, maybe three types of black phosphorus, one scarlet, at least one, most probably at least two types of violet phosphorus, quite a lot of different kinds of red P in terms of the structure of the polymer chains, AFAIK a vitreous form, grey in color but which I have found next to nothing ever in reference to it, bar potentially the bare bones of an outline of a production method from a specific polymorph of white phosphorus, and nanostructures such as phosphorus nanorods, nano-buds, nano-cage structures..and for the collection they are all going to have to be rounded up and put on display, sealed in glass amps under inert gas (as with all the samples for the display case I intend to make, for all elements that can be stored, and bar fluorine for which glass cannot be used)

800g of KMnO4 (potassium permanganate), accidentally ordered it on ebay, added it to my cart by accident when I was window-shopping with regards to pot perm. Still, it was't hugely expensive, and its something I have plenty use for.

A few hundred grams of fine, fine nickel metal dust, so fine it looks almost black, although not as fine as Raney nickel, or Urushibara catalyst, which are ultrafine forms of precipitated nickel, and in the case of Raney nickel, its pyrophoric the grain size is so small, it can ignite spontaneously on contact with air. Both Urushibara and Raney nickel are catalysts, non-noble metal-based (I.e not platinum-group metal based) hydrogenation catalysts, made by treating an alloy of aluminium and nickel with caustic soda solution which eats away the aluminium and leaves behind, once the catalyst is cleaned, the nickel, dissolved out from a solid solution resulting in ultra-fine particles.
about 800g copper dust, and a kilo each of very fine magnesium powder, and some 30 micron aluminium, which is very, very reactive stuff compared to coarser Al dust or Al grains, foil or turnings. A spatula of it dropped into caustic soda solution doesn't so much hiss and melt away generating hydrogen, but it goes up with a poof of steam from the water of the caustic solution instantly boiling)
5 liters of glacial acetic acid (water-free vinegar basically, or very little water content), couple of liters of concentrated sulfuric acid, either 96% or 98% H2SO4, need to titrate that and find out.
A bottle of iodine monochloride, which I made myself (and put the video up here somewhere too) containing about an ounce of the substance in a chemically-resistant capped glass bottle with the threads wrapped tightly in teflon tape, kept in a fridge and the danger of the chemical clearly marked so no stupid copper if they ever illegally enter the place again opens that and tries to 'take a sample', not if they value continuing to breathe and remain sighted :P That said, they are welcome to go and take a big huff directly from the bottle so long as their next of kin reimburse me for the cost of more iodine and suitable gas mask cartridges, and chlorine gas with which to prepare more ICl.
100g sodium borohydride.
methanol-10l
4 gallon drum of industrial-strength sodium hypochlorite solution,
gallon of concentrated hydrochloric acid.
A second Soxhlet extractor with matched Allihn condenser 
A sheet of graphite, 500 micron thick and flexible, for some experimenting with graphene for its interesting electrical and quantum properties and experimenting with metamaterials based on it.
And a nice sized bag of 3mm (or might be 3.5mm) wide carbon rods, for electrolytic cells as electrodes.

Not here yet-a new, spare thermometer, this one with a wider range than my others, going from -10 'C (although I'd have preferred one going down to at least -100 'C to -150 'C, goes up to +350 or +360 'C (forget which) and a short 24/40 size adapter for plugging it into my glassware's sockets for my regular sized setup. Still need one for my microscale kit though and an adapter for the intermediate smalll scale bits I have.

Some solvents I was running low on or out of.

Next on the shopping list as soon as I can afford it, seen these dry ice making machines that connect up to a simple CO2 cylinder and churn out bricks of dry ice 'on tap' essentially, whenever wanted. So no ever having to order it and wait, pay shipping etc. just use cheap CO2 canisters and cast the dry ice into bricks at home whenever I want some dry ice. I REALLY want one of these, that way I could build a cryostat and run it (one with magnetic stirring would be really neat. Think like a magnetic stirrer-heating mantle or hotplate with mag stirrer, only a 'coldplate' instead of a hotplate. and of course, buy a CO2 tank (would sooner buy than rent).

Also want a rotavap, a better vacuum pump than the current one I have.


Oh that reminds me, bought a new buchner funnel with ground glass joints to replace one fucked up by the filth. I had a spare, but its just a ceramic type that takes filter papers or other filter media, this one is a replacement for the one I had with a fine disk of glass frit built in and a takeoff adapter to hook up to my vacuum pump for those pain in the arse reactions that give a pasty or granular slurry or something like that thats otherwise intractable to filter to any extent at all because they just clog the filters straight away. Vacuum filtration gives the chemist the edge they need on such mixtures from hell and use a vac pump or water aspirator to slurp the liquid fraction through in moments. This even comes with a nifty little hand-operated vacuum pump. Not as powerful as my mains-powered electric pump obviously but nifty and ideal for many filtrations, and for some vacuum distillation on microscale equipment with the right adapters bought, or made myself if needs be.

Was recently bought a fridge too by my old man so I have somewhere to keep the more volatile of my solvent selection in, and he can keep his fishing maggots and other bait in. But he even said he knew full well that I'll be the one who gets the most use out of it by far. Already am and already have :P

I am so glad I am not a blowfly  maggot (or any other kind of maggot for that matter). As if it wasn't bad enough having a hook stuck up your arse, and slowly drowned so a fish can suck out your insides; in my fridge they have to share with all manner of acids, ammonia, solvents of lesser or greater degrees of toxicity, oxidizing agents, reducing agents and assorted non-classified miscellaneous volatile nasty things like alkylating agents and halogenating agents. Not a good place to be a maggot, somehow I have a feeling that the odds of ever seeing a little blowfly-sized birthday cake and a candle in it are about as optimistic as the human life expectancy in an african famine during somewhere about the time of christ:autism:


Grey area-why not make your own vape juice? I do. That way you can customize the strength, blend flavours, and a good idea health wise is to use just propylene glycol as diluent for the nicotine rather than a mix of it and glycerine, since glycerine can easily undergo thermal cracking and dehydration to acrolein, a carcinogenic, highly toxic, acrid substance that additionally, behaves like tear gases. I'm using a 50mg/ml or so lemon and lime flavour one in one of mine, and something similar with a touch of cherry menthol in the other of my 2 e-cigs.

Its cheaper just to get say half a liter of propylene glycol (of food grade or meant for e-fag juice), bottles of flavouring and of nicotine and blend your own, better buy bulk whilst you still can, before the govt cracks sticks their fucking bastard noses in any further than they already have. Stupid shitheads have apparently already begun to ban tanks over 2ml in capacity. What on earth is the cunting point of that? for shitessake. Regulation for the sake of having something they can get off on banning and on pissing users of E-cigs off whilst accomplishing precisely nothing that benefits a single living human being possessed of both a mind and a soul. I.e, only for politicians who have the former occasionally in a vestigial kind of sense and wouldn't recognize the latter if you rolled it up, hammered nails through it and used it to hit one in the pencil-dick until a little tiny shrunken, empty raisin-like organ ruptures in a squeal of agony and transient puff of elemental stupidity, spontaneously igniting with a sickly, pathetic drawn out mewl when it breaks out and enters the presence of common sense.

Vaseline glass? might be worth checking with a geiger counter too, as isn't uranium glass similar color? can't remember if its fluorescent under UV though. Wouldn't mind getting a UV torch myself. Could do with a shortwave UV irradiation box or at least the bulbs and ballast for it, both for sterilizing things, and at lesser exposure levels and intensities, for mutagenesis without the need for what are almost always some singularly noxious chemical reagents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 17, 2017, 01:24:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 17, 2017, 11:26:37 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on May 17, 2017, 06:17:40 AM
I ordered an UV torch from a chinese ebayer for 99p.  It has taken so long to arrive that now it's here I can't remember why I needed it.

99p is cheep how much was the shipping?  I have several of them and use them for checking money, looking for repairs on things(cracks and such show better under UV) and checking Vaseline glass which glows under UV.   

I bought a bag of shit  :poop: and some other stuff for the garden

I bought some :poop:  too, but I bought a truckload, had them dump it the driveway on a huge tarp.
My garden needed a bunch of :poop:  !

My driveway is make in service. I kind of hurt my back from overdoing the wheelbarrow and shovel for a couple of days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 17, 2017, 05:38:59 PM
Sandwiches and drinks at college.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 19, 2017, 01:05:25 AM
Made a bid on a meditation pillow. €10 plus shipping for a pillow used once. Thought I should try. Will be sent later today the seller wrote. Purple, with an embroidered flower.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 19, 2017, 04:18:05 AM
^Nice.

Lunch and meds (dexamphetamine and moclobemide).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 19, 2017, 06:04:15 AM
This vacuum-filtration flask, just arrived here earlier.

(https://s8.postimg.org/qgnip7eid/vac_flask.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 19, 2017, 08:50:51 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on May 19, 2017, 01:05:25 AM
Made a bid on a meditation pillow. €10 plus shipping for a pillow used once. Thought I should try. Will be sent later today the seller wrote. Purple, with an embroidered flower.

nice pun
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 19, 2017, 09:26:47 AM
An interesting table that must have been in some sort of clubhouse at Yale with  all kinds of things carved into it.
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/KIMG1137_zpskis665od.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/KIMG1137_zpskis665od.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on May 19, 2017, 11:47:33 AM
More discounted vape juice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on May 19, 2017, 12:42:19 PM
Dragon wings metal fidget spinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 20, 2017, 12:44:09 AM
I like that table, Parts.

I bought cat food. Cans for Liam, tins for Molly and dry food for both of them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2017, 01:30:21 PM
Tops for The PR
2 Saints shirt for The PR
A pair of casual pants for The PR
Three pony tail holders for The PR
A cute small colander for me (brass or something like brass, worn with a bit of shine
A grey/blue woven ceramic basket with some fake fruit in in
A Hogwarts checkbook cover
A red glass vase (think Christmas and patriotic holiday flower display)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on May 20, 2017, 02:59:46 PM
Soda, pizza, chips, and hummus.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 21, 2017, 05:15:46 AM
Bought spacer rings for the garage cinema speakers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on May 21, 2017, 06:33:54 AM
These:

http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?productId=41015

These are really good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 21, 2017, 07:03:23 AM
Broke atm, but next time I get paid, going to buy a good sized sack of CaCl2, a little cobalt (II) chloride,and I've been keeping me eyes out for good deals on mass spectrometers on lab-X.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on May 22, 2017, 06:36:08 AM
First 4 books in the Outlander series
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 22, 2017, 09:51:20 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on May 20, 2017, 01:30:21 PM
Tops for The PR
2 Saints shirt for The PR
A pair of casual pants for The PR
Three pony tail holders for The PR
A cute small colander for me (brass or something like brass, worn with a bit of shine
A grey/blue woven ceramic basket with some fake fruit in in
A Hogwarts checkbook cover
A red glass vase (think Christmas and patriotic holiday flower display)

http://img1.etsystatic.com/110/0/6872293/il_570xN.1087732099_ri5d.jpg

Evidently it's Korean.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on May 22, 2017, 02:08:55 PM
Bought a Kingston 128 GB Solid State Drive, talk about getting into the 21st century! :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 22, 2017, 11:19:02 PM
Quote from: Darksydegout on May 22, 2017, 02:08:55 PM
Bought a Kingston 128 GB Solid State Drive, talk about getting into the 21st century! :orly:

I think they had those during the revolution. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on May 23, 2017, 09:02:45 AM
A pair of trowsers. Some basic shirts. Magnesium supplements. Lots of chocolate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 23, 2017, 11:23:38 AM
Meds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on May 23, 2017, 02:34:04 PM
Meds, acupuncture and chiro for the injured pup.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 25, 2017, 07:50:59 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on May 17, 2017, 06:17:40 AM
I ordered an UV torch from a chinese ebayer for 99p.  It has taken so long to arrive that now it's here I can't remember why I needed it.

  Better to have an UV torch and not need it, than to need an UV torch and not have it.  :M 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 25, 2017, 12:03:41 PM
water vacuum aspirator
some Zn dust
quite a bit of sodium metal I just happened to see going at a reasonable price.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 25, 2017, 08:15:53 PM
Today I will be buying Seretide (asthma inhaler).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on May 26, 2017, 06:40:17 PM
Got Injustice 2 a few days ago.  :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on May 27, 2017, 04:22:39 AM
  Yesterday I bought a compression bandage that seems to have fixed my bad knee.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on May 27, 2017, 10:16:19 AM
Donuts
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 29, 2017, 02:50:26 PM
Just had one of my separatory funnels shatter on me last night. But luckily I could carry  on doing what I was doing, and immediately hopped on ebay and got another, bigger one (1l) for around £15-20.

Got absolutely no warning whatsoever, thing just..almost crumbled to pieces. Not through anything I was doing with it, or had put in it either I don't think, just went to turn the stopcock and it shattered. Not right pleased about that, but thankfully there wasn't anything either truly priceless in there, or that I can't make again, it was a late-in-process extraction, after already extracting with solvent several times, so if my product successfully migrated into the solvent to begin with, I'll already have gotten most of it.  A little will have gone down the drain, but a few tens of ml of solvent at most, nothing that can't be rectified. And the funnel was easily enough replaced. Still, a bit of a shit, when I could have used the money for something I need and didn't already have. Next time I get paid, I'll get a couple more spares of different sizes too.

Did get doused in naphtha and caustic soda,  but aqueous sodium hydroxide doesn't seem to bother me much. I wouldn't bathe in it, but it has never actually hurt if I've gotten it on my skin. Aside from an accident where I copped that, and worse besides, right in the eyes, but that is another kettle of fish entirely.  Of course, I wash if off if I get it over me, but its never really even stung me, the only irritation that came of that, was because I had a cut on my finger, which did sting pretty badly. Molten caustic is another matter, that is nasty stuff, and even a speck of it landing on gloves if it melts through (and considering its MP is 300 degrees plus it does so pretty readily) burns like fury, got a little round scar on my arm almost exactly the size of a grain of NaOH from doing electrolysis for production of sodium metal where it chewed through the glove and carried on going. Getting it up the nose is even worse. (its just not something that immediately comes to mind..everybody knows to wear goggles and/or a blast shield , but I've never once seen a warning saying something to the effect of 'stuff bog roll up your nose' (electrolysis again, sodium formed, a globule of it went 'bang' in the air, sending a flaming, molten caustic soda-coated globule of water-reactive sodium metal right up one of my nostrils, where it promptly blew a small crater out of my nasal septum. Healed eventually but it didn't half make me jump at the time and make me lose my balance with holding the electrodes. Damn sodium itself actually blasted a hole in the bridge of my nose, not right through, but deep enough to feel, and to cap it off, when sodium meets moisture, what does one get? more caustic soda.

A lot of fun THAT was :P (well the rest of it actually was just not that particular event.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 29, 2017, 07:35:09 PM
Glass carboy...wine yeast.

I have become my mother. :wine:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 30, 2017, 05:09:52 AM
Got a couple of those wine brewing carboys myself. Although its pretty certain you wouldn't want to drink anything that those things have been near, they are what I keep my nasty heavy metal wastes in, got two of them, one is full of manganese salts and oxide wastes awaiting such time as I feel up to getting around to refining them and smelting them down to recover the manganese metal, or turn it into permanganates or something else useful, the other is currently, IIRC, serving as a repository for mercury wastes. Definitely wouldn't catch me drinking anything that came out of either of them, the things they have stewed in, no matter how thoroughly they were washed out.

Just got some zinc dust come that I've been awaiting for what feels like bloody ages. Feeling rather satisfied with myself now thats here finally, I've been wanting that to hurry up for ages. Although not as much as the hundred g or so of sodium. Think it was 100g, might have been 200, can't remember. EIther way. Suits me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 30, 2017, 09:03:06 AM
Quote from: Lestat on May 30, 2017, 05:09:52 AM
Got a couple of those wine brewing carboys myself. Although its pretty certain you wouldn't want to drink anything that those things have been near, they are what I keep my nasty heavy metal wastes in, got two of them, one is full of manganese salts and oxide wastes awaiting such time as I feel up to getting around to refining them and smelting them down to recover the manganese metal, or turn it into permanganates or something else useful, the other is currently, IIRC, serving as a repository for mercury wastes. Definitely wouldn't catch me drinking anything that came out of either of them, the things they have stewed in, no matter how thoroughly they were washed out.

Just got some zinc dust come that I've been awaiting for what feels like bloody ages. Feeling rather satisfied with myself now thats here finally, I've been wanting that to hurry up for ages. Although not as much as the hundred g or so of sodium. Think it was 100g, might have been 200, can't remember. EIther way. Suits me.

Yep.  :laugh:

You find them around here but all the guys I knew used to store sulfuric acid in them, including my dad. Makes one wary of using an old one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 30, 2017, 03:18:42 PM
It'll be alright if its just had H2SO4 in there, I'd avoid it if the source of the sulfuric was battery acid, given that they are lead-acid based cells, and sometimes have some antimony in them IIRC. Although it is true that the metallic lead dissolves to an extent, the solubility of lead sulfate and the lead peroxide, PbSO4 and PbO2 in sulfuric acid or aqueous solution is pretty piss poor. Gutted plenty of car  batteries in my time for the lead content (and you can get a pretty penny for them too, although I tended when I had no better source of sulfuric, to extract the acid and replace it with water (and just occasionally pack the things full of gravel and rocks to get more money out of the scrap yard, naughty, I know, I know but hey, I was younger at the time and didn't have much disposable income, so I needed every scrap of dirt, rocks, steel scrap etc. that I could lay my hands on and stuff into lead/acid batteries, copper or lead piping scrap and the like. So I'd reclaim the sulfuric (its quite heavy so counted a lot towards the weight of a car or truck battery, and hey, I did have to carry the bloody things on my shoulders, two at a time for several miles to get there on foot. I needed the recompense for time spent :P, and distill the acid to purify it for my use, whilst the scrap merchant could keep what lead was in there for the most part at least :P I'd take the acid, not like I imagine they recycle that. Me on the other hand....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on May 30, 2017, 04:29:03 PM
USB stick so the girl could bring a project to school tomorrow that she of course forgot about completely until tonight. Thankfully we had everything she needed and she just had to choose what she wanted and upload it. Yet again, Mum to the rescue.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 30, 2017, 09:22:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on May 30, 2017, 04:29:03 PM
USB stick so the girl could bring a project to school tomorrow that she of course forgot about completely until tonight. Thankfully we had everything she needed and she just had to choose what she wanted and upload it. Yet again, Mum to the rescue.

I just washed one of those. Older 2 gb I think.

Probably about the 10th one I've washed...or possibly re-washed.

They dry out pretty quick and normally live to upload again.

Some day I might learn to check pockets.
Or not.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 31, 2017, 12:32:03 AM
Cleaning your data is important. :orly:
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Post by: Jack on May 31, 2017, 05:00:40 AM
:laugh:
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Post by: Fun With Matches on May 31, 2017, 05:01:25 AM
A clean computer dunked in water is a happy computer!
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Post by: odeon on June 01, 2017, 12:25:33 AM
It's a drowned computer. :M
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Post by: Phoenix on June 01, 2017, 07:31:20 AM
A painter. Hired him yesterday to work on the new house. He starts day after closing so that everything is done before we move in.
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Post by: Jesse on June 06, 2017, 07:35:33 PM
Moroccan seam agate
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 06, 2017, 08:40:27 PM
Quote from: Jesse on June 06, 2017, 07:35:33 PM
Moroccan seam agate

Welcome back!

Those are cool, just looked them up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on June 06, 2017, 08:48:25 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 06, 2017, 08:40:27 PM
Quote from: Jesse on June 06, 2017, 07:35:33 PM
Moroccan seam agate

Welcome back!

Those are cool, just looked them up.
Thanks Ice queen! Yeah, they are. I've always wanted one and now I got one, you don't see them all that often on the market and I don't know if it's because of the mine or what but it's nice seeing you again.

 :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 07, 2017, 12:09:54 PM
One thing you can do to dry out and clean crap from  (as well as use for cleaning the contacts with a bit on a cotton bud or scrap of bog roll) that works well is dry isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol, propan-2-ol), evaporates cleanly and won't damage the internals, available cheaply online, ebay etc. if something like a USB drive has gone through the wash, a soak in isopropyl will help draw the water off the circuit boards and into the iPA, any left inside, after a while in a warm room, on top of a warm computer (not plugged in until its out of there) to the temperature tolerance of the device will assist in speeding up its exit.

Just had my shipment of dry (0.037% H2O content, if I need it any drier than that ever, I'll distill it over quicklime (calcium oxide, CaO) under pre-dried inert gas, and redistill from the receiver, from a portion of calcium carbide, sparge the redistilled product with pre-dried argon gas or nitrogen at all times protected by dessicant tubes and transferred from or two containers or directly used, transferring with a freshly cleaned, with water, then 2x with dry isopropanol before oven-drying, all-glass syringe and metal cannula needle to transfer the product either directly to where it is used, when it is needed, or if storing excess, via cannula through rubber septum to cap off a freshly oven-baked out, dry argon-purged glass container after degassing under vacuum. (this procedure will work to dry alcohols very, very thoroughly indeed for the most demanding of applications although is overkill in the extreme for electronics cleaning)

The CH3CN (acetonitrile, methyl cyanide), isopropanol and sodium bromide ordered all arrived. A little over 12 hours after buying too, which is fairly impressive. Might prepare a little elemental bromine later and react it with chlorine, with iodine and with both. Not sure if tertiary interhalogens containing Cl, Br and I exist, would be fun to find out though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 07, 2017, 01:19:37 PM
350 feet of bubble wrap.  :autism:
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Post by: Phoenix on June 07, 2017, 01:59:56 PM
Lunch at Panera's with my cousins.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 07, 2017, 02:41:03 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 07, 2017, 01:19:37 PM
350 feet of bubble wrap.  :autism:

Inquiring minds and all that. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 07, 2017, 06:42:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2017, 02:41:03 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 07, 2017, 01:19:37 PM
350 feet of bubble wrap.  :autism:

Inquiring minds and all that. :P

 :dominatrix:

Actually I just have glassware that needs listing.  :P
The only fun side of that is that you can pop a couple without ruining the integrity of the packaging.

Cheap thrills with every package.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 07, 2017, 08:40:24 PM
I bought a bunch of office supplies and sent them as a care package to the girl.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on June 07, 2017, 09:08:08 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 07, 2017, 08:40:24 PM
I bought a bunch of office supplies and sent them as a care package to the girl.  :orly:
you're bound to get all kinds of sex with that move gopher.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 07, 2017, 09:17:04 PM
I paid bills. Car registration and roadside assistance (2 separate bills) and water, which for the quarter was only $9.50.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 07, 2017, 09:17:53 PM
Quote from: Jesse on June 07, 2017, 09:08:08 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 07, 2017, 08:40:24 PM
I bought a bunch of office supplies and sent them as a care package to the girl.  :orly:
you're bound to get all kinds of sex with that move gopher.  :laugh:

Nah, I don't want to sex her or anything like that. That would be really creepy.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 08, 2017, 02:51:18 PM
A double barb brass fitting to repair a gas line on a propane torch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 08, 2017, 06:54:26 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 08, 2017, 02:51:18 PM
double barb brass fitting
That makes a great perseveration.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 09, 2017, 04:48:01 AM
You mean listing for ebay IQ? and by glassware, lab glass or tableware? if its the former I might be interested, depending on what you've got.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on June 10, 2017, 06:21:27 PM
Some cheesecake to stuff my fat face with.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 11, 2017, 10:43:51 AM
Cheesecake is always a win

I bought three testing colours of paint.

http://www.behr.com/consumer_ca/ColorDetailView/PPU18-14
http://www.behr.com/consumer_ca/ColorDetailView/T15-2
http://www.behr.com/consumer_ca/ColorDetailView/PPU16-13
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 12, 2017, 04:52:13 PM
Bungee cords
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Post by: odeon on June 13, 2017, 12:10:06 AM
Books.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on June 13, 2017, 10:31:06 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 13, 2017, 12:10:06 AM
Books.

 :2thumbsup:

Just finished reading Edge and The Burning Wire by Deaver.  First time in my life I put finished a book (Edge), put it down, said WOW and immediately started reading it again.  Just enough twists and turns and an intro to Game Theory.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 13, 2017, 01:03:29 PM
I can't buy anything until I have enough money. Payday isn't until Thursday  :bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 13, 2017, 04:31:34 PM
Quote from: Genesis on June 13, 2017, 01:03:29 PM
I can't buy anything until I have enough money. Payday isn't until Thursday  :bigcry:

What do you want to buy?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 13, 2017, 08:14:44 PM
A bouquet of mini roses from Equador for monkeygirl to give to her after her school play
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 13, 2017, 08:53:05 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 13, 2017, 04:31:34 PM
Quote from: Genesis on June 13, 2017, 01:03:29 PM
I can't buy anything until I have enough money. Payday isn't until Thursday  :bigcry:

What do you want to buy?  :orly:

Mostly DVDs and some books :-/

Maybe a ticket or two to some games at Wrigley...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 14, 2017, 01:58:55 AM
Not bought it yet, but am looking for somewhere to buy a few liters of propylene carbonate or ethylene carbonate from, to use as an organic solvent that will dissolve alkali metal hydroxides and is able to serve as an polar aprotic, conductive electrolyte with such things dissolved in it, for doing electrolysis. Similar to ionic liquids in the way they can dissolve such salts, hydroxides etc.
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Post by: Parts on June 15, 2017, 12:20:52 PM
 just a coffee this morning
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Post by: renaeden on June 15, 2017, 11:03:17 PM
Medication. Well, I was meant to buy two. I bought one and forgot the other. :facepalm:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 16, 2017, 06:26:14 PM
Quote from: Genesis on June 13, 2017, 08:53:05 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 13, 2017, 04:31:34 PM
Quote from: Genesis on June 13, 2017, 01:03:29 PM
I can't buy anything until I have enough money. Payday isn't until Thursday  :bigcry:

What do you want to buy?  :orly:

Mostly DVDs and some books :-/

Maybe a ticket or two to some games at Wrigley...

Do you go to the games by yourself?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 16, 2017, 10:41:54 PM
Cat food and some filters for Liam's drinking fountain.
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Post by: Phallacy on June 17, 2017, 03:19:42 AM
An electronic speed control for my RC car.
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Post by: Parts on June 18, 2017, 03:10:37 PM
A Stanley 60 1/2 low angle block plane for $3 at a flea market this morning
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Post by: renaeden on June 19, 2017, 01:52:35 AM
^Wow, cheap.

I bought a Subway pizza sub.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 19, 2017, 01:18:46 PM
Several big trays of tiramisu, family-size ones. Which I promptly went and ate two or three at a time, along with some liter cartons of rhubarb and custard milkshake, a couple of bags of mozzarella shredded cheese and a tray of little cigars, two bottles of benylin dry cough dextromethorphan cough mixture and a box of...err forget the name now, but weak OTC dihydrocodeine/paracetamol tablets, a 32 pack, which was subjected to extraction and the paracetamol separated and thrown down the drains so as to enable the lot to be used at once (the OTC strength kinda needs that since the quantity of actual pain med in there is low).  Bought 5 liters of dry isopropanol, a gallon of antifreeze, un-diluted, just dyed ethylene glycol with bitrex in it to discourage children from drinking it and being poisoned, although that has no impact on its uses I have for it, either as a highish temperature capacity liquid heating bath fluid, for certain coolant mixtures for cooling down receiver flasks during distillations or for circulating in condensers, for certain reactions involving solutions of gases in solvents or for producing 1,4-dioxane, a cyclic ether type solvent  by dripping the ethylene glycol into very hot, highly concentrated sulfuric acid and distilling off the dioxane as it forms when the sulfuric causes an intramolecular dehydration-intermolecular cyclization to occur forming the desired product.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 19, 2017, 02:13:32 PM
Just bought a 4-pack of cold Peroni bottled lager, a 20x crate of coors light that was going cheap, 4-5 1l cartons of rhubarb and custard milkshake (bought 4 or so yesterday and they were all gone by this morning, they really are that damn good), a bottle of acetone, 4 or 6 of the family-size tiramisu plus several individual caramel panna cotta pots, which are delicious, and a handful of bags of spicy peppered beef jerky, and 10 'cafe creme' cigars.

Might be 'individual' size, but the panna cotta pots are actually in quite decent portions, rather than the ones in some supermarkets that are the same size as those little tiny yoghurt pots aimed at small children, with just about one mouthful inside each one.  Although that isn't going to get in the way of my eating all four of them in the next minute and a half or so. Two scarfed down, two to go. Then a couple of nice cold quality beers (the peroni, bought those, even though for 4 its over half the price of a 20 pack of coors light. But they are really good beer, one of my favourites. So figured I'd treat myself to a few bottles of the good stuff too), take some of my evening pain meds (which should as a bonus be rather relaxing with the added beer on the top) and light up a cigar. Got some of the rhubarb and custard milkshake too, bought a fair few cartons since they didn't have any watermelon juice in stock. Oh well. Will look locally tomorrow probably.

Should have gotten myself a lime, to stuff a few slices into the necks of the beer bottles and give it a nice tang going down. Will try to remember tomorrow since that 20 pack will last me a fair while. Well, maybe not, actually, if this weather keeps up, even this evening, walking out of the cool, air-conditioned shop felt like walking past a blast furnace that had been cooling down for a while first when walking out of the door into the open air.

A few beers, pain meds, a good munch and a smoke is just what I feel like right now, sitting back and playing fallout II on the computer, with some nice spicy chewy smoked beef jerky to enjoy whilst I kick back and relax.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on June 19, 2017, 06:45:36 PM
A new laptop and Skyrim.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 19, 2017, 10:47:31 PM
Think I'll get the replacement 3-necked round bottom flask I need, a few smaller  RBFs, a few erlenmeyers, preferably with vacuum takoff adapters and if I see one at a good price, a multi-ported vacuum manifold so I can run several isolated vac lines at once from the one pump. I do have other 3-neck 1L RBFs, but they are, at the moment, busily keeping a chlorine generator providing a slight positive pressure of Cl2 over some iodine monochloride, and I need to get round to removing the remainder of my distilled ICl from the receiver flask and transferring it into the attack-resistant bottle containing the rest of it (most plastics wouldn't be suitable, I've only a few bottles with caps and seals underneath them which will tolerate its presence, since it is an extremely aggressive, virulent and somewhat volatile substance that with many plastics and greases just chews them up and spits them out in a screaming heap of little pieces. Storing the portion I've bottled up in a bottle with a teflon cap and a resistant seal underneath it that blocks the neck off when screwed closed, in the fridge to prevent it from escaping.

(no, not in the fridge the food goes in:P The one dedicated to storage of volatile solvents and such nasty things as ICl, chromyl chloride, bromine, arsenic, that kind of thing. The sort of stuff you want to keep refrigerated and as undisturbed as possible when not required, but which you most certainly would not want to pour over your breakfast cereal in the morning. Or anytime else for that matter.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 19, 2017, 11:58:26 PM
A pink noise generator.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 20, 2017, 12:17:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 19, 2017, 11:58:26 PM
A pink noise generator.

What are you going to do with all that noise?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 20, 2017, 06:03:39 AM
I bought groceries. Was going to buy a broom-and-dustpan combo to replace the one that broke but didn't see any in the shop I was in. Will look in Big W or Kmart next time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 20, 2017, 09:17:17 AM
Quote from: Jack on June 20, 2017, 12:17:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 19, 2017, 11:58:26 PM
A pink noise generator.

What are you going to do with all that noise?

Create more. :zoinks:

I'll be doing a proper room EQ for the garage cinema. One of the processors I own have a pink noise generator built in, but the rest has been guesswork until now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 20, 2017, 04:12:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 20, 2017, 09:17:17 AM
Quote from: Jack on June 20, 2017, 12:17:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 19, 2017, 11:58:26 PM
A pink noise generator.

What are you going to do with all that noise?

Create more. :zoinks:

I'll be doing a proper room EQ for the garage cinema. One of the processors I own have a pink noise generator built in, but the rest has been guesswork until now.
I see. Was thinking you might be one who needs noise. Static sounds make me anxious, but don't even realize it's happening until it gets so bad, have to stop and wonder why I feel like am dying. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 20, 2017, 05:13:01 PM
I like brown noise, the others seem too high-pitched for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 20, 2017, 05:54:54 PM
Quote from: renaeden on June 20, 2017, 05:13:01 PM
I like brown noise, the others seem too high-pitched for me.
Had to look it up; probably couldn't stand much of that either.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 20, 2017, 09:48:04 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 16, 2017, 06:26:14 PM
Quote from: Genesis on June 13, 2017, 08:53:05 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 13, 2017, 04:31:34 PM
Quote from: Genesis on June 13, 2017, 01:03:29 PM
I can't buy anything until I have enough money. Payday isn't until Thursday  :bigcry:

What do you want to buy?  :orly:

Mostly DVDs and some books :-/

Maybe a ticket or two to some games at Wrigley...

Do you go to the games by yourself?  :orly:

the first two times I went with my sister, the last time I went was when Dad came along. The one that Dad went to was the most epic to be honest... the Cubbie's starting pitcher went and accomplished his 20th win of the season that night.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 20, 2017, 09:50:22 PM
The overall season record was 22-6 with a 1.77 era (earned run average)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 21, 2017, 11:10:27 AM
Quote from: Jack on June 20, 2017, 04:12:19 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 20, 2017, 09:17:17 AM
Quote from: Jack on June 20, 2017, 12:17:24 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 19, 2017, 11:58:26 PM
A pink noise generator.

What are you going to do with all that noise?

Create more. :zoinks:

I'll be doing a proper room EQ for the garage cinema. One of the processors I own have a pink noise generator built in, but the rest has been guesswork until now.
I see. Was thinking you might be one who needs noise. Static sounds make me anxious, but don't even realize it's happening until it gets so bad, have to stop and wonder why I feel like am dying. :laugh:

You probably want to keep your distance while I'm doing the room EQ. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 22, 2017, 06:39:07 AM

I often ran pink noise several times during setting up a strange venue. Before the sound check to get a brief double check of what my original "walk around the empty room clapping my hands" told me. Then, immediately after the first live band sound check using the preliminary microphone setting turned up to "almost ringing."  Running pink noise again in that setting allowed me to set my overall notch filters to the first three or four frequencies which will cause problems during the night.

I often took the time to set the microphones back to normal and run a secondary house EQ analysis that was more intended to perfect a flat response from the house system. Most think this is unnecessary, since "we already did that,"  but there is nothing like going into a problem venue where everyone usually leaves with a headache and hearing the first peep from the stage completely flat and dry with almost no room effects audible.

Then the magic that I can offer with all my special effects, digital delays, flanging, reverberation, doubling, chorus, etc can become predictable.
 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 22, 2017, 10:37:19 AM
It's useful to do the EQ more than once. I usually run a reel of test material I know intimately to get a sense of what the RTA isn't showing me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 22, 2017, 12:21:06 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.
:woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 22, 2017, 02:02:02 PM
Just bought a double-lot of second hand hotplate-magnetic stirrers that were being sold as a pair, whilst looking for a heating mantle/stirrer.

The latter-350 watt output, max temperature 380 'C and stir speed up to 1400 RPM

The hotplate pair are second hand, but tested to be in good working order and include magnetic stirring for both, a corning model 353 and a thermolyne model 1900, both flat-topped hotplates rather than heating mantles (these are shaped like a deep bowl, various sizes according to need, the one I got is a 1 liter, and with a heating element wrapped in a sheath that snugly fits the flask, been wanting a heating mantle for ages, so, got one finally, and at not too bad a price either.

Total cost for everything, just over £228 dollars including priority shipping. Thought I'd not be able to get them, since a message came up saying 'seller doesn't ship to your country', but it turned out that was for added insurance automatically included for a few pounds extra and that I didn't ask for to begin with. Got rid of that, readded everything to my ebay cart and no problem, everything went through no problem.

My current hotplate has seen better days and a few repairs have had to be done on it, plus a hacked repair to the power supply that whilst it got it working again means I can't use only the stirring with no heat since the two power feeds are routed through the same controller. That unexpected money in my account proved just  the thing. Now I can effectively retire the other hotplate of mine I have now. Its getting old, and tired, and been begging for a replacement for a while now.

Now I have two, plus a brand spanking new good quality heating mantle :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 05:59:32 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on June 22, 2017, 12:21:06 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.
:woohoo:

Did a last hand wash of undies today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 22, 2017, 06:48:09 PM
No one ever hand washes my undies.  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 22, 2017, 07:10:44 PM
 :roar:  :roar:  :roar:  :roar:  :roar:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 22, 2017, 07:16:06 PM
Jimmy Johns! Oh.... and um....

A book! Yeah... a very weird yet somewhat mostly interesting book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 22, 2017, 09:14:37 PM
A $2.00 computer at the thrift store.

Popped the top off the generic case...1 TB hard drive, 3 ghz intel cpu, ASUS DVD burner, Gigabyte MB/HDMI chip, clean as a whistle...Windows XP.

Password protected...well it "was". Kid loaded on Oblivion already.

 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 23, 2017, 12:50:26 AM
Quote from: Genesis on June 22, 2017, 07:16:06 PM
Jimmy Johns! Oh.... and um....

A book! Yeah... a very weird yet somewhat mostly interesting book.
Could you be more specific? Author and title maybe? Or is it classified?

 :ninja:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: "couldbecousin" on June 23, 2017, 05:18:53 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 29, 2017, 07:35:09 PM
Glass carboy...wine yeast.

I have become my mother. :wine:

  That's more than OK.  Your mother was a badass!  :arrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 07:33:40 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.

 :asthing: :asthing: :asthing:

What brand did you get???
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 23, 2017, 12:25:00 PM
Very nice find on that computer IQ :)

I need to get some more of those wine carboys myself actually. I can't STAND wine, even the smell knocks me sick, but those things serve just fine for keeping my heavy metal-laden toxic wastes in. I need a fair few more though, because I keep the types of waste separate rather than dumping everything in the same containers, that way when enough of whatever is in the things builds up, its both easier, more practical and cheaper to do the recycling and reclamation of the metal contents. With a complex soup of all manner of nasty ass heavy metal trash it would have to be a multi-step more complicated process depending on the metals present in the waste, and thus make the refining more expensive. Things like mercury, lead, cadmium, manganese etc, and especially mercury and arsenic are too valuable to just ditch in the local toxic waste section at the town dump and so I make every effort to recover them, as I would uncommon elements like thallium, although I've never actually had a use for thallium, and it is, not to put too fine a point on it, fucking awful stuff.

 I want a sample for the element collection, but I'd be perfectly content to let it rest in a display case in a sealed vial under some inert gas and leave it there, since I don't have any chemistry use for it, and quite honestly I'd sooner not go anywhere near thallium-based organometallic chemistry, its a quick-fire way to dying horribly and slowly. Same for organomercury anything. I'll use Hg for some electrical purposes, and if I have nothing better, amalgam-based reducing agents although I bloody hate the likes of aluminium amalgam reductions, they are so messy, create so much ugly pain in the ass semi-solid highly toxic slop as wastes and the workup is a total shit. So its a last resort when all else fails or everything else potentially usable for the task is lacking from the stock in my store cupboards and shelving.

Keeping my metal wastes as individual element-based slops means I don't have to resort to complex multi-step refining processes and quite possibly spend more money doing it than I would save by recovering the metals.

Something nice arrived for me yesterday, although I'd bought it a fair while ago, ordered and paid for it that is. A piece of specialized glassware called a thiele tube, along with a big pack of fine glass capillary tubes for it (these are disposable, single-use items, got a 100-pack of those). Its used for allowing, due to the shape of the thiele tube, slow, uniform and steady heating of a sample of something, a solid, or potentially a frozen liquid and using a cryogen of some sort, allowing the latter slowly to boil off and the temperature to slowly rise, with the sample in a capillary tube fused shut at one end and strapped to a thermometer, the thiele tube is then slowly heated, after being filled with oil at the triangular side-arm, which attaches to top and bottom of the main body of it, heating it at a uniforn rate, slowly, and is then simply watched carefully and when the sample reaches its melting point, heated by the oil, it rises by capillary action within the sample tube, which is then disposed of (potentially breaking it open to recover any sample but in practice that would only be done for something that would be very expensive to make, difficult to obtain/make and valuable enough to make a few milligrams count since the capillary tubes  really don't need much in the way of quantity to do the MP determinations.

Cost, I forget but something in the region of 20-25, although if that was dollars or pounds I can't remember. Took its time to get here, since it came, IIRC, from china.

So is my new heating mantle I think, although the pair of magnetic stirrer/hotplates I grabbed as a set are being sent from the US. Those only cost me $40-something for the two, all in all a pretty damn good deal. Similar cost for shipping but all the same, thats probably fairly reasonable.

The 1 liter (mantles are made for a specific flask size) heating mantle/stirrer was quite a lot more expensive, although not terribly surprising, still, as long as its in good working order, as it should be, being new rather than used, but all the same I bought it anyway since I had that unexpected/unrealized money in my account and I've been wanting one for ages. Actually I want several, enough for all my different flask sizes and so I can heat multiple different flasks at the same time when needed, or set multiple ones to stir, that will take a while to get all the ones I am after though, buying 1 or 2 at a time since they aren't exactly cheap. Cheapest I've seen was a 100ml size for about $80-something. The 1l one was one of the things on my most-wanted list for lab equipment and has been for a long time. But its only now I finally had the money to spend on it.

Next on the list is going to have to be a new vacuum pump, a multi-port manifold for it and pressure gauges for each separate vacuum line on the latter for doing things at different pressure levels and then finally I can start saving up for an IR spectrophotometer, something like an FT-IR or raman scanner. Haven't quite decided yet. That and a  UV-Vis ultraviolet spectrometer. Will have to save up a good few hundred per machine though, and wait, watch and pick my moment for one to turn up on ebay second-hand at a price I can hope to afford. Will certainly assist a great deal in doing identification of byproducts, and identifying compounds, determining success/failure of reactions. Expensive and going to take a lot of saving, but they are at least within the kinds of price ranges I can hope to save to afford.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 23, 2017, 12:33:35 PM
Bought a dehumidifier for the basement in the new place to help the painters get their job done more quickly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 23, 2017, 02:00:12 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on June 23, 2017, 12:50:26 AM
Quote from: Genesis on June 22, 2017, 07:16:06 PM
Jimmy Johns! Oh.... and um....

A book! Yeah... a very weird yet somewhat mostly interesting book.
Could you be more specific? Author and title maybe? Or is it classified?

 :ninja:

Studio: Remembering Chris Marker by: Adam Bartos
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 23, 2017, 07:50:51 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 07:33:40 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.

 :asthing: :asthing: :asthing:

What brand did you get???

The old reliable - Maytag.  Gas dryer because it's cheaper to run here and less to go wrong with the parts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 08:45:20 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 23, 2017, 07:50:51 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 07:33:40 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.

 :asthing: :asthing: :asthing:

What brand did you get???

The old reliable - Maytag.  Gas dryer because it's cheaper to run here and less to go wrong with the parts.

Hope you get a good one.

MIL & I both had lemons...don't think our results where typical though, give it a good workout, and remember most places like Lowes, Home Depot give you 30 days regardless if you're not happy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2017, 07:41:39 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 08:45:20 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 23, 2017, 07:50:51 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 07:33:40 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.

 :asthing: :asthing: :asthing:

What brand did you get???

The old reliable - Maytag.  Gas dryer because it's cheaper to run here and less to go wrong with the parts.

Hope you get a good one.

MIL & I both had lemons...don't think our results where typical though, give it a good workout, and remember most places like Lowes, Home Depot give you 30 days regardless if you're not happy.

I splurged and did something I don't usually do, bought the extended warranty for both.  At $100 each for 5 years it seemed reasonable since a service call starts in the neighborhood of $110.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:04:29 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 22, 2017, 10:37:19 AM
It's useful to do the EQ more than once. I usually run a reel of test material I know intimately to get a sense of what the RTA isn't showing me.

And yet, it is never more than approaching adequate. You still hear things that make you want to jump out of your seat, if not your entire skin, to correct things once again.

This modern era of actual real time digital/figital analysis has gone a bit over the top, so to speak.
In all honesty, I had a hard time learning to let one instance of "not quite right" go.

Then you go from an empty house to one filled to the brim with screaming fans. Thank god I had time to do the ring out and set the problem frequencies to the notch filter as you turn it up and up and up to offset the crowd noise.

Rock and roll, baby!!
 :headbang2:


Time for "protective"  headphones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:08:28 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.

Big thing there!

Two major appliances at one time, Shit! Hope it works out for you. :thumbup:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:11:24 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 22, 2017, 06:48:09 PM
No one ever hand washes my undies.  >:(

Nope. They go directly into an undefined bonfire of their own making.

NO really! No thanks necessary. Please, it was a pleasure.
 :zombiefuck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMwY49vTBk0
Lyrical context:


The Muffin Man is seated at the table
In the laboratory of the Utility Muffin
Research Kitchen . . .
Reaching for an oversized chrome spoon
He gathers an intimate quantity of dried muffin remnants
And brushing his scapular aside
Proceeds to dump these inside of his shirt. . .
He turns to us and speaks:
"Some people like cupcakes better. I for one
Care less for them!"
Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot
of a fully charged icing anointment utensil
He pools forth a quarter-ounce green rosette (oh ah yuk yuk.
let's try that again . . .!)
He pools forth a quarter-ounce green rosette
Near the summit of a dense but radiant muffin
of his own design.
Later he says: "Some people . . . some people like cupcakes exclusively,
While I myself say there is naughl nor ought there be
Nothing so exalted on the faceof God's grey earth
As that prince of foods . . . The Muffin!"

Girl you thoughl he was a man
Bul he was a muffin
He hung around till you found
That he didn't know nuthin'
Girl you thought he was a man
But he only was a-puffin'
No cries is heard in the night
As a result of him stuffin'






No, seriously,  play it all the way through and you may come to experience a bit of this man's genius.
Now mind you, this track was created live before an audience.
Thank you, Mr. Zappa.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:17:41 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2017, 07:41:39 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 08:45:20 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 23, 2017, 07:50:51 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 07:33:40 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.

 :asthing: :asthing: :asthing:

What brand did you get???

The old reliable - Maytag.  Gas dryer because it's cheaper to run here and less to go wrong with the parts.

Hope you get a good one.

MIL & I both had lemons...don't think our results where typical though, give it a good workout, and remember most places like Lowes, Home Depot give you 30 days regardless if you're not happy.

I splurged and did something I don't usually do, bought the extended warranty for both.  At $100 each for 5 years it seemed reasonable since a service call starts in the neighborhood of $110.

You will most likely not regret that wisdom.
I always buy the extended warranty on appliances. We seem to go through dishwashers here (even with a Cullligan our water is so hard- full of alkalines - that nothing lasts very long.) and with the "Geek Squad Protection"  we have had six new dishwashers in twelve years for the price of just over four. But we almost always have a newish dishwasher

Wise.
 8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on June 24, 2017, 12:46:49 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:11:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMwY49vTBk0
Lyrical context:


The Muffin Man is seated at the table
In the laboratory of the Utility Muffin
Research Kitchen . . .
Reaching for an oversized chrome spoon
He gathers an intimate quantity of dried muffin remnants
And brushing his scapular aside
Proceeds to dump these inside of his shirt. . .
He turns to us and speaks:
"Some people like cupcakes better. I for one
Care less for them!"
Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot
of a fully charged icing anointment utensil
He pools forth a quarter-ounce green rosette (oh ah yuk yuk.
let's try that again . . .!)
He pools forth a quarter-ounce green rosette
Near the summit of a dense but radiant muffin
of his own design.
Later he says: "Some people . . . some people like cupcakes exclusively,
While I myself say there is naughl nor ought there be
Nothing so exalted on the faceof God's grey earth
As that prince of foods . . . The Muffin!"

Girl you thoughl he was a man
Bul he was a muffin
He hung around till you found
That he didn't know nuthin'
Girl you thought he was a man
But he only was a-puffin'
No cries is heard in the night
As a result of him stuffin'






No, seriously,  play it all the way through and you may come to experience a bit of this man's genius.
Now mind you, this track was created live before an audience.
Thank you, Mr. Zappa.

 :headbang2:

Zappa was a musical mad scientist!!  :headbang:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:53:09 PM
True. I think I have everything he ever released, including the very rare "Inca Road Tour."  Although that is on VHS.  :puke:
Still very much worth watching.

Now you have to understand, he was like Hendrix in some ways. He never maintained a waking moment without his recorder recording.
I feel that only a bit more than one fifth of his recordings are available to the public at this time.

SURELY SOMEONE WITH A CONSCIENCE IS IN CHARGE OF THIS TREASURE.
 :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 24, 2017, 02:00:30 PM
I'm needing to find some things for my birds... I think I'll do that while getting money for transportation to work for Monday's shift.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 24, 2017, 03:21:12 PM
Thats generous of you miss K.

Don't suppose you'd buy me one too ? :P

Although the last two days its been better its been absolutely scorching lately. Damn weather forecast predicted some huge thunderstorms for right this area, but they never materialized. Was rather disappointed at that, since I love a good thunderstorm.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 24, 2017, 04:11:02 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2017, 07:41:39 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 08:45:20 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 23, 2017, 07:50:51 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 23, 2017, 07:33:40 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 22, 2017, 11:27:12 AM
A clothes washer and a clothes dryer.  To be delivered next week.

 :asthing: :asthing: :asthing:

What brand did you get???

The old reliable - Maytag.  Gas dryer because it's cheaper to run here and less to go wrong with the parts.

Hope you get a good one.

MIL & I both had lemons...don't think our results where typical though, give it a good workout, and remember most places like Lowes, Home Depot give you 30 days regardless if you're not happy.

I splurged and did something I don't usually do, bought the extended warranty for both.  At $100 each for 5 years it seemed reasonable since a service call starts in the neighborhood of $110.

 :thumbup: We did that with the LG washer we just got too.

MIL hasn't had to call for service yet with hers, but despises the thing, and is sorry she missed the 30 day window. She says it's the slowest thing she's ever seen.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 04:17:12 PM

Try all the cycles.

The quick one she is looking for may not be labeled the same as she is used to seeing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 24, 2017, 04:24:35 PM
Bought a new roof for the new place.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 25, 2017, 12:56:16 AM
A little red rocking chair for the grandkids just fifty cents at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 25, 2017, 01:52:45 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:04:29 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 22, 2017, 10:37:19 AM
It's useful to do the EQ more than once. I usually run a reel of test material I know intimately to get a sense of what the RTA isn't showing me.

And yet, it is never more than approaching adequate. You still hear things that make you want to jump out of your seat, if not your entire skin, to correct things once again.

This modern era of actual real time digital/figital analysis has gone a bit over the top, so to speak.
In all honesty, I had a hard time learning to let one instance of "not quite right" go.

Then you go from an empty house to one filled to the brim with screaming fans. Thank god I had time to do the ring out and set the problem frequencies to the notch filter as you turn it up and up and up to offset the crowd noise.

Rock and roll, baby!!
 :headbang2:


Time for "protective"  headphones.

I'm so glad I never had to do concerts. It must very, very different from doing a house EQ for a cinema where people sit fairly still in a well-controlled environment.

In a cinema, the RTA is desperately needed as you're not looking for flat, you're doing a Dolby curve (also known as X curve) so Dolby mixes come out right. They still control the market.

The RTA is also essential when doing the A chain--optical sound is tricky to get right without one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 25, 2017, 10:21:24 AM
Quote from: Parts on June 25, 2017, 12:56:16 AM
A little red rocking chair for the grandkids just fifty cents at a tag sale


Aww.  Parts has the Grandpa part down pat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 25, 2017, 10:49:22 AM
Treats for the birds
Cuttlebones
a new collar for Yoshi when he gets bigger than 7 inches around his neck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 25, 2017, 11:38:55 AM
A reel of magnesium ribbon (for ignition of metallothermic and carbothermic type reduction processes, thermite type reactions basically) and after thorough cleaning, grignards, perhaps (an organometallic reaction, notable for its being very water-sensitive and needing Mg with its oxides stripped away ideally)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 25, 2017, 11:53:18 AM
CDs. Yes, I still prefer to own the music I like.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 25, 2017, 11:55:54 AM
Well I just happen to have to get online atm from the toolshed after the filth trashed the place. Case has been dropped finally so I should get my own machine back soon. So there is no point bringing a CD player in here (although there already is one), but this way I don't constantly have to change CDs, and can play stuff I don't have on CD, and search around for new stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on June 25, 2017, 01:22:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 25, 2017, 11:53:18 AM
CDs. Yes, I still prefer to own the music I like.

Me too, and films. Netflix and other films you download, those companies don't have nearly as much of a selection as they should. It's basically limiting what their viewers can see. I wonder if there is an ulterior motive for this. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 25, 2017, 01:48:49 PM
There are programs downloadable for DLing tracks off youtube if you care to look online.
And to get round area-specific blockades use TORbrowser, its a firefox derivative that integrates TOR, and you can simply route your connection through a server in another country in order to sidestep the block.

The one issue I've had with TORbrowser is that some sites, mostly academic, and OCCASIONALLY youtube, sees it as mass-access to the data, kinda like wardialling and systematically spidering for content due to the way TOR works (it bounces connections round multiple servers, assisting in anonymity. Especially if used with a VPN (since exit node traffic can be monitored with TOR still, or exploits by setting up bogus nodes to sniff traffic etc.) but you'd have to be up to something and attract attention beforehand for that to be worthwhile (E.g paedophile rings have been cracked despite their use of TOR)

But it will certainly get you round country-specific blockades, all you need do is change TOR circuit. Sometimes it takes a couple of re-routings for it to cycle to a country not affected by such a content block but it will do. Put the two together and DL what you want. Easy as.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on June 25, 2017, 02:07:21 PM
Thanks Lestat. There isn't an awful lot I can do at the moment though. I prefer DVDs and CDs still. I like the covers, inside sleeves and loading them into the machines. Downloads are so boring and there's no feeling to them. I don't trust Smart TVs either. I have an old big TV, the proper bulky kind. I need to get rid of it though as the screen size keeps changing. Otherwise I would keep it. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on June 25, 2017, 02:09:27 PM
Heck, when I move I'm getting a projector with surround sound speakers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on June 25, 2017, 02:52:02 PM
Does anyone feel like buying me this jewellery box? I would hold you in high regard!

http://dulwichdesigns.com/ladies-collection/ladies-jewellery-boxes/belgravia-extra-large-jewellery-box.html
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 25, 2017, 04:43:58 PM
An ice harvesting axe for my collection
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/parts67/KIMG1249_zpscm1kdy8e.jpg) (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/parts67/media/KIMG1249_zpscm1kdy8e.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 25, 2017, 05:20:39 PM
Oil, air cleaner, plug, WD40

Basement flooded at the bar, the mower I just fixed has been returned to me from the deep abyss after the pump out (it was under around 5ft of water).

Yipee.

...and I thought I might get bored this week.  :P

Drained the fluids, it's sitting and drying out right now.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Walkie on June 25, 2017, 06:34:57 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:11:24 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 22, 2017, 06:48:09 PM
No one ever hand washes my undies.  >:(

Nope. They go directly into an undefined bonfire of their own making.

NO really! No thanks necessary. Please, it was a pleasure.
 :zombiefuck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMwY49vTBk0
Lyrical context:


The Muffin Man is seated at the table
In the laboratory of the Utility Muffin
Research Kitchen . . .
Reaching for an oversized chrome spoon
He gathers an intimate quantity of dried muffin remnants
And brushing his scapular aside
Proceeds to dump these inside of his shirt. . .
He turns to us and speaks:
"Some people like cupcakes better. I for one
Care less for them!"
Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot
of a fully charged icing anointment utensil
He pools forth a quarter-ounce green rosette (oh ah yuk yuk.
let's try that again . . .!)
He pools forth a quarter-ounce green rosette
Near the summit of a dense but radiant muffin
of his own design.
Later he says: "Some people . . . some people like cupcakes exclusively,
While I myself say there is naughl nor ought there be
Nothing so exalted on the faceof God's grey earth
As that prince of foods . . . The Muffin!"

Girl you thoughl he was a man
Bul he was a muffin
He hung around till you found
That he didn't know nuthin'
Girl you thought he was a man
But he only was a-puffin'
No cries is heard in the night
As a result of him stuffin'






No, seriously,  play it all the way through and you may come to experience a bit of this man's genius.
Now mind you, this track was created live before an audience.
Thank you, Mr. Zappa.

OOh! I found this post by checking out karma points.  (Thanks scrap) . And another   :plus: from me as a consequence.

I still have my vinyl copy of Roxy and Elsewhere (not that I can play it anymore) bought for me as a sixteenth bithday present from my boyfriend.  (he was romantic like that *chuckle* )

Despitr permanently splitting up, before my 18th birthday  , we remained friends, and recently discussed our favourite Zappa tracks.  To my immense surprise we had the same favourite : that sequence Son of Orange County/More Trouble Every Day from the aforementioned album. What did he he like about it? "It's sincerity" he replied. Stone  me, that's what i like about it too! Not Zappa's most celebrated characteristic *chuckle* .

As for "Muffin man" well, my Son's Norwigian girlfriend and I broke out into a spontaneous duet  on that song, the other day, in response to said son's enormous appetite for muffins   :evillaugh:
Just goes to show how timeless it is, hmm?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 25, 2017, 07:44:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 25, 2017, 11:53:18 AM
CDs. Yes, I still prefer to own the music I like.

Yep!

Me too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 25, 2017, 08:23:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 25, 2017, 01:52:45 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:04:29 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 22, 2017, 10:37:19 AM
It's useful to do the EQ more than once. I usually run a reel of test material I know intimately to get a sense of what the RTA isn't showing me.

And yet, it is never more than approaching adequate. You still hear things that make you want to jump out of your seat, if not your entire skin, to correct things once again.

This modern era of actual real time digital/figital analysis has gone a bit over the top, so to speak.
In all honesty, I had a hard time learning to let one instance of "not quite right" go.

Then you go from an empty house to one filled to the brim with screaming fans. Thank god I had time to do the ring out and set the problem frequencies to the notch filter as you turn it up and up and up to offset the crowd noise.

Rock and roll, baby!!
 :headbang2:


Time for "protective"  headphones.

I'm so glad I never had to do concerts. It must very, very different from doing a house EQ for a cinema where people sit fairly still in a well-controlled environment.

In a cinema, the RTA is desperately needed as you're not looking for flat, you're doing a Dolby curve (also known as X curve) so Dolby mixes come out right. They still control the market.

The RTA is also essential when doing the A chain--optical sound is tricky to get right without one.

Concerts were fun for me. I sometimes felt like I was doing "rocket science" in a cowboy bar fight half the time, but I had fun, mostly.   
Set up lots of curves but never the Dolby standards. I kept decent records on my own and returning to a familiar venue was much easier to set up the second or third time.  Not so hard with established standards.

I might also suggest that optical sound follows no established, industry standard, adhered to without fail at all times,  "curve"  at all. At least not in the beginning.

Even though all my old movies are on either DVD or Blu-ray, the sound was originally optical and if I did not own a fairly cool (tube based, BTW and switchable, in or out of the audio chain) way to alter the tonal qualities of some of those old soundtracks, with my fairly flat sound system, my satisfaction when viewing older movies would suffer greatly.

We watched "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"  a few nights ago. A problem sound track for sure, but tamed a bit with some tonal controls in the sound stream.

I have never set up a system requiring adherence to the X curve. As I mentioned all my video content is disc oriented with encoding "built in"  and except for certain variables such as LFE channels or possibly the new  "Atmos"  configurations allow for a very forgiving, flat sound system which I have worked hard and long to accomplish in room, here.
New Atmos movies still sound good to me, though.

My speaker system is finally all vintage JBL with Denon AV receiver  (4312 model, getting old now. Looking at a more modern Marantz reciever for the future) and all Crown subwoofer channels (bi-amped, BTW).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 25, 2017, 08:38:45 PM
Quote from: Walkie on June 25, 2017, 06:34:57 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:11:24 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 22, 2017, 06:48:09 PM
No one ever hand washes my undies.  >:(

Nope. They go directly into an undefined bonfire of their own making.

NO really! No thanks necessary. Please, it was a pleasure.
 :zombiefuck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMwY49vTBk0
Lyrical context:


The Muffin Man is seated at the table
In the laboratory of the Utility Muffin
Research Kitchen . . .
Reaching for an oversized chrome spoon
He gathers an intimate quantity of dried muffin remnants
And brushing his scapular aside
Proceeds to dump these inside of his shirt. . .
He turns to us and speaks:
"Some people like cupcakes better. I for one
Care less for them!"
Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot
of a fully charged icing anointment utensil
He pools forth a quarter-ounce green rosette (oh ah yuk yuk.
let's try that again . . .!)
He pools forth a quarter-ounce green rosette
Near the summit of a dense but radiant muffin
of his own design.
Later he says: "Some people . . . some people like cupcakes exclusively,
While I myself say there is naughl nor ought there be
Nothing so exalted on the faceof God's grey earth
As that prince of foods . . . The Muffin!"

Girl you thoughl he was a man
Bul he was a muffin
He hung around till you found
That he didn't know nuthin'
Girl you thought he was a man
But he only was a-puffin'
No cries is heard in the night
As a result of him stuffin'






No, seriously,  play it all the way through and you may come to experience a bit of this man's genius.
Now mind you, this track was created live before an audience.
Thank you, Mr. Zappa.

OOh! I found this post by checking out karma points.  (Thanks scrap) . And another   :plus: from me as a consequence.

I still have my vinyl copy of Roxy and Elsewhere (not that I can play it anymore) bought for me as a sixteenth bithday present from my boyfriend.  (he was romantic like that *chuckle* )

Despitr permanently splitting up, before my 18th birthday  , we remained friends, and recently discussed our favourite Zappa tracks.  To my immense surprise we had the same favourite : that sequence Son of Orange County/More Trouble Every Day from the aforementioned album. What did he he like about it? "It's sincerity" he replied. Stone  me, that's what i like about it too! Not Zappa's most celebrated characteristic *chuckle* .

As for "Muffin man" well, my Son's Norwigian girlfriend and I broke out into a spontaneous duet  on that song, the other day, in response to said son's enormous appetite for muffins   :evillaugh:
Just goes to show how timeless it is, hmm?

I am always glad to find more fans!

While his comical theatrics are amazing, a guitar fan might also enjoy a couple I have had for many years.

"Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar"  and a triple CD, simply titled,  "Guitar."  These are extended excerpts from his solos during various concerts.  Awesome stuff.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 25, 2017, 08:52:43 PM
I bought Neurofen Zavance just before I went to autism group yesterday. I had a headache.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 26, 2017, 02:34:47 AM
Not bought them yet, but going to go search ebay and find the best deal on at least one, hopefully a small job lot of small (and better yet, if possible both small and intermediate sized, say from 100-250 and 500ml) erlenmeyer flasks (the conical type with a wide mouth and flat bottom), ideally with a vacuum takeoff adapter built in although I can live without that by using a still head and if I want a thermometer in there as well a claisen adapter and/or claisen head (the former has a single male ground glass joint leading to a small length of glass interposed between a short column with a female joint at the top and at the bottom, it diverges into a U-shape with another straight wide tube with another female joint, so as to allow the adaptation of a single-necked flask to serve the purpose of a 2-necked one, such as for inserting a thermometer and a distillation head, whilst a claisen head has a single connection to the flask, an upper bore for a thermometer, addition funnel (like my rather nice pressure-equalized one that still works with a stopper in the top that can be used for addition of solutions/suspensions of air-sensitive and/or pyrophoric or just generically volatile and nasty reagents without exposure to air, after inert gas purging:)) and an downward-angled male joint for attaching condensers, similar to the claisen adapter but integrated for distillations) although I do have 2- and 3-necked flasks when I wish to use them. No 4-necked ones yet, but I haven't actually ever needed to use one. Of course I plan to add some to my lab arsenal but thats just me. Once I start window-shopping for lab supplies I just can't stop myself, I'm like a teen prep girl in a designer clothes store and can't help myself but to slaver over the prospect of updating my gear, and stocking the shelves with yet more reagents and solvents (although generally in the latter case I'll be buying things for my immediate and short-term future desires and requirements, but I'm not immune to knowing a good deal when I spot one and snagging something that I don't need right this moment, but will come in handy in the future. Last shopping trip of that kind, grabbed a liter of methyl cyanide on that basis because I just KNOW it will come in mighty useful (its a solvent, polar, but unlike alcohols, water etc. its aprotic, meaning it can be used for many reactions that need things that won't dissolve in nonpolars but cannot be used in media capable of being deprotonated under the reaction conditions. In this respect it has more in common with acetone (although this is fairly reactive due to the carbonyl group which would interfere with quite a lot of processes, or with DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide, notable for its medical and vetinary use on sore joints, nontoxic, if clean, but has a remarkable ability to penetrate skin extremely quickly, carrying anything dissolved in it with it. Which could  be a good thing [E.g transdermal drug delivery systems] or extremely bad, if it were containing something such as corrosives or poisonous chemicals, spill it on you and it'll go straight in] and with DMF, NMP and HMPA [dimethylformamide, N-methylpyrrolidone and hexamethylphosphoramide] and methyl cyanide/acetonitrile is similar to these, with many solvent and the odd reactant use, and unlike, barring acetone and other low-boiling ketonic solvents like methyl ethyl ketone, MIBK (methylisobutyl ketone) it has a respectably low boiling point, below that of water, whilst the likes of DMF, and particularly DMSO have really high BPs,  needing a GOOD vacuum pump to distill them off after use, so does HMPA, although its not a solvent I'd want to be exposed to if at all possible, its got a nickname of 'liquid cancer', and is, unsurprisingly carcinogenic, causing nasal cancers in particular. The sort of thing I'd keep on the shelf in reserve for perhaps the odd use if something really had to be done in HMPA and wouldn't tolerate DMSO, MeCN, DMF etc.

Need some Erlenmeyer flasks, its one of the few basic common pieces of kit I actually am lacking in, I only have one, and its not suitable for small-scale applications since its a dirty great big bugger, a 2.5 liter vacuum filtration flask that has a huge neck (intended for taking one or more rubber/elastic polymer shim collars that narrow it down to take various sizes of Buchner filtration funnels and allow a good vacuum seal.

So I want and have just enough money left to get at least one, hopefully 2-3 small Erlenmeyers, for distillations, etc. that are more suitable than the whopper I have. That does admirably at the task intended, but isn't suited for distilling small quantities of liquids.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 26, 2017, 04:16:48 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 25, 2017, 08:23:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 25, 2017, 01:52:45 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:04:29 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 22, 2017, 10:37:19 AM
It's useful to do the EQ more than once. I usually run a reel of test material I know intimately to get a sense of what the RTA isn't showing me.

And yet, it is never more than approaching adequate. You still hear things that make you want to jump out of your seat, if not your entire skin, to correct things once again.

This modern era of actual real time digital/figital analysis has gone a bit over the top, so to speak.
In all honesty, I had a hard time learning to let one instance of "not quite right" go.

Then you go from an empty house to one filled to the brim with screaming fans. Thank god I had time to do the ring out and set the problem frequencies to the notch filter as you turn it up and up and up to offset the crowd noise.

Rock and roll, baby!!
 :headbang2:


Time for "protective"  headphones.

I'm so glad I never had to do concerts. It must very, very different from doing a house EQ for a cinema where people sit fairly still in a well-controlled environment.

In a cinema, the RTA is desperately needed as you're not looking for flat, you're doing a Dolby curve (also known as X curve) so Dolby mixes come out right. They still control the market.

The RTA is also essential when doing the A chain--optical sound is tricky to get right without one.

Concerts were fun for me. I sometimes felt like I was doing "rocket science" in a cowboy bar fight half the time, but I had fun, mostly.   
Set up lots of curves but never the Dolby standards. I kept decent records on my own and returning to a familiar venue was much easier to set up the second or third time.  Not so hard with established standards.

I might also suggest that optical sound follows no established, industry standard, adhered to without fail at all times,  "curve"  at all. At least not in the beginning.

Even though all my old movies are on either DVD or Blu-ray, the sound was originally optical and if I did not own a fairly cool (tube based, BTW and switchable, in or out of the audio chain) way to alter the tonal qualities of some of those old soundtracks, with my fairly flat sound system, my satisfaction when viewing older movies would suffer greatly.

We watched "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"  a few nights ago. A problem sound track for sure, but tamed a bit with some tonal controls in the sound stream.

I have never set up a system requiring adherence to the X curve. As I mentioned all my video content is disc oriented with encoding "built in"  and except for certain variables such as LFE channels or possibly the new  "Atmos"  configurations allow for a very forgiving, flat sound system which I have worked hard and long to accomplish in room, here.
New Atmos movies still sound good to me, though.

My speaker system is finally all vintage JBL with Denon AV receiver  (4312 model, getting old now. Looking at a more modern Marantz reciever for the future) and all Crown subwoofer channels (bi-amped, BTW).

Mr Smith was originally mixed following the Academy recommendations. IIRC, the 35 mm print I screened a couple of years ago sounded decent with Dolby's standard Academy mono filter. I think they've handled that part in the transfer because home AV receivers can't actually run it--I'd expect newer transfers to have a Dolby Digital soundtrack with a single centre track.

BTW, aren't Marantz and Denon still mostly the same, hardware-wise? If memory serves, they share the same basic components.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 26, 2017, 08:09:39 PM
Spent $66 at Good Sammy's yesterday, mostly on pants for Kayleigh (her birthday is today). Bought myself lots of t-shirts to wear to the gym. Yep, back to going to the gym, with a friend this time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 27, 2017, 08:55:01 PM
Quote from: Fun with matches on June 25, 2017, 01:22:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 25, 2017, 11:53:18 AM
CDs. Yes, I still prefer to own the music I like.

Me too, and films. Netflix and other films you download, those companies don't have nearly as much of a selection as they should. It's basically limiting what their viewers can see. I wonder if there is an ulterior motive for this. :orly:

That's why I have a big collection of DVDs. Basically they're all movies I like, and want to keep in my collection.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 28, 2017, 06:54:00 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 26, 2017, 04:16:48 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 25, 2017, 08:23:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 25, 2017, 01:52:45 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:04:29 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 22, 2017, 10:37:19 AM
It's useful to do the EQ more than once. I usually run a reel of test material I know intimately to get a sense of what the RTA isn't showing me.

And yet, it is never more than approaching adequate. You still hear things that make you want to jump out of your seat, if not your entire skin, to correct things once again.

This modern era of actual real time digital/figital analysis has gone a bit over the top, so to speak.
In all honesty, I had a hard time learning to let one instance of "not quite right" go.

Then you go from an empty house to one filled to the brim with screaming fans. Thank god I had time to do the ring out and set the problem frequencies to the notch filter as you turn it up and up and up to offset the crowd noise.

Rock and roll, baby!!
 :headbang2:


Time for "protective"  headphones.

I'm so glad I never had to do concerts. It must very, very different from doing a house EQ for a cinema where people sit fairly still in a well-controlled environment.

In a cinema, the RTA is desperately needed as you're not looking for flat, you're doing a Dolby curve (also known as X curve) so Dolby mixes come out right. They still control the market.

The RTA is also essential when doing the A chain--optical sound is tricky to get right without one.

Concerts were fun for me. I sometimes felt like I was doing "rocket science" in a cowboy bar fight half the time, but I had fun, mostly.   
Set up lots of curves but never the Dolby standards. I kept decent records on my own and returning to a familiar venue was much easier to set up the second or third time.  Not so hard with established standards.

I might also suggest that optical sound follows no established, industry standard, adhered to without fail at all times,  "curve"  at all. At least not in the beginning.

Even though all my old movies are on either DVD or Blu-ray, the sound was originally optical and if I did not own a fairly cool (tube based, BTW and switchable, in or out of the audio chain) way to alter the tonal qualities of some of those old soundtracks, with my fairly flat sound system, my satisfaction when viewing older movies would suffer greatly.

We watched "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"  a few nights ago. A problem sound track for sure, but tamed a bit with some tonal controls in the sound stream.

I have never set up a system requiring adherence to the X curve. As I mentioned all my video content is disc oriented with encoding "built in"  and except for certain variables such as LFE channels or possibly the new  "Atmos"  configurations allow for a very forgiving, flat sound system which I have worked hard and long to accomplish in room, here.
New Atmos movies still sound good to me, though.

My speaker system is finally all vintage JBL with Denon AV receiver  (4312 model, getting old now. Looking at a more modern Marantz reciever for the future) and all Crown subwoofer channels (bi-amped, BTW).

Mr Smith was originally mixed following the Academy recommendations. IIRC, the 35 mm print I screened a couple of years ago sounded decent with Dolby's standard Academy mono filter. I think they've handled that part in the transfer because home AV receivers can't actually run it--I'd expect newer transfers to have a Dolby Digital soundtrack with a single centre track.

BTW, aren't Marantz and Denon still mostly the same, hardware-wise? If memory serves, they share the same basic components.

I think that you are right as far as any top tier movie following the standards of the day, but I feel that some of those standards do not transfer well to modern all digital reproduction systems.
Now you tell me that the average home receiver can not even follow that curve? Makes sense as to why I had to use my  glorified tone control to be able to watch it with my wife.

Now, I can tolerate questionable sound while enjoying and older movie, but my wife is basically a giant tin ear and anything not perfect (read "perfect" as that which is not annoying to her distinct set of sensibilities), she blames my "expensive" and extremely "visually invasive"  surround system. So I have this little box hidden behind the video monitor that often helps quite a bit.

The reason I have been looking more toward the Marantz is a newish one I saw has a far cleaner look, like a typical Marantz product and I have heard that the power supplies are a different/better. As far as hardware-wise, referring to the decoding capabilities, I am not sure. More research necessary. 
I do know that for a while all the Blu-ray players actually used the same set of chips.

It is time to replace my older receiver, anyway. BTW, I got the model number wrong on my receiver. It is a Denon 4310. 
4312 is the model number of my vintage JBL audio monitors I use in the bedroom with my SET dual mono tube amps. These are not bad speakers at all if you enjoy vintage sound (meaning no "subwoofer" needed or welcomed) and tube amps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 28, 2017, 06:54:40 AM
More moving boxes
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 28, 2017, 10:07:52 AM
Less and less
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on June 28, 2017, 10:23:05 AM
 Two frozen pizzas and bottled carbonated water.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 28, 2017, 08:03:34 PM
$100 up front college fees.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 29, 2017, 04:23:00 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 28, 2017, 06:54:00 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 26, 2017, 04:16:48 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 25, 2017, 08:23:26 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 25, 2017, 01:52:45 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 24, 2017, 12:04:29 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 22, 2017, 10:37:19 AM
It's useful to do the EQ more than once. I usually run a reel of test material I know intimately to get a sense of what the RTA isn't showing me.

And yet, it is never more than approaching adequate. You still hear things that make you want to jump out of your seat, if not your entire skin, to correct things once again.

This modern era of actual real time digital/figital analysis has gone a bit over the top, so to speak.
In all honesty, I had a hard time learning to let one instance of "not quite right" go.

Then you go from an empty house to one filled to the brim with screaming fans. Thank god I had time to do the ring out and set the problem frequencies to the notch filter as you turn it up and up and up to offset the crowd noise.

Rock and roll, baby!!
 :headbang2:


Time for "protective"  headphones.

I'm so glad I never had to do concerts. It must very, very different from doing a house EQ for a cinema where people sit fairly still in a well-controlled environment.

In a cinema, the RTA is desperately needed as you're not looking for flat, you're doing a Dolby curve (also known as X curve) so Dolby mixes come out right. They still control the market.

The RTA is also essential when doing the A chain--optical sound is tricky to get right without one.

Concerts were fun for me. I sometimes felt like I was doing "rocket science" in a cowboy bar fight half the time, but I had fun, mostly.   
Set up lots of curves but never the Dolby standards. I kept decent records on my own and returning to a familiar venue was much easier to set up the second or third time.  Not so hard with established standards.

I might also suggest that optical sound follows no established, industry standard, adhered to without fail at all times,  "curve"  at all. At least not in the beginning.

Even though all my old movies are on either DVD or Blu-ray, the sound was originally optical and if I did not own a fairly cool (tube based, BTW and switchable, in or out of the audio chain) way to alter the tonal qualities of some of those old soundtracks, with my fairly flat sound system, my satisfaction when viewing older movies would suffer greatly.

We watched "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"  a few nights ago. A problem sound track for sure, but tamed a bit with some tonal controls in the sound stream.

I have never set up a system requiring adherence to the X curve. As I mentioned all my video content is disc oriented with encoding "built in"  and except for certain variables such as LFE channels or possibly the new  "Atmos"  configurations allow for a very forgiving, flat sound system which I have worked hard and long to accomplish in room, here.
New Atmos movies still sound good to me, though.

My speaker system is finally all vintage JBL with Denon AV receiver  (4312 model, getting old now. Looking at a more modern Marantz reciever for the future) and all Crown subwoofer channels (bi-amped, BTW).

Mr Smith was originally mixed following the Academy recommendations. IIRC, the 35 mm print I screened a couple of years ago sounded decent with Dolby's standard Academy mono filter. I think they've handled that part in the transfer because home AV receivers can't actually run it--I'd expect newer transfers to have a Dolby Digital soundtrack with a single centre track.

BTW, aren't Marantz and Denon still mostly the same, hardware-wise? If memory serves, they share the same basic components.

I think that you are right as far as any top tier movie following the standards of the day, but I feel that some of those standards do not transfer well to modern all digital reproduction systems.
Now you tell me that the average home receiver can not even follow that curve? Makes sense as to why I had to use my  glorified tone control to be able to watch it with my wife.

Now, I can tolerate questionable sound while enjoying and older movie, but my wife is basically a giant tin ear and anything not perfect (read "perfect" as that which is not annoying to her distinct set of sensibilities), she blames my "expensive" and extremely "visually invasive"  surround system. So I have this little box hidden behind the video monitor that often helps quite a bit.

The reason I have been looking more toward the Marantz is a newish one I saw has a far cleaner look, like a typical Marantz product and I have heard that the power supplies are a different/better. As far as hardware-wise, referring to the decoding capabilities, I am not sure. More research necessary. 
I do know that for a while all the Blu-ray players actually used the same set of chips.

It is time to replace my older receiver, anyway. BTW, I got the model number wrong on my receiver. It is a Denon 4310. 
4312 is the model number of my vintage JBL audio monitors I use in the bedroom with my SET dual mono tube amps. These are not bad speakers at all if you enjoy vintage sound (meaning no "subwoofer" needed or welcomed) and tube amps.

There's no Academy filter in a modern receiver because the assumption is that a) you and me cannot push the button to select the right format and b) they've done the work for us when doing the transfer.

And I love an old-fashioned speaker where the response is king. I think that has somehow been missed when designing the tiny little things they claim to be 5.1 or whatever the current buzzword is.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 29, 2017, 06:36:41 PM
4 pairs of shoes for The PR for when she starts the new day center.  (She's hard on shoes - no socks = stinky shoes.  Hoping this will make them smell better longer by switching daily.)  Also some tops and shorts.  Thank heavens for Walmart. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 29, 2017, 08:56:45 PM
A crap ton of paint. Okay, technically *I* didn't buy it, my painter did. But I had to go into the paint shop and pay off the tab since he's done the house.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 29, 2017, 08:59:46 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 29, 2017, 08:56:45 PM
A crap ton of paint. Okay, technically *I* didn't buy it, my painter did. But I had to go into the paint shop and pay off the tab since he's done the house.

You physically went to the store and paid for it yourself, so I'm pretty your painter didn't buy it.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 29, 2017, 09:00:52 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 29, 2017, 08:59:46 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 29, 2017, 08:56:45 PM
A crap ton of paint. Okay, technically *I* didn't buy it, my painter did. But I had to go into the paint shop and pay off the tab since he's done the house.

You physically went to the store and paid for it yourself, so I'm pretty your painter didn't buy it.  :zoinks:
Okay, you're right in that. I guess I did buy it in the end even though I didn't lay a hand on a single tin of it. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 30, 2017, 10:03:52 AM
Bought another book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 30, 2017, 05:20:57 PM
I bought boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape and permanent markers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 30, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 30, 2017, 05:20:57 PM
I bought boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape and permanent markers

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on June 30, 2017, 09:20:06 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 30, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 30, 2017, 05:20:57 PM
I bought boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape and permanent markers

 :eyebrows:

 :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
 :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 01, 2017, 03:23:28 AM
Quote from: Genesis on June 30, 2017, 09:20:06 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 30, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 30, 2017, 05:20:57 PM
I bought boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape and permanent markers

 :eyebrows:

 :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
 :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash:

You guys better hope I'm not trying to hide a body. (apparently a well labelled body, nicely wrapped but whatever)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 01, 2017, 05:10:37 AM
Chocolate covered aniseed rings (blech) and socks for my stepdad and a coffee pod holder for my sister. It was their birthdays on the 27th of June. I will be seeing them and other family tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 01, 2017, 05:30:03 AM
 :lol1:

You're brave, buying presents you utterly dislike.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 01, 2017, 06:00:14 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on July 01, 2017, 05:30:03 AM
:lol1:

You're brave, buying presents you utterly dislike.
Thankfully they are in airtight bags so I don't have to touch or (most importantly) smell them!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 01, 2017, 06:38:30 AM
Quote from: renaeden on July 01, 2017, 06:00:14 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on July 01, 2017, 05:30:03 AM
:lol1:

You're brave, buying presents you utterly dislike.
Thankfully they are in airtight bags so I don't have to touch or (most importantly) smell them!
:lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 02, 2017, 03:29:19 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 01, 2017, 03:23:28 AM
Quote from: Genesis on June 30, 2017, 09:20:06 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 30, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 30, 2017, 05:20:57 PM
I bought boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape and permanent markers

 :eyebrows:

 :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
 :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash:

You guys better hope I'm not trying to hide a body. (apparently a well labelled body, nicely wrapped but whatever)

What ARE you trying to hide? :eyebrow:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 02, 2017, 06:11:09 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 02, 2017, 03:29:19 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 01, 2017, 03:23:28 AM
Quote from: Genesis on June 30, 2017, 09:20:06 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 30, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 30, 2017, 05:20:57 PM
I bought boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape and permanent markers

 :eyebrows:

 :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
 :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash:

You guys better hope I'm not trying to hide a body. (apparently a well labelled body, nicely wrapped but whatever)

What ARE you trying to hide? :eyebrow:
By yesterdays account, way too much junk that has accumulated after spending 13 years in one place with 2 kids. :laugh: Downsizing from 3,000 sq feet to 1,454 sq ft is proving to be a challenge as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 02, 2017, 08:47:01 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 02, 2017, 06:11:09 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 02, 2017, 03:29:19 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 01, 2017, 03:23:28 AM
Quote from: Genesis on June 30, 2017, 09:20:06 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 30, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 30, 2017, 05:20:57 PM
I bought boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape and permanent markers

 :eyebrows:

 :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
 :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash:

You guys better hope I'm not trying to hide a body. (apparently a well labelled body, nicely wrapped but whatever)

What ARE you trying to hide? :eyebrow:
By yesterdays account, way too much junk that has accumulated after spending 13 years in one place with 2 kids. :laugh: Downsizing from 3,000 sq feet to 1,454 sq ft is proving to be a challenge as well.

Mine's smaller...welcome to the tiny house club.

Just wait until your in there for 4 years. :zombiefuck:

It is a never-ending battle.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 02, 2017, 08:58:11 AM
Yeah, bought some new stuff (last month). New flat-screen TV, USB keyboard, hot plate, German/Dutch dictionairy, etc..

Today, at the butcher's, I've bought four pre-marinaded lamsracks (for dinner later on), four free range chicken thighs (I've put two of them in my special marinade 10 minutes ago/supper tomorrow) and a spicy chicken/curry salad (I'll eat on toast whenever).

Latter looks a bit like this..
(https://www.keukenliefde.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Kip-kerriesalade-9483.jpg)
(but better.. )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Walkie on July 02, 2017, 09:03:10 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 02, 2017, 08:47:01 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 02, 2017, 06:11:09 AM


By yesterdays account, way too much junk that has accumulated after spending 13 years in one place with 2 kids. :laugh: Downsizing from 3,000 sq feet to 1,454 sq ft is proving to be a challenge as well.

Mine's smaller...welcome to the tiny house club.

Just wait until your in there for 4 years. :zombiefuck:

It is a never-ending battle.

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So how big are our homes? The 2012/13 English Housing Survey provides some useful evidence for England and indicates that the mean property floor area is 92.3 m² (993.5 ft²). For comparison, the 2011/12 survey indicates that an average floor area for flats is 56.9 m², for terraced houses is 82.6 m², for semi-detached houses is 93.2 m² and for detached houses is 151.7 m².
source:  http://www.savills.co.uk/research_articles/186866/188035-0

Seems we English are all in the tiny house club!

(aside from the rich bastards ofc)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 02, 2017, 09:44:47 AM
Yeah!! lutra is back! :asthing:

With food porn...lutra always had the best food porn. :drool:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 02, 2017, 12:24:23 PM
I thought I lived quite spacious. Terraced house measurements are about right for how I live at the moment. Sometimes am thinking about downsizing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on July 02, 2017, 12:29:43 PM
Hey Icequeen.. good to be back (I think).

Um, that pic wasn't shot by me. T'was an example.. for I thought/think that this type of toast/bread salad isn't well known in that many other parts of the world. It's nice though.. quite spicy.



Oh, and hi 'andersom'.. good to see you still posting here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 02, 2017, 02:38:45 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on July 02, 2017, 12:24:23 PM
I thought I lived quite spacious. Terraced house measurements are about right for how I live at the moment. Sometimes am thinking about downsizing.
Previous home was very small; everyone still had their own space so it was fine. Could easily live in a space the size of my bedroom, or maybe the size of the garage if someone else were there.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 02, 2017, 03:55:35 PM
I have to factor in adults, kids, large beastly dogs and a cat and I'm a person who needs everyone to have their own space because we're all happier that way. The house feels larger than what it is but I suspect being out on an acreage  helps with that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 02, 2017, 04:26:33 PM
A new tip for my welding station.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 03, 2017, 04:30:14 AM
Quote from: Jack on July 02, 2017, 02:38:45 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on July 02, 2017, 12:24:23 PM
I thought I lived quite spacious. Terraced house measurements are about right for how I live at the moment. Sometimes am thinking about downsizing.
Previous home was very small; everyone still had their own space so it was fine. Could easily live in a space the size of my bedroom, or maybe the size of the garage if someone else were there.
Could easily live in a smaller house. Especially if the staircase would not be in the living/dining room. Now everyone has to go through that space. Most Dutch terraced  houses with more than one layer have the stairs in the hallway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 03, 2017, 11:07:56 AM
Yeh gots to factor in one pretty kitty too of course miss K ;)

Just bought-several big cartons of rhubarb&custard boiled sweet flavour milkshake, some cookie dough 'frijj' thick milkshakes that I like to have for breakfast, a wedge of edam cheese, two blocks of blue stilton, several local special brew golden, dark and amber ales, including a particularly delicious honeyed citrusy craft brewery beer. Mmmm....after driving myself in the lab and getting not a winks sleep, and pushing through feeling kinda crappy as my last dose of my meds wore off, before picking up my refill this morning, I thinks I have earned at least a bottle of that scrummy honeyed citrus ale, a cigar, the meds of course and a block of that cheese.

Bought some mozzarella too, some cigars, and think by now after that Lestat is entitled to sit back, rest his weary feet, after flicking on the blowtorch, frazzling the end of a cigar lit and taking a relaxing draw of cold, frosty, really fucking GOOD beer, to cleanse the palette in order to receive its cheese selection treats, heaving a sigh of relief as the cold ale washes down his neck, a Katatonia album blasting in the background.

Still need to go shopping and get some more chloroform, ether, maybe running a bit low on methanol, could use some conical, flat bottomed flasks, seen some micro-size buchner filters I'd really like some of and some new round bottomed flasks. That and get to welding up the ring stand for his filtration funnels.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on July 03, 2017, 04:35:08 PM
Tortilla chips, five layer dip, chocolate cheesecake, and ice cream. Bought a few games and DLC's from the Steam sale.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 04, 2017, 10:27:42 AM
The party starts when?  Cbc and I will be right over.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 04, 2017, 10:52:06 AM
With MissK tagging along!

Bought a dolly to help the BF move things around.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 04, 2017, 01:12:07 PM
Miss K hun you should be concentrating on helping yourself right now my dear. Rest, recover.

BTW get back to me as soon as you can regarding the PM I sent, for there is a limited time window in which I will be able to do certain required compensatory things if the response to the PM is in the positive, because something has to be available to me to be treated in certain ways so that a positive response can be acted upon in the manner specified. And of course rapidity of action is the key anyhow due to the nature of the requirement and spatio-temporal distance between point of origin and endpoint.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 05, 2017, 05:30:01 AM
Quote from: Lestat on July 04, 2017, 01:12:07 PM
Miss K hun you should be concentrating on helping yourself right now my dear. Rest, recover.

BTW get back to me as soon as you can regarding the PM I sent, for there is a limited time window in which I will be able to do certain required compensatory things if the response to the PM is in the positive, because something has to be available to me to be treated in certain ways so that a positive response can be acted upon in the manner specified. And of course rapidity of action is the key anyhow due to the nature of the requirement and spatio-temporal distance between point of origin and endpoint.
This wouldn't be the first time you've suggested some such thing to a member here, so will assume I know what this is about and say, I truly hope you never find anyone so naive, gullible, or stupid enough to put themselves at risk of jail by engaging in illegal activity with you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 05, 2017, 09:28:57 AM
Quote from: Jack on July 05, 2017, 05:30:01 AM
Quote from: Lestat on July 04, 2017, 01:12:07 PM
Miss K hun you should be concentrating on helping yourself right now my dear. Rest, recover.

BTW get back to me as soon as you can regarding the PM I sent, for there is a limited time window in which I will be able to do certain required compensatory things if the response to the PM is in the positive, because something has to be available to me to be treated in certain ways so that a positive response can be acted upon in the manner specified. And of course rapidity of action is the key anyhow due to the nature of the requirement and spatio-temporal distance between point of origin and endpoint.
This wouldn't be the first time you've suggested some such thing to a member here, so will assume I know what this is about and say, I truly hope you never find anyone so naive, gullible, or stupid enough to put themselves at risk of jail by engaging in illegal activity with you.

There are moments when I am glad the US and Great Britain have an extradition treaty.  Would consider breaking the law with Lestat if I could get extradited.  JK
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 05, 2017, 10:41:48 AM
I mentioned no illegal activity. I was simply phrasing my bringing miss K's attention to the PM in a manner framed such as she would understand what I speak of without having to divulge the content of a PM to other than she. Merely stating that time frame is not lacking in import and beyond it I would lack the capacity itself to see that which is spoken of enacted.

And QV, aww, ya sweetie :) *hugs*

And jack-assume nothing about me, nor about things I speak of, when to of that which you speak, you are not privy. And what I offered somebody else was nothing illegal, I think I know what you speak of, and although a medication, it was an anti-vomiting agent, which is extremely expensive, yet which I had a surfeit of relative to my needs, and for which I myself did not have to pay money. If your talking about what I think your talking about then my one and only motive was to lighten a load on the shoulders of one cared for. Is that really such an impure or heinous thing to wish of somebody you cared about, to ease misery? It was not a truckload of fresh-from-columbian-cartel cocaine, it was an uncontrolled medication that is no more illegal than aspirin, although big pharma charge (wholesale prices!) almost £100 for just 10 pills, or something crazy like that. The kind of thing insurance in countries that need such would have a fit, and accordingly drs ration out with a vice-grip fist. I wished it to have the chance to provide benefit to somebody important to me, out of compassion. And sought no recompense of any kind.

Is that selfish and wrong? I see no way in which it could be attributed to such motives as self interest in any way bar that my interests are served indirectly in that the one cared about could be offered comfort.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 05, 2017, 10:51:07 AM
I don't have any PM's from you Lestat.  :dunno: But I'm okay. Thank you.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Walkie on July 05, 2017, 02:12:53 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on July 02, 2017, 12:24:23 PM
I thought I lived quite spacious. Terraced house measurements are about right for how I live at the moment. Sometimes am thinking about downsizing.

depends on style of terraced house.   As i said elsewhere, mine is as narrow as they come, more like a glorified passageway. The larger of the two downstairs rooms is aboput 160 square feet  (not troubling to subtract for space taken up by chimney breast and stairs) which would be fine if not for 3 entrances/exits making adjacent space unusable  space..and the depressing dearth of natural light (the only window being squashed into the space next to kitchen, looking out into a narrow passage beween my kitchen and the dividing wall between properties )

I have a sofa, armchair, bookcase, computer desk, TV stand and a couple of coffee tables in this space, and that's quite enough to make it feel cramped and cluttered.  There is nowhere remotely suitable to fit a dining table, so eating is done casually, on laps.

I'd like to "downsize" to a single bedroom flat with nice big windows.  The right downsize (indeed most such flats)  would be consideberably more spacious, and also easier to keep warm. (victorian houses are notoriously cold and draughty) But  the rents are too high, and the landlords won;'t take tenants on benefits anyway.  Ground floor flats in paticular are like gold. and that's what I'd be looking for...indeed I was looking for one a few years back, but gave up) . These houses are p[retty much the cheapest thing on the market.

It could be worse. They built masses of these terraces m  in Victorian times, in the vicinity of the factories,  and squeezed large -often extended- families into them. We're  heading back towardas that kind of cramming in Britain now...but without the convenient workplaces!  Heck , an awful lot of people are living on the street in my city, and i can count myself lucky not to be one of them, (it almost did come to that) so I'm not grumbling. But at the same time, it isn't something to aspire to either.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 05, 2017, 02:30:32 PM
Pain meds and proper wraps for my legs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 05, 2017, 03:54:47 PM
Quote from: Lestat on July 05, 2017, 10:41:48 AM
I mentioned no illegal activity. I was simply phrasing my bringing miss K's attention to the PM in a manner framed such as she would understand what I speak of without having to divulge the content of a PM to other than she. Merely stating that time frame is not lacking in import and beyond it I would lack the capacity itself to see that which is spoken of enacted.

And QV, aww, ya sweetie :) *hugs*

And jack-assume nothing about me, nor about things I speak of, when to of that which you speak, you are not privy. And what I offered somebody else was nothing illegal, I think I know what you speak of, and although a medication, it was an anti-vomiting agent, which is extremely expensive, yet which I had a surfeit of relative to my needs, and for which I myself did not have to pay money. If your talking about what I think your talking about then my one and only motive was to lighten a load on the shoulders of one cared for. Is that really such an impure or heinous thing to wish of somebody you cared about, to ease misery? It was not a truckload of fresh-from-columbian-cartel cocaine, it was an uncontrolled medication that is no more illegal than aspirin, although big pharma charge (wholesale prices!) almost £100 for just 10 pills, or something crazy like that. The kind of thing insurance in countries that need such would have a fit, and accordingly drs ration out with a vice-grip fist. I wished it to have the chance to provide benefit to somebody important to me, out of compassion. And sought no recompense of any kind.

Is that selfish and wrong? I see no way in which it could be attributed to such motives as self interest in any way bar that my interests are served indirectly in that the one cared about could be offered comfort.
It was a combination of the post in this thread, combined with this post: http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,18644.msg1160537.html#msg1160537 and also this post: http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,18644.msg1160536.html#msg1160536 which gave the distinct impression you were specifically offering something else. Though it wasn't a impression of illegal substance, but rather activity, and controlled or uncontrolled doesn't negate the risks involving prescriptions, so the caring intent strikes me as irrelevant. Though it would appear the offer never even happened so that makes this conversation irrelevant too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 05, 2017, 07:35:00 PM


I bought a huge pile of baltic birch plywood.

I have a project in mind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 06, 2017, 12:38:41 AM
I bought cat food, a new indoor broom and mop.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on July 07, 2017, 10:29:47 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 01, 2017, 03:23:28 AM
Quote from: Genesis on June 30, 2017, 09:20:06 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 30, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 30, 2017, 05:20:57 PM
I bought boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape and permanent markers

 :eyebrows:

 :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
 :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash:

You guys better hope I'm not trying to hide a body. (apparently a well labelled body, nicely wrapped but whatever)

Did you make sure to give it a nice pair of cement shoes?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 08, 2017, 01:41:46 PM
A 10 gauge 100 foot extension cord
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 10, 2017, 09:21:35 AM
Jack-in any case it is not your business to stick your nose in mine, or open your mouth about things which involve you in no way whatsoever. And IF I WERE involved in such things  as illegal activity it is most certainly not your place to open your mouth and draw attention to it which does not need to be created.

So I'll thank you for keeping it firmly shut on such matters.



As for what I bought lately-200 pack (actually 2x100 packs) of filter papers for my Buchner funnels, a couple of new still-heads, of the type that has a straight  glass tube with ground glass joints top and bottom, with another tube coming out roughly the middle to a little lower at about a 40 degree angle, some round bottom flasks and flat bottomed erlenmeyer flasks in various sizes. A liter of toluene (which arrived remarkably quick, ordered near 11 PM last night, here this morning) two and a half liters of THF, some diethyl ether, bought a liter of n-heptane along witth quite a few other bits of glassware and reagents and solvents to the tune of about £125 in total.


Kinda fucked off though. I wanted some calcium hydride, but when it came to going to order it I got the message 'seller cannot accept paypal payments at this time' and I wasn't even trying to USE paypal, but rather, ebay's guest checkout and my debit card.                                                                                                                                     
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 10, 2017, 04:11:36 PM
Quote from: Genesis on July 07, 2017, 10:29:47 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 01, 2017, 03:23:28 AM
Quote from: Genesis on June 30, 2017, 09:20:06 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 30, 2017, 07:32:49 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 30, 2017, 05:20:57 PM
I bought boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape and permanent markers

 :eyebrows:

 :eyebrows: :eyebrows: :eyebrows:
 :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash: :eyelash:

You guys better hope I'm not trying to hide a body. (apparently a well labelled body, nicely wrapped but whatever)

Did you make sure to give it a nice pair of cement shoes?
I will never tell  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 10, 2017, 04:12:43 PM
Bought six 6' U-shaped steel posts for putting up temp fencing around the pool so the dogs don't decide to go swimming every single time they go out to pee  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 10, 2017, 08:10:29 PM
Quote from: Lestat on July 10, 2017, 09:21:35 AM
Jack-in any case it is not your business to stick your nose in mine, or open your mouth about things which involve you in no way whatsoever. And IF I WERE involved in such things  as illegal activity it is most certainly not your place to open your mouth and draw attention to it which does not need to be created.

So I'll thank you for keeping it firmly shut on such matters.
                                                                                                       
No. I saw something that worth responding to here and I did. Don't post things you don't want people to respond to. You drew attention to yourself.

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IF I WERE involved in such things
Wow. It wasn't even about you, but that's all you can respond with is you, your intentions, your involvement. Take all the personal risk you want. Was talking about the risk for other people, and my statement still stands; I hope you never find anyone so naive, gullible, or stupid.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 10, 2017, 10:31:07 PM
The way you worded it, it was about me in part. I did not say fully, but it was worded such as to be spoken directly TO me, and thus it involves me, making it about me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 10, 2017, 11:14:36 PM
Quote from: Lestat on July 10, 2017, 10:31:07 PM
The way you worded it, it was about me in part. I did not say fully, but it was worded such as to be spoken directly TO me, and thus it involves me, making it about me.
No, you made it about you, made excuses for you, and told me where my place isn't to speak about you. In all the stuff posted over the years, have never once expressed any concern about your own risks. If you can't step outside of yourself for a moment, then don't know what else to say.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 11, 2017, 12:19:00 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 10, 2017, 04:12:43 PM
Bought six 6' U-shaped steel posts for putting up temp fencing around the pool so the dogs don't decide to go swimming every single time they go out to pee  :P

 :lol1:

Ours is drawn to anything wet. She is a water dog so I guess it's par for the course.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 11, 2017, 02:10:16 AM
With rather good timing, I JUST woke up, sat on a chair in the toolshed when the doorbell rang, and a courier arrived with a delivery for me.

Ended up answering the doorbell by blearily-eyed coming down the side of the house, still wearing my gas mask and blast shield over my face after falling asleep still wearing my gloves, mask, shield and all my other protective gear. Courier didn't say anything but I bet he wasn't expecting a zombie in hazmat gear to answer the door :P

Arriving for me was 2.5 liters of THF (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrofuran)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 12, 2017, 04:15:58 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 11, 2017, 12:19:00 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 10, 2017, 04:12:43 PM
Bought six 6' U-shaped steel posts for putting up temp fencing around the pool so the dogs don't decide to go swimming every single time they go out to pee  :P

 :lol1:

Ours is drawn to anything wet. She is a water dog so I guess it's par for the course.
Same. The beasts have webbed paws which I find fascinating. Do yours as well? I can't remember. They would forever be splashing around (one would cannonball into the pool without a second thought) and I'd have wet dogs 5 months out of the year.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 15, 2017, 06:58:48 AM
Groceries.

I found that Woolworths is still selling Coke Zero so I bought two 24 can packs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 15, 2017, 12:16:33 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 12, 2017, 04:15:58 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 11, 2017, 12:19:00 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 10, 2017, 04:12:43 PM
Bought six 6' U-shaped steel posts for putting up temp fencing around the pool so the dogs don't decide to go swimming every single time they go out to pee  :P

 :lol1:

Ours is drawn to anything wet. She is a water dog so I guess it's par for the course.
Same. The beasts have webbed paws which I find fascinating. Do yours as well? I can't remember. They would forever be splashing around (one would cannonball into the pool without a second thought) and I'd have wet dogs 5 months out of the year.

Yup. She's got them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on July 15, 2017, 03:42:39 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 15, 2017, 06:58:48 AM
Groceries.

I found that Woolworths is still selling Coke Zero so I bought two 24 can packs.

You mean the old recipe? It's probably best to get a huge hoard if you dislike the new recipe.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 15, 2017, 05:37:18 PM
Quote from: Fun with matches on July 15, 2017, 03:42:39 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 15, 2017, 06:58:48 AM
Groceries.

I found that Woolworths is still selling Coke Zero so I bought two 24 can packs.

You mean the old recipe? It's probably best to get a huge hoard if you dislike the new recipe.

Alert -  Artficial sweeteners will turn bitter after about 6 or so months, less if not kept cool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 15, 2017, 11:30:02 PM
Bought an IDE hard drive for a DTS processor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 16, 2017, 03:29:22 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 15, 2017, 05:37:18 PM
Quote from: Fun with matches on July 15, 2017, 03:42:39 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 15, 2017, 06:58:48 AM
Groceries.

I found that Woolworths is still selling Coke Zero so I bought two 24 can packs.
You mean the old recipe? It's probably best to get a huge hoard if you dislike the new recipe.
Alert -  Artficial sweeteners will turn bitter after about 6 or so months, less if not kept cool.
I haven't bought a whole lot because I can't afford it. Sooner or later I will have to try the new recipe.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on July 16, 2017, 05:37:44 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 15, 2017, 05:37:18 PM
Quote from: Fun with matches on July 15, 2017, 03:42:39 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 15, 2017, 06:58:48 AM
Groceries.

I found that Woolworths is still selling Coke Zero so I bought two 24 can packs.

You mean the old recipe? It's probably best to get a huge hoard if you dislike the new recipe.

Alert -  Artficial sweeteners will turn bitter after about 6 or so months, less if not kept cool.

Good point.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 17, 2017, 12:28:02 PM
Didn't know that  QV. Which sweeteners in particular? I'd guess aspartame if I had to make a guess.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on July 17, 2017, 12:48:14 PM
Actually, I thought QV said something else. But sweeteners definitely lessen the expiry date on things, unless preservatives are added.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 17, 2017, 01:39:25 PM
Quote from: Lestat on July 17, 2017, 12:28:02 PM
Didn't know that  QV. Which sweeteners in particular? I'd guess aspartame if I had to make a guess.

Artificial ones.  All of them that I know of.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 17, 2017, 02:28:44 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 17, 2017, 03:30:55 PM
I thought she meant that the sweeteners themselves become bitter if they are permitted to age, whilst being free from admixture with other substances.

And these:

(a bunch of portable gas cylinders, mostly argon, and CO2 (separately, not as a mixture) plus a new regulator as my other one, now reserved, after a thorough scrubbing clean had  been corroded a fair bit by exposure to something like a mist, or fine spray, plus the occasional direct blast, of a mixture of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide (NaOH, KOH, caustic soda and caustic potash respectively, aka lye and potash lye) in the form of their being put in a carbon crucible, and heated in a bath of molten lead until they fuse, drive off the water to give an anhydrous liquid melt, taken to about 500-600 degrees 'C to drive off residual H2O (caustic potash is particularly difficult to get truly anhydrous, apparently, commercial 'anhydrous' KOH contains usually up to 20% water by weight, and it loses that water with extreme difficulty, to the extent it is usually dried with potassium or possibly with sodium metal, and the residual metal distilled off under high vacuum, when its needed to be absolutely, truly anhydrous.

In this case it was taken to 500-600 degrees in a metal bath filled mostly with lead, but some tin in there since lead is nasty and the less fumes the better. Without a gas mask that bath makes my teeth feel metallic if I'm using lead as the thermal transfer liquid. Going to invest in a big lump of bismuth, since it has a low MP and high boiling point, as well as very low toxicity compared to pretty much any other heavy metal, so will be ideal for such applications. Then l'd let the lead-tin mixture cool to a little over 200 degrees 'C so it solidified and with pliers holding the crucible down (its light in weight, so it tries to float on the molten lead, so the trick to keep it in place is to ram it down with pliers and hold it there until the lead solidifies, thus locking the crucible in place in a lump of solidified, but still very hot lead)

Then turned the heat to 200 'C, or rather just over it, so as to reach the melting point of the eutectic mixture (a eutectic is a mixture of salts that depresses the melting point past either salt on their own. Caustic soda for example, and caustic potash melt at 318 'C and 360 'C respectively, but a mixture of both sodium and potassium hydroxides melts at just 200 'C. This has the advantage for the use in question at the time, namely my using the heat bath and crucibles to perform electrolysis of the molten salt mixture liberating sodium and, since the eutectic was used, potassium, which even at room temperature is a liquid metal alloy, known as NaK. Its extremely reactive, and indeed much more so than potassium and vastly more reactive than sodium. Where during electrolysis in open air, blobs of sodium form and are likely to explode the moment they hit air when molten, with NaK, despite its reaction with water being violently explosive and igniting very rapidly, spontaneously in air, whilst with sodium or potassium, or lithium you can take it out of its container, especially if in oil rather than dry and sealed under either vacuum or inert gas, and taking a knife, slice off a chunk of either sodium or potassium (or lithium. Not sure about rubidium, I've never actually handled any rubidium or owned any. Its very expensive, although I'd like to get some rubidium chloride or hydroxide and perform electrolysis in a vacuum chamber or sealed chamber with a one-way valve allowing exit only,purged repeatedly with inert gas, then, in the same chamber, purge a borosilicate glass ampoule and quickly pipette or inject the molten rubidium into the amp, then flame-seal it with a plasma torch running on something like an argon or nitrogen flow to create the plasma (since in the anoxic environment vital for handling and especially electrolysis of molten rubidium salts, and handling molten rubidium metal [its an alkali metal, one step below potassium, if you take below to mean looking down from lithium at the top and francium at the bottom, and is more reactive than potassium, but like caesium is very, very reactive and more so than potassium and as such would be very violently reactive towards air or atmospheric water vapor content when molten, at the temperatures requisite to melt the salts in order to pass the electric current through to free the Rb metal]

As for NaK alloy, its as I said more reactive than either sodium or potassium, when the two combine as an alloy. Also liquid at room temperature so it can spread out, allowing the entire mass to react at once and in my experience with it, when the NaK is being created, rather than handling already existing NaK, it is so highly reactive that in fact it doesn't explode during electrolysis if performed in open air (you won't actually isolate any, its far too reactive to isolate in an open air electrolysis. Small amounts of sodium or potassium can be, although with difficulty. It is possible to perform an electrolysis and obtain enough of the metal, given enough time, effort and quick reactions as well as full face shield etc and long gloves, since you really do NOT want to be exposed to molten caustics, its one thing as a liquid solution, washed off, but quite another beast entirely at several hundred degrees as a molten salt. You can do it though and obtain beads of Na, K etc and store them in oil or under vacuum, or inert gas with oxygen absorbing dessicant mixtures (I have my lithium stored dry, with no oil, in a marmalade jar, sans marmalade of course, purged thoroughly with argon, the threads wrapped in teflon tape and in a bag, with only a small opening in the thick plastic, where some lithium has been taken out and used. Outside of the bag containing the squares of lithium metal, I've poured a mixture of finely powdered, freshly roasted dry anhydrous calcium chloride, mixed intimately with 300-400 mesh magnesium dust (about 40 micron particle size IIRC, a very, very fine, fine fine dust of magnesium metal, the CaCl2 being to absorb any water vapor not displaced by the dry argon used to purge the jar, whilst the magnesium dust, being much cheaper than lithium, and easily available, serves as a sacrificial fuel, being oxidized by any traces of oxygen present.

 And in fact there is less corrosion in it than there is on a couple of the surfaces of my brick of sodium metal, which is oiled in something like thick paraffin oil or vaseline, and vacuum-sealed in a thick inner plastic liner which was then heat-sealed, and placed within a second, hermetically sealed thick walled plastic bag which has been purged with some sort of inert gas.

(https://s1.postimg.org/tqfpd9pf3/gas_cylinders.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 17, 2017, 04:31:27 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 17, 2017, 01:39:25 PM
Quote from: Lestat on July 17, 2017, 12:28:02 PM
Didn't know that  QV. Which sweeteners in particular? I'd guess aspartame if I had to make a guess.

Artificial ones.  All of them that I know of.
Sucralose is touted as having an indefinite shelf life on it's own. Not sure how that will effect the dates as more diet drinks are migrating to sucralose. Sodas probably wont change because the suggested shelf life beyond the best-by date is also associated with the carbonation going flat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 17, 2017, 06:16:18 PM
A brand new Bosch dishwasher at 50% off. :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on July 18, 2017, 03:08:54 AM
A new laptop. This one can do 250 million polyglots per megaflop hour or some shit. It plays Skyrim pretty well anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on July 18, 2017, 04:58:30 AM
Also, one of these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJBCCIVzsO4
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 18, 2017, 06:17:52 AM
Sock wool and a skein of some wool viscose blend. Both 50 cts. And a weird little shoulderbag, it's a kind of chicken.
 :chicken:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on July 18, 2017, 09:39:05 AM
Quote from: Grey Area on June 19, 2017, 06:45:36 PM
A new laptop and Skyrim.

This is strange. I must have posted this from my old laptop during the transition phase.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 18, 2017, 10:15:10 AM
Just got messaged a cheap source of good quality concentrated sulfuric acid, thats on offer currently, 3 bottles for the price of what I'd have paid for 1 (liter bottles), so am going to stock up big time in case that fucking bitch theresa may goes ahead with a stupid kneejerk reaction to those recent acid attacks and theres a ban, that would make me have to get it via expensive chemical suppliers, at worst really fucking pricy places like sigma-aldrich.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 20, 2017, 12:46:22 PM
Six cans of spray paint on  clearance  at Kmart for a dollar a can
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on July 20, 2017, 03:48:25 PM
Green tea, milk, mouthwash, and some sliced chicken.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 20, 2017, 04:20:11 PM
Two more cans paint
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 20, 2017, 04:56:58 PM
Two inexpensive laundry hampers on wheels.  When I got home I found that one has a broken handle.  Back of them will go back tomorrow since I'll be in the neighborhood.  Also bought some airfreshener thingies for the car.  And some "school" stuff (backpack, lunch kit, water bottle, etc.) for The PR.  She started at Magnolia Community Services Wednesday.  She goes 3 days a week, but will eventually go 5 days.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 20, 2017, 05:00:37 PM
Two pizzas to feed the family. Yay for night off from cooking.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 20, 2017, 05:01:14 PM
We did Taco Bell.  Yeah, I know it has a bad reputation, but we like it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 20, 2017, 05:09:44 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 20, 2017, 05:01:14 PM
We did Taco Bell.  Yeah, I know it has a bad reputation, but we like it.
I call it Taco Hell but I love it. Especially the fries supreme.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 20, 2017, 06:04:31 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 20, 2017, 05:01:14 PM
We did Taco Bell.  Yeah, I know it has a bad reputation, but we like it.
Years ago saw or read some report of independent testing of food from various franchise fast food locations across the country. Taco Bell was rated the safest to eat. It was proposed the reason for this is because all of their meats are fully cooked off site, so an individual restaurant only needs to observe proper serving temperatures.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 20, 2017, 07:43:50 PM
Nachos Bell Grande and hard tacos.  Standard order for me.  Unless I'm close to broke, then it's the $5 special.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on July 21, 2017, 09:13:53 AM
A cheap MP3 player that makes Windows crash if I switch it off while it's connected to my computer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 21, 2017, 11:27:47 AM
A new sectional, on sale with no tax and free delivery. I love a good deal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 21, 2017, 05:52:47 PM
Laundry hampers (bought 2 yesterday, found out one was broken and returned them this morning for a different style/model)
Allergy pills (for sleeping purposes)
A reusable drinking thermos.  Alladin, which is an excellent brand.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 21, 2017, 05:54:36 PM
Even more spray paint just 71 cents a can
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 22, 2017, 01:39:40 AM
Quote from: Grey Area on July 21, 2017, 09:13:53 AM
A cheap MP3 player that makes Windows crash if I switch it off while it's connected to my computer.
That's just nasty.

I bought dry cat food and some cat treats.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 22, 2017, 03:55:01 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 21, 2017, 11:27:47 AM
A new sectional, on sale with no tax and free delivery. I love a good deal.
Had to look that up. Now I wonder what it was even more. A sofa? A garage door? Something else?

Details woman, on colour structure, shape and purpose and such.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 22, 2017, 05:30:37 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on July 22, 2017, 03:55:01 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 21, 2017, 11:27:47 AM
A new sectional, on sale with no tax and free delivery. I love a good deal.
Had to look that up. Now I wonder what it was even more. A sofa? A garage door? Something else?

Details woman, on colour structure, shape and purpose and such.
I think she means lounge suite, one that can be changed around to suit the room.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 22, 2017, 12:35:47 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on July 21, 2017, 09:13:53 AM
A cheap MP3 player that makes Windows crash if I switch it off while it's connected to my computer.

Windows in a nutshell.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 22, 2017, 03:40:14 PM
Lots today including a nice one inch belt sander, loads of clamps, a small vise, a funky industrial light,  and a Dutch door to name just some of the stuff
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 22, 2017, 09:29:28 PM
 :grouphug:
Quote from: renaeden on July 22, 2017, 05:30:37 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on July 22, 2017, 03:55:01 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 21, 2017, 11:27:47 AM
A new sectional, on sale with no tax and free delivery. I love a good deal.
Had to look that up. Now I wonder what it was even more. A sofa? A garage door? Something else?

Details woman, on colour structure, shape and purpose and such.
I think she means lounge suite, one that can be changed around to suit the room.

It's an L shaped sofa that seats 6. Some pieces in it are reclining chairs. Does that make more sense? :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 30, 2017, 08:28:39 AM
Sounds just about right for one or at most two. Sofas make comfortable sleeping areas. I can't remember the last time I slept in an actual bed. Springs in my mattress come out in the wrong places just where they happen to be perfectly positioned to stick you in the back or/and front no matter which way it gets turned.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 30, 2017, 09:27:15 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 22, 2017, 09:29:28 PM
:grouphug:
Quote from: renaeden on July 22, 2017, 05:30:37 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on July 22, 2017, 03:55:01 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 21, 2017, 11:27:47 AM
A new sectional, on sale with no tax and free delivery. I love a good deal.
Had to look that up. Now I wonder what it was even more. A sofa? A garage door? Something else?

Details woman, on colour structure, shape and purpose and such.
I think she means lounge suite, one that can be changed around to suit the room.

It's an L shaped sofa that seats 6. Some pieces in it are reclining chairs. Does that make more sense? :laugh:
So a seat for you, one for the SO, two for the monkeys, two for the leos and the cat will have to pick a lap?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 30, 2017, 09:30:12 AM
Wish my sofa was just a few inches longer. That way I'd not have to stick my feet up at a weird ass angle to sleep.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on July 30, 2017, 09:34:45 AM
Quote from: Lestat on July 30, 2017, 09:30:12 AM
Wish my sofa was just a few inches longer. That way I'd not have to stick my feet up at a weird ass angle to sleep.
Have you ever thought about getting yourself a good mattress without springs?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 30, 2017, 10:36:00 AM
Yeah and I'd have to pay for it. I don't have the money spare.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 30, 2017, 11:23:26 AM
Bought a fire table at the liquidation place for $1400. It's similar to this one except the top and sides on mine are solid with pattern work on the top but not the notch work like this one has. Saw the exact same table at a regular store later in the day and it was $4k more than what I paid. I wasn't going to replace my patio set until next year except this place was pushing to close their summer stock because they have to move to another warehouse location next month so got some seriously good deals.

(http://images.hayneedle.com/mgen/master:ALH1559.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 30, 2017, 11:26:48 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 30, 2017, 11:23:26 AM
Bought a fire table
Nice. What's that substance burning in it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 30, 2017, 11:32:19 AM
Quote from: Jack on July 30, 2017, 11:26:48 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 30, 2017, 11:23:26 AM
Bought a fire table
Nice. What's that substance burning in it?
There's a propane tank underneath and people put fire glass rocks in it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on July 30, 2017, 11:36:55 AM
I see, so suitable for marshmallows and the like. The solid sides are probably the better option, to hide the tank.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 30, 2017, 11:44:45 AM
Exactly. Mine is all metal so heavy to move around which is perfect having big dogs around. Most that I have seen are close to the ground which isn't safe (IMO) when you have pets and kids around. This is tall which is perfect. Plus there's enough space around it to put drinks and food. The top has a solid cover so when the fire isn't being used, the table is still fully functional.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 30, 2017, 12:46:08 PM
you mean if the propane tank overheats somehow? I'd not be so sure about that. Gas  tanks have a nasty habit of turning into long, thin razor-edged flying blades when they overheat. Especially, it seems if the initiation of propagation is uni-directional. Ever seen a deodorant can embedded in a tree?  gas tanks seem to flatten out into a flying ribbon when they blow. At least thin ones do. Never got so close to one about to make a mess as to get within range so never really found out that. But you'd be surprised how far you can launch a propane tank into the air given the right...setting. Especially if its one of those thin blowtorch bottle type things, that ain't something I'd want to be near when it went off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 30, 2017, 04:40:32 PM
No, I mean not safe in that if it's low to the ground there's a higher chance of my dogs getting too close. They're big and clumsy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on August 01, 2017, 07:43:47 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 30, 2017, 11:23:26 AM
Bought a fire table at the liquidation place for $1400. It's similar to this one except the top and sides on mine are solid with pattern work on the top but not the notch work like this one has. Saw the exact same table at a regular store later in the day and it was $4k more than what I paid. I wasn't going to replace my patio set until next year except this place was pushing to close their summer stock because they have to move to another warehouse location next month so got some seriously good deals.

(http://images.hayneedle.com/mgen/master:ALH1559.jpg)

That's an awesome table. I want one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 01, 2017, 09:14:43 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on August 01, 2017, 07:43:47 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on July 30, 2017, 11:23:26 AM
Bought a fire table at the liquidation place for $1400. It's similar to this one except the top and sides on mine are solid with pattern work on the top but not the notch work like this one has. Saw the exact same table at a regular store later in the day and it was $4k more than what I paid. I wasn't going to replace my patio set until next year except this place was pushing to close their summer stock because they have to move to another warehouse location next month so got some seriously good deals.

(http://images.hayneedle.com/mgen/master:ALH1559.jpg)

That's an awesome table. I want one.

Right!?! I love it. Every place I've ever lived, I always carve out a little safe place in the yard for myself. It's my happy place.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 01, 2017, 09:24:30 AM
^Are you secretly a man? (http://wrongplanet.net/forums/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)   *

~

Just got back from the Albert Hein (supermarket chain here) and bought some of my favorite beers, 2kg of mussels, a fresh sauce (ravigote) nicely suiting eating the boiled mussels, plus (reason why I post here now) a bucket of totally nice pistachio ice cream.


Just had a small bowl of the latter and it's frikkin' lovely.



*you know man playing with fire.. a sort of primeval thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 01, 2017, 09:27:34 AM
 :bounce: Yup. Totally not a man :laugh:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 01, 2017, 09:34:33 AM
(http://wrongplanet.net/forums/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)

*runs off*

:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 01, 2017, 09:53:52 AM
 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 01, 2017, 01:04:13 PM
Oh, and I like your fire table as well (forgot saying that before). Think having your own lil. safe place (with fire nearby) in the garden is cool too. Be a bit careful with the tails of your dogs, will ya..
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 02, 2017, 03:30:43 AM
Quote from: lutra on August 01, 2017, 01:04:13 PM
Oh, and I like your fire table as well (forgot saying that before). Think having your own lil. safe place (with fire nearby) in the garden is cool too. Be a bit careful with the tails of your dogs, will ya..

That was actually a big part of the decision making. Standing in the store with the SO saying "this one is tall enough where the dogs can walk by safely with their swishy tails right?" :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on August 02, 2017, 06:30:14 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 01, 2017, 09:14:43 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on August 01, 2017, 07:43:47 AM

That's an awesome table. I want one.

Right!?! I love it. Every place I've ever lived, I always carve out a little safe place in the yard for myself. It's my happy place.

Sounds like a good plan. When I move, I'm going to have a decent shed with big doors or something in the garden so I can have an outdoor type of room. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 02, 2017, 07:42:07 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on August 02, 2017, 06:30:14 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 01, 2017, 09:14:43 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on August 01, 2017, 07:43:47 AM

That's an awesome table. I want one.

Right!?! I love it. Every place I've ever lived, I always carve out a little safe place in the yard for myself. It's my happy place.

Sounds like a good plan. When I move, I'm going to have a decent shed with big doors or something in the garden so I can have an outdoor type of room. :)
I love that idea. Have you googled she sheds? They have some super cool bohemian vibe type ideas. That's my kind of style, not sure if it's yours but cool nonetheless.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 02, 2017, 10:46:47 AM
Another month of storage for things that I said would be in storage no more than 3 months.  This was back in 2003.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 02, 2017, 02:54:19 PM
That's always the case isn't it? I'm trying to make space to clear out my storage unit by the end of this month. We'll see how I do. Although I find I work better with the SO and he's determined to have it done so we stand a more hopeful chance.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 02, 2017, 04:22:50 PM
She should just get a little wooden shed and dump her bitch mother and cow sister in there, toss a straw or bit of plastic tubing so they can suck water from an external bowl, and occasionally drop food through a hatch (maybe)

Bought a lot of new stuff for the lab.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 02, 2017, 09:07:17 PM
Bought lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 03, 2017, 03:05:25 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 02, 2017, 09:07:17 PM
Bought lunch.
So did I, for me and Kayleigh.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 03, 2017, 12:04:59 PM
A bit under half a grand US of lab supplies. Got an awful lot of new stuff coming my way. And I mean a LOT of new stuff :D

Finally got a definite time for when I get back the shit the filth took from me, so thought hey, time to celebrate, and of course then there is my policy of for every £1 of stuff they in any way mess with, temporarily or otherwise, I buy another £10 worth (at minimum) of new lab stuff, as an 'up yours' and because I am don't back down to bullies, much less so ones who work for the filth.

Hopefully should start getting the first things I ordered tomorrow. Same as when I'm getting my shit back.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on August 03, 2017, 10:05:54 PM
The cops should steal your sofa next time.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 07, 2017, 02:47:41 AM
Some un-denatured azeotropic ethanol (wouldn't drink it mind you, diluted or otherwise to be on the safe side and because I don't much enjoy being drunk in the first place, but the label is mostly in russian, and I just about know enough to figure out whats in there, after a little confusion because the stuff looked bright orange, but its the bottle itself thats colored, not the 95% EtOH inside.)

cost about 20 euros. Still need to wait for some quicklime and some calcium carbide to dry it properly (its  for a beaveault-blanc reduction, which uses sodium metal in anhydrous ethanol to reduce various compounds, in this case a ketoxime to the corresponding primary amine) and it needs to be very, very dry,  drying over a conventional dessicant first to avoid the potentially violent heating associated with calcium oxide (quicklime) hydrating, followed by distillation w/drying tubes of CaCl2 anywhere the system is open to the air, and finally a second stage of redistillation of the collected distillate after reflux over calcium carbide, which reacts with water to generate acetylene gas, followed by sparging with dry argon, or perhaps putting it under vacuum for a short time. Or both, to get the acetylene out such as might be dissolved in the EtOH)

Quite a handy way to do it since acetylene is gaseous and as such the decomposition products that have any volatility can be driven off before the result is finally distilled once again to free it from the calcium salts left by the decomposition of the CaC2. The alternative for the very last bit of drying to be to sacrifice a little of the alcohol and some sodium, forming sodium ethoxide (not without its own uses) and distilling from a few chips of Na. The carbide method is cheaper though since CaC2 is far cheaper than sodium metal and none of the alcohol being dried is consumed in the process.

Bought 250ml 2-pyrrollidone, 2.5 liters of THF, 2 new 1l erlenmeyer flasks (24/40 joint size) and quite a few other bits and pieces.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 07, 2017, 02:50:52 AM
$51 worth of petrol. That's actually cheaper than I thought it would be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 07, 2017, 06:45:18 AM
A pack of stirbars I'd ordered (since the one I was using is currently uncertain as to where it is, and magnet-testing for it might be tricky since the likely locations are all chock full of iron and iron oxides, iron salts,) and at least one other was dropped, to go skittering across the floor, months ago. It hasn't been seen since. Got plenty, and different sizes too, now. Plus another chemical delivery to replace something I was running very low on and needed more of (that isn't easy to get hold of, or for that matter safe to go to the wrong sources).

Guy was good enough to send me a note with an email address to cut paypal.etc out of the equation and save me a few euros for future buys of the same. Just woke up to find two packages had been left for me, one with a certain reagent in it and the other with the stirbar set. I just hope that all the new stuff for the lab the othe day will help distract me at least a little bit from the suicide of my friend. Not that its anything like up to making up for the loss of someone I was, well, coming to love to as much as is possible  given the specific environment/world both of us operate/d within.Hopefully being snowed under receiving my 20something orders, plus orders made earlier in time and probably about to arrive, might at least distract mel

But it isn't much, I just feel, well, numb,
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on August 07, 2017, 07:00:01 AM
Thought I would see what a Kinder Surprise egg looked like these days. Here it is, ready assembled. What's the point, and, what the Hell is that?

(http://imgur.com/a/zNKla)

And, why oh why is technology so incompatible and ill-thought out these days? Superior advanced alien races wouldn't even be laughing at us, they would be embarrassed for us.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 07, 2017, 11:58:01 AM
They're very popular in Canada but they're illegal in the US. So bizarre.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on August 07, 2017, 01:15:21 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 07, 2017, 11:58:01 AM
They're very popular in Canada but they're illegal in the US. So bizarre.

I read that, I thought it was made-up. That is bizarre.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 07, 2017, 01:34:00 PM
Bought an LTE modem and a pay-as-you-do SIM card after losing my temper with the /%¤/## hotel wifi.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on August 07, 2017, 09:15:16 PM
Two boxes of spearmint green tea.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 08, 2017, 03:25:37 AM
Bra and pizza. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 08, 2017, 03:29:04 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on August 07, 2017, 01:15:21 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 07, 2017, 11:58:01 AM
They're very popular in Canada but they're illegal in the US. So bizarre.

I read that, I thought it was made-up. That is bizarre.
They're a favourite of my sisters and I can't even mail them to her anymore (I live in Canada and she lives in the US). I remember once my mother was traveling from Canada to the US and was stopped at the border and had her car randomly searched and she had 2 in her purse and they were all worked up over her "contraband." That's the first time we heard about them being illegal. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 08, 2017, 09:34:17 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on August 08, 2017, 03:25:37 AM
Bra and pizza.

The imagination simply runs amuck at this post :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 08, 2017, 09:44:47 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 08, 2017, 09:34:17 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on August 08, 2017, 03:25:37 AM
Bra and pizza.

The imagination simply runs amuck at this post :evillaugh:

And do it times three too. Three women, three black bras, three pizzas.

 :bra: :pizza:  :bra: :pizza:  :bra: :pizza:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 08, 2017, 03:29:58 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on August 08, 2017, 09:44:47 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 08, 2017, 09:34:17 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on August 08, 2017, 03:25:37 AM
Bra and pizza.

The imagination simply runs amuck at this post :evillaugh:

And do it times three too. Three women, three black bras, three pizzas.

 :bra: :pizza:  :bra: :pizza:  :bra: :pizza:


Shhh.  The guys are gonna demand pictures.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 08, 2017, 03:49:57 PM
Too late. We demand pictures! :arrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 08, 2017, 03:52:05 PM
No pictures. The pizzas have been eaten. No one wants photos of what became of them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 08, 2017, 04:26:15 PM
What are illegal in the US? those vile pseudo-chocolate egg things?

The toys are worthless crap and the 'chocolate' is repulsively over-sweet, nastyass cocoa-deficient garbage with absolutely zero redeeming feature whatsoever.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 08, 2017, 05:43:15 PM
One year at Easter I was poor and so I bought all my nieces and nephews a Kinder Surprise each. When the family got together, I handed them out. I don't know if the chocolate got eaten but the toys were pretty decent even though small and they kept the kids amused for ages.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on August 08, 2017, 07:05:17 PM
Quote from: Lestat on August 08, 2017, 04:26:15 PM
What are illegal in the US? those vile pseudo-chocolate egg things?
Yes, an inedible object inside of edible object is illegal in the US.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 09, 2017, 03:27:37 AM
Quote from: Jack on August 08, 2017, 07:05:17 PM
Quote from: Lestat on August 08, 2017, 04:26:15 PM
What are illegal in the US? those vile pseudo-chocolate egg things?
Yes, an inedible object inside of edible object is illegal in the US.

What if it was seen as an inedible object in non toxic biodegradable wrapping?

Calling Kinder surprise eggs edible is really stretching it, i.m.o.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 09, 2017, 06:33:32 AM
Calling it non-toxic is still pushing the limits a bit.

If an inedible object inside an edible one is illegal...then what is the problem with kinder surprise? I fail to see, at any point, where an edible object is involved.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on August 09, 2017, 08:17:48 AM
I think it is rich of the yanks to call that chocolate inedible. :P US chocolate is gross.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 09, 2017, 02:30:01 PM
They call it edible. Lestat (UK) and I (the Netherlands) are the ones claiming it is not.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on August 09, 2017, 03:17:47 PM
Damn, I forgot you weren't a yank and were from the Netherlands. I just assume the majority on the net are yanks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on August 09, 2017, 03:48:41 PM
Oh well, at least you did not assume my gender. :smarty:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 09, 2017, 04:34:22 PM
You're a man, right? :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 09, 2017, 06:23:44 PM
Tickets to sail on a steamship. Passion of the oldest. It's a yearly tradition and was fun per usual.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on August 09, 2017, 07:22:37 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on August 09, 2017, 03:27:37 AM
Quote from: Jack on August 08, 2017, 07:05:17 PM
Quote from: Lestat on August 08, 2017, 04:26:15 PM
What are illegal in the US? those vile pseudo-chocolate egg things?
Yes, an inedible object inside of edible object is illegal in the US.

What if it was seen as an inedible object in non toxic biodegradable wrapping?

Calling Kinder surprise eggs edible is really stretching it, i.m.o.
Personal opinion probably isn't part of the equation.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 10, 2017, 01:35:14 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 09, 2017, 06:23:44 PM
Tickets to sail on a steamship. Passion of the oldest. It's a yearly tradition and was fun per usual.
I have never done that. Sounds like a really cool experience.

Bought groceries and cat food. The usual.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 10, 2017, 04:38:58 AM
Can't say I've experienced very much US chocolate. Only peanut butter filled M&Ms, which we don't get here. Those I'm jealous of you bastards for :P

But the 'kinder' products, all of them, here, are disgusting too. Really, really awful stuff. Its sweet, its sickly and nauseating aftertaste to it. And they make these bars of it here, which are actually ADVERTIZED as 'more milk and less cocoa', as if that was a selling point, and not the chocolate equivalent of selling ice that is 90% MSM or glucose etc. Kind of surprised me though that less cocoa was being used to actually promote the things. Tried one once after a shopkeeper gave me one for free. And as soon as I'd gotten out of his shop, I spat out the mouthful I'd taken and tossed the rest in the nearest gutter. Which probably would have improved the flavour.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 10, 2017, 05:35:14 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 10, 2017, 01:35:14 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 09, 2017, 06:23:44 PM
Tickets to sail on a steamship. Passion of the oldest. It's a yearly tradition and was fun per usual.
I have never done that. Sounds like a really cool experience.
It really is. We went on a 2.5 hour sail and had lunch aboard the ship. It's relaxing and a nice way to spend an afternoon. Last year we went on the 130th Anniversary sail which was 12 hours long and had an entire flotilla of antique boats sailing beside her. That was fun but made for a very long day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 10, 2017, 05:46:18 AM
A pair of vacuum adapters arrived for me earlier. Teflon stopcocks and in 24/40 joint size.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 11, 2017, 04:20:16 PM
Plane tickets. Books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 12, 2017, 06:32:27 PM
John Deere tractor
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on August 14, 2017, 04:42:25 PM
Two pairs of tightish fitting black jeans. Unfortunately they have that artificially aged look that seems to be popular these days, and make me look like I've been spending rather a lot of time on my knees. They were the only ones in the shop that weren't some horrid shade of blue, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on August 14, 2017, 05:59:06 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on August 14, 2017, 04:42:25 PM
make me look like I've been spending rather a lot of time on my knees.

 :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on August 14, 2017, 06:33:50 PM
Indeed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 14, 2017, 10:43:51 PM
Not actually pulled out the bank card and typed in my details yet, since I am still looking for the best possible price, but I'm after buying one of these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-in-1-Function-Supplied-Air-Fed-Respirator-Kit-System-6200-Half-Face-Gas-Mask-/282510307582

Been wanting one for a while now, a full-face gas mask that rather than taking cartridges, uses a remotely-positioned air compressor to supply breathable air and keep the mask at positive pressure, so nothing noxious can enter. They don't need cartridges for different kinds of toxic gases, fumes etc. and I already have a medical-grade air compressor that I happened to pick up for just £5 at a pet store after somebody traded it in for store credit but the owner later found it vibrates too much for fish to be comfortable with so, the owner realizing my....somewhat atypical requirements, for his produce, from my for ex. buying out every last package of sulfur, bottle of formaldehyde, and going in with a couple of different condensers, to test the fit against different sizes of his plastic tubing on the hose barbs, and my nosing around looking for the most powerful water (or rather, meant to be water) pumps that he had to sell, walking out with a variety of the above, different sizes of tubing in huge rolls, from a few mm to about an inch wide, and that I have to frequently replace the tubing after something attacks and eats it, he realized that unlike probably any other customer he might ever get, I'd be the one and possibly only, person who would benefit from that ex-hospital air compressor.

Positive pressure gas masks are used for working with the worst of the worst, basically, since the interior of the mask is pressurized to a higher pressure than the external atmosphere, it actively pushes away any gases, fumes etc and prevents them entering and one getting gassed. I've already got two gas masks, one with limited replacement cartridges and only for organic vapors and gases, but once the canisters are used, its for the bin, since the replacement canisters are no longer made for that model. The new one I got takes the more useful and wide-ranging ABEK-1 plus added dust and particulate filter pads over the top, the ABEK-1 cartridges are suitable for both organic gases/vapors (such as solvents), acid gases and alkaline fumes like ammonia, methylamine, ethylamine, pyridine fumes, and low boiling/noxiously fuming basic liquids/gases in general. Still, it isn't enough, I need something thats suitable for working with the worst of the worst (although I have limits, its not like I'm going to work with say, methylmercury or chlorine trifluoride, no matter WHAT kind of protection is available(the mask wouldn't give the slightest protection against ClF3, since its such a powerful oxidizer even a diluted stream of chlorine trifluoride gas will actually cause a house brick to burst into flames. Yes, thats right. Its hypergolic with a fucking BRICK!!), but something that'll protect me against anything from oxidizing, poisonous, acidic, highly corrosive substances like say, chromyl chloride, iodine monochloride, iodine trichloride, bromine monochloride, elemental bromine itself, chlorine gas, which I certainly use enough of to make me damn glad of my ABEK-1 filter mask.

But, I need something better. Something that can be worn with a military-spec NBC suit. Not that I've any intention of working with chemical weapons, bioweapons etc. but some of the things I come across or get used in various experiments really, really aren't very people-friendly. And it doesn't have to have been dropped on some poor lot of army grunts in a WWI/WWII trench, to have the same end effect. I.e one deceased chemist. And I've no intention of allowing that to happen.

But it has its limits. Its a half-face mask that needs to be used with goggles and a flip-down blast shield and doesn't protect the skin it doesn't cover.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 15, 2017, 02:07:12 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 12, 2017, 06:32:27 PM
John Deere tractor

'Sec' three words there.. but since nobody bothered to ask I'm going to.. Why? What for? .. or.. A toy version? Or, are you going to grow corn next year?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 15, 2017, 03:54:26 PM
A blu-ray player to replace one that died.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 16, 2017, 08:32:31 AM
Why not plant a poppy field miss K? that could earn you a nice cash booster, 'for dried flowers' if you didn't refine it to morphine and or whip out the chemistry set so to speak, people buy dried pods and a bit of stalk for 'flower arrangements'. But what they often as not ARE doing, is crunching them up in a blender, sowing the seeds after washing the poppy latex off them, and adding it to the tea brewed from the crumbled pods. I've had opium tea before quite a few times in years gone by and its very enjoyable. Now if I had a tractor and combine harvester.....and several tens of pounds of year after year's saved, built up and then sown seed of good genetics, some proper persian whites, that'd be something.

Poppy tea, despite main actives being morphine and codeine, contains many different alkaloids of different kinds of biological activity, and it has both a far longer action than codeine, or morphine or a mixture of the two taken by mouth,  plus a wonderful non-jittery stimulating quality, a zingyness and sparkle to it thats totally different from caffeine, amphetamine, ritalin or anything like. Purely a cerebral feeling thing, like the world just got run through an amplifier before being relayed to the brain and processed at lightning speed. The times I've had real opium tea, or opium poppy pod tea, whilst pod tea tastes, and smells bitter as, and it tastes nasty, smells much much worse, the actual effects, once its gagged down holding one's nose closed so as not to taste it through smell, and taste instead only the fundamental bitterness the tongue can sense, followed by rinsing out the mouth with a drink, swallowing lots more of same drink (that isn't pod tea, I mean a drink, drink, that you'd drink because you were thirsty or it tasted good or both, and possibly also mouthwashing and spitting that out of course) are really enjoyable, even with poppies that grew in a british climate its properly, fully active, really quite peppy and sparky stuff but relaxing and not overstimulating at the same time. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 16, 2017, 09:46:49 AM
Quote from: lutra on August 15, 2017, 02:07:12 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 12, 2017, 06:32:27 PM
John Deere tractor

'Sec' three words there.. but since nobody bothered to ask I'm going to.. Why? What for? .. or.. A toy version? Or, are you going to grow corn next year?
For the acreage. It has multiple attachments. Mower for the lawn. Snow blade to clear the driveway. But most importantly I needed something with enough power to tow the log splitter. We have a ton of wood left in various places around the property from the previous owner that we can slice up and store properly to dry. They left it to rot and it's a waste of good wood because we need it for the wood stove for heating in the winter and next year when we buy a pool heater, it's wood fired as well so we can put that to good use.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 16, 2017, 10:28:39 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 16, 2017, 09:46:49 AM
Quote from: lutra on August 15, 2017, 02:07:12 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 12, 2017, 06:32:27 PM
John Deere tractor

'Sec' three words there.. but since nobody bothered to ask I'm going to.. Why? What for? .. or.. A toy version? Or, are you going to grow corn next year?
For the acreage. It has multiple attachments. Mower for the lawn. Snow blade to clear the driveway. But most importantly I needed something with enough power to tow the log splitter. We have a ton of wood left in various places around the property from the previous owner that we can slice up and store properly to dry. They left it to rot and it's a waste of good wood because we need it for the wood stove for heating in the winter and next year when we buy a pool heater, it's wood fired as well so we can put that to good use.

And FLowers and Loki can be driven around in style around Phoenix Farm.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 16, 2017, 11:11:12 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 16, 2017, 10:28:39 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 16, 2017, 09:46:49 AM
Quote from: lutra on August 15, 2017, 02:07:12 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 12, 2017, 06:32:27 PM
John Deere tractor

'Sec' three words there.. but since nobody bothered to ask I'm going to.. Why? What for? .. or.. A toy version? Or, are you going to grow corn next year?
For the acreage. It has multiple attachments. Mower for the lawn. Snow blade to clear the driveway. But most importantly I needed something with enough power to tow the log splitter. We have a ton of wood left in various places around the property from the previous owner that we can slice up and store properly to dry. They left it to rot and it's a waste of good wood because we need it for the wood stove for heating in the winter and next year when we buy a pool heater, it's wood fired as well so we can put that to good use.

And FLowers and Loki can be driven around in style around Phoenix Farm.
Flowers would much prefer to run alongside. Loki, however, is all about being paraded around like the goofy Queen that she is. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 16, 2017, 05:54:02 PM
A pair of hedge clippers.  I'm going to try to give the front lawn a falf-assed haircut.  I really don't have any illusions about this turning out well, but it's worth a laughtry.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 16, 2017, 11:59:59 PM
Some dirt cheap Dolby stuff from eBay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: lutra on August 17, 2017, 01:52:23 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 16, 2017, 09:46:49 AM
Quote from: lutra on August 15, 2017, 02:07:12 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 12, 2017, 06:32:27 PM
John Deere tractor

'Sec' three words there.. but since nobody bothered to ask I'm going to.. Why? What for? .. or.. A toy version? Or, are you going to grow corn next year?
For the acreage. It has multiple attachments. Mower for the lawn. Snow blade to clear the driveway. But most importantly I needed something with enough power to tow the log splitter. We have a ton of wood left in various places around the property from the previous owner that we can slice up and store properly to dry. They left it to rot and it's a waste of good wood because we need it for the wood stove for heating in the winter and next year when we buy a pool heater, it's wood fired as well so we can put that to good use.

Ah, okay.. that's cool. I have no use for a tractor but now I want one too. :laugh:

Um, sounds cosy and nice with the wood stove in Winter and with wood heated pool in Summer. Glad to see you living the 'good' life.   
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Post by: Phoenix on August 17, 2017, 08:51:25 AM
Quote from: lutra on August 17, 2017, 01:52:23 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 16, 2017, 09:46:49 AM
Quote from: lutra on August 15, 2017, 02:07:12 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 12, 2017, 06:32:27 PM
John Deere tractor

'Sec' three words there.. but since nobody bothered to ask I'm going to.. Why? What for? .. or.. A toy version? Or, are you going to grow corn next year?
For the acreage. It has multiple attachments. Mower for the lawn. Snow blade to clear the driveway. But most importantly I needed something with enough power to tow the log splitter. We have a ton of wood left in various places around the property from the previous owner that we can slice up and store properly to dry. They left it to rot and it's a waste of good wood because we need it for the wood stove for heating in the winter and next year when we buy a pool heater, it's wood fired as well so we can put that to good use.

Ah, okay.. that's cool. I have no use for a tractor but now I want one too. :laugh:

Um, sounds cosy and nice with the wood stove in Winter and with wood heated pool in Summer. Glad to see you living the 'good' life.   
Uhm...I'm a bit of an odd duck. I'm more excited about the tractor than I have ever been about any car I've owned. :laugh: It arrives next week.

It is a cozy place. It's not very big at all but just enough for everyone to have a bit of their own space. We don't rely on the city for anything other than electricity and garbage pick up. We have propane and wood for heat and our own well for water. It's nice to be a little more removed from the grid. Thinking next year about growing more of our own food and I'm hoping to get egg laying hens.
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Post by: 'andersom' on August 18, 2017, 02:26:21 AM
A tractor is way more fun to drive than a car.

Or would that be because I started driving a tractor when I was still in primary school?
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Post by: renaeden on August 18, 2017, 05:24:35 AM
I bought clothes baskets, a bucket for the mop (the other one broke) and a better mat for outside the back door.
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Post by: Phoenix on August 18, 2017, 11:15:32 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on August 18, 2017, 02:26:21 AM
A tractor is way more fun to drive than a car.

Or would that be because I started driving a tractor when I was still in primary school?
Right? I come from a long line of farmers. Driving tractors is something we all learned. This doesn't look like a traditional tractor because it's smaller. It's considered a sub compact tractor. It's exactly what we need though.
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Post by: Parts on August 19, 2017, 07:22:09 PM
A couple Popular Mechanics Shop Tips magazines from the 40s
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Post by: Queen Victoria on August 19, 2017, 08:57:22 PM
6 chocolate iced, custard cream filled doughnuts
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Post by: renaeden on August 20, 2017, 06:01:55 AM
^Yum.

I bought medication, milk and cereal. I have to go back to the chemist tomorrow for one of the meds because they didn't have it when I went there.
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Post by: Parts on August 20, 2017, 08:10:09 AM
A can of Fluid Film (https://www.lowes.com/pd/Fluid-Film-11-75-oz-Fluid-Film-Rust-Corrosion-Preventive-Penetrant-Lubricant/50335157?cm_mmc=SCE_PLA-_-ToolsAndHardware-_-Tools-Lubricants-_-50335157:Fluid_Film&CAWELAID=&kpid=50335157&CAGPSPN=pla&store_code=2658&k_clickID=e43724b7-17a7-41c7-83a6-e54efca85175&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhMTAy_3l1QIVUoGzCh2XBgl8EAQYASABEgJJWfD_BwE) a rust preventative and lubricant made out of lanolin that I spray on all my outdoor tools and ones going to the market

(https://mobileimages.lowes.com/product/converted/081991/081991002075.jpg)
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Post by: renaeden on August 21, 2017, 04:52:47 AM
^That's some handy stuff.

I technically didn't buy the drink and sandwich I had today. The EFTPOS machines at the college cafeteria weren't working. The lady behind the counter gave me a docket detailing what I bought so I have to go back tomorrow and pay for it.
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Post by: Lestat on August 23, 2017, 11:19:19 AM
MMmmm QV..need any help with making those disappear suddenly?:P

Today, was less about buying things than it was about harvesting them, rooting them out from the leaf-litter whence they poked up from, or nipping off infected heads of grasses, Although for the walkabout I did buy a few things, some bags of wine gums, a tin of small cigars (just reminded myself about those with this post, could go for one now come to think of it), 2 bottles of banana milkshake and some food, by way of a couple of boxes of cereal.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on August 23, 2017, 12:57:57 PM
Sorry Lestat.  I'm a compulsive eater and they went in one sitting.  But maybe Krispy Kreme will cross the Pond some day.
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Post by: Lestat on August 23, 2017, 02:24:06 PM
They already have. The local supermarket sells both boxes of varied selections, and pack-your own, or invidivual donuts.  *mental homer simpson ''mmmmmggghnnnhh doooonnnnuuuuttsssssss *drooling noise*ssssssss' moment*

I love the custard filled ones especially, custard-vanilla cream filled ones are so damn good. I can go through a bag full of those containing (forget which) either 9 or 10 in about as much time as it takes to bite around the doughy but and nibble  away as much as possible, until there is left behind a thin wall keeping in a big glob of custard cream in place long enough to scarf them down in a couple of big bites.

Got some big chewy soft giant cookies here though for snacks, along with some banana milkshake left and drinking a bottle of elderflower cordial. Not hungry right now though.  But thirsty, yes. Been exerting myself a lot today. And its hot tonight here.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on August 23, 2017, 05:32:24 PM
Now I can come back to Englad and be happy.  Yeah doughnuts. 

Is there any place that sells beignets?
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Post by: Lestat on August 23, 2017, 06:41:41 PM
Whats one of those? I wouldn't know. have never heard the term before.
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Post by: 'andersom' on August 24, 2017, 01:43:40 AM
Her Majesty could always cross the pond for things like that. Similar, but not the same. A visit to a "Hollandse gebakkraam" would be able to relieve your cravings.

Just looked at a recipe for Louisiana beignets. They might taste closer to the origin of a doughnut than a doughnut does.

* Ponders on making Louisiana beignets for new years eve. *
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Post by: renaeden on August 24, 2017, 06:04:30 AM
Just groceries and a folded up bag that can be used whenever a bag is needed. Like when I go to the second hand shop.
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Post by: Fun With Matches on August 24, 2017, 06:31:36 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 24, 2017, 06:04:30 AM
Just groceries and a folded up bag that can be used whenever a bag is needed. Like when I go to the second hand shop.

I have so many tote bags now, it's ridiculous.
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Post by: renaeden on August 24, 2017, 06:40:30 AM
I wonder if it's the same sort of bag?  The one I bought ($2) folds up really small. It's purple and black and I like that.
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Post by: 'andersom' on August 24, 2017, 06:42:11 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on August 24, 2017, 06:31:36 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 24, 2017, 06:04:30 AM
Just groceries and a folded up bag that can be used whenever a bag is needed. Like when I go to the second hand shop.

I have so many tote bags now, it's ridiculous.

Since January the first of last year shops are not allowed to give free plastic tote bags anymore. Amazing how quickly people adapted to that. Most of them carrying some folded up bags with them.
Looks better not seeing all those brands everywhere too. And the folded up bags come in all kinds of colours and designs.

There's less plastics in the streets now.
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Post by: Fun With Matches on August 24, 2017, 07:05:03 AM
Tote bags here can come in thin material meant to be folded up, but a lot of them are just canvas bags with long handles that go over your shoulder.

Here's one I bought on sale. Not my favourite colours. I meant to take it back but forgot. It's still cute.

(http://www.radley.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1200x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/9/0/90363v_3.jpg)
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Post by: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2017, 08:32:58 AM
Having trouble finding a picture that will show here.  Here's part of the Wiki entry.

Beignet (English: /bɛnˈjeɪ/; French: [bɛɲɛ], ben-YAY literally bump),[1] synonymous with the English "fritter", is the French term for a pastry made from deep-fried choux pastry.[2] Beignets may also be made from other types of dough, including yeast dough.

Beignets are commonly known in New Orleans as a breakfast served with powdered sugar on top.[2] They are traditionally prepared right before consumption to be eaten fresh and hot. Variations of fried dough can be found across cuisines internationally; however, the origin of the term beignet is specifically French. In the United States, beignets have been popular within New Orleans Creole cuisine and are customarily served as a dessert or in some sweet variation. They were brought to New Orleans in the 18th century by French colonists,[4] from "the old mother country", and became a large part of home-style Creole cooking, variations often including banana or plantain – popular fruits in the port city.  Today, Café du Monde is a popular New Orleans food destination specializing in beignets with powdered sugar, coffee with chicory, and café au lait. Beignets were declared the official state doughnut of Louisiana in 1986.

Exit Wikepedia - Traditionally they were made at two locations in the French Quarter that sold only beignets and cafe au lait.  Not too many places other than these two sell them because a) they have to be eaten fresh and b) they need to be cooked fresh in their own oil.   They're not sweet in themselves, and so powdered sugar is lavishly sprinkled on them.  My family always called putting the sugar on as "spanking the baby" because you need to hit the bottom of the sugar cannister.  This post is getting too long and detailed now, so just take it from me, they're good.

Oh, they're something like a Mexican sopapilla (sp?).  Except sopapillas have honey put on them. 
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Post by: 'andersom' on August 24, 2017, 08:48:44 AM
What I saw in Louisiana and new Orleans recipes was more of a yeast dough than a choux pastry dough.

In the Netherlands dough for beignets is often way more liquid. More like a yeast batter. Most commonly used to emerge appleslices (with a hole where the pips were) in. The covered apple gets fried, becoming an applebeignet, or appelflap.

Batter/dough for oliebollen is thicker than the Dutch beignet batterij, but thinner than the New Orleans beignet dough.

But they need to be eaten freshly baked indeed. And dusted with powdered sugar.

New year's Eve lots of people will bake them. Everywhere it will smell of oliebollen. Other times in the year people buy them at driving bakeries, the "Hollandse gebakkraam". There will be one or two of those at most big market places or fairs.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2017, 09:00:27 AM
Hyke, I agree that it didn't sound like a choux recipe, more like a sweet scone/biscuit that is fried.  The whole secret to New Orleans beignets is in the powdered (confectioners) sugar.  Ideally it should really be put on thickly.  And NEVER wear black or else everyone will know where you ate.

I think it's so like New Orleans that we have 2 places, the Mornging Call and Cafe du Monde (one has moved to Metairie because they lost their lease) that sell only beignets and coffee/milk and both are over 100 years old.  How can you make a living selling such a limited menu and how can the waiters make a living on such a small order cost?  I haven't been in years but I think an order of beignets (3) and a cup of coffee wouldn't be much over $5 or $6.  But the table turnover is good and they're open 24 hours except for Christmas.
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Post by: 'andersom' on August 24, 2017, 09:15:55 AM
Powdered sugar is a must indeed.

Do the beignets come in different flavours? Or do they only sell plain ones?
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Post by: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2017, 11:45:42 AM
Only plain ones that I know of. 

I looked it up.  Cafe du Monde has been in business since 1862 and Morning Call since 1870. 
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Post by: Phoenix on August 24, 2017, 01:21:18 PM
Two skylights :P
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Post by: Jack on August 24, 2017, 07:23:33 PM
Beignets taste like funnel cake.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2017, 09:16:48 PM
Quote from: Jack on August 24, 2017, 07:23:33 PM
Beignets taste like funnel cake.

They're probably not as crispy as funnel cake.  I've only had funnel cake once and it was too crispy for me and had cinnamon sugar on it.  I try to avoid cinnamon whenever possible because I don't like it.  I will make cinnamon sugar toast for a sweet treat towards the end of the month.
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Post by: Jack on August 25, 2017, 04:53:18 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2017, 09:16:48 PM
Quote from: Jack on August 24, 2017, 07:23:33 PM
Beignets taste like funnel cake.

They're probably not as crispy as funnel cake.  I've only had funnel cake once and it was too crispy for me and had cinnamon sugar on it.  I try to avoid cinnamon whenever possible because I don't like it.  I will make cinnamon sugar toast for a sweet treat towards the end of the month.
Have only ever seen funnel cake plain or with power sugar.
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Post by: Icequeen on August 25, 2017, 01:44:58 PM
Quote from: Jack on August 25, 2017, 04:53:18 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2017, 09:16:48 PM
Quote from: Jack on August 24, 2017, 07:23:33 PM
Beignets taste like funnel cake.

They're probably not as crispy as funnel cake.  I've only had funnel cake once and it was too crispy for me and had cinnamon sugar on it.  I try to avoid cinnamon whenever possible because I don't like it.  I will make cinnamon sugar toast for a sweet treat towards the end of the month.
Have only ever seen funnel cake plain or with power sugar.

That's the only way I've seen them too...they make them a lot around here.

When we first moved here my dad became addicted, mom found the recipe and was making them every other day it seemed like.  :laugh:
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Post by: Jack on August 25, 2017, 06:50:30 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on August 25, 2017, 01:44:58 PM
Quote from: Jack on August 25, 2017, 04:53:18 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 24, 2017, 09:16:48 PM
Quote from: Jack on August 24, 2017, 07:23:33 PM
Beignets taste like funnel cake.

They're probably not as crispy as funnel cake.  I've only had funnel cake once and it was too crispy for me and had cinnamon sugar on it.  I try to avoid cinnamon whenever possible because I don't like it.  I will make cinnamon sugar toast for a sweet treat towards the end of the month.
Have only ever seen funnel cake plain or with power sugar.

That's the only way I've seen them too...they make them a lot around here.

When we first moved here my dad became addicted, mom found the recipe and was making them every other day it seemed like.  :laugh:
Not much of a fan for sweetbreads, but the atmosphere of a fairground will inspire a few bites of funnel cake. Sort of like hotdogs and baseball games; it's all part of the experience. :laugh:
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Post by: odeon on August 26, 2017, 02:40:24 AM
Bought another Dolby processor at eBay. This one was dirt cheap.
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Post by: renaeden on August 26, 2017, 06:10:38 AM
Going to have to go to PetStock on my mum's advice and get Molly some dry food that she will actually chew. She is just swallowing the current dry food we are giving her. That is not good as she needs to clean her teeth while chomping on dry food. I just spent nearly $800 getting her teeth cleaned plus two pulled out.
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Post by: lutra on August 31, 2017, 08:44:34 AM
Two pairs of reading glasses I've bought yesterday. Today, provided the supermarket has them/it in stock.. which is most likely so, I'm going to buy some dried thyme, gloves, coffee pads, beer and some bleach based cleaning stuff for the toilet.

Going there in p/m half an hour..
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Post by: 'andersom' on August 31, 2017, 10:35:40 AM
Bought a green pair of reading glasses last week for myself. And prescription glasses for daughter yesterday. Those will be ready in two weeks. Including cilinder and automatic shading.
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Post by: Parts on August 31, 2017, 03:56:21 PM
A new visor organizer for the van
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Post by: odeon on August 31, 2017, 04:47:12 PM
Books. :-[
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Post by: renaeden on September 01, 2017, 12:43:31 AM
It has been ages since I bought books.

Today I bought a black and white (mostly black) shirt from Target. Then I went to PetStock and bought some dry food for the cats. Two different sorts, the usual one and one for Molly. It is bigger cubes and hopefully they are big enough that she will chew them instead of just swallowing them.

Also bought cat litter.
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Post by: Parts on September 01, 2017, 02:23:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2017, 04:47:12 PM
Books. :-[

Me too my daughter is taking five classes  this semester :GA:

I bought some Fisher Price toys from the sixties and a gaff for fishing
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 01, 2017, 08:12:54 PM
One dozen doughnuts from Krispy Kreme.  For dinner and b'fast tomorrow.
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Post by: odeon on September 02, 2017, 03:07:17 AM
Bought a screen protector for my phone.
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Post by: Pyraxis on September 02, 2017, 03:04:01 PM
Two matching lamps for the dining room newly emptied of boxes, with swirly bamboo tops that should cast interesting shadows.
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Post by: Phoenix on September 02, 2017, 06:36:53 PM
New journals
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Post by: renaeden on September 03, 2017, 04:05:41 AM
A card for my sister's birthday. I already had her present.
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Post by: Lestat on September 13, 2017, 08:32:58 AM
Got some food supplies I needed, plus treated  himself to two different kinds of hot chocolate powder mix, plus some actual cocoa, 4x£1 bags of candy-some huge jellybeans, some bubblegum blue bonbons and a bag of cough drops.  Plus since I finally found a store that had then, two tins of cafe creme small cigars, the original kind, since I'd found everywhere else hasn't had them in ages for sale, only the much less preferred mild variety.

So got two tins, and a 10x330ml can pack of coke, the original one not that nasty sickly diet one or the limp and hollow coke zero.

This because I'd basically from the looks of it, forgot a payment went into my bank, and a big one and considerable time, plus more payments, and two more today left me with alomst a grand in my account. NOW I can FINALLY afford the lithium aluminium hydride that I've been coveting for way too long, but price wise has been currently out of my reach (about $300 for, I forget either 100 or 250g. Not a cheap reagent and it'd be a very difficult and dangerous thing to try and produce, as its air sensitive (very) water sensitive (in the extreme, and violently so, erupting in a cloud of hydrogen gas the moment any be allowed to touch water, to the extent it must be stored under dried inert gas, and also used under helium, argon, nitrogen, since its a versatile, powerful but touchy to handle reducing
reagent, and even the glassware must be first oven-baked and allowed to cool, before finally flame-dried with a torch, drying traps full of dessicant packing, like quicklime attached to prevent entry of atmospheric moisture and adding the solvent, either diethyl ether or THF (tetrahydrofuran, a cyclic ether, and very useful, common solvent for LAH reduction processes. )

If LiAlH4 is not handled in such a way, and used in THF or ether that has been distilled directly into a cooled, freshly flame-dried baked out flask, after first refluxing the THF over sodium metal bits then the solvent is too wet and the traces of water carefully
and meticulously dried in there can easily have it start a fire. And a nasty one at that, a hyfride fire since they burn very hot according to what I've read of them (never had such a fire, don't want to either) and of course one cannot pour water on it, because that would make erupt all at once in a mostrous gout of hydrogen and flaming ether/THF as the hydrogen catches fire and goes 'WHIiiIKKK!'  with its characteristic rapid shockwave and high pitched squealing noise before like any other flammable gas in air mixture, a very nasty incident is had when its ignited.  Of course, it CAN be used safely, but great care and respect must be afforded that particular reagent,
its expensive, and very difficult to get for the average home-based, non-business&industrial end user but it can be had, in the right places :) and it'll save me at least 4 steps, one of them quite demanding (using sodium metal in anhydrous ethanol, aka the Beauveault-Blanc reduction, for a specific project of mine.) and thats specifically excluding for each step, multiple distillations under vacuum, recrystallizations and solvent washes etc. using lot of solvents and making everything costly. This trades off not so much cost but much time and effort. For a somewhat greater cost the aim I seek, can be successfully sought and bagged and tagged so to speak, for much less effort. A 1-step process with one workup, after initial purification of my substrates.

Oh I can't wait! I've been waiting months for this. :). And I'll have enough leftover money I don't need for food or bills to overhaul and update the lab more and bigger and better and more capable of performing the tasks I wish it to perform; with more glassware, better glassware and a wider variety, buying myself things I don't currently have and buying more chemicals and solvents with which to ply my art:)

Its going to be a complete spazzfest. Happy as  a wee kanner's kid at xmas when he gets a load of toys and books for sensory stimulation and related to his or her speshul interests:autism:

I so cannot fucking WAIT to go shopping. And I don't mean for things like the cans of coke, the cigars, the bags of jellybeans or the hazelnut-chocolate thick 'frijj' milkshakes. The Itch is building and building, begging to be scratched out by a long session in the lab and then shopping, shopping shopping:D
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 13, 2017, 10:04:13 AM
And don't forget a MATTRESS
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Post by: Parts on September 13, 2017, 11:15:44 AM
A gallon of wd40 and a spray bottle.
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Post by: Lestat on September 13, 2017, 01:00:01 PM
But I like the sleep on the sofa  QV.

And besides, I've got a bit less after rent and food than £800-something. To provide much needed equipment for my lab. I've been saving for the LAH for maybe two and a half to three months. I'm not letting that go. And I'd really quite like some 4-dimethylaminopyridine while I'm at it.

That and methinks lots of new 2- and 3-neck round bottom glass flasks, some more still heads maybe, I could really use some new O-rings for the thermometer seals for the still heads that have thermometer inlets since the ones in there are getting worn, due to use under vacuum, at high temperatures (several hundred degrees 'C) and being squeezed quite tightly in the screw-threads of the adaptersl a simple but vital part and I need replacements and spares, although those shouldn't cost much more than a pound or two for a bag full.

Couple of kg of calcium carbide would be ideal too, cost-about £50 for stuff that isn't nasty ass tech-grade stuff (which is ugly impure dirty stuff both in appearance  and its usually full of phosphides that generate phosphine (extremely toxic) when you want acetylene from the calcium carbide, or to use the latter for last-stage drying of alcohols. And phosphine (PH3, the phosphorus analog of ammonia where phosphorus replaces nitrogen) is bloody toxic, nasty stuff you really don't want hanging around.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on September 13, 2017, 04:42:01 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 13, 2017, 11:15:44 AM
A gallon of wd40 and a spray bottle.

 :eyelash:
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 13, 2017, 05:23:25 PM
Noise cancelling ear muffs and a Little Mermaid stuffed figure for The PR to help her with her coping skills

Bread, lettuce, tomato.  When I got home I found I didn't have them.  Returned to the grocery store hoping to find them in the grocery cart.  No luck.  Went back in and asked if anyone had turned it in.  Picked up bread, lettuce, tomato.  The manager told me since I'd bought it once already, no need to pay for it again. 

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Post by: Lestat on September 13, 2017, 11:12:46 PM
Aww thats sweet QV:)

And glad you got free replacement stuff too.

Not bought it yet but just added a certain kind of acidic clay to my shopping list methinks for some experimenting
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 14, 2017, 09:56:54 AM
The ear muffs were too difficult for The PR to manage.  So we're going to try a sporting goods store today after her doctor's visit.
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Post by: Phoenix on September 14, 2017, 11:25:07 AM
Tickets to take Monkeyboy to a documentary we want to see that's playing at the local theatre.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 14, 2017, 02:00:51 PM
Another pair of ear muffs and some ear plugs on a string to see which work better for her.
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Post by: Parts on September 14, 2017, 04:30:45 PM
Filter for my shop vacc
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Post by: odeon on September 16, 2017, 02:29:04 AM
Bought books. :-[
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 16, 2017, 09:36:23 AM
Books and a pillow for the Royal Tush to sit on while driving.  The old one was getting flat.
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Post by: 'andersom' on September 16, 2017, 12:13:17 PM
The only surprising thing I bought lately was oatcakes. Hadn't seen them on the shelves for over a decade. Not even in delicatessen stores. One time offer at the Lidl.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 16, 2017, 03:28:21 PM
A replacement cell phone for me, 5 pairs of pants and a light weight jacket for The PR.
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Post by: Parts on September 16, 2017, 06:56:51 PM
A bunch of military stuff including a   U.S. Army Haversack  M-1928
Some tools and two tool boxes
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Post by: renaeden on September 17, 2017, 05:33:28 AM
Hotdogs for me and Kayleigh. They were gourmet ones. Mine had steak pieces, capsicum and lots of cheese. Kayleigh's looked a lot more complicated but I know it had lots of mustard in it.
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Post by: Parts on September 20, 2017, 01:56:35 PM
Two pairs of the sneakers I wear.  I have bought the same ones from the same store for maybe 6 years and the store is closing so I had to stock up,  thinking about getting another pair of boots too before they close
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Post by: odeon on September 21, 2017, 10:43:21 AM
^I wish I had found a place like that.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 21, 2017, 12:19:10 PM
Clothes for The PR, a replacement pay-as-you-go phone, groceries
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Post by: Phoenix on September 21, 2017, 01:01:38 PM
Clothes for the funeral. Realized I haven't unpacked my one box with dressy clothes and we can't figure out where it is.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on September 21, 2017, 03:47:27 PM
Alien Covenent on DVD. I heard it's a bit shit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 21, 2017, 05:57:41 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 21, 2017, 01:01:38 PM
Clothes for the funeral. Realized I haven't unpacked my one box with dressy clothes and we can't figure out where it is.

When we moved all my winter clothes disappeared. They never turned up, but it doesn't get cold here and I'm warm natured anyway so I never bothered replacing them. I own one warm shirt, it's heavy fuzzy quarter-zip pullover thingy with a houndstooth pattern. Whenever I wear it Sugarbutt always say, Oh it must be really cold she's wearing her houndstooth.  :lol1:
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Post by: Lestat on September 21, 2017, 06:36:04 PM
You will look fine even if you don't find them miss K; you've got a natural advantage in the warm eyes and smile, people will always be glad to see you:)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on September 21, 2017, 07:01:00 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on September 21, 2017, 03:47:27 PM
Alien Covenent on DVD. I heard it's a bit shit.

It was a pretentious load of bollocks, but at least it's out of the way now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on September 21, 2017, 07:06:59 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on September 21, 2017, 07:01:00 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on September 21, 2017, 03:47:27 PM
Alien Covenent on DVD. I heard it's a bit shit.

It was a pretentious load of bollocks, but at least it's out of the way now.

One good thing I'll say about that movie is that it has one of the best innuendo scenes.
But rather than having someone waste their time watching that bollocks to see one scene, here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWdobjN9wgc

edit: I present to you proof that the screenwriter wanted Michael Fastbender to go fuck himself :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 21, 2017, 11:26:37 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on September 21, 2017, 05:57:41 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 21, 2017, 01:01:38 PM
Clothes for the funeral. Realized I haven't unpacked my one box with dressy clothes and we can't figure out where it is.

When we moved all my winter clothes disappeared. They never turned up, but it doesn't get cold here and I'm warm natured anyway so I never bothered replacing them. I own one warm shirt, it's heavy fuzzy quarter-zip pullover thingy with a houndstooth pattern. Whenever I wear it Sugarbutt always say, Oh it must be really cold she's wearing her houndstooth.  :lol1:
:lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on September 22, 2017, 06:30:45 AM
Quote from: Some_Bloke on September 21, 2017, 07:06:59 PM
edit: I present to you proof that the screenwriter wanted Michael Fastbender to go fuck himself :laugh:

The screenwriters can go fuck themselves. They lost me right at the beginning when Mike Young from Neighbours used that old strawman argument beloved of religious apologists in which nonreligious people apparently think that humanity appeared spontaneously due to random chance. Also, I half expected the newborn chestburster to do do a funny dance and say "I am Groot" in a screechy little Alien babby voice.
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Post by: Icequeen on September 22, 2017, 02:30:37 PM
Wine.
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Post by: Parts on September 22, 2017, 02:37:21 PM
Some tools and most of a pachinko game
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 23, 2017, 10:54:41 AM
A traffic light for $20
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Post by: Queen Victoria on September 23, 2017, 12:08:21 PM
Sandwiches for The PR and my lunches
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Post by: 'andersom' on September 23, 2017, 05:07:43 PM
Food and food and food. Oh, also some vitamine D supplements for kiddo.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on September 24, 2017, 03:44:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 21, 2017, 10:43:21 AM
^I wish I had found a place like that.

My place is H&M. Nearly all the clothes I'm wearing in that photo in the elders forum is from H&M. The jacket, the tights, socks, skirt, shoes. The handbag was from Primark though, and naturally now is in bits. It lasted a year though.

I got three pairs of the same shoes from H&M that I knew I was never going to find anywhere again. They were so cheap, I had to have them. They had bright shiny silver buckles and I HAD to have them for the rest of my life, hence the three pairs, cos they were one-of-a-kind. I might normally buy just one extra pair of the same shoes if I particularly like them, but no, these I could never want to run out of.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2017, 11:07:58 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on September 24, 2017, 03:44:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 21, 2017, 10:43:21 AM
^I wish I had found a place like that.

My place is H&M. Nearly all the clothes I'm wearing in that photo in the elders forum is from H&M. The jacket, the tights, socks, skirt, shoes. The handbag was from Primark though, and naturally now is in bits. It lasted a year though.

I got three pairs of the same shoes from H&M that I knew I was never going to find anywhere again. They were so cheap, I had to have them. They had bright shiny silver buckles and I HAD to have them for the rest of my life, hence the three pairs, cos they were one-of-a-kind. I might normally buy just one extra pair of the same shoes if I particularly like them, but no, these I could never want to run out of.

H&M in the UK is not the same as H&M in Sweden. You'd be surprised.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on September 24, 2017, 11:08:39 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 24, 2017, 11:07:58 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on September 24, 2017, 03:44:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 21, 2017, 10:43:21 AM
^I wish I had found a place like that.

My place is H&M. Nearly all the clothes I'm wearing in that photo in the elders forum is from H&M. The jacket, the tights, socks, skirt, shoes. The handbag was from Primark though, and naturally now is in bits. It lasted a year though.

I got three pairs of the same shoes from H&M that I knew I was never going to find anywhere again. They were so cheap, I had to have them. They had bright shiny silver buckles and I HAD to have them for the rest of my life, hence the three pairs, cos they were one-of-a-kind. I might normally buy just one extra pair of the same shoes if I particularly like them, but no, these I could never want to run out of.

H&M in the UK is not the same as H&M in Sweden. You'd be surprised.

Were you joking? :P When I visited one in Sweden it was practically the same.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2017, 11:09:42 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on September 24, 2017, 11:08:39 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 24, 2017, 11:07:58 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on September 24, 2017, 03:44:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 21, 2017, 10:43:21 AM
^I wish I had found a place like that.

My place is H&M. Nearly all the clothes I'm wearing in that photo in the elders forum is from H&M. The jacket, the tights, socks, skirt, shoes. The handbag was from Primark though, and naturally now is in bits. It lasted a year though.

I got three pairs of the same shoes from H&M that I knew I was never going to find anywhere again. They were so cheap, I had to have them. They had bright shiny silver buckles and I HAD to have them for the rest of my life, hence the three pairs, cos they were one-of-a-kind. I might normally buy just one extra pair of the same shoes if I particularly like them, but no, these I could never want to run out of.

H&M in the UK is not the same as H&M in Sweden. You'd be surprised.

Were you joking? :P When I visited one in Sweden it was practically the same.

You must have found the one and only exception. H&M in Sweden is ... not good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on September 24, 2017, 11:10:56 AM
What's the main difference between the one there and one in the UK? Are their clothes really that different?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2017, 11:12:50 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on September 24, 2017, 11:10:56 AM
What's the main difference between the one there and one in the UK? Are their clothes really that different?

In Sweden, they usually sell the cheap stuff. I think it's different in London at least. They want something that works around Oxford St.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on September 24, 2017, 11:26:10 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 24, 2017, 11:09:42 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on September 24, 2017, 11:08:39 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 24, 2017, 11:07:58 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on September 24, 2017, 03:44:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 21, 2017, 10:43:21 AM
^I wish I had found a place like that.

My place is H&M. Nearly all the clothes I'm wearing in that photo in the elders forum is from H&M. The jacket, the tights, socks, skirt, shoes. The handbag was from Primark though, and naturally now is in bits. It lasted a year though.

I got three pairs of the same shoes from H&M that I knew I was never going to find anywhere again. They were so cheap, I had to have them. They had bright shiny silver buckles and I HAD to have them for the rest of my life, hence the three pairs, cos they were one-of-a-kind. I might normally buy just one extra pair of the same shoes if I particularly like them, but no, these I could never want to run out of.

H&M in the UK is not the same as H&M in Sweden. You'd be surprised.

Were you joking? :P When I visited one in Sweden it was practically the same.

You must have found the one and only exception. H&M in Sweden is ... not good.

The H&M that makes it in one piece to the thrift store has been tested and proven sturdy.
That's the only place I get H&M clothing from. At the moment wearing a massive yellow knitted sweater from them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 28, 2017, 11:52:54 AM
New windows for the first floor of my house
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Post by: Phoenix on September 28, 2017, 08:32:28 PM
DQ blizzards for the family
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Post by: renaeden on September 28, 2017, 09:47:25 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 28, 2017, 08:32:28 PM
DQ blizzards for the family
What are they?
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Post by: Phoenix on September 28, 2017, 09:50:01 PM
It's ice cream but it's so thick that they can hold the cup upside down and the ice cream won't fall out.

https://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/Menu/Treats/?localechange=1&
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Post by: renaeden on September 28, 2017, 09:57:36 PM
Yum, it would be brain freeze time for me if I had one of those, it being so cold.

I bought a consultation with the vet and a Depredil (for allergies, also from the vet) injection for Liam. $70. Bloody robbery.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on October 01, 2017, 05:12:15 PM
An early Christmas present for The PR (Beauty and the Beast) and a phone card for her.

2 frozen meals and some ham for lunches
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Post by: Parts on October 01, 2017, 05:29:41 PM
Aluminum trim nails and a small sheet metal brake
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on October 01, 2017, 07:30:40 PM
Started my Christmas shopping and picked up something for monkeyboy.
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Post by: 'andersom' on October 02, 2017, 12:06:21 AM
Bought a big purple leather bag at the thrift shop. Soft strong leather.
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Post by: Lestat on October 02, 2017, 02:18:22 AM
Early for xmas shopping is it not?

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Post by: 'andersom' on October 02, 2017, 03:47:48 AM
Guess that depends on how big a deal Xmas will be.
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Post by: Phoenix on October 02, 2017, 09:39:51 AM
It's not that. November is a very busy month for us as a family so we try to get the bulk of it done in October. I don't like shopping, let alone shopping with Christmas crowds. I prefer to have it done early. Christmas is my favourite season so if I get it done early then while everyone else is schlepping through crowds in the snow (remember, I live in Canada and we get a shit ton of snow), I'm at home in my pj's watching Christmas movies and wrapping presents. Far better deal if you ask me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 02, 2017, 10:34:30 AM
For me there are just two people to buy for. And since I am currently really quite flush for my income level having used very, very little and its just built up every payday, rent and some food and drink, and the occasional few cigars is all I've spent in months, so I've got almost a grand saved up. Xmas gifts between the family tend to be a few pounds between recipients. USEFULNESS matters most, rather than sum spent. The enjoyment the giftee gets out of their gift. At least though I'll manage to be able to pay the rent, and get both my uncle and old man something they'll really like. And thats AFTER a major lab upgrade, and I do mean MAJOR.  I'm thinking a spectrophotometer of one sort or another, possibly BOTH an IR type and UV-VIS, could do with a few more multi-necked flasks, some spare thermometers, both the mercury and alcohol types. (the latter have a lesser range, but the advantage that they can be used in microwave reactions, I don't know what would happen to completely glass-encapsulated metal, like the Hg in an Hg thermometer but I wouldn't use one for a microwave irradiation-catalyzed reaction.)

Might get myself a brand new microwave too, as an afterthought so I can customize it for my personal needs, already got the likes of diamond edged drills for if I need to mod the glass panel sections from previous glass-cutting this that and the other, they take a while, its slower than drilling metal or wood of course but they will bore holes cleanly through all sorts of stuff, from ceramic tiles to cutting a neat little pair of holes straight through a beer bottle (serving for a low temp-electrolysis vessel IIRC, or might have been some sort of gaseous reaction, don't remember why I did that)

They are somewhat slow though, but they will even scratch tungsten carbide, never tried to drill through it but I'd think these things could. Got some other ceramic cutter drills that look a bit more 'normal' than the glass drills, the latter look like a metal leaf-bladed spear point on a normal shaft with a hexagonal back end (that goes in the drill) whilst the others look like normal drills, in shape, I think those are not diamond edged but are coated in, from the looks of it, titanium nitride of them, since its a bright gold color where the coating is applied, and regular metal near the base where it isn't.

Seen one guy's custom-hacked microwave oven, for variable power, made to stand vertically, with a receptacle for a flask, and hole in the top for a condenser, the plumbing for coolant loops and all sorts, looked absolutely amazing, even capable IIRC of microwave-heated photocatalytic reactions. Guy made it himself. I so got to build me something like that. (which reminds me, I have some methanol to distill out of my last MW-irradiated synth, since it looks like it went well, but its having difficulty crystallizing, even at sub-zero temperatures to shock-freeze out my product, there is product produced, but its soluble in MeOH, which was added in small quantity due to the catalyst I needed to employ being glorpy and very, very viscous and nigh impossible to pour, sticks to the sides of vessels, and I had to dilute it in methanol in order to form the salt needed for the purposes of its use as a catalyst in the reaction in question, as a result the bugger is proving not to crystallize much, there is SOME, and the reaction I am very convinced worked as it should, its just the crystallization that is refusing to happen in full, due to the presence of methanol, in which my target product made in the reaction is extremely soluble. So that will have to be vacuum-distilled off, and then the product crystallized, washed with water, with dilute acetic acid (although I've successfully used GAA [glacial acetic acid, so called because it can freeze solid at a moderately lowered temperature, above zero 'C into ice-like crystals of solid pure acetic acid), the first for removal of generic polar side products of any kind, and the product is insoluble in water completely, or almost completely, even in hot water, the acid wash is for removing the catalyst, and then more water washes to remove residual acid, bisulfite (or metabisulfite)  washes to remove residual carbonyl compound as a bisulfite adduct from which unreacted carbonyl compound can be recovered by treatment with weak base such as sodium or potassium carbonate, removal of the adduct scraps, and then recrystallizations via dissolving product in a bare minimum of boiling hot alcohol and after allowing it to cool, some precipitates, upon which ice-cold water can then be added to dilute the small volume of alcohol, precipitating cleaner and cleaner compound with each recrystallization. Will give me a nice chance to give my Thiele tube a first run (its a melting point determination instrument, that looks like a wide boiling tube with a ground glass neck (apparently unusual on Thiele tubes) and which has a triangular hollow glass tube attached at one end to the base of the Thiele tube and also higher up, the corner of this is heated, providing uniform heating by convection, slowly, using one of those wee spirit burner lamps, whilst the sample is sealed in a disposable capillary tube, by flame-melting the ends closed, with a tiny portion of sample placed within, and strapped to a thermometer, placed in the main bore of the tube, which is filled with oil, such as sillicone oils, which are clean and don't smoke, nonflammable etc. and the tip of the triangular outgrowth heated in the spirit lamp flame, providing slow and very uniform heating, the sample eventually reaches its melting point and flows within the tube by capillary action allowing for determination of melting point. I bought one on ebay a while ago but haven't used it yet.

Need more rubber grommet rings for my still heads, since these regularly face both friction from thermometers being slid inside them, and from being screwed onto the still-heads (they lie in the top of the screw on cap, as a seal, important especially to have a good seal doing vacuum distillations)

Need more flasks, I'd like more of the sizes I use commonly, plus 3-4 at least each of 3/4 neck 5 and 10 liter flasks, maybe even one or two twenty or thirty liter flasks for those reactions needing for a small amount of product, very low concentrations of reactants and large solvent volumes.

And importantly, a good lab vacuum pump, my last electric one broke down and atm I have only a venturi pump. I want something like a teflon diaphragm pump, along with a trap to fit it (a cryo-trap, which one fills with for example dry ice, or if needs be, using a liquid nitrogen bath to intercept things that oughtn't to be sucked into the pump since they could damage it, things like say, fumes when distilling nitric acid, interhalogens (which are VERY aggressive, the most benign of them all will eat stainless steel in less than 24 hours and disintegrate a plastic keck clip into crumbly, white-filmy looking powdery, chunky rubbish, or cause it to split and fall in two or more pieces within as many minutes or less, whilst the worst of them...never made the likes of chlorine trifluoride or chlorine pentafluoride but have heard things. Such as it burning through several feet of concrete and continuing down after to burn through several METERS of packed gravel and dirt below, stopping only when the entirety of the spill had reacted. You don't STOP a chlorine trifluoride fire, you run like fuck and evacuate the area, naturally it isn't something I'd even attempt to make. I do have both iodine monochloride and iodine trichloride around though, got a bottle of ICl in my solvent and hazmat fridge, and that I did make myself, by packing a condenser with iodine, connecting it to a dessicant tube packed with anhydrous calcium chloride, and then to a chlorine gas generator, the Cl2 reacted with the iodine, producing a mixture of the two iodine chlorides, the ICl3 remaining was converted to ICl by standing in proximity to excess I2 overnight and then redistilled.  Reminds me...I'm running quite low on iodine and will very soon need to buy more. Bought a kilo or so last time and most of it is gone. (no, not for I2/RP meth synths, iodine and phosphorus (I mean, generally, not necessarily together, usually not in fact for me at least, are very useful reagents. Got plenty phosphorus, 2 kilograms left of red, and a little bit of white, although theres another reminder, broke my retort (alembic) preparing that, cracked, resulting in a fireball of superheated white phosphorus vapor and flying phosphorus trails, which at first, seared the ground and soil clear of vegetation in the garden where it travelled over, dripping flaming, glowing, incandescent-flaring willy peter, but later, when the thermal damage was done, and vegetation ready to return, the areas hit by the burst of white phosphorus (all in all a couple of hundred grams of molten WP, suddenly got free when the alembic cracked, first loosing off an aura-like surrounding of glowing phosphorus gas then shattering into fragments, loosing off the lot like a cannon shot, which thankfully I had the sense not to be close to whilst it was being distilled. I need another alembic, this time I'll spend the extra cash for fused quartz) but once the phosphorus did its damage, the growth that returned was super-lush and vigorous, the phosphorus release obviously having acted as fertilizer and promoted growth.


But ClF3 or ClF5? shit no. no fucking way in hell would I even try to make those. There is nasty (like say, fuming, SO3-saturated 'oleum' concentrated sulfuric acid, fuming nitric acid etc, SOCl2, phosphorus oxychloride, phosphorus trichloride/tribromide etc) then very nasty but still both valid for use and synthesis, like cyanides, hydrogen sulfide gas, sodium azide, hydrofluoric acid with the greatest extremity of care) and then there is the list of things that fall under the category of 'fuck no! wouldn't touch that or anything to do with it with a bargepole, such as ClF3/ClF5, bromine fluorides, phosgene, and the various chemical warfare agents, as well as heavy metal organometallic nasties like methyl/dimethylmercury that are nasty enough to be what VX nerve agent WISHES it could be as nasty as. Not that I've any desire for CW agents in the first place.  Not counting things which incidentally have teargas-like effects, I deal with enough chemicals of irritating nature, and use of say, chloroacetone, acrolein etc. as intermediates, thats fair enough.
 (literally, it'll set bricks bursting into flames on contact with even dilute vapor and is more aggressive than fluorine gas, and not to mention toxic in the extreme. I've had an encounter with iodine monochloride, one of the most benign ones of the interhalogen series and one tiny scrap of a breath in escaping during a mask failure left me needing an asthma 'reliever' inhaler to breathe for about 3 days or so, in the time taken to realize it was present and my running away to a safe distance, breathing out fully and holding my breath (or lack of breath, I.e keeping my lungs empty) to repair the mask.

And that was from just the traces of fumes coming from heavily teflon-wrapped glass joints, can't use normwe know where you fucking liveal greases with it, since they are attacked within moments and turn into something like concrete or cement. That was all it took to rust stainless steel to useless rubbish, or utterly disintegrate all plastics I've tried exposing to it, bar only perfluorinated polymers like teflon (I can store the non-fluorinated ones in glass and teflon vessels, designed to be particularly resistant. The filth, ironically, after a bogus 'raid' to 'collect samples', quite illegally I might add, just opened up this and that, transferred small portions of various things into these special resistant bottles (not sure if they even are made of glass, they might be fused quartz but have both outer cap and an inner seal between bottle neck and cap that fits inside the cap made of some similarly resistant but compressible-textured inert)

And I wouldn't even try making, handling, storing or using the fluorinated interhalogens. MAYBE, just maybe some of the iodine fluorides if I had special reason to need them but I'd never make them. Fluorine gas is lethally toxic, corrosive as hell and sets things on fire at the merest, briefest touch of dilute fluorine , and it even will attack and ignite stone. Chlorine trifluoride and ClF5 are even worse, and all of them attack and destroy glass.


I've got rather a large shopping list for the lab, as well as xmas shopping. Thankfully the latter will be cheap since there are not many people to be bought for.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 02, 2017, 12:28:46 PM
Bought a Thunderbolt dock for my laptop. Looking forward to getting rid of the cables on my desk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on October 03, 2017, 02:35:58 PM
Bought 10 face cords of wood
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 03, 2017, 04:17:47 PM
Not bought anything yet, but I'm looking online on ebay for an infra-red spectrophotometer.

Seen some  affordable ones too in the UV-VIS range (ultraviolet-visible light wavelengths) cutoff 320-1020nanometers for £245 plus about £75 shipping. New as well. I'm just starting to get looking though, this is the sort of lab equipment where i've really got to get it right and buy the right kind of setup for my needs, as they are expensive, precision analytical instruments. I already have just the place in mind to put it, same room my mom used to sleep in before she died, now devoted to part my old mans fishing tackle, and the hazmat fridge (we share, he bought it but just uses the one shelf, the rest of it is packed full of my reagents and solvents, the nastier, and the more volatile stuff that needs to be kept cold to stop it making a break for freedom and which also needs not to be in the same  fridge anybody is going to eat things out of. Anybody that'd knowingly accept a meal that got stored in that thing, they have a bigger appetite than they have intellectual capacity :P I sure as shit wouldn't eat anything that spent time in there. I'm surprised even the fish don't make a break for it rather than eat the bait he keeps in there with the things I do. Worked out rather nicely for me-I needed storage space for volatiles and nastier reagents that need confining  carefully, and was wanting to buy a fridge for the purpose, when he went and with perfect timing decided to get one he only uses a tiny portion of, I never paid a penny towartds it and still get to use about 90-95% of the storage capacity. Suits me just fine :D)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 03, 2017, 04:19:53 PM
Lestat - mattress?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 03, 2017, 04:52:26 PM
I haven't been saving up for months and not eating much so I can buy a buggerin' mattress for my to-self xmas gift. I want the spectrophotometer. Looks like there are plenty UV-VIS and visible only specs in working condition on ebay atm. I've seen one FT-IR but I can't even close to afford it, its 2.3 grand or so,  (USD). I've got nearly £900 GBP to spend, and like hell I'm going to take a large chunk out of those savings for a mattress. I'm not even USING the bed atm, I sleep on my sofa. So I FINALLY can afford some nice classy analytical equipment for the lab.

Leftovers can go towards getting me some LiAlH4, cuvettes for the IR or UV-VIS spec, and of course xmas gifts for my old man and for my uncle (although I'll actually get paid again several times before xmas so atm I've free reign to go and do some shopping for a nice fancy bit of analytical kit. If I'm lucky I'll have enough for some TLC plates (thin layer chromatography, thats for testing mixtures based on their speeds  using a solvent or mixture graded for polarity etc. as the eluent. Not 'fancy' by any means but certainly useful things to have around, for checking the purity of analytes and following reactions in progress to see how far towards completion, or ascertain the points at which byproducts start forming in unacceptable levels etc.)

So fucking bollocks to a mattress that I'm not likely to use much at all. The sofa will do me just fine, especially if it means I get my lab fitted out with a sophisticated, sensitive and very, very useful suite of analytical equipment and some TLC plates. A new mattress for xmas gift to self most certainly does not a 'rubbing hands together in anticipatory glee' moment make.  You don't get  :mischief:  :autism:, :heisenberg: and  :bodie: all rolled into one tasty treat now with a f****ng mattress QV, you just...it doesn't work that way :P

I want my sweet as fuck upgrade, not something I'd not even have much use for:P

I mean really QV...its the kind of thing I've thought about since I was a kid, always thinking 'fuck, I'm going to have to wait so long if ever santa delivers this sort of thing under the tree.'..and what kid wouldn't want a spectrophotometer under the tree? Every up and coming young aspirant bee dreams of bagging for their lab surely :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 03, 2017, 09:20:06 PM
My dear, sweet, lovely Lestat.  You're not getting any younger and anything that carries you to the arms of Morpheus will soon be welcomed. 

I've appointed myself your Naggy Aunt Aggie. Complete with black shawl, black hat with bird, black lace up sensible heels..............
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 03, 2017, 11:18:41 PM
I like the taste in attire QV. Used to have a bird myself actually, a big black rook or raven that I'd taken in after it'd been shot.

As for anything that carries me off to the arms of Morpheus, don't you worry about that either. I pretty much have him on speed dial :P Speaking of whom, I ought to go pay him a call, so to speak. Most of my non-stomach-oriented rx meds have some form of sedating character. About 8-9 or so of my meds are in some way, sedating in character, if you include the slightly sedating (to me, some people find it quite a lot so) pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, that I take for RLS then add another one to the list, that includes things not typically rx'd as sedatives, like my pain meds, then its closer to 11 atm, so don't need to worry about that.

And that includes nothing that isn't actually around to hand now, but that I could whip up given a few hours and a bit of work at the bench if I really needed something to knock me out, or old fashioned things that happen to have other uses, like ether. I've got a few wee recipes tucked away up in my mental filing cabinets that you could stun a horse with, and a handful of pretty strong opiates I could call upon in the same manner if I needed to get out the cauldron and make with the eye of newt, some mandrake root and frog's eyeballs, with a few black candles to heat things up and borrow your broomstick (just teasing of course :P) to stir things with.

Already have a couple of morphine scripts on infinite repeat, and theres potential in there too, quite a lot of things morphine can be turned into to give it a hefty serving of added kick, some of them better known than others, but most of them pretty potent; and a couple of really long lasting, damn strong ones too, including one that lasts for up to about 15-16 hours, and the odd trick for enhancing yield, like using, for one I have  in mind, a scratched electroplated nickel-silver serving-spoon as a reaction vessel to boost yields via some sort of catalytic effect at the interface between the nickel and the silver plating on the surface. Don't know HOW that one works, but it does for making morphine diacyl esters and 6-monoacyl esters. You can find some rather interesting little gems tucked away in forensics journal publications at times :P and that was one of them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 06, 2017, 11:16:30 PM
Bought meds and some cupcakes to share when Kayleigh and I go to a friend's place later this afternoon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 07, 2017, 01:00:53 AM
Beer. ;D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 12, 2017, 11:44:50 AM
240 gallons of heating oil  $482  should last till February though
Bought a binnacle and some other nautical stuff this past weekend and an estate sale  :pirate:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 12, 2017, 12:10:20 PM
Bought a Dolby Extender card off eBay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 13, 2017, 03:56:29 PM
Big day at the estate sales I bought all kinds of things from axes and assorted tools tools to books
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 13, 2017, 08:36:43 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 13, 2017, 03:56:29 PM
Big day at the estate sales I bought all kinds of things from axes and assorted tools tools to books
Ooh, what kind of books?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 14, 2017, 05:29:50 AM
Quote from: renaeden on October 13, 2017, 08:36:43 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 13, 2017, 03:56:29 PM
Big day at the estate sales I bought all kinds of things from axes and assorted tools tools to books
Ooh, what kind of books?

Mostly older books on making and repairing things,  I find them interesting and they seem to sell fairly well also
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 14, 2017, 01:50:35 PM
  Autohelm 3000 an auto pilot for a boat,  not that I have a boat or anything I got it because nobody at the estate sale knew what it was.  I had a good idea and know everything that has to do with boat is expensive so I put it in my pile of stuff I was getting.  I got a load of stuff there (tools, gardening stuff and more) for the grand total of $6.  Just saw a broken Autohelm 3000 on ebay  that was sold for parts and it went for around $150 :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 14, 2017, 08:15:30 PM
You certainly have a good eye for bargains. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on October 14, 2017, 09:54:49 PM
Movie tickets to go see Bladerunner 2049, and Loving Vincent, and the most recent purchase of course was a new Budgie that I just named Hana.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 15, 2017, 12:27:30 AM
Groceries, airbubble envelope and stamps.

More amazing, what did I not buy. Have not bought a chocolate bar for weeks and weeks. Have not bought one single box of the bonbons that have been on massive offer either.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 15, 2017, 01:41:59 AM
Bought crisps. :-[

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 15, 2017, 03:08:29 AM
Did buy those too, but the other human in this house eats most of the crisps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 15, 2017, 05:31:41 AM
Cereal, drinks (cans of Coke Zero), ice and a cheese and olive bread loaf for Kayleigh. I do not eat olives, ew.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 16, 2017, 06:00:48 PM
Quote from: renaeden on October 15, 2017, 05:31:41 AM
Cereal, drinks (cans of Coke Zero), ice and a cheese and olive bread loaf for Kayleigh. I do not eat olives, ew.

That sounds good. I've never had olive bread.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 16, 2017, 11:49:35 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on October 16, 2017, 06:00:48 PM
Quote from: renaeden on October 15, 2017, 05:31:41 AM
Cereal, drinks (cans of Coke Zero), ice and a cheese and olive bread loaf for Kayleigh. I do not eat olives, ew.
That sounds good. I've never had olive bread.  :orly:
It looked nice and was freshly baked. If only I liked olives!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 17, 2017, 01:59:12 AM
You don't eat olives? damn! how can ANYBODY not LOVE olives!?!  *lestat looks at the Renster, shocked and apalled :P*

Excluding those horrible purple calamity olives or however its spelled, with a 'K' I think, olives are great, I love pickled olives, or olives sliced up and distributed throughout the melted cheeses on a pizza, every  time I get a pizza, I ALWAYS order it with olives, and double extra olives on it. And when I get my favourite subway sub sandwich, (meatballs and all the available types of cheese with at least quadruple extra servings of cheese for each kind they have) I always have no salad, I don't DO vegetables, but I do have the olives, and I'll keep saying 'no, more, please' to the person serving me until they say that they'd get in trouble if they give me any more, and even then try to wheedle a few more big sly handfuls out of them if there is nobody watching them so they can't get in shit for giving me more, and I don't stop until they get to the point where it turns to 'we have to leave SOME for other customers to eat, sir' although I'll still try it on for just that extra handful more, and am not satisfied until it gets to the point where the sub is quite literally, incapable of holding one single slice of olive more, and needs to be lifted, bit by bit, up from the wrapper to take a bite without it falling to pieces :D

For pickled olives I prefer green ones, pizza and sub sandwiches etc. I prefer black olives; and the pickled ones...once I open a jar, it usually doesn't ever get closed again until the jar has been washed out and assigned to storage of chemicals of sorts that won't corrode the lid and/or melt the glass; because once I start a jar I just can't stop until they are all gone, and its by no means uncommon for me to go and get a second or third jar full and eat those too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 17, 2017, 05:45:39 AM
As I said, if only I did like them...

Today I ordered off eBay a soft toy Cheshire cat for my friend for her birthday. Didn't really want too get her yet another stuffed toy, she has a huge mound of them in her room. Literally a mound. That takes up half her floor space.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 17, 2017, 11:03:26 AM
Love black olives.  The best kiss PA ever gave me was when he'd drunk quite a lot of beer (unusual for him) and he tasted of black olives.  If I had been a black olive vampire I would have sucked the life out of him.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 17, 2017, 12:22:25 PM
Two 3 inch how saws, an arbor for them and an extra pilot bit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 17, 2017, 02:22:23 PM
She autie/aspie? that her 'speshul 'thing' ? if so then why not? thats the kind of thing that'll likely bring her delight and joy if that is correct and she is and they are.

If you want to make a spazz happy for b/day/xmas then get them something related to one of their 'spazz-things'. My old man for instance, he knows what'll go down well, such as for one b/day, got me a vacuum pump. Most kids and the like would unwrap that and their face would fall like a turd plopping out of an arse and into a sewer..but me? sniper rifle, point blank range, bullseye and splitting the bullet with a second shot, the second being a quart of good quality pump oil for it. He doesn't know anything about chemicals, at least, not much, there are things he'd hear me so much as mention and take off running in the other direction and not come back for the next six months, and lesser things that he'd certainly make sure he didn't open any house windows or the back door if I mentioned I  was working with them in the back garden, and is no glassware expert, but he can still manage, and if needs be find something more than suitable, and he knows I can always use more flasks, condensers, hotplate-magnetic stirrers and electrical this that and the other. I'd really like a new multi-tapped variable output  constant-current power supply (that is to say, can take more than one output at a time, and one can vary the desired current but the voltage is regulated automatically so as to always deliver the set amount of current, if resistances change, such as in electrolytes when the chemistry of whatever is in the cell changes dynamically with time and of course, heat making a difference also, so the power supply automatically applies voltage regulation in order to keep the set amperage flowing regardless, especially handy with heat-sensitive processes such as electrolytic production of sodium or potassium for example, from their hydroxides, since there is a narrow window between melting point of the caustic, and once it has melted into a liquid at several hundred degrees 'C, in the case of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda/lye) IIRC its 20 or 25 degrees 'C between first melting at around 300-something degrees C, during that window you can, with a cell built suitably to exclude the air from the metal and prevent it exploding (even little blobs of Na will do at the temperatures required for electrolysis of caustic soda in the presence of any oxygen or atmospheric water vapor, a piece that would just skitter around on the surface of a tank of water on fire, going out with a final 'pop', when its been heated to over 300 'C its another animal entirely, and it goes apeshit, to put things very mildly indeed. It'll explode with a loud bang in a fraction of a second if it hits air. I've run a strong current (around 60 amps IIRC) through a bath of molten caustic soda before without attempting any control of atmospheric conditions and once the caustic melted, turned on the power and turned the hotplate off. The moment the switch was flipped it started instantly to start cracking and thumping and blasting bits of molten, flaming metal across the kitchen, and I had to cut the power at the house circuit breakers because it was too intense by far, created an absolute firestorm of molten sodium blobs being formed and catapulted accross the entire room, sounding as though somebody were firing an automatic pistol in the kitchen, even from the next room, such was the rate the blobs of sodium were forming and then being blown out of the cell, on fire, and shooting through the air, I couldn't even get near it, to turn it off at the wall switch, although it was DAMN fun to watch and listen to, whilst wearing heavy protective clothing, thick, heavy leathers, heavy gloves, goggles and a blast-shield over my face, head and neck down to my chest to protect against the machinegun-esque banging and cracking, with intermittent pounding as larger globules coalesced and then went off with an earsplitting thump, as if the electrolytic army I'd raised had a sniper or two taking potshots with a .50 caliber barrett in amongst the tracer-fire of flaring sodium blobs flying around the room, glowing a bright orange tinted with yellow, just like the color of street lights (those being in fact due to sodium themselves, as the old sort, where they haven't been replaced by those dreadful LED panel bright white abominations use sodium vapor lamps. A walk at night then was a pleasure, rather than a chore, the ambient dimmer, orange light from the characteristic visual emission spectrum of ionized sodium I like, those filthy modern LED panel things might take less energy and be cheaper to run but they give off a nasty kind of light, like those rotten bloody energy-saver bulbs (which I refuse to use in my bedroom, and definitely won't tolerate in the lab, it'd get on my nerves no end, the rest of the house has the horrid little things, although not due to me, I'd not buy them, and if incandescent bulbs were ever banned to (temporarily of course) sate the ever-unsatisfied governmental hunger for new bans and prohibitions, I'd end up either making my own, or even switching to bloody candles, save for in the lab of course when obviously I am not going to have a naked flame in there save for certain highly specific instances  where deliberate flame pyrolysis is an intentional objective and planned for technique used as part of a synthesis.

For example, although I would only use this, as a method of recycling otherwise waste salts rather than use my glacial acetic acid (~100% concentrated acetic acid) to make them, pyrolysis of either the lead or calcium salts of acetic acid can be employed to decompose them and produce acetone as a result. The yield is not fantastic, but a DIY'ed temporary and throwaway (at least when using the calcium salt, obviously one does not simply 'just throw away' items contaminated with heavy metals such as lead, or worse. I, certainly, do not) metal still made from a tin can welded to a piece of copper pipe, bent and led through a tank of coolant water with some silicone rubber etc. sealant on either side of the tank-to-pipe connections and roasted from the outside with a propane torch will decompose the calcium acetate to form the corresponding ketone. Similar reactions are possible with other carboxylate salts. It is one way, for example, that if starting from phenylacetic acid, some people on a breaking-bad kind of undertaking, after producing the nasty-smelling phenylacetic acid (smells like rancid cat piss) could use exactly the same process, forming the lead, or calcium salts (there are higher yielding processes though than these) and subjecting them to what is known to chemists as 'destructive distillation', that is, heating something, generally dry and not highly volatile, in a still beyond its decomposition point, dry, usually, and collecting the distillate of the decomposition products. Calcium or lead acetate would give acetone, and phenylacetic acid salts of the same metals would give the corresponding ketone also, in that case, phenylacetone, otherwise known as P2P, or 1-phenyl-2-propanone, a favourite precursor for amphetamine cooks, as, although unlike the methamphetamine produced by methods involving reduction of pseudoephedrine the product amphetamines are racemic rather than enantiopure D-methamphetamine, however it is on the other hand, much more versatile, pseudoephedrine is good for making one amphetamine and one only-meth. Although it can also be subjected to oxidation instead of reduction, giving the corresponding beta-ketoamphetamine, this is also an active stimulant, and is known as methcathinone, a synthetic (or if the pseudo/ephedrine were to be extracted from the ephedra plant family from whatever species, or from other plants which produce it, it could thus be considered semisynthetic) version of cathinone itself (unmethylated, although being a beta-keto primary amine it is unstable, its produced by and is used as, the shoots and young, tender leafy top shoots of the khat plant, Catha edulis (Celastraceae), in a similar manner to how unprocessed coca, the plant which is the natural source of cocaine, in high, mountainous areas thin in oxygen to help combat oxygen deprivation in areas such as colombia, peru and bolivia, especially AFAIK in peru, the inca peoples chewed the dried coca leaves, which they would carry with them in woven bags over the shoulder, hanging at the waist for easy access, to enable the inca tribesmen to survive and work at high altitude, as well as to give them stamina during their long, arduous tough uphill treks to fetch resources. Khat is similarly chewed, although unlike coca, no base needs to be added to form the freebase, and in the case of cathinone, unstable as it is (khat must be fresh, within a few days the cathinone will have degraded to cathine, nor-ephedrine/norpseudoephedrine which is much less pleasant or desirable) and it is either chewed or brewed into a tea, the latter called 'miraa', and the plant/chew 'khat, 'qat' or 'Qot' in the african regions which have suffered infestation with islam. Since the koran forbids drinking alcohol, they use qat/khat/Qot (pronounced like our 'cat' as in the furry cute things that purr, scratch people on a whim when they feel like it, or get stolen by my psycho-fucking-hell-born-bastard-creature whoreson of a cunt former housemate, the bipolar, borderline PD bitch from the abyss, and which are kinda like mini-renaedens wearing fur coats, in that they are cute as hell, absolutely adorable and have a way of giving a death-stare that goes right through you. [got to admit ren, you would look great with a tail xD ]

Since booze is forbidden by the overblown egotistical psychotic pork scratching going by the name of 'allah', allegedly at least, the islamfestation of countries such as somalia, yemen and a few neighboring countries has actually resulted in the formation of a large industry centered around its cultivation and rapid distribution before its degredation, where it is used, usually communally and chewed as a social stimulant.

I've got some seeds for the plant to try and get some established myself when the winter is over, also bought 2 bags of rowentrees fruit-gums, 3 'meal in a can' milkshakes (about 5100 calories in total so I'm good for the day) , couldn't find the multipacks of coke cans so had to settle for a couple of bottles. One bloody annoying thing is now its nearly impossible to find 2 liter bottles of coke, don't know if its a combination of product shrinkage and cost inflation or some enforced healthy diet push of some sort. Either way its a pain in the fucking arse. Bought the cigars too and all in all (already had the khat seed, didn't get that today) came to just under £20. Thats way too fucking much, its obscene; prices are going way up, repeatedly, and the income isn't.)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 17, 2017, 10:21:30 PM
I haven't worn a tail before. :zoinks:

My friend isn't autistic, she is a hoarder though and so I'm not really doing her a favour!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 18, 2017, 11:15:08 AM
B'fast - oatmeal, yogurt parfait and coffee

Trying to be healthier.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 18, 2017, 09:16:39 PM
Going to buy cat food and meds (again).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 19, 2017, 04:03:23 PM
31.26 gallons of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on October 19, 2017, 05:20:04 PM
Bought a ceramic balloon dog knickknack for the oldest as a birthday gift. First saw an eyesore of a rhinestone encrusted camel; it was so hideous it was wonderful and was going to buy it, thinking we could start passing it back and forth and stop this present giving crap. Then saw the balloon dog and it won me over. Will wait until the gift is opened to explain the inspiration for buying it. The gift is an knockoff art copycat. A few years ago, read an article about the artist Jeff Koons. At the time he was the highest paid artist in the world. He creates large metal sculptures that look like balloons and people pay him millions to have them. Jack thinks they're awesome and hopefully the gift will be well received.

Here's what the gift looks like; it's about 12 inches tall.
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61336h5mEDL._SY450_.jpg)


Here's a picture of Koons:
(http://blog.boombotix.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/jeff-koons-art-teacher.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 19, 2017, 05:22:50 PM
Can you give it to me stuffed with $100 bills?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on October 19, 2017, 05:57:34 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 19, 2017, 05:22:50 PM
Can you give it to me stuffed with $100 bills?
Gave money too, but felt obligated to also send an actual gift as this year it's not only birthday but also graduation. Due to timing of school and upcoming winter, the kids almost exclusively received clothing or money for clothing for birthdays, even from extended family, with the understanding Christmas would bring no clothing. As adults they want clothes for their birthdays. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 19, 2017, 08:34:36 PM
There is not a single thing*edit' wants less than he does clothing.  It is so low down his list of things wanted he'd sooner just have the recipt so he can take it back for a refund and buy something he actually might own a serving of french-fried sticks of greasy fuck he could donate Some scrappy excuse for a charity for the prevention of cruelty and deprivation when there is really bugger all better to do whatsoever for the feckless fuck-less.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 20, 2017, 03:57:24 AM
Found a bargain at the chemist. A bottle of 100 tablets of Caltrate (calcium and vitamin D) for only $10. Usually it costs around $18.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 20, 2017, 09:53:33 AM
Bought a used external USB sound card so I can do acoustic measurements in my garage cinema. The internal sound cards can't be properly calibrated so they are pretty much useless.

The card is old as fuck, though, so I might run into driver trouble in Win10 where my RTA lives. Linux appears to support it, though, so I have a plan B.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 20, 2017, 10:54:08 AM
Bought The PR her usual Dr. Pepper and my usual senior coffee this morning on the way to dropping her off.  When I got home I found they'd given me the wrong bag of "add-ins", so I had a free Egg McMuffin.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on October 21, 2017, 03:53:38 PM
A chainsaw to take down the 20 ft+ of birch tree that is currently laying on top of my pool shed from the last storm.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on October 22, 2017, 01:42:41 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on October 21, 2017, 03:53:38 PM
A chainsaw to take down the 20 ft+ of birch tree that is currently laying on top of my pool shed from the last storm.

That's what she told the neighbours

:chainsaw:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 22, 2017, 08:30:37 AM
A load of stuff at tag and estate sales yesterday including a Fluke 31 clamp meter, Mitutoyo  Digital Caliper and a old Kent pattern axe
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on October 22, 2017, 05:08:57 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on October 22, 2017, 01:42:41 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on October 21, 2017, 03:53:38 PM
A chainsaw to take down the 20 ft+ of birch tree that is currently laying on top of my pool shed from the last storm.

That's what she told the neighbours

:chainsaw:
The tree is down and nobody died!  :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 22, 2017, 07:32:02 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on October 22, 2017, 05:08:57 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on October 22, 2017, 01:42:41 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on October 21, 2017, 03:53:38 PM
A chainsaw to take down the 20 ft+ of birch tree that is currently laying on top of my pool shed from the last storm.

That's what she told the neighbours

:chainsaw:
The tree is down and nobody died!  :woohoo:

That's because Flowers and Loki superintended the job.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on October 23, 2017, 01:21:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 22, 2017, 07:32:02 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on October 22, 2017, 05:08:57 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on October 22, 2017, 01:42:41 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on October 21, 2017, 03:53:38 PM
A chainsaw to take down the 20 ft+ of birch tree that is currently laying on top of my pool shed from the last storm.

That's what she told the neighbours

:chainsaw:
The tree is down and nobody died!  :woohoo:

That's because Flowers and Loki superintended the job.
Actually, they went ballistic when they saw the friend who showed up to help us do it. To the point where said friend is pretty damn lucky Flowers didn't go straight through the screen door. He wandered into the backyard looking for the SO and all they knew is someone they didn't know was on their property and they were having none of it. Now picture me running like a shot to close the glass door while screaming "HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE! HE'S IN THE YARD WITH DADDY!!!" and then they both just suddenly stopped and looked at me like "Oh. My bad. Sorry about that." No wonder why this particular friend never comes in the house. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 23, 2017, 04:17:21 AM
Think I'm going to order some unifiram, sunifiram and IDRA-21 as well as memantine. Plus some lithium aluminium hydride *the latter is NOT a nootropic and certainly not to be taken internally, you'd explode)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2017, 08:56:25 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on October 23, 2017, 01:21:56 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on October 22, 2017, 07:32:02 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on October 22, 2017, 05:08:57 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on October 22, 2017, 01:42:41 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on October 21, 2017, 03:53:38 PM
A chainsaw to take down the 20 ft+ of birch tree that is currently laying on top of my pool shed from the last storm.

That's what she told the neighbours

:chainsaw:
The tree is down and nobody died!  :woohoo:

That's because Flowers and Loki superintended the job.
Actually, they went ballistic when they saw the friend who showed up to help us do it. To the point where said friend is pretty damn lucky Flowers didn't go straight through the screen door. He wandered into the backyard looking for the SO and all they knew is someone they didn't know was on their property and they were having none of it. Now picture me running like a shot to close the glass door while screaming "HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE! HE'S IN THE YARD WITH DADDY!!!" and then they both just suddenly stopped and looked at me like "Oh. My bad. Sorry about that." No wonder why this particular friend never comes in the house. :laugh:

We had a found dachshund like that.  If a family member brought the person in the yard, okay.  No family member or you came into the yard without the family member, Rusty turned into a combo of all the Avengers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 23, 2017, 07:36:14 PM
'Found' ? as in 'either stolen from, or liberated from, dreadful circumstances' ? if thats it, I know what you mean. Been there done that. Had to steal somebody's dobermann/rottweiler as a kid (I mean the thinner-bodied of the two breeds, I always confuse the two) and take her in. (yeah, I know, I know...a little preteen kid going in and stealing a rottweiler (I think, assuming thats the thinner built of the two) isn't exactly usual little kid activity schedule, and my folks certainly didn't know about it until it was much too late, and there was already a big black and tan stolen dog at my side, but it was being abused, and even at that age, that is something that I would never, ever stand for, and 'no' quite simply put, as to whether I 'could' keep the dog, it just wasn't a valid answer. And repeating it wasn't going to make any difference no matter how long it would be kept up. Eventually they realized that I wasn't going to break, and they could either help out with the food, help with enough money for a collar and lead etc. or try to force me to go up to some unknown's house, and tell them 'here, here's your fucking dog back that I stole to protect her from your abuse, you fucking prick' and have things near certain get very ugly very quickly. And that I'd probaby be carrying a hammer if I did get forced to go :autism:

I don't like animal cruelty. Its one of the things I like least of all, and I have a near nonexistently-short fuse when it comes to assholes that abuse animals, and when it gets set off, the result is typically violence. And i don't have limits in that kind of confrontation either. None, no more than I would if confronting a child rapist. And if that means ending the perpetrator, it isn't something I'd consider a problem in any other way than 'how do I carry this to its conclusion without anybody finding out whodunnit' Although if I can end things by stealth, its the better option. Although if I actually see somebody beating on an animal, or deliberately inflicting pain, I'll stop right there and have it out with whoever is responsible, be it a loud, humilliating public bollocking in front of all bystanders, or just kicking them into next year, or both, then whatever happens, they've brought on themselves.

I'll sneak the animal out though if I have a chance, or send in animal welfare teams (had to rescue a poor wee sugar glider that way, the poor thing was being kept in the most miserable of conditions, I'm surprised that it survived. If I had not have intervened in some way, it wouldn't have. Because it was being kept in a cage not even a foot high, a longer, shorter version of a fish tank basically. With a few fake branches to stand on and some woodchips on the bottom. Alone, and unable to move about. Sugar gliders are obligate social creatures, they NEED their own kind as company, and they need a large area to move about in, they are, as their name suggests, gliding animals, that have a membranous layer of furry skin between their limbs and body, very much like a flying squirrel. Only even cuter. I called in animal welfare on the pet shop keeping it there. And I kept calling them until I ended up telling them you go in and get that glider out, or I will. And I'll do it with extreme prejudice, want somebody put in hospital because you din't go in and rescue the glider? because thats whats going to happen if when I go back within the next one week and its still there, is going to happen. (and no, I woudn't PAY the fucker for it as a pet, not just because the price was about £70, more than I had disposable income at the time, but because I will not pay an animal abuser to cease the abuse. That would only encourage the bastard to do the same thing again. And I'd have even less tolerance a second time. I warned the pet store owner, but they did not act. Then I sent in the animal welfare lot for the last time, when they finally had been called so many times they had little choice.

I'd have loved to take the little wee mite on, absolutely adorable critter, think a cross between a flying squirrel and a dormouse (the 'edible dormouse' type, not the orangy colored thin, small kind, the plump, grey kind with the huge bushy tail and big eyes, Glis glis.) The sugar glider looks something like what one would expect the result to be if the two could be hybridized. A furry, huge-eyed, bushy-tailed flying rodentine fuzzball thats so fucking cute you can't help but instantly think 'AWWWWWWW'. But I hadn't company by way of at least one or two other fellow gliders for him/her, so I left it to animal welfare rather than going in and walking out again, plus one sugar glider. And I sure as shit wasn't about to ask the pet store to get in any others, not when the one there was being treated like that.

Quite honestly though I wanted to go in there, take every last living nonhuman thing in the building and render the place uninhabitable by anything higher life-form than bacteria, protozoa and viruses. If I'd have had enough space for that many critters, stealth would have gone out the window, and so would the pet store owner :P

And they wouldn't be coming back. Not unless they can bear the stench of some mid-weight dialkyl telluride. (nonlethal, at least directly, but tellurium, even in traces if absorbed, is excreted very slowly, and reputedly people cursed with 'tellurium breath' have taken their own lives, so unspeakably foul were they made to stink. Its a semimetal, in the same series as oxygen, then sulfur, then selenium, then tellurium and finally polonium. And, the highly radio-toxic polonium aside, their compounds start out alright at oxygen, start to get pretty icky at sulfur, and when a sulfur compound smells nasty, the equivalent selenium version is heinous, and the tellurium derivative is just unspeakable, the kind of thing that literally can, and indeed HAS made places uninhabitable. A scientist once accidentally dropped a vial of dibutyl telluride in a train carriage, and they had to scrap the entire train section, because it was forevermore rendered so horrendously awfully stinking. I've worked with some pretty vile sulfur compounds, and even some of the milder ones, like ammonium polysulfide smell nasty (ammonium polysufide is not nice, stinks like rotten eggs, although one can physically remain in the presence of the smell. Some of the nastier ones you'd puke and run if a single drop of say, butyl mercaptan (a mercaptan, or thiol is the sulfur version of an alcohol where sulfur replaces oxygen in R-OH, and the Se and Te analogs, R-SeH and R-TeH respectively  are called selenols and tellurols, or seleno- or telluromercaptans, respectively. And in the case of some of the more horrid mercaptans, you need a drop or two to make an area about the size of a football pitch so vile you couldn't go near it, they stink like rotting eggs mixed with rotting garlic/onion, some of them with heavy overtones of burning rubber/burning plastic.

I've smelled hydrogen selenide, and its sheer foulness defies description. I've never made a selenomercaptan, and I would not DARE make a tellurol.



Today, spent about £50 on food and drink, plus, annoyingly as hell, a tin of cafe creme cigars. Only to go grab another coat than the one I was wearing at the and find, what? only a full of the same fucking cigars that I'd just bought, and smoked one of so I couldn't go and return the unneeded tin for a refund. I'm just glad I didn't decide to buy two tins, I was contemplating getting two, and if they had the original ones rather than the blue 'mild' ones, especially as I found both a tin of mild blues and one of originals in various coat pockets. So thats just around to just over a fiver spent that didn't need to be :(

Got two big bottle of coke, 3-4 family-size trays of tiramisu (which count in my book as a snack, I love tiramisu), a couple of bunches of bananas, a tub of ben and jerry's ice cream chocolate fudge brownie flavor, several 1-liter cartons of  co-op own brand rhubarb&custard flavour milkshake, which is really fucking good stuff, I can open a carton and empty it in one big long chug and then open another its that good. Its crack cocaine reincarnated as a milkshake :autism:

A couple of big bags of 'Swizzels drumstick 'squashies', a soft squelchy chew version of the tough textured chewy sugar-candy toffee lollies, turned into a squishy, gummy candy slice type thing. Bottle of 'Britvic' lime cordial concentrate. Wanted 'Rose's' but they only had the britvic one. Also two family-sized tubs of trifle, only rather than fruit and jelly these are chocolate ones, chocoate mousse on top of a chocolate pastry kind of thing with a layer of chocolate sauce in between, and on top of the mousse, sweetened whipped cream with chocolate shavings on top, two of those, and a digestive-biscuit/vanilla cheesecake topped with a fruity jelly glaze and mixed berries.

The rest I've had before, but not the cheesecake. Although Lestat tasted said cheesecake and pronounced it good. And Lo! it is good.

I'd rather not have spent so much, just over fifty bloody pounds. But the price of food and drink is skyrocketing, and my income is not going up to match it in line with inflation. And I can't very well cut costs by reducing how much I eat. Because eventually I'd be at nothing. The last increase I had in my income was ten fucking pence, or it might have been twelve pence, I can't remember for sure. But at any rate, the absolute height of generosity (previous statement dripping with acidic, sarcastic kassiane S-worthy snark, for those aspies/auties for whom sarcasm flies overhead)

Although at least this week, its a double pay-day, so I'll get back the £50 and then another 150 or so, and atm I've already got £1100 in the bank; which means I wait until about 3AM tonight, before I  check my account, and then I go rotavap-shopping on ebay and get me a rotavap. I think I'll go for.  one of the 2-liter models I've seen on ebay. And if I have enough left over, I'll buy myself a new vacuum pump, and not just a rotary-vane type, but a teflon diaphragm type, that's much more tolerant of the vile types of fumes that tend to be present and need condensing with a dry ice trap to prevent as much as humanly possible of the fumes entering  the pump interior and otherwise damaging the pump. I need a new one, because my last one, I had to do a vac distillation, but the timing was bad, as it was in the middle of the heatwave of last year, and it was viciously hot, midday too, and the pump overheated, even with my covering all sections that weren't vents or air intakes/outputs with towels drenched in ice water, and burnt out.

So I need a new vac pump, and especially as rotavaps have integral vacuum ports, for rotary evaporative distillation of large solvent volumes, its even faster when done under vacuum, and of course some solvents are a bugger to strip from reaction mixtures, for some reason, polar aprotic solvents come to mind, with the main exception of acetonitrile (methyl cyanide, the main aprotic polar solvent I keep on hand, I choose MeCN for the main reason of its having a low boiling point as polar aprotics go, at 81.3 to 82.1 degrees 'C, compared to the other main options of DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide), DMF (dimethyformamide), HMPA (hexamethylphosporamide) and either ethylene or propylene carbonate, BP  189 'C,  152-154'C , 232.5 'C, 243' and 242 'C respectively.

The only other reasonably-boiling polar aprotic I have around that isn't excessively reactive (like acetone for example, its too reactive for many purposes, and is pretty intolerant of bases, strong acids (polymerization prone either way) and halogens/hydrohalic acid or other halogenating agents of some kinds, although it is alright with thionyl chloride, but with HX or elemental halogens, with acetone you get the mono/di/trihaloacetones and they aren't nice to work with one bit, being pretty powerful lachrymatory agents (tear-gases), chloroacetone for example will send you running, if not wearing full-face gas mask, with your eyes streaming, nose running, face burning and you coughing, choking and swearing the air blue with what breath you've got left. (got a nasty surprise once when preparing some for use in a synthesis, and it suddenly turned green and flash-boiled, vaporising the lot in a big cloud of aerosolized chloroacetone in the confines of a garage. Ever seen a chemist's shoes catch fire from friction? I haven't, I left them behind miles off that day :P although even the americans and canadians here likely as not could have heard the multilingual selection of profanity right from here, accompanied by the pounding of feet, shortly after a metallic slamming noise, of a garage door being rammed upwards whilst somebody commando-rolled under the moment a sufficient gap was obtained :autism:

Hm, speaking of thionyl chloride..I need to restock on SOCl2.  If I have enough money left over after getting my rotavap, and if I have enough left, then a new vac pump, if there's anything left over after that then I'm getting myself some more SOCl2, since it is, whilst its corrosive as hell-fire, fumes hydrogen chloride and sufur dioxide like  a bitch in atmospheric moisture, stinks like perdition took a shit in an acid bath filled with vomit and most definitely NOT something you want to breathe the fumes of, and additionally its extremely water-sensitive and reactive with protic solvents, requiring anhydrous aprotic solvents for use, if solvents are used for a given reaction using SOCl2, it IS an extremely useful, and very fast-reacting chlorinating agent. In fact, its my favourite chlorinating agent of them all, because its a liquid, its pretty volatile, low boiling point making distillation off of and recycling unreacted thionyl chloride easy, often reactions using it are complete at the stage where SOCl2 is used within seconds to a few minutes, and the decomposition products are HCl and SO2, both gaseous, so there are no solids that make things need even the least effort to work-up, just a quick degassing under vacuum at most, will completely clean away the byproducts. So in that respect its nicer to use than phosphorus tri- or pentachloride/bromide etc. Although the phosphorus halides definitely have their uses too, but I just...well I like SOCl2 for its convenience and the great rapidity of its reaction in chlorinations as well as the gaseous decomposition products making for clean reactions that are driven to completion, going nicely to the right rather than ending up in equilibrium of partially reacted intermediates and end product. And lacks the dehydrating properties of the phosphorus halides in most cases (its not got the same tendency towards intermolecular dehydration-coupling type reactions as they do, but it does have the very useful property of being able to be used for preparation of anhydrous transition metal chloride salts where heat cannot be used to accomplish the dehydration, such as making anhydrous aluminium chloride, AlCl3, from the hydrate, since the anhydrous salt is a very useful lewis acid.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2017, 08:53:18 PM
Lestat - we're not sure where Rusty came from.  He showed up in our neighbor's back yard one day and since we had a dachshund they asked us to keep it until the owner was found.  We advertised in the paper, but no one ever replied.

Rusty was built like a tank and had been trained to do some tricks to the point of exhaustion.  Note - we did not make him do the tricks until he was exhausted, but after 3 minutes in a "sit" position Dad stopped the test.  Rusty was a beloved member of the family and father to 3 or 4 litters with Flippy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 23, 2017, 08:57:40 PM
Lestat (again)

I don't know how people in positions of power think we can live on what they give us. I haven't had an increase in my pension in 4 years beside the modest increase when PA died and it was increased because he was no longer listed as getting my pension when I died.  His social security stopped when he died and I didn't qualify for anything because my pension was more than the formula would allow.  The PR is getting an additional $17 starting in January, so at least someone gets something.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 23, 2017, 10:46:47 PM
I did get an increase of about 20 once, a long time ago. And the other year got told I was getting a further £10 increase, only for a letter to come not long after to tell me they had changed their mind and I wasn't going to get anything more than 1 single of £10, that as it coincided with my yearly £10 christmas bonus everyone on the same income support/my disability pay mobility allowance (i don't actually know which qualifies me, nor do I particularly give a damn, so long as I get the £10 for xmas, it matters to me not one whit WHY, just as as long as I DO get it. ) Why or how is completely irrelevant. A tenner is a tenner, and thats at least a new small lab flask, a bit short of 15-20g of lithium aluminium hydride, a few spare thermometers and pipettes, some glass tubing etc.

And as for things bought...I just discovered a big bag of various savoury pastries that I'd bought earlier today doing my food-shop, and totally forgotten until now. Some long plaited cheesy slices, a big, fat giant pretzel, some more cheese-filled pouch-shaped thingies. Not my normal shopping list, but I happened to walk past the bakery section after picking up the rhubarb and custard milkshake I was going for, and I got pounced on by that stomach-growlingly savoury-scented fresh bread-ey pastry smell and dragged by both stomach and nose inexorably towards about 4-5 different kinds of chewy, savoury, some of them cheesy and all of them delicious bread-ish-thing based produce and filling a big sack of a bag full of chewy treats.

Uggh...and soon I'll have to walk out to the nearest cash-point and get a receipt so I know how much exactly I have to spend on the rotavap I so want.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 23, 2017, 10:57:21 PM
And the wankers in power are all excessively rich, class-ist, snobby sacks of shit who couldn't give a fuck if the common man starves and dies in the gutter, as long as they don't have to clean up the bodies themselves or pay somebody to do it. Or if they did pay somebody it'd be minimum wage. What they call 'what the law says is enough for you to live on' (their official wording, not mine) paid to the disabled, is not enough to rent a house, it is BARELY sufficient these days just to put food in a man's mouth, and drink in his tankard, and that only if he lives rent-free or in some situation of extremely reduced rent, such as I do, paying the bare minimum of housekeeping to my old man monthly, £120 a month. Which no actual landlord on earth in a 1st world country would charge so low as, for so little as a garden shed. Hell you wouldn't get a chemical toilet for that much a WEEK let alone a bloody month. And as such I can eat/drink, and either buy myself a modest supply of the chemicals and glassware I  need to actually LIVE rather than simply not cease metabolic processes in a manner compatible with continual bodily existence, or save up over time to buy myself a really nice treat, like analytical equipment, or the rotavap I'm getting this time, and if I've enough after, a new vacuum pump and manifold+pressure gauge.  Was originally going to get a UV-VIS spectrophotometer, but I've seen better deals on some rotavaps that are worth snaffling up now, and worrying about the spectrophotometer later (and besides, once I translate the original from riussian, I've found online, a really neat interferometer-based fourier-transform-IR spectrophotometer, and an FT-IR is actually the type I want most. Guy's built it himself, and even written the code for data-capture via the sound card of a computer. And that is going to work out WWWWAAAAY cheaper than the minimum about 5K second or third hand for an FT-IR if your extremely-fucking-lucky on ebay. And its rare to begin with to see one, most of them are UV-VIS.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 24, 2017, 04:54:00 AM
A sandwich and a Coke at college and then meds on my way home.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 24, 2017, 06:03:44 AM
That reminds me...COKE!.  I want coke. I have for ages and I haven't had more than a few slurps, kinda forgot, and got distracted by berry jelly with summer berries in it-topped cheesecake, a giant chewy bready pretzel and some damn fine baked pastries with cheesy filing.

And oohhh..I forgot..Ive got bananas. And lot of em. Got two bunches the other day. And I've just been waiting for them to ripen to the point where they start to be covered in brown spots, and get all nice and squishy textured and super-sweet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on October 24, 2017, 07:20:00 AM
A chainsaw
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 24, 2017, 09:07:31 AM
That is sexy^ miss K with a chainsaw. Hell yes. You just need a good theme tune, a pair of wraparound shades, some big leather boots and a trenchcoat.....that look contrasted with your naturally sweet-cheeky type of smile, that would SO rock. \m/ \m/

How much was the chainsaw? petrol driven or electric? If I were to get one, it'd be the gas fuelled type rather than something tethered to an electrical power source. For mobility reasons.... :heisenberg: :evillaugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on October 24, 2017, 04:45:41 PM
Gas powered. This is what I got:

(https://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/1000/37/379c001a-cfa6-4df5-8edf-ad84b5b46246_1000.jpg)

Big enough to cut down the massive pine tree that came down in a storm last week. But not so big that it's overpowering.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 24, 2017, 05:24:12 PM
Overpowering the one and only miss K? my  ass :P like you'd let that happen.

I can just picture you swinging a chainsaw and grinning in a part spesh and part kinda manic nutty way (in the good way). Its a nice mental image too :D You+chainsaw=wholesomeness in a definitely unwhoesome, chainsaw-wielding sort of kind of wholesome-way. If that makes sense. And if it doesn't it still is :autism:

(yeah, yeah I know I know, I'm a spazz, so catch me stimming and what, sue my ass? try it. With or without chainsaw. Although with would be downright fun to watch.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 31, 2017, 06:35:56 PM
An early Mannheim Steamroller CD (1988 season),

A CD of nature sounds:  wolves and other critters- thought of Phoenix when I bought it

An illustrated book of Medieval life

A ginormous T-shirt that I would like to make into a dress or a tunic
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on November 01, 2017, 06:40:26 AM
A couple of new video games for the kids for Christmas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 01, 2017, 07:20:02 AM
Am I  the only one to have read miss K's last post as 'and nobody died yet'?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 04, 2017, 01:45:23 PM
Some old tools including a large Yankee screwdriver, hatchet, a vise and some Starrett stuff
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 05, 2017, 11:39:58 PM
I bought two new bras and some undies from Big W yesterday. Big W is a lot like Kmart which is at the other end of the shopping centre.

Bra wire had snapped at the bottom and stabbed me in the ribs. Never had that happen before. Usually the wires work their way out at the cleavage.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 05, 2017, 11:57:23 PM
Ouch!

Had that happening a few months ago, at the gym, during the warning up. Had it once before. Nasty to one, those wires.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 06, 2017, 12:05:24 AM
I'm glad I was home so I could take it off immediately. But on warmup at the gym? What a pain!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 06, 2017, 12:14:08 AM
It's a very small gym. We were standing in a circle when it happened. I walked away to the dressing room saying my wire snapped and was stabbing me. Women only that day. But probably would have done the same if there had been men around.
Took off bra and did the hour of training, skipping the bouncing exercises.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 06, 2017, 12:25:16 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on November 06, 2017, 12:14:08 AM
It's a very small gym. We were standing in a circle when it happened. I walked away to the dressing room saying my wire snapped and was stabbing me. Women only that day. But probably would have done the same if there had been men around.
Took off bra and did the hour of training, skipping the bouncing exercises.
Yes, I would have too!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 06, 2017, 10:58:21 AM
Bought a rotavap, something I thought I'd never be able to afford, but after months and months of penny-pinching. eating a few meals a week etc. I finally managed to find one that I could afford, at a  a grand 150, and it literally just arrived, at the very moment I'd picked up a beaker and put on my full-face visor, only to have to take it off and  put the beaker down again as the delivery man from DHL arrived at the door.

And things went rather well..not only did he carry the big, very heavy wooden crate into the front of the house, but he asked if the VAT tax had been paid, and then looked at something and told me that it had been paid.  I'm 100% certain I didn't pay it, and afaik nor did the geezer who sold it me. I really did not want to pay the £70 demanded of me by pieces of shit that did nothing whatsoever to earn it, I'd gotten a demand from the shipping company by phone first, told them I'd pay on delivery, only for the delivery guy to tell me it has been paid.

Weird, I don't get that at all, because I quite definitely haven't given them my card details. My old man does have an acct with them and he looked up the tracking number for me, but he didn't do anything other than check the ETA of my parcel of goodies (well, big wooden crate), but anyhows...) and  whilst the seller knocked the stated price down from a K, 150 to a couple of hundred dollars, they govt fucks were still trying to rob me of £70-something, which is money that can go a very considerable way towards getting myself a new vacuum pump, and one of the diaphragm pumps, with a teflon diaphragm and interior coating, so as to be much better suitable for lab work, and to suffer less harm by far if anything corrosive gets past the U-tube trap immersed in either a bath of dry ice and acetone, or in liquid nitroge to force things headed for the pump intake to condense inside the trap instead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 06, 2017, 11:21:07 AM
Bought a rotavap, something I thought I'd never be able to afford, but after months and months of penny-pinching. eating a few meals a week etc. I finally managed to find one that I could afford, at a  a grand 150, and it literally just arrived, at the very moment I'd picked up a beaker and put on my full-face visor, only to have to take it off and  put the beaker down again as the delivery man from DHL arrived at the door.

And things went rather well..not only did he carry the big, very heavy wooden crate into the front of the house, but he asked if the VAT tax had been paid, and then looked at something and told me that it had been paid.  I'm 100% certain I didn't pay it, and afaik nor did the geezer who sold it me. I really did not want to pay the £70 demanded of me by pieces of shit that did nothing whatsoever to earn it, I'd gotten a demand from the shipping company by phone first, told them I'd pay on delivery, only for the delivery guy to tell me it has been paid.

Weird, I don't get that at all, because I quite definitely haven't given them my card details. My old man does have an acct with them and he looked up the tracking number for me, but he didn't do anything other than check the ETA of my parcel of goodies (well, big wooden crate), but anyhows...) and  whilst the seller knocked the stated price down from a K, 150 to a couple of hundred dollars, they govt fucks were still trying to rob me of £70-something, which is money that can go a very considerable way towards getting myself a new vacuum pump, and one of the diaphragm pumps, with a teflon diaphragm and interior coating, so as to be much better suitable for lab work, and to suffer less harm by far if anything corrosive gets past the U-tube trap immersed in either a bath of dry ice and acetone, or in liquid nitroge to force things headed for the pump intake to condense inside the trap instead.


Also, bought some food and drink. 2 big bottles of coke, the proper kind with real sugar instead of sweetener crap, several bottles of milkshakes, snickers bar flavor and maltesers flavour, plus two canned meals (basically a liquid lunch in milkshake form, inteded to provide a balanced set of fats, carbs and proteins along with vitamins, and one can contains everything an adult needs for one half day. Cost about a pound each, got 2 of those and just had them both, so that should do me for a while. Both of them, I picked chocolate flavour (they do three, chocolate, vanilla and strawberry)

Got a few chocolate bars, and a tin of small cigars. They didn't have the kind I wanted but had to make do. Also, got a box of rice krispies cereal. Going to grab some choc. milk before I have that, now I know I have enough money for more than a bite to eat now , due to my now not having to pay that evil tax on my rotavap. I shudder to think how much might have been demanded  if the seller had stated the 1.150 grand rather than a couple of hundred dollars.

Just got to read the instructions and set it all up then I'm good to go :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 06, 2017, 02:27:44 PM
Rug cleaner, a coke and a battery powered  LED  light shaped like a light bulb
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 06, 2017, 05:17:15 PM
Vanilla milkshake
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 06, 2017, 06:16:35 PM
yu
Going to finish my bowl of rice krispies then go to check my bank balance to see how much money there is left.  Hopefully there will be enough for me to get me the new teflon diaphragm type vacuum pump :P



(edited to remove  whitespace, fell asleep on the keyboard thanks to my pain meds. Last couple of caps of oxy I had p ut me right to sleep, and did it straight again and left me with a screen full of the letter 'E'

Defiitely goinsg to give myself a wakeup call with a cigar, a bottle of coke and finally going for a quick walk  for twp reasons, not just to check my bank but because a program called 'celebrity juice' has gone and started yet another new fucking series, of this awful festering hideous abomination and stinking liquid shart, spraying the verbal and empty-headed mental greasy, chunky diarrheal slops all over everything within this world that is, has ever been or ever will be, in even the most microscopic way decent.

The show is a repugnant crime against every good thing. H as  hosted by a brainless, lewd, complete waste of oxygen and a smear of turd wiped against the face of humanity as a whole merely by his drastically and utterly wrongful existence, and who should have been put onto the hot coals of a barbecue as a newborn baby and left to slowly burn alive, dragging the awful little piece of  garbage slowly over the searing coals feet first to ensure that the mercy of CO poisoning or suffocation are closed to him, the awful little  lower than lowest of the low-brow bastarding cunts, and vile, crude, noxious faecal smear on the shirt of a shabby, decrepit hobo in the middle of a top class restaurant.

Keith bloody lemon. He is one phenomenally odious, repugnant, awful less than human waste of a human skin given a rancid dog excrement filling. He makes me feel almost physically sick, and he just needs to fucking die for the good of all of society, so we can all be free and rid of this abhorrent pus-filled anal bubo.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on November 06, 2017, 06:48:38 PM
More essential oils
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 06, 2017, 08:20:30 PM
which oils do you like best and why miss K?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 07, 2017, 07:17:15 AM
Quote from: Lestat on November 06, 2017, 06:16:35 PM
Defiitely goinsg to give myself a wakeup call with a cigar, a bottle of coke and finally going for a quick walk  for twp reasons, not just to check my bank but because a program called 'celebrity juice' has gone and started yet another new fucking series, of this awful festering hideous abomination and stinking liquid shart, spraying the verbal and empty-headed mental greasy, chunky diarrheal slops all over everything within this world that is, has ever been or ever will be, in even the most microscopic way decent.

The show is a repugnant crime against every good thing. H as  hosted by a brainless, lewd, complete waste of oxygen and a smear of turd wiped against the face of humanity as a whole merely by his drastically and utterly wrongful existence, and who should have been put onto the hot coals of a barbecue as a newborn baby and left to slowly burn alive, dragging the awful little piece of  garbage slowly over the searing coals feet first to ensure that the mercy of CO poisoning or suffocation are closed to him, the awful little  lower than lowest of the low-brow bastarding cunts, and vile, crude, noxious faecal smear on the shirt of a shabby, decrepit hobo in the middle of a top class restaurant.

Keith bloody lemon. He is one phenomenally odious, repugnant, awful less than human waste of a human skin given a rancid dog excrement filling. He makes me feel almost physically sick, and he just needs to fucking die for the good of all of society, so we can all be free and rid of this abhorrent pus-filled anal bubo.
Can you not change the channel and watch something else?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on November 07, 2017, 10:43:07 AM
Undies, as Ren calls them. Cream white paint for plinths and windowframe. Paintbrush. A book with myths and Jungian explanations at a thrift shop. Green glass bowls of the type my youngest brother collects. So, I've got a BD gift from him. Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 07, 2017, 11:21:40 AM
Ren-oh don't think for a nanosecond I let that odious ginger torrent of diseased porcine excreta befoul my home with his massive efforts to menstruate forth his disgusting putrescence embodied in the shell of of an abyss-beshitten coagulation of foulness. Its bad enough that the revolting little untermensch is even permitted a platform from which to espouse his views, if his concentrated efforts to pander to the pathetic, the vile and the cretinous as best a creature of Lemon's vanishingly  small intellect is capable of can even be described by the term 'views' at all, but until recently, whenever one repugnant series of his filth ends and another regrettably starts to pollute the airwaves, never long enough afterwards, its been before family guy and american dad on TV. So I've been stuck forced to keep lookout for family guy to come on by allowing that  rancid fucking faggot on my TV, with the mute button pressed until It's show ends.  Now finally the horrid prick has been relegated to after both family guy and american dad so I don't have to suffer his presence, that repellent shitsnuffling little mogrel cockbiter. He should have his eyes and tongue cut out and the wounds salted with molten caustic potash. And his shrivelled little cranial dick too for that matter, might as well have the little fucker burn like a turd in perdition.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 19, 2017, 09:06:50 PM
A small stone gargoyle for Mum for her birthday. Cost me $66. Worth it, I hope Mum will be pleased. She said something in passing about 6 months ago about wanting to put a gargoyle near her front door.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 20, 2017, 03:27:18 PM
A   fez
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 20, 2017, 04:00:20 PM
Some king prawns and a tub of peanut butter ice cream with chocolate-covered chunks of frozen peanut butter that go all squishy when you eat the ice cream. Really good stuff.

Still got a bit over £300, somewhere around £340-350 give or take. Helped rather a lot that a delivery I had, the delivery guy only sort of asked whether I'd paid VAT. Then he said that I had. I was quite happy to take him at his word, considering that the VAT would have been over £70. He told me it had been paid..and, well, I'm classically autistic, and us auties, we are known for being trusting people, no? of course it would be a terrible thing if he were to have lied to me, or somehow accidentally got things awry, I just couldn't live with myself if that meant the government went without £70something of my money that they have absolutely no entitlement to whatsoever :autism:

£70...that could buy me a good few pieces of new lab glassware and some certain reagents I really could do with atm, one in particular, that is both very difficult for home lab-owners to obtain in the first place, and rather expensive when sources are available.

And while I'm at it, since what I have in mind is extremely sensitive to both water and oxygen, needing handling under an atmosphere of helium or argon because its pyrophoric, I'll need to pick myself up some sodium metal for the purposes of drying the THF (tetrahydrofuran, an ether-type solvent which is ideal for what I have in mind). I've already got plenty THF, 99.99%, but it'll require final, very thorough desiccation by means of first flame-drying all the glassware used, and distillation directly into the reaction flask under a current of argon gas that has been desiccated by passage through concentrated sulfuric acid (and whilst probably not vital, I'll run it through a trap packed with quicklime to make sure no H2SO4 gets into the flask...conc. H2SO4 getting at lithium aluminium hydride isn't really what one could call something I'd want to be close to; since fireballs to the face aren't my cup of tea :P)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2017, 05:23:35 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 20, 2017, 03:27:18 PM
A   fez

Channeling your inner Matt Smith?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 20, 2017, 09:29:31 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2017, 05:23:35 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 20, 2017, 03:27:18 PM
A   fez

Channeling your inner Matt Smith?

A birthday present, my wife collects hats and wears them at school her students love it.  She has more than 50 different ones but no fez
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 20, 2017, 09:36:16 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 20, 2017, 09:29:31 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on November 20, 2017, 05:23:35 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 20, 2017, 03:27:18 PM
A   fez

Channeling your inner Matt Smith?

A birthday present, my wife collects hats and wears them at school her students love it.  She has more than 50 different ones but no fez

That's very cool of her.  :2thumbsup: The only hat teacher I can think of is the girl's fourth grade teacher. She had a hat that said, I'm not here, on it. She wore when she was grading papers and the students weren't allowed to acknowledge her existence while she was wearing it.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on November 21, 2017, 10:49:00 AM
Super Mario Odyssey
Mario Party the Top 100
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 21, 2017, 11:38:23 AM
Why on earth would anybody PAY for a videogame these days?

Try u(this is actually the greek letter 'Mu')torrent, for a bittorrent client, of course scan everything for malware with malware scanners (use a separate, specialist malware hunter-killer software package, in addition to regular virus scanner) uTorrent is a really tiny, compact and usually pretty fast and simple to use bittorrent client, AFAIK it can even be run over TOR and/or a VPN if your really concerned about privacy.

Haven't PAID for a game in years and I do not intend to start now :P damn things are SO expensive these days, like £30-40 a piece sometimes, which is just too much.

And for console games, often you can use emulator software (or for old DOS games, DOSbox, works on windows and linux) in order to play fr.ex gameboy etc. and the like. I've been playing one of the pokemon series, after I got into a bit of a retro mood one day recently, downloaded ruby, and its even possible with some emulators to run separate virtualized gameboy games, and that way you can run say, ruby and sapphire editions on separate virtual gameboys and link the two, for those that you can only get via trade, and thus, get fr. ex all three starter pokemon)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 22, 2017, 10:51:34 PM
Some people like to give credit (that is, pay) to the people who made the video game.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 23, 2017, 08:52:59 AM
A  Whitman Sampler it's not a holiday without one.   Sure there are better quality boxes of chocolates but I can't remember a holiday without one and must keep up the tradition
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on November 23, 2017, 08:58:48 AM
Quote from: Parts on November 23, 2017, 08:52:59 AM
A  Whitman Sampler it's not a holiday without one.   Sure there are better quality boxes of chocolates but I can't remember a holiday without one and must keep up the tradition
Feel the same way about those inexpensive boxes of chocolate covered cherries. Tend to buy a bunch of them to have some extra wrapped gifts handy to give with a card to people who don't make the shopping list. This year ran across a great deal on boxes of andes mints so bought a couple of dozen. May still buy some cherries though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 23, 2017, 09:02:07 AM
Quote from: Jack on November 23, 2017, 08:58:48 AM
Quote from: Parts on November 23, 2017, 08:52:59 AM
A  Whitman Sampler it's not a holiday without one.   Sure there are better quality boxes of chocolates but I can't remember a holiday without one and must keep up the tradition
Feel the same way about those inexpensive boxes of chocolate covered cherries. Tend to buy a bunch of them to have some extra wrapped gifts handy to give with a card to people who don't make the shopping list. This year ran across a great deal on boxes of andes mints so bought a couple of dozen. May still buy some cherries though.

Change is difficult  I predict you will buy them :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on November 23, 2017, 09:02:47 AM
Quote from: Parts on November 23, 2017, 09:02:07 AM
Quote from: Jack on November 23, 2017, 08:58:48 AM
Quote from: Parts on November 23, 2017, 08:52:59 AM
A  Whitman Sampler it's not a holiday without one.   Sure there are better quality boxes of chocolates but I can't remember a holiday without one and must keep up the tradition
Feel the same way about those inexpensive boxes of chocolate covered cherries. Tend to buy a bunch of them to have some extra wrapped gifts handy to give with a card to people who don't make the shopping list. This year ran across a great deal on boxes of andes mints so bought a couple of dozen. May still buy some cherries though.

Change is difficult  I predict you will buy them :2thumbsup:
Probably. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 25, 2017, 07:29:40 AM
Went to Aldi and bought ice cream, cereal, butter, deodorant and a big pack of party pies and sausage rolls.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: El on November 27, 2017, 07:01:25 AM
Clothes.  Every year my office has a different temperature problem and thus far this winter it looks like "too cold" rather than "too hot," so I got a couple extra sweaters, and a couple other things that were on sale and/or that BI've been needing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 27, 2017, 09:29:56 AM
Chocolate covered cherries sound absolutely delicious.

I've just got back from co-op, bought 5 family-size trays of tiramisu (meant to be family size anyway, but its vanishingly rare for there to be a single bite left over once i start one), three tubs of dairylea cream cheese, 4-5 cartons of rhubarb&custard flavour milkshake and 2 chocolate flavour ones, the latter for pouring on rice krispies cereal, the thick texture of chocolate milk on the plain ones is nicer than 'coco pops, which is basically chocolate flavour rice krispies, but plain version and choc milkshake is nicer; and better than coco-pops w/ milkshake in lieu of milk too for some spazzy reason too :autism:)

2x2packs of oreo donuts, a tin of 10x 'moments' cigars, 2 big bottles of coke, a loaf of chili pepper and cheddar bread and a bottle of ammonia solution.  Which just reminded me, FUCK fuck FUCK!, I meant to get a bottle of dilute hydrogen peroxide from a pharmacy because I've got a round-bottom flask that needs cleaning, got some nasty ass, really tenaceous stuck on muck on the inside that just won't come off, so drastic measures need to be taken, and I was going to go nuclear on it and use piranha acid (peroxymonosulfuric acid, aka caro's acid), named for its capacity to devour glorp of all manner with extreme prejudice, stuff really doesn't take prisoners, although it MUST be used with the utmost in extreme caution. Its a mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide, and it'll rip the shit out of anything organic, and for that matter, it'll even oxidize inorganic carbon, it'll burn graphite for example, leaving it to float away as carbon dioxide. Glassware has to be precleaned first though to oxidize as much as possible away to avoid explosion, and particularly ketones like acetone must NEVER be permitted to contact piranha etch because it'll go kaboom almost certainly.

Forgot to get the H2O2 though. So I'll try soaking it in fuming nitric acid first, and if that doesn't render my flask unbeshitten, then I'll go with a chromic acid bath (a solution of sodium or potassium dichromate in 96-98% concentrated sulfuric acid, which has less danger in terms of lacking exploding potential, but is still a real ripper when it comes to exterminating contaminants on glassware, but unlike piranha solution its got hexavalent chromium in it, which is most unpleasant stuff, being mutagenic and carcinogenic, teratogenic (not that I'm too likely ever to get pregnant mind you :P. But still, I don't want to have my DNA mutated and develop cancer), so one can't dispose of it into the environment, not that I planned to, rather I'll distill off the sulfuric acid and then ash the chromium salt content with a blowtorch in a sealed container, then reprocess it to give either chromic anhydride (chromium trioxide), or prepare some other useful chromium salts/oxides, make a chrome plating solution maybe (in particular, the thermocouple probe thats built in to one of my hotplate-magnetic stirrers; which serves to provide temperature feedback to the digital hotplate is just stainless steel, its a vital part of the hotplate, since its a digital one and uses the thermocouple probe to regulate the temperature, so just using a themometer isn't sufficient, the hotplate-stirrer has its own feedback control mechanism built in. And stainless steel isn't resistant enough at all to the sorts of things it gets exposed to. It already needs de-rusting in a bath of acid and going over with a bit of sandpaper to get the oxide crap off the surface thats formed due to contact with some of the chemical mixtures the hotplate has been used to heat, including concentrated acids, strong bases and oxidizing agents. So it needs a surface layer of something very resistant to attack electroplating on to it. Chromium is the cheapest option and I've already got plenty sodium dichromate to make a solution for electroplating. Although most ideal would be iridium, that would be hideously expensive, its one of the platinum group metals and is really pricy, and although I'd recycle almost the entirety of the solution, evaporating it and recovering the iridium content, it'd mean buying enough Ir salts, such as the trichloride or tribromide, in the first place to make up a sufficient volume to immerse a nearly 1 foot long probe in it; which would not come cheaply at all, although it would be resistant, since Ir is attacked by next to nothing, only molten anhydrous caustic alkali metal hydroxides, for the most part, although molten potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide attack it too, possibly hot, concentrated hydrofluoric acid might, although I don't want anything to do with HF, whether hot, concentrated or neither, its fucking well evil stuff; melts glass and does far, far worse things to people. Probably attacked by a few exotic oxidizers like chlorine trifluoride, peroxygen difluoride, chlorine pentafluoride, maybe hot fluorine gas or fluoride ion containing plasma, but again, nothing I want to be within 20 miles of, let alone the same building)

Oh, and got several big pots of fresh, premium quality eggy custard, with madagascan vanilla pod bits liberally scattered throughout in generous quantity. Had it before and its probably the nicest custard I've ever had.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 27, 2017, 12:21:17 PM
Food and such.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on November 27, 2017, 01:42:44 PM
Haven't just yet, since I'm busy watching star trek on TV, but after TOS and voyager, plus tonight's episode of another, rather retro (understatement of the year, it being shown in color part-way through one of the episodes) show called 'lost in space'

But then I'm going to get myself some new Buchner funnels, of the type that have glass frits and vacuum adapters (the ones I have need vacuum flasks, there are two basic types, one that plugs into a flask that has a side-arm to connect to a vacuum source, the other has the vacuum takeoff built in near the top of the neck, above a ground-glass joint which fits to any kind of flask, and a longer hollow glass stem running through the center of the joint.

I fancy getting myself some more of that type, and especially, something I don't have atm, namely really small ones, 5ml, 10ml, 20/50/100ml, even 1ml if I can find one that small for ultra-microscale work.

Got a bit under half a grand, so after buying a range of different sized fritted buchner funnels, methinks I shall go shopping for some other goodies. Could do with some more dichloromethane and methanol, another 10 liters of each, same of methanol. I'm out of ethanol atm, although I only use it where ethanol is specifically needed rather than a general purpose solvent, since its usually more expensive, particularly when it is of drinkable grade (I.e very pure and clean) because its taxed to fuck wherever the govt can get at it first. Although I get mine at about $20 a liter of 95% ethanol, the remainder being only water, imported from russia and needs only drying of that last 5% water, being quite clean, more than sufficiently to be drinkable, and indeed far better, when diluted to a suitable concentration with another potable liquid, than is even quite pricy and well-made vodka, and tax free)

So could do with some more EtOH too, as I do have a few uses that other alcohols are not suitable for. Might see if I can grab some carbon disulfide as well, as far as solvents go, after that, definitely going to pick up some lithium aluminium hydride, some more iodine since I'm down to my last 1/4kg or so, figure I might as well divvy it up into 100g portions, get some n-propyl alcohol as well, and prepare methyl-, ethyl- propan-1-yl and propan-2-yl iodides for use in alkylations (of the I2 I already have I mean) and then buy a fresh kilo of iodine. Maybe a little more, so as  to further my project working on interhalogens and investigating whether interhalogens other than iodine monochloride form the rather perculiar hydrohalic acid which aren't oxyacids, since on hydrolysis with H2O, ICl forms a perculiar hydrohalic acid which contains only hydrogen and three halogen atoms, two of one species and one of the other, I forget which, but either HICl2 or HI2Cl, which is most unusual, since conventional halogens, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine form, not counting their multiple oxyacids, simple binary hydrohalic acids, of the formula HX where X=a single halogen atom [as far as oxyacids go fluorine being slightly different, forming only the very unstable hypofluorous acid, not sure if it exists itself, as such, but hypofluorite esters exist at least, it doesn't form the myriad of different oxyacids the other halogens do), but that unusual phenomenon shown in the case of iodine monochloride forming that funky-ass hydrohalic acid justifies some further study with iodine trichloride, iodine monobromide, bromine chloride...although I'll skip at least the vast majority of the fluorinated interhalogens, since they both hydrolyze giving hydrogen fluoride, lethal stuff at the best of time.  And most of them are even deadlier than fluorine gas, quite capabe of causing concrete to burst into fame on contact with even a low concentration diluted in inert gas. Chlorine trifluoride for example was considered by the axis side during world war II as a chemical weapon but abandoned before it was deployed due to its being too damn dangerous to handle, to the german factory workers meant to produce the stuff and/or store it. It and chlorine pentafluoride are probably the two most dangerous but none of the fluorinated ones are in the least pleasant. Iodine monochloride is, of the interhalogens probably the safest to handle but my first encounter with it left me having to use an inhaler for several days after a chance accident due to a fault in my gas mask that caused a valve to slip and me to get a trace breath, as I noticed a slight change in the smell of the air and ran hell for leather to repair the mask (and stay alive in the process :autism: )

(although ever since then, I've been triply careful in checking, rechecking, adjusting the fit and re-re-checking the fit of my gas mask, and changing the canisters extra-often, way more than required,  every few tens of minutes rather than several hours at worst just to be on the safe side, and the several ounces of iodine monochloride has behaved itself, even during distillation to purify it, and since then bottled up in a chemically-resistant bottle with a fluoropolymer cap, fluoropolymer seal under the cap and a heavy wrapping of teflon tape round the screw thread of the bottle neck, the bottle filled with argon and kept in the fridge unless its needed, and never permitted to contact anything but glass and fluoropolymers, needing all-glass syringes with no plastics or metals in the seals, or no seals at all, not even metal needles for transfers, since it is brutally corrosive stuff, disintegrating any but perfluorinated plastics within a quarter to a half hour or so in many cases, sometimes less, and taking maybe 12 hours to a little longer to eat halfway through a stainless steel keck clip; meaning if I used the usual method of transferring hazardous chemicals, via cannulae, the iodine monochloride would attack the needles and contaminate the reagent at best, or burn through them if they were used too many times.  The fluorinated interhalogens on the other hand are....well they just aren't anywhere nearly like that friendly, not by a long shot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 07, 2017, 06:12:20 PM
A Klein multimeter 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 07, 2017, 08:35:34 PM
An unopened DVD of a picture I enjoy - Guarding Tess.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 07, 2017, 09:03:45 PM
An expensive meal that involved steak.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on December 23, 2017, 07:17:46 PM
Bought myself a passive ring modulator as a Solstice present a few days ago. Just ordered a Doepfer phase locked loop.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on December 23, 2017, 08:28:32 PM
Big bottle of dark rum for my old man for xmas.

Not got time to get my xmas stuff arrive for xmas, but there's gonna be nearly a grand's worth of pimping out done on the lab. Some lithium aluminium hydride, Red-Al, thionyl chloride, couple of kg of iodine, lots of glassware, chemicals, solvents, and lots more besides, plus all the kinds of items that are the sort of stuff I couldn't write to Santa for, because if dropped down the chimney, the house would go up in an inferno :autism:

Plus, definitely going to get myself a new vacuum pump for distillations.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 23, 2017, 10:18:19 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on December 23, 2017, 07:17:46 PM
Bought myself a passive ring modulator as a Solstice present a few days ago. Just ordered a Doepfer phase locked loop.
Have no idea what those things are. But they sound fun!

Kayleigh and I went halves in a Christmas present for me - a baby G Casio watch. It's black with bronze on the face. Very happy with it. Also bought groceries, boring.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 24, 2017, 08:49:22 AM
Groceries:  A cheesecake variety sampler (for Christmas) and a large bottle of blackberry wine - survival gear for the emotions this time of year.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 24, 2017, 11:58:23 AM
The boy's Christmas present, a Nintendo switch.

I was up until past 3:00 am playing Zelda :viking:...and I just got the four spirit orbs in the beginning. 

I foresee many sleepless nights ahead.  :yawn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on December 25, 2017, 06:48:12 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 23, 2017, 10:18:19 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on December 23, 2017, 07:17:46 PM
Bought myself a passive ring modulator as a Solstice present a few days ago. Just ordered a Doepfer phase locked loop.
Have no idea what those things are. But they sound fun!

A ring modulator is equivalent to a voltage controlled amplifier that can perform negative amplification, basically combining two signals in a way that results in the output containing frequencies that are mathematically related to the input, but (ideally) none of the actual input signals themselves. It's the same circuit the BBC Radiophonic Workshop used to create the voices of the Daleks and the early Cyberman. A phase locked loop is a device that generates an output locked to the phase of a periodic signal at the input, allowing you to synchronise two cycling events (or synchronise an event to a multiple or division of another event), which can be at audio or sub-audio rates.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 27, 2017, 06:55:00 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 23, 2017, 10:18:19 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on December 23, 2017, 07:17:46 PM
Bought myself a passive ring modulator as a Solstice present a few days ago. Just ordered a Doepfer phase locked loop.
Have no idea what those things are. But they sound fun!


You've never heard of the Q-36 Imodium Space Modulator?  :zoinks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuUJfYcn3V4
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 27, 2017, 07:47:08 PM

I bought a Roku Ultra.  A wonderful little piece of tech!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 28, 2017, 02:05:25 AM
Bought a 3-pc Linksys Velop Wifi mesh kit. Looks like it actually works.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 29, 2017, 12:50:01 PM

Those look very cool, from what I have read.

I was so proud of my upgraded WiFi system a few years ago - even posted about it. Now all that old shit is ready to be replaced.

Need a modem first. My DOCSIS 3.0 spec modem is obsolete once the next cable upgrade takes affect in a couple of weeks. Probably going to bite the bullet and do it all at once again.
Looking at the AD7200 routers, but they are a bit pricey right now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 29, 2017, 04:57:18 PM
What's really good is that they actually work in bridge mode, which means that I can keep my router and the wired network I have around the house. Most of the alternatives are meant to replace your router completely.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 29, 2017, 06:52:30 PM
I didn't spend any money today and in fact put some "extra" in the bank.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 30, 2017, 12:18:53 AM
Just applied for a Centrelink loan. To fix my car and get new Irlen lenses.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on December 30, 2017, 08:14:54 AM
Are we going to see your all-new sexy death stare renster, when you get the new ones? its tres purrty:D

Got all my xmas gifts to myself to get (there aren't many people TO get me any left of my family, so we do small exchanges of useful things). I've been saving for a long time though and afaik its this monday and tuesday I get paid another few hundred a time. I can't wait for all that LAH, potassium/sodium cyanide, ammonium formate, Red-Al, iodine, pyridine, piperidine, lots of new glassware, lots and lots of lots of glassware, hydrides (about the only one the suppplier I'll be going through has I WON'T be buying is sodium borohydride, because I already have quite a lot of it)

And once I'm done stocking up my lab with more chemical supplies, then its going to get pimped out to the eye-teeth with new glassware, a new vacuum pump and plenty other stuff to drool over (well obviously not into the hydrides, given the propensity of most of them to burst into violent infernos in the presence of so much as traces of water-vapor  in the amosphere. Drooling over LAH, etc. would result in the drooler getting their face burnt to a crisp)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 30, 2017, 11:50:30 PM
^Ouch, be sure not to drool then!

It will be a while before I get new lenses as I'm going to sort the car out first. Then I'll make an appointment.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 31, 2017, 03:34:38 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 29, 2017, 04:57:18 PM
What's really good is that they actually work in bridge mode, which means that I can keep my router and the wired network I have around the house. Most of the alternatives are meant to replace your router completely.
Yes!  I like that.
I have only a few things wired. That does not make me not look more closely at the Velop system. I am still deciding on what to get. I HAVE to have a modem interface first or something that does everything.
Since you have it you know better than I do that Velop rocks for a home product.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 31, 2017, 04:47:38 PM
Popcorn to pop, candy, BBQ ribs, chips and dips, etc. for tonight.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 01, 2018, 08:04:28 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 31, 2017, 03:34:38 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 29, 2017, 04:57:18 PM
What's really good is that they actually work in bridge mode, which means that I can keep my router and the wired network I have around the house. Most of the alternatives are meant to replace your router completely.
Yes!  I like that.
I have only a few things wired. That does not make me not look more closely at the Velop system. I am still deciding on what to get. I HAVE to have a modem interface first or something that does everything.
Since you have it you know better than I do that Velop rocks for a home product.

It seems to be better than the alternatives, config-wise, and the coverage is a lot better than I dared hope for.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 01, 2018, 02:50:08 PM
Don't worry, I will be most careful Ren.

100g of LAH (lithium aluminium hydride/LiAlH4,  a powerful hydride reducing agent known for its extreme water and air-sensitivity, bursting into flames at the slightest provocation, such as failing to dry the glassware to be used with a flame before use), if nothing else, when bought dirt cheaply, that'll still cost me about 130-150 euros), so it all going up in flames would be a financial disaster even without injury. Its very, very difficult for non-affiliated people (I.e private citizens) to get served with too. I don't have that sort of trouble, I don't DO restrictions or 'watched', and if I want something badly enough, I'll get the money together and buy it, since I've a few rather good connections for getting stuff most chemical vendors wouldn't dream of selling to a private individual :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 02, 2018, 01:47:58 AM
Two boxes of drinks and some potato salad.

Booked myself in to see the chiropractor on Thursday.
Booked the car in for a service and the exhaust pipe to be fixed on Friday.

This constitutes a busy week for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 02, 2018, 03:53:02 AM
Bought two tubes of 'oragel extra strength',  basically 20% benzocaine in topical gel form. Had hy old man grab it for me, and I'll pay him back when I can get to a bank. Such as when I get back from tomorrow's consultation with the doc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on January 04, 2018, 04:38:10 AM
500 rounds of 6.5mm Grendel  :tooledup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 04, 2018, 05:32:56 AM
A bag full of double raspberry 'magnum' ice creams (ew those awful sticks, not touching that bit of them, or even scraping it with a knife , the last bit of chocolate goes in the bin. Those sticks are an abomination), two packs of 'classic' cigars, and a big big bag of large bags of different candies...midget gems, jelly  babies, treacle toffee...I feel like celebrating today; because I just got back from an appt with the doctor, who, after so many years of my trying for a script for it, because it can do so many wonderful things for me, in terms of quality of life and other neat as neat gets shit....its brilliant. God's own medicine, the flask held by seraphim whilst the archangels add the dimethyladamantyl bromide or tosylate and then form the amine,...it really is. Doc told me he's gonna go with it, after listening to my explanation of what it does for me, and what its capable of, how it does what it does etc. and said yeah, just let me make one phone call to cover my own arse (because its an alzheimer's drug, generally scripted by specialists), got a fresh seizure rescue pack script, and should hear tomorrow from my doc about the memantine, and get cracking with actually starting on it tomorrow, hopefully :D

Lol funny moment, when he said, 'just need a quid pro quo', him meaning covering his ass with a phonecall to a specialist...I thought he meant..something else entirely...and the look on his face at the potential shopping list was rather..ahem...one of shock. Bit of a spazz mis-read moment there. But funny nonetheless.

Although the doc was shocked to shit when  he asked the memantine dose i use when starting a cycle, and I told him '50, three times a day, (mg), first day, then 100, 50, 100 next day then 100, 100, 100. He knew it as coming in 5mg, 10mg and 20mg pills or liquids etc. Thought I meant 10mg and 5mg, until I had to explain it to him that I wasn't taking pills, but buying the raw crystalline memantine hydrochloride, weighing it on my mg-sensitive scale and just dissolving it in a drink and knocking it back in a shot of orange juice of something similar. If he looked pale as a ghost after that spazz moment of mine, then he looked like he just shit his britches. Still, quite funny.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 04, 2018, 07:03:55 AM
H4 light bulbs for my daughter's car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 04, 2018, 02:01:19 PM
Pre-ordered a book.

 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on January 04, 2018, 02:59:34 PM
Medium Roast Starbucks Iced Coffee, Caramel Machiato Non-Lactose Creamer, Cat Litter, 4 Black Iced Coffees for when I go to work, and Bird Seed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 04, 2018, 09:02:55 PM
Just post-it notes to put on the new Star Trek calendar when it arrives (ordered online) as it doesn't have any space to write anything.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 08, 2018, 06:04:34 AM
Cat food. Lots of cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 13, 2018, 09:19:28 PM
Haven't been and bought yet (it's too hot), but we're going to Bunnings and buying some shelves for the lounge room later today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 13, 2018, 09:50:41 PM
226 gallons heating oil hopefully enough for the rest of the heating season
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 15, 2018, 04:43:05 AM
Shopping for lab glassware and reagents. Got over £1000 to spend, although limiting myself to a grand atm since I'm not quite sure what exactly I have over that much, I know its a couple of hundred, but i need to retain at least £300 for 100g of lithium aluminium hydride.

Just seen 'cow' multiple distillation swap-over devices for about £6 each, so I've bought five of them, I've wanted a cow for a while now. They allow swapping over flasks during distillations by just rotating the cow to a new flask, like a revolver magazine almost, and can be used to take cuts at different temperatures, including during vacuum distillation when one wishes to take a different cut without breaking the vacuum.

Just spent £168.70-something so far. Plus about $3-something each for the three graduated measurment cylinders (I have one, that I bought off the hellslag that used to infest my house after tellin me she was being seriously physically, mentally and sexually abused (at the time I had evidence at least of physical fighting of some nature) and some pretty nasty things being said and done to her. and as we were at the time, friends, I couldn't stand by and watch her potentially get raped 'again' by her own family. I took her in, put a roof over her head and a warm bed to sleep in, allowed her a fish tank of tropical fish, that she saved for with the allowance I gave her that came from the benefits I get, which ain't enough for the outside world. Just can't be done. But living at home, rent free at the time, I could just about keep the two of us going. Gave her a modest weekly allowance of money to spend as she would see fit.

And damned if I didn't end up having to buy litter trays, cat litter, a shite-scooper and cat food for two feline companions who she stole off a couple of people without my knowledge. No way to know their owners or trace them. Although I have to admit, they WERE cute, really damn adorably cute, and  absolutely tiny little things, grey fur and always making this tiny little mewling noise to be petted and fussed over.

So, having no idea who The Bitch stole them from, I kinda adopted them and made sure they were taken care of.

Anyhow, lots of new goodies are coming my way.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 15, 2018, 11:44:52 AM
Just bought myself the following:

2x250ml Dreschel bottles (these are essentially a long, tall bottle, for filling with a drying agent, and a two-way hose barb and inlet/outlet, inlet has a long stem going to the bottom, whilst the outlet has only a very short or no stem, so as to let gases be pumped through drying agents to dry them, such as through concentrated sulfuric acid)

120ml (2-diisopropylamino)ethanol (which I intend to convert to the alkyl bromide or iodide and then aminate, to give Hunig's base, diisopropylethylamine, a sterically hindered, so non-nucleophilic, strong amine base, very useful stuff, since being so sterically hindered due to the big bulky isopropyl groups, it acts as a base without tending to quaternize, or itself add to the compound being worked upon)

30g 99% diphenylacetic acid.

1x 5-liter, 4-neck round-bottom flask, 24/40 joint size (same size as most of the glassware i use, excluding microscale, I'm still working on putting together a full microscale set of lab glass),

A pair of 3-way vacuum distillation 'cow' heads (these allow selection of flask to be the receiver during a distillation, and allow swapping receivers over to collect fractions at different temperature and/or pressure during a normal or vacuum distillation without, in the latter case, which is the usual use, cutting off the vacuum.

1x 24/29x19/26 two-way distillation adapter.

3x60mm borosilicate glass powder addition funnels.

1x24/40 500ml erlenmeyer flask inc. 150ml glass fritted buchner funnel

2x 1 liter erlenmeyer flask inc. 350ml glass fritted buchners

1x 24/29 parallel downward distillation head.

1x 2 liter erlenmeyer, w/ glass fritted buchner and handheld vacuum pump for suction filtration.

1x 24/29 gas inlet adapter.

Total cost of my shopping (so far): $483.94
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 15, 2018, 01:00:06 PM
And still no mattress.      ( :bigcry:   me)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 15, 2018, 02:39:56 PM
Actually your Royal Highness, I don't even ever plan on using that bed again.  I intend on cutting the frame up into pieces, cutting the mattress up, for disposal, and recycling the springs for use in building stuff, then making the entire room into a new, expanded lab space, I need more space than I have in my lab.

The entire room is to be converted into my main lab, whilst the smaller room I currently use will be converted to a clean-room for experiments in condensed matter physics, experiments with graphene, silicene, and similar, see if boron and germanium form similar 1-dimensional monatomic layers, for attempts at making my own supercapacitors, that can function at high voltage, as well as having their current massive capacitance in a small physical space, and for other chemistry for condensed matter physics, attempting to develop room temperature superconductor materials (a superconductor which functions at room temperature, or at modest cooling such as could be provided by a fridge, or peltiere cooler would be a massive breakthrough), building lasers, and if I can pull it off, building both my own polariton laser and sonoacoustic laser, (a phonon laser, or SASER, although SASERs don't involve a population-inversion like classic lasers do, they produce an extremely coherent beam or pulsed sonic discharge, a sonic laser, basically. And a powerful one could make for a lot of fun. A ultrasound or infrasonic pulse-rifle, basically a sonic emission generator, which has the directionality, and beam coherence/confinement of a laser, a sonic rather than the more conventional, at least  as far as real-world functional directed energy weapons go, photonic-electric hybrid based pulse rifle basically.

As for the polariton lasers, they are just highly efficient in terms of energy consumption vs beam/pulse strength and energy release. Relying on some novel physics as far as lasers go, but the beam is light, rather than anything weird. Its the way of generating the beam thats squirrely :D)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 15, 2018, 10:23:51 PM
A new muffler and exhaust for my car. Looks shiny.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 15, 2018, 10:36:31 PM
I think I know just what you feel there ren. If your anything like me getting much wanted new stuff, when that glassware comes, plus the other stuff I've got on the 'to buy' list, its a real spazz moment mixed with a 6yo kid just as he wakes on xmas morning and goes running to the tree ready to rip open the big pile of gifts for him....all the glassware I've got coming, the chemicals, and assuming it hasn't been taken by someone else whilst I saved..that lovely technetium 99 plated onto pure gold.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 16, 2018, 01:19:02 PM
I haven't made a decision yet, since I'm JUST starting to read about the chemistry, but I MIGHT end up buying some fine tantalum and niobium metal powder, reading about some interesting organotantalum and organoniobium chemistry for hydroaminoalkylations of alkenes..unusual reactions, and it looks like things like niobium oxychloride, niobium pentachloride and tantalum oxychloride and TaCl5 look interesting to play with too. And it looks potentially easy to prepare the pentahalides of either metal by, from the looks of it, something as simple as  packing niobium or tantalum dust into a tube, and heating it from 300 degrees 'C, and passing dry chlorine gas through it, or at higher temperatures, passing dry hydrogen chloride through it, in either case in the absence of O2, as niobium and tantalum both form oxytrichlorides.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 24, 2018, 10:13:32 PM
$100 worth of Tafe fees. I only have $53 left. It's really weird, I had to pay over $1000 last semester. I think a 0 has gone astray.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 24, 2018, 10:38:27 PM
Well I would keep my mouth shut so long as nobody comes and says anything about it Ren :D

Sounds like the numbers worked in your favor if it was an error. Wouldn't spend the money just yet, wait a little while just in case it both is an error for sure AND somebody catches on to the fact. Otherwise, count it as a nice little bonus. £900 isn't anything to sniff at. I could do a lot with £900..don't suppose you want to accidentally leave it at my house do you?:D

(actually if you did, I'd tell you, and/or bring it back to you Ren, rather than spend it, I wouldn't do that to a friend.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 25, 2018, 09:39:57 AM
catfood
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on January 25, 2018, 11:39:25 AM
GBoH module for Boudicca's revolt, t'would seem.


Didn't realize it was coming so fast.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 25, 2018, 01:16:37 PM
Plane tickets to Prague.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 25, 2018, 03:30:57 PM
groceries for the humans
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 25, 2018, 08:41:37 PM
Quote from: Lestat on January 24, 2018, 10:38:27 PM
Well I would keep my mouth shut so long as nobody comes and says anything about it Ren :D

Sounds like the numbers worked in your favor if it was an error. Wouldn't spend the money just yet, wait a little while just in case it both is an error for sure AND somebody catches on to the fact. Otherwise, count it as a nice little bonus. £900 isn't anything to sniff at. I could do a lot with £900..don't suppose you want to accidentally leave it at my house do you?:D

(actually if you did, I'd tell you, and/or bring it back to you Ren, rather than spend it, I wouldn't do that to a friend.)
Yeah, I think I'll keep quiet. It's quite a big saving.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 29, 2018, 11:31:30 PM
Well, we spent twelve hundred dollars on our dog this month, trying to keep him from dying.

I mentioned before about his Grand Mal seizures last summer and our last attempts to secure his health using similar drugs that humans take for seizures.
He has mostly stopped eating and anything that he will eat we give it to him in quantity until he stops eating again.

He weighed twenty four pounds last year when he went in for shots, but last week he weighed thirteen pounds. He just will not eat and when he does it comes out fairly quickly from one end or the other, still liquid.

I can see all of his bones and it literally hurts to look at him. He still wants to be touched, but it is hard to do. He is so skinny I feel like I will break him just petting him and consoling him, showing him love.

My wife and I are already facing the inevitability but I am afraid the kids are going to have a rough time with this ending.

We are going to lose our little dog!
:bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 30, 2018, 03:05:05 AM
:'(

Sorry about your dog.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on January 30, 2018, 06:51:08 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 29, 2018, 11:31:30 PM
Well, we spent twelve hundred dollars on our dog this month, trying to keep him from dying.

I mentioned before about his Grand Mal seizures last summer and our last attempts to secure his health using similar drugs that humans take for seizures.
He has mostly stopped eating and anything that he will eat we give it to him in quantity until he stops eating again.

He weighed twenty four pounds last year when he went in for shots, but last week he weighed thirteen pounds. He just will not eat and when he does it comes out fairly quickly from one end or the other, still liquid.

I can see all of his bones and it literally hurts to look at him. He still wants to be touched, but it is hard to do. He is so skinny I feel like I will break him just petting him and consoling him, showing him love.

My wife and I are already facing the inevitability but I am afraid the kids are going to have a rough time with this ending.

We are going to lose our little dog!
:bigcry:

Do you have medical pot in your state??

If so, the CBD's in pot (you can also get an extract) are a miracle drug in treating seizures.

They will also give your dog the munchies so the weight will come back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 30, 2018, 10:39:53 AM
I am so sorry about your dog.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 30, 2018, 11:19:27 AM
Damn DD, thats shitty, really, really shitty.

But I commend you on being willing to go that far for your dog. Too many people who could manage the money just wouldn't, and have the animal killed and get another because it was inconvenient for them to spend the money, rather than to save the animal suffering; as the last merciful resor that can be done.

Sounds like what happened to my last cat, Sasha, named after Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin, one of the true pioneers of psychedelic chemistry in the area mainly of the psychedelic phenethylamines, amphetamines and tryptamines, but who also worked on some designer lysergamides, she stopped being able to eat properly, kept throwing her food up, eventually became unable to tolerate even the special vet-prescribed diet we were giving her, and she died. I miss having her around.

POT IS TOXIC TO DOGS! the cannabichromene, an inactive compound, to us, is poisonous for dogs!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 30, 2018, 01:58:35 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 30, 2018, 03:05:05 AM
:'(

Sorry about your dog.
Thank you.
Hey, we took a rescue dog into our house who had been horribly abused in a former life and gave him three years of freedom from harm and lots and lots of love.
As much as I feeel bad about his illness and certain demise approaching, I have nothing but a full heart that we are making his last days as easy for him as is possible.
 :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 30, 2018, 02:04:09 PM
Quote from: Go Piss Up A Rope on January 30, 2018, 06:51:08 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 29, 2018, 11:31:30 PM
Well, we spent twelve hundred dollars on our dog this month, trying to keep him from dying.

I mentioned before about his Grand Mal seizures last summer and our last attempts to secure his health using similar drugs that humans take for seizures.
He has mostly stopped eating and anything that he will eat we give it to him in quantity until he stops eating again.

He weighed twenty four pounds last year when he went in for shots, but last week he weighed thirteen pounds. He just will not eat and when he does it comes out fairly quickly from one end or the other, still liquid.

I can see all of his bones and it literally hurts to look at him. He still wants to be touched, but it is hard to do. He is so skinny I feel like I will break him just petting him and consoling him, showing him love.

My wife and I are already facing the inevitability but I am afraid the kids are going to have a rough time with this ending.

We are going to lose our little dog!
:bigcry:

Do you have medical pot in your state??

If so, the CBD's in pot (you can also get an extract) are a miracle drug in treating seizures.

They will also give your dog the munchies so the weight will come back.

No possibility of medical pot in this overly conservative state.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 30, 2018, 02:15:09 PM
Quote from: Lestat on January 30, 2018, 11:19:27 AM
Damn DD, thats shitty, really, really shitty.

But I commend you on being willing to go that far for your dog. Too many people who could manage the money just wouldn't, and have the animal killed and get another because it was inconvenient for them to spend the money, rather than to save the animal suffering; as the last merciful resor that can be done.

Sounds like what happened to my last cat, Sasha, named after Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin, one of the true pioneers of psychedelic chemistry in the area mainly of the psychedelic phenethylamines, amphetamines and tryptamines, but who also worked on some designer lysergamides, she stopped being able to eat properly, kept throwing her food up, eventually became unable to tolerate even the special vet-prescribed diet we were giving her, and she died. I miss having her around.

POT IS TOXIC TO DOGS! the cannabichromene, an inactive compound, to us, is poisonous for dogs!

I have this personal code I live by. Once I take in an animal into my home it is part of my family. I will do anything for my "pets."

The hard part is watching him wither away. I have had best friend pets run over in traffic, shot to death, eaten by wild animals. Those losses were almost instantaneous in most cases. Watching this little guy turn into a skeleton right before my eyes over a period of months is more difficult.

I have experienced a great deal of death in my life, animals and humans, but I really thought I had a chance to make his life full and way better than what he had known before.

It is a tough time around here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 30, 2018, 04:02:17 PM
Yeah, its one thing if it happens fast, but watching a loved wee beastie suffer is another matter.

And I am sure you have and did make his life better than it was, especially considering it was a case of a rescue dog.  Its really hard when a loved animal slowly deteriorates before your eyes. Thats what happened to my dear Sasha (the cat, I also stole a dog once, and renamed her Sasha, again, after Shulgin, you could say I am somewhat of a fan of him and his work, especially the way that when he was alive (Sasha Shulgin died not long ago:(, a loss mourned all over the scientific community) he wrote books like TIHKAL, PIHKAL and the Shulgin Index, as easily accessible and readable by lay-people who aren't chemists, albeit the second section of the first two books, in which he actually gives literal 'recipes', procedures by which a skilled chemist can replicate his work is for people who know what they are going to be up against, chemistry wise.

 As he writes things like 'the product was reduced with LAH to the final amphetamine', which does NOT mean one just grinds up that product and throws lithium aluminium hydride at it, it means that the glassware used was carefully pre-baked in an oven until very, very, very dry, using appropriate greases, and connected to a flow of inert gas like helium or argon (I prefer argon as it forms a heavy, dense pad rather than floating up and away, plus helium is a much scarcer resource in terms of what is present on the planet and can be had), which is either bought as a canister of very dry gas or else led through first a dreschel bottle of concentrated sulfuric acid, and then another one to absorb any acid mix) and in a glove-box type setup, the LiAlH4 is opened, weighed, and a solution in pre-dried tetrahydrofuran or diethyl ether is prepared.

The solvent having been dessicated using first conventional distillation from regular dessicants, then by distillation from a sodium-benzophenone ketyl still, again, flame-dried glassware all the way and finally, stored over freshly flame-dried molecular sieves of a pore-size suitable for removing the last traces of H2O for a week or so and distilled for a last time over sodium metal, potassium etc, directly into the flame-dried receiver, and the preweighed LAH added SLOWLY, then a shunted soxhlet containing the substrate is used to slowly leach the substrate to be reduced (not the only way to do it but probably the best) into the LAH solution, kept cold, and under inert gas, because LiAlH4 is pyrophoric as fuck. He does warn of some things, like cyanide gas evolution in some processes, or evolution of boron trifluoride as a side product (HIGHLY toxic and extremely corrosive, nasty fucking stuff).

So he assumes people will at least do their research properly first before doing anything in his cook-book of magical tricks, as there is a lot more to 'substrate was reduced to product using lithium aluminium hydride' for example, than that simple sentence makes out as written.

But he helps explain psychedelic chemistry well, in a kinda quirky manner (I wouldn't be surprised at all if he was on the spectrum at least somewhere, from the way he writes) to non-chemist readers who are interested nevertheless, even if they don't plan on brewing up any of his psychedelic inventions (literally hundreds of them that he published, god only knows how many more were on his shelves, or as precursors never having finally been reduced to the final product)

There is one book that isn't really aimed at amateur interested only readers, 'SPIQ' or 'the simple plant isoquinolines', which is a reference book rather than like his other books. I have a copy, and its a long list of plant-derived isoquinolines, and its not the kind of book one just sits and reads through like a newspaper. But the rest are easy open reading for the interested scholar.


As for bought lately, lotsa lotsa lotsa nosh. Including a big tub (2.3kg), of chocolate flavour mix protein powder, in an effort to help supplement my generally low protein diet (I've been having problems with lacking/finding it very, very difficult to feel hungry, save only in the extreme, I could go a week and not eat without getting hungry, maybe eating just a bowl or two of cereal over the entire week, and not be hungry).

Also thinking 'hmmm...diphenylacetic acid....how does one prepare a tertiary amine starting from a phenylmethyl cyanide' and looking forward to the first time (for something else altogether, although what I don't know yet, haven't decided how to baptize it so to speak) in using my new 4-necked (24/40 joint-sizes for all of them) 5-liter round flask (not an RBF, since the bottom is slightly flattened. Would have preferred fully a RBF since the flattening means I can't subject it to full on hard vacuum, aspirator probably, and definitely for non-fully-sealed vac filtration in a buchner etc. without the risk of implosion. And that would be very, very bad. Partly because its a big bugger with thick glass walls

And that'd be a lot of shrapnel. And partly because said shrapnel would be VERY expensive shrapnel indeed, because that one flask alone cost me almost to just over £90. (yeah, i know, I know, I admit....I just can't stop myself from going on a good satisfying glassware shopping spree, any more than I can a chemical buying jaunt for lab supplies, and I definitely spare no expense in what  I outfit my lab with....hopefully I'll have the resources now I've been paid again, for that absolutely gorgeous technetium (as 99Tc), really well visible sample, plated onto a slip of gold I SO want that technetium, such a rare piece, and not just a tiny plating on a steel alpha-source needle for a cloud chamber etc, but something that actually displays elemental technetium metal as a good sized amount, perfectly suited for a display piece. And maybe even have enough left over for a sample of thorium and uranium metal each too :) )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 30, 2018, 07:36:51 PM

I thank you for your moment of kindness, Lestat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 30, 2018, 08:08:25 PM
Well I'm an animal lover DD. Always have been and always will be. Even used to catch a few specimens of the now pretty rare 'slow worm' that we have here in these parts, it isn't a worm, or, as it appears to be, a small snake, but a legless lizard. Used to be a population somewhere behind a car lot where I used to live, and I'd go hunt for some, to catch and breed so as to try and 'sow' populations elsewhere.

Had a dog when I was a kid, again, named sasha, that I essentially resorted to bald-faced theft to acquire, although I am not a 'dog person', a cat person definitely, better personality match as a rule for me, but this dog, I couldn't leave with the 'owners' (or former 'owners' that is), they just kicked the poor wee hungry mite out and left her to fend for herself all day every day. So I stepped in, coaxed her over and showed her the kindness she wasn't given by the fucking pigfuckers that were allegedly responsible for her keep, and she decided she liked it with me better than with them, so yeah, I went and stole a dog :autism: Do I regret it? no, no I do not. And I'd do it again without hesitating for a moment longer than it would take to make sure there are no witnesses.

She eventually got run over, which was really shitty, and died, after being hit by a car.
Not as awful as Sasha the cat though, I had to watch her go through hell, not being able to eat, and eventually not even be able to eat the prescription diet she was given. Loved her to pieces, even if she was sometimes a furry little arsehole with claws, only now and then, though, but she sometimes did just decide to give people a swipe out of nowhere.

She just got sicker and sicker, eventually had to have her put down :(

Haven't had any pets/companion animals since, aside from my black widow and brown widow spiders. But the fucking pigs, they murdered my spiders during an illegal raid. My brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus, I think), had just laid two egg sacks too (and bitten me once while I was cleaning out her enclosure the little sod, resulting in several doctor visits in successive days, feeling like I'd been run over by a tank) and one had hatched, hundreds and hundreds of young widow spiders, and the fucking filth deliberately killed all of them (they were specifically warned/informed beforehand that they were there, so as to avoid confrontations. So that is the only explanation for it, that it was deliberate.)

And since then, no pets at all. Although I have been thinking about getting a Parabuthus transvaalicus (common name is, I think, the south-african fat tailed scorpion (not to be confused with those generally known as fat-tailed scorpions, the really deadly ones, those are Androctonus spp). These Parabuthus, they are unique, because like many cobra species and one viper species, it can fire its venom from its stinger of course in the case of the scorpion, rather than the fangs of cobras or the mangshan pitviper.) Parabuthus do have pretty potent stings, and its likely to put someone in hospital if they give it all they've got, but they aren't like the Androctonus fat-tails, (they can kill an adult human in about 8 hours after a sting), and also, Parabuthus have two distinct kinds of venom. One they use defensively, designed more to cause pain and drive off predators, rather than the more resource-intensive (AFAIK) type of venom they use for hunting, and intended for killing prey. Not sure which, or if they use both, if they do their spitter thing and fire their venom though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 01, 2018, 04:35:06 AM
2 packets of molecular sieves. Mol.sieves are basically beads of synthetic zeolite ceramics with precisely tuned pore-sizes, down to within a single angstrom, they are very efficient drying agents, although the action is not rapid, ideally suited for once chemical dessicants and distillation have been applied, storing a bottle of something along with molecular sieves that have been baked out dry prior to use, and they will help both keep the solvent dry, and make sure that it is absolutely anhydrous, for removal of the last tiny, tiny scraps of water, solvents etc., anything that can bind within the pores of the ceramic (they come as little round beads/pellets with little tiny pores present in the matrix, and any molecule in solution, or liquid itself, or, possibly although I am uncertain, possibly gaseous molecules, that are of a size that may fit within the pores, tuned in size to within a single angstrom, will be bound in the pores and retained until the sieves are baked out for re-use.)

The ones I got are size 3A. Meaning IIRC a pore size of about 3/7ths of a nanometer, a few hundred picometers in diameter. Not as fast by any means as conventional dessication by either chemical dessicants or distillation to dry things, but when stored in reagent bottles, they really do a very efficient job at maintaining anhydrous conditions, and of rendering the solvent or other reagent truly anhydrous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_sieve

Got a couple of big packets, and since they are reusable, those should last me a virtual lifetime.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 01, 2018, 10:15:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 30, 2018, 03:05:05 AM
:'(

Sorry about your dog.

He laid down and died this morning.  I knew it was going to be soon. Yesterday, he was seeking out quiet dark places to sleep. Places he never ventures in the house. He is gone now.

This morning I could see what bad shape he was in and my daughter must have as well. She just kept hugging him before school. I told her that she should say her goodbyes, not knowing that he was only an hour away from death.

Seems like every time I have to bury a pet, the ground is frozen. This will be a very labor intensive grave to dig.
 :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 01, 2018, 11:51:51 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 01, 2018, 10:15:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 30, 2018, 03:05:05 AM
:'(

Sorry about your dog.

He laid down and died this morning.  I knew it was going to be soon. Yesterday, he was seeking out quiet dark places to sleep. Places he never ventures in the house. He is gone now.

This morning I could see what bad shape he was in and my daughter must have as well. She just kept hugging him before school. I told her that she should say her goodbyes, not knowing that he was only an hour away from death.

Seems like every time I have to bury a pet, the ground is frozen. This will be a very love intensive grave to dig.
 :'(

fixed
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on February 01, 2018, 11:53:20 AM
Oh no. I am so, so sorry.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 01, 2018, 04:16:44 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 01, 2018, 10:15:58 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 30, 2018, 03:05:05 AM
:'(

Sorry about your dog.

He laid down and died this morning.  I knew it was going to be soon. Yesterday, he was seeking out quiet dark places to sleep. Places he never ventures in the house. He is gone now.

This morning I could see what bad shape he was in and my daughter must have as well. She just kept hugging him before school. I told her that she should say her goodbyes, not knowing that he was only an hour away from death.

Seems like every time I have to bury a pet, the ground is frozen. This will be a very labor intensive grave to dig.
 :'(

:'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 02, 2018, 03:54:07 PM
My daughter came home and wanted to see him. I told her , "No, he does not look like himself. You should remember him as he was."
She was insistent, so I tried to prepare her for what she was about to experience.  I had placed him out in the garage, wrapped in a towel. She instantly broke into a massive cry when she saw him.

She rubbed her hands into his fur and tried to remove his collar but could not stand to touch him, all cold and stiff. After a bunch of hugging, I finally got her headed back into the house and she stopped me and asked if she could go back and close his eyes.
I told her that doing so was the first thing I tried when he died, but they would not stay closed. I suggested that it was a sign of his courage; even his own death he faced with both eyes wide open. She only sobbed more. I told her I would save his collar for her.

Last night, in her healing process, she compiled a little edit of some video she had captured of him over the past few months. I did not even know she had this footage of videos. Anyway, it is wonderful and very nice to see for all of us. I suppose it was her way of remembering him as he was.

This whole thing is very off topic, now.
Sorry. At first I was kind of talking about how expensive vet bills can be. Then I got way off topic.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 02, 2018, 03:59:01 PM


Back to real life:

I bought six cans of sardines and four of smoked kippers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 02, 2018, 11:17:32 PM
EW! gross.

Bought a pair of gas inlets (more outlets really, since they are for piping gases from a flask containing some or other mixture for generating something gaseous, into another vessel. More or less a double-ended tube with something like a vacuum hose barb in the middle, so the top can be plugged, or unplugged if the pressure is too great, whilst whatever is being evolved in the generating flask comes out of the tube poking out of the side, connected to a piece of hose to deliver the gas stream wherever it needs to be)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 03, 2018, 02:22:35 PM

So, what is it? You do not like canned fish?

I do and so does my son.  But as is typical, my wife and daughter despise them annd curse us when we defile their household with such.

Are you really a girl?

Honestly, sardines are one of those dividers that separate "some men" from "some women"  and no instance of sexism is implied. BUT, allow me to ask you this; have you ever known a woman who enjoyed those stinking little fish that come from a can? Doubt it.

I MAY HAVE FOUND the ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN THAT CAN BE SCIENTIFICALLY QUANTIFIED AND REPEATED UPON FURTHER TESTING.

Maybe not, but I like them. PERIOD!!!   (oops!! Did I make another sexist remark?  Maybe.)

Seriously, sardines are awesome!  Guts and heads and all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 03, 2018, 02:45:35 PM
Can i come and eat with you, DD?  :laugh:

Apart from the cats everyone would flee this house, if I opened a can of sardines. My ex hated the them too.

A treat, back in the days I was a kid. No dividing if the sexes tnere.just good food. Yup, I like sardines. Will probably like the kippers too. Different recipes all over the world when it comes to herring. Smoked and canned sounds fine to me.


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 03, 2018, 03:47:02 PM

It is way more than that that I have noticed that makes you ''special.''
 :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 03, 2018, 04:20:09 PM
Sardines and onion on buttered toast.  Divine
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on February 03, 2018, 05:22:16 PM
Goid to see you here too.

I brought some extra butter and bread.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 03, 2018, 08:18:17 PM
I'm fine with canned fish. Especially on a soft, fresh bread sandwich. Yum.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 03, 2018, 11:28:33 PM
Jack likes sardines too, and caviar. The two taste very similar to me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on February 04, 2018, 08:57:36 AM
I liked them too and used to use this recipe for them (scroll down to the big grey box):

http://www.realfoodkosher.com/pan-fried-sardines/
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 04, 2018, 10:20:53 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on February 04, 2018, 08:57:36 AM
I liked them too and used to use this recipe for them (scroll down to the big grey box):

http://www.realfoodkosher.com/pan-fried-sardines/

Does the recipe call for arrowroot because it's paleo?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on February 04, 2018, 10:25:20 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 04, 2018, 10:20:53 AM
Quote from: Fun with matches on February 04, 2018, 08:57:36 AM
I liked them too and used to use this recipe for them (scroll down to the big grey box):

http://www.realfoodkosher.com/pan-fried-sardines/

Does the recipe call for arrowroot because it's paleo?

That’s right. You could possibly use wheat flour instead. I used her books when I was on the Paleo diet (which, like most diets, are a load of cobblers {rubbish}) and her books were full of delicious recipes. Most popular recipe books are bland, but that one uses different spice and herb mixtures. I also recommend her recipe for “Pork Cracknitas” and her cold cucumber noodles (which are exceptional).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on February 04, 2018, 10:40:25 AM
Cold Sesame (Cucumber) Noodles (Edited by me.)

INGREDIENTS:

1 teaspoon sesame seeds
2 large cucumbers, preferably seedless
1 tablespoon tahini
1 tablespoon organic sunbutter                 {Or replace Tahini+sunbutter with 2 tbsp nut butter)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon coconut aminos (I used soy sauce)
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon water
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
1 scallion, dark green part only, thinly sliced


DIRECTIONS:

1) Toast sesame seeds until light brown, about 2-3 minutes. Set aside to cool.

2) Julienne cucumbers with peeler or spiralizer. (I recommend you salt them and place them in a colander for at least half an hour, then rinse and squeeze dry as much as you can with towels. Then the texture is much like normal noodles instead of crunchy cucumber, and far nicer).

3) In a small bowl, mix the tahini, sunbutter, oil, coconut aminos, vinegar, water, red pepper flakes, garlic, and ginger with a fork until smooth.

4) Pour the dressing over the cucumber noodles and toss gently until evenly coated. Mound on a plate and sprinkle with the sliced scallions and toasted sesame seeds.

I find these are great for summer, especially when the cucumber noodles have been in the fridge. As the website says, you can prepare the noodles and sauce and keep them seperately until you need them. I just eat the lot.





Source
http://meljoulwan.com/2011/07/16/cold-sesame-cucumber-noodles/
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 04, 2018, 01:21:59 PM
sounds scrumptious
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 05, 2018, 03:10:35 AM
Canned fish? oh EW. Caviar, that I can live with, shellfish, sure as long its no oysters and as long as its dead before being eaten. And not done it yet but need to replace the TV. I fucked it, somehow punched a hole through the screen. I don't remember what happened exactly, just beginning to black out, vision cutting out and the next thing I remember is hauling my arse off of the floor, suppose I got lucky, that I didn't break the lab flask thats in a crate in front of the TV too. That I haven't even used yet and cost just short of £90.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 05, 2018, 11:49:28 AM
Several all-glass syringes. Both plunger and barrel and needle/cannula attachment point are entirely made of glass, with the inner portion of the barrel and outer of the plunger partly ground glass, to serve to stop the things falling apart too easily. Two 10ml and 2 30ml ones.

Also bought a 1-liter side round-bottom flask with a long side-arm (unground glass) a bit more than half way above the bottom. I used to have a smaller one...but...somebody, a clandestine chemist, and a really bright, promising and talented girl from albania, a real sweet lass, she drew a hand-done charcoal sketch, showing me with that other, smaller sidearm still flask I had in one hand, and her, walking just behind me,  me clothed only in shoes and trousers, and her, wearing nothing but an erlenmeyer flask in one hand.

Just a very short time after, she took her own life :( And not long after that, that flask, the side-arm shattered. I have yet to have the heart to try and fix it, or even just seal the hole and convert it to a boiling flask with a long neck. Why? because of the timing really, and because this girl, although I never got to tell her, partly due to op-sec reasons and partly because, I just hadn't enough time...but she had been growing sweet on me, and I had a lot of affection for her. She never got to hear it from me just how much. And Quite honestly, whilst it might already have been a pretty ragged few scraps of an organ, when she took her own life, what was left of my heart, fucking broken.

I'd have loved to have been able to freely, safely meet her, and for us to spend time together, work side by side together in either her lab or mine. (and believe you me, it takes a LOT for me to voluntarily permit anybody to enter my lab, or even just to look in. Only my closest friends have ever looked in, and a very few of them have. And I haven't let anybody in for a long, long time, in fact I'm not sure if I ever have. If I have, it will have been my beloved former fiancee, Cazzie, someone who still, even over a decade since I last saw her, at 14, I love still, and I know her to have been my true soulmate. What I gave, what we had, she still has to the point I have never again been able to fully love someone, bar one person, who could have been a soulmate, a beautiful, bright, elegant and charming autie lady by the nick 'heretic' who briefly popped up, for a really short time on AFF, we got talking by chance and got to know each other, and we'd gotten into a long distance, but intimate as possible, relationship. A very special girl. Quite the opposite, age-wise to cazzie, nearly 50 at the time, but could pass w/o effort for 30s, and if she tried using makeup (pretty sure she doesn't, it just isn't her, to try and look or be anything other than 'what you see is what you get' kind of girl, in the extreme. Heretic doesn't just not wear a mask...she collects them to hold bonfires of them :D Unusual woman, Tim McVeigh the terrorist bomber guy's former prison penpal (she wasn't locked up, she isn't that type of person at all, and a very special one. Autie, and everything a guy could ever dream of a woman being. Although unfortunately the fucking filthy hell-beshat gorgonslut cunting whoreborn bitch borderline PD bitch queen from Tartarus former housemate of mine, the one that tried to kill me did everything she could to get in our way, and IMO that plus Heretic really not being a people-person, that fucked things up. Although we still care about and for each other. And I'd still willingly give her a vital organ or organs if she needed a transplant, even, even if it would end me. Something I'd do only for cazzie and one, maybe two others. One an ex gf who is one of my most cherished friends I've ever had or do have, and the other, well, someone who doesn't know it, at least unless she's clocked on to it but said nothing, and who I have loved as much as what is left of me can do, although silently, for..ever since I've known her.

Got a replacement sidearm distillation flask, the one that broke shortly after the girl who drew us together in her sketch she did just for me, took her own life, that was 150ml or 250ml, I forget which, 250 I think. But even looking at this new one...holding it can't help but make me think again of sov, (not her full name), the clandestine chemist girl from albania.

When I try effecting a repair on that one, I think I'll sprinkle a pinch of the glass dust, from the sidearm of the flask left from prepping it for an attempt at repairing it with what glass-blowing skills I have, into the soil at the heart of the memorial garden I have planned out to be planted in her memory, and in commemoration of the loss to both the clandestine chemist community, and of what could, if things had been different, ended up as love. I felt for her, and I still miss her.

I can't read a post of her's even, or see her avatar on the forum we interacted, see her name referred to, or read a PM she sent, let alone see the pic she sketched of us, showing us each with a piece of glassware, and neither of us wearing much. In her case, nothing but the erlenmeyer.

Days to a week or so later, one of her relatives, of a sort, an other half of one of her blood relatives posted, just a few posts, not a chemist, but came on, to post the news that she had taken her own life.

And days after, the flask in the picture, the side-arm broke off.

RIP hun, you are going to be missed. You, your intellect, our touching of minds, your quirky, idiosyncratic way of using english, the kindness and effort you spent in drawing that picture, which I'll always treasure. All of you. Lol, I don't  know if she was or not, but the language difference, when she wrote in english she even sounded kinda spazzy. It was really cute. Wish I could have told you that, and how and why. I'll always be fond of you. And come this year, there will be sown the start of a memorial garden, with a pair of yew trees planted side by side, along with white and red roses, for death, and for love, along with a field of opium poppy, the best seedstock that money can buy; to symbolize peace and eternal rest. And other things besides....I know she would want those other things.

And every distillation I do with this new side-arm flask, I'll be doing it for you at heart. I know if there is anything past this life, and after death, you'll be watching and smiling that pretty smile, as toasty as any hotplate cranked up to maximum or any bunsen burner with a roaring flame going.  Because thats what you made me feel. Like a fucking thermite charge igniting. Intense, blindingly flaring heat, yet all too ephemeral and way too short. Although when the oxides are separated out, then things of value to be found within. Things like you, dear one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 06, 2018, 12:22:42 AM
Oh and about a half kg of sliced roast beef, cold from the fridge. Only got one slice left, maybe two though now I just opened that bag a few minutes ago and washed down with most of a carton of toffee milk. And THAT with some pear, apple and lychee mix 'tropicana' juice. Plus two bottles each of concentrate cordial mix for elderflower and rose&elderflower cordial mixture. Just add water and delish.

As well as a 2.3kg of multi-grain hydrolysed protein plus added peptide aminoacid easily digestible protein, chocolate flavoured, going cheaper by far per weight than 1kg (the 2.3 would have cost near £80, now it costed me just £33 or so. Might have been £36. In an effort to supplement my diet and make it healthier and make it easier to consume larger amounts of protein than dairy alone provides (I find it easier to drink food than eat it, appetite/hunger wise since I have now relatively little sensation left of hunger but thirst is still there as it ought to be, or at least more or less intact)

Oh and a really huge crate of cans of coke, going for far less than the price of a 1.75 liter bottle (they used to be 2 liters, now one of the smaller ones is more expensive than a 2 liter ever was, the greedy, skiving pennypinching fuckburglars.)

And two packs of cigars'
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 06, 2018, 12:26:55 AM
Just discovered 2 packs of wasabi-coated roasted salted peanuts that I forgot I had bought too. Never tasted wasabi before. Oh my golly god's goshified nipples on a pointy barbecue fork, thats a CHANGE *tard*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 07, 2018, 05:36:54 AM
I made the mistake of thinking the benign-looking green paste - wasabi - was fine to eat in a spoonful. Far out, I though my tongue was cut up.

In keeping with Japanese food, I had beef sushi for lunch at Tafe today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 07, 2018, 11:46:11 AM
Sardines :P...I don't know ANY of you...except maybe Lestat, I like roast beef.

I have purchased seeds. Flower seeds, vegetable seeds, herb seeds, a ton of seeds.

I will definitely regret this decision at planting time. I've been trapped in the house waaay too long this winter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 07, 2018, 01:14:26 PM
Oh damn ren. Your usually one of the sharpest tools in our collective box :autism: Bet that wasn't fun.

Reminds me of one time I read this chemist's toxicology blog, and ROFL 'about how I nearly killed my dad', after this guy as a kid, was preparing horseradish in bulk, grated it and stuck it all in a blender, then left it for some time to let the enzymatic reaction release as much allyl isothiocyanate as possible, took a sniff part way through, then, after it sends him reeling and choking and about to start vomiting out of both ends at once, goes to his father, moments after his mother saw him as a kid pick it up and say, 'hey, look at this', and knowing him, wisely scarpered:D

His old man put his face up to it even longer and took a big horf, expecting horseradish to be spicy, but not close to a chemical warfare agent (methyl isocyanate, for example and other isocyanates and isothiocyanates, and hell, allylic groups are reactive enough, are really reactive and pretty noxious stuff, it being a release of industrial methyl isocyanate that formed the lethal gas cloud that rolled down towards the citizens of Bhopal after the industrial disaster there and wiped the place out pretty well, not 100% but a significant kill rate.

In the likes of mustard etc. and a lot of other such  Brassicaceae and Alliaceae, the plants have separate cells holding a precursor that reacts with an enzyme, such as myrosinase, in mustard for example, the two react to form volatile isothiocyanates via a nifty as hell little molecular rearrangement, which then after a time, mellow to less toxic alllylic cyanides and similar, its a defense against predators, where the plant is crushed, the cells release their contents into each other, one rearrangement reaction later, you get the characteristic smell, which we humans have learned to see as something tasty and spicy to stick on food, rather than deterring us from eating the things (lol I've even heard from my old man he knew someone who would pick up onions and just crunch into one with his teeth as though it were an apple....*shudders and nearly pukes from both ends himself*) it encourages us to grow them just for eating.

And this kid nearly gassed his old man with the closed blender having prevented all the allyl isothiocyanate and allyl cyanide from escaping, and flooded the kitchen with virulent, choking, eye-ripper toxic fumes like one of josef mengele's own farts in hell while being busy roasting in lava (I hope at least :P)

And was dumb enough to get smacked senseless like that, then his old man even dumber, took the thing later and shoved his face in it like a complete tool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 07, 2018, 05:26:20 PM
A teething toy for Filburt
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 07, 2018, 09:01:55 PM
I reckon I need to buy myself another tub of elemental iodine. I'm down to my last 1/4kg or so. Been meaning to get some bromine too, but that I won't need to actually buy anything for, since I've one of my 500ml 2-necked flasks full of sodium bromide, that simply needs to be cooled down on an ice bath and have chlorine gas piped through it, then the bromine tapped off in a separatory funnel and dried over anhydrous calcium bromide or anhydrous CaCl2, then double-distilled to meet my standards then, after keeping it on an ice-salt-methanol/antifreeze bath, weighed out in portion sizes I'm likely to want to use practically, say, 1g, 5g, 10g, 25 or 30g, 50 and 100g and seal them in glass ampoules, flame-fused shut and kept in the fridge until it comes to using the contents. The NaBr is there in the lab already dissolved in water, it just needs me to rig up a chlorine gas generator and start piping in gas. In fact I've one half done, already full of potassium permanganate, just needs some hydrochloric acid pouring in, and the cooling bath to be readied by breaking some ice up, salting it and pouring on some antifreeze and methylated spirit.

I do need to buy ampoules in various sizes though. From 1ml to a 250ml perhaps, and various in between sizes. For keeping Br2 in (its a well-known escape artist of a chemical, volatile, giving off nasty fumes, and indeed its fairly notorious for its escaping from bottles. So flame-sealed amps is the most practical way.), and other things like iodine monochloride, chromyl chloride (a coincidentally bromine looking liquid made by heating a mixture of table salt, concentrated, dry sulfuric acid (98% is good enough, with a little loss due to hydrolysis but not much, and a dichromate salt) need to make more of that too, got the stuff.

Need me to get me some lithium aluminium hydride though, which would be difficult to make. Although might be able to manage it with some  effort, although I'll need to buy a big pot of lithium, I do have some but only 20g or so left, maybe a bit under 25g. Although theres been 100g lots sold on ebay of late in pelleted form. That could be just the thing, starting by melting lithium in a ceramic 'boat' placed inside a quartz tube which has hydrogen and inert gas flowing through it, the exit-gases being stopped from giving a flashback flame with a one-way valve. and some metal mesh in a pipe connected to the outlet., to make lithium hydride, then purification by dissolving it in diethyl ether (higher solubility) or THF, although its a bit less soluble in THF. I'd choose the THF since I have a big tank of THF in the fridge, and just use a soxhlet and heavy-duty soxhlet condenser to continually shunt back the solvent, then distill it a couple of times, treat for peroxides, add a strip of copper as an inhibitor of peroxidation, and leave a couple of nuggets of sodium metal in the can to destroy any, if on testing after the reclamation of the THF, that there has been any peroxidation, plus to deter formation of the nasty little fuckers, after first reacting with lithium chloride to form LiAlH4, with a bit of LiCl in it, although that doesn't matter, although could be removed but it'd mean dealing with the large quantity of LAH in bulk for more time than I'd like. Its highly pyrophoric, causing an intense metal fire that is difficult to put out on contact with air, and it is SERIOUSLY violently reactive with water. And in liters of THF, that would be REALLY unpleasant to have to deal with, and be a fucking difficult thing to put out. It'd be an inferno. And those I'd rather avoid. Especially when they involve a large quantity of alkali metal hydrides (not cheap, difficult to find, difficult to buy, very demanding to produce and if you do get any of them then they are precious reagents)

Hm, reminds me, I need to buy a potato, to make some peroxidation testing strips.

(and if anyones wondering why I'd use THF despite LAH being more soluble in diethyl ether, just so I don't need to spend the time either redistilling the ether I do have, drying it etc., and since I haven't as much diethyl or diisopropyl ether if I want more I'd have either to make some with the alcohol and hot conc. sulfuric acid, or else buy another can of ether.)

Meaning more work, more peroxide testing on a regular schedule. More expense. So I'll use the THF as I've got loads of it, and recycle it with that nice big hefty 5-liter 4-neck flask. Perfect, once I stopper some necks and stick the condensers in place and start distilling. Could maybe even purge the THF can with argon, just for extra safety and then distill off the THF back right into it, since its pretty low boiling.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 07, 2018, 09:11:58 PM
Bargains at the thrift store:

Disney Tshirt for the PR 84 cents
Running shorts for the PR $2.45
Wrist purse for the PR 48 cents
Paperback book for me 48 cents
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 07, 2018, 10:19:41 PM
:)

And the PR being treated and made a happy bunny is  double :) :)

How is she doing QV? hope you'll pass on my regards to her for me :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 08, 2018, 08:09:13 AM
Quote from: Lestat on February 07, 2018, 01:14:26 PM
Oh damn ren. Your usually one of the sharpest tools in our collective box :autism: Bet that wasn't fun.

Reminds me of one time I read this chemist's toxicology blog, and ROFL 'about how I nearly killed my dad', after this guy as a kid, was preparing horseradish in bulk, grated it and stuck it all in a blender, then left it for some time to let the enzymatic reaction release as much allyl isothiocyanate as possible, took a sniff part way through, then, after it sends him reeling and choking and about to start vomiting out of both ends at once, goes to his father, moments after his mother saw him as a kid pick it up and say, 'hey, look at this', and knowing him, wisely scarpered:D

His old man put his face up to it even longer and took a big horf, expecting horseradish to be spicy, but not close to a chemical warfare agent (methyl isocyanate, for example and other isocyanates and isothiocyanates, and hell, allylic groups are reactive enough, are really reactive and pretty noxious stuff, it being a release of industrial methyl isocyanate that formed the lethal gas cloud that rolled down towards the citizens of Bhopal after the industrial disaster there and wiped the place out pretty well, not 100% but a significant kill rate.

In the likes of mustard etc. and a lot of other such  Brassicaceae and Alliaceae, the plants have separate cells holding a precursor that reacts with an enzyme, such as myrosinase, in mustard for example, the two react to form volatile isothiocyanates via a nifty as hell little molecular rearrangement, which then after a time, mellow to less toxic alllylic cyanides and similar, its a defense against predators, where the plant is crushed, the cells release their contents into each other, one rearrangement reaction later, you get the characteristic smell, which we humans have learned to see as something tasty and spicy to stick on food, rather than deterring us from eating the things (lol I've even heard from my old man he knew someone who would pick up onions and just crunch into one with his teeth as though it were an apple....*shudders and nearly pukes from both ends himself*) it encourages us to grow them just for eating.

And this kid nearly gassed his old man with the closed blender having prevented all the allyl isothiocyanate and allyl cyanide from escaping, and flooded the kitchen with virulent, choking, eye-ripper toxic fumes like one of josef mengele's own farts in hell while being busy roasting in lava (I hope at least :P)

And was dumb enough to get smacked senseless like that, then his old man even dumber, took the thing later and shoved his face in it like a complete tool.
:D Now that's funny.

But give me a break though, I was only in my early teens when I had that teaspoon of wasabi. I was with a friend's family at a food hall in the city where I bought a bento box that contained the wasabi. My reaction to it made them laugh themselves silly while I tried to ease the sting with a drink. Which was futile. Eating some rice helped though.

What have I bought? I went shopping with Kayleigh after she had her hair done and I bought some shiny socks as well as some plain ones. I also bought two pairs of pants - one pair black and the others army green. Some makeup and a feathery cat toy as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 08, 2018, 02:04:17 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on February 07, 2018, 11:46:11 AM
Sardines :P...I don't know ANY of you...except maybe Lestat, I like roast beef.

I have purchased seeds. Flower seeds, vegetable seeds, herb seeds, a ton of seeds.

I will definitely regret this decision at planting time. I've been trapped in the house waaay too long this winter.

See, now one of you supports my premise.

For the long run, I retract my sexist remark about mainly men enjoying sardines and such while mostly women are not enjoying canned fish, since I have been proven "SO WRONG"  by some of the most powerful, established and seasoned women on this site.


As an aside, my son and I have both observed what I said originally and he posted similarly at his media consorts, only to be shut down by foreign penpals right away. In fact he had a Danish "friend"  write back that if she and her family did not eat canned fish where they live, in the winter they would not have much protein to eat, except for their (often pregnant) animals. 

Generic, sexually biased statement retracted, once and for all.  Except that American women seem to be exactly as I said before. Some one show me an American woman who likes fish of any kind from a can.

OK, a partial retraction.
 :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 08, 2018, 02:09:07 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 07, 2018, 09:11:58 PM
Bargains at the thrift store:

Disney Tshirt for the PR 84 cents
Running shorts for the PR $2.45
Wrist purse for the PR 48 cents
Paperback book for me 48 cents

I love the thrift store! Last time I went I found a giant 4X "UGLY" (beautiful to me - I love them)  HUGE Hawaiian shirt that falls below my waist.
A couple of bucks well spent!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 10, 2018, 10:54:23 AM
Don't you worry Ren, you know I don't have it in for you.
 
But wasabi, etc. ISN'T meant to be a staple diet all the same. It was more funny than anything (mind you, laughing not AT, but with you), at least, that was my intent. I don't want you to suffer in the least; and were we not separated by continents, and you physically close enough for it to be possible, I'd gladly take you to a good pub and get in the first round of drinks :) )
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 10, 2018, 08:58:28 PM
I would be for that, Lestat. :)

Went to the second hand shop (you lot call it a thrift store) and bought 3 t-shirts for me and a pair of around-the-house pants for Kayleigh.

Came home and washed them all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 11, 2018, 04:00:26 AM
Lol what other kind  IS there....at least if you have the curtains open and/or live with anybody that doesn't see one as someone to get in bed with. Or are an exhibitionist perve type haha.

As for thrift shops, you find some  rather neat things in those at times. I've got a couple of leather jackets for a bit over a tenner each for example. Intended, I think, most likely for a female of 10-30 or so, but I can still squeeze into them, just about, without bursting the arms open. I like those, its like a second skin with a built-in squeeze-machine. Although its only because I'm fairly thin in build (I have to hide the ribcage if I want to look..err..normal, in a manner of speaking.) that I can fit in them at all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 14, 2018, 04:43:58 PM
A Garrett pinpointer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 14, 2018, 05:18:01 PM
Quote from: Parts on February 14, 2018, 04:43:58 PM
A Garrett pinpointer
Didn't know there is such a thing. Nice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 15, 2018, 02:04:10 AM
I want one now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 15, 2018, 03:44:22 AM
Some low calorie shake mixtures as well as low calorie chocolate bars from Aldi. Had one of the chocolate bars. Very difficult to eat the whole thing. I've definitely eaten better food. So I went to a chemist and got a different brand of bars, caramel crunch they are called. Try one tomorrow.

I also bought a haircut today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 15, 2018, 05:21:16 PM
Quote from: renaeden on February 15, 2018, 03:44:22 AM
Some low calorie shake mixtures as well as low calorie chocolate bars from Aldi. Had one of the chocolate bars. Very difficult to eat the whole thing. I've definitely eaten better food. So I went to a chemist and got a different brand of bars, caramel crunch they are called. Try one tomorrow.

I also bought a haircut today.
Beware of low calorie or sugar free chocolate; they tend to contain a lot of sugar alcohols which can create some embarrassing digestive side effects.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 15, 2018, 11:27:07 PM
Quote from: Jack on February 15, 2018, 05:21:16 PM
Quote from: renaeden on February 15, 2018, 03:44:22 AM
Some low calorie shake mixtures as well as low calorie chocolate bars from Aldi. Had one of the chocolate bars. Very difficult to eat the whole thing. I've definitely eaten better food. So I went to a chemist and got a different brand of bars, caramel crunch they are called. Try one tomorrow.

I also bought a haircut today.
Beware of low calorie or sugar free chocolate; they tend to contain a lot of sugar alcohols which can create some embarrassing digestive side effects.
Thanks for that info, Jack. :) I have IBS so I have to watch it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 18, 2018, 08:50:58 AM
And watch it around dogs, too, as often as not, xylitol is used for sugar-free sweeteners, and its lethal to dogs in even small quantities (a few bits of sugar free gum for example), xylitol causes both a prolonged, massive insulin release and hypoglycaemia as a result, along with potential for severe liver damage.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 19, 2018, 02:46:48 AM
Quote from: Lestat on February 18, 2018, 08:50:58 AM
And watch it around dogs, too, as often as not, xylitol is used for sugar-free sweeteners, and its lethal to dogs in even small quantities (a few bits of sugar free gum for example), xylitol causes both a prolonged, massive insulin release and hypoglycaemia as a result, along with potential for severe liver damage.
Poor dogs! I didn't know that at all. Two of my sisters have dogs but I'm unlikely to eat low calorie chocolate around them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 19, 2018, 07:18:28 AM
Its present in a lot of chewing gums, sugar-free mints like 'smint' for example. And it only takes a very, very small quantity to kill a dog. It can be treated, at least the profound hypoglycaemic shock can be remedied via glucose infusion, liver damage is a bad sign, prognosis.

Also, if you didn't know, grapes are toxic to dogs also, at least, to most of them, including dried grape products, sultanas, raisins etc. The toxic principle is IIRC unknown at present, although theories include a mycotoxin (fungal toxin), also not all dogs seem to be affected. Its not breed specific, but individual-specific in terms of toxic response. MOST dogs however will be poisoned, but a few individuals seem to either be not susceptible or much, much less so to grape-poisoning.

Debating whether or not to buy either some strong formalin (formaldehyde solution), or some paraformaldehyde (a solid polymer of formaldehyde) that I could thermally depolymerize, or whether to use hexamine camping solid fuel tablets and hydrochloric acid, I need some formaldehyde but the yields reportedly aren't wonderful via the hexamine route, workable but not great. I do on the other hand have a kg or so bag of bottom of the barrel (in terms of camping fuel) hexamine that was going cheap because rather than being solid tablets, its been bashed about enough in storage that its now more or less powder with a fair lot of chunks in it. So crappy if you want solid fuel tablets to cook dinner with whilst camping, but for somebody who only gives a damn about it being hexamine and the potential for preparing some formaldehyde by dissolving it in acid, its actually more convenient since I have to bash it less to make it dissolve more rapidly. So I got a price knockoff for its being crap, whilst for my use its actually better, or at least, more convenient in the sense that it means less elbow-grease needed in grinding the stuff up and less mess.

And why low-cal sweetener-infested chocolate ren? chocolate is meant to be a treat, not a punishment. I'd rather go without than eat that brown material which undergoes little to no change
in the timeline from before being eaten to after coming out of the other end which is observable without the aid of chemical analysis and bacterial culture.

In fact, thats probably an insult to shit, comparing faecal matter to that stuff. Its the equivalent of a few centuries of  festering ooze dredged from the mariana deep-oceanic abyssal trench, made up of hundreds of thousands of deceased, decaying fish, marine invertebrates, dead whales, and the stuff they crap out after eating whatever it is they eat only in an atmospheric pressure edition.

Bloody vile stuff. I wouldn't keep it in the same cabinet as I'd keep potassium cyanide, sodium azide, thallium salts or volatile arsenic compounds. The virulent poisons would probably take it out on me later because I'd so besmirched their good names. Hell, methylmercury would probably take exception to being kept in the same room as sweetener-befouled 'chocolate' (not that I'd keep organomercury compounds in my lab, or either make them, let them be used by anybody else in there mind you. I might work with toxic substances at times, but I'm not fucking stupid, or suicidal, and if I was either or both, organomercurials would still be the very last, digging-through-the-bottom-of-the-barrel ways to kill myself slowly and horribly. There is 'bad news' and 'wouldn't touch it with a twenty foot, shit covered stick held by a robotic manipulator arm within a hermetically sealed, negative-pressure chamber if you paid me my bodyweight in platinum' and then there are organomercury compounds.

And then there is sweetener-infected chocolate. Its up there with dimethylmercury-soaked kilo-bricks of solidified zaire-strain ebola virus given a dusting of smallpox spores on the surface like the icing of satan's own 666'th birthday cake. If hell would take it and not puke it back up again.

Not partial to dark chocolate, ren? because if you are, then you might try green&black's, they do a really good range of dark chocolate, ranging from 80% to >90% cocoa, from simple plain chocolate without additional flavours, to all kinds of pretty appetizing additives like salted chocolate, to lime-spiked stuff. Comes in sheets of squares that are a few mm thick, so should be pretty low-calorie. But unlike that unspeakable swamp-bilge with the sweeteners, it is real chocolate, of high quality and delicious.

If your dieting (not, IMO that you need to, you are lovely enough as you are :) ) then from everything I've read, the occasional treat actually helps, as opposed to a 'just torture yourself and try to suck it up' approach, as a reward for sticking to the diet plan (and of course, making sure the diet itself is something healthy and balanced, rather than some celebrity-espoused vacuous and potentially dangerous craze diet like juice-only diets or short sharp shocks of starvation, where perceived rapid weight loss is just the water you piss out (and in your case of course, sweat out, considering you are busily roasting in australia, which if it weren't for the huge amount of most interesting wildlife (or possibly because of it and/or in spite of it) could make a good case for consideration as hell's waiting room on earth, first populated in terms of non-indigenes, by criminals sentenced to deportation :P

(Hey Al, what is your distant family tree like :autism: *jesting, of course and no insult meant*)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 19, 2018, 10:34:32 PM
After I have had braces on my teeth and for years after, metal retainers glued to upper and lower teeth, I'm used to not having chewing gum.

Yeah, I am on a VLCD (very low calorie diet). Weighing 85kgs is too much for my small frame and I'm only 160cm tall. My knees and ankles are complaining the most.

Milkshake for breakfast (I like strawberry the most), chocolate/caramel bar for lunch and try to have a healthy dinner, whatever Kayleigh cooks or a microwaveable meal.

It's a no to dark chocolate - for some reason it gives me a headache.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 19, 2018, 11:56:47 PM
Aw damn. That blows. And don't suppose you know what 85kg is in stones? (I just know I weigh about 9 stone 9, to 9.10 and that it doesn't vary much whether I eat much or not or what I eat, I've never put much thought into remembering a conversion.)

And just had a milkshake myself, although I hate strawberry in most cases although can tolerate the macdonalds kind of ice-cream-like shakes in strawberry, I'd only go for that option as a last ditch if they had run out of beverages to the point where its reduced to a choice between those kiddy's fruit-shoot squash bottle things or sucking the stagnating piss from the chemical urinal cakes. Although not much of either a choice or a difference I should imagine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 20, 2018, 03:42:21 AM
Bought meds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 20, 2018, 10:23:48 AM
gasoline for the car
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 20, 2018, 04:52:05 PM
A small broom
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 21, 2018, 04:55:55 AM
Quote from: Lestat on February 19, 2018, 11:56:47 PM
Aw damn. That blows. And don't suppose you know what 85kg is in stones? (I just know I weigh about 9 stone 9, to 9.10 and that it doesn't vary much whether I eat much or not or what I eat, I've never put much thought into remembering a conversion.)

And just had a milkshake myself, although I hate strawberry in most cases although can tolerate the macdonalds kind of ice-cream-like shakes in strawberry, I'd only go for that option as a last ditch if they had run out of beverages to the point where its reduced to a choice between those kiddy's fruit-shoot squash bottle things or sucking the stagnating piss from the chemical urinal cakes. Although not much of either a choice or a difference I should imagine.
I weigh considerably more than you do. 13.385 stone. So I'm pretty solid. For some reason I can lift heavier weights at the gym now than I used to be able to when I was lighter.

I bought sushi for lunch today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on February 21, 2018, 09:32:30 AM
Well I don't weigh very much. Its all muscle or bone or cartilage and skin, not much body fat to speak of.  Not impossibly too little. Also, unless you have some kind of specific metabolic disorder needing a specialized pharmaceutically prepared diet, then buying food from a pharmacy is a bad idea usually. The exception generally being a few kinds of (real) candies, bottled drinks etc. from some that stock that kind of thing rather than just medical products. Oh and '' gee's linctus '', codeine cough syrup if those count and can actually be found. (the former is a spicy flavoured tincure of opium, intended for coughs, stomach problems etc. but can just as easily be drunk neat, and doesn't taste half bad, a bit thick and syrupy for a beverage as such, but still, a couple of bottles of that are a perfect accompaniment to a few cold pints :P )

And raw fish? ew.

Hope you and the PR get your wallets back? how come both of you lost them at the same time? pretty crappy luck. *sends you both hugs*, hope you both get them back.

Almost feel bad at posting this, but just found another couple of pound coins. I really am wondering now how long its going to  be before life goes straight down the toilet screaming 'wankerwankerwankerwankerwankeeeeerrrrrrr...CRUNCH!..BLOORP..' with its  thumbs in its ass after poking its own eyes out and jumping into the sewers. Because I just know it. Something really nasty is being stored up for me and this is to lull me into a false sense of security, and I'm just being karmically fattened up for something horrid and not of this world with a face made of tentacles and screaming human faces with more tentacles to use for chewing gum. The luck I've had lately has been so good that the way things are going, still, I'm probably going to end up with a giant cocktail stick up my ass and out of the top of my head and being used to stir C'thulhu's martini like some kind of fucked up replacement for an olive or a maraschino  cherry that screams, and swears at the drinker.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 21, 2018, 09:41:17 PM
No way would I drink cough medicine for its codeine value, especially linctus. When I last had laryngitis, the doctor recommended that and I had it but I wasn't too happy about it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 05, 2018, 11:29:19 AM

My "big bonus"  came through and I filled (partially) one of our freezers with meat.

Yep, meat. I bought forty pounds of chicken, forty pounds of pork, twenty pounds of beef along with a few pounds of frozen veggies in mass quantities, broccoli, cauliflower, beans, peas, carrots (quick soup makings, mostly with the frozen veggies, but delicious as an addendum to any quick meal).

Oh and an oil change for my car, which requires the very pricey synthetic type of oil, being an entirely aluminium engine.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 05, 2018, 07:55:42 PM
I bought cat food for Liam. Royal Canin. He gets the best. :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 05, 2018, 07:56:14 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 05, 2018, 11:29:19 AM

My "big bonus"  came through and I filled (partially) one of our freezers with meat.

Yep, meat. I bought forty pounds of chicken, forty pounds of pork, twenty pounds of beef along with a few pounds of frozen veggies in mass quantities, broccoli, cauliflower, beans, peas, carrots (quick soup makings, mostly with the frozen veggies, but delicious as an addendum to any quick meal).

Oh and an oil change for my car, which requires the very pricey synthetic type of oil, being an entirely aluminium engine.

Are you going to post a picture of your meat hoard.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 06, 2018, 06:25:51 AM
Doubt it. It just looks like a full, but dull freezer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 07, 2018, 10:07:20 PM
That's okay. I'm satisfied with just having the opportunity to ask to see someone's meat hoard.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 08, 2018, 04:41:22 AM
All that green stuff DD...eww. Gross.

When I can get walking again, and check my bank balance I'll be stocking my fridge too.

Although the things going in it will be pretty different. Some thionyl chloride, thionyl bromide if I can find it as well (since  -Br is a better  leaving group than chlorine. Not sure of SOI2 is stable though, or that would  be ideal, as iodine is better still). I  fancy getting some phosphorus  oxychloride, phosphorus  pentachloride, phosphorus tribromide (although I'll likely make that myself using elemental bromine diluted in a solvent, added slowly and  carefully to a solution of white phosphorus in a suitable solvent followed by distillation to separate the PBr3 from the solvent, and  of course deal with any remaining willy pete, as it isn't the friendliest thing in the world)

Could do with a few liters of pyridine (ew! stinky. Sulfurous stinks are bad, sure, but pyridine has a more putrescent fish gone  so far bad that its mostly bones and some stringy bits of decaying viscera and chunks of floating fish-fat slobbering about in a noxious brown liquid after being left in a broken sewer pipe in the summer heat for several months, and kept in a container about a quarter full of piss, topped  up as  needs be before a  final evaporation, once the worms are busy wriggling  and writhing in it. Sulfurous I handle, pyridine in the other hand, is just viscerally sickening. Grabs right at the part of one's brain that keeps on the lookout for vile stenches that could signify a danger, then twists hard and pulls.

Its unfortunate really because its really useful stuff. But that smell is TERRIBLE. They add it in tiny amounts to denatured methylated spirits to render it not only capable of poisoning a desperate pisspot alcoholic and blinding/killing the poor unfortunate, but to make sure nobody would even think of it. There might be about a drop or so of impure pyridine in a bottle of meths, and it still has a foul pyridine-ey reek to it that makes my gorge rise.

Could do with both some 90-95% HCOOH (formic acid), some formamide, and some ammonium formate as well, as reagents for catalytic transfer type hydrogenations and reductions like the Leukart-Wallach.

Plus some formaldehyde, for an Eschweiler-Clarke reductive methylation, yay, great. Another real foul toxic and acrid little fucking stinker. Although I might decide to make that instead.

Need to get some new gas mask canisters while I'm at it too. Might go ahead  and treat myself to an NBC suit actually, go all the way, for that extra layer of insurance against noxious fumes. Been wanting one for a while now. Oh, and some good quality perfluorocarbon-based grease, which is super-inert against all manner of attack by even some of the  most vicious and aggressive, faceeating horrors I'll ever come up against.

Need to stock the food fridge too though, I'm down to..err..a mango. I think thats it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 10, 2018, 05:42:10 AM
More diet shake mixes from Aldi. But they didn't have any strawberry ones. But they did have coffee ones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 10, 2018, 06:07:19 AM
Bought train tickets to Copenhagen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 10, 2018, 10:42:52 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 10, 2018, 06:07:19 AM
Bought train tickets to Copenhagen.

Hopefully whoever's going will be coming back?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on March 10, 2018, 01:09:34 PM
Spent 300-odd quid on another machine that makes farting and beeping noises a few days ago.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 10, 2018, 04:27:32 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 10, 2018, 10:42:52 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 10, 2018, 06:07:19 AM
Bought train tickets to Copenhagen.

Hopefully whoever's going will be coming back?

I'm going, and yes, I'm coming back. Job interview.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 10, 2018, 04:28:41 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on March 10, 2018, 01:09:34 PM
Spent 300-odd quid on another machine that makes farting and beeping noises a few days ago.

You have several of these? Sorry, but I really need to know: what good are they?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on March 10, 2018, 05:59:06 PM
a new iPad, 3 dvds, iced coffee stash, bird seed, four cuttle bones for my birds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 10, 2018, 07:37:39 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on March 10, 2018, 01:09:34 PM
Spent 300-odd quid on another machine that makes farting and beeping noises a few days ago.

Is it the "Machine that goes BING!"??   :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 11, 2018, 06:20:32 PM
Skyrim for the switch.

Skyrim portable...now I can kill dragons anywhere.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 11, 2018, 08:33:12 PM

I mentioned we had anew grown up dog.

We are still trying to get to know him. We have bought every type of doggy treat, dog food, play toy, etc etc etc.

Some work, some do not.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on March 11, 2018, 08:53:48 PM
Quote from: Go Piss Up A Rope on March 10, 2018, 07:37:39 PM
Is it the "Machine that goes BING!"??   :zoinks:

It's more of a machine that goes PING and ARRRRRRGH. I have other machines that do much better BING sounds.

Quote from: Icequeen on March 11, 2018, 06:20:32 PM
Skyrim

That game is a horribly addictive time sink. I downloaded it on the 2nd of June last year, and according to Steam I've played it for 866 hours so far.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 12, 2018, 02:32:20 AM
Thats one of  the elder scrolls series isn't it?

I  remember the time spent playing morrowind (it was included with an old computer)  and thats just what it is. Downloaded daggerfall chronicles a while back but haven't played it yet. Still busy with fallout-tactics. Another humongous  time sink.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 12, 2018, 04:31:45 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 07, 2018, 10:07:20 PM
That's okay. I'm satisfied with just having the opportunity to ask to see someone's meat hoard.  :zoinks:

You are one sick, uhm ... I do not know what you are but you are sick.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 12, 2018, 04:37:16 PM
Quote from: Lestat on March 08, 2018, 04:41:22 AM
All that green stuff DD...eww. Gross.

When I can get walking again, and check my bank balance I'll be stocking my fridge too.
 

Wait a minute! How can any of us live healthfully without using our rear molars for more than tongue toys? We have them for grinding (sometimes green) food.

If you have not tried broccoli lately, maybe you should explore a spice or two and adjust your preparation methods. It is fabulous when freshly and properly prepared.
 :heisenberg:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 12, 2018, 04:55:35 PM
I bought a hedge clipper a few months ago.  I'm using it to cut the worst of the lawn.  I bagged a large trash bag just with dandelions and clover.  Now my arms and hands are twitching.

And yes, I know it's not too bright to not use a lawn mower, but this is cheaper and strangely gives me some satisfaction.  If any of you have a cutting feeling around your neck then you're paranoid.  I woudn't kill any of you.  Welllllllllll maybeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 12, 2018, 06:55:19 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on March 11, 2018, 08:53:48 PM
Quote from: Go Piss Up A Rope on March 10, 2018, 07:37:39 PM
Is it the "Machine that goes BING!"??   :zoinks:

It's more of a machine that goes PING and ARRRRRRGH. I have other machines that do much better BING sounds.

FFS, you're British, you should know this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wshyX6Hw52I
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 12, 2018, 08:32:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 12, 2018, 04:55:35 PM
I bought a hedge clipper a few months ago.  I'm using it to cut the worst of the lawn.  I bagged a large trash bag just with dandelions and clover.  Now my arms and hands are twitching.

And yes, I know it's not too bright to not use a lawn mower, but this is cheaper and strangely gives me some satisfaction.  If any of you have a cutting feeling around your neck then you're paranoid.  I woudn't kill any of you.  Welllllllllll maybeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I think you're going to be sore in the next few days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 12, 2018, 09:16:51 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 12, 2018, 04:31:45 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 07, 2018, 10:07:20 PM
That's okay. I'm satisfied with just having the opportunity to ask to see someone's meat hoard.  :zoinks:

You are one sick, uhm ... I do not know what you are but you are sick.

Says the guy with the meat hoard.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 13, 2018, 03:34:22 AM
I bought meds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 13, 2018, 10:21:07 AM
Damn am I ever glad  I don't have to pay for my meds. It'd cost me a bloody fortune and leave me, after the rent is done, with next to nothing to eat off, let alone to buy supplies and  equipment for my lab. And  if that wouldn't be a horrible fate I don't know what would!

Sent my old man out to buy some food for me, since I'm still stuck on the sofa with my foot in slow recovery. Still hurts like a bastard though, although at least my regular GP is taking care of me. Came round the other night a good many hours after the surgery had closed to see me and make  sure I was  alright, and has been willing to make sure I actually get enough pain relief, by actually more or less leaving it up to me, and  taking the rate at which I'm going through it quicker than usual as what is  needed, something very rare from any doctor, even the decent ones, these days, to leave it mostly in the patient's hands.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 13, 2018, 10:29:25 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 12, 2018, 08:32:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 12, 2018, 04:55:35 PM
I bought a hedge clipper a few months ago.  I'm using it to cut the worst of the lawn.  I bagged a large trash bag just with dandelions and clover.  Now my arms and hands are twitching.

And yes, I know it's not too bright to not use a lawn mower, but this is cheaper and strangely gives me some satisfaction.  If any of you have a cutting feeling around your neck then you're paranoid.  I woudn't kill any of you.  Welllllllllll maybeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I think you're going to be sore in the next few days.

As I often say, "I was born lazy and work hard at it." 

Slowly but surely is the key.  BTW - buy stock in OTC pain remedies.  I'll make you rich.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 13, 2018, 03:52:46 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 12, 2018, 09:16:51 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 12, 2018, 04:31:45 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 07, 2018, 10:07:20 PM
That's okay. I'm satisfied with just having the opportunity to ask to see someone's meat hoard.  :zoinks:

You are one sick, uhm ... I do not know what you are but you are sick.

Says the guy with the meat hoard.  :zoinks:

Yum!

I eat meat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 13, 2018, 03:56:25 PM
Heh, I wonder....maybe I should start my own pharmaceuticals company. It'd be interesting work.

Although it'd be the whole going 'mainstream' that would be the difficult to impossible bit :(

I don't agree with the huge ripoff fees charged to healthcare systems by big pharma though for things that shouldn't cost such prices  to begin with. And  often I've got a fairly good idea of what it would actually cost me to make XYZ if I were to do so, and can tell how badly they are overcharging. Sometimes its beyond ridiculous, and going into outright greedy and beyond the pale.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 14, 2018, 11:03:12 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 13, 2018, 10:29:25 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 12, 2018, 08:32:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 12, 2018, 04:55:35 PM
I bought a hedge clipper a few months ago.  I'm using it to cut the worst of the lawn.  I bagged a large trash bag just with dandelions and clover.  Now my arms and hands are twitching.

And yes, I know it's not too bright to not use a lawn mower, but this is cheaper and strangely gives me some satisfaction.  If any of you have a cutting feeling around your neck then you're paranoid.  I woudn't kill any of you.  Welllllllllll maybeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I think you're going to be sore in the next few days.
As I often say, "I was born lazy and work hard at it." 

Slowly but surely is the key.  BTW - buy stock in OTC pain remedies.  I'll make you rich.
They have gone and made all the codeine-based pain medication the sort you need to visit a doctor and get a prescription for now. Paracetamol and ibuprofen are OTC though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 15, 2018, 12:09:16 PM
Quote from: Lestat on March 13, 2018, 03:56:25 PM
Heh, I wonder....maybe I should start my own pharmaceuticals company. It'd be interesting work.

Although it'd be the whole going 'mainstream' that would be the difficult to impossible bit :(

I don't agree with the huge ripoff fees charged to healthcare systems by big pharma though for things that shouldn't cost such prices  to begin with. And  often I've got a fairly good idea of what it would actually cost me to make XYZ if I were to do so, and can tell how badly they are overcharging. Sometimes its beyond ridiculous, and going into outright greedy and beyond the pale.

As long as you can set up a way to supply me with legal grass in Indiana, I am right there.

I might even become an investor in your enterprise. I kind of miss my grass.
I am actually a hobbyist in horticulture and some of my early successes were all about cannabis .
I actually set aside male plants to create a small set of females where seeds were the only reason they were alive in order to help an old "friend" who fed the seeds to his fighting chickens to release their "male angst" and make them more fighty.

None of that fighty stuff happens to me. I just get all mellow and "sit downy" and simply ignore what I should be doing.
I am at an age where I can just sit down and ignore all but my favorite drink and or movie.

Some grass would be awesome, but I could go to jail for a felony, which would bring into question the legality of the almost one hundred guns I own.

It is just not worth giving up my guns to have a decent nap.

Make it legal!! Then we'll talk some more.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 15, 2018, 12:27:52 PM

IN case you are wondering why A SINGLE human being might have a reason to own so many weapons ...

it is simply a collective effort on my part. I buy the ones that appeal to me.

Many of the cool ones appeal to me, then I have some that are meant to serve a purpose, such as the hunting weapons (long range, very powerful), the massively devastating self defense weapons (hard to defend against a shotgun at room range), the play toys (numbers of .22LR thingys of all all sorts intended to improve aiming and handling of dangerous thingys), the hiders for instantaneous family protection (anything from .45 cal big boys military things to teeny hiders that just shoot the puny 9mm), the massive "mass"  of ammunition just set by to help every one else in the neighborhood just in case and the possibility that some one runs out of ammo, when it might count.

 I am that guy. 
Just do not piss me off in the mean time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 15, 2018, 12:39:43 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 12, 2018, 04:55:35 PM
I bought a hedge clipper a few months ago.  I'm using it to cut the worst of the lawn.  I bagged a large trash bag just with dandelions and clover.  Now my arms and hands are twitching.

And yes, I know it's not too bright to not use a lawn mower, but this is cheaper and strangely gives me some satisfaction.  If any of you have a cutting feeling around your neck then you're paranoid.  I woudn't kill any of you.  Welllllllllll maybeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I have green, red and purple flowering clover in my yard. I recommend that you let them bloom before you just mow them down. Do that in June once the roots have become well established. 

I AM JUST AS ANXIOUS TO GET THE SPRING STARTED AS WE ALL ARE.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on March 15, 2018, 12:58:37 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/ldlcpr9.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 15, 2018, 12:59:57 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 15, 2018, 12:09:16 PM
As long as you can set up a way to supply me with legal grass in Indiana, I am right there.

I might even become an investor in your enterprise. I kind of miss my grass.
I am actually a hobbyist in horticulture and some of my early successes were all about cannabis .

You should move to central Oregon.   :thumbup:   :stoned:

Not only do we have legal weed but also 35 breweries.  :glug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 15, 2018, 01:03:19 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 15, 2018, 12:27:52 PM

IN case you are wondering why A SINGLE human being might have a reason to own so many weapons ...

it is simply a collective effort on my part. I buy the ones that appeal to me.

Many of the cool ones appeal to me, then I have some that are meant to serve a purpose, such as the hunting weapons (long range, very powerful), the massively devastating self defense weapons (hard to defend against a shotgun at room range), the play toys (numbers of .22LR thingys of all all sorts intended to improve aiming and handling of dangerous thingys), the hiders for instantaneous family protection (anything from .45 cal big boys military things to teeny hiders that just shoot the puny 9mm), the massive "mass"  of ammunition just set by to help every one else in the neighborhood just in case and the possibility that some one runs out of ammo, when it might count.

 I am that guy. 
Just do not piss me off in the mean time.

 :viking:

I'm in the same boat as you DD.

Right now I'm trying to find a left handed, large diameter (7.62x39 case head size) bolt for an AR-15 so I can complete my ideal Zombie Apocalypse gun in 6.5mm Grendel.  :tooledup: 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 15, 2018, 03:13:40 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 14, 2018, 11:03:12 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 13, 2018, 10:29:25 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 12, 2018, 08:32:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 12, 2018, 04:55:35 PM
I bought a hedge clipper a few months ago.  I'm using it to cut the worst of the lawn.  I bagged a large trash bag just with dandelions and clover.  Now my arms and hands are twitching.

And yes, I know it's not too bright to not use a lawn mower, but this is cheaper and strangely gives me some satisfaction.  If any of you have a cutting feeling around your neck then you're paranoid.  I woudn't kill any of you.  Welllllllllll maybeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I think you're going to be sore in the next few days.
As I often say, "I was born lazy and work hard at it." 

Slowly but surely is the key.  BTW - buy stock in OTC pain remedies.  I'll make you rich.
They have gone and made all the codeine-based pain medication the sort you need to visit a doctor and get a prescription for now. Paracetamol and ibuprofen are OTC though.

In Louisiana only certain pain doctors can prescribe more than 5 days worth of codeine based pills. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 15, 2018, 03:16:33 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 15, 2018, 12:39:43 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 12, 2018, 04:55:35 PM
I bought a hedge clipper a few months ago.  I'm using it to cut the worst of the lawn.  I bagged a large trash bag just with dandelions and clover.  Now my arms and hands are twitching.

And yes, I know it's not too bright to not use a lawn mower, but this is cheaper and strangely gives me some satisfaction.  If any of you have a cutting feeling around your neck then you're paranoid.  I woudn't kill any of you.  Welllllllllll maybeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I have green, red and purple flowering clover in my yard. I recommend that you let them bloom before you just mow them down. Do that in June once the roots have become well established. 

I AM JUST AS ANXIOUS TO GET THE SPRING STARTED AS WE ALL ARE.

Mine is the ordinary white and it is already blooming.  I would love a clover filled yard for the insects, but the environmentql quality folks might object.  And the neighbors might not think it so lovely.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 19, 2018, 07:09:30 PM
Had a $14 off coupon for clothes or shoes at a local store.  Couldn't find any shoes I liked.

Found 3 pairs of black long knit pants reduced to $5 each.  Spent 88 cents (basically the remainder of the tax) for $36 worth of clothes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on March 19, 2018, 07:20:17 PM
Quote from: Go Piss Up A Rope on March 12, 2018, 06:55:19 PM
Quote from: Grey Area on March 11, 2018, 08:53:48 PM
Quote from: Go Piss Up A Rope on March 10, 2018, 07:37:39 PM
Is it the "Machine that goes BING!"??   :zoinks:

It's more of a machine that goes PING and ARRRRRRGH. I have other machines that do much better BING sounds.

FFS, you're British, you should know this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wshyX6Hw52I

Everyone knows that one. It's so well known that I saw no reason to mention it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 20, 2018, 01:10:33 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 15, 2018, 03:16:33 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 15, 2018, 12:39:43 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 12, 2018, 04:55:35 PM
I bought a hedge clipper a few months ago.  I'm using it to cut the worst of the lawn.  I bagged a large trash bag just with dandelions and clover.  Now my arms and hands are twitching.

And yes, I know it's not too bright to not use a lawn mower, but this is cheaper and strangely gives me some satisfaction.  If any of you have a cutting feeling around your neck then you're paranoid.  I woudn't kill any of you.  Welllllllllll maybeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I have green, red and purple flowering clover in my yard. I recommend that you let them bloom before you just mow them down. Do that in June once the roots have become well established. 

I AM JUST AS ANXIOUS TO GET THE SPRING STARTED AS WE ALL ARE.

Mine is the ordinary white and it is already blooming.  I would love a clover filled yard for the insects, but the environmentql quality folks might object.  And the neighbors might not think it so lovely.

The white clover is much shorter when it blooms fully. Probably get away with that in most places, but the red especially is almost a foot tall when it comes into full glorious bloom and nothing else sways so orchestrally in early spring wind as these beautiful plants.
I have them planted around the perimeter and try to avoid them for the first few seasonal mows, while they work their magic, attracting every eye that ventures by.  All the while mowing the center to keep the local over-reaching "yard police"  at bay.

Green flowering are about as tall as the white. Purple seem to not be as hardy as others and often get a freeze burn in late spring frosts around here. They keep trying every year though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 20, 2018, 02:52:35 PM
What you do with red clover, I do with Lady's Smock. Love that plant. It's pretty and it tastes awesome too. Have to leave a strip of my lawn unmowed, just to have it flowering and setting seed.
It had to be in my garden, with other edible weeds. My toddlers knew what flowers to eat and what flowers not to touch. Lady's Smock and Lawn Daisy/English Daisy were their favourites to nibble on. To the horror of other kids and parents.  :laugh:

What did I buy lately?

Pansies, to entice spring. They were frozen completely flat the past few days. But this morning a small version of Easter happened. They rose from their withered state back into pretty pansies.

Bought a game at the thriftshop, Ceasar and Cleopatra. Will try that soon with kid.

And bought a phone last week. Traded it in for another one yesteday, because the jack for the headset plug was not functioning well. Also 'bought' a different version of my sim-card. But since I had the card for nearly 20 years without having it replaced before, the upgrading was free for me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 23, 2018, 05:56:23 AM
Quote from: 'andersom' on March 20, 2018, 02:52:35 PM
What you do with red clover, I do with Lady's Smock. Love that plant. It's pretty and it tastes awesome too. Have to leave a strip of my lawn unmowed, just to have it flowering and setting seed.
It had to be in my garden, with other edible weeds. My toddlers knew what flowers to eat and what flowers not to touch. Lady's Smock and Lawn Daisy/English Daisy were their favourites to nibble on. To the horror of other kids and parents.  :laugh:

What did I buy lately?

Pansies, to entice spring. They were frozen completely flat the past few days. But this morning a small version of Easter happened. They rose from their withered state back into pretty pansies.

Bought a game at the thriftshop, Ceasar and Cleopatra. Will try that soon with kid.

And bought a phone last week. Traded it in for another one yesteday, because the jack for the headset plug was not functioning well. Also 'bought' a different version of my sim-card. But since I had the card for nearly 20 years without having it replaced before, the upgrading was free for me.

Clovers generally "perfume"  the yard. As I mentioned, I have them planted around the perimeter, so that not mowing that area is mostly forgiven by the  local "yard police."  I do not really use my clovers except to admire, but Native peoples who lived here for centuries before Columbus used the flowering parts for dyes and the early greens as a mild spice. Kind of like parsley, it "freshens up" other foods with a sort of airy palate impact without taking over other flavors.

We have a dog who does serious business in the back lawn, so even a quick chew of the many wild plant that populate my back lawn (it is NOT just Kentucky bluegrass and rye mix like most local lawns) might be iffy, unless it just rained hard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 24, 2018, 01:05:38 AM
Some Star Wars and Transformers stickers for Kayleigh. They're quite good ones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on March 24, 2018, 01:22:09 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 24, 2018, 01:05:38 AM
Some Star Wars and Transformers stickers for Kayleigh. They're quite good ones.

Is she your daughter?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 24, 2018, 02:54:34 PM
Quote from: Tequila on March 24, 2018, 01:22:09 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 24, 2018, 01:05:38 AM
Some Star Wars and Transformers stickers for Kayleigh. They're quite good ones.

Is she your daughter?

No, it's her former husband.

I told you Ren was dangerous!!  :yikes:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 25, 2018, 03:00:16 AM
Quote from: Go Piss Up A Rope on March 24, 2018, 02:54:34 PM
Quote from: Tequila on March 24, 2018, 01:22:09 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 24, 2018, 01:05:38 AM
Some Star Wars and Transformers stickers for Kayleigh. They're quite good ones.
Is she your daughter?
No, it's her former husband.

I told you Ren was dangerous!!  :yikes:
Thank you for your input, Scrap.

Tequila, he is right. Kayleigh was GalileoAce, do you remember that name? She transitioned in 2010 and we split up for a few years - I went to live with my parents. When they decided to move to the country (not sure if you know of Collie) I moved back in with Kayleigh and shortly after I was leased government housing so we moved there/here.

Our relationship is platonic but goes deeper than friendship.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on March 25, 2018, 05:52:00 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 25, 2018, 03:00:16 AM
Tequila, he is right. Kayleigh was GalileoAce, do you remember that name? She transitioned in 2010 and we split up for a few years - I went to live with my parents. When they decided to move to the country (not sure if you know of Collie) I moved back in with Kayleigh and shortly after I was leased government housing so we moved there/here.

I didn't realise that you had a partner.  :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 25, 2018, 06:12:00 AM
Not really a partner as Kayleigh is free to seek relationships with whoever she likes.

I'm asexual so the likelihood of finding a partner the same again is minimal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 25, 2018, 05:09:48 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 25, 2018, 03:00:16 AM
Thank you for your input, Scrap.

 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 26, 2018, 08:39:12 AM
Two packs of 'classic' cigars. A pack of cream and raspberry eclair type pastries, some cheese pastries, some cheese and chili pepper pastries, bought a new water pump (about £50-something, a much more powerful one than the ones I have currently, with adjustable flow, for use in supplying coolant to my condensers), a birthday bottle of spiced rum for my old man, 2 bottles of dextromethorphan syrup, a bottle of liquid pseudoephedrine without the crappy polymeric glorp that tablets have and being liquid much more controllable in dosage, 2 boxes of OTC dihydrocodeine liquid, lots of tiramisu trays, family size, and a bunch of pots of madagascar vanilla pod-saturated vanilla custard.

Soon as I've gotten back from my neurology appt. I'll be going vacuum pump shopping, and if I've enough left, buying myself at least a couple of liters of carbon disulfide.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 26, 2018, 07:27:18 PM
Cat food, this time including some kitten food too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 26, 2018, 08:19:53 PM
Nothing exciting, groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 26, 2018, 08:36:30 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 25, 2018, 05:09:48 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 25, 2018, 03:00:16 AM
Thank you for your input, Scrap.

 :lol1:

I can't be the only one who finds it amusing to portray our most benign members as being the most manipulative and malevolent.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on March 26, 2018, 09:15:18 PM
Ren? manipulative and malevolent? my autistic arse she is. Or if she is, she is fucking GOOD at it. Good at in a way that would, if compared, put kassi S's talent for snark to shame. And that is quite obviously never likely to happen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 29, 2018, 11:30:17 PM
Has no one bought chocolate lately?

I'm hoping that there's no family thing happening this weekend because I have no money and therefore no chocolate.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on March 30, 2018, 01:03:08 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 29, 2018, 11:30:17 PM
Has no one bought chocolate lately?

I'm hoping that there's no family thing happening this weekend because I have no money and therefore no chocolate.
There were chocolates sitting by my computer today when arriving home. Eating them right now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on March 30, 2018, 01:34:43 PM
I haven’t been eating much chocolate lately, just haven’t fancied it. I do like chocolate though. Phoenix would be drinking from her variety of hot chocolates. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 30, 2018, 09:16:18 PM
Quote from: Jack on March 30, 2018, 01:03:08 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 29, 2018, 11:30:17 PM
Has no one bought chocolate lately?

I'm hoping that there's no family thing happening this weekend because I have no money and therefore no chocolate.
There were chocolates sitting by my computer today when arriving home. Eating them right now.
That's sweet. Literally.
Quote from: givvassapaand on March 30, 2018, 01:34:43 PM
I haven’t been eating much chocolate lately, just haven’t fancied it. I do like chocolate though. Phoenix would be drinking from her variety of hot chocolates. :)
I haven't fancied it either until I saw blocks of chocolate caramel on tv. Yum! I love that combination.

I think you're right about Phoenix.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 02, 2018, 06:46:29 PM
Flooring, Two by twelves, a new toilet, carpet and various related shit.

Yup! I am one sore mother fucker. I did something I usually do not do. I was on my knees a lot this week, sawing, measuring, shoring up an old floor and finally resetting a new toilet. Actually got it done in two days. I am sure Parts will be horrified, but I did it right and it took the amount of time it took for me - an amateur DIY guy. Got her Done, though!!

Had a kind of soft spot in the floor next to the toilet. Toilet had run over a few times in the past, (YUCK!) and the floor was affected.  Pulled it all up, reinforced the underlayment, beefing everything up with new wood and set in a new flooring then fresh carpet.
I am very tired.
I kicked ass and we have a new bathroom!!
 :viking:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 02, 2018, 09:02:56 PM
Carpet around the toilet?!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 02, 2018, 10:16:13 PM

Yes. The entire bathroom is carpeted with a one half inch pad beneath. Fucking gets cold here. It is nice to have protection from the horrid cold during the winter.


Savoy Truffle tune playing just now. Playing it again, since I was distracted while it played the first time. I love that song.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 02, 2018, 10:20:14 PM
Carpet in bathrooms is just not done here, although my sister and I did live in a very old house with carpet in the toilet and bathroom. The previous owners were from th UK. That might explain it.

It doesn't get very cold here, hence my surprise at your putting carpet down in the bathroom. I wonder if I could handle one of your winters.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 02, 2018, 10:24:06 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 02, 2018, 10:20:14 PM
Carpet in bathrooms is just not done here, although my sister and I did live in a very old house with carpet in the toilet and bathroom. The previous owners were from th UK. That might explain it.

It doesn't get very cold here, hence my surprise at your putting carpet down in the bathroom. I wonder if I could handle one of your winters.

Just do it.

Carpet in a bathroom/shower room is a living luxury. Just fucking do it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 02, 2018, 10:29:40 PM

It has been winter here (below freezing at night) since early October.

I have often had to scrape ice off my windshield when heading out to the race track in mid May preparing for the Indianapolis 500.

Winter is not over for a while, here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 02, 2018, 10:56:30 PM
I have only had to use the front hose to get ice off my windshield once. I had tried the wipers and realised that wouldn't work. That was when I had my first car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 03, 2018, 10:22:45 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 02, 2018, 10:56:30 PM
I have only had to use the front hose to get ice off my windshield once. I had tried the wipers and realised that wouldn't work. That was when I had my first car.
When it is near zero Fahrenheit, the absolute LAST thing any one would do is point a hose at their car. It can get very cold in Indiana and this winter it got very cold and stayed that way.

Besides, we store hoses over winter, otherwise they will freeze and break the pipes that supply the water. That is a hard repair no one wants to face.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 03, 2018, 11:54:27 AM
Yeah, I'd avoid it if at all possible.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 05, 2018, 11:15:48 PM

Well, not so much bought as adopted.

I think I told you all that we have rescued another dog from the Humane Society.
Our last one turned ill, began having grand mal seizures, suffered from a total organ failure, quit eating and died a couple of months back.

Anyway, Pics of the new dog. He is a very happy dog and very active and very strong, Short legs Dachshund heritage crossed with Collie, but solid muscle all around and a perfect dog- very protective. And we all love him dearly!!

He is blind in one eye, but hey, that just makes him even more dear to me.  This little guy fucking roxxors!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 05, 2018, 11:21:10 PM
Guarantee you there will be NO ONE approach this house without this awesome little fellow sounding his alarm!!

I already love him so much!!

Isn't he beautiful?!?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 05, 2018, 11:36:26 PM
He is, DD. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 05, 2018, 11:39:31 PM
I'm not really a dog person but I agree with you, he is beautiful. You've captured what he really looks like in body and legs in the last photo. What a nice looking dog.

We took in a rescue too. Sort of. We heard a kitten meowing for two days, decided to let her in and she went straight for our cats' food. Not backwards in coming forward. She's totally black and since we have had her, she has put on some weight and her fur looks much better. Her eyes have also cleared up.

She is very playful but is still wary of us humans and flees under my bed whenever she's scared. At first she wasn't litter tray trained - she kept pooing in the lounge room. Geez that was gross to clean up. So Kayleigh came up with the idea of blocking the lounge room off at night and having the litter tray near the back door. We have been doing this for a week and the kitten goes in the tray now.

She seems to be very nocturnal and plays throughout the house for most of the night (except the lounge room).

We have named her Kira and she is going to the vet this afternoon. That will be eventful.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 05, 2018, 11:51:50 PM
My sister-in-law is in hospital and we are taking care of her dog in the meanwhile, for at least another week or so.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 06, 2018, 12:07:17 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 05, 2018, 11:39:31 PM
I'm not really a dog person but I agree with you, he is beautiful. You've captured what he really looks like in body and legs in the last photo. What a nice looking dog.

We took in a rescue too. Sort of. We heard a kitten meowing for two days, decided to let her in and she went straight for our cats' food. Not backwards in coming forward. She's totally black and since we have had her, she has put on some weight and her fur looks much better. Her eyes have also cleared up.

She is very playful but is still wary of us humans and flees under my bed whenever she's scared. At first she wasn't litter tray trained - she kept pooing in the lounge room. Geez that was gross to clean up. So Kayleigh came up with the idea of blocking the lounge room off at night and having the litter tray near the back door. We have been doing this for a week and the kitten goes in the tray now.

She seems to be very nocturnal and plays throughout the house for most of the night (except the lounge room).

We have named her Kira and she is going to the vet this afternoon. That will be eventful.

I love the name Kira!

As most cats tend to do, her behavior will begin to sync with yours as time moves on.

All those doggy pics, my daughter took with her Samsung S2 tablet. She emailed them to me and I resized them to about one tenth size to make them more forum friendly.
Still OK pics of a great dog, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 06, 2018, 12:14:25 AM
Those are some pretty good pictures. :)

What made your dog blind in one eye?

Rescue pets do go through some shit - Kira's tail is broken in two places. I wonder how on earth that happened.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 06, 2018, 12:17:19 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 05, 2018, 11:36:26 PM
He is, DD. :)

You can kind of see how a bit of dwarfism might be a part of his breeding; almost full size head and paws, but very short legs. As I mentioned though, solid muscle. Do not believe it, try playing tug-of-war with him - little fucker will impress you with his strength AND his stamina. Wears me out!

Never gonna stop, though. He will make me stronger.
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 06, 2018, 12:19:57 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 06, 2018, 12:14:25 AM
Those are some pretty good pictures. :)

What made your dog blind in one eye?

Rescue pets do go through some shit - Kira's tail is broken in two places. I wonder how on earth that happened.

Very little history is available with most rescue animals.
Our vet just said it was due to an unknown accident, not a disease. Thankfully.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 06, 2018, 12:24:54 AM
They are a mystery aren't they?

Back to topic: What have I bought? Well, kitten food plus a few other groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 06, 2018, 12:40:49 AM
Awesome dog, DD.

Ren, will you post pics of Kira? And how does Liam like her?

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 06, 2018, 08:58:52 AM
Thanks. He stole all our hearts very quickly.

He came housebroke, happy, the super hearing guardian, with a strong desire to run around the house and play Fetch and Tug-of-War type things with any toy that makes a squeaky sound. He also dabbles in the game of Keep Away.

Oh really fucking cute; If he wants to turn his nose up at his meal offering, he will grab some and lay it at your feet in order to begin a trade negotiation to gain access to what ever you are eating or preparing.
Amazingly entertaining little dog and so fucking smart.
Love him so Much!

Seconding the motion. Post pics, Ren!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 06, 2018, 09:45:32 AM
Well done DirtDawg.  Both of you chose well in picking each other.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on April 06, 2018, 04:32:34 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 05, 2018, 11:21:10 PM
Guarantee you there will be NO ONE approach this house without this awesome little fellow sounding his alarm!!

I already love him so much!!

Isn't he beautiful?!?
That's awesome. Congratulations.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 07, 2018, 09:39:01 PM
I'm going to get Kayleigh to post some photos. I'm having a bit of a hassle with all my pics at the moment, plus I'm on my Kindle.

So we went and took Kira to the vet, only cost us $37 apiece and that included vaccination (oh noes, autism!), worming tablet and some wet food.

On the way in the car (5 minute trip, not even that) Kira pooped in the carrier cage. So she was scared shitless.

The vet was really nice but had some news for us. Kira looks to be a boy. So it's Kieran now? Kayleigh reckons we should leave it at Kira.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on April 11, 2018, 01:49:23 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 02, 2018, 10:20:14 PM
Carpet in bathrooms is just not done here, although my sister and I did live in a very old house with carpet in the toilet and bathroom. The previous owners were from th UK. That might explain it.

It doesn't get very cold here, hence my surprise at your putting carpet down in the bathroom. I wonder if I could handle one of your winters.

We used to have carpet in the bathroom!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 11, 2018, 04:10:55 PM
Carpet in a bathroom? sounds too likely for somebody to piss on it and then it'd never want to come out, and be less than pleasant to remove.

My upstairs bathroom has a lino flooring. Its just as well too, because I once was going in there for water and accidentally dropped a bottle of fuming sulfuric acid. Bounced off the bog seat and hit the floor, and there is now a permanent brown splatter-mark where the concentrated H2SO4 hit both and seared an abstract pattern into the floor and bog seat, that won't ever, ever come out.

I'm about to make an order for several grams of memantine, a couple of grams of mitragynine (an alkaloid found in the plant Mitragyna speciosa, otherwise known as kratom, its used as a herbal opioid, traditionally in southeast asian countries, such as thailand, as infusions, as chewed leaves, in this case I'm buying one of the alkaloids isolated from it, mitragynine, one of the two main MOR agonists present, since I would sooner use the pure compound, with its being accurately weighable, and lacking some of the minor alkaloids present in kratom, such as mitraphylline, which are structural relatives of yohimbine, an adrenergic alpha2 autoreceptor antagonist, which causes noradrenaline release, something I do have two meds that act in a directly opposite way, a muscle relaxer for the nerve damage in my leg, tizanidine and also clonidine, most usually used as a blood pressure lowering medication by blocking NA release, but also with a calming effect, which I take to help prevent me sensory overloading. Still, will be nice to be able to simply take out my sensitive milligram balance, and weigh out the quantity desired without having to worry about crap in there I don't want and that would need my other rx meds to avoid making me uncomfortable.

I might just get myself some tianeptine also, just because its an unusually acting atypical antidepressant, that works via delta opioid receptor agonism, along with some, weaker Mu-opioid receptor agonist properties. Particularly because I want to be able to follow up with some research I did a while back into an allylic halogenated derivative of morphine, alpha-chloromorphide, that lacks almost totally any reports of use in humans which are accurate, because the stuff has been made and run up in trials and it proved to have some very unusual, distinctive psychostimulant properties, rather than anything opioid like.

BUT, whilst I have two suspects as to potential mode of action, I've never tried another delta opioid receptor agonist, and that is one of my suspects, so I need to get a 'feel' for the effects of DOR agonists in-vivo, so tianeptine will serve for that. As will a rearrangement product derived from mitragynine, mitragynine pseudindoxyl is known as a DOR agonist. The other potential mode of action would be, based on structural similarities to some of the minor phenanthrene opioids found in the opium poppy, thebaine and oripavine in particular, possibly a strychnine-like action as an antagonist of the strychnine-sensitive glycine receptor. I'm familiar with common light pain meds like codeine, dihydrocodeine, and take oxycodone and morphine on rx, and I've also had opium poppy pod tea, which is actually very different to pharmaceutical  morphine or codeine. the tea has stimulant effects due to strychnine-like effects from thebaine.  Its a toxic convulsant in excess, but in lesser doses it has stimulant effects different to traditional monoaminergic releaser/reuptake inhibitors.

So some comparative bioassays are in order. Plus I need to get the materials to build a small pressure-vessel, actually I had something disposable in order, since it needs to handle hot (100 'C) 15% hydrobromic acid in anhydrous glacial acetic acid for a couple of hours, sealed and put in a pan full of boiling water. It'll be corrosive, but plan is to use a CO2 gas pistol cartridge, emptied out, refilled with the experimental sample and then soldered shut, since the pressure ought not to get anywhere close to the pressure of a full CO2 bottle.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 12, 2018, 06:14:25 PM
Said I wouldn't, but I did.

Bought an Instant Pot (pressure cooker).

Nothing has blown up....yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 12, 2018, 06:41:45 PM
Hmm, you know, I really ought to get myself a couple of pressure cookers myself, and modify one each to be capable of magnetic stirring, and the other rigged with an internal overhead stirrer.

Could be mighty useful for certain things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 12, 2018, 09:22:20 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 12, 2018, 06:14:25 PM
Said I wouldn't, but I did.

Bought an Instant Pot (pressure cooker).

Nothing has blown up....yet.

Are you canning stuff?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 12, 2018, 09:42:27 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 12, 2018, 09:22:20 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 12, 2018, 06:14:25 PM
Said I wouldn't, but I did.

Bought an Instant Pot (pressure cooker).

Nothing has blown up....yet.

Are you canning stuff?  :orly:

Nope.

So far just making really tender chicken, and some cuts of pork, I'm slowly getting braver with it. I still have PTSD from when my mother had one of the old pressure cookers. :laugh: 

It cooks stuff at warp speed without heating up the upstairs, which I may appreciate even more this summer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 12, 2018, 11:36:10 PM
I think my mum may have PTSD from her old pressure cooker. It practically exploded. She was cooking a curry and was about to check it when the weight on top burst off, grazing her ear in its flight and covering her and the kitchen in curry. Thankfully it wasn't hot enough to cause burns. She was peeved because the cookbooks on the shelf above were also covered and each had to be cleaned but still had curry stains.

And would you believe? She bought another pressure cooker. I think she still has it now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 13, 2018, 12:59:43 AM
My mum bought a second one too, when the first went airborne.

I've had one. Liked it, but used it less and less, because of the small family we now are. Handed it to my brother. He was happy with it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 13, 2018, 05:06:28 AM
Bought plane tickets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 13, 2018, 10:26:27 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 12, 2018, 11:36:10 PM
I think my mum may have PTSD from her old pressure cooker. It practically exploded. She was cooking a curry and was about to check it when the weight on top burst off, grazing her ear in its flight and covering her and the kitchen in curry. Thankfully it wasn't hot enough to cause burns. She was peeved because the cookbooks on the shelf above were also covered and each had to be cleaned but still had curry stains.

And would you believe? She bought another pressure cooker. I think she still has it now.

There was a mark in the ceiling forever from when the weight shot off and the tab on it temporarily lodged in the drywall in the kitchen ceiling.

Mom had multiple mishaps involving the pressure cooker, the camper and the trash cans...the riding mower and the swimming pool....

Life was NOT boring. 

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 13, 2018, 06:20:06 PM
Don't more modern models have lock-down clamps to prevent that kind of crap (or curry) hitting the fan? I don't think I'd trust a pressure-cooker that didn't have some metal to metal clamp seal.

An exploding pressure cooker sounds like a recipe for someone potentially getting their head ripped off, or at best, sprayed in the face with superheated steam and whatever is cooking in there.

Makes me want to stick to fire extinguishers given a glass or teflon lining, at least they have a pressure gauge and one can vent the extinguisher, drill a hole in it and weld in a pressure relief valve, so one can at least aim the jet of whatever is in it in an emergency, as well as vent the thing using the trigger. I'd rather keep my head attached where nature intended it to be :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 13, 2018, 06:41:20 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 12, 2018, 11:36:10 PM
I think my mum may have PTSD from her old pressure cooker. It practically exploded. She was cooking a curry and was about to check it when the weight on top burst off, grazing her ear in its flight and covering her and the kitchen in curry. Thankfully it wasn't hot enough to cause burns. She was peeved because the cookbooks on the shelf above were also covered and each had to be cleaned but still had curry stains.

And would you believe? She bought another pressure cooker. I think she still has it now.

We were always worried that my grandmothers one was going to do that it was ancient but she refused to get another even though the weight would come off at times  and it made odd noises
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 15, 2018, 04:59:36 PM
I want one of those ones with a ceramic or teflon lining, so I can mod it to  serve as a pressure vessel for hydrogenations using Raney nickel, plat cat, palladium on activated  carbon etc., the  metal surfaced ones could be iffy, due to potential for hydrogen embrittlement, and I'd rather not have something like that go 'boom!' whilst full of pressurized hydrogen gas and potentially pyrophoric catalysts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 16, 2018, 01:20:27 AM
Bought a nice outdoor watering can. The other one had some frost damage. It did burst open while I was carrying 10 liters of water form the kitchen to my planters.  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 16, 2018, 01:24:33 AM
Bought a book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 16, 2018, 02:37:38 AM
Some OTC dihydrocodeine tablets for a project. Some cough mixture, robitussin or benylin dry, I forget which one, same difference anyway, same flavour same  active ingredients. Because I find that when wearing my gas  mask for a long time, especially if its something like hours and hours and hours, that it makes my throat really dry, breathing the scrubbed air, through chemical absorbent tanks, its dry, it keeps you alive, but its dessicated, 'synthetic' air, and one's throat gets dried and croaky too, so I take a slug of cough mixture first before starting work, then every now and then if I can take a break from what it is  I'm wearing the mask for, if situations allow a break,  plus some more cough mixture when I'm actually finished.

I need to buy more gas mask canisters today, plus I need some xylene. I'm out, although I might be able to manage with toluene instead, a very similar solvent, although not as high boiling. And in this case its to be used for thermolytic degredation of triphenylphosphonium bromide in refluxing xylene to hydrogen bromide as  the pure, anhydrous gas, and leaving behind the triphenylphosphine in xylene. Hopefully the boiling point of toluene is high enough to decompose triphenylphosphobium bromide, I'll try it on a microscale, after I've gotten done with making the PPh3HBr (plan is to make a full mole of the stuff so I've got anhydrous HBr on tap for as long as needs be)

Also need to go all round two towns  and the city center to round up some other resources, bit by bit by bit, since pharmacies only sell one of the  desired item needed for the project. And I need 10s or 20s. A lot of walking around, a lot of fucking around, to get back home to yet more buggering around, slogging it through making triphenylphosphonium bromide, purifying it, storing it in anhydrous conditions, under inert gas and of course the heating it, the calculations as to how much to add to the xylene or toluene (and I'll have to go shopping to buy myself the xylene lest the boiling point of tolly be too low. Or I  could some aliphatic based  super-high-boiling alkaney stuff sold as a degreaser, got twenty liters of it and I haven't used it a second time, because its awful as a solvent. But for something that just needs to boil hot, and belch hydrogen bromide gas out? that might actually be the saving grace that comes between it, a large pile of dry wood and a match.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 17, 2018, 08:27:47 AM
Went  out, couldn't find the xylene. Bought ~£70something worth of new ABEK-1 gas mask cartridges (good against acid gases, alkaline gases such as ammonia and amines, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, organics, halogens, (non-fluorinated) interhalogens, and with a separate filter pad that goes over the top, then also against mists, aerosols, oily sprays and dust)

Plus found of all things, in a woodwork store, some triethylamine (as a mix between TEA and N-methyl pyrollidone, will need separation by distillation and solvent cleanup). I think its meant to be paint stripper. The TEA in there will be especially useful. Grabbed a liter of that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 17, 2018, 08:48:05 AM
Pondering getting myself some mitragynine, an opioidergic compound found in the leaves  of the kratom tree, Mitragyna speciosa, which is used as a painkiller, a work-stimulant and recreationally in various southeast asian countries, and there is a site, with some rather interesting looking phenmetrazine derivatives, including the N-ethyl homolog of phenmetrazine. Thats something I wouldn't mind checking out, as I've tried 3-fluorophenmetrazine, and that was quite probably the smoothest, nicest stimulant I've ever  encountered.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 17, 2018, 07:52:27 PM
I paid the water bill. So I kind of bought water.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 18, 2018, 01:42:14 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/XcddnPh.jpg)

Just when you thought chocolate couldn't get any better.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 18, 2018, 02:11:23 PM
Looks kinda sickly to me. Then again I am not much of a fan of milk chocolate, I like mine to be the high cocoa, dark, bitter kind. 90% cocoa or better. Particularly like 'Green&Black's ' line of high quality, very high cocoa dark chocolate with various 'additives', such as lime, salt, chili peppers, and all sorts of other such delicious flavourings. They do some seriously good dark chocolate.


As for me, bought 4-5 chocolate trifles, with a layer of sweetened, whipped cream topped with shavings of chocolate, then a layer of thick chocolate mousse, a strip of moist, mousse-saturated chocolate cake and finally a darker chocolate layer of chocolate sauce. Pretty good for a bit over a quid fifty or so each.

A liter of a triethylamine/N-methylpyrollidone mixture, although I'll have to get round to fractionally distilling off the triethylamine to separate the two, and purifying both halves (NMP is a useful polar aprotic solvent with a fairly high boiling point in its own right. Already had some 2-pyrollidone, although not the N-methylated equivalent. )

Several family-size serving trays of tiramisu.

New set of lab goggles, that fit MUCH better than either of my other pairs, and have a sillicone rubber liner around the eyepiece so I don't get poked in the face by plastic, but a nice snug fit instead, and that fit nicely under my blast-shield.

Some apple and elderflower cordial.

Some cough mixture (dextromethorphan based)

And some fresh tanks for my gas  mask, ABEK-1 polyvalent type (acid gases, alkaline gases, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, organics, halogens with optional oil/dust/particulate aerosol filter pads that go over the top), 6 pairs. Was down to my last one or two changes, and one is due for the next time i use the mask. The canisters fitted atm are for the tip. I hate to even think what builds up in those things over time, given the way they are custom designed to be a sump for sucking up vile waste before it gets inside you and melts your face off. All the assorted different kinds of carcinogenic, corrosive, mixed nasty organics, acidic, mutagenic slops, all sucked into the same place like a witch's cauldron, to build up noxious tides of filth, shit and garbage as if it were an AutSqueaks conference advertising for attendees:autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 18, 2018, 04:53:52 PM
$80 worth of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 18, 2018, 08:28:44 PM
$60 worth of petrol.

Also went shopping at Aldi, bought drinks, diet shake mixtures, two chopping boards and some cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 19, 2018, 03:05:51 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 19, 2018, 03:43:23 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Grey Area on April 25, 2018, 03:27:26 PM
http://gechologic.com/shop/?sel=complete

Mulling over buying one of these, but I can't decide which colour I prefer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 25, 2018, 08:29:51 PM
^Nice. I'd choose the darkest one.

I bought a cloth bag made by my friend for $10 (mates rates, $2 off). From July, there's going to be a ban on single-use plastic bags in Western Australia. We have a lot of those canvas-like bags that we use for the shopping anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 25, 2018, 08:41:45 PM
Nothing today.  Didn't even leave the house.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 25, 2018, 08:46:46 PM
That's how I'm trying to save money, too QV. If I don't go anywhere, then I don't spend anything.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 26, 2018, 08:43:50 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 25, 2018, 08:46:46 PM
That's how I'm trying to save money, too QV. If I don't go anywhere, then I don't spend anything.

Five days until the pension check comes.  I've slammed the hell out of free books available on Amazon Kindle.  I don't have a Kindle, just the software installed on The PR's computer.  I still haven't set up my computer because I can't figure out how to best use my bedroom and PA's bedroom (AKA the small room).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 27, 2018, 09:03:34 PM
Do you get paid on Tuesday? That's our payday. First things on the agenda to pay/buy will be the electric bill and cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 28, 2018, 09:33:53 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 27, 2018, 09:03:34 PM
Do you get paid on Tuesday? That's our payday. First things on the agenda to pay/buy will be the electric bill and cat food.

My state pension check is auto-deposited on the first of the month.
The PR's food stamps are loaded onto her card on the second of the month.
Her Social Security payment is auto-deposited on the third.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on April 28, 2018, 11:14:32 AM
Banning them altogether seems a bit harsh, ren. Here, they have started forcing shops over a certain number of employees to charge for them. Not much, but I guess it must mount up. I just hope the money taken as a result actually goes towards cleaning up the environment as  opposed to fattening the government swill-troughs.

One thing thats annoying though, is that some  really small shops it doesn't apply to are overzealous and lie, claiming its  the law anyway, even when you've masses of produce that otherwise you couldn't hope to get back home. Although most don't. And even some of the big supermarkets will cut you a break if you are down to your last penny enough to pay for your food/drink/medicines/whatever elses.


As for me, bought a few hundred 'physeptone' 5mg (no, not at a supermarket), and they seem to be far more 'functional' if that makes sense than the pain meds I'm currently scripted. I like the long, long duration of action, I think chances are I could  dose  once daily, with a small top-up to make sure  I sleep properly (these are methadone tablets, 5mg each, got several hundred of them for £140 inc. next day priority shipping, after talking to someone who doesn't use  them, who mentioned so casually, so I offered to take them off his hands, and the individual concerned was quite happy to do so, getting them for less than £1 a piece, a very fair deal IMO)

Now that I've got them (conveniently, I woke up, having used the very last of my pain meds, although I wouldn't had this opportunity not arisen, and I was just about to check the tracking number to see what the progress of my little package was, and right as I opened up my browser, doorbell rang and the postman came with a present for me :autism:)

I intend to make the best of them. My own docs BARELY give me enough pain meds to stay sort of stable, but not quite, I generally get forced into withdrawal for at least a day a week, and its not because  of overuse, its been like that since day one, and because they've made a major screwup in miscalculating the oral bioavailability of morphine, going instead, by the number of milligrams actually put in my mouth and swallowed, ignoring the fact that at best twenty percent to thirty percent, avoids  being put through a liver-shaped woodchipper and spat out in useless little pieces.

So, going to use these for a clandestine taper, so that I can break the chain they have me tied to. Then keep getting my usual prescriptions of course, because when the methadone runs  out, and I've done my taper, I will still need pain meds, but then, everything will be under MY  control, not that of the doctors who don't specialize in main management, and really, don't know what they are doing in that area, plus come with a fuck-ton of prejudice against opioids, and against patients prescribed them.

I don't want to have to beg and plead, just for an extra day's supply, if say, I have a bout of stomach problems  and vomit them up (which has happened, I'm on quite a few different stomach meds. And its  pretty unfair to judge somebody harshly for, more or less, refusing to pick partly dissolved gelatine capsules out of the toilet, and  try to wash the vomit and piss off without the whole thing disintegrating, is it not? because  I'm sure as shit not going to do that just to please some fucking GP. Or if I want to go out on an occasional hike in the woods, through very demanding, rough terrain. Or be away from home for a fair while. All these things get me a lecture, censured, treated like crap. Some doctors will help, sometimes, some even threaten to cut me off entirely if I present with a massive hole in some part of me, unable to walk, or some other severe trauma. I had to see several doctors to get some additional oxycodone IRs after I had my cornea, the surface of my EYE burnt off with superheated corrosive alkalis. I had to BEG then, despite the documented fact that I had just gotten out of two hospitals in a row, who themselves left me in withdrawal, not even giving me my regular medication, let alone enough to cope with the pain, and the fact that I'd  had my eyes examined by a specialist under the slit-lamp and they could see that my cornea had literally been roasted and melted off, almost costing me my sight.

Shouldn't have to take such fucking stigma, because of medical needs. I have my pride, and the way they treat me, is a step too far. Actually its a fucking triathlon too far. So, I snapped up those methadone tabs the first opportunity I got. Guy that sold me them made sure to get them sent yesterday and here today this early morning, to make sure I'd not suffer in any way, and he did wonderfully, I'm really grateful to him. Moment I wake up and pull the blindfold and coat off my head that I sleep with to block the light out, the door opens and  here comes postie.

Going to be a huge help, in breaking free of this ball and chain the doctors force round my ankle, even if I do have to do it at my own expense and keep it quiet from my docs. If it means I can take my regular scripted pain meds only when I truly must, without being forced to take them daily and suffer withdrawal every.fucking.week. because they give me just short of enough and yell at me even then, then good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on April 29, 2018, 12:51:50 PM
Movies, Food, Slurpee, Coffee, Cashews, Vitamin Water, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on April 29, 2018, 06:25:00 PM
A couple pipes on ebay. Bunch of games at a flea market.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 30, 2018, 06:44:33 PM
A cherry tree.:heart:

A dwarf north star cherry tree.

Planting tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 30, 2018, 08:21:13 PM
Are bills defined as buying something? Just paid my phone bill and my share of the electric bill. I also put $20 into my friend's account because she's buying Star Trek material to make me a bag.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 30, 2018, 09:59:05 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 30, 2018, 06:44:33 PM
A cherry tree.:heart:

A dwarf north star cherry tree.

Planting tomorrow.

There was a song from the 1950's that had the lyrics:  Apple pink and cherry blossom white.....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 01, 2018, 08:18:06 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 30, 2018, 09:59:05 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 30, 2018, 06:44:33 PM
A cherry tree.:heart:

A dwarf north star cherry tree.

Planting tomorrow.

There was a song from the 1950's that had the lyrics:  Apple pink and cherry blossom white.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBqkZ-FKIH4
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 01, 2018, 09:52:49 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 01, 2018, 08:18:06 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 30, 2018, 09:59:05 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 30, 2018, 06:44:33 PM
A cherry tree.:heart:

A dwarf north star cherry tree.

Planting tomorrow.

There was a song from the 1950's that had the lyrics:  Apple pink and cherry blossom white.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBqkZ-FKIH4

Thanks for finding that.  The old brain sometimes misremembers things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 01, 2018, 11:56:49 AM
Two hole saws and a pilot bit
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 01, 2018, 09:01:32 PM
Movie tickets and drinks (I should always take my own drinks when going to the movies, I bought drinks for me and Kayleigh and they were horribly expensive).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 01, 2018, 09:34:28 PM
Yeah  the prices are always a total ripoff in cinemas. I always bring a  backpack with a load of candy and a crate of beer stashed in there, only thing 'worth' buying is hot popcorn, at least the large size servings are often TOO large.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on May 03, 2018, 04:37:15 PM
White Chocolate M&Ms.

Good.... yet not as bizarre as the peanut butter strawberry ones six years ago. (at least I think it was six years....)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 05, 2018, 04:36:01 PM
A new laptop the old one was getting a bit wonky and I didnt feel like fixing it yet again
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 06, 2018, 02:21:32 AM
What kind of laptop?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 06, 2018, 02:23:30 AM
Quote from: odeon on May 06, 2018, 02:21:32 AM
What kind of laptop?
Yes, what kind?

I bought medication (haloperidol, moclobemide and dexamphetamine) and the chemist had a good deal on toilet paper so I bought that too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 06, 2018, 02:23:56 AM
^Was about to ask what kind.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 06, 2018, 11:28:49 AM
Nothing fancy a HP Pavilion it was cheep and does what I need it to
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 07, 2018, 12:42:19 PM
Never had a strawberry version of them, but peanut butter M&Ms are great. Can't buy them over here though :( only ever got to have them when my bitch piece of shit former housemate shared some It had brought over in It's luggage from the US. Wish they'd sell those (and  kool-aid) here.

Not bought  them yet, but I am going to be buying myself some glass U-tubes (albeit with a shallower bend than that, but there isn't another letter that corresponds to the shape at all) as well as some glass stoppers with holes in them (can  use corks  or rubber plugs  with holes bored through them, but too many things attack organics in general and devastate rubber, causing it to become dessicated, cracked and crumbly), and some gas taps (I do have a couple but for the life of me I can't find the fuckers, I've been looking all over  the damn place for days. Going to buy some more. Nothing really complicated, just a male ground glass joint fitting connected to a hose barb, with a stopcock inbetween the joint and the hose  outlet, so as to allow gases to be generated  in a  flask via adding one  reagent to another, one being loaded into a pressure-equalized addition funnel and the other being in the  flask that when brought together, generate the gas of choice), as well as some blunt-tipped needles for transferring reagents via glass syringes when corrosion resistance is required.)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 07, 2018, 01:22:21 PM
Plants and some seeds for the garden
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 07, 2018, 02:41:02 PM
Hm, just remembered,  I really need some glass tubing in various sizes too, again, usually for transferring gases  from a vessel used for their generation, through a drying tube if needs be, or where suitable, just  bubbling them through concentrated  sulfuric  acid, a powerful dessicant in its own right, and then into wherever they are meant to be going)

Really need those gas taps though, its  driving me absolutely fucking nuts  not being able to find the ones I already have.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 07, 2018, 03:44:18 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 07, 2018, 01:22:21 PM
Plants and some seeds for the garden

Me too!  Lots of seeds that will just make things beautiful.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on May 11, 2018, 09:41:32 PM
Yup me three. Built three 4x4x1 garden beds with 4x1x6" troughs on one side. Spent last week shoveling soil, now in the process of filling them with veggies and herbs and a few flowers. Marigolds for me, nasturtiums for the cucumbers and daffodils for WolFish.

So many good things at the garden center, I don't have space to plant them all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 12, 2018, 08:26:24 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on May 11, 2018, 09:41:32 PM
daffodils for WolFish.
At our old house there was an abandoned farmhouse in the woods near us that had thousands of daffodils in the yard. Every spring we would hike out there and pick them, and give huge vases of flowers to neighbors, teachers and friends. We did it every year from the time they were toddlers until teen years when we moved.The oldest has some severe nostalgia from that annual ritual and each spring a vase of daffodils is delivered to me at work. She just built a new house and there's a reserve area nearby. She said she's going to hike into the woods and plant daffodils, so her kids can pick them. They are her favorite flower, and she can't understand why everyone she knows views them as weeds. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on May 12, 2018, 09:46:30 PM
Weeds? Sacrilege!

He would have loved that. He used to talk about some fields (I think) near one of the universities he went to, where there were thousands of daffodils in the spring.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 13, 2018, 11:26:00 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on May 12, 2018, 09:46:30 PM
Weeds? Sacrilege!

He would have loved that. He used to talk about some fields (I think) near one of the universities he went to, where there were thousands of daffodils in the spring.

One of my favorites too. A lot of mine came from abandoned properties. Unfortunately some have stopped blooming because SO kept cutting off the foliage too soon after they bloomed. 

Need to move what I can find in range of the weedeater...and hopefully they will come back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 13, 2018, 01:39:09 PM
Batteries for the cordless keyboard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on May 13, 2018, 03:44:32 PM
half oz of green. Not bad price either, 100 quid for a half O, with an extra 3g thrown in due to the go-through being well though of, and some fucking good stuff too; I was feeling pretty rotten the other day, especially with the project I had going in the lab going straight to hell after my flask imploded; but restarted it, although I still need to buy a new 2 liter erlenmeyer :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on June 02, 2018, 09:52:32 PM
A second-hand jogging stroller.

This thing is awesome. It has shocks on it. You can run with it! (Yeah, I know, that's kind of the definition.) But it's smooth as hell, and it's got space underneath for a water bottle and random baby stuff, and I can see myself putting in some serious mileage with the thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 03, 2018, 01:39:25 AM
A Get Well card for my friend. It had 3 emus on it. Very Australian. She appreciated it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 03, 2018, 02:09:29 PM
Some rather naughty tools for relaxation. Been delaying or leaving out my rx morphine, in favour of black market methadone. Two reasons mainly, one being that the oral bioavailability of morphine is PISS poor, at perhaps 20 percent making it to the brain without being chewed to bits by the liver first, also its long acting, and as an added bonus, is a (weak) NMDA receptor antagonist, which makes it unusual among opioids in that its good for dealing with neuropathic pain, which normally, opioids aren't much good for.

I am actually considering asking my doc to switch me from oxy and morphine to methadone, not as a detox, but for pain relief purposes due to that nifty little trait. No guarantee he'll agree, but I like it far better, than the rx I'm currently meant to be using, its much, much better too at maintaining a stable plasma level, and I've a hunch that the short duration of oxy has something to do with my seizures, its wearing off as I sleep, and the drop in plasma levels seems correlated with them.

NEVER happens either if I'm awake, with perhaps one or two exceptions, and every  one of those has been when I am out of the house and forgotten to take some with me, and the NMDA antagonism of the methadone should prove to have some antiseizure effects.

And a bit of H just for the occasional toot, as there is something rather unique about the phenanthrene opioidergics that others just don't seem to be able to hold a candle to.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 04, 2018, 01:09:49 PM
A Dolby Cat 85C pink noise card.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: sg1008 on June 04, 2018, 03:23:07 PM
a new car radiator.

im gonna have to get a new (used) car altogether i think. transmission is really iffy. :(


OORRR i'll get an electric bike and just carpool/rent if i need to go further afield.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 04, 2018, 03:53:20 PM
A six pack of Becks bottled beer, a 4 pack of one of my favourite beers, Peroni, an italian beer that I think has a wonderful flavour, after I woke up from my finally caught up sleep, which consisted of almost the entirety of the day  until 22.40pm (starting a bit after 8am lol, helped by a heavy dose of my seizure meds and two rather potent sleeping tablets with a long duration of action, namely nitrazepam.

They worked a treat, plus a hefty dose of pain medication to make sure it didn't wear off in my sleep, with some CYP-P450-3A4 and CYP-P450-2D6 inhibitor agent taken to help with that further.

Only awoke to briefly think 'fooooooood' and have a craving for kraft cheese slices, of which I bought six packs of the things and I'm plowing through them like a dying man stranded in the desert who just found himself a naturally occurring fountain of unlimited ice-cold coke, a huge stand of strong wild weed, and wandered out into civilization again to find a burger joint that does GREAT double cheeseburgers, the kind you get at the charcoal pit. And one that sells beer too. Lots of great draught ale.

Just cracking a bottle of Becks straight from the fridge, smoking a cigar while I drink my beer and watch family guy, munching packs of sliced cheese and going back for more.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 05, 2018, 01:50:08 PM
A new driveway they finished about two hours ago.   Can't park on it for a week but it looks really nice
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 06, 2018, 03:37:40 AM
^That's really cool.

I haven't bought anything. No money!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 06, 2018, 03:52:17 AM
I hate those times ren. *squeezes his favourite renster*

I've not bought it yet, but I'm thinking I need to buy about a gallon or two, or maybe a four gallon drum of acetone, of ethyl acetate, of xylene, benzene, pentane, heptane or isohexane and some diethyl ether.

Noticed I was running alarmingly low on isopropyl alcohol too earlier today, actually had to search for a bottle, grabbed one, and then found it was the one that I'd stuck a load of drying agent (quicklime) in a while back and left it to get bone dry, searched, grabbed what I thought was another bottle of iPA, to clean a spill, and ended up accidentally splashing toluene on the fucking carpet. Got the back bay windows open to vent the smell of tolly at the moment. And I KNOW theres at least one bottle of isopropanol hanging around in the lounge somewhere, whilst the other, is assigned to being kept in the freezer, with dessicants, for those times when I need it very cold, then and there, very dry, without waiting.

I think I've got a fair bit of shopping to do. I am happy that I found my gassing equipment though, accidentally, today while I was popping into the lab to grab something entirely unrelated, because chances are I'd have bought another set of gas taps while stalking ebay for prize finds.

Need to check my bank balance first, so I know how much I can spend and have some left for things to eat (although there IS an infants school just near here......but if they find too many sets of little tiny bones gnawed clean, they might start asking awkward questions. But how can you not...babies are so juicy and tender, when slow cooked in a casserole pot until the meat just falls right off those itty bitty bones :) )

Come to think of it....I'm kinda hungry right now actually. Just ate a pack of cheese slices, but I want something more substantial.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 10, 2018, 05:13:08 PM
Another axe this one stamped  BELL SYSTEM with no maker but they always bought quality tools.  I will probably keep this one to add to my collection of Bell System tools.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 11, 2018, 10:36:43 AM
A bunch of bottles of sudafed liquid nasal decongestant.

Tub of sodium bicarbonate.
Few boxes of 'paramol' OTC dihydrocodeine/paracetamol tablets (the latter ingredient is very easily separated out and discarded)

Also, bought myself a brand new gas mask, which fits much better than the newer one of the other two that I have.

Sent a certain somebody some money for an 8th of H.

Three pizzas, several bottles of 'frijj' thick cookie dough milkshake.
big carton of pineapple juice, another one of orange juice (hope its the kind with the bits in it)

Four big, juicy premium quality steaks (dead cow edition, three of them sirloin, the other one fillet)
A couple of bottles of benylin dry cough mixture (dextromethorphan based).

Two punnets of fresh, juicy cherries, at just 89p per punnet. Eaten one of the two already; lol, took the two that were placed furthest to the back of the shelf, because that is usually where the freshest ones are to be found, I reckon that shops tend to put the ones that need selling fastest, the oldest and least fresh up near the very front so people will tend to pick those up first, and the ones that will last the longest and remain edible at the back, so they gradually move down. So I always go and grab ones from the very furthest away at the back to get the ones which are absolutely fresh and sweet and juicy when I buy fruit.

Got a real nice deal on the steaks too, the fillet was about a fiver, five pound something but considerably under £6, whilst the sirloin steaks, three for a tenner.

And the guy in the welding supplies store was kind enough to allow me to try on the new gas mask for fit before I bought it, I thought ahead, and brought a pair of unused, still in the packaging clean mask scrubber tanks, so I could test the fit (you test it by putting it on, with tanks on, tightening it etc. and then putting the palms of your hands, one over each tank's intake vents, and then breathing in and holding your breath. The area over the bridge of your nose but just to the side should remain sucked in, as it ought to hold a vacuum, if it doesn't then there is a leak)

This new mask passed the test, and theres a far better fit than my other two. Other one really, since my oldest one is an old model that is no longer in service, they don't make new cartridges for it anymore, so I've kept it just for use when I'm cooking (as in, cooking items in the kitchen which are to be put in the mouth, sucked from a fork, chewed, swallowed and serve to fill one's stomach and provide nutrition), and cooking with some of my spice blends, as I've got a couple that are so fiery they will blow your fucking head off, because of all the black pepper, chili peppers, hot sauce, peppery boletus mushrooms, water-pepper plant leaves and all manner of other spices, dried wild fungi and herbs with a pungent, fiery kick to them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 11, 2018, 04:38:00 PM
Books.  :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 15, 2018, 03:43:32 PM
Yet another axe this one a Collins
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 15, 2018, 06:34:00 PM
Passed up a designer jacket at Goodwill.  Really didn't need it even though it was less than $4.  Instead I spent $2.50 on 5 books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on June 15, 2018, 07:55:06 PM
I loaded up on vegan food. Also grabbed some new 6” STAR WARS figures and oil for my car.

Need to buy my plane ticket for Boston in September. Going to go see The The, one of my all-time favorite bands. The one time I had tickets to see them at Bogart’s in Cincinnati, my girlfriend and I drove up there only to find out it was cancelled. I think that was 1993 or 1994. Never had another chance until now. Added bonus of going to Boston for the third time this year.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 15, 2018, 08:45:45 PM
The The are still around? Wow. Hope you have a great time seeing them. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 16, 2018, 01:19:21 AM
My Dolby pink noise card finally arrived! :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 16, 2018, 01:35:20 PM
Guess? :zoinks:    A nice little Russian or Scandinavian pattern hatchet
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 16, 2018, 04:46:21 PM
OTC meds, vitamins, a small strainer, a bath math, 2 beanie babies, ant traps, stick incense, and other stuff 70% off.

A 51 year old book on Milton's work wonderfully notated by the owner (not Milton), a fabulous vegetarian cookbook, a Richard Lederer book, spoons and forks, Cds, and a Tshirt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 16, 2018, 05:19:10 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 16, 2018, 01:35:20 PM
Guess? :zoinks:    A nice little Russian or Scandinavian pattern hatchet

Probably a vintage Norlund you picked up for $5.00.

If not, that'll be next.

You have some damn good luck. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 16, 2018, 06:49:23 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 16, 2018, 05:19:10 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 16, 2018, 01:35:20 PM
Guess? :zoinks:    A nice little Russian or Scandinavian pattern hatchet

Probably a vintage Norlund you picked up for $5.00.

If not, that'll be next.

You have some damn good luck. :laugh:

It comes and it goes,  but I do seem to be on a roll lately with axes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 17, 2018, 02:18:10 AM
At least if you ever get a burglar or burglars, parts, they are going to be in for an almighty shock when they find out who's house they just broke into. An axe in the bonce  generally seems to be agreed to achieve that sort of result :P There seem to be less reports of people being found with about twenty of them there, but I should think that would be rather offputting to the burglar community, if word were to get around from a crippled and badly sliced up, beaten battered and bruised 'example' made of one you probably wouldn't get any more, given the sorts of things you seem to keep hanging about, parts.

Then again, I can hardly talk, given that I'd  most likely resort to chemical warfare of the most unpleasant sort in a similar predicament :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 23, 2018, 06:31:19 AM
I bought Tim Tams for the autism group I'm going to tomorrow. Mmmm, chocolate that I shouldn't be having.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 23, 2018, 01:12:52 PM
Why not? you could look at it from the point of view of cocoa containing caffeine, theophylline and theobromine, other methylxanthines etc. that act to open the airways. This applies to dark chocolate mind you, (which is generally also consumed in thin slices rather than bulky blocks), and also meant to be good for the heart. So why not switch, if you don't already, to dark chocolate? there are some excellent high cocoa dark chocolates available, with flavourings like orange, lime essential oils, chili pepper (lovely combination) and perhaps my favourite, salted. 95% cocoa with little chunks of salt in it...oh my..I'm normally not a chocolate hog, I'm not much for milk chocolate, although I'll certainly eat it if I'm offered some, but I won't buy it, at least not chocolate bars, I don't include things like mars/snickers bars in that, and other stuff coated in milk chocolate.

But otherwise, I find it too sweet really, I like the really high cocoa, bitter dark chocolate best, white 'chocolate' I find to be insipid crap fit for little more than decorating foodstuffs.

I did have a few times, yellow chocolate, with a banana flavour, that was good too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 23, 2018, 02:19:50 PM
Bought a Blu-ray.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 24, 2018, 07:16:56 PM
Not bought it yet, but I need to get some concentrated (I'll go for something like 85%, since its orthophosphoric I want, rather than the highly viscous and powerful dehydrating agent, polyphosphoric acid(-s, there are a group of them, all thick and glorpy with similar properties, a strong, nonoxidizing acid. I need something stronger than HCl, but my go-to acids otherwise are sulfuric acid and HNO3, diluted as needs be, from white fuming nitric acid. And when concentrated, sulfuric acid is oxidizing enough to give not just some HBr but also oxidize HBr to Br2, and of course nitric acid is a well known powerfully oxidizing acid; so phosphoric acid will be ideal, for making HBr from H3PO3 and an alkali metal bromide)

Also, just watched american dad, woke up too late, annoyingly, to catch family  guy on ITV2 +1, so caught american dad and then flicked it over to the horror channel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 24, 2018, 09:49:55 PM
I bought a big giant pack of toilet paper.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 25, 2018, 02:00:47 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 24, 2018, 09:49:55 PM
I bought a big giant pack of toilet paper.  :zoinks:
i did the same thing a couple of days ago. Can't have too much toilet paper.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 25, 2018, 06:54:04 AM
Yeah, well, but I doubt yours was used when you bought it Ren :LMAO: *points and laughs at the overgrown rat*
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: mdagli1 on June 25, 2018, 11:49:01 AM
How long have you been doing that in the mirror?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 25, 2018, 03:53:32 PM
A local chain drugstore is closing their store closest to me.  I picked up some good buys at 70% a few days ago.  I thought they might have the rest of the stuff marked down to 10% since they probably had to have the store clear by July 1.  Well, the store was closed this morning.  Better luck for me next time I hope.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 25, 2018, 04:10:49 PM
Insulation for tomorrow
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on June 25, 2018, 04:49:12 PM
I'm sure I could help them manage to clear out. I'd be more than happy to take their CD lockup, and deal with it later once I got it home with the tools from the house machine shop.

And plenty of stuff on the shelves too, pseudoephedrine, dextromethorphan, and a lot of stuff in the back not locked up but rx only. I'd help them get rid of it, since I'm a big hearted guy like that. Would be only too happy to give them such a charitable act. I bet they'd love me for it. Maybe even a fridge if they have one, could use the pump for a vacuum line.

And I'm sure there are a fair few other things in an average pharmacy that I could make good use of. And an entire stores worth of each and every pseudo or ephedrine product would be worth a fair bit once it was recovered, purified and cured of that problematic -OH group shaped sidechain-zit. Just needs extraction, cleaning and then a little tender loving care from a helpful organic chemist and the aminoalcohol reducing to the hydrocarbon arylalkylamine, and simple as that, value skyrockets after that quick trim, just a bit off the side(chain), and there you go, and you and or the PR can have your pick of random big beer swilling hairy biker gangbangers too :LMAO:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 29, 2018, 04:22:01 AM
A lot of groceries and some chocolate aniseed rings for my stepdad for his birthday. He can't get them where he lives out in the country.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 29, 2018, 09:25:08 AM
Groceries from the grocery thrift store.  Packaged ham at 50 cents a pound (frozen, so it will keep), yogurt 6 small containers at 17 cents each, and 2 pounds of shredded cheese for $2.  Also some Mansoor dal 2 pounds.  I'm hoping to buy some more after the first of the month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 29, 2018, 04:33:52 PM
Bought a book about Danish.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on June 29, 2018, 07:15:02 PM
I bought a Danish!   :zoinks:

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 01, 2018, 06:33:50 PM
Some tools and odd stuff at tag sales yesterday including a small alligator head
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 01, 2018, 09:26:37 PM
Cards for my sister's and stepdad's birthdays.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 02, 2018, 12:38:14 PM
Ice cream.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 02, 2018, 02:30:06 PM
Shelf stable groceries for the pantry:  cans, beans, etc.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 03, 2018, 01:18:27 PM
Lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 04, 2018, 01:06:31 PM
Bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 06, 2018, 11:16:20 AM
Cold beer, cold bubblegum fizzy pop in 2l bottles, 2 of those.

Two fillet steaks, big thick juicy fillet steaks I'm saving in the freezer until it rains for a couple of days, so I can then go out mushroom-hunting and bring me back something nice to fry up just before the steaks are ready to be served, in some nice salty butter, and poured all over my steaks.

I at least do have two kinds of dried mushrooms I need to doing steak. Chalciporus piperatus, the peppery boletus, which as it sounds like it might just be, has a delightful burning, fiery savour, quite peppy and zingy, but with a heat all of it's own, unique and different from other hot spices, just as how black pepper and chili pepper are different, or water pepper and tabasco sauce. Its all unto itself, a special fireyness and flavour, unlike any other spice. Got that and got fly agaric, dried and heat-cured to render it suitable for use as a condiment, cooking ingredient, intoxicant, herbal medicine and all manner of other wonderful uses this special mushroom has.

I make it into a spice blend for beef or lamb, as follows if anyone wants to try it:

Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), dried and heat cured of course (instructions for that at the end of the recipe)

Peppery bolete, Chalciporus piperatus, again dried, so it can be powdered, and which conveniently is a parasitic species which parasitizes fly agaric mycelium so where you find IT, you find fly agaric, and where you find fly agaric, you are likely as not, going to find peppery boletus too. They grow with the fly Amanita, although only under silver birch trees not pines (fly agaric can grow in symbiosis with either silver birch trees, or pines, although silver birch is by far and away the more common of it's two host types)

Cubeb (Piper cubeba, a relative of black pepper) seeds, just a few , a couple of pinches is enough, 2-3 pinches for enough spice blend to make 2 steaks from lovely steaks into steaks you'd kill and eat the babies of your best friend in all the world just to have the privilege of SMELLING the steaks!.

Pink peppercorns (quite a goodly amount, a teaspoon and a half or so)

Black pepper, from whole black peppercorns not powder or freshly ground pepper, it has to be whole!

Water pepper (Polygonum hydropiper, a relative of the bistort plant, grows in boggy marshy areas at the edge of rivers which adjoin grassland or pasture, this cannot, like the peppery bolete, be bought, it MUST be hunted down and picked yourself), the blend can do without it if you can't get any, the leaves, 3-4 leaves dried.

Salt (use sea salt)

Szechuan pepper (no idea of the species binomial taxonomic name), but szechuan pepper, its the hulls, seeds absent of some sort of bush or tree, sold as szechuan pepper, and like the cubeb and pink peppercorns, they moderate the fiery searing heat of the blend, szechuan pepper has a weird, not hot effect, but cooling and anaesthetizing sensation if applied to mucus membranes such as those of the mouth and tongue, while pink pepper is..well...its pink pepper, but it isn't hot, has a cooling sort of aromatic flavour, and cubeb has a cooling, camphoraceous taste. Not too much to be used or it can overpower the flavours of the rest.

Also, chili pepper, something really hot, like scotch-bonnet, red savina habanero, or birds-eyes. They should be smoked peppers, for best results. These are to be gutted of the internal ribs and of the seeds, which carry much of the capsaicin, using gloves and washing hands thoroughly with detergent and water, VERY thoroughly. And before use, they need to be dry-fried. Heating up a frying pan without oil to really hot temperature and then searing the chili peppers each side on the pan (you want to wear a gas mask whilst doing this with an organic vapor cartridge or cartridges) and have ALL the windows and door  of the kitchen wide open, extractor fan on full blast, because the fumes from the chili peppers dry-frying is lethal stuff, choking asphyxiating virulent teargas basically. You don't want to get close without a mask and goggles. And keep animals out of the room, if you are asthmatic, then get someone else to do the dry-fry and wait a little bit before reentry to the kitchen.

And then make a marinade, consisting of:

Worcestershire sauce
Dark soy sauce
Tabasco sauce (the habanero kind, extra hot variety)
If you can get any, some mushroom sauce.
A little of that, and a little bit of teriyaki sauce
And finally, some brown sauce. Ideally 'devils brown sauce', a hot spicy kind of brown sauce. If unavailable, then Daddie's sauce or HP sauce. Use enough of this to make the marinade thick enough to adhere easily to the steaks once rubbed in. Somewhat thick, but still liquid and mobile to a degree.

The black pepper and pink peppercorns, are set aside, whilst all the other solid ingredients are whizzed up in a spice grinder to fine powder for sprinkling or for adding to a stew or curry or chili con carne. The black and pink peppers, they are pounded in a mortar, pink peppercorns first, because they are full of oil, and it needs squashing out of them and pounding like a 14yo hooker on her living room table when her parents are away on business :LMAO:

Then the black pepper is added to the mortar and cracked, pounded to a rough smashed up mixture, mixed up intimately with the pounded, cracked pink pepper. This gives the steak a nice surface texture, and pound ye also the sea salt, nice and fine but still grainy.

The rest, whizzed up to dust, fine as icing sugar, and then the two combined and shaken together to finely mix.

Slash crosscuts on both sides of the steaks, and stick 'em in the marinade of liquid ingredients. Let them soak it up, and when thats done, sprinkle my special spice blend all over them, both sides, don't be stingy with it, don't cover it in a mountain either, just generously spice it to fuck and back. Then you give it a thin brushing of olive oil (healthiest sort of oil easily available, doesn't taste iffy when its cooked either)

Heat up the frying pan, without the steaks in it, until very hot, and sear on both sides, then turn the heat down and slow fry them, until they are lovely and juicy and tender, browned all the way through them and they melt in the mouth.

The result, will be DELICIOUS. Serve with shiitake mushrooms, fried in salted butter. If you have the skills to take from nature what she provides, then wild mushrooms too, freshly harvested so they are as good as a mushroom can possibly be, lovely and fresh and juicy and tasty as they ever will be.

Then go out there to the woods and the forests, and pick yourself some good tasty species, nice premium specimens of the very best kinds to be had on the outing you go on.

All mushrooms, shiitake at a minimum, then  these need to be fried in butter, not when the steaks are started, but shortly before they are to be served. Fry 'em up, and have them ready exactly when you serve the steaks so both are hot and cooked and perfect, put them on your plate, and tuck in.

Maybe think of the inventor of the special spice blend for meatyness while you munch away and enjoy yourself with the best steak or chili con carne you will EVER taste :)

Oh, forgot one ingredient, 4-5 pods of cardamom, the leathery casings slit open so the seeds can be gouged out with a knife tip and added to the mortar, before pink and black peppercorns, you want the cardamom finely ground but not as ultrafine dust, more as little grains.

You'll have some spice left over actually, if you just do two steaks, so you can keep the remainder until you next have steak, or chili, or anything else with red meat.

Lastly, how to prepare fly agaric (Amanita muscaria):

Whilst most if not all guidebooks list it as poisonous, it is only a member of a genus which does contain deadly mushrooms, although it looks NOTHING like the deadly kinds, nothing at all, even to the most greenhorn amateur mushroom-picker. Even easier, far easier than to identify the only wild mushroom many brits are brave enough to eat, Agaricus campestris, the common field mushroom (quite a lot like shop bought mushrooms, Agaricus bitorquis). Very  distinctive red cap with white warts, and the rest of the fruitbody pure white, as are the spores. Unlike many Amanita, there is no volva, this being reduced to, not the sack-like volva of the deadly kinds, which are in a separate clade within Amanita, the stirps Phalloideae, whilst A.muscaria is located within the stirps Amanita.

The 'volva' of the fly agaric is reduced to a basal bulb, with a few irregular slight ring-ish protuberances or lines of warts above a slightly swollen stem base. It does have the large ring typical of Amanita mushrooms of all sorts (save for those in the stirps Vaginatae) which have neither ring, nor volva. (A volva is a structure ALMOST unique to the genus Amanita, its a large, usually, sack-like cup of tissue that the bottom of the stem appears to sprout out of. Near unique to the family, although the unrelated genera Volvariella, and also Battarea (quite coincidentally, the species Battarea also has the species epithet 'phalloides' as with Amanita phalloides, the death-cap, a single bite of which can kill a man. Although Battarea phalloides, is not poisonous. However it is woody, and the cap covered in spore powder, and presents absolutely zero redeeming features such as would commend it for the table. Totally inedible, and if it were not, it is unappetizing. But not, however, poisonous. Just nothing you want to eat because it has nothing about it that means you should. Including the fact that it is incredibly, vanishingly rare.

Volvariellas have a volva too, but not a ring. Many species, IF you can identify them correctly as a mushroom expert, are good eating. But given the volva and thus similarity to Amanita, if you choose wrong, you die horribly. Thankfully, Amanitacea are exclusively mycorrhizal mushrooms, growing in association with trees, and cannot grow without this symbiosis.

Volvariella, can grow without anything to do with trees, in treeless fields, I've seen V.speciosa do so in massive profusion, hundreds or thousands of them in a farmer's field. There are those that grow with trees, but not WITH them, not around the base and for a distance around them, they grow as parasites, ON trees, right up there in some cases, such as with Volvariella bombycina, which can be found, rarely, if you are lucky, growing up in the top of apple trees, or anywhere else the trees be wounded and a spore can gain entrance.

Amanita on the other hand are mycorrhizal. Growing in symbiosis WITH trees, not parasitically. And they NEVER grow ON wood. Only in association with the tree types the species of the genus favour, but never, ever, ever actually OUT OF the tree. So if it has a volva and grows OUT of a tree, you can be certain it isn't a deadly amanita, and is a Volvariella. Probably the rare and tasty V.bombycina)

I'm about to go on a chemical shopping spree with over a hundred quid to spend, and glassware spree. Got quite a few things in mind, although I might well end up spending more than I'd like to have to on a new vacuum pump.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 06, 2018, 11:32:52 AM
Hm second thoughts I can manage for a little bit with my Venturi, rather than using a powerful motorized pump, then I get paid double this coming monday. So I can buy one or two then. Whilst using all my savings now to buy the diaphragm pump and the rotary vane pump, or something better still than a rotary vane  pump depending on what I can find. Obviously not a turbomolecular pump, I don't need one yet, and won't, until I can get house-space enough to build myself a particle accelerator (an isochronous cyclotron, to be precise), and for a turbopump that powerful as to be able to achieve the ultra-high vacuum required for the interior of the cyclotron, and  whilst 'baking it out' (they need to have the beamline and vacuum chamber, all the pipe and ductwork 'baked out' with a combination of heat and subjection to extreme vacuum, to remove stray handfuls of atoms and ions which are adsorbed upon the surface of the ultra-clean interior of the accelerator.

And turbopumps are so powerful they can't even start on their own, they need a very powerful 'roughing' pump to get them started, with liquid nitrogen or liquid helium traps hooked up to prevent air getting in in traces; so that the things you WANT in the cyclotron, various ions, or gases, are either, in the case of gases, injected into the vacuum chamber in controlled, tiny amounts, and increased slowly as the  ion beam is formed and ejected out of the quadrupole magnet or sextupole magnet used for strong-focusing of the electron, proton or heavier ion beam before it is slammed into the intended target of the ion beam. Or in the case of ions of metals or nongaseous elements, then an element is introduced into the vacuum chamber and heated electrically so as to ionize it into a low density plasma, which is accelerated and fired into your target of choice, be that whatever it may.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 06, 2018, 10:11:44 PM
Dry cat food for Liam and some Royal Canin dinners for Kira.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 07, 2018, 07:06:17 AM
I was going to buy a tin of golden syrup, because I was making porridge and I wanted syrup on it not butter. (I made it by melting a big block of butter in whilst it cooks to make it uniformly distributed in a sol-gel phase throughout the bowlful.)

I asked my old man if I could borrow a couple of quid to buy a tin of syrup. Turns out he needed to go to the shop anyway so said he'd pick it up for me (I wanted to borrow just enough for the syrup, as its a tenner minimum to draw out from a cash point and I want as much money in my account as possible because I'll be spending it online on chemicals and glassware)

So he said he'd grab some for me. Brought it home, I asked him how much I owed him for it and he said I don't owe him anything for it, so I'm up by one tin of golden syrup. Might not be the most priceless object in the world, but its sure better than a poke in the eye with a forked stick :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 07, 2018, 11:01:27 PM
^Your dad is pretty cool sometimes. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 08, 2018, 10:32:52 AM
Small pincusion, permanent markers, a big insulated bag to keep foods cool while I'm shopping, nothing really special.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 09, 2018, 12:04:59 AM
Those insulated bags are priceless in the summer weather.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 10, 2018, 04:03:21 PM
This was yesterday, bought:

2 big cartons of watermelon juice
2 sacks of ice chunks (going to be needing plenty for a salted ice bath, as I need to conduct a reaction over 2 hours, maintained at a temperature of at most 0 'C for about 2-2.5 hours, a borohydride reduction, but the temperature needs to be kept low, and a fourfold excess of NaBH4 used in order to suppress the competing Michael addition between the compound being reduced and the reduced compound formed by providing a higher concentration of borohydride for the substrate being reduced relative to the concentration of the reduction product, so the starting substrate reacts with a molecule of borohydride first instead of meeting up with a molecule of what it is being reduced to and polymerizing by taking part in a Michael addition instead, so the combination of low temperature and excess reducing agent are used to suppress the side reaction.

Bought 4 tubs of ice cream, one mars bar flavour, one daim bar flavour with layers of chocolate and crunchy caramel, a big tub each of honeycomb and of strawberry ice cream. Would sooner have bought 2 tubs of honeycomb  icecream but they only had  one  left and one strawberry, its been too buggering  well HOT lately, and I'm guessing other people were thinking exactly the same thing I was, namely 'I want lots of ice cream and I want it yesterday!' and got there before I did.

Tin of cigars.
A roll of electrical tape
A roll of teflon tape, which I'd completely run out of, happened to spot the corner shop, surprisingly, had teflon tape for sale, and I find it really useful for wrapping the necks of glass reagent bottles for storing really aggressive, volatile, corrosive and toxic stuff like iodine monochloride, chromyl chloride, iodine trichloride, phosphorus tri/pentachloride, phosphorus tribromide, sulfuryl or thionyl chlorides, disulfur dichloride and similarly nasty aggressive reagents, for making the fluoropolymer-capped bottles with fluoropolymer seals under the caps, I wrap the necks in teflon too to give an added layer of protection when such things go in the fridge. Was pleased to find that they had that in the corner shop.

Bought a load of bags of different kinds of candies and a 2 liter bottle of blue bubblegum flavour pop.

Got about 100 quid worth of chemicals and glassware to buy too, methinks some 85% phosphoric acid, some TCCA (trichloroisocyanuric acid),  and need a fresh supply of pure, undenatured azeotropic ethanol (the azeotrope formed by ethanol with water is 95% EtOH, 5% H2O. Can get a liter of medical grade ethanol with no denaturing agents for £20 inc. shipping, russian stuff, from some eastern european seller, far better value than commercial taxed spirits, no import duty charged and 95% rather than 34.5% vodka, that for 70cl, if its really good vodka can be £30.)

Running a bit low on iodine, and could really, really use  a few  liters of benzene. Although I'm gonna need the phosphoric acid and TCCA for sure, and the ethanol all soon, so I'll get those first and then spend the surplus on lab glassware and get the other stuff when I get more money this coming week, because I get paid double, get my monthly disability money this week as well as my fortnightly pay.

Which, after rent and food allowance, means lots and lots of new glassware and chemical supplies for lil' old me.

Oh and I need some 1,4-dioxane, a cyclic glycol ether type solvent, but I have what I need to make that from cheap and easily available feedstock, namely ethylene glycol antifreeze, I have at least a gallon or two of that, plus some concentrated sulfuric acid, again got plenty of that, too. Bog cleaner grade 98% H2SO4 and undiluted ethylene glycol antifreeze concentrate will do for making dioxane, and I have both, so no spending needed there, although I am going to need to buy more concentrated sulfuric when I get paid, as once I've finished the heavily used bottle of sulfuric I'm on atm, I think I only have one liter of 98% acid left; and I go through a LOT of concentrated sulfuric.

And when I get paid, need to get myself some concentrated formic acid, and some formamide, or just more formic acid and make my own formamide. And make some  acetamide, then do a Hoffmann degradation on that to make some methylamine. Hm...thinking of methylamine...nitromethane. I KNEW I was forgetting something I needed, namely, need some more nitromethane, I have plenty nitroethane but I've completely run dry on nitromethane.

Might not be the season, but it looks like Santa will be working overtime this year :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on July 10, 2018, 04:16:41 PM
Two packets of crisps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on July 10, 2018, 04:29:07 PM
Quote from: Tequila on July 10, 2018, 04:16:41 PM
Two packets of crisps.

Is one packet for me?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on July 10, 2018, 04:31:46 PM
Quote from: Lestat on July 10, 2018, 04:03:21 PM
a salted ice bath

I got a chill just reading that.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 10, 2018, 05:23:36 PM
Quote from: renaeden on July 09, 2018, 12:04:59 AM
Those insulated bags are priceless in the summer weather.

Agreed.  Most of the places I shop are within 10 minutes of home  It's just too much plotting, planning and backtracking to try to keep things cold.  Especially when it's 90 degrees plus and no real shady spot in the car (mini SUV).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 10, 2018, 07:14:28 PM
We bought frozen cat food yesterday and used an insulated bag to keep it cold while we did other shopping.

I bought two CDs (Metallica and Fall Out Boy) and some diet orange and mango Sodastream flavouring.

We also went grocery shopping and it cost more than I thought it would.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on July 10, 2018, 07:58:13 PM
I bought a new dunny on Sunday.

I'm looking forward to spending some quality time on that dunny.

The sales guy actually asked us to sit on it and try it out in the store. Seriously? I assume we were supposed to keep our pants on, but still....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 10, 2018, 08:22:28 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on July 10, 2018, 07:58:13 PM
I bought a new dunny on Sunday.

I'm looking forward to spending some quality time on that dunny.

The sales guy actually asked us to sit on it and try it out in the store. Seriously? I assume we were supposed to keep our pants on, but still....

 :lol1:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on July 10, 2018, 11:53:58 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on July 10, 2018, 07:58:13 PM
I bought a new dunny on Sunday.

I'm looking forward to spending some quality time on that dunny.

The sales guy actually asked us to sit on it and try it out in the store. Seriously? I assume we were supposed to keep our pants on, but still....

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on July 11, 2018, 12:06:41 AM
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I'll be thinking about you while I take my first massive dump in my new dunny.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on July 11, 2018, 12:12:27 AM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on July 11, 2018, 12:06:41 AM
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I'll be thinking about you while I take my first massive dump in my new dunny.

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 11, 2018, 12:48:24 AM
Not sure if I actually bought or just "bought into,"  but seeing liberal after liberal after socialist screaming and spitting on microphones all day, losing control of their eyebrows, etc, at crowds (small ones, mind you) about how they were going to oppose and even block ANY nomination by  "fucking"  Trump  to the Supreme Court. Proclaiming that the end of the world is near, blah, blah ...   Honestly, I like Kavanaugh. 

I hope he is confirmed.  I know I will get grief for accepting another "Originalist" as a Supreme Court Justice, but HELL why else are they there, but to defend The Constitution!??!!

Screaming socialists want to change our laws, then get people out to the polls and elect a new Congress. Let's see how far that goes.

The original  "originalists" put in place the perfect way to affect laws of the land in the future.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on July 11, 2018, 01:31:59 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 11, 2018, 12:48:24 AM
Not sure if I actually bought or just "bought into,"  but seeing liberal after liberal after socialist screaming and spitting on microphones all day, losing control of their eyebrows, etc, at crowds (small ones, mind you) about how they were going to oppose and even block ANY nomination by  "fucking"  Trump  to the Supreme Court. Proclaiming that the end of the world is near, blah, blah ...   Honestly, I like Kavanaugh. 

I hope he is confirmed.  I know I will get grief for accepting another "Originalist" as a Supreme Court Justice, but HELL why else are they there, but to defend The Constitution!??!!

Screaming socialists want to change our laws, then get people out to the polls and elect a new Congress. Let's see how far that goes.

The original  "originalists" put in place the perfect way to affect laws of the land in the future.

No that seems to me reasonable. The thing that I see is that there is two sets of values and one is Left and one is Right. The Left has had a great run. The last 8 years they got to do what they wanted and push their values and now the right has their turn to do what they want and push their values. The Left is screaming outrage at this. Too fucking bad Left.

Personally when it comes to the Constitution and interpreting it, I do think that the changes in society and culture does mean that the Constitution does need to fit in with the society of the 21st not the 18th Century BUT I do not think it is a "living instrument" and I do not believe that it should be supposed to have a pro-Conservative nor a pro-Liberal values platform.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 11, 2018, 02:28:53 AM
Quote from: Al Swearengen on July 11, 2018, 01:31:59 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 11, 2018, 12:48:24 AM
Not sure if I actually bought or just "bought into,"  but seeing liberal after liberal after socialist screaming and spitting on microphones all day, losing control of their eyebrows, etc, at crowds (small ones, mind you) about how they were going to oppose and even block ANY nomination by  "fucking"  Trump  to the Supreme Court. Proclaiming that the end of the world is near, blah, blah ...   Honestly, I like Kavanaugh. 

I hope he is confirmed.  I know I will get grief for accepting another "Originalist" as a Supreme Court Justice, but HELL why else are they there, but to defend The Constitution!??!!

Screaming socialists want to change our laws, then get people out to the polls and elect a new Congress. Let's see how far that goes.

The original  "originalists" put in place the perfect way to affect laws of the land in the future.

No that seems to me reasonable. The thing that I see is that there is two sets of values and one is Left and one is Right. The Left has had a great run. The last 8 years they got to do what they wanted and push their values and now the right has their turn to do what they want and push their values. The Left is screaming outrage at this. Too fucking bad Left.

Personally when it comes to the Constitution and interpreting it, I do think that the changes in society and culture does mean that the Constitution does need to fit in with the society of the 21st not the 18th Century BUT I do not think it is a "living instrument" and I do not believe that it should be supposed to have a pro-Conservative nor a pro-Liberal values platform.

You seem to have a grip on it. Honestly, I was in my late teens and arguing with my dad for days about something nonsensical, but current for the times (so many times - as much as I loved my dad respected him - one instance for an example) when I came to realize that it IS the balance between the right and the left that keeps us strong.
I tend to lean a bit right, but by god, do not challenge my expected freedoms or you will see how powerful of a left I can throw.

I do get that a constitution is a living, breathing entity, much like the Bible is intended to be. The only issue I think is steady enough to stand upon is the written words were written for a specific reason and those who are charged with interpreting either document have a grave duty to perform.

The triple separation of our governing processes tends to maintain a kind of teetery balance, but a balance that can only change over time and due to the will of a majority of our people.

Right now (in historical terms) we (and it is not just MY country) seem to have a left that have completely lost any focus on reality and the preocess that is required to influence the changes they see necessary while some of us "old dogs" need a little coercing or cussing or something to let slip the freedoms we have enjoyed our entire lives.

It is a tough fight; I invite the whole damn thing! Let us fight this balance out until we get it right, but fuck sake you on the LEFT (edited, sorry sometimes I type dyslexically), quit spitting on the news microphones, flipping your hair, ruining your makeup and calling for your chess opponents to be harassed by people in your group who do not have the scruples to keep things civil.


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on July 11, 2018, 07:01:37 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 11, 2018, 02:28:53 AM
Quote from: Al Swearengen on July 11, 2018, 01:31:59 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 11, 2018, 12:48:24 AM
Not sure if I actually bought or just "bought into,"  but seeing liberal after liberal after socialist screaming and spitting on microphones all day, losing control of their eyebrows, etc, at crowds (small ones, mind you) about how they were going to oppose and even block ANY nomination by  "fucking"  Trump  to the Supreme Court. Proclaiming that the end of the world is near, blah, blah ...   Honestly, I like Kavanaugh. 

I hope he is confirmed.  I know I will get grief for accepting another "Originalist" as a Supreme Court Justice, but HELL why else are they there, but to defend The Constitution!??!!

Screaming socialists want to change our laws, then get people out to the polls and elect a new Congress. Let's see how far that goes.

The original  "originalists" put in place the perfect way to affect laws of the land in the future.

No that seems to me reasonable. The thing that I see is that there is two sets of values and one is Left and one is Right. The Left has had a great run. The last 8 years they got to do what they wanted and push their values and now the right has their turn to do what they want and push their values. The Left is screaming outrage at this. Too fucking bad Left.

Personally when it comes to the Constitution and interpreting it, I do think that the changes in society and culture does mean that the Constitution does need to fit in with the society of the 21st not the 18th Century BUT I do not think it is a "living instrument" and I do not believe that it should be supposed to have a pro-Conservative nor a pro-Liberal values platform.

You seem to have a grip on it. Honestly, I was in my late teens and arguing with my dad for days about something nonsensical, but current for the times (so many times - as much as I loved my dad respected him - one instance for an example) when I came to realize that it IS the balance between the right and the left that keeps us strong.
I tend to lean a bit right, but by god, do not challenge my expected freedoms or you will see how powerful of a left I can throw.

I do get that a constitution is a living, breathing entity, much like the Bible is intended to be. The only issue I think is steady enough to stand upon is the written words were written for a specific reason and those who are charged with interpreting either document have a grave duty to perform.

The triple separation of our governing processes tends to maintain a kind of teetery balance, but a balance that can only change over time and due to the will of a majority of our people.

Right now (in historical terms) we (and it is not just MY country) seem to have a left that have completely lost any focus on reality and the preocess that is required to influence the changes they see necessary while some of us "old dogs" need a little coercing or cussing or something to let slip the freedoms we have enjoyed our entire lives.

It is a tough fight; I invite the whole damn thing! Let us fight this balance out until we get it right, but fuck sake you on the LEFT (edited, sorry sometimes I type dyslexically), quit spitting on the news microphones, flipping your hair, ruining your makeup and calling for your chess opponents to be harassed by people in your group who do not have the scruples to keep things civil.

Yup I am Left of Centre but I am NOT "Progressive". Those guys are crazy. They have been getting steadily worse. I think in years to come, those on the far Left will be embarrassed at any ownership of the term "Progressive". They will disown and disavow their theatrics and hysteria.

There DOES need to be balance and I think that the Left needs a reformation. The Far Right is condemned and excluded by the Moderate Right and there needs to be the same with the Left. There cannot be two standards.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 14, 2018, 09:20:23 AM
I know just what you mean there fur-face. I'm pretty tempted right now to go buy myself a dewar full of liquid helium and take a bath in it. Bloody roasting here right now.

Just bought a bottle of 'Lamb's' navy rum, and bathing my insides in same will have to suffice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 14, 2018, 05:54:51 PM
Brushed aluminum door handles, matte black and chameleon paint to test out.

...and the full kit for the timing belt replacement that's overdue & being done on Tues.

Water pump w/metal impeller, new thermostat, pulley wheel, coolant....yadda yadda yadda
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on July 14, 2018, 06:28:16 PM
Cheap plastic safety goggles. A confetti pop (toy). A book called "The 104 storey treehouse). A charger cable for my phone (to keep in my car).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 14, 2018, 09:26:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 14, 2018, 05:54:51 PM
Brushed aluminum door handles, matte black and chameleon paint to test out.

...and the full kit for the timing belt replacement that's overdue & being done on Tues.

Water pump w/metal impeller, new thermostat, pulley wheel, coolant....yadda yadda yadda

As I put my car into reverse to back into the driveway it quit on me, blocking the street diagonally.  After a bit of fiddling it started up again.  I floored it and got it into the driveway and stopped before it hit the garport (I have a carport with a garage door put in by the previous owner.  Weird but it does offer privacy.) door.  I'll call my shade tree mechanic tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 15, 2018, 08:50:35 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 14, 2018, 09:26:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 14, 2018, 05:54:51 PM
Brushed aluminum door handles, matte black and chameleon paint to test out.

...and the full kit for the timing belt replacement that's overdue & being done on Tues.

Water pump w/metal impeller, new thermostat, pulley wheel, coolant....yadda yadda yadda

As I put my car into reverse to back into the driveway it quit on me, blocking the street diagonally.  After a bit of fiddling it started up again.  I floored it and got it into the driveway and stopped before it hit the garport (I have a carport with a garage door put in by the previous owner.  Weird but it does offer privacy.) door.  I'll call my shade tree mechanic tomorrow.

Hoping it just needs something cheap like a bottle of dry gas here and there like the truck. Temperature changes and condensation here. I don't run it enough.

I keep yelling at the SO for running it below 1/4 of a tank into the red, it's too damn old to be doing that shit and you can't completely trust the gauge anymore when it gets low.

Of all people, he should know better. Did that with his old car...sucked it bone dry. Cost him around $500 to get it up and running again, and he actually got off cheap.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 15, 2018, 11:49:55 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 15, 2018, 08:50:35 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 14, 2018, 09:26:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 14, 2018, 05:54:51 PM
Brushed aluminum door handles, matte black and chameleon paint to test out.

...and the full kit for the timing belt replacement that's overdue & being done on Tues.

Water pump w/metal impeller, new thermostat, pulley wheel, coolant....yadda yadda yadda

As I put my car into reverse to back into the driveway it quit on me, blocking the street diagonally.  After a bit of fiddling it started up again.  I floored it and got it into the driveway and stopped before it hit the garport (I have a carport with a garage door put in by the previous owner.  Weird but it does offer privacy.) door.  I'll call my shade tree mechanic tomorrow.

Hoping it just needs something cheap like a bottle of dry gas here and there like the truck. Temperature changes and condensation here. I don't run it enough.

I keep yelling at the SO for running it below 1/4 of a tank into the red, it's too damn old to be doing that shit and you can't completely trust the gauge anymore when it gets low.

Of all people, he should know better. Did that with his old car...sucked it bone dry. Cost him around $500 to get it up and running again, and he actually got off cheap.
It's got 3/4 of a tank of gas.  I "filled" it when it had about 2 or so gallons left in the 13 gallon tank.  The Check Engine light has been on for months, but of course I've been ignoring it.  The car is only 15 years old with about 140,000 miles, so I should expect some/lots of repairs upcoming.  BTW - It's an introductory year Toyota Matrix. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 15, 2018, 07:28:53 PM
Hopefully all it needs is a service and maybe replacement of a few cheap things. I still need two engine mounts for my car and new shock absorbers.

On Saturday I used my credit card (I didn't want to but I didn't have the right cash on me) to buy some drinks and food from a vending machine. None of the uni cafes were open because of a holiday break. The place was dead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 16, 2018, 12:34:17 AM
Got a new pair of goggles not that long ago myself. Decided I wanted a replacement, or at least alternative option when working with things nasty and gaseous or volatile, that didn't have vent holes in the side. Really comfortable silicone rubber fittings that haven't yet been attacked even working with some rather demanding customers (interhalogens for example. Give 'em an inch, they'll take ten miles and leave it burning to the ground given half a chance, and they are bloody reactive, vicious little shits, eat more or less anything but glass and teflon that I've thrown at it, but these seem to survive too, same with a new mask.)

But one snag-when it gets hot, the damn things steam up inside, the others had vent holes so they don't, but at the same time, whilst the older ported goggles worn under a blast shield will protect against the chance of being hit in the face by all but the harshest chemical assaults, they steam up to the point I'm left wiping the insides with dishwashing detergent on the lenses before use to stop them turning into a steamy greenhouse.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 16, 2018, 08:02:17 AM
The mechanic said the computer said 2 codes.  Anyways, he said it needed a tune-up, fuel filter and freon in the A/C.  When I can get it in, probably later this week, he'll do it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 16, 2018, 08:47:34 AM
Wouldn't mind finding a source for freons. That might just be a useful idea QV, ty for the hint my dear. I could make good use of the right cryogenic solvents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on July 16, 2018, 05:28:38 PM
Lestat, the goggles only cost $3.50. We are renovating one of our bathrooms and bashing out the old floor tiles. Bits of floor tile are sharp like shards of glass and the goggles keep them out of our eyes.

I won about $2K gambling yesterday. Not sure yet what I'll buy. I saved $500 and paid $500 off the credit card already.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on July 16, 2018, 08:08:28 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on July 16, 2018, 05:28:38 PM
Lestat, the goggles only cost $3.50. We are renovating one of our bathrooms and bashing out the old floor tiles. Bits of floor tile are sharp like shards of glass and the goggles keep them out of our eyes.

I won about $2K gambling yesterday. Not sure yet what I'll buy. I saved $500 and paid $500 off the credit card already.

You could buy me some hockey tickets. Any seats are fine. I'm not picky.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on July 16, 2018, 10:18:09 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on July 16, 2018, 08:08:28 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on July 16, 2018, 05:28:38 PM
Lestat, the goggles only cost $3.50. We are renovating one of our bathrooms and bashing out the old floor tiles. Bits of floor tile are sharp like shards of glass and the goggles keep them out of our eyes.

I won about $2K gambling yesterday. Not sure yet what I'll buy. I saved $500 and paid $500 off the credit card already.

You could buy me some hockey tickets. Any seats are fine. I'm not picky.  :orly:

I'd be looking to sell you as a spare puck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 17, 2018, 05:24:09 AM
I don't gamble myself. Always viewed it as what it is, a trap for mugs so greedy, often corrupt and always rigged companies  can bilk people for money.

Never has been one of my vices, I have experimentally, put about £40 (and lost it) into slot machines over my entire lifetime, in two experiments, one whilst functioning at baseline, and the other, after having taken a dopaminergic stimulant, and both times setting a £20 max limit, win or lose (well, if I had won more, I'd just have taken it and gone, I mean, 20 quid max input no matter what), investigating for insight into what inclines people to gamble addictively. Personally, its just not something I found myself to have the slightest desire to do, addictively or otherwise.

Given I can absorb two, temporally distant £20 losses easily enough, it was just a curiosity. Never gambled again and doubtless never would. Not unless any bet I make, I already know the outcome.

Lol I do remember one time though, when I was a little kid, I mean, at a time when money was a rare thing to come into, and any means of making it was something to be all over like flies on rotting fruit. My mother, while walking me to primary  school, had either the wooly-headedness, or possibly, conceit enough to disbelieve my saying I was good with plants, at an age of only maybe 5-6 years old. Bet me a decent sum, IIRC £20 note, that I couldn't do what I claimed I could, when I said I could identify any plants I happened to see. She picked a load of random ones to point out in gardens or parks we walked past, through etc. And she screwed up big time, shouldn't have made the offer if she didn't want to be out of money to fund my growing interest in science and chemistry. And of course, learned that if I make a claim like that, NOT to take me for BSing due to being a little kid. No huge ego to flatter trying, and result? me walking off richer, her poorer for challenging me.

Considering I apparently, had taught myself to read using mycology textbooks and books on botany, not the brightest mistake she could have made, certainly not to an autie :autism:

And why not buy him a seat? and then lock him in the chemical toilets for the day :heisenberg:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on July 17, 2018, 06:48:57 AM
Healthy attitude to gambling there Lestat. I've been gamblng pretty much daily for a couple of months now and it's fucking stupid. I'm ahead overall but that's just dumb luck and it won't last.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 17, 2018, 07:55:38 AM
Bought books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 17, 2018, 08:20:08 AM
Quit while your ahead mate, because you are damn right, it won't last.

I just personally don't like gambling, it doesn't have attraction to me unless I know the odds are rigged in my favour. Because they are rigged one way or the other, so unless its for me, I'm not going to do it.

I still laugh at my (now dead) mother being quite so dumb as to call me out as being a competent botanist as a little kid. Just because I was little, entering primary school, doesn't mean shit when you throw an autie into the equation. Came off nicely ahead after that. But thats just what I mean, the odds were rigged, and I knew it. Because I knew my own competency of course, and she was daft enough not to even impose a consequence if I DID lose the bet. Win win, or at least win and can't lose anything but a reputation. Not that I wanted to be thought of as an idiot, but I knew full well that wasn't gonna happen. Quite amusing to see her have to fork over what to a little kid with otherwise about enough income a week for a mars bar, plus any money found on the street, was a nice chunk of cash that meant chemical goodies :D

Although I seem to remember getting quite a few funny looks in garden center/DIY stores as a little kid walking up to the cashier with bottles of ammonia, 98% sulfuric acid, bottles of hydrochloric acid and tubs of caustic soda. They had to have wondered what the FUCK a pre-teen wanted with those. I'm surprised they actually sold me stuff like that. But, no harm done of course.

I've often looked back to when I was that age, and considering I'm autie, thought that I must have quite literally been born to be a chemist. It was just there from the start, I reckon, waiting for the resources to become available in a monetary sense. Shit, what NT kid would be willing to spend hours picking flowers and selling them door to door, playing on the 'aww, ain't that cute, little kid is a entrepreneur' factor being on my side due to my age, and to go slugging truck batteries on his shoulder, after draining the sulfuric acid for purification of lead salts and recycling, filling them back up with concrete and gravel, and buggering off into abandoned buildings to strip lead and copper from the plumbing and wiring and roofing.

I was definitely a weird kid alright. Preteen flower-salesman moonlighting as a scrap metal recycler (and admittedly, not playing the scrap yards straight. The copper pipes were always full of soil, rocks, bits of scrap steel, anything that could be stuffed in there and hammered shut, or lead 'blocks', which were just thick sheets, cast with a blowtorch around more scrap steel and rocks. Admittedly I was a bit of a shit to the scrap yards, but then again, I did have to make as much money as possible on every last bit of copper or lead I could scavenge. It was more or less my only source of income, that and the selling flowers door to door off the back of my bike.

The lab had to have something to grow from though, glassware and chemicals don't grow on trees. Well some interesting chemicals sure do come out of them, given the right persuasion, but sadly not big carboys of solvents. Things even in my childhood days were a lot less tight, regulation-wise, and despite the whole 'kids and solvents' stuff I didn't get ID'ed, I was probably quite a familiar customer in the DIY and hardware stores, after a while, and while some kids might sniff solvents, I don't think there can be many that would buy 50 quid worth of assorted acids, bases and oxidizers, sulfur and paint strippers just to justify a bottle of acetone or isopropyl alcohol. And of course, no intention of huffing the stuff. EW! what a revolting thought. Ether..thats a bit different. Ether is perfectly legitimate for recreational use, and actually, I prefer drinking ether to drinking alcohol. Was quite popular, ether drinking, apparently, during prohibition times, in poland, ireland and a few other places.

And it smells so damn good too. I can't work with ether in the lab without thinking 'that smells tasty' :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 17, 2018, 11:37:40 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on July 16, 2018, 08:08:28 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on July 16, 2018, 05:28:38 PM
Lestat, the goggles only cost $3.50. We are renovating one of our bathrooms and bashing out the old floor tiles. Bits of floor tile are sharp like shards of glass and the goggles keep them out of our eyes.

I won about $2K gambling yesterday. Not sure yet what I'll buy. I saved $500 and paid $500 off the credit card already.

You could buy me some hockey tickets. Any seats are fine. I'm not picky.  :orly:

Why not get close and personal to the action?  You'd make a great puck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on July 17, 2018, 02:19:01 PM
Just grabbed a Wah pedal and a Metal pedal for my guitar. Working to buy the old drum set from a friend of mine, Kenny James, who played with The Samples for several years after Jeep McNichol retired. I was a long time friend and supporter of The Samples and have an extensive collection of audio and video recordings of them and was even in the documentary about them - “The Beat Known Band You’ve Never Heard Of,” which used a bunch of my footage and stole the title from an article I published on them in the mid-90s. Kenny was a long-time studio drummer and recorded with the likes of Janet Jackson and other big names in the late 80s and 90s.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on July 18, 2018, 06:59:29 AM
Quote from: Trigger 11 on July 17, 2018, 02:19:01 PM
Just grabbed a Wah pedal and a Metal pedal for my guitar. Working to buy the old drum set from a friend of mine, Kenny James, who played with The Samples for several years after Jeep McNichol retired. I was a long time friend and supporter of The Samples and have an extensive collection of audio and video recordings of them and was even in the documentary about them - “The Beat Known Band You’ve Never Heard Of,” which used a bunch of my footage and stole the title from an article I published on them in the mid-90s. Kenny was a long-time studio drummer and recorded with the likes of Janet Jackson and other big names in the late 80s and 90s.

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/eb/e4/3d/ebe43dbff2ca75116706f8bdefeeed0c--hound-dog-kittens-playing.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 19, 2018, 11:01:48 AM
An 8th.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on July 28, 2018, 05:17:07 AM
Since my RTA vape was stolen, I've switched to RDA vapes, as was my intention at some point.

I purchased this one.

https://www.victoryvape.com.au/collections/rda/products/wismec-luxotic-bf-box-mod-kit-with-tobhino-bf-rda

(https://vapesourcing.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/i/wisemc_luxotic_bf_.jpg)

This is my next purchase - one which I've committed to making, by having it put on hold w/o cash up front:

https://www.victoryvape.com.au/collections/rda/products/top1-230w

(https://www.healthcabin.net/images/products/sigelei/TOP-1-Mod-01.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 28, 2018, 08:05:55 AM
Bought a USB-C battery pack.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 28, 2018, 09:18:27 AM
Pre-ordered a game. Release date isn't until the 10th.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jImtLDRnBU
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 28, 2018, 08:14:00 PM
Bought a USB-3 hub.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 28, 2018, 09:58:40 PM
Bought some Smirnoff flavoured grape malt beverage.  Yep it is as awful as it sounds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 29, 2018, 09:22:17 AM
Yard sale find!

I have been scouring the neighborhoods for yard sales/ rummage sales/ tag sales - whatever they are called in your area. Mainly looking for very few items of interest for me; any decent condition electronics or LP record albums or cast iron cookware.

I did find twenty three all classical albums, seventeen of which are Deutsche Grammophone releases. All in pristine condition, all in one box for five bucks. Many musical pieces I recognize, although, not familiar with all the orchestras. Still it is mostly Deutsche Grammophone for five bucks. I would never walk away from that.
From what I have found they are all first run pressings, but no real collector value. Just great albums.

I also found one older but modern (Lodge brand) iron griddle - 13x9 inch - a few days ago for two bucks. It was kind of rough and rusty, but cast iron. You just heat it some and scrub the rust off, season it properly and you have a "brand new"  cooking item that will last for several generations if kept up.
I plan to use this piece for smoked eggs and bacon on my grille for those rare occasions when we can all be together for breakfast. Hell I am always up a couple of hours before sun-up anyway. I might as well light the grille and start smoking something, right?

Oh, I forgot: the same guy who had the classical box of LPs also had a few rock albums. He told me that I could have all the other rock albums for another five bucks. It was two UFO, three Van Halen, a John Klemmer, and three Grateful Dead, three Robin Trower, two Aerosmith. A few others, twenty in all. 
OK. I did it, but these are in varying conditions. Klemmer is pristine, Van Halen are well above average, but the Dead, about average used condition. Trower was in great condition, but the Aerosmiths were well used. But again. why not?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 30, 2018, 07:17:26 AM
Watch it folks, with those e-fags pictured above. Old  man has one, and the surface,  ugh, it has a really slippery, greasy-but-dry fine brushed-metal texture to it, just the sort of sensory nightmare that'll  rip out your eyes without severing  the optic  nerves, then pull  them out far  enough so you can watch your own bleeding eyesockets filled  up with a dollop of diarrhea laden with corn  and other, miscellaneous chunky  bits of a  nature you don't even want to think about much less watch being squirted inside your blood-dripping hollow,scooped out eyesockets with your own pair of eyes which have just been torn from their socketsl

Those things are a festering abomination.Kill it, kill  it with fire!  'fore the hours of the  night  call, and it can rise up and start stabbing  you  in your sleep. Because it is evil, I repeat It. Is. Fucking. E.V.I.L.

(not an abbreviation, and if it was it would  stand for 'EVIL'
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on July 30, 2018, 07:20:09 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 29, 2018, 09:22:17 AM
Yard sale find!

I have been scouring the neighborhoods for yard sales/ rummage sales/ tag sales - whatever they are called in your area. Mainly looking for very few items of interest for me; any decent condition electronics or LP record albums or cast iron cookware.

I did find twenty three all classical albums, seventeen of which are Deutsche Grammophone releases. All in pristine condition, all in one box for five bucks. Many musical pieces I recognize, although, not familiar with all the orchestras. Still it is mostly Deutsche Grammophone for five bucks. I would never walk away from that.
From what I have found they are all first run pressings, but no real collector value. Just great albums.

I also found one older but modern (Lodge brand) iron griddle - 13x9 inch - a few days ago for two bucks. It was kind of rough and rusty, but cast iron. You just heat it some and scrub the rust off, season it properly and you have a "brand new"  cooking item that will last for several generations if kept up.
I plan to use this piece for smoked eggs and bacon on my grille for those rare occasions when we can all be together for breakfast. Hell I am always up a couple of hours before sun-up anyway. I might as well light the grille and start smoking something, right?

Oh, I forgot: the same guy who had the classical box of LPs also had a few rock albums. He told me that I could have all the other rock albums for another five bucks. It was two UFO, three Van Halen, a John Klemmer, and three Grateful Dead, three Robin Trower, two Aerosmith. A few others, twenty in all. 
OK. I did it, but these are in varying conditions. Klemmer is pristine, Van Halen are well above average, but the Dead, about average used condition. Trower was in great condition, but the Aerosmiths were well used. But again. why not?

You did awesome, mate! I was holding on to a couple of records for a mate (Gun's and Roses, Use Your Illusion 2; and, an Iron Maiden album with printed sides), for over 20 years. I'd moved to the other side of the state, and simply hadn't caught up with him until recently - on fb - where I found out that he was doing a performance in Bendigo. I met up with him for the show, and returned his records. It was nice to catch up, and be able to return these to him, for which he is grateful.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 30, 2018, 07:39:47 AM
As for what I bought today...well as it happens what I bought today and what I obtained from the shops I visited today...there is a difference between the two, due  to certain  un/fortunate (depending on who's point of view) circumstances.

Went to get some strong formic acid  (they changed the brand, this stuff is now 54% rather than ~30%ish ), so I lucked in there, grabbed about 4-5 bottles just to be on the safe side in case they've changed the brand, got rid of it off the shelves,  banned it entirely or some other nanny-ing stalinist statist bullfuckingshit.

Got 3 packs of paramol, waiting for me to get a few more so I have enough to make a certain reaction with triphenylphosphonium bromide in view of ripping off that annoying methyl ether group on DHC, to both demethylate it in high yield AND  esterify it to mostly (94-95% or so) yield of (6-monoacetoxy)dihydromorphine both at the same time, again in  great yields, the 5% ending up AFAIK as dihydroheroin).


Got a 5 pack of double choc chip giant cookies, 2 tins of  'original'cafe creme cigars, two bottles of fever tree tonic water with elderflower flavouring, plus a 70cl bottle of gin going on sale.

2 rolls  of duct tape, some dextromethorphan cough mixture, couple of huge cartons of orange juice with  the bits in it.

And a macdonalds  (2 plain double  cheeseburgers plus two mango and somethingorother flavour frozen smoothies.)

And what else...well, I was GOING to buy 2 packs  of super strength valerian  extract,  but  I dropped  my e-fag at the till. Accidentally put the two packs, worth together near 15 quid, straight into my shopping bag  with my e-fag.

Oopsie.  Looks like I  went shopLIFTing,  not just shoppING. Oh well. I'm  not going back up there in this  damnable heat just togive  my money  away. If  I went to do that and  go pay they'd likely  grass me up to the filth, and  we all know what THEY think of me.

And  return the items? I'd  still be roasting in the heat. Sorry. No thanks. ~£15 of  free stuff? yes,  yes please.

If the  store didn't want that to happen they'd install  superconducting  magnets underneath the floors and place slices of pyrolytic graphite under  all their items so they float in mid-air if dropped.

Granted  it'd take thousands of pound of cryogenic  equipment at  LEAST, not including consumables for the cryo system, probably hundreds of thousands inc. refrigerant gases. But at least people wouldn't accidentally shoplift 2 packs  of valerian  tablets.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on July 30, 2018, 07:44:19 AM
Oh, and several containers of sodium hydroxide (NaOH, caustic soda, lye, what theresa may's face looks  like somebody used it as a scrubbing brush for  getting caked on fatty grease  residues and filth from the inside of a dishwasher  that hadn't been cleaned inside for at least several decades, minimum  and that's being generous)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: jedicounsellor on July 30, 2018, 10:24:26 AM
Quote from: jedicounsellor on July 28, 2018, 05:17:07 AM
Since my RTA vape was stolen, I've switched to RDA vapes, as was my intention at some point.

I purchased this one.

https://www.victoryvape.com.au/collections/rda/products/wismec-luxotic-bf-box-mod-kit-with-tobhino-bf-rda

(https://vapesourcing.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/i/wisemc_luxotic_bf_.jpg)

This is my next purchase - one which I've committed to making, by having it put on hold w/o cash up front:

https://www.victoryvape.com.au/collections/rda/products/top1-230w

(https://www.healthcabin.net/images/products/sigelei/TOP-1-Mod-01.jpg)

My next purchase has been cancelled. Yes, I'm breaking my work with the store owners in order to get my car back on the road. I'm going to attempt to get by with the vaporizer I own, the SMOK Stick X8:

(https://cdn3.volusion.com/pnhwe.bmygz/v/vspfiles/photos/SM-STK40-3.jpg?1506429327)

It doesn't quite last me a day of frequent use (or even infrequent use), but I'm trying to get my spending under control and use my money for more important things in life.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 30, 2018, 04:37:51 PM
Insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on August 01, 2018, 02:23:07 AM
A pair of Rockport walking shoes.

Smart enough to wear to work but more comfortable than sneakers.

It is only a small store near work and I assumed they wouldn't have my size.

But turns out they carry up to size 16!!!!! My puny size 14 feet were not even an issue, they had them in stock.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on August 01, 2018, 03:45:29 AM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on August 01, 2018, 02:23:07 AM
A pair of Rockport walking shoes.

Smart enough to wear to work but more comfortable than sneakers.

It is only a small store near work and I assumed they wouldn't have my size.

But turns out they carry up to size 16!!!!! My puny size 14 feet were not even an issue, they had them in stock.

(http://www.relatably.com/m/img/interested-memes/not-interested-brah-thumb.jpg)

(https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-10-2015/AyE5Xy.gif)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on August 01, 2018, 04:18:58 AM
^ That guy's silly walk needs a lot of work before he can even be considered for a grant. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Al Swearegen on August 01, 2018, 04:33:56 AM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on August 01, 2018, 04:18:58 AM
^ That guy's silly walk needs a lot of work before he can even be considered for a grant. Just sayin'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL8CD8PjVmA
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 01, 2018, 04:52:03 PM
Quote from: jedicounsellor on July 30, 2018, 07:20:09 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 29, 2018, 09:22:17 AM
Yard sale find!

I have been scouring the neighborhoods for yard sales/ rummage sales/ tag sales - whatever they are called in your area. Mainly looking for very few items of interest for me; any decent condition electronics or LP record albums or cast iron cookware.

I did find twenty three all classical albums, seventeen of which are Deutsche Grammophone releases. All in pristine condition, all in one box for five bucks. Many musical pieces I recognize, although, not familiar with all the orchestras. Still it is mostly Deutsche Grammophone for five bucks. I would never walk away from that.
From what I have found they are all first run pressings, but no real collector value. Just great albums.

I also found one older but modern (Lodge brand) iron griddle - 13x9 inch - a few days ago for two bucks. It was kind of rough and rusty, but cast iron. You just heat it some and scrub the rust off, season it properly and you have a "brand new"  cooking item that will last for several generations if kept up.
I plan to use this piece for smoked eggs and bacon on my grille for those rare occasions when we can all be together for breakfast. Hell I am always up a couple of hours before sun-up anyway. I might as well light the grille and start smoking something, right?

Oh, I forgot: the same guy who had the classical box of LPs also had a few rock albums. He told me that I could have all the other rock albums for another five bucks. It was two UFO, three Van Halen, a John Klemmer, and three Grateful Dead, three Robin Trower, two Aerosmith. A few others, twenty in all. 
OK. I did it, but these are in varying conditions. Klemmer is pristine, Van Halen are well above average, but the Dead, about average used condition. Trower was in great condition, but the Aerosmiths were well used. But again. why not?

You did awesome, mate! I was holding on to a couple of records for a mate (Gun's and Roses, Use Your Illusion 2; and, an Iron Maiden album with printed sides), for over 20 years. I'd moved to the other side of the state, and simply hadn't caught up with him until recently - on fb - where I found out that he was doing a performance in Bendigo. I met up with him for the show, and returned his records. It was nice to catch up, and be able to return these to him, for which he is grateful.

I think you did awesome as well, making sure to get your pal's records back to him, even after so many years.

You sound like you would make a good "friend."
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on August 01, 2018, 05:06:13 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 29, 2018, 09:22:17 AM
Oh, I forgot: the same guy who had the classical box of LPs also had a few rock albums. He told me that I could have all the other rock albums for another five bucks. It was two UFO, three Van Halen, a John Klemmer, and three Grateful Dead, three Robin Trower, two Aerosmith. A few others, twenty in all. 
OK. I did it, but these are in varying conditions. Klemmer is pristine, Van Halen are well above average, but the Dead, about average used condition. Trower was in great condition, but the Aerosmiths were well used. But again. why not?

 :2thumbsup:

I'd love to have those UFO and Robin Trower albums.

The local classic rock station plays those two quite a bit and I've become a huge fan.

But then I'm a sucker for any decent progressive rock or blues rock band.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 01, 2018, 05:57:31 PM
Sale on hamburger patties, some garlic and cheese sausage, buy one get one free pack of toilet paper, potato chips and ice cream.  The meat had a bonus of 7 times the points on the loyalty card.  Ended up getting 124 points just for the meat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 03, 2018, 12:46:49 PM
Quote from: Alex DeLarge on August 01, 2018, 05:06:13 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 29, 2018, 09:22:17 AM
Oh, I forgot: the same guy who had the classical box of LPs also had a few rock albums. He told me that I could have all the other rock albums for another five bucks. It was two UFO, three Van Halen, a John Klemmer, and three Grateful Dead, three Robin Trower, two Aerosmith. A few others, twenty in all. 
OK. I did it, but these are in varying conditions. Klemmer is pristine, Van Halen are well above average, but the Dead, about average used condition. Trower was in great condition, but the Aerosmiths were well used. But again. why not?

 :2thumbsup:

I'd love to have those UFO and Robin Trower albums.

The local classic rock station plays those two quite a bit and I've become a huge fan.

But then I'm a sucker for any decent progressive rock or blues rock band.

I have always been right there with those guys. I love Robin Trower! Two of my favorites I never had a chance to work with. Seems like that is the way it goes.

I wish we had a classic rock station that played decent music. Around here it is mostly Journey, Foreigner, very rarely something that doesn't make me just change back to a news station or fumble for a CD to put in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on August 04, 2018, 02:56:45 AM
A waffle weave towel for drying after washing the car. I have at least two others but they're dirty somewhere so I just thought, meh, get another one.
Also bought a thin wash mitt to use on the car rims. They were still covered in gunk from the tyre shop.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 04, 2018, 03:22:47 AM
A Ravenclaw pocket watch - a late birthday present for Kayleigh.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 04, 2018, 06:31:03 AM
Very cool.
My daughter has Ravenclaw  inscription pants and at times she takes her "Snitch" watch with her.
  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on August 04, 2018, 06:37:57 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 03, 2018, 12:46:49 PM
I wish we had a classic rock station that played decent music. Around here it is mostly Journey, Foreigner, very rarely something that doesn't make me just change back to a news station or fumble for a CD to put in.

Our station plays too much Whitesnake and post-Eliminator ZZ Top.

Oftentimes they will play a good selection of Rush and not the usual stuff either. Farewell to Kings and some other obscure, but good songs like By-Tor and the Snow Dog.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 04, 2018, 08:36:55 PM
Went to the food salvage store.  Some really good buys: Oscar Mayer beef bologna for 50 cents, diced ham 79 cents, perch fillets 3.99, etc.

Then to a thrift store.  All clothes and electronics were 75% off.  Bought a nightshirt, an iron and a hair dryer for 2.25 each.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 05, 2018, 07:39:56 AM
Quote from: Alex DeLarge on August 04, 2018, 06:37:57 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 03, 2018, 12:46:49 PM
I wish we had a classic rock station that played decent music. Around here it is mostly Journey, Foreigner, very rarely something that doesn't make me just change back to a news station or fumble for a CD to put in.

Our station plays too much Whitesnake and post-Eliminator ZZ Top.

Oftentimes they will play a good selection of Rush and not the usual stuff either. Farewell to Kings and some other obscure, but good songs like By-Tor and the Snow Dog.

I hear too much John Mellancamp here ( local born, so of course they pollute the airwaves with the local guy - I liked his early stuff, but I am SO burned out) a lot of Whitesnake and Night Ranger, too. Both of which I did tours with in the '80s. Those tours are where I met Steve Vai playing with Whitesnake and eventually Joe Satriani through Vai.

While I generally liked pop hair metal OK at first, I am burned out on it mostly. Night Ranger especially. The fact that that pretty boy lead singer hit HARD on my girlfriend did me no favors. She was already enamored with him from MTV spots, but for him to stand in front of her doing his "act" (yeah, she was hot but he did this shit with every girl and generally succeeded) and she was star struck and weak in the knees.

I almost never hear Rush on the radio and we have three classic stations, two rock oriented and another mainly R&B (which is my favorite of the three, BTW). When I go back to Rush, I have to put in a disc. I have them all, including the recent box of live on Blu ray. Never had a chance to work with Rush, sadly.

ZZTop, the only time I had immediate contact with them was usually before they were famous. They entered a lot of "Battle Of The Bands"  things and every time we saw them pullling up it ruined our day, because they ALWAYS won, always!
Many years later Billy and Dusty appeared at many celebrity charity events where I was working and we often had drinks and played poker together or just hit on the Hollywood girls who were so far out of their elements.

Gibbons said one time in front of the massive crowd meet before it all started with the public, Something like, You when you check into your motel and your complimentary gift basket includes a six pack of Lone Star, a few oranges and limes, big bag of deer jerky and a fly swatter, You are NOT in Hollywood anymore!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 05, 2018, 09:06:42 AM
I have to admit, the radio offerings these days are fucking garbage for the most part.

Even kerrang mostly plays crap now. Fingers down throat material like bloody green day, although if you get lucky, some  nirvana, deep purple, metallica on radio 1, but I only end up listening to it when I'm in my old man's car, oldschool rock, sabbath if you get really lucky, otherwise its generally a heap of shite on radio 1, but kerrang isn't much better anymore.

As for buying, not quite, chances are I'll either get a refund, or more ideally, get a second battery, but I have two of the same types of E-fag batteries (shut it, I mean fag in the british sense :autism:) and  recently got a letter saying there was an urgent recall of some Vype brand batteries, and I already had/have one, that needed the tank replacing, but because it was  close to my b/day, got bought a new battery, as the glass was cracked and leaking nicotine, with my having to just regularly wet the wick with fresh e-liquid, turns out, the batteries are liable to explode.

Seems like I can get a replacement or refund though on the specific batch numbers  affected, some are prone apparently, being cheap chinese shite (not intended as a racist statement, I've nothing against the chinese, bar the government and some of their industrial practices, like churning out say, fentanyl analogues that are nasty looking even for fentanyl analogues [ACRYLfentanyl...sheesh!) and  being probably responsible for my almost being doused in a mixture of boiling (125 'C+) 98% sulfuric acid, chromyl chloride and dichromate, the mixture as a whole being one hell of an oxidizer, carcinogenic and generally nasty shit, almost got the best part of a liter of chromyl chloride, dumped  down my nether regions, would have too, after shitty glass failed on me, flask bottom (1L RBF) dropped out, and it was  only the rapid reactions, honed over a legion of pyrophoric, toxic, and both- disasters that was my chemistry training as a young'un, with only books to go by. Somewhat of a trial by fire, it thankfully has given me the instincts to move bloody fast when it really counts. Probably saved my life quite a few times, what with the somewhat darwinian entry into the field, with no teacher, damn cheapo chinky glass, that accident was a real bad near miss, would have probably melted me down to the bone had I not had the instincts to run like fuck when it becomes visible all hell is about the break loose. If you buy the glassware from the right sellers, like deschem on ebay, its good, but now and then, you see a bargain and then it goes all to fuck and nearly melts your balls off)

Seems like one of the two E-cig batteries I have, I'll have to send off for a replacement, as one of the model numbers, I got a letter about and it seems they are prone to blowing your head off (it has apparently happened, where the battery has exploded and  killed the user. Worse still I can't even reclaim the fucking lithium and use  it for a Birch-Benkeser reduction, damn Li-ion polymer batteries. Short changing the customer out of a scrap of lithium metal, how cheapskate can you get....

OK, now I DO have a reason to have grief with the chinks. Li polymer batteries...fuckers. I've been saving up all my damned and damnable Li-based batteries for reclamation of lithium metal (I can buy it in 100g lots easily enough but would rather not spend the money when I  can gut a few batteries on a per-use basis,  but buggered if I want damn plasticized crap if all is going to go to hell otherwise. I'd sooner have the lithium out of the things for a Birch reduction, dissolved in anhydrous ammonia, but fucking hell...thats just annoying. Now my  only option is to send it back for a replacement, given its a Li-ion polymer battery rather than one using Li metal. And right when my supply of lithium is beginning to degrade too. (**** (shit should NOT post after a few G&Ts, almost divulged it's pseudonym on one rather..sensitive forum...) keeps it's under inert gas (argon, since it reacts with nitrogen to form an unstable, possibly explosive nitride, unlike the other alkali metals which need special high-tech methods to produce a nitride at all, Li does with atmospheric N2) and in a tight-sealed container full of a mixture of magnesium dust and anhydrous CaCl2, purged with argon) although its still degrading over a year storage)


But have heard of these Li batteries going apewaste and taking the head off unfortunate users of E-cigs.


As for the coplimentary stuff, I'd they'd swap the fly swatter for some MDphenylacetone or phenylacetone, I'd actually be quite happy with it. Maybe a bottle of spirit to make good use of the citrus fruit, bugger any fancy stuff, just a good brand of gin and some fever tree elderflower tonic, a few (good) cigars, would suit me better than a bunch of bloody flowers or whatever of the like the high-brow types are used to demanding, good enough.

Hell, I'd be happy enough just given nobody poking their nose in the room unless told to come in, a complimentary NBC suit...:autism:

But yes, these days, radio music is fucking shite. And worse, they censor anything decent, even on youtube get packs of shitheads like 'vevo' even censor the 'curse words' in songs. Turning plenty of metal to utter crap. At the worst possible times, Otep for example, censoring the word 'faggot' when the lead vocalist is herself, a carpet muncher and makes no bones about it. The track in question isn't homophobic, but this publisher censors anything remotely 'rude', it pretty much ruins metal music, if you censor every possible 'rude' word, then the entire genre goes to shit. (i'm thinking in particular 'rise, rebel, resist' by otep, they censor the line 'I'm with the freaks, the faggots, the geeks, the separatists...') the whole point of the song is a risen fist against such discrimination, yet the dumbfucks censor it anyway.  Does my nut right in, when trying to relax, listen to some decent music, and suddenly part of the lyrics are burnt out with static..enough to wake me up with otherwise relaxed and listening to some decent music. Takes me from sleep right to fucked right off in five seconds flat. If I wake up I want to wake up slowly, comfortably rather than be jerked awake due to a burst of static crap intended to cover some 'offensive' word, or have the playlist halted due to same, and be asked to login (when I don't want even to make an account, just to 'prove' I'm 18+, when any fucker with an email address could do the same, and I can't be the hades well arsed to make one.


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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 05, 2018, 10:04:02 AM
I either listen to the powerhouse local "talk" radio (in the morning to get me out of bed) or the university's classical station.  The only things I won't listen to that are classical are Spanish guitar and opera.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 05, 2018, 11:04:59 AM
Some small military pouches that hook to a belt or backpack and a big magnet on wheels for picking up nails and such after work has been done on a house
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on August 05, 2018, 11:06:17 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 05, 2018, 11:04:59 AM
a big magnet on wheels for picking up nails and such after work has been done on a house
Courteous.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 05, 2018, 12:00:52 PM
I've got to agree for the most part,  QV, but there IS some surprisingly good opera around.

https://youtu.be/5uGelwQXO8M check this out, if you think you hate it ALL. Agree most of it is intolerable, but damn, wish I could find more by this  lot. Not  the same Draconian that come from sweden, this lot are colombian, lead vocalist has a fucking fantastic vocalist though.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 05, 2018, 01:24:11 PM
Quote from: Jack on August 05, 2018, 11:06:17 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 05, 2018, 11:04:59 AM
a big magnet on wheels for picking up nails and such after work has been done on a house
Courteous.

More than courteous!

Good for you Parts. Those are so awesome. About six years ago when our roof was completely re-done, the guys had one of those - first time I had seen one in action.

Those guys were very courteous. They wanted to lay down tarps to contain their messes, but were concerned about my heavily planted garden. I told them to just rock out. A day or two will not hurt the permanent plantings, but they wanted to place stakes to mark where to not walk over the tarps.
I insisted that they could not injure the perennials but to "help them relax" a bit I showed them a few places to put their stakes.

They did not hurt a single plant and their magnetic nail sucker was amazing!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 05, 2018, 02:09:06 PM
I can't but help see those sodding great big electromagnets and wish I had a floor or ceiling that could support one without it falling straight  through and punch a hole a half meter into the ground.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on August 14, 2018, 11:56:11 PM
See the thread about the CDs.  Also a couple of books, as well as chinotto orange.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 15, 2018, 10:22:34 PM
I found these interesting Japanese style kitchen knives, brand new, still in factory packaging at a yard sale for five bucks. I think they sold on television for twenty bucks.

While I am mostly looking to grab up old record albums, I always peruse kitchen items hoping to find iron ware (I have amassed quite a collection of iron cookware, just by accident, so now I am hooked), BUT I never pass up a decent blade of any sort.

I really like these things. I can not believe the balance!

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on August 15, 2018, 10:43:40 PM
Careful with the top one, you'll have someone's frigging eye out with that!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 15, 2018, 11:10:17 PM

I wasn't actually planning on throwing them but from what I have experienced with other brands of throwing knives, this one would be great for the purpose.
Pretty sure an accomplished thrower of knives could easily hit an eye with that knife.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on August 15, 2018, 11:23:37 PM
You know you can only use one knife at once don't you?  Don't go threatening anyone's wife with a very little knife.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 15, 2018, 11:45:28 PM
Bought a card for my dad's birthday and another card for my condolences on my great nephew passing away. He was only 11 days old but very premature. The funeral is tomorrow and I have to go to it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on August 15, 2018, 11:57:14 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 15, 2018, 11:45:28 PM
The funeral is tomorrow and I have to go to it.

Not really the sort of thing where you'd have a wake because of the circumstances.  Desperately sad for the family.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 16, 2018, 01:02:25 AM
Quote from: Tequila on August 15, 2018, 11:57:14 PM
Quote from: renaeden on August 15, 2018, 11:45:28 PM
The funeral is tomorrow and I have to go to it.
Not really the sort of thing where you'd have a wake because of the circumstances.  Desperately sad for the family.
It turns out that they are having a wake. I have been invited to it. I don't think I'll go. What could I possibly say that would make it easier for them?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on August 16, 2018, 01:09:55 AM
Be there.  Have a pint of whatever they drink in Perth.  Really though, it's not a cause for a laugh and five pints.  Just go and do the stuff.  Slope off after 40 minutes - they'll get the gist.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 16, 2018, 12:17:10 PM
Quote from: Tequila on August 15, 2018, 11:23:37 PM
You know you can only use one knife at once don't you?  Don't go threatening anyone's wife with a very little knife.

I use them one at a time, but I own about one hundred decent kitchen knives. Usually, preparing a meal I use four or five knives.
That is a luxury my grandmother never had, specialized knives for specific duties. She had two knives, one large enough to kill and butcher bison and another small enough to pit cherries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 17, 2018, 12:19:49 AM
Quote from: Tequila on August 16, 2018, 01:09:55 AM
Be there.  Have a pint of whatever they drink in Perth.  Really though, it's not a cause for a laugh and five pints.  Just go and do the stuff.  Slope off after 40 minutes - they'll get the gist.
I went to the funeral but not the wake which was at my brother-in-law's parents' house. I like them a lot but there would have been too many people I don't know there.

My niece was a mess, I felt awful for her. My brother-in-law was too, which I found kind of strange. The service was very nice though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on August 17, 2018, 12:23:45 AM
Yeah - when it's someone's house, it's really a message.  It's too intimate.  If it's a pensioner that's died it's different.  You can slope up to the pub like normal.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on August 17, 2018, 06:15:43 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/yqUwCaC.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 17, 2018, 11:56:31 AM
Hey, I bought tickets last night as well, but I have to drive to my destination.

Joe Bonamassa is coming to Indy and I do not want to miss it. It is in November, but early ticket purchase is a must if one wants any chance of getting in. It is a small venue. One of my old radio contacts gave me a heads up and I just spoke for two tickets as soon as I saw the email.
It was like my mouse could not move fast enough to the "Reply" button.
Tickets were not cheap.

Joe Bonamassa was on his morning radio show last year (last time Joe B. did a local concert) and I am hoping to get a chance to meet him. We'll see how it goes.
I am taking my daughter. It will be our third concert together.

If you do not know Joe B. this is one of my favorite songs he does (I think I have posted this elsewhere on the site):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YlFQPZcrVQ

Another video, but this is about his stuff. This is a man I want to meet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctx86V-GI8A
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 17, 2018, 01:27:57 PM

Do not get me wrong, Jimi Hendrix is still my favorite guitar player for all time and I still treasure my time with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, but this guy is awesome, too.
I see his little "Nerdville Museum" and I wonder if he is ...

I do not know. I would like to meet him.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 17, 2018, 06:32:12 PM
Bowes & Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used
This classic guide to nutrition has helped put the “balance” in balanced diets since 1937!


I've wanted this for about 5 years.  Finally found a used copy cheap enough to buy.  New retails for about $150.  I paid $18 for a 2009 edition.  The data on source foods hasn't changed and prepared and fast food can't be that far off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Eclair on August 17, 2018, 10:15:18 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 17, 2018, 11:56:31 AM
I am taking my daughter. It will be our third concert together.


The best.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 18, 2018, 01:36:15 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 17, 2018, 01:27:57 PM

Do not get me wrong, Jimi Hendrix is still my favorite guitar player for all time and I still treasure my time with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, but this guy is awesome, too.

My all-time favourite is Tommy Emmanuel, closely followed by Eric Clapton.

Clapton, as we all know, is god.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 19, 2018, 10:31:58 PM
Shit, Ren, :( not sure  what else I can say. It accurately sums up my feelings.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 20, 2018, 10:27:01 AM
Quote from: renaeden on August 17, 2018, 12:19:49 AM
Quote from: Tequila on August 16, 2018, 01:09:55 AM
Be there.  Have a pint of whatever they drink in Perth.  Really though, it's not a cause for a laugh and five pints.  Just go and do the stuff.  Slope off after 40 minutes - they'll get the gist.
I went to the funeral but not the wake which was at my brother-in-law's parents' house. I like them a lot but there would have been too many people I don't know there.

My niece was a mess, I felt awful for her. My brother-in-law was too, which I found kind of strange. The service was very nice though.

This just registered with me.  When The PR was about 16 hours old a nurse came in and told me that she had "another episode of duskiness" and were sending her to a hospital with a NICU.  PA had gone home after she was born and stopped at the McDonalds to let his "gang" know she was born.

He came in a while later.  I told him what the nurse said and that they would be transferring her.  He literally looked like someone had hit him in the gut with a 2 by 4 (board of that measure used to frame houses.)  I knew then that if she died he would never be the same. Until I was released from the hospital 4 days later he visited her twice a day. 

The reason for her duskiness was PDA. 

"Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a persistent opening between the two major blood vessels leading from the heart. The opening, called the ductus arteriosus, is a normal part of a baby's circulatory system before birth that usually closes shortly after birth. If it remains open, however, it's called a patent ductus arteriosus.  A small patent ductus arteriosus often doesn't cause problems and might never need treatment. However, a large patent ductus arteriosus left untreated can allow poorly oxygenated blood to flow in the wrong direction, weakening the heart muscle and causing heart failure and other complications."  She was fine since it closed on its own.

I can totally understand your BIL's reaction.  It may not have been his child, but it was his child and grandchild.  I hope everyone will find comfort and peace as time goes on.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 20, 2018, 10:56:56 AM
*sends retroactive hugs to the PR and you too QV*

Damn glad  she made it through, the world would be  a lesser place and the more impoverished for lacking her. Even if  I were to look at from a purely selfish point of view, not that I do, seeing her with a big grin on her face and obvious happiness in those rather damn cute eyes, has put a smile on my own face and in my own eyes to match.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 20, 2018, 05:11:14 PM
D batteries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 20, 2018, 06:00:15 PM
Another meal out  :thumbdn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on August 20, 2018, 07:27:29 PM
Meals out are good for the soul IMO. Scrimping ALL the time, well, scrimping implies one reaps a benefit from NEVER allowing for a little 'us time', bread and water and a protein/multivitamin/fat based liquid feed with added fiber could keep someone alive, but would it feed the soul? I doubt it. Thats what chinese takeout and pizza with your favourite toppings are for. So don't  feel bad, try to feel happiness at the enjoyment of the meal. It has been eaten, and paid for, so recriminations will, logically speaking, bring you nothing but unhappiness.

You've had the food, now let it FEED you m'ilady.

What did you have?

Had pizza tonight, pepperoni pizza with lots of cheese and a protein shake when I got snacky later. The protein shake stuff was pricy, about 30 quid, but that was for a big tub, nearly a foot wide if not wholly so and more than that tall, full. It's lasted me months, and still isn't gone. Running lower, but the first tub of chocolate shake mix I bought,  yeah I spent a bit on it but its meant I haven't gone without a chocolate shake, and one laden with protein whenever I wanted one ever since. I just have to be careful to check that I'm picking up the right container, that it hasn't got a handle, and doesn't contain liquid, and is indeed labelled 'protein shake XYZ marketing bollockspeak mixture' as opposed to say 'glacial acetic acid' 'methylene chloride' 'concentrated sulfuric acid' or 'methanol, 99.98%' :autism:

Bought that a while ago, but its lasted ages, reminded me because I had some earlier. Really easy to make too, the instructions say just add water and stir it all up etc. I don't, I use milk instead and its far nicer than it sounds like it'd be if water was used. Water milkshake with no milk...yuck. Chocolate water...I'll pass. I just grab a sheet of A4 printer paper that hasn't been used to measure out anything chemical, thats clean, get the scoop out of the way and pour a pile out so I can use the paper sheet to funnel it into a half-used jug of whole milk, put the top back on and shake the crap out of it. Done, instant liter jug of protein  shake. Slakes thirst AND helps kill off hunger when I get snacky but don't want to waste a meal.

And after that pizza went down, I was definitely snacky later. And snacky calls for a snack :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 20, 2018, 08:42:05 PM
Lestat - Too many times I have been bring home fast food.  Maybe 8 to 10 lunches and dinners a week, if not more.  WAY too much $$$$$ flying out and too much unhealthy food coming in. 

The stupidest thing is that I have food in the refrigerator that I buy intending to cook, but end up throwing it away.  I just need to find my discipline.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on August 20, 2018, 08:52:31 PM
Quote from: Lestat on August 20, 2018, 07:27:29 PM
Meals out are good for the soul IMO. Scrimping ALL the time, well, scrimping implies one reaps a benefit from NEVER allowing for a little 'us time', bread and water and a protein/multivitamin/fat based liquid feed with added fiber could keep someone alive, but would it feed the soul? I doubt it. Thats what chinese takeout and pizza with your favourite toppings are for.

Or even a good home-cooked meal.  Gammon and champ with baked beans.

(https://i.imgur.com/uBI5Z1O.jpg)

Quote from: Lestat on August 20, 2018, 07:00:39 PM
It has been eaten, and paid for, so recriminations will, logically speaking, bring you nothing but unhappiness.

The recriminations start with fiery curries.  Get sat on that toilet seat, this will be a big one!

Quote from: Lestat on August 20, 2018, 07:00:39 PM
Had pizza tonight, pepperoni pizza with lots of cheese and a protein shake when I got snacky later.

You had that last night, didn't you?

Quote from: Lestat on August 20, 2018, 07:00:39 PM
Running lower, but the first tub of chocolate shake mix I bought,  yeah I spent a bit on it but its meant I haven't gone without a chocolate shake, and one laden with protein whenever I wanted one ever since.

You don't sound that well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on September 09, 2018, 12:56:40 AM
That green thing looks like something the cat sicked up. Ew. What the fuck is that?

I see your point about the fiery currys etc. I happen to rather like fiery hot food, and it doesn't rip me a new set of arseholes on the way out either.

The pizza? yes, whats to say I can't eat a double-pizza pepperoni and olive sandwich twice a day and have the same thing the next few days too? Its a favourite meal for me. That and steak. But I only do steak when I've gone out hiking, so I've some wild mushrooms to serve with it. And when I do, its searing hot with a custom blend of exotic spices, szechuan pepper, which has a weird local anaesthetic type effect on the mouth, allowing for the food to be made even hotter than otherwise tolerable, even for someone who'll happily drink a shot of tabasco sauce. Cubeb, pink peppercorn, black pepper, birds-eye or scotch bonnet chili, or habanero if I can get the smoked ones, Peppery bolete, and water-pepper leaves, plus Chalciporus piperatus, the peppery bolete, mixed together and blended to my specifications with fly agaric mushroom, and an array of sauces to make a marinade.

And don't sound that well?  why? although you are correct, but why do you think so?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on September 19, 2018, 10:48:46 PM
A fake Rolex for the equivalent of about US$16.

It actually looks really good, I think I got a decent price.

It has an obvious quartz movement, as opposed to a genuine (or higher grade fake) Rolex which would have an automatic movement and wouldn't require a battery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 20, 2018, 04:04:41 AM
Macca's for Kayleigh and I. No more of that this fortnight.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 05, 2018, 01:55:32 AM
Water. Well, the water rates which came to a grand total of $8.91 this quarter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 05, 2018, 11:07:46 AM
A book. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 05, 2018, 12:27:09 PM
No buy, but a "friend" called earlier with a short notice invitation. Have not heard from him in a month or so, but he asked if I was up for a trip to the speedway this week end.
Of course, I said something like, "Yeah, what's up?"
He has a spare ticket to the Redbull Air Race down in Indy and I am who he thought of.

YES!!  I am going!  These small plane aerobatic fliers do some amazingly crazy shit to win.

I am going!!

I have never been to this, but check the link:

http://airrace.redbull.com/en_US/event/indianapolis-2018?rbcid=837_P_2018_USEA_AIRRACE_DIGSEM_Google_Brand?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhNas-Pbv3QIVVrjACh0GZwaFEAAYASAAEgKhAvD_BwE
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 05, 2018, 03:18:03 PM
Take away lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on October 05, 2018, 04:29:29 PM
Chemical peels and aloe Vera gel and more iPhonelightening cables.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 05, 2018, 04:48:07 PM

I need to find a decent depilatory for someone I know.

Being all autistic and all she has trouble with alarming hair in the worst places.
 :hahaha:

Yeah, I know nothing about any of that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 05, 2018, 06:31:33 PM
Sorry, Scr'eap that whole website does not once mention NHRA,  but that all happens across town.

One would think while hawking all the shit this town can do the Uhm, drags would have been at least noted.

BTW, it was kind of fun this year.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Bastet on October 05, 2018, 07:02:01 PM
(http://galleryoftheabsurd.typepad.com/14/images/attackhair.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on October 05, 2018, 07:09:05 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on October 05, 2018, 06:31:33 PM
Sorry, Scr'eap that whole website does not once mention NHRA,  but that all happens across town.

One would think while hawking all the shit this town can do the Uhm, drags would have been at least noted.

BTW, it was kind of fun this year.

What is this in reference to??   :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 06, 2018, 01:13:05 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on October 05, 2018, 12:27:09 PM
No buy, but a "friend" called earlier with a short notice invitation. Have not heard from him in a month or so, but he asked if I was up for a trip to the speedway this week end.
Of course, I said something like, "Yeah, what's up?"
He has a spare ticket to the Redbull Air Race down in Indy and I am who he thought of.

YES!!  I am going!  These small plane aerobatic fliers do some amazingly crazy shit to win.

I am going!!

I have never been to this, but check the link:

http://airrace.redbull.com/en_US/event/indianapolis-2018?rbcid=837_P_2018_USEA_AIRRACE_DIGSEM_Google_Brand?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhNas-Pbv3QIVVrjACh0GZwaFEAAYASAAEgKhAvD_BwE

Wow. Let us know what it was like.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 07, 2018, 10:56:37 AM
A Yankee screwdriver
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 07, 2018, 03:21:43 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 07, 2018, 10:56:37 AM
A Yankee screwdriver

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 07, 2018, 03:22:11 PM
Quote from: Bastet on October 05, 2018, 07:02:01 PM
(http://galleryoftheabsurd.typepad.com/14/images/attackhair.jpg)

You paid money for that?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2018, 03:51:38 PM

I bought an amazing hoodie for my daughter reflecting my outing today. GOD DAMN Air Race! Never seen anything like this before. Holy SHIT!!

I am too big. They did not have any that would even come close to circumferentially enclosing my massive body. Fuck!! I weigh about two hundred ten pounds. One would think that a big ass sweatshirt would be available.

I mean FUCK!! I was one of the smallest big guys there.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2018, 04:01:05 PM
Quote from: Teh Ducks! on October 05, 2018, 07:09:05 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on October 05, 2018, 06:31:33 PM
Sorry, Scr'eap that whole website does not once mention NHRA,  but that all happens across town.

One would think while hawking all the shit this town can do the Uhm, drags would have been at least noted.

BTW, it was kind of fun this year.

What is this in reference to??   :dunno:

I just remember that you used to be involved in a big player in the NHRA. I try my level damdest to go every year to the Nationals here.

I went to enjoy it all when it all was in town, here. (I posted about it all) I had fun and I would have loved to have had you there to tell me who you want to fuck and stuff.

Drag racing rocks!!

Other than all that, fuck you. Go away.
 :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2018, 04:22:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 06, 2018, 01:13:05 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on October 05, 2018, 12:27:09 PM
No buy, but a "friend" called earlier with a short notice invitation. Have not heard from him in a month or so, but he asked if I was up for a trip to the speedway this week end.
Of course, I said something like, "Yeah, what's up?"
He has a spare ticket to the Redbull Air Race down in Indy and I am who he thought of.

YES!!  I am going!  These small plane aerobatic fliers do some amazingly crazy shit to win.

I am going!!

I have never been to this, but check the link:

http://airrace.redbull.com/en_US/event/indianapolis-2018?rbcid=837_P_2018_USEA_AIRRACE_DIGSEM_Google_Brand?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhNas-Pbv3QIVVrjACh0GZwaFEAAYASAAEgKhAvD_BwE

Wow. Let us know what it was like.

Nope. No words.  WOW is about as close as I can get.

You can only barely imagine what THIS RACE LOOKS LIKE while you are (NOT SITTING, BELIEVE ME!!) jumping and witnessing this race first hand.

The smellls - yeah racing engines. The SOUNDS - no way to describe. Think two hundred and forty miles per hour looks impressive in a fucking car, try a bit faster and no fair touching anything, let alone the ground. I know those Indy cars use enough aerofoils to force more than twice their weight onto the track as they rip it up. But now you have to float on those foils! and the power of those engines! The sound! Yup the Indy cars could theoretically drive upside down at just over one hundred miles per hour and they can go way more than double that.

These guys do all of that and then just whip upside down and flip around and holy shit they are fucking five feet apart!

I just can not relate what I experienced. But it was amazing and I loved it. I want to go back next year!!  I will take more water. Drank more than two gallons. It was hot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2018, 04:25:12 PM
What an experience it was.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2018, 04:48:53 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 07, 2018, 10:56:37 AM
A Yankee screwdriver
Cool! I have one that my grandfather bought during a "home improvement" not long after WWII for a fluke - it was some time in the fifties. He was installing wiring into his shed where he had a blacksmith shop and a guy offered the use of his instead of my grandpa making nails again to get the job done.
He went to buy one that week end and I have it.

I also have his folding wood measuring thingy (not sure what to call it - it is not a tape or such - just a way to measure things and it folds up into a six inch size even though it can unfold into an eight foot measure) which I have popped half way open and run it throiugh my tumbler to clean it up some.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 07, 2018, 05:03:33 PM
I have been to an airshow once, it was pretty awesome. It was held along the Thames seafront at Southend, outside London. It was 20 years ago and the RAF Tornadoes and Harriers were incredible.

I've been to a couple of Formula 1 motorbike races in Sydney. That is pretty good fun. I'm not really into motor sport in general, I had a friend who was an accountant who had free passes so he could help balance the cash registers at the food vendors. I went to a Formula Ford race at Silverstone in England as well. Another friend had a cousin who was one of the drivers. It was good to see the weekend warriors battling it out in their Porsches in the preliminary races as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2018, 05:47:30 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on October 07, 2018, 05:03:33 PM
I have been to an airshow once, it was pretty awesome. It was held along the Thames seafront at Southend, outside London. It was 20 years ago and the RAF Tornadoes and Harriers were incredible.

I've been to a couple of Formula 1 motorbike races in Sydney. That is pretty good fun. I'm not really into motor sport in general, I had a friend who was an accountant who had free passes so he could help balance the cash registers at the food vendors. I went to a Formula Ford race at Silverstone in England as well. Another friend had a cousin who was one of the drivers. It was good to see the weekend warriors battling it out in their Porsches in the preliminary races as well.

This was not an air show. I have also been to more than a dozen Airshows. Even the Confederate Air Force back in the old days every fucking year after I could drive on my own.
This thing was NOT an airshow!

I was a close quarter air race with little aerobatic planes flipping over and around each other racing around a "track"  of very tall pylons that they had to fly between and then back around and through many more one hundred fifty foot tall pylons to create a kind of  "lap"  as they each try to go faster than all the others.

It was  race!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2018, 06:03:52 PM
I was a donating member of The Confederate Air Force for many years. I always wore this cap and the (used to be nine I had won, but I donated my winning pins to various veterans I got to know and share life stories with) pins represent all the times I won a shooting game at our local gun play club events.
Notice the cap is mostly floppy. At one point I had nine pins weighing it all down. I often won against twenty round forty five auto fast shooters with my single action Ruger Blackhawk forty four magnum cocker or my Model 29 S&W eight inch barrel double action "Dirty Harry" forty four magnum hogleg revolver. The secret is to not miss and almost never missed.
Those guys sometimes had to reload with a second twenty something round magazine in their semi auto pistols to get all the targets down. I just shot precisely and raarely missed my target. I just did not miss and I won nine times in two years against many sherriff deputies, local cops and many wannabes.

I shot all five targets in usually four or five seconds and "almost" never had to use the sixth shot. Just did not miss.

Sorry, I donated most of my little pistol pin winnings to others along the way.

Oh, the hat says "Ghost Squadron"   and   CAF  which represents the Confederate Air Force. Bit of irony to the name, but as  donating member I was able to go up in a number of the old WWII war planes including the "Diamond Lil"  B24.
 Great times, those.  Also T6 Texans - very scary powerful training planes.

About the gun club. You had to pay twenty five dollars to compete and all the proceeds went directly to the next gaming/shooting event. Winner won fifty bucks and a pin, second place won twenty bucks and third place won ten bucks. So all but eighty bucks went directly into the club funds and there were usually over a hundred shooters competing.
I do not even know how many times I won second or third place.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2018, 06:15:47 PM
This is the Diamond Lil. I have flown in this plane at an air show.

I was twenty one years old the first time I went up in The Diamond Lil. There were a number of other bombers from that era I was able to fly in as well, but that all happened several more years later and as time progressed.

Some Place in Missouri is now the home of the Confederate Air Force I think.

I used to live thirty mile away when it was located in Harlengen, Texas.

Check this wiki link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commemorative_Air_Force
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 07, 2018, 06:17:08 PM

What I experienced today was NOT an air show. It was a RACE hosted at the Indianapolis 500 speedway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 07, 2018, 07:45:44 PM
Yes, sorry, I knew you were talking about a race rather than an air show.

Your post just reminded me of the one time I went to an air show. They had some WW2 aircraft and helicopters and stuff, but really the stars of the show were the Harrier and the Tornado.

The Tornado did a couple of passes of the seafront at barely subsonic speed, then just flew straight up into the clouds. The sheer power of that thing was amazing just to watch, it's something that is so difficult to experience just from watching a video. As you'd know.

The Harrier just went from flying at high speed into a tight circle, then made the circle tighter and tighter until it was hovering. We could feel the spray from the water stinging our faces from several hundred feet away.

I've never been to an air race.

My son is so fascinated by WW2 aircraft, last time I took him to the War Memorial in Canberra he was so excited that he was hyperventilating. They have an awesome collection of aircraft, including the only Me262 (jet) still with the original paint. And a Me163 (rocket powered fighter). He talks about flying in some WW2 aircraft or even good replica WW2 aircraft as being his life's ambition.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 07, 2018, 09:44:54 PM
I went to the Smithsonian in August. They have an awesome collection of WW2 planes, among so many other things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 08, 2018, 12:03:23 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 07, 2018, 09:44:54 PM
I went to the Smithsonian in August. They have an awesome collection of WW2 planes, among so many other things.

The Smithsonian is amazing. My son especially wants to see the Enola Gay (B29 which dropped the first atomic bomb). I think we'll need a few full days just to see the basics.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 08, 2018, 12:52:55 AM
They used to hold the Red Bull Air Races in Perth on the Swan River. One time a pilot crashed into the river. They rushed him to hospital but it turned out that he was ok.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 08, 2018, 09:51:58 AM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on October 08, 2018, 12:03:23 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 07, 2018, 09:44:54 PM
I went to the Smithsonian in August. They have an awesome collection of WW2 planes, among so many other things.

The Smithsonian is amazing. My son especially wants to see the Enola Gay (B29 which dropped the first atomic bomb). I think we'll need a few full days just to see the basics.

Isn't Enola Gay in the hangar near Dulles?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 08, 2018, 01:51:53 PM
Here is a shot of my wife's new-ish car we bought last week.

I like it. I drove it some and it does get up and go fairly well and it rides like a "dream." 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 08, 2018, 04:20:17 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on October 07, 2018, 07:45:44 PM
Yes, sorry, I knew you were talking about a race rather than an air show.

Your post just reminded me of the one time I went to an air show. They had some WW2 aircraft and helicopters and stuff, but really the stars of the show were the Harrier and the Tornado.

The Tornado did a couple of passes of the seafront at barely subsonic speed, then just flew straight up into the clouds. The sheer power of that thing was amazing just to watch, it's something that is so difficult to experience just from watching a video. As you'd know.

The Harrier just went from flying at high speed into a tight circle, then made the circle tighter and tighter until it was hovering. We could feel the spray from the water stinging our faces from several hundred feet away.

I've never been to an air race.

My son is so fascinated by WW2 aircraft, last time I took him to the War Memorial in Canberra he was so excited that he was hyperventilating. They have an awesome collection of aircraft, including the only Me262 (jet) still with the original paint. And a Me163 (rocket powered fighter). He talks about flying in some WW2 aircraft or even good replica WW2 aircraft as being his life's ambition.

One of the last Air Shows I went to they did a dramatic demonstration showing just how fast it looks to see a jet coming at Mach speed one hundred feet off the ground. Three F18s flying above eight hundred miles per hour, just above the ground in close formation buzzed the field.

The idea was to show how close to impossible it would be to take these bad ass mother fuckers out from the ground by enemies about to be bombed.
They told us exactly where to look and when they were about to pass by.
Once you actually see them approaching, they are suddenly right on your ass, then in less than a fucking blink, so far gone in the distance you could not even lift a weapon, then the sound hits you.
They are literally out of sight, gone past you when you actually hear them, then a massive vortex of wake air almost pulls the wind out of your lungs. Not one damn thing you could do to defend against this attack. They dropped a few smoky poppers in the field, but they were so far gone out of sight by the time the poppers went off - no defense possible.

It was impressive. And I love air shows!

Saw a guy doing smoke trails and wild stuff crash once. He walked away.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 08, 2018, 09:30:05 PM
I need to find a source of DIBAL-H (diisobutylaluminium hydride), a powerful hydride reducing agent, for reducing a matching 'set' of ring-substituted phenylnitropropene and nitrostyrenes.  I WAS going to use lithium aluminium hydride, or possibly Red-Al, but then I happened to read a journal article which specifically mentioned use of LAH to dehalogenate aromatic  rings, and they did it to, specifically, a bromophenyl group, removing the bromide, Which is  something I HAVE to avoid in this case, I  can't take the slightest chance of it happening. Then people said they didn't THINK that Red-Al would dehalogenate a phenyl ring, except under forcing conditions, but again, if they are wrong, then I'm royally bloody well buggered. I've a certain brominated benzaldehyde,  that needs  to be made into two, possibly as many as four compounds, depending on how tightly I can squeeze it until it screams, so to speak. Everything in the way of the very latest technology will be used to ensure maximal yields of the intermediate, a most unusual benzaldehyde, that I happened to be able to obtain by dint of sheer luck, its rare, very rare to see anything like it on the market, and rarer still for it to be available to even a well connected private individual like myself. 

Then someone mentioned an alternative  hydride reducing agent which will reduce the nitroalkenes to the aminoalkanes whilst quite certainly not touching that bromo substitution. I can't tolerate the slightest loss, I've even bought more microscale glassware and a really tiny Buchner vacuum filtration funnel, with a frit so fine that it won't just catch the crystals of the intermediate, even in the form of the finest fluff, but at 3 to 5 microns in pore size of the frit, that'll even partially sterilize it, it'll even catch most bacteria! not viruses, bar perhaps a few unusual giant viruses which prey on amoeba, which are so large they can even be seen under a high-powered optical microscope!. Not that they will be turning up in what I'm making. But damn, that is one FINE frit!, just 30mm to just under 30mm in diameter, a couple of millimeters thick, and the funnel itself is barely wider than that inside, tall, rather than short and squat, so the crystals when I produce the intermediates won't be distributed as fine fluff or tiny needle like crystals that are hair-thin, when the stuff is filtered after synthesis, under vacuum, then washed with ice cold water, then freezing cold sodium bisulfite solution, to remove any traces of unreacted aldehyde to prevent them, if present, from interfering with the reduction process.

I might even take a bit of a risk, and convert the aldehyde to a carboxylic acid first, then to the acid chloride using thionyl chloride, and react with the corresponding aminoalkyl azide. Would need sodium azide to make it though, which is highly toxic, interfering with the electron transport chain, like hydrogen sulfide or hydrogen cyanide do, and capable of a similar rapid kill as cyanide, only unlike cyanide there is no antidote. It also is somewhat physically sensitive. Sodium azide being, along with chemicals to remove the sodium left behind as the azide decomposes to nitrogen gas, the stuff used in car air-bags, because it goes  off like gunpowder if ignited or subjected to friction. Although unlike heavy metal azide salts, which are very sensitive, and violently high-explosive, NaN3 and other alkali metal azides just deflagrate violently, along with giving off deadly, and very, very unstable and explosive hydrazoic acid, which can more or less be thought of, in terms not of chemical reactivity, but physical and toxicological properties as schizophrenically explosive cyanide gas. So  if I go that route, via the carboxyl azide extreme care is going to be needed. Not that it isn't for DIBAL-H, which needs to be handled entirely under inert atmosphere, in flame-dried glassware, and transferred from it's container to the reaction vessel by means of glass syringes, that have been freshly flame-dried and repeatedly purged with argon, and the same goes for the double-pointed steel cannula needles used to transfer it between flasks in a Schlenk line, which I'll need the glassware to set up, a few more specialist items, although I've been paid today plus have some savings. Annoyingly, my rent is due too. But still, the savings will help mop up some of the cost so I can get as much of the setup for the Schlenk setup, and as many of the reagents as possible. Plus I could do with a couple more clamp stands, and more flask clamps, as I've got most of mine in use, and all of the stands. Might have to order some dry ice a day or so before actually doing the reactions, to keep the intermediate in solution very, very cold, with a dry ice-acetone bath to minimize any losses due to heating when adding the DIBAL-H in THF or 1,4-dioxane.

(it bursts into flames if it gets wet, even slightly, or on exposure to air.) And it'll be DAMN difficult to obtain any, although there is a chance I might be able to make it myself. Which would be hairy as fuck doing it to say the very least. But I do have one source, which might well be able to get me some. For a price. Although I won't need huge amounts, as I've only 5g of the aldehyde to work with. But no chance  of getting any more. So I've really, REALLY got to make the best of what I have, using every scrap of knowhow, artifice, tricks and the bleeding edge of the state of the art in nitrostyrene and nitropropene chemistry to do it. At least to get good yields. Which still won't be more than a couple of grams at most. Although I've high hopes for DIBAL-H, that it won't be too harsh and cause any losses in yield, or at least, as little as possible. This little project of mine is something special I've had in the pipeline for a couple of years now, but only just recently found the benzaldehyde I'll need to make the two intermediates for the 'matching set' of compounds, sealed up in a glass bottle stoppered tightly and the container purged with inert gas, and the actual aldehyde in a sealed ziplock bag, that will only even be opened to weigh it under inert atmosphere itself, to prevent any oxidation, as benzaldehydes easily oxidize to the corresponding benzoic acids.

So it'll be handling everything, right from the start with silk-lined tweezers, so to speak, and kid gloves on. I'll skin the kids myself just to make sure they are fresh. Pick a nice juicy tender premature baby :tard: Won't let the rest go to waste though, I bet it'll be really tender and juicy once marinated, spiced and lightly fried or grilled.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 09, 2018, 12:24:28 PM
Cool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 21, 2018, 07:42:04 PM
I bought New Oxford Dictionary for Editors and Writers from Australian Amazon. Pathetic, but I can't wait to get it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 21, 2018, 10:09:48 PM
Cashews for someone recuperating from surgery
Wine for her mom.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Tequila on October 22, 2018, 01:28:54 AM
Loads of stuff. You will see.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 22, 2018, 03:39:39 AM
Cat litter for their shitter, cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 22, 2018, 10:52:43 AM
Went to Lowe's to pick up some more fancy mulch. I use it when I plant as a composting agent. I also drop in some blood meal and bone meal under the plants, work it all in, then drop the plant.

SURPRISE!
Everything as far as live plants are all eighty percent off since they are clearing everything away for the winter. I see this every year, but I was always working and when I got there there was nothing worth buying left over.
Today, I was almost first! I bought forty, quart sized hostas for just over sixty bucks (summer price would be over three hundred bucks)! I also picked up two, five gallon crab apple trees (about six feet tall and four inches wide at the trunk, should take off well) for ten bucks each, VERY heavy.

So, more planting in my near future. I was actually "almost" wrapping it all up, over and done for the year. This is another week of work. I plan to get the trees in first. I have an area that is non-traveled near our windows that I have wanted to over plant with hostas as a ground cover for ages, but the expense put me off. NO more. It will be done.
Any that I do not get planted, I can simply mulch the pots over well and they will winter over just fine.


Great, lucky find!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 22, 2018, 12:41:45 PM
I once had the most wonderful free surprise with some garden mulch, as woodchips.

Worth a fuck of a lot more money if I had been able to find it in myself to sell any of them rather than simply feast and feed the family to the same standard of feasting I myself was enjoying immensely, rather than take any of the result to market.

But what THEY didn't know, was that the woodchips, were alder wood, and that they had been infected with the spores of a fungus, a rare fungus, Morchella elata, one of the black morels, and very, very expensive to buy just a few dried ones, because they are a highly prized, scarce and very delicious mushroom. The garden began to fruit like crazy, EVERYWHERE the Morchella-infected woodchips were put, morels burst forth in crop after crop after luxuriating, heavy as fuck crop. Even areas within the same estate began to fruit morels, that of course, I collected wherever I could get my hands  on them. Made morel gravy, morels fried in butter, grilled morels, roasted morels, morels with mozzarella cheese, morel soup, morels served with steak, morels in chili con carne, morels fried in butter served with roast morels, morels served with everything barring raw (they are poisonous if raw, they have to be cooked to be edible, but once this is done, they are a truly wonderful mushroom, one of my absolute favourite fungi ever to have tasted in my life, and at the time, I was just handed a winning mycophagist's lottery ticket, given a glut, in fact, several gluts, glut after glut after glut after glut, which naturally, prompted gluttonY, feasting on them, preserving some by drying, although these, all long since eaten now. It was literally like winning the lottery. Just a single palm-full of mushrooms would have paid for the mulch ten times over, and there I was, with a back garden COVERED in them. I even mulched the lawn to provide more space to grow more morels. It was just amazing.

Even saw them popping up outside wooden fences in the street, outside homes (if they were OUTside, fair game, first come, first served, first to recognize them for what they are is entitled to the benefits and to reap the harvest, if on public property land, no?), and round and about. It was a beautiful thing to behold, just so MANY black morels, Morchella elata, causing Lestat ElatED, one might say :autism:

Absolutely divine. Gorgeous to eat, meaty, gamey, rich and jampacked with flavour. I wish I had spores left to prepare cultures from. That was an amazing couple of months, where not a day went by without a harvest. A rare, precious, and utterly delicious myco-lottery win. I hit the fucking jackpot on a rollover draw and then some. It really was THAT good, and so were they. Perhaps, along with giant puffball and the parasol mushroom, if I had to pick just three wild mushrooms I've ever had, as my ABSOLUTE favourites, these three would take joint top place. Possibly even top place on their own, although that IS saying a lot, even for black morels, when the runners up are Macrolepiota procera and Langermannia gigantea, the parasol and the giant puffball respectively, those are real heavy-punching title defenders who wouldn't back down easily in a fight to the grim death for deliciousness. But still....WOW. Those were some great times. And while one isn't generally meant to gluttonously binge on any one kind of wild mushroom, to prevent untoward effects, in this case I really couldn't resist. There were just so MANY of them, and not paid for at a premium, for three or maybe four small specimens, dried and put in a plastic bag, but fresh, so fresh that literally no more than sixty seconds, sometimes elapsed between yanking a handful up from the garden, slicing the hollow fruitbodies in half to deslug them, and divest the honeycombed structure of the cap region of small insects, then beginning to cook them in multifarious ways, even stuffing them with various stuffings and having fried morels with stuffed things stuffed up them.

I just couldn't help but gorge. No untoward effects, just a feeling of immense delight at finding the entire local estate becoming infested with black morels, luckiest mulch ever! if I could reliably buy more like that, I'd pay a good price for it, and retain spores, keep cultures and cell lines on agar to repopulate again and again and again.

Wasn't just me, but my old man joined me in munching away, for there were too many of them even for me to eat. And he often does share in the wild mushroom gourmet surprises I bring home at times, and has grown to even recognize a fair number of species, what with having me for a teacher since I was just four years old, him thinking he was taking me out walking, whilst I was actually taking HIM in tow, to educate him in the lore of wild fungi and their hunting and eating, and more or less just using him for transport and to help carry more bags of mushrooms than a four year old child could carry alone.

My mom, while she was alive was very reluctant even to eat giant puffball, which CANNOT be misidentified, it just cannot be, it is too large, no other mushroom grows to such a size, and has a puffball shape. I think she might have even eaten some morels though.  Not sure but I think she gave in eventually (and to my credit I have NEVER poisoned either myself, or anybody else who assented to dine with me on my wild harvests, not once).

That was some doing though for HER to actually consent to taste so much as a single bite of a single species of a single wild mushroom fruitbody! it'd be like asking jimmy savile to shag somebody over 18 in terms of magnitude of action, coming from her. She always refused all my offerings, no matter how me and the old man were getting busy diving in headfirst to a pile of real delicacies. Why, I don't know, I had a 100% perfect track record of being poisoning free, and at that, of providing TASTY meals, bar perhaps one specific mushroom that actually was, although edible, vile, and one or two that were a bit bland. But that is the worst I have ever inflicted, with the unfortunate exception of trying stinkhorn egg-stages which did make me ill, but nobody else ate those, it was an experiment on my part. Definitely never put anyone in danger though, not even of a meal which wasn't enjoyable, never mind toxic! So why she always insisted on being so stubborn and fussily against my wild mushroom harvests, to a point she'd eat oyster fungi from shops, but if I brought back fresher, tastier wild Pleurotus ostreatus, she'd not eat of them.

Always did mean that me and my old man got a larger serving every time though, although of course, the lion's share and the first bite go to the finder who spots a species in the wild, identifies them correctly for what they are, then cooks them up into something delectable, only fair, is that not? and if she wouldn't eat, it means there were more for both me and my father to eat. And a bigger lion's share for the family mushroom forager-in-chief (there is, oddly, no history in the family, no tradition of expertise or picking wild mushrooms, I learned by teaching myself to read using a textbook on mycology and reading field guides, entirely self taught from age 4. I think it must just be one of those autistic-thingies, given mycology was always a speshul interest. Like with my chemistry and biotech, the interests were present as nascent spores just waiting for fertile circumstantial ground in which to take a hold and flourish. The moment the opportunity to begin putting the interests into practice, up sprang another hobby.

I think I was actually BORN both a mycologist, a chemist, biotechnology spazzgeek and botanist. It just took the potential for my physical circumstances to allow things like my building a lab, for the relevant interest to bear fruit. All as autie-things. A spazz-tech born and bred both.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 22, 2018, 06:09:46 PM
Wow, Lestat.

I would have been buying mulch by the truckload.

I hunt them every spring, and I'm pretty lucky...but you work for those suckers :laugh:. The yellow, not so much, but they don't have that same taste.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 22, 2018, 07:25:47 PM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zKDjcLXZBTI/TDVgKuXqmFI/AAAAAAAADOI/EHvqrLfKwoY/s1600/Phlebopus_marginatus_giant_brown_bolete_fungus_3.jpg)

These buggers pop up around my suburb sometimes. This is a small one, I've seen them easily as big as dinner plates.

Eating Australian native mushrooms is generally considered inadvisable. I remember picking field mushrooms when I was a kid and they were really good to eat, but I don't think they were native mushrooms.

I remember eating mushroom soup in Slovenia, made from multiple types of mushroom with different flavours and textures, and it was superb. They served it in a hollowed-out loaf of bread. I love mushrooms.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 22, 2018, 08:24:06 PM
Didn't get to go out with my BIL hunting this season, but he got quit a few of these this year.

(http://www.midwestmycology.org/images/Study%20guide%20images/Grifola%20frondosa%201.jpg)

Sheephead/Manitake/Hen of the woods...whatever you want to call them. They can get ridiculously huge when the conditions are rights. SO & I have taken turns hauling trash bags weighing 50-60 lbs full of them back to the truck some seasons.

Have no idea who this guy in the picture is...but we've seen that size or larger over the years.

(http://www.silysavg.com/naturespickings/mushroomreport/images/tony_surrounded_by_sheep's_head2_sept7_2010.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 22, 2018, 08:29:43 PM
:GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 22, 2018, 10:50:04 PM
Can't find much that is edible in the forest around my house.

Apart from tasty koalas. Mmmmm, eucalyptus flavour.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on October 23, 2018, 05:39:55 AM
Grifolia species, right? maitake? I've never seen Grifolia here, we have G.umbellata and G.frondosa, but they are very, very rare.

Hey, with your morel hunting, do you think we might perhaps, come to an arrangement where I might buy some spores off you? the morels grow here, they aren't plant pathogens, and there'd be no question of any laws broken. I'd very much like to, if you'd be willing to wipe down some sheets of tin foil with rubbing alcohol, let it evaporate (or a drop or two of vodka, anything to ensure it's sterile, and leave the mushrooms you are waiting to cook there, for whatever you'd not eat as soon as you got home, until some spores are shot out of those precious  little asci?

it wouldn't take long either, being ascomycetes, unlike most mushrooms we eat, which are basidiomycetes, which form spores in tubes, basidia, which drop them into the wind, ascomycetes actively FIRE spores out of asci, little tiny spore cannons. I've picked, although of course, not eaten, a relative of the false morels, black and white Helvella species, and if you lift one up to your ear, that is mature, and listen, you can actually HEAR it hissing and fizzing, quiet and subtle, but you can hear the spores being fired out in the hundreds of millions, and it'd by no means detract from your eating the fungi after. You'd just get to make some money on what otherwise would be waste, or at least more spores than you could possibly use alone for subculture.

Think you might do that for me IQ m'ilady? I'd pay, whatever we worked out as fair, you'd just lose a few pieces of kitchen foil, and gain some money in return (or other services if you'd prefer some lab work done for example) Next time you find any come the spring, be they white, yellow or black morels, I'll take any of them, plate the spores out on agar, homogenize the agar in a sterilized nutrient broth and then innoculate steam-sterilized woodchip bags until they are  all nice and infested, mix with a pile of sterilized woodchips etc. and start some outdoor cultures on big piles of woodchips.

I'd love to give it a try, growing my own morels. That would be simply divine. I love 'em, but I don't see them often at all, very uncommonly and it's been years since I've ever seen one. And with you going to hunt them every spring...that could give me the chance to get the biomaterial I'd need to start some agar plates.

That bolete...a bay bolete, Boletus badius, perhaps? I find that species locally, if it is B.badius. Does it blue rapidly when bruised? tend to grow under oak, beech and miscellaneous deciduous?

Apparently knowledge of edibility of native ozzy mushrooms is pretty poor all round.

BTW, I'd be willing to pay for Grifolia, spores, tissue cultures, cell lines, I could supply the plates, give you instructions on how to take the tissue cultures, and give them a try growing them, innoculating tree roots. The top one looks like Grifolia frondosa to me, am I right? we get them here, but I've never seen one other than in the textbooks, they are so vanishingly rare I'm not likely ever to find one.

Although I HAVE found extremely rare mushrooms before.

Reminds me, I've samples of edible puffball species dried for culture, in the lab, so we could even do a spore trade, if you'd like, IQ? Lycoperdon species, modest size, good edibility, I'd have to culture them and do a fresh ID to determine species, since I made a meal of the fresh ones I had when they were fresh and it was quite a few years back, but I saw the bag of dried, ripe spore-sacks I collected just the other day whilst looking for a teflon-coated magnetic stirbar as it happens.

But if you'd prefer monetary reward for morel spores, or lab work, then either are up for offer on my part in return for some. I've never got to try white or yellow morels, but I'd be just as pleased to try growing those, although I admit, I DO like the black ones, M.elata. So many things you can do with them, stuff 'em, roast 'em, stew 'em, make morel and steak chili con carne with chickpeas, dried, detoxified fly agaric (could trade you prepared fly agaric caps, if you'd like those for spores, too, I pick LOADS of fly agaric every year that I dry for the future year)

Still bioactive, but they have been cured to convert the ibotenic acid toxin to muscimol, the psychotropic. I like most of all to cook with them though rather than use them as an intoxicant. And to use them as a herbal medicine and winter tonic, when brewed into a honeyed tea, after the obligatory heat-cure to detoxify them (they are poisonous raw, although not fatally so, but they will make someone pretty sick. I have tubs full in the kitchen cupboard, just waiting for the next time I cook steaks)

It's great, all the guidebooks say 'poisonous', so nobody else ever seems to go picking what I have gotten used to thinking of as MY golf course full of MY fly agarics. I've staked a claim, so to speak. Those mushrooms are MINE on that golf course!!!!  I have several spots though to pick them (and they are ALL mine :autism:), so I'd have enough to trade. They make a wonderful kitchen spice/seasoning for red meat.   Quite unique, a sweet, honeyed flavour, and at the same time, VERY umami, absolutely dripping with umami-ness, and they drag it out of meat too, kicking and screaming if they have to :D

Can turn GOOD meat into WONDERFUL meat, and a nice pot of chili into something you might see people start fighting each other over the last bowl, bashing each other's heads  in with the nearest rolling pin or frying pan in a mad squabble to get to that last spoonful.

As for the detoxification procedure, it's already done, and  so you can have added  security if you were to accept some dried ones  in trade for morel spores, I have personally eaten of  the batch I have currently, a good many times, as well as made my winter tonic medicinal tea based on them. At no time have they sickened me, and nor will they sicken me either. Amanita muscaria IS a species you cannot consume RAW, but it is just one of  the fungi that you have to prepare specially, there are a few like that. Some you shouldn't do, regardless, like  Gyromitra (false morels, deadly poisonous raw, have killed even when cooked thoroughly after two parboils in two water changes. And sometimes with those, some diners will be  fine, some will end up in hospital or even dead. Hell sometimes the FUMES have killed the cook, so toxic are the false morels, the gyromitrin being a simple formylhydrazone of monomethylhydrazine, a highly poisonous, volatile compound more well known for blasting space craft into orbit, as a hypergolic rocket fuel when mixed with dinitrogen tetroxide or red fuming nitric acid for example.)

Notorious, for people trying to eat them, cooking carefully, like the japanese make sushi from poisonous fugu puffer-fish, but, the toxin levels in Gyromitra vary according not just to species, but to season, to where they grow, altitude they grow at, the weather patterns, the country, the strain of mushroom within a species, the individual consumer's susceptibility to trace levels of the hydrazone of MMH, but these, they truly are deadly poisonous, and have killed many people, there are only two instances of recorded deaths as a result of eating Amanita muscaria. And one of these, was not a poisoning, but a fatality among campers, who consumed them, and fell into a deep, deep sleep, as they will do if used recreationally, and it was winter. They died of hypothermia, just as they might have done had they drunk a fuckton of alcohol and passed out in the cold.

The other fatality, was an italian diplomat who ate a whole plateful of the mushrooms, without any attempt to detoxify them, thinking them to be Amanita caesarea, the Caesar's mushroom, which doesn't grow here, in the UK (sadly, because it is reputed to be very tasty), and he died as a result. Other than that, in the last century, thats the ONLY deaths I am aware of, and I do read a lot of mycotoxicology case reports of various kinds in scientific journals, of people. Not counting dogs who have eaten a lot of them raw, dogs are highly susceptible to actual poisoning by A.muscaria, and of course, they neither dry, nor boil nor do they cook in any other way, they just grub them up and eat them, which would sicken anyone (unless you happen to be a reindeer, who apparently love them so much, the Lapp people can call in their herds by simply scattering pieces of dried fly agaric over the snow and the reindeer will come running)

These, I can give a personal guarantee, have been prepared, are safe to use medicinally, recreationally, or in sub-bioactive doses as a delicious and unique kitchen seasoning. The Lestat Rett personal seal of approval, picked and prepared by mine own hand, and they've gone down my own throat, so you can be quite safe in knowledge that these have indeed, been collected and identified correctly, and prepared correctly. I needn't even say that I know my mushrooms well (I do, of course, but that's me. I'm as much a mushroom-forager as I am a chemist, in fact, I've been foraging longer than I ever even had a lab, from a far younger age than I had the means to start building my first lab beginnings)

And have been chowing down ever since on all manner of woodland and meadow-growing things fungal, deciduous woods, coniferous forests, open grassland, sheep pastures and grassy waxcap meadows all, old tree-trunks, you name it, I've probably foraged in it. 28 years  of experience (I'm 32 now) Actually I might be 33, I can never remember which. And only ever one bad reaction, and that from a mushroom correctly ID'ed, and listed as eaten by some in the guidebooks, but I just happen to be one who can't eat them, not that anyone with any sense WANTS to eat a stinkhorn egg more than once. Yuck. Yuck yuck and ten fucking fold YUCK!. Quite disgusting as well as making me spew my insides outside all night long out of both ends at once. Needless to say, I won't be eating those again any time soon :tard:

They can stay the fuck out of my cookpots. And for that matter out of my house, because they stink something truly foul, like rotting carrion mixed with shit, and they look as obscene as they smell, taste, and do to my insides.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallaceae LOL!

Quite hilarious looking fungi. There's another kind, less common here, Mutinus caninus, that looks like a dog cock with a bright pink end when the surface layer of greenish 'shit' (the gleba, containing the spores and the foul smelling sulfur compounds) has been washed away or eaten by flies.

I once had a rather unfortunate, but hilarious accident involving stinkhorns. Phallus impudicus being the species.  Either me, or my old man must have tracked in some spores, or they must have been brought in by a passing fly, and deposited on the carpet behind the warm part of the compressor powering the fridge and freezer in the old house before we moved away, and there, they took root and managed to grow, somehow, from just the carpet. A big luxuriant clump of witch-eggs, sprouting obscene, lewd and scatologically phallic monstrosities, giving off a tirade of dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, dimethyl trisulfide, the last of these, is sickeningly foul at just one part per TRILLION in air!, and we had a sodding big clump growing behind the fridge freezer compressor.

We called the gas repair guy round, thinking, due to the stench, that it was due to a release of the mercaptan compounds which are added to natural gas supplies to serve as a warning for the flammable but otherwise odorless natural gas, so people are aware if there is a leak. They smell even worse than the mercaptans do though, these alkyl sulfides, IMO. You can smell ONE stinkhorn fruitbody growing in the woods
from maybe a quarter to half a mile away if they are upwind of you, and know it's there long before you ever see it growing, smelling like rotting flesh and sewage. really strong, sickening stench they give off.

So, the gas  man, he probed and he examined, and found he could detect no gas leak anywhere in the house. Never looking, fortunately, behind the fridge freezer, as it didn't of course HAVE a gas  supply, if he had, he'd probably have shit his britches to look at the things. All sprawled out luxuriating on the carpet, the heat of the compressor pump helping volatilize even more of the filthy stench of eau-de-corpse covered-in-its-own-bum-offal and floating in a shallow pool of stagnant water, or worse than water. Absolutely STANK, especially a huge clump of the fungi, growing inside a house, when even one mushroom is enough to stink up a good size area of forest. Looked like a pile of pallid, white mold-encrusted scrotumless bollocks, each one burst in a glob of pus-like gelatinous slimy ooze with a shit-covered cock poking up out of each ruptured bollock. Each with it's own 'head' on the top, covered in it's own greenish-olivescent food poisoning diarrhea on a white, spongy curved schlong.

I can't imagine what the look on his face would have been if he'd ever seen those horrors sprouting out of the carpet. The smell was bad enough, he looked pretty green around the gills put it that way. Although I'd love to have caught him on a video recording to see his reaction preserved for eternity. That'd be youtube material for sure :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 23, 2018, 08:30:08 PM
Two bottles of Coke, two birthday cards (one for my friend and one for her dad), strawberry lip balm, sunscreen, a Zing! voucher for my friend and a new notebook for me to make proofreading notes in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 24, 2018, 12:11:59 PM
Bought a Stockholm bus access card, as I'll be here every now and then.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 26, 2018, 10:33:15 PM
Bought new glasses frames. They're a snug fit compared to the ones I have now, which have always been too big.

I'll take a photo once I get the prescription lenses and Irlen tint.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 27, 2018, 12:14:35 AM
Bought a family variety box at Maccas.

My son has lost interest in food lately, it was the only way I could get him to eat any substantial amount of food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 28, 2018, 04:38:07 PM
Bought a lawnmower, with rechargeable battery.

It's long overdue. When we moved into our house 5 years ago we bought an electric mower for A$99.

That was just supposed to be for a few months but we kind of got used to dragging the cord around.

I finally said "enough is enough". We have a lot of grass. I bought basically the same mower with a battery, A$249. Larger and sturdier rechargeable mowers cost around $800.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 28, 2018, 08:25:46 PM
Hamburgers for The PR's lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 29, 2018, 04:57:39 AM
Two big trays of raw chicken and a loaf of bread.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 29, 2018, 11:22:20 AM
Fast food. Couldn't be bothered to cook anything today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 29, 2018, 07:01:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 29, 2018, 11:22:20 AM
Fast food. Couldn't be bothered to cook anything today.

Traditional Swedish fast food, or Americanised fast food?

What generally qualifies as fast food in Sweden?

When I buy fast food it tends to be Maccas or KFC because that's what the kids like. Mostly I buy whatever I think my son will eat a significant amount of, as he needs more meat on his bones and he is a fussy eater.

Aussie-style fast food tends to be charcoal chickens (cooked on a rotisserie) with sides that can include hot chips (thick french fries) and roast vegetables (spuds and pumpkin) and salads. Australian-style burgers have decreased in popularity - they tend to have all the good stuff included like bacon and egg, pineapple, beetroot, etc. in various combinations.

Kebabs were very popular maybe 20 years ago when we had a lot of first-generation Lebanese immigrants, but don't seem to be as common now. Fish and chips is still reasonably popular. Meat pies (single serving size) are still popular, but tend to be "servo pies" (sold out of a food warmer in a service station, called a "gas station" in the US). There are still a few specialty meat pie shops around but they are in decline.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 29, 2018, 08:38:02 PM
The grocery salvage store I frequent has fill-a-Ziploc bag with individual treats.  I get the smaller one (24 items) that I stuff.  I got in a pack of fig cookies.  I'd forgotten how good they were.  Definitely on a shopping list soon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 30, 2018, 01:04:19 AM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on October 29, 2018, 07:01:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 29, 2018, 11:22:20 AM
Fast food. Couldn't be bothered to cook anything today.

Traditional Swedish fast food, or Americanised fast food?

What generally qualifies as fast food in Sweden?

When I buy fast food it tends to be Maccas or KFC because that's what the kids like. Mostly I buy whatever I think my son will eat a significant amount of, as he needs more meat on his bones and he is a fussy eater.

Aussie-style fast food tends to be charcoal chickens (cooked on a rotisserie) with sides that can include hot chips (thick french fries) and roast vegetables (spuds and pumpkin) and salads. Australian-style burgers have decreased in popularity - they tend to have all the good stuff included like bacon and egg, pineapple, beetroot, etc. in various combinations.

Kebabs were very popular maybe 20 years ago when we had a lot of first-generation Lebanese immigrants, but don't seem to be as common now. Fish and chips is still reasonably popular. Meat pies (single serving size) are still popular, but tend to be "servo pies" (sold out of a food warmer in a service station, called a "gas station" in the US). There are still a few specialty meat pie shops around but they are in decline.

Yesterday's fast food was kebab, which is quite common here.

We have a variety of foods that qualify. Apart from the more obvious ones (burgers, kebab, pizza, ...), there's a variety of mashed potato and sausage combos that remain popular locally. Then there's Pölsa, a mostly Danish, haggis-like thing that some people like, various pies, and influences from other European countries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 30, 2018, 01:59:39 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 30, 2018, 01:04:19 AM
Yesterday's fast food was kebab, which is quite common here.

We have a variety of foods that qualify. Apart from the more obvious ones (burgers, kebab, pizza, ...), there's a variety of mashed potato and sausage combos that remain popular locally. Then there's Pölsa, a mostly Danish, haggis-like thing that some people like, various pies, and influences from other European countries.

Oh yeah, you've got a lot of recent immigrants from the Middle East. And a lot of those would be opening kebab shops.

I normally have breadless kebab for lunch a couple of times per week. There is a really good kebab shop in the same building where I work.

Pizza used to be really popular here, not so much any more. What happened was that the home delivery chains turned pizza into a cheap commodity and then they fought so hard on price and compromised quality and nobody says "let's get pizza" any more. A bit sad really, Sydney used to have a reputation for really good pizza by world standards.

Sausages and mashed potato. Bangers and mash. I have been making that a few times lately, the kids like the way I make mashed potato.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 30, 2018, 04:50:32 AM
We live just up the road from a Domino's so if we want pizza, we usually pick it up. It's expensive though, and the quality has dropped so we get Macca's more often.

Today I paid over $200 for lenses for my new glasses. That's without the tint. Health insurance only paid $60 toward them. I suppose it's better than nothing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 30, 2018, 07:06:56 AM

I bought a new wheel barrow.
Late summer storm brought down a really old maple tree half a block over. Endangered two houses as it became unstable. It was still standing, but obviously compromised. As The Professionals were making a helluva lot of noise downing the huge tree, my curiosity was piqued. I asked if they had sold the wood or if I could grab some. They were hauling it to the city yard waste facility and I could have all I wanted.

I managed to make seventeen trips before I was too tired to do more. Each log was too large to get my arms around but only about two feet long, but still way heavier than I could manage alone. They helped me load my wheelbarrow, each trip. Until I broke the thing from just over loading it, I was doing OK.

I even tried to contact my neighbor who has a huge wood burning furnace in his basement to claim some of this fabulous wood, but he was working over an hour away and could not make it. I did all I could. The Pros even brought me four more logs after they saw my wheel barrow had broken and helped me get them over to my temporary pile. So I ended up with twenty one fairly large maple logs for my fire pit.

Now there is some really good news that is associated with this purchase. I made attempt at patching up and continuing to use the busted wheel barrow, but when the tire would no longer air up, I bought a new wheel barrow. We were having to air up the leaky tire every trip hauling mulch. My son was tired of pumping the damn thing and I was too.

Anyway, the new product came in parts with full assembly to be done after purchase. My son has barely had much experience with using tools. I have tried, but he has little interest. I (gently) convinced him of the benefits and HE DID THE ENTIRE assembly one his own!!!
I was right there with him the whole time and demonstrated how to get a few things done, then pulled the annoying things back apart and HE DID IT!!

I am very proud of him!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 31, 2018, 01:00:57 AM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on October 30, 2018, 01:59:39 AM
Oh yeah, you've got a lot of recent immigrants from the Middle East. And a lot of those would be opening kebab shops.

Nah. Kebabs have been around for decades, long before the recent refugee crisis.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on October 31, 2018, 01:21:23 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 31, 2018, 01:00:57 AM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on October 30, 2018, 01:59:39 AM
Oh yeah, you've got a lot of recent immigrants from the Middle East. And a lot of those would be opening kebab shops.

Nah. Kebabs have been around for decades, long before the recent refugee crisis.

Really? Were there earlier (and smaller) waves of immigration from places like Lebanon or Turkey?

I found it funny in the UK about twenty years ago to go into a Chinese take-away and there'd be an old cockney couple running the place. Do/did you have ethnic Scandinavians running the kebab shops?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 31, 2018, 12:42:52 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on October 31, 2018, 01:21:23 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 31, 2018, 01:00:57 AM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on October 30, 2018, 01:59:39 AM
Oh yeah, you've got a lot of recent immigrants from the Middle East. And a lot of those would be opening kebab shops.

Nah. Kebabs have been around for decades, long before the recent refugee crisis.

Really? Were there earlier (and smaller) waves of immigration from places like Lebanon or Turkey?

I found it funny in the UK about twenty years ago to go into a Chinese take-away and there'd be an old cockney couple running the place. Do/did you have ethnic Scandinavians running the kebab shops?

Oh yes, we've had immigrants from Turkey and other places for ages. Nowadays, it's quite common for ethnic Scandinavians to run kebab places, too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 03, 2018, 11:21:36 AM
A small vise and a pocket knife
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 03, 2018, 06:42:17 PM
Slippers for Christmas.

The PR hasn't a clue what she wants. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 03, 2018, 08:06:22 PM
OMG I've started Christmas shopping too!! :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 05, 2018, 12:57:02 AM
Christmas is coming at a very bad time for me. However, today I went to the second hand shop and bought two shirts, a board game for Kayleigh and a cat bowl that's compatible with the other two cat bowls we have.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on November 05, 2018, 03:10:43 AM
We might be away over Xmas, on a road trip.

We still have presents that Santa bought last year that the kids never opened. This year I may buy a smaller number of presents.

My daughter just turned 10 and she still believes in Santa. My son was 12 last Xmas and that was his first Xmas where he didn't believe in Santa. This might be our last Xmas where anyone in the house believes in Santa. My daughter is very mature.

I have always been adamant that I don't believe in Santa, and that I find the whole idea ridiculous. This only made my kids believe more strongly.

Regardless of any of that, I have Xmas shopping to do. If I let my wife do the Xmas shopping she will buy clothes. I just remember how much I hated getting clothes for Xmas or birthdays when I was a kid.

My son is easy to buy for. Anything related to WW2 and model tanks or airplanes from WW2. I might try to find a really good illustrated book about rocks, he has a mild interest in that and he doesn't need any further encouragement on his WW2 obsession. He said yesterday that he wants to learn to speak Finnish, so a language course might be a good option.

My daughter is a tween so it should be my wife's job to think of presents for her but... no hope there, it's up to me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 05, 2018, 03:16:29 AM
When I found out that Father Christmas wasn't real (about eight), I was furious. Mostly because I thought my family were having a good old laugh behind my back. I felt stupid.

I like Christmas shopping when I know what I'm going to buy. If I don't, it's headache territory.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 05, 2018, 11:39:39 AM
^I found out at three or four. I wasn't particularly annoyed, as far as I remember.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on November 05, 2018, 06:36:48 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on November 05, 2018, 03:10:43 AM
Regardless of any of that, I have Xmas shopping to do. If I let my wife do the Xmas shopping she will buy clothes. I just remember how much I hated getting clothes for Xmas or birthdays when I was a kid.
The kids always got clothes for their birthdays, with the understanding Christmas would bring no clothes. Their birthdays fell at the beginning of the school year, so they always needed school clothes and had outgrown their previous year's winter wear. As an adult the oldest doesn't care at all about christmas, but still wants money for clothes on her birthday. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on November 05, 2018, 07:03:09 PM
As a kid I only needed new clothes if I grew out of my old clothes. Getting new clothes as presents, instead of toys or other stuff that I actually wanted, was kinda like being punished for growing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on November 05, 2018, 07:38:52 PM
:laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 05, 2018, 08:50:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 05, 2018, 11:39:39 AM
^I found out at three or four. I wasn't particularly annoyed, as far as I remember.

About the same for me.
I remember feeling somewhat relieved.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 05, 2018, 09:04:00 PM

I have not started shopping, yet, but I plan to buy my wife a new Surface tablet/thingy (kind of not really tablets anymore). Her old one is kind of Way out of date.

My daughter is the troubling one. She already has "everything."  For my son I intend to get him a large-ish SSD or maybe a bad ass gaming mouse (probably dangerous, but I will keep the receipt handy).

I just want a couple of pair of XXX jersey sweat pants, since my son has appropriated several of my others. HE outgrew his and decided he liked mine.
I might get him a pair as well.

Daughter?  Music was always a solid, but nothing left to buy. Movies, cool, but she already has all her favorites. At this point (considering her video editing interest) I am wondering if some fancy software might be the thing.

That is not enough for my wife, though. I have established the notion in her mind over the years that I have a knack for finding her THE PERFECT gift.
The pressure is on.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 05, 2018, 09:08:31 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on November 05, 2018, 07:03:09 PM
As a kid I only needed new clothes if I grew out of my old clothes. Getting new clothes as presents, instead of toys or other stuff that I actually wanted, was kinda like being punished for growing.

Punished?  Maybe. There is an off color meme thing out there where Santa's profile and a child sleeping in bed are visible.
The caption says that "maybe getting coal in his stocking is just not doing it for us"
Santa is putting a set of brass knucks.
 :autism:

Suppose that shit is no longer considered funny. I did not think it was funny, just maybe offer a list of addresses to Santa, in case he missed some.

Not funny, but think about it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 06, 2018, 12:08:14 AM
In my family last year we had this thing called "Kris Kringle" (not sure how to spell it) where we buy one person (drawn out of a hat) in the family a present up to a certain amount of money. This beats buying all the kids presents and not getting anything in return because I don't have kids.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on November 06, 2018, 02:34:12 AM
My sister buys Xmas and birthday presents for my kids, but we don't buy presents for family in general. My wife has never bought me a present other than clothes, so if I want a real present I have to buy it for myself. I always tell my wife and my kids that I only ever got 2 good presents off her but they were the best presents ever and now she doesn't have to buy me any more. (the gifts obviously being our son and our daughter).

The Kris Kringle thing is a brilliant idea for limiting spending on stupid gifts for everyone. And it's good fun.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 06, 2018, 11:02:34 AM
PA learned early in our marriage that I didn't want expensive or useful presents.  I earned more than he did, so my philosophy was that WE were paying off the present when it was put on a credit card.  Not much fun buying myself a present.  A useful present (e.g. vacuum cleaner would be like a boss saying, "You've done a great job.  Instead of a raise we're getting you an adding machine."

A gift card, a "six pack" of black olives, silly bedroom slippers, etc. bought from his "allowance" was more precious to me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 06, 2018, 12:03:44 PM

I am only thinking of expensive gifts because this is the first year in several when I can.
I just want a new pair of sweats and maybe a zippered hoodie, do not like the pull over type.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 11, 2018, 02:53:55 AM
Bought a book on Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 11, 2018, 03:18:42 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 11, 2018, 02:53:55 AM
Bought a book on Amazon.
So did I. Will probably get it near the end of November.

Bought groceries and cat food at Aldi. One thing out of the ordinary I bought was dried fruit. Dried mangos and apricots. I really should snack more on healthier foods.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 11, 2018, 06:55:57 AM
Found a "Justice League" soundtrack. I did not even know these were available on vinyl.
I snatched it up along with a few more things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 11, 2018, 04:15:59 PM
A drawknife
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 11, 2018, 05:49:53 PM
Broke my "rule" about only getting free books for my Kindle account.  I have over 2,000 unread ones.  Yes, I'm not planning on dying anytime soon

The complete works of Lovecraft was 49 cents and a book on the Battle of Bastogne was $1.99,  Dad was one of the Battling Bastards and was also at Remagen.  Seemed fitting to buy it on Veterans Day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on November 11, 2018, 06:10:08 PM
2nd hand gas BBQ.

My wife bought it and didn't notice that 2 of the burners were rusted out and unusable. The other two are in excellent shape though, as is the rest of the BBQ apart from the bits that are rusty.

Now what we call a BBQ in Oz is a bit different to what the rest of the world calls a BBQ. It is really just a hotplate and a grill, side by side, connected up to a big gas bottle.

I cooked up some sausages, steaks, pork chops, onions, bread-with-egg-in-the-middle (it's just a trick where you use a slice of bread with a round hole cut in the middle as an egg ring), potatoes. Had a family BBQ in the backyard, got attacked by mosquitoes. I was surprised that I managed to cook everything just about perfect except for the potatoes (some of which I cut too thick) and the pork chops (I didn't get any complaints, but the meat that was away from the bone was a little bit dry - probably bought the wrong sort of pork chops in hindsight). I haven't cooked a BBQ in many years.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 11, 2018, 07:58:13 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on November 11, 2018, 06:10:08 PM
Now what we call a BBQ in Oz is a bit different to what the rest of the world calls a BBQ. It is really just a hotplate and a grill, side by side, connected up to a big gas bottle.
I used to never think of gas grills as real BBQ grills. They're more like a gas stove sitting out in the yard.  :lol1: We have a gas grill now though, and surprisingly the food still tastes char grilled.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on November 11, 2018, 11:19:49 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on November 11, 2018, 07:58:13 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on November 11, 2018, 06:10:08 PM
Now what we call a BBQ in Oz is a bit different to what the rest of the world calls a BBQ. It is really just a hotplate and a grill, side by side, connected up to a big gas bottle.
I used to never think of gas grills as real BBQ grills. They're more like a gas stove sitting out in the yard.  :lol1: We have a gas grill now though, and surprisingly the food still tastes char grilled.  :dunno:

Seeing as you're a gopher, it must be a really tiny gas BBQ.

I'm just using our gas BBQ as a hotplate for now. It's more about the fun of sitting outside and eating meat. I might even make some salads next time. Our son is very skinny and doesn't have a lot of interest in food, so anything we can do to make the food more interesting is a win.

In Straya we have a tradition where some bloke who has drunk a lot of beer will loudly pronounce "GEDOUDDA DA WAY, OIM DA BEST BBQ COOK IN THE WHOLE F***ING WORLD AND OIL SHOW YOUS HOW ID'S DUN". Or words to that effect. They will then proceed to cremate the f*** out of everything and then expect to be congratulated on how wonderful a job they did.

I guess what's different about eating outside where I live is that instead of seagulls or pigeons looking for handouts, we have sulphur crested cockatoos.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on November 12, 2018, 11:36:31 AM
I find that smoke (flavouring or real-smoke from the fire) will sometimes leave me nauseous.  I suppose it depends on the ingredients in the (or the amount of) flavouring and possibly the accelerant/wood on the barbeque.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 13, 2018, 09:34:08 AM
Quote from: Parts on November 11, 2018, 04:15:59 PM
A drawknife

I have two of them but I have not seen one for sale in ages. One I got from my grandfather who was a blacksmith, wheelwright, farmer, etc. etc. The other I found in a box at a flea market many years ago.

Is yours for use or just collecting? I have used the one I got from my grandfather, mostly just to say I did I suppose. I have a hand planer now.

Mine are mainly for my collection of older tools.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 13, 2018, 07:49:51 PM
I bought a book online and it arrived this morning. New Hart's Rules. It's for writers, editors and proofreaders.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 13, 2018, 08:26:03 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 13, 2018, 09:34:08 AM
Quote from: Parts on November 11, 2018, 04:15:59 PM
A drawknife

I have two of them but I have not seen one for sale in ages. One I got from my grandfather who was a blacksmith, wheelwright, farmer, etc. etc. The other I found in a box at a flea market many years ago.

Is yours for use or just collecting? I have used the one I got from my grandfather, mostly just to say I did I suppose. I have a hand planer now.

Mine are mainly for my collection of older tools.

I have maybe a dozen of them.  I have two that I use regularly making handles the rest are either in my collection or for sale when I go to the flea market
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 13, 2018, 09:57:37 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 13, 2018, 08:26:03 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 13, 2018, 09:34:08 AM
Quote from: Parts on November 11, 2018, 04:15:59 PM
A drawknife

I have two of them but I have not seen one for sale in ages. One I got from my grandfather who was a blacksmith, wheelwright, farmer, etc. etc. The other I found in a box at a flea market many years ago.

Is yours for use or just collecting? I have used the one I got from my grandfather, mostly just to say I did I suppose. I have a hand planer now.

Mine are mainly for my collection of older tools.

I have maybe a dozen of them.  I have two that I use regularly making handles the rest are either in my collection or for sale when I go to the flea market

That is awesome.
I no longer do work that requires me to make handles for tools.
Amazing!

Renaissance man, much?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 14, 2018, 12:35:00 AM
Quote from: renaeden on November 13, 2018, 07:49:51 PM
I bought a book online and it arrived this morning. New Hart's Rules. It's for writers, editors and proofreaders.

It's a classic.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 14, 2018, 12:49:20 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 14, 2018, 12:35:00 AM
Quote from: renaeden on November 13, 2018, 07:49:51 PM
I bought a book online and it arrived this morning. New Hart's Rules. It's for writers, editors and proofreaders.
It's a classic.
Indeed. And it's packed with information. It even has a table of proofreaders' marks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 14, 2018, 12:06:06 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 14, 2018, 12:49:20 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 14, 2018, 12:35:00 AM
Quote from: renaeden on November 13, 2018, 07:49:51 PM
I bought a book online and it arrived this morning. New Hart's Rules. It's for writers, editors and proofreaders.
It's a classic.
Indeed. And it's packed with information. It even has a table of proofreaders' marks.

Yeah, it's pretty awesome if you write or edit for a living.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 16, 2018, 09:41:47 PM
It even has medical terminology.

I bought groceries and money came out of my account (direct debit) for the Star Trek miniature starships we collect. Now we have so many that we have a pile of ships still in their boxes on top of the freezer.
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Post by: Parts on November 17, 2018, 01:11:34 PM
Ham and swiss on a hard roll with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, salt and pepper
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Post by: odeon on November 17, 2018, 04:02:11 PM
Books. Golf balls.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on November 17, 2018, 07:21:59 PM
I've been Christmas shopping so I'm not even sure what all I've bought. :GA:
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Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on November 25, 2018, 08:06:30 PM
A semi-permanent gazebo for the backyard.

More plants for my mini-greenhouse, including some Vietnamese mint.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 29, 2018, 08:17:10 PM
Irlen lenses. Complete with tint and anti-reflective coating. Cost me almost all of my fortnightly payment. So I won't be buying anything more for a while.
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Post by: Parts on November 30, 2018, 01:27:32 PM
A tape measure
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Post by: odeon on November 30, 2018, 03:29:39 PM
Beer.
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Post by: renaeden on December 01, 2018, 12:58:23 AM
Turns out I had to buy something. A new certificate III in IT. I didn't get it in the mail like they said I was going to. So I rang Tafe and they said they would send another copy for $50. What a rip-off. I'd bet they do that to a lot of people as a way to make money.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 03, 2018, 03:40:01 PM
A 10 foot section of aluminum gutter downspout
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Post by: Lestat on December 03, 2018, 05:44:50 PM
I'd been rather low on food for a while needing to wait to get paid again, which I did today, and will be again tomorrow, as I get two payments every alternate fortnight. One is due to my knee issue, getting glass through the joint, and later having it stamped on during my recovery, it's never been right ever since, and surgery on it only made things more unpleasant. It did stop the joint-locks and sudden collapses that I used to get, unpredictably and doubtless in the most inconvenient moments, but at the cost of nerve damage, that left my left leg without feeling from about a hands span above, to most of the leg below the knee on the outer side, well, some sort of vestigial sensation, but major-league fucked in every sense.

Similar to what remains after a local anaesthetic, but not so potent, so I can still feel a burning paraesthetic pain, that opioid painkillers for the most part, as expected, only poorly deal with it, with the notable exception of methadone, which has some weak NMDA receptor antagonist effects, and NMDA type glutamate receptor antagonists like ketamine, or the far longer lasting, less psychically squirrely and rather unique partially voltage-gated antagonist ligand memantine, with it's relatively weak binding and rapid on-off binding kinetics at the magnesium binding site situated in the NMDAr ion channel pore itself, meaning it selectively binds and inactivates only activated, open NMDAr ion channels, leading to a selective blockade of overactive NMDA receptor mediated activity, important in neuropathic pain, whilst not impeding normal function of the receptor type(s). Coupled with a very long duration of effect, days even after a single high dose, and minimal psychologically twisting dissociative effects such as are produced by more traditionally binding non-competitive and uncompetitive antagonists of NMDARs, such as ketamine, PCP, methoxetamine for example, really high doses of memantine CAN cause such a state, but they must be very large indeed given the unusual binding kinetics of memantine. The arylcyclohexylamines can substitute the purpose in low, carefully tailored dose regimes, but where PCP and ketamine and their analogs are the NMDAr-type glutamatergic analogy of a monkey wrench, memantine, could be thought of as a fiber-optic guided surgical laser scalpel, or a sniper's rifle shot compared with an old fashioned naval cannon loaded with grapeshot. Elegant in every respect, it's quite the miracle drug in my experience with it.

Even capable of fighting opioid tolerance whilst enhancing motivation, having antidepressant effects, and when used to combat opioid tolerance it performs with just such a surgical efficiency on multiple simultaneous fronts. It actually slows development of physiological tolerance and dependence not yet incurred to the opioid in use, whilst stamping down HARD on tolerance already incurred, virtually wiping out the horrible experience of acute physical opioid withdrawal if used during such a state, and even combating the psychological hunger the reinforcing effects of opioids bring as bane along with their blessings of relief from otherwise intractable pain, increased tolerance for otherwise truly awful drudge work, ability to hold out against stamina-sapping long sleepless periods of work that must be done and done right, without delay.

I honestly cannot fathom why such a drug, with memory-enhancing effects thrown in along with the bargain, low physiological side effects, a simple chemical structure derived from a methylated aminoadamantane skeleton, and not much else, a few Me groups on some of the adamantane core heterocycle, and an amine group, come together to make this surgical fucking miracle worker of a compound....cheap for industrial production no doubt, isn't being explained and offered to each and every single patient of a GP or in hospital who is a candidate for requiring longterm opioid prescriptions.

I find it absolutely astonishing it isn't, and that it's hard as hell to get, being primarily assigned as a very poorly effective sticking plaster for doomed alzheimers hollowed out shells yet to find release in death, I've gotten the support of the GP who runs my surgery, to get on it, after putting together a presentation on the general purpose, the incidental boons gathered from it's positive side effects, the lack of negative ones, said he agrees, after that, plus my thorough explanation, albeit in somewhat simplistic terms that I could speak to a GP and have him brought to understand, or to a degree comprehend, the unusual highly selective, partially voltage-gated/depolarization sensitive rapid on-off binding and dissociation from overactive NMDARs whilst sparing normal, healthy NMDAr-mediated glutamatergic traffick and longterm potentiation, a key component of encoding memory engrams, the affinity it also has as an alpha7-type selective nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, which in the very short term, due to agonists here being nootropic memory and cognitive enhancers, it has a brief dulling phase, as the antagonism blocks Alpha7 NAChR signalling, but at the same time, due to this, there undergoes a counteracting homeostatic response that induces upregulation of alpha7 NAChR expression and increased sensitization of the receptor, essentially a reverse-tolerance that is put to useful effect, leading to an unusual biphasic onset of effects, a brief mental dulling that is essentially an induction phase to be expected and waited out for a little while before the compensatory mechanisms kick in and lead to a net increase in alpha7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activity leading to non-glutamatergic side effects of nootropic effect, as cognitive enhancer and memory-strengthening agent.

But he's been saying so for ages, blithering on about some shit about approval from some other body, who he's had to appeal to, and all kinds of crap. I'm getting to the point where it is starting to feel like empty words and hollow promises that will never bear fruit, and that I'll resort either to the internet, or, if I can find suitable supplies, to construct the methylated adamantanamine structure myself with my own hands, that I know I can trust to do what I expect of them, and require no bollockspeak to some invisible medical authority.

I KNOW it works, on so many different levels, all of them positive bar the initial alpha7 NAChR antagonism, leading to short term and temporary cognitive dulling, that soon bounces back to above-normal levels, bringing with it the inverse, a memory enhancement. It is, in every respect, a smart-drug. A work of art, in terms of it's elegant molecular pharmacology, subtle, yet immensely powerful when correctly deployed.

One way or the other, I'm not going to sit on my arse much longer and listen to empty words and hollow agreement with me, that leads to nothing but an echo of my own voice coming from the GP in question. He's a decent guy, but he's no neuropharmacologist, and admitted to me that I had to dumb things down a lot before he'd be able to follow what I was putting together for him, and more or less that in general, I tend to run mental rings around him, unintentionally, when trying to talk to him as an equal. I find that rather saddening, for him, really, but there isn't much I can do, not as if I can continually mentor and train him myself, but at least it does give me a firm footing to accept or reject what otherwise may have been forced on me from on high, so to speak, despite it's not being the right decision for my best functioning, medically speaking; in the sense that if he tries such, and gives an explanation, which of course, I do insist upon, rejecting any medical change born from the personal whims and prejudices or in-built learned patterns of behaviour from a GP, instead, requiring, firmly but politely, that my treatment be guided by evidence-based medicinal practice, to the greater good, playing the side effects of one medication against those of another for example, and nullifying bad side effects, or amplfying positive ones, playing off feedback loops and homeostatic adjustments where possible to good effect, or to negate nasty side effects or at least knock them down a peg or two.

I just wish my GP was capable of doing the same without needing to be guided as if teaching a kid how to stick lego blocks together. Because as I would have it, I'd turn the basic medical protocols in place for me into a self-harmonizing work of art, not using one sticking plaster to stop another falling off too quickly.

I can do it, in a good number of ways, but it takes so much time, if I have to take to the net to get certain nootropic agents, or spend the time carefully reacting this, that and the other, purifying and recrystallizing each and every batch until it is up to scratch, analytically speaking and fit for my requirements. And a truly adaptive, personalized polypharmacy tailored to catering to multiple needs and desires without causing ill effect, requires not only a careful planning, but an elegant execution, turning the whole into a greater thing than the sum of it's individual parts. Meaning many gentle nudges here and there in just that slight alteration of course, or occasionally greater central alterations made, its easy to say, but difficult to do, and requires IMO, a personal knowledge of one's own body chemistry and wetware-wiring if one is to hack it to good effect rather than ill.

So it's time and effort, and even I cannot be constantly running many different syntheses with multiple steps and cleaning procedures, analysis of purity, recleansing if needs be, re-assay, before being deemed fit for consumption, and if I could, what would that leave me in terms of both time to act upon other scientific endeavors for, often as not, non-medical science, done purely for the sake of gathering knowledge and feeding on it, and what money would be left to me after spending a lot of cash on bulk purchases to whip up big batches of whatever arrangements are to be used in an idealized situation, to buy myself items such as replacements for any damaged glassware, new items of glassware that I covet as of yet, and above all, just the opportunity to head on off to the lab, my private little sanctum sanctorum, and home within a home within which no other may tread, not even family  without my explicit say so, where I can go if stressed for example, and just work that stress away and redirect negativity into creativity.

Today-8 quid or so in cab fare to the GP surgery to pick up scripts, 130-140 quid in groceries, including a few little treats for me like two tubs of my favourite honeycomb and clotted cream honeyed ice  cream, couple of packs of cigars, the entire stock of a knockoff red bull identikit mimic that were being discounted at just 25p a can, nabbed the lot of those, a 30pack of canned coke, diet, unfortunately, but such is life, one cannot have one's cake and eat it as they say. I prefer real coke to diet or that zero shite, proper sugar not sweetener tainted, but hey, a 30 can crate of diet for a few quid, vastly cheaper on a per liter basis than buying it in plastic larger bottles, it was there to be bought, so I did. And a 6 pack of bottled bud, plus, just for a personal treat because I had gone without any tantalising delicacies by way of daily fare for too long, a 4 pack of the expensive, but delicious italian peroni lager, that you can just bet will be all gone before any of the budweiser gets cracked open. In fact, I think I'm going to grab another out of the fridge now.

Not to get pissed or anything like that, something I find rather difficult to purposefully cause, using beer alone, due to the volume of fluid compared to ethanol concentration, but just because after two weeks of eating porridge for breakfast, porridge for elevenses, porridge for dinner, porridge for tea and porridge for supper too....well, lets just say that as much as I enjoy oat porridge made with a good dash of salt and some brown sugar stirred in with a big hunk of melted butter while it's cooking, and then a lashing of dark, flavoursome molten molasses as a topping, there is only so much room in the average, or even the non-average spazz with at least latent to a degree sameness-freakoid tendencies lurking's psyche for the sight of ANOTHER pan of...you know what my next meal would have been, I can guess?

So, a bit of a splash out on expensive beer, candies in variety and profusion according to what is available to suit my tastes,  why not, eh? why the Hades not? if I've gone and lived a dietary life possibly more suited to an ascetic or monastic type for a couple of weeks due to no money spare, when getting paid twice over in two days, as this week I get my disability money for the joint problems, and the day after, a large chunk of cash paid every other fortnight for me to carry on busily being autistic, apparently. Arranged for me as a kid by the folks, and never questioned, it just keeps coming in, and AFAIK will do until Gotterdammerung, just to pursuade me that I'm meant to keep being a speshul spazz and not slip and fall into the gross, less refined and all too often ape-like ways of the NT hordes.

Am I being a tad of an arrogant autistic bastard there....? just maybe, but at least I'm not afraid to own it :autism:

And even less so to get paid to own it *flaps amusedly* A sort of autism tax on the government, to offset the stupidity inherent in politicians and their lickspittles and arse-toadying fawning clades of personal sycophants and ego-masturbators, in order to overall, at least contribute to the balancing out of such negative creatures impact on society with their empty heads, with good logical minds...

I could live with that haha.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on December 03, 2018, 06:47:47 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 30, 2018, 03:29:39 PM
Beer.
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Post by: Phoenix on December 13, 2018, 05:59:22 PM
Nice haul QV!
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Post by: Tequila on January 08, 2019, 04:29:47 PM
Bottles of beer
A book about John James Cowperthwaite
A set of two cakes
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Post by: renaeden on January 08, 2019, 05:17:37 PM
Lots of groceries and two new Sodastream bottles. Kayleigh gets the purple one, I get the green one.
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Post by: Phoenix on January 08, 2019, 05:35:59 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 08, 2019, 05:17:37 PM
Lots of groceries and two new Sodastream bottles. Kayleigh gets the purple one, I get the green one.
Did I already ask you about the soda stream? I tend to repeat myself. Wondering if you like it. I've been contemplating the last few years if it's worth it, like would it save money.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lestat on January 08, 2019, 06:34:06 PM
Yeah you mentioned it a while back miss K, but I don't know if Ren saw.

What are they like Ren? taste wise? I have tried one before, but that was in my first spazz school, one of the staff had one and I was at her place a few times, seem to remember liking it, but more than that I can't recall.

Hm....wonder if I could adapt one into a catalytic hydrogenator.....
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on January 08, 2019, 07:56:41 PM
Soda Stream was a big deal when I was a kid. W're talking nearly half a century ago. I remember it being heavily advertised on TV. We had one, I think my grandmother bought it for us, but my family never bought refills for it.

How did it taste? Well it was sweet and fizzy and tasted pretty good to me as a kid.
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Post by: Bastet on January 08, 2019, 08:03:03 PM
Quote from: Minister of silly walks on January 08, 2019, 07:56:41 PM
Soda Stream was a big deal when I was a kid. W're talking nearly half a century ago. I remember it being heavily advertised on TV. We had one, I think my grandmother bought it for us, but my family never bought refills for it.

How did it taste? Well it was sweet and fizzy and tasted pretty good to me as a kid.

A friend of my best friends mom had one it was so cool. I wanted one so badly. I was 15 and addicted to sodas. Ohhh it was heaven.
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Post by: renaeden on January 08, 2019, 09:19:31 PM
We've had our Sodastream machine for about 4 years I think. Now they have fancy stainless steel ones. Ours is just red plastic, heh.

I use it mostly when I'm running out of cans of drink, mostly just before pay day. Yesterday I bought two bottles of orange and mango zero (no sugar). Bloody delicious. I also get ginger beer zero as well. Lemonade and ginger ale are nice too. The cola is not my favourite, I'd prefer to drink water. Kayleigh loves her raspberry, lemon and lime flavours the most.

The machine is really easy to use. That's the main cost upfront. Plus the gas bottles - they last ages though. We swap the empties and pay for new ones at Big W or Kmart.
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Post by: Phoenix on January 10, 2019, 08:31:41 AM
Good to know. Thank you!
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Post by: Icequeen on January 10, 2019, 05:32:57 PM
SO bought me a new laptop...it should be here by the 22nd.

Cleaning stuff off of this one and the boy is going to try it with Fallout 3. It's 8 years old...it's had a good life.

(https://media.giphy.com/media/nJJPAzFuNUkus/giphy.gif)

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Post by: Phoenix on January 10, 2019, 05:42:41 PM
I bought a cute sundress for $8.50 at the thrift store today
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Post by: Lestat on January 11, 2019, 01:14:24 AM
Are you going to give us a twirl in it? *looks hopeful* :)
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Post by: Phoenix on January 11, 2019, 07:20:44 AM
Nope :laugh:
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Post by: Parts on January 15, 2019, 06:12:24 PM
House wrap tape
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Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on January 15, 2019, 10:47:34 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 10, 2019, 05:32:57 PM
SO bought me a new laptop...it should be here by the 22nd.

Cleaning stuff off of this one and the boy is going to try it with Fallout 3. It's 8 years old...it's had a good life.

I usually buy the cheapest laptop I can get my hands on. I'm lucky to get 3 years out of one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 16, 2019, 11:41:14 AM
Plane tickets to Prague.
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Post by: Phoenix on January 16, 2019, 11:43:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 16, 2019, 11:41:14 AM
Plane tickets to Prague.
I've always wanted to go. When I was 20, I was on this pen pal list and struck up a letter exchange with a guy from Prague. Almost 24 years later and we've never lost touch.

Today I bought my dog a clean bill of health. She did the get healthy part and I did the pay a bill for being told she's healthy  :P
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Post by: odeon on January 16, 2019, 11:46:14 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on January 16, 2019, 11:43:50 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 16, 2019, 11:41:14 AM
Plane tickets to Prague.
I've always wanted to go. When I was 20, I was on this pen pal list and struck up a letter exchange with a guy from Prague. Almost 24 years later and we've never lost touch.

It's a fabulous city. I've been there every year for the last ten years or so and never get tired of it. :)

Quote
Today I bought my dog a clean bill of health. She did the get healthy part and I did the pay a bill for being told she's healthy  :P

:woohoo:
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Post by: Queen Victoria on January 16, 2019, 03:20:12 PM
Too many meals from out.
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Post by: Phoenix on January 16, 2019, 10:02:57 PM
Drive thru to feed the fam since we didn't get back from the airport (picking up my mother) until 7pm.
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Post by: Jesse on January 17, 2019, 01:18:02 AM
Beer
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Post by: renaeden on January 17, 2019, 01:23:00 AM
The privilege of parking at a hospital. $9!
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Post by: Jesse on January 17, 2019, 01:34:24 AM
How's your sister doin Ren?
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Post by: renaeden on January 17, 2019, 01:47:41 AM
Quote from: Jesse on January 17, 2019, 01:34:24 AM
How's your sister doin Ren?
She had surgery yesterday. I've sent her a message letting her know that I'm thinking of her but I haven't heard back. Might have to call my mum and ask her what's going on.

I was at a hospital (different one from the one my sister went to) for Kayleigh's injured finger. She's fine, just has to wait for her nail to grow back.
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Post by: Phoenix on January 17, 2019, 06:51:22 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 17, 2019, 01:23:00 AM
The privilege of parking at a hospital. $9!
The privilege of parking at an airport. $13 for 45 mins
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 17, 2019, 07:20:45 AM

Mostly food and drinks, lately.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 17, 2019, 11:33:21 AM
Quote from: Jesse on January 17, 2019, 01:18:02 AM
Beer

OMG, me too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on January 17, 2019, 10:44:08 PM
I bought a "Parma" chicken schnitzel, with hot chips (french fries), at a food court near work.

First and last try of that place. It was just a small piece of chicken breast, crumbed and fried, with some melted cheese on top. And some tomato pesto. And a tiny serve of fries.

It was also obviously designed for someone with a small appetite. A young woman on a diet maybe. For about the same price I can get a much bigger meal anywhere else.

The place didn't have many customers but they had a huge number of people working there. Must have been around 10 people in a little food court place. 2 taking orders, 3 putting the orders together, and at least 5 in the back cooking and preparing. And it took bloody ages to get my order.

The kebab place next to it does about 3 or 4 times the turnover with about 4 people. Considering the rent and the wages they should be paying, I'm surprised they manage to stay open.
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Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on January 17, 2019, 11:42:23 PM
Re Prague, I lived in Ljubljana (in Slovenia) for a year. I've heard it described as "the new Prague". Which seems a big silly. It's a nice little city with some nice old buildings but it's nothing special compared to other European cities that I've been to.

I really loved Budapest. That was an awesome city, food and architecture and beer and saunas and all that sort of stuff. First time I went there was early winter and it snowed a little bit. 2nd time I went there was early summer and the pollen count was ridiculous, I don't normally get allergies but I did in Budapest. My ex was really suffering with allergies. I really liked Zagreb too. Both those places had MUCH better food than Slovenia. I mean unless you are really into horse meat, Slovenian food was kind of crap.

I never made it to Prague. Quite likely never will now. I want to take my family on a trip to Europe one day but Prague isn't high on the list of places we want to go.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 18, 2019, 11:22:47 AM
^Prague should be. It's beautiful, it's full of history, and it's cheap. It's one of the most worthwhile destinations in Europe.

Did I mention that I love Prague?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 24, 2019, 05:59:27 PM
A $124.00 part (inverter board) for my dead fridge...it will be in Wed.

Let's hope I've narrowed this down correctly after spending all day youtubing, wrestling the 200 lb+ behemoth out from the wall, taking meter readings, fighting off furry assistants, and cleaning the inside.

(https://i.imgur.com/agBvX3em.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7sl1UEqm.jpg)

Right now I'm done, it's parked in the middle of the kitchen and it's staying right. fucking. there. :roar:
SO says one thing and I'm throwing the crisper drawer at him. :zoinks:


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 25, 2019, 08:06:35 AM

I like the kitty.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 25, 2019, 09:52:31 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 25, 2019, 08:06:35 AM

I like the kitty.

That one is George...he's my shadow.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 25, 2019, 10:34:58 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 25, 2019, 09:52:31 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 25, 2019, 08:06:35 AM

I like the kitty.

That one is George...he's my shadow.  :laugh:
Shadow George may know something many of us only suspect.
 :2thumbsup:


I like the kitty!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 25, 2019, 11:59:54 AM
I bought a small pile of books I think I would enjoy to re-visit or maybe find why they seem interesting now. A King, two Larry Niven, a Roger Zelazny, four Asimov, Moby Dick and a small collection of shorter Lewis Carroll efforts.

The Lewis Carroll caught my eye and I just flipped open the oldest looking book of all that I had bought and got here:

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
      And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
      The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
      The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand;
      Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
      And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
      The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
      And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
      The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
      He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
      Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
      He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
      And the mome raths outgrabe.



I went online to copy and paste the text, but my curiosity is along the lines of why this and why this just now?
My best friend just died three weeks ago, my mom is failing, still, my younger brother is not getting better ... --- ...

Am I to watch for the Jabberwock in my mind's quiet places, now?


... or is it the Bandersnatch that I should beware?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 26, 2019, 02:38:08 AM
Bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on February 05, 2019, 05:46:35 PM
New Tevas. Found a pair I like on clearance.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 05, 2019, 05:57:51 PM
What's Tevas?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on February 05, 2019, 06:04:11 PM
Sandals. They're super comfy, dry quickly and last a long time.

https://www.tevaonline.ca/collections/women/products/womens_hurricane_xlt_2?variant=6240966705184
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 05, 2019, 09:01:13 PM
They would be good here in Oz. I don't have proper sandals, I just have thongs.

This morning I bought petrol. $40.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 07, 2019, 02:08:50 PM
A coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 08, 2019, 10:39:01 AM
Been stroking my own wants lately.  Some record stores and pipe shops and a few cigars.  Yes. I smoke. Deal with it.
Came home with many records, Foghat, CSNY (2), Styx (2), Jefferson Airplane (2), and the coup de grace is a super cherry all inserts included Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 08, 2019, 01:04:56 PM

Other than that, I went into a group buy and I now have twenty thousand small rifle primers (for use with my .223 reloading), ten thousand large pistol primers (for use with my huge numbers of .45 auto reloads) and four thousand small pistol primers (for use in my 9mm reloads).

This is the way to go. Have forty or fifty gun club members go in together and order primers (considered a different kind of thing from ammunition) which have a huge tax.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 08, 2019, 02:12:10 PM
As I try to count into the future, I might still be a bit light on small rifle primers.

Bullets are the hard part and I have been focusing in this, but now, getting to a balance, I need a few pounds of powder and a bit more sizing lube ffs.


I know that you folk who do not load your own rounds do not have any way to understand some of this. Suffice it to say that I am set except for powder for years into the future without having to buy anything else to load about twenty thousand rounds of hotrod .223, .45 auto and 9mm.

I was already set up well for .44 Mag and 30.06 Yes, I still use a century old round for most of my local sporting needs. You will find that many do as well. 
I have another three more larger and more "sporting" if long range game comes into play. I am set up for those as well.

I, as a hunter, a full magazine of five as about as ready as you can be when it comes to huge magnum cartridges. You will only get one shot at your game.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 08, 2019, 04:14:06 PM
About buying pipes:
I bought a stylish  "dress pipe"  today, shiny perfectly finished, Holmsian type, some gold and silver banding, elegant curved beast of a pipe, all shiny and stuff.  I have many similar but none so pretentious as this beauty. So that took some time, but I also cam home with an even larger, long true work style pipe.

Both are Petersen products (my alll time favorites) and they both smoke great from the first puff.

I willl post a pic or two after I figure out why my card port no longer works.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 08, 2019, 07:07:20 PM
Insulation for my living room walls
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Post by: odeon on February 09, 2019, 03:32:19 PM
Dinner and beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 09, 2019, 04:21:17 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 09, 2019, 09:28:31 PM
A UV flash light
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 09, 2019, 10:07:22 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 08, 2019, 02:12:10 PM
As I try to count into the future, I might still be a bit light on small rifle primers.

Bullets are the hard part and I have been focusing in this, but now, getting to a balance, I need a few pounds of powder and a bit more sizing lube ffs.


I know that you folk who do not load your own rounds do not have any way to understand some of this. Suffice it to say that I am set except for powder for years into the future without having to buy anything else to load about twenty thousand rounds of hotrod .223, .45 auto and 9mm.

I was already set up well for .44 Mag and 30.06 Yes, I still use a century old round for most of my local sporting needs. You will find that many do as well. 
I have another three more larger and more "sporting" if long range game comes into play. I am set up for those as well.

I, as a hunter, a full magazine of five as about as ready as you can be when it comes to huge magnum cartridges. You will only get one shot at your game.

I've thought about it before...as much as the SO likes to shoot. Could never get him interested though and I don't think he has enough patience...can't say that I have the time right now.

My dad used to reload...spent a lot of time in the basement helping. It was a repetitious process and very relaxing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 10, 2019, 05:29:24 AM
Bought lunch.
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Post by: Queen Victoria on February 10, 2019, 10:24:40 AM
I need to buy milk, bread and margarine.  Aren't I the perfect little housewife?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 10, 2019, 10:30:04 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 10, 2019, 10:24:40 AM
I need to buy milk, bread and margarine.  Aren't I the perfect little housewife?
I feel like that when I have to go out and buy those things.

Today we're lacking bread and ice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 11, 2019, 10:22:43 AM
I didn't make it to the store yesterday.  Instead we had 2 meals of take-out.  Dumb choice.  I still need to grocery shop.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 11, 2019, 04:45:38 PM
3 mil garbage bags
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 11, 2019, 04:55:10 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 11, 2019, 10:22:43 AM
I didn't make it to the store yesterday.  Instead we had 2 meals of take-out.  Dumb choice.  I still need to grocery shop.

Made it to the store.  Nice find.  45 ounce margarine is regularly $5.29 (I wait for a sale.)  It was on unadvertised sale for $2.69.  The mix I buy (Churn style) had a $2 off coupon stuck on them and the margarine is good until April 19.  69 cents for almost 3 pounds. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 12, 2019, 07:21:03 PM
A front side turn signal for SO's Buick. Someone backed into it in the parking lot at the bar...the camera wasn't recording and no one is confessing. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 13, 2019, 10:55:37 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on February 09, 2019, 10:07:22 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on February 08, 2019, 02:12:10 PM
As I try to count into the future, I might still be a bit light on small rifle primers.

Bullets are the hard part and I have been focusing in this, but now, getting to a balance, I need a few pounds of powder and a bit more sizing lube ffs.


I know that you folk who do not load your own rounds do not have any way to understand some of this. Suffice it to say that I am set except for powder for years into the future without having to buy anything else to load about twenty thousand rounds of hotrod .223, .45 auto and 9mm.

I was already set up well for .44 Mag and 30.06 Yes, I still use a century old round for most of my local sporting needs. You will find that many do as well. 
I have another three more larger and more "sporting" if long range game comes into play. I am set up for those as well.

I, as a hunter, a full magazine of five as about as ready as you can be when it comes to huge magnum cartridges. You will only get one shot at your game.

I've thought about it before...as much as the SO likes to shoot. Could never get him interested though and I don't think he has enough patience...can't say that I have the time right now.

My dad used to reload...spent a lot of time in the basement helping. It was a repetitious process and very relaxing.

It is tedious and dangerous. It does not save you money, if you count your time invested.
It is a hobby.

Now, when you have a target rifle, loading your own is the best way to max out accuracy, once you know what you are doing.
Loading thousands of rounds over the coming months actually does save quite a bit of money, assuming you assign your time invested as relaxing hobby interest.
I do.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 28, 2019, 02:45:28 AM
I went for lunch at a café while my friend was being tattooed. I had delicious sweet potato wedges and a Coke.
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Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on March 28, 2019, 03:39:11 AM
Speaking of target shooting, I have very steady hands and I can shoot straighter than most people,

Years ago a friend of mine wanted to give shooting a try. We went to the range and he had 5 shots at the first target. At 100 metres. 4 were in a very tight group, way better than myself or anyone else there that day. But his 2nd shot had missed the target completely by the look of it.

So when we went to change targets I saw that the first hole was slightly misshapen. He had put the 2nd shot literally through the same shot as the first, before the light barrel heated up and threw the rest out by less than an inch spread.

The guy had talent. With a good target rifle he would have been winning competitions with a couple more practice sessions under his belt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 20, 2019, 04:39:58 PM
AAA batteries and filter cartridges for my respirator
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 21, 2019, 02:58:48 AM
Quote from: Parts on April 20, 2019, 04:39:58 PM
AAA batteries and filter cartridges for my respirator

I realise it's not THAT kind of respirator, but still...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 30, 2019, 10:20:48 PM
Not what I bought, but what I unbought.  For the first time in my life (except for the first couple of years with my parents) I do not have a landline.  The middle of May will see me without cable for the first time since the mid sixties.  Planning on an indoor antenna, a Roku or Firestick, and a few internet channels.  I think we may save $100 a month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 30, 2019, 11:05:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 30, 2019, 10:20:48 PM
Not what I bought, but what I unbought.  For the first time in my life (except for the first couple of years with my parents) I do not have a landline.  The middle of May will see me without cable for the first time since the mid sixties.  Planning on an indoor antenna, a Roku or Firestick, and a few internet channels.  I think we may save $100 a month.
I was very reluctant to get rid of our landline since we'd always had one. Now it's just our mobile phones.

What do you mean by internet channels? Do you mean TV shows online?

That's excellent about the savings.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on May 01, 2019, 11:25:39 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 30, 2019, 11:05:48 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 30, 2019, 10:20:48 PM
Not what I bought, but what I unbought.  For the first time in my life (except for the first couple of years with my parents) I do not have a landline.  The middle of May will see me without cable for the first time since the mid sixties.  Planning on an indoor antenna, a Roku or Firestick, and a few internet channels.  I think we may save $100 a month.
I was very reluctant to get rid of our landline since we'd always had one. Now it's just our mobile phones.

What do you mean by internet channels? Do you mean TV shows online?

That's excellent about the savings.

Yes.  Netflix, Amazon Prime (The PR can get Amazon Prime for 4 years at the student rate since she's on public assistance), Britbox, etc.  Will give each one a trial and see what makes up the best mix.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 03, 2019, 07:22:56 PM
Just over 23 gallons of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on February 06, 2020, 08:41:57 PM
I bought Sugarbutt a new wheelchair, because all the wheels on his old one suddenly crumbled and fell apart. The only thing we can think is maybe something spilled or leaked in the garage and evaporated before we noticed it.  :dunno: He hates when I make him use his wheelchair, so while I push him around in it he pretends like I'm his neglectful hired help. Whenever anyone does anything to help us, he thanks them profusely and then points at me and says, "this one here won't do anything for me".
:lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 09, 2020, 09:37:02 AM
Gas at just $2.259 a gallon cheapest I have seen it since my trip to Florida over the holidays
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Post by: Phoenix on February 09, 2020, 06:28:30 PM
Some cross stitching kits
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Post by: odeon on February 10, 2020, 11:57:09 AM
Dinner. Couldn't be arsed to cook.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 11, 2020, 04:39:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 10, 2020, 11:57:09 AM
Dinner. Couldn't be arsed to cook.

What the f*ck is this cooking you speak of?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on February 11, 2020, 04:39:59 PM
Groceries - I hear feeding the family is a good thing to do
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 16, 2020, 11:40:55 AM
I bought a grab bag of items at the thrift store.  Among the goodies was a brand new cat collar.  Decided to have some fun and put it on Martha, our cat.  She loves it.  But now she wants to sit in my arms and be cuddled.  It's like the damn thing has bewitched her.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on February 16, 2020, 07:19:22 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 16, 2020, 11:40:55 AM
I bought a grab bag of items at the thrift store.  Among the goodies was a brand new cat collar.  Decided to have some fun and put it on Martha, our cat.  She loves it.  But now she wants to sit in my arms and be cuddled.  It's like the damn thing has bewitched her.
She's thanking you for her new necklace. You don't usually buy her jewelry  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 17, 2020, 11:23:16 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on February 16, 2020, 07:19:22 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 16, 2020, 11:40:55 AM
I bought a grab bag of items at the thrift store.  Among the goodies was a brand new cat collar.  Decided to have some fun and put it on Martha, our cat.  She loves it.  But now she wants to sit in my arms and be cuddled.  It's like the damn thing has bewitched her.
She's thanking you for her new necklace. You don't usually buy her jewelry  :lol1:

It does look rather good on her.  She's coal black, the collar is red and the wee bell is black.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on February 17, 2020, 11:54:10 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 17, 2020, 11:23:16 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on February 16, 2020, 07:19:22 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 16, 2020, 11:40:55 AM
I bought a grab bag of items at the thrift store.  Among the goodies was a brand new cat collar.  Decided to have some fun and put it on Martha, our cat.  She loves it.  But now she wants to sit in my arms and be cuddled.  It's like the damn thing has bewitched her.
She's thanking you for her new necklace. You don't usually buy her jewelry  :lol1:

It does look rather good on her.  She's coal black, the collar is red and the wee bell is black.
Aww..My most favourite cat that I had from 1995-2012 was a black kitty. She was the runt of the litter after I rescued her feral Mum to spay her before releasing her back to her colony. She could never be domesticated. But we kept her with her babies until she weaned them. My cat wasn't supposed to survive and she was never more than 5 lbs her whole life but she was an amazing cat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 17, 2020, 03:10:10 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 30, 2019, 10:20:48 PM
Not what I bought, but what I unbought.  For the first time in my life (except for the first couple of years with my parents) I do not have a landline.  The middle of May will see me without cable for the first time since the mid sixties.  Planning on an indoor antenna, a Roku or Firestick, and a few internet channels.  I think we may save $100 a month.

No landline, no cable access available here.

We've got a roku and a $5.99 a month sub to hulu, antenna for the locals that we never watch.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on February 17, 2020, 04:37:16 PM
I still have a landline because cell reception can be unreliable in the boonies
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 17, 2020, 09:18:06 PM
When we moved in 2013, we didn't renew our landline. I'm surprised at how easily I adjusted to just having my mobile phone.

I'm buying groceries today. We're running out of a lot of things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 18, 2020, 03:47:25 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on February 11, 2020, 04:39:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 10, 2020, 11:57:09 AM
Dinner. Couldn't be arsed to cook.

What the f*ck is this cooking you speak of?

The family said I needed to feed them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 19, 2020, 11:30:44 PM

I was pawn shopping today, something I rarely do.
I have been watching for a good, used, older brush gun for deer. NO luck.

But, I bought my daughter a Fender Stratocaster and a small Fender Amplifier.
The guitar is from the nineties - nothing valuable. Amp is a Fender Champion 40 with tubes and a single twelve inch speaker.
They sound great!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 22, 2020, 09:36:08 AM
A haircut for my lawn.  Take that you weeds.  The winter has been so mild the weeds kept on growing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on February 22, 2020, 10:25:38 PM
What haven't I bought lately? A potty. All the stores here are out, for some bizarre reason.

I'm going to need to order one online.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 23, 2020, 02:30:33 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on February 22, 2020, 10:25:38 PM
What haven't I bought lately? A potty. All the stores here are out, for some bizarre reason.

I'm going to need to order one online.
I hope your cub potty trains like I'm told I did. One go on the potty, then no longer needing nappies/diapers. My mum was pleasantly surprised.

I bought a blender today with birthday vouchers. We've been drinking slushies all afternoon.
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Post by: Parts on February 24, 2020, 12:32:47 PM
Carbide hole saw and arbor
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Post by: odeon on February 26, 2020, 01:05:25 AM
Bought pizza yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 26, 2020, 07:17:08 AM
Bought an extension of our gas service (bill).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 06, 2020, 08:00:32 PM
A mold for making lead hammers
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Post by: renaeden on March 07, 2020, 06:32:02 AM
Some picture frames from the Salvos for art group next week. I have no idea what we're meant to be doing with them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 08, 2020, 03:59:08 AM
A golf bag to replace my old one with. The old one's got a hole in it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on March 08, 2020, 01:24:49 PM
A sliding rail and a barn door to hang it from
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 09, 2020, 04:48:42 PM

I bought a pick up truck. It is a junker, from the eighties and I gave three hundred bucks for it.
The inside is a "crime scene" with no survivors and the paint is almost gone, but it still runs very well on its third engine and rust is minimal. The tires suck and it seems to leak everything that it can, but it goes. One of the neighbors had it most of its life, but bought a newer truck about four years ago and just kept this one around to "fix up."

His plans for it changed when his wife became pregnant, again. She is kind of biggish about now. :dunno:

I gave him what he asked for it with no squabble, but I also had a carton of diapers and a case of baby wipes sent to his door.  I hand delivered a thirty pack of his favorite beer for him and two sets of large sweat clothes for his wife.
That part was being neighborly, but I could have easily just taken his truck and he was happy to see it go and get some money for it. I have the means and I wanted to give back a little. I am so overly blessed these days!!


Anyway, my "new pickup truck"  lives in my storage building across town with its BIG sister, my Chevelle.
But, grungy garden and maintenance tasks are now more manageable, thanks to his generosity.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on March 09, 2020, 06:58:12 PM
I bought a Nintendo Switch for myself because I miss playing games. I forgot how much they relax me. Currently playing Lego City Undercover. I'm obsessed with smashing things and collecting all the bits.  :facepalm2: :2thumbsup: :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 10, 2020, 09:48:20 AM
Lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 10, 2020, 10:19:56 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 08, 2020, 03:59:08 AM
A golf bag to replace my old one with. The old one's got a hole in it.

The stupid online retailer cancelled my order. :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 12, 2020, 04:56:30 AM
Do you know why?

In the past I've had to send irritated emails to companies who have messed up my order. It's not fun.

I haven't bought much lately, but when I do, it will be cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on March 12, 2020, 06:42:25 AM
I bought some new books which will hopefully arrive tomorrow
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 12, 2020, 01:17:17 PM
AAA batteries for my small work flashlights that all seemed to have died at the same time
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 13, 2020, 01:55:38 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 12, 2020, 04:56:30 AM
Do you know why?

Supposedly because their supplier doesn't have any left. I suspect the price - which was really low - was clickbait.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 13, 2020, 10:38:26 AM
Planks to make a platform
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Post by: odeon on March 15, 2020, 02:01:34 PM
Vinyl wipes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 16, 2020, 07:07:14 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 15, 2020, 02:01:34 PM
Vinyl wipes.

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on March 16, 2020, 07:12:25 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on March 16, 2020, 07:07:14 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 15, 2020, 02:01:34 PM
Vinyl wipes.

 :eyebrows:

 :lol1: I just snort laughed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 16, 2020, 07:16:41 PM
:hadron:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 18, 2020, 01:07:54 AM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 18, 2020, 10:37:35 AM
After a trip to the grocery on Monday, nothing.  I may have to get creative with meals.  We have some oatmeal so I could make The PR some oat milk.  Surprisingly she likes it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 22, 2020, 03:52:07 PM
Have not bought batteries. I would like to.

We did get all the rest of the crap it takes to run a household.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on March 22, 2020, 04:51:13 PM
Rumchata  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 24, 2020, 03:05:26 AM
Books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MEATUS MCGIRTHERATOR on March 24, 2020, 10:37:12 AM
NOTHING YOU COULD AFFORD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 25, 2020, 09:12:05 AM
The battery dilemma is over. I ordered batteries from Amazon right after I posted that about not being able to find batteries at stores, fully expecting them to be back ordered and they were here this morning.

I have fallen in love with the tiny automated LED stick ups, but they all use AAA size.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MEATUS MCGIRTHERATOR on March 25, 2020, 01:17:07 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 25, 2020, 09:12:05 AM
The battery dilemma is over. I ordered batteries from Amazon right after I posted that about not being able to find batteries at stores, fully expecting them to be back ordered and they were here this morning.

I have fallen in love with the tiny automated LED stick ups, but they all use AAA size.

YOU SAY THAT LIKE LITERALLY ANYONE ON THE FACE OF THE FUCKING EARTH CARES.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 25, 2020, 04:07:41 PM

Glad for your response, thank you. I was beginning to think that no one cares. That post has been up almost five hours. You are the first to respond.
I feel good, now.

I can tell you a whole lot more about my need for AAA batteries when we have time.
It is actually interesting to know that I have more than one remote that also requires AAA batteries. This will be an engaging discussion.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 26, 2020, 03:08:50 AM
But here's what I want to know: how many remotes requiring two or more batteries do you own?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MEATUS MCGIRTHERATOR on March 27, 2020, 02:11:46 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 25, 2020, 04:07:41 PM
Glad for your response, thank you. I was beginning to think that no one cares. That post has been up almost five hours. You are the first to respond.
I feel good, now.

I can tell you a whole lot more about my need for AAA batteries when we have time.
It is actually interesting to know that I have more than one remote that also requires AAA batteries. This will be an engaging discussion.

FUCK ALL THAT SHIT TO DEATH.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Walkie on March 28, 2020, 02:07:41 PM
hmm. i noticed somebody asked if the above is a genuinely new member or no?
me, i think it matters not.  He clearly crawled out of the same swamp as some old members. The  species are effectively interchangeable, having zero detectable individuality .

But to get back on topic:
i bought a large pack of triple-A batteries . but can't recall which device they fit.
if someone could provide a handy checklist of AAA-driven devices, , i could perhaps identify the device, then  watch it in rapt anticipation of it's failure, thus justifying my seemingly superfluous purchase. 
i'd be so very grateful. truly, and i also thoroughly relish the ""FUCK YOU ALL" response that might possibly engender.  :green:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on March 28, 2020, 03:04:01 PM
I bought more stitching supplies. A-snap for my bigger pieces and a grime guard to cover it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on March 28, 2020, 06:51:53 PM
Quote from: Walkie on March 28, 2020, 02:07:41 PM
hmm. i noticed somebody asked if the above is a genuinely new member or no?
me, i think it matters not.  He clearly crawled out of the same swamp as some old members. The  species are effectively interchangeable, having zero detectable individuality .

But to get back on topic:
i bought a large pack of triple-A batteries . but can't recall which device they fit.
if someone could provide a handy checklist of AAA-driven devices, , i could perhaps identify the device, then  watch it in rapt anticipation of it's failure, thus justifying my seemingly superfluous purchase. 
i'd be so very grateful. truly, and i also thoroughly relish the ""FUCK YOU ALL" response that might possibly engender.  :green:

I need some. For a remote control and for kitchen scales.
If that isn't of help, I can PM you my address, since o keep forgetting to buy them  :eyelash:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Walkie on March 28, 2020, 10:51:25 PM
Ooh! heya hyke :hug:  :hyke:

thankyou! you just thoroughly negated your chances. i have both those items, wouldnt you know it  :green:

maybe i could use your address to send you reminders to buy some freaking batteries? hehe.  cheaper and less suspicious -looking than airmailing a pack of batteries.

or , hang on,  surely   there  must be  much better uses for our famous bovine's address  than that, but my imagination is sadly limited ATM.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 29, 2020, 02:22:05 AM
Bought groceries and fed the family.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on March 29, 2020, 05:50:31 AM
Bought another book. It's a fiction Trilogy about Boudica.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 05, 2020, 05:49:25 PM
Bought kid a pair of noice cancelling headphones.
They'll arrive tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on April 05, 2020, 06:43:39 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on April 05, 2020, 05:49:25 PM
Bought kid a pair of noice cancelling headphones.
They'll arrive tomorrow.
That is equal parts gift for you and gift for them
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 05, 2020, 07:40:45 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on April 05, 2020, 06:43:39 PM
Quote from: 'andersom' on April 05, 2020, 05:49:25 PM
Bought kid a pair of noice cancelling headphones.
They'll arrive tomorrow.
That is equal parts gift for you and gift for them
True, if they work well we'll both benefit immensely from them. She doesn't really like noice cancelling. But her headphones broke beyond repair. And the replacement she ordered couldn't be delivered, due to covid-19. So I decided to go for this option. The noice cancelling mode can be switched on and off. I think she'll enjoy it immensely when all neighbours bring out their powertools because of the intelligent lockdown.

 :flamer: :hotrodder: :chainsaw: :fixin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 05, 2020, 09:23:18 PM
Today I bought paper towels, hand wash (not the sort I usually get but there were only two bottles there to choose from), spaghetti and cereal.

I couldn't find tea tree oil and I looked in 3 different places for that. Couldn't find kitchen wipes either, so I'll just use paper towels and Spray & Wipe.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on April 06, 2020, 05:24:33 AM
Shampoo and conditioner bars instead of the regular plastic bottles. They last a lot longer and I'm hoping they'll work better. Our water is hard and it's taking a toll on my hair.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 07, 2020, 01:43:37 AM
Books.  :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 07, 2020, 07:04:45 PM
Nothing for awhile,  but think I will venture out tomorrow for propane
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: 'andersom' on April 08, 2020, 09:15:47 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 05, 2020, 09:23:18 PM
Today I bought paper towels, hand wash (not the sort I usually get but there were only two bottles there to choose from), spaghetti and cereal.

I couldn't find tea tree oil and I looked in 3 different places for that. Couldn't find kitchen wipes either, so I'll just use paper towels and Spray & Wipe.

First time I read this I thought "spaghetti" and "cereal" were really weird scents for hand soap.  :asthing: :asthing: :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 08, 2020, 01:14:10 PM
 :lol1:

I'd buy them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on April 08, 2020, 01:29:53 PM
Eww...no spaghetti scented hand soap for me, thank you
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 09, 2020, 04:42:57 AM
Bacon, maybe? :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 09, 2020, 07:56:14 AM
What about cheese? :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 09, 2020, 11:55:57 AM
Cheese AND bacon. Irresistible.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 09, 2020, 12:02:45 PM
I had to go hunting, but, I finally found Carla's favorite JIF chunky peanut butter.  It really amazes me to see every day what is out of stock and what is in stock.   :facepalm2:  It literally changes every bloody day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on April 09, 2020, 04:34:22 PM
I guess I bought myself the good graces of my hydro company? Just paid the monthly bill  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 09, 2020, 04:37:09 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on April 09, 2020, 04:34:22 PM
I guess I bought myself the good graces of my hydro company? Just paid the monthly bill  :P

I just paid my electric bill as well.  As it snows and sleets with high winds and there is a warning for a possible power outage......which they would never give us a credit for.   :finger:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on April 11, 2020, 12:49:53 PM
Discounted games on Steam... again  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 19, 2020, 10:15:57 AM
Lucin Variscite  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 19, 2020, 07:44:55 PM
Welcome back, Jesse! :)  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 19, 2020, 08:00:27 PM
Quote from: Jesse on April 19, 2020, 10:15:57 AM
Lucin Variscite  :laugh:

Your profile pic reminds me of malachite.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 20, 2020, 08:26:26 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 19, 2020, 07:44:55 PM
Welcome back, Jesse! :)  :thumbup:
Thanks Renaeden! nice to be back

Rockhound, Nice catch! it is Malachite.  :laugh:

I've been deep in it for some time now, collecting rocks minerals and gemstones. I've also got some Faceted Iolite, Herkimer Diamonds, Star Garnets (4 and 6 pointed) stars, Topaz crystal, a 20 ct Epidote from Pakistan  :laugh: :laugh: (emo)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on April 20, 2020, 08:28:12 AM
4 new books :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 20, 2020, 10:43:12 AM
Quote from: Jesse on April 20, 2020, 08:26:26 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 19, 2020, 07:44:55 PM
Welcome back, Jesse! :)  :thumbup:
Thanks Renaeden! nice to be back

Rockhound, Nice catch! it is Malachite.  :laugh:

I've been deep in it for some time now, collecting rocks minerals and gemstones. I've also got some Faceted Iolite, Herkimer Diamonds, Star Garnets (4 and 6 pointed) stars, Topaz crystal, a 20 ct Epidote from Pakistan  :laugh: :laugh: (emo)

We collected some Herkimer Diamonds on our trips there.  Crystal clear and double pointed.  With a few carbon spots in them, but, that's the norm for most of  what we found. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 20, 2020, 12:10:45 PM
Oh nice. Herks are actually pretty rare in large sizes that are clean. My biggest one is not very big, but fairly clean. I have 2 in the matrix and 1 just lose.


I also have 4 "Payson diamonds" which are similar to herkimers but are not as pretty imo
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 20, 2020, 12:17:55 PM
The Herkimer Diamonds in the mine store are beautiful and there are some unusual shapes.  One actually clustered in the rough shape of a crucifix.  The big ones are usually found by the pro rock hounds not the ground scanners or casual diggers like myself and Amber.  BUT, it's the lure of the finding that one special stone that keeps my eyes peeled to the ground.   :mischief:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 20, 2020, 12:24:46 PM
Groceries. Did some BBQ'ing earlier.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jesse on April 20, 2020, 12:40:58 PM
Quote from: rock hound on April 20, 2020, 12:17:55 PM
The Herkimer Diamonds in the mine store are beautiful and there are some unusual shapes.  One actually clustered in the rough shape of a crucifix.  The big ones are usually found by the pro rock hounds not the ground scanners or casual diggers like myself and Amber.  BUT, it's the lure of the finding that one special stone that keeps my eyes peeled to the ground.   :mischief:
Awesome. I try to find stuff locally too, mostly though I purchase stuff online. I'm trying to get some Tiffany stone now but wow is it expensive
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 20, 2020, 04:07:58 PM
Quote from: Jesse on April 20, 2020, 12:40:58 PM
Quote from: rock hound on April 20, 2020, 12:17:55 PM
The Herkimer Diamonds in the mine store are beautiful and there are some unusual shapes.  One actually clustered in the rough shape of a crucifix.  The big ones are usually found by the pro rock hounds not the ground scanners or casual diggers like myself and Amber.  BUT, it's the lure of the finding that one special stone that keeps my eyes peeled to the ground.   :mischief:
Awesome. I try to find stuff locally too, mostly though I purchase stuff online. I'm trying to get some Tiffany stone now but wow is it expensive

Amber buys stuff online.......I want to FIND stuff in the wild.    8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 28, 2020, 08:28:07 PM
We bought the most awesome thing on Wednesday. We went to City Farmers (which is a huge pet store) and bought some cat food and a litter tray for the cats. So what, a litter tray? Well this one is different. The cats have to get in it from the top where the entrance is.

The reason why we bought it is because Liam had a nasty habit of standing up while he peed and spraying all over the entrance to the old litter tray, which was shaped like an igloo. Liam also used to pee on piles of clothes (washing in the laundry), the bath mat and in the bath (which I didn't mind too much as it's easy to clean).

So in the new tray, Liam can stand up all he likes. Now I'm going to clean the tiles and grout in the laundry and hopefully they'll stay clean.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on May 28, 2020, 09:20:10 PM
A pile of books to keep me busy for the next two months and a few pairs of seriously cool harem pants that scream hippie but that's me anyway. I will be living in them most of the summer I suspect.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2020, 09:34:43 PM
Quote from: renaeden on May 28, 2020, 08:28:07 PM
We bought the most awesome thing on Wednesday. We went to City Farmers (which is a huge pet store) and bought some cat food and a litter tray for the cats. So what, a litter tray? Well this one is different. The cats have to get in it from the top where the entrance is.

The reason why we bought it is because Liam had a nasty habit of standing up while he peed and spraying all over the entrance to the old litter tray, which was shaped like an igloo. Liam also used to pee on piles of clothes (washing in the laundry), the bath mat and in the bath (which I didn't mind too much as it's easy to clean).

So in the new tray, Liam can stand up all he likes. Now I'm going to clean the tiles and grout in the laundry and hopefully they'll stay clean.

That sounds like an improvement over all I have seen.

My cat goes in the garage, but we still keep her SPECIAL box in that garage. SHE, being a girl and all does not stand up to pee, but as delicate as she "is" sometimes, especially if she has already gone there, she hesitates to enter. So, getting two or maybe all four feet  near  the powdered clay goal line, she tries, but we still get a bit of projectory feline effluent against which we constantly toil.

This type of box and a handy hose might pay most of the cat shit bill.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2020, 10:24:27 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on May 28, 2020, 09:20:10 PM
A pile of books to keep me busy for the next two months and a few pairs of seriously cool harem pants that scream hippie but that's me anyway. I will be living in them most of the summer I suspect.

Pics? No, not the books!! I have already read most of the books. I am interested in harem pants.
 :boatfish:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 29, 2020, 01:24:54 AM
Haven't bought anything. Damned client still won't pay. :grrr: :grrr: :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on May 29, 2020, 06:41:39 AM
God, what is their problem? You've been more than fair and accomodating  :roar:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on May 29, 2020, 07:52:33 AM
The infra red body temperature scanner arrived.  Works pretty good, but, coming from China the instructions take a little bit of figuring what they are saying. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on May 29, 2020, 03:04:33 PM
A new pulse-ox monitor.

I noticed that after the brain aneurysm I sufferd 8 years ago my right hand registered 2% less oxygen than my left hand.  That is still the case.  Although I don't know what to do with this information or why I'm telling you.

And ordered two books on making furniture out of wooden pallets.

And a small USB powered flashing disco ball that plugs into my phone.

And a 3 million candle power rechargable torch.

I want another bass guitar but wife says I have too many.  How many bass guitars are too many? 

I've been bored today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 31, 2020, 01:01:44 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on May 29, 2020, 06:41:39 AM
God, what is their problem? You've been more than fair and accomodating  :roar:

The authorities are my next stop. I will go to court to get my money, if need be.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 31, 2020, 01:03:02 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on May 29, 2020, 03:04:33 PM
I want another bass guitar but wife says I have too many.  How many bass guitars are too many? 

803.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 01, 2020, 07:45:33 PM
Gas the other day still under $2 a gallon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 01, 2020, 09:54:39 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 01, 2020, 07:45:33 PM
Gas the other day still under $2 a gallon
I still have just under half a tank of petrol but I might fill up today while it's still cheap.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 02, 2020, 12:20:40 AM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dayko on June 02, 2020, 12:22:53 AM
Got just groceries and just that with total lockdown is nothing that can get

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Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 02, 2020, 06:13:33 AM
Welcome back Dayko
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on June 02, 2020, 06:35:44 AM
I just ordered a fan hat and a hat fan because I couldn't decide which one would be best.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 02, 2020, 03:34:46 PM
Quote from: Dayko on June 02, 2020, 12:22:53 AM
Got just groceries and just that with total lockdown is nothing that can get

Sent from my BLA-L29 using Tapatalk
Welcome back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 02, 2020, 03:40:58 PM
Quote from: renaeden on June 01, 2020, 09:54:39 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 01, 2020, 07:45:33 PM
Gas the other day still under $2 a gallon
I still have just under half a tank of petrol but I might fill up today while it's still cheap.
Recently got gas and only put in a five gallons, due to worrying the gas will go bad sitting in the tank too long.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on June 04, 2020, 03:53:52 PM
Derail Valley and some guitar accessories.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 11:57:57 AM
Walked into the finally open Bookstore.  Went in empty handed, walked out with an armful, which soon became a bagful when I got to the car.   8)


I REGRET NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!    8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 01:48:16 PM
3 books. None of which for me. All gifts that I've sent off to friends.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 05, 2020, 03:47:44 PM
I've been searching Amazon for something new to read. Can't decide what. It's a bit desperate since I have plenty of unread books around right now, but I don't know which one to start with. :GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 05:02:49 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 05, 2020, 03:47:44 PM
I've been searching Amazon for something new to read. Can't decide what. It's a bit desperate since I have plenty of unread books around right now, but I don't know which one to start with. :GA:

I just basically grab the one that's a bit different and go with that one.  Now it's historical, the next one will be a biography.  Or maybe the latest Star Trek book I picked up today.  I'll decide when the time comes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on June 05, 2020, 07:54:30 PM
Steam games.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 07:59:29 PM
Alcohol  :beer:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 08:04:34 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 07:59:29 PM
Alcohol  :beer:

That's on the agenda tomorrow for buying.   :wine:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 08:06:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 08:04:34 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 07:59:29 PM
Alcohol  :beer:

That's on the agenda tomorrow for buying.   :wine:
I might be back myself. I don't normally drink much but I've had two already. It's been a shit week and the youngest is at her Dad's.  :beergrin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 08:17:57 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 08:06:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 08:04:34 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 07:59:29 PM
Alcohol  :beer:

That's on the agenda tomorrow for buying.   :wine:
I might be back myself. I don't normally drink much but I've had two already. It's been a shit week and the youngest is at her Dad's.  :beergrin:

As long as it doesn't interfere with sleeping it's all good.  Moderation or even abstinence is good.   But, there are some days when I remember Anthony Hopkins saying, "Life is too short, eat the delicious food........etc.  So some days, one needs to indulge, and dare I say it.....over indulge in small doses.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 08:19:49 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 08:17:57 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 08:06:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 08:04:34 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 07:59:29 PM
Alcohol  :beer:

That's on the agenda tomorrow for buying.   :wine:
I might be back myself. I don't normally drink much but I've had two already. It's been a shit week and the youngest is at her Dad's.  :beergrin:

As long as it doesn't interfere with sleeping it's all good.  Moderation or even abstinence is good.   But, there are some days when I remember Anthony Hopkins saying, "Life is too short, eat the delicious food........etc.  So some days, one needs to indulge, and dare I say it.....over indulge in small doses.
well my sleep schedule is non existent right now anyway while I'm needed by the oldest. But I only drink a handful of times a year. Tonight I'm all about enjoying.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 09:01:25 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 08:19:49 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 08:17:57 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 08:06:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 08:04:34 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 07:59:29 PM
Alcohol  :beer:

That's on the agenda tomorrow for buying.   :wine:
I might be back myself. I don't normally drink much but I've had two already. It's been a shit week and the youngest is at her Dad's.  :beergrin:

As long as it doesn't interfere with sleeping it's all good.  Moderation or even abstinence is good.   But, there are some days when I remember Anthony Hopkins saying, "Life is too short, eat the delicious food........etc.  So some days, one needs to indulge, and dare I say it.....over indulge in small doses.
well my sleep schedule is non existent right now anyway while I'm needed by the oldest. But I only drink a handful of times a year. Tonight I'm all about enjoying.

Cheers!   I'm done and heading off to bed.  See you on the flip side!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 07, 2020, 03:40:08 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 05:02:49 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 05, 2020, 03:47:44 PM
I've been searching Amazon for something new to read. Can't decide what. It's a bit desperate since I have plenty of unread books around right now, but I don't know which one to start with. :GA:

I just basically grab the one that's a bit different and go with that one.  Now it's historical, the next one will be a biography.  Or maybe the latest Star Trek book I picked up today.  I'll decide when the time comes.

My spazz self wants to focus on whatever my current obsession is but I have a bunch of books waiting that I know are good reads and that I will like. And it always ends with me grabbing something else entirely. Plus, of course, ordering more on Amazon.

I'd pay good money for being able to simply read whatever is on top of the pile.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 07, 2020, 03:42:00 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 07:59:29 PM
Alcohol  :beer:

Did this on Friday. Now drinking the last of it.

I wonder if there will be a wave of coronavirus alcoholics once this thing is over.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 07, 2020, 04:05:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2020, 03:40:08 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 05:02:49 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 05, 2020, 03:47:44 PM
I've been searching Amazon for something new to read. Can't decide what. It's a bit desperate since I have plenty of unread books around right now, but I don't know which one to start with. :GA:

I just basically grab the one that's a bit different and go with that one.  Now it's historical, the next one will be a biography.  Or maybe the latest Star Trek book I picked up today.  I'll decide when the time comes.

My spazz self wants to focus on whatever my current obsession is but I have a bunch of books waiting that I know are good reads and that I will like. And it always ends with me grabbing something else entirely. Plus, of course, ordering more on Amazon.

I'd pay good money for being able to simply read whatever is on top of the pile.

Why pay good money, just go thru the pile and choose the one that appeals to you?  Thats what I do.  After I finish the latest history one, I will read the Star Trek one and then the Biography of John Entwhistle, the WHO's Bassist, aka, The Ox!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 07, 2020, 04:10:16 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2020, 03:42:00 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 07:59:29 PM
Alcohol  :beer:

Did this on Friday. Now drinking the last of it.

I wonder if there will be a wave of coronavirus alcoholics once this thing is over.
I'd say absolutely given the drastic increase I'm seeing just in depression, anxiety and PTSD cases.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 07, 2020, 04:48:59 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 07, 2020, 04:05:18 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2020, 03:40:08 PM
Quote from: rock hound on June 05, 2020, 05:02:49 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 05, 2020, 03:47:44 PM
I've been searching Amazon for something new to read. Can't decide what. It's a bit desperate since I have plenty of unread books around right now, but I don't know which one to start with. :GA:

I just basically grab the one that's a bit different and go with that one.  Now it's historical, the next one will be a biography.  Or maybe the latest Star Trek book I picked up today.  I'll decide when the time comes.

My spazz self wants to focus on whatever my current obsession is but I have a bunch of books waiting that I know are good reads and that I will like. And it always ends with me grabbing something else entirely. Plus, of course, ordering more on Amazon.

I'd pay good money for being able to simply read whatever is on top of the pile.

Why pay good money, just go thru the pile and choose the one that appeals to you?  Thats what I do.  After I finish the latest history one, I will read the Star Trek one and then the Biography of John Entwhistle, the WHO's Bassist, aka, The Ox!

My brain stops me. Maybe there's something better, maybe something closer to my current interests. I never understood why I do this but surely it's one of my spazz issues.

Honestly, I just don't know. I feel like a complete scatterbrain when this happens. I know it will happen but I don't know what to do to stop it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 07, 2020, 04:50:40 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 07, 2020, 04:10:16 PM
Quote from: odeon on June 07, 2020, 03:42:00 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 05, 2020, 07:59:29 PM
Alcohol  :beer:

Did this on Friday. Now drinking the last of it.

I wonder if there will be a wave of coronavirus alcoholics once this thing is over.
I'd say absolutely given the drastic increase I'm seeing just in depression, anxiety and PTSD cases.

I'm sure you're right but all of those things feel remote and weird and out of place.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 07, 2020, 05:21:47 PM
The new Indigo Girls album and it's signed. :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on June 07, 2020, 05:27:41 PM
Trying to cut back on the booze myself. I always liked a swally but it's getting ridiculous since lockdown.

Got this yesterday: https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality

If you like gaming even slightly check it out, there's fucktons of content and you can pay what you like ($5 or more)  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 07, 2020, 11:35:57 PM
I ordered this on Friday.
It came this afternoon. (Fucking Sunday delivery. Would not wish that on anyone.)

It is really good at first try. Twenty four bucks on Amazon for three pounds. They had sold out of the citrus variety. Not sure about the brand or the quality. Taste is good and honey is terribly expensive here. 
No bees.
 :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 07, 2020, 11:48:48 PM
Oh, and my wife bought me a checkered flag face mask from the store.
She gets me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phallacy on June 14, 2020, 01:52:07 AM
Phallus here, I just bought oil stocks. Lost like ten dollars but still got like 200.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 14, 2020, 01:53:52 AM
Books. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on June 14, 2020, 12:54:53 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 07, 2020, 11:48:48 PM
Oh, and my wife bought me a checkered flag face mask from the store.
She gets me.

She wants you to get to the finish line?    ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 16, 2020, 07:38:59 PM
Dr Pepper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 17, 2020, 02:38:44 AM
Some sandwiches and drinks from the servo (what Aussies call a petrol station) near where Kayleigh's doctor is.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on June 17, 2020, 05:45:50 AM
guitar picks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 17, 2020, 08:41:46 AM
It looks like I'll be buying myself some expensive parts for a well.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on June 17, 2020, 11:02:44 AM
Ouch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 17, 2020, 02:57:56 PM
My frickin asspie brain is so curious about all the parts. Had to replace the pump (apparently it was corroded and snapped in half so the pump was drawing water in that was going exactly nowhere) and now the electrical is being attached to 90 FEET of line that runs underground. But....attempting to look on the bright side and not my bank account....at least it doesn't involve digging a new well or having to frack the one that is already there. My neighbours across the way have been living here for 54 years and are on their third well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on June 17, 2020, 03:48:31 PM
Quote from: Phoenix on June 17, 2020, 02:57:56 PM
My frickin asspie brain is so curious about all the parts. Had to replace the pump (apparently it was corroded and snapped in half so the pump was drawing water in that was going exactly nowhere) and now the electrical is being attached to 90 FEET of line that runs underground. But....attempting to look on the bright side and not my bank account....at least it doesn't involve digging a new well or having to frack the one that is already there. My neighbours across the way have been living here for 54 years and are on their third well.

When we lived in Fryeburg Maine, our well pump went out and our well was 600+ feet deep.  I feel your pain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 17, 2020, 03:50:17 PM
Yeah I have no idea how deep it actually goes but that's the amount of pipe they had to replace.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 17, 2020, 06:40:07 PM
I hoarded some water today.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 24, 2020, 06:04:00 PM
I ordered my momma a burpday present.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on June 24, 2020, 06:08:58 PM
Things I didn't plan on buying. A water truck delivery and a propane delivery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 26, 2020, 12:02:07 AM
Books. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 30, 2020, 05:45:29 PM
Gas $1.999 a gallon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on July 01, 2020, 02:19:05 AM
Tiller
200 Comic Boards & Bags
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 01, 2020, 10:14:53 PM
A whole new month of phone calls and texts. (Phone bill)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on July 03, 2020, 09:29:24 PM
A bunch of STAR WARS books I missed in recent years.

Comic Book Dividers, because there are so many MARVEL series since they took over from DARK HORSE, it is hard to organize.

About $300 worth of food and sundries. My minions are eating me out of house and home.

Some exclusive STAR WARS Funko Pops!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 04, 2020, 04:31:11 AM
^I bought the Mandalorian Funko Pop some time ago.

I also bought two second hand books - a dictionary and The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on July 04, 2020, 10:53:33 AM
More Steam games.  :facepalm2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 04, 2020, 11:54:27 AM
Some groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 04, 2020, 02:37:30 PM
Ice for work
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 05, 2020, 02:17:12 AM
Golf balls.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on July 07, 2020, 06:45:39 PM
Got back into photography, so I sold off most of my old gear and bought a Canon EOS R. First time getting into mirrorless, and quite glad I did.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 11, 2020, 04:03:38 PM
Another book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 11, 2020, 08:16:25 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 22, 2020, 07:15:43 PM
A Coca Cola
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 22, 2020, 08:36:25 PM
Matching sea turtle bracelets for me and monkeygirl that come with a tracking number for specific sea turtles so you can learn more about them. It's a conservation fundraiser thing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 23, 2020, 12:21:16 PM
A new fold out type camping chair with a side table.  Had to get rid of my folding lounge chair after the field mice made a nest in the head rest and crapped and peed the hell out of it.  Think I'll put it at the end of the driveway with a free sign on it!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 23, 2020, 12:30:47 PM
A produce box supporting local farmers and some painting supplies
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on July 23, 2020, 04:36:01 PM
One of these. Oh yes

(https://retrogames.biz/app/uploads/THEC64-3D-Box-rating-pending.png)

https://retrogames.biz/thec64
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 23, 2020, 05:55:00 PM
^I remember family friends having one of those. I don't know why but our family ended up with a SpectraVideo. Games on tape.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on July 24, 2020, 12:00:17 AM
I have 3 vintage ones in my computer area
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on July 24, 2020, 07:42:39 AM
1. My son would be incredibly jealous. He collects vintage systems.
2. I grew up with one and this was one of my favourite games.

https://youtu.be/i2kzGGl0JdY
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 25, 2020, 01:37:46 AM
Two Japanese tile paintings from the Salvos. A woman brought them in and asked if we would like them. I replied that yes, I would like them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 25, 2020, 03:02:54 AM
^That's pretty cool, Dunc. Where did you get it?

I bought a projection lens on ebay. The garage screen is now larger so I'll have to replace every single lens.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on July 25, 2020, 08:14:22 PM
Amazon, believe it or not. I've been waiting for the fuckers to come back in production.  :zoinks:

Best bit is it comes with a proper old school 'competition pro' style joystick with the clicky microswitches, and you can load ROMs from a usb stick and save shit. Fiddling about with the tape drive I DON'T miss.  :nerdy:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I wonder what the SID emulation is like, apparently it's quite difficult to accurately replicate since it's an analogue/digital hybrid sound chip.

I'm tempted to set mine up again, but alas I only have room for 1-2 computers set up at the moment, and I already have my Win98 gaming PC and iMac G3 currently set up/taking up space. We're supposed to be living in a 3 bedroom house, but British homes are fucking tiny!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 26, 2020, 05:51:54 AM
Some old license plates for fifty cents each, one from Alaska
Four duck decoys
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:38:13 PM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on July 25, 2020, 08:14:22 PM
Amazon, believe it or not. I've been waiting for the fuckers to come back in production.  :zoinks:

Best bit is it comes with a proper old school 'competition pro' style joystick with the clicky microswitches, and you can load ROMs from a usb stick and save shit. Fiddling about with the tape drive I DON'T miss.  :nerdy:

Oooh.

What's next, somebody starting to build Amiga computers again?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on July 26, 2020, 01:23:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.

I built it as a fun little project a few years ago, mainly so I can play old DOS/windows games without the need to do any tricks or emulation like DOSbox. It's more than fast enough to run up to XP fine, but kept with Win98 for max compatibility. I am thinking of swapping the CPU/mobo so I can use ISA slots for older sound cards though, as some DOS games don't like the current one installed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 26, 2020, 02:27:32 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 26, 2020, 01:23:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.

I built it as a fun little project a few years ago, mainly so I can play old DOS/windows games without the need to do any tricks or emulation like DOSbox. It's more than fast enough to run up to XP fine, but kept with Win98 for max compatibility. I am thinking of swapping the CPU/mobo so I can use ISA slots for older sound cards though, as some DOS games don't like the current one installed.

Now that's dedication. +
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 26, 2020, 07:33:46 PM
Power steering fluid
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on July 27, 2020, 07:04:10 AM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 26, 2020, 01:23:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.

I built it as a fun little project a few years ago, mainly so I can play old DOS/windows games without the need to do any tricks or emulation like DOSbox. It's more than fast enough to run up to XP fine, but kept with Win98 for max compatibility. I am thinking of swapping the CPU/mobo so I can use ISA slots for older sound cards though, as some DOS games don't like the current one installed.

I like old DOS games too, but not the text only ones. I did that by buying a very cheap old laptop off eBay. Otherwise when playing a game there would be some driver missing with the emulators that only by having Win98 installed would rectify.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on July 27, 2020, 07:50:47 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:38:13 PM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on July 25, 2020, 08:14:22 PM
Amazon, believe it or not. I've been waiting for the fuckers to come back in production.  :zoinks:

Best bit is it comes with a proper old school 'competition pro' style joystick with the clicky microswitches, and you can load ROMs from a usb stick and save shit. Fiddling about with the tape drive I DON'T miss.  :nerdy:

Oooh.

What's next, somebody starting to build Amiga computers again?

You can get modern FPGA implementations like the Minimig, MIST and Vampire V4. They run exactly like the real thing.

Or just do what I did, get an old Amiga 1200, recap it and get a modern accelerator card for it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 27, 2020, 11:03:45 AM
Nothing ......surprisingly.   :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 27, 2020, 11:36:22 AM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 27, 2020, 07:50:47 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:38:13 PM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on July 25, 2020, 08:14:22 PM
Amazon, believe it or not. I've been waiting for the fuckers to come back in production.  :zoinks:

Best bit is it comes with a proper old school 'competition pro' style joystick with the clicky microswitches, and you can load ROMs from a usb stick and save shit. Fiddling about with the tape drive I DON'T miss.  :nerdy:

Oooh.

What's next, somebody starting to build Amiga computers again?

You can get modern FPGA implementations like the Minimig, MIST and Vampire V4. They run exactly like the real thing.

Or just do what I did, get an old Amiga 1200, recap it and get a modern accelerator card for it.

Nah, not that important. I might see if I can boot up my old 500, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 31, 2020, 04:36:18 PM
A box of old tools from facebook market place for $35 that I should at least triple my money on :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on July 31, 2020, 07:38:38 PM
They seem to have done a decent job on the SID emulation, though I've nothing to compare it with any more, I foolishly got rid of all my vintage computers some years ago as I didn't have space. The SID fucker was a one off, so many classic tunes programmed for it.

Bought some whisky on t'interwebs.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on July 31, 2020, 07:56:10 PM
Sigma Art 50mm lens, along with a new tripod and some RGB lights.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 02, 2020, 11:43:54 AM
Basic groceries and some tops
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 02, 2020, 01:03:48 PM
23.4 gallons of Gas @ $1.899 a gallon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on August 02, 2020, 05:51:39 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on August 02, 2020, 11:43:54 AM
Basic groceries and some tops
Welcome back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 09, 2020, 12:37:09 PM
Something to make odeon jealous
(https://i.postimg.cc/8P0qFLzV/DSCN7760.jpg)

16mm looks to be in good shape and no smell.  Can't really check it out all my projectors are put away with lots flea market stuff in front of them
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on August 09, 2020, 06:15:00 PM
Sold my EF 70-200mm f4L IS about 8 years ago, really kicked myself over it but I needed the money.

Found another one a few days ago for an absolute bargain, jumped straight on to it and it arrived yesterday. Really good condition - really happy to have it back.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on August 09, 2020, 07:15:28 PM
Pens and a notepad to journal. Journaling is great for creativity and ideas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 10, 2020, 01:09:26 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 09, 2020, 12:37:09 PM
Something to make odeon jealous
(https://i.postimg.cc/8P0qFLzV/DSCN7760.jpg)

16mm looks to be in good shape and no smell.  Can't really check it out all my projectors are put away with lots flea market stuff in front of them

Ooh.

Make sure you don't store it with other films yet, though, just in case.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 10, 2020, 08:26:21 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 26, 2020, 01:23:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.

I built it as a fun little project a few years ago, mainly so I can play old DOS/windows games without the need to do any tricks or emulation like DOSbox. It's more than fast enough to run up to XP fine, but kept with Win98 for max compatibility. I am thinking of swapping the CPU/mobo so I can use ISA slots for older sound cards though, as some DOS games don't like the current one installed.
I know I've said this to you before but damn I wish you lived closer to us. This is exactly what monkeyboy loves (he's looking to do the same for the same reason) and he could learn so much from you.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 10, 2020, 08:27:08 PM
Bought access to all of my brain images for $5. So now I can see all the cool sciencey stuff but I still have to wait a few more days from the report from the radiologist.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 15, 2020, 07:02:05 AM
Stopped at a church sale at 7AM, just as they were getting ready to "open" to the public.
I was on the way home from dropping my son at work. I know, he has a Jeep, but this is easier for him, I suppose. And I am a lawn mower parent, apparently.

Anyway, I found another box of vinyl, but this was more of a collector of modern re-releases. They had the first four McCartney releases on 180 gram pressing and a few more, "McCartney, Ram, Band On The Run, Wings At The Speed Of Sound, Flaming Pie (with live DVD, was not even aware of this version)."
Many other cool old albums as well. Asking around five to eight bucks per, but I bought the whole box of forty nine records all at once  for $100.

Yes, everyone was masked.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 15, 2020, 07:07:11 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 10, 2020, 01:09:26 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 09, 2020, 12:37:09 PM
Something to make odeon jealous
(https://i.postimg.cc/8P0qFLzV/DSCN7760.jpg)

16mm looks to be in good shape and no smell.  Can't really check it out all my projectors are put away with lots flea market stuff in front of them

Ooh.

Make sure you don't store it with other films yet, though, just in case.

Good call.

I notice this collection includes "Little Black Sambo."  Kind of a semi-banned film, these days.

Interesting find, Parts!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on August 15, 2020, 07:43:36 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 10, 2020, 08:26:21 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 26, 2020, 01:23:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.

I built it as a fun little project a few years ago, mainly so I can play old DOS/windows games without the need to do any tricks or emulation like DOSbox. It's more than fast enough to run up to XP fine, but kept with Win98 for max compatibility. I am thinking of swapping the CPU/mobo so I can use ISA slots for older sound cards though, as some DOS games don't like the current one installed.
I know I've said this to you before but damn I wish you lived closer to us. This is exactly what monkeyboy loves (he's looking to do the same for the same reason) and he could learn so much from you.

I'm probably confusing you for someone else - have we talked on facebook? Usernames confuse me on here so I don't know who is who at times.

I recently installed an IDE 250mb zip drive into it so I can save Simcity 3000 maps onto it, like I used to as a kid. Also got a USB zip drive so I can transfer them to my main PC if I want to.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 15, 2020, 11:34:44 AM
Quote from: wretchmachine on August 15, 2020, 07:43:36 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on August 10, 2020, 08:26:21 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 26, 2020, 01:23:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.

I built it as a fun little project a few years ago, mainly so I can play old DOS/windows games without the need to do any tricks or emulation like DOSbox. It's more than fast enough to run up to XP fine, but kept with Win98 for max compatibility. I am thinking of swapping the CPU/mobo so I can use ISA slots for older sound cards though, as some DOS games don't like the current one installed.
I know I've said this to you before but damn I wish you lived closer to us. This is exactly what monkeyboy loves (he's looking to do the same for the same reason) and he could learn so much from you.

I'm probably confusing you for someone else - have we talked on facebook? Usernames confuse me on here so I don't know who is who at times.

I recently installed an IDE 250mb zip drive into it so I can save Simcity 3000 maps onto it, like I used to as a kid. Also got a USB zip drive so I can transfer them to my main PC if I want to.
I DM'd you my name :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 15, 2020, 05:15:47 PM
A small box of fossils mostly shells and crinoids but also a couple with leaves and a piece of a bone. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on August 30, 2020, 04:36:38 PM
A wifi controllable plug. Going to try it with my raspberry pi and turn it into a window camera for security purposes that I can access online - would allow me to turn it on/off at will when away.

I've had it set up in my last place due to the abundance of smackheads roaming outside the apartment building. There has been burglaries around the area as of late, so need to keep an eye out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on August 30, 2020, 08:02:55 PM
Fuel for the van. Nothing exciting.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on August 30, 2020, 10:07:27 PM
A couple of pants from the Duluth trading company.   They are so comfortable and sturdy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 31, 2020, 12:18:08 AM
Petrol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 31, 2020, 07:22:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 31, 2020, 12:18:08 AM
Petrol
What a coincidence, I bought petrol too. I bought the expensive Vortex stuff so it cost me almost $60.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 01, 2020, 12:35:29 AM
Petrol costs a fortune here, even now when demand is comparatively low.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on September 01, 2020, 09:45:20 AM
Laphroaig 10 yo on sale :glug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 01, 2020, 12:11:29 PM
Nice. :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 01, 2020, 04:12:13 PM
A dental extraction for HB until insurance reimburses us  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 13, 2020, 04:39:14 PM
A nice bench vise for $5 at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 13, 2020, 07:58:53 PM
A new computer keyboard for Kayleigh. Kind of a belated birthday present.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on September 14, 2020, 03:26:16 AM
Is it a mechanical keyboard?

Once you get one, you never go back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 14, 2020, 11:04:56 AM
Just groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on September 14, 2020, 02:18:28 PM
Quote from: renaeden on September 13, 2020, 07:58:53 PM
A new computer keyboard for Kayleigh. Kind of a belated birthday present.

And they said that romance is dead.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 14, 2020, 07:06:15 PM
Quote from: Shledge on September 14, 2020, 03:26:16 AM
Is it a mechanical keyboard?

Once you get one, you never go back.
It is. Kayleigh says it's "clicky-clacky". The letters on the keys also turn pretty colours, in patterns and stuff. Right now she has the main keys highlighted in different colours.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on September 14, 2020, 07:15:09 PM
Noice - I've a similar one for my main PC. Cherry blue switches for maximum clack - the feel and sound is just heavenly.  8)

I have a smaller one that I used to use for work, but I needed to buy o-rings for it to dampen the sound as it was annoying the shit out of everyone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 14, 2020, 10:15:17 PM
:D

I usually go to bed before Kayleigh, and now I can definitely hear when she uses her keyboard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 14, 2020, 11:48:49 PM
Not getting one of those. They make too much noise.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on September 15, 2020, 01:25:33 AM
My 80cm wide mouse mat has arrived.

Now I can move my mouse as far to the right as I want.  Then I can move it some more.  And them some more.  I NEVER run out of mouse mat.

HA!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on September 15, 2020, 04:16:13 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 14, 2020, 11:48:49 PM
Not getting one of those. They make too much noise.

They're not for everyone. You can get versions with silent switches though, but keep the feeling overall. Emma prefers flat laptop style keyboards because they don't have a lot of travel.

The small one I have with o-rings isn't particularly noisy at all, and keeps that satisfying experience.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on September 15, 2020, 04:19:06 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 14, 2020, 10:15:17 PM
:D

I usually go to bed before Kayleigh, and now I can definitely hear when she uses her keyboard.

Same with Emma - she knows if I'm arguing with someone online now, because my keyboard gets quite loud on those occasions  :lol1:

Glad she enjoys it though :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 15, 2020, 04:59:27 AM
Heheh, Kayleigh gets verbose on Twitter and I can tell when she's making a series of posts.

Yep, she loves it and couldn't believe that I bought it for her. My new job certainly helped in that regard.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 15, 2020, 10:03:11 AM
Monkeyboy loves his mechanical keyboard. The clickety-clack drives me bonkers but he loves it. lol
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 15, 2020, 04:05:20 PM
Rotary tool accessories
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 15, 2020, 11:55:28 PM
Bought a used pair of headphones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on September 16, 2020, 03:27:13 AM
A thrustmaster T16000m HOTAS - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 looks amazing and I want to try it out, along with getting back into Elite Dangerous.

Used to have a saitek X52, but sold it due to work getting in the way. Was going to get its bigger brother, the X56, but it's nowhere in stock and won't be available again for months.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on September 23, 2020, 08:14:34 PM
A large top box for my scooter. Fed up of carrying a large rucksack.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 23, 2020, 11:45:48 PM
Crisps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 24, 2020, 05:07:43 PM
Fish and chips
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 25, 2020, 09:56:38 AM
A new coffee maker. Ours died yesterday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 25, 2020, 11:38:19 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 25, 2020, 09:56:38 AM
A new coffee maker. Ours died yesterday.

What kind?

For the longest time, I went to ebay for spares to our old one, but once I realised ours could fail me in the morning I stopped and got us a new one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 25, 2020, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: odeon on September 25, 2020, 11:38:19 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 25, 2020, 09:56:38 AM
A new coffee maker. Ours died yesterday.

What kind?

For the longest time, I went to ebay for spares to our old one, but once I realised ours could fail me in the morning I stopped and got us a new one.
A Keurig. I was going to switch to a different one until the oldest told me that on his last grocery shopping day he stocked up on enough coffee pods to last him months because he was scared with the second wave he may not have access to coffee  :laugh: So I had to get another Keurig.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 26, 2020, 12:49:59 AM
If the second wave hits and we run out of coffee, the world is officially ending.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 26, 2020, 09:24:03 AM
40 pounds (18.1kg) of legos for $25 at a tag sale :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 26, 2020, 06:27:32 PM
Moon drop grapes.  :orly:

(https://www.eatlikenoone.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Moon-Drop-Grapes-Up-Close.jpg)

Quote
These very sweet grapes first appeared in 2017 in very short supply. They are named after candy due to their shape and taste.  Moon drop grapes are firm enough to be snapped in half. They are in season from August to October but again in limited supply. Moon Drop® is the proprietary name given to these uniquely shaped grapes developed by The Grapery® in Bakersfield, CA. They are a seedless black grape of the botanical classification Vitis vinifera that offer an excellent crunch and intensely sweet grapey flavor.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 27, 2020, 01:53:12 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 26, 2020, 09:24:03 AM
40 pounds (18.1kg) of legos for $25 at a tag sale :asthing:

Enjoy building stuff. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 27, 2020, 04:51:29 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 26, 2020, 09:24:03 AM
40 pounds (18.1kg) of legos for $25 at a tag sale :asthing:
omg, treasure!

I'd probably drown them in bleach before building stuff though. But what a find!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 27, 2020, 04:58:09 AM
It wasn't me, but Kayleigh bought us a new microwave. The previous one, a Panasonic, wouldn't start half the time and would also stop cooking at any time so that we kept having to press Start again and again.

So now we have a Samsung microwave. Kayleigh measured it at the store so we knew the width of it would fit in the nook. It's just sticking out a bit, that's all. She didn't measure depth.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on September 27, 2020, 05:40:52 AM
I've probably the same amount of lego. Haven't built anything with it for a while though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 27, 2020, 06:53:43 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on September 26, 2020, 06:27:32 PM
Moon drop grapes.  :orly:

(https://www.eatlikenoone.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Moon-Drop-Grapes-Up-Close.jpg)

Quote
These very sweet grapes first appeared in 2017 in very short supply. They are named after candy due to their shape and taste.  Moon drop grapes are firm enough to be snapped in half. They are in season from August to October but again in limited supply. Moon Drop® is the proprietary name given to these uniquely shaped grapes developed by The Grapery® in Bakersfield, CA. They are a seedless black grape of the botanical classification Vitis vinifera that offer an excellent crunch and intensely sweet grapey flavor.
I had know idea this was a thing. Now I'm curious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 27, 2020, 07:30:43 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 27, 2020, 04:51:29 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 26, 2020, 09:24:03 AM
40 pounds (18.1kg) of legos for $25 at a tag sale :asthing:
omg, treasure!

I'd probably drown them in bleach before building stuff though. But what a find!

My grand kids were over and we washed them in a kiddie pool and left them out on a tarp in the sun to dry.  They are getting a bin  of them to take some  home today and the rest are staying here
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 27, 2020, 08:29:08 AM
Quote from: Phoenix on September 27, 2020, 06:53:43 AM
I had know idea this was a thing. Now I'm curious.

The only reason I bought them is because that's the only grapes Aldi had that day. They were a little more pricey than the grapes I've been getting lately, but still not too bad because grapes are super cheap right now. I had never seen them before, so I looked them up when I got home. They're not GMO, but they are a patented product of selective breeding and have a special pollination process. They look weird, but they're really good. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 27, 2020, 11:06:30 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on September 26, 2020, 06:27:32 PM
Moon drop grapes.  :orly:

(https://www.eatlikenoone.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Moon-Drop-Grapes-Up-Close.jpg)

Quote
These very sweet grapes first appeared in 2017 in very short supply. They are named after candy due to their shape and taste.  Moon drop grapes are firm enough to be snapped in half. They are in season from August to October but again in limited supply. Moon Drop® is the proprietary name given to these uniquely shaped grapes developed by The Grapery® in Bakersfield, CA. They are a seedless black grape of the botanical classification Vitis vinifera that offer an excellent crunch and intensely sweet grapey flavor.

... "firm enough to be snapped in half."

I need to try these...if I can ever find them.  :laugh:

I love grapes, but soft grapes are one of those things with me. Yuck.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 27, 2020, 02:27:00 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 27, 2020, 11:06:30 AM
... "firm enough to be snapped in half."

I need to try these...if I can ever find them.  :laugh:

I love grapes, but soft grapes are one of those things with me. Yuck.

I've also been buying golden honeydew melons this summer. I've never seen those before either, but I don't know if that's only because I've been unobservant.  :dunno: Aldi hasn't had honeydew at all this year, so I looked for them at walmart. They wanted almost four bucks for these crappy looking tiny melons that weren't much bigger than a softball, so I was thinking yeah they can keep them. But right next to them were these giant bright yellow balls with a sign that said golden honeydew. The flesh inside looks and taste like a regular one, but I've still been pretty excited about them.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 27, 2020, 05:36:22 PM
My sensory side is all about trying these moondrop grapes. I love grapes! I've had golden honeydew once, it was years ago. It was good but it's hard to find.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on September 28, 2020, 04:22:27 AM
6 Bottles of George Deboeuf Fleurie from Sainsbury.  25% off, less the £20 of Nectar points I had saved it came to next to sod all.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 28, 2020, 11:51:13 PM
Bought an old Samsung tablet. It's never been used but it also doesn't start or charge. I got it ridiculously cheap and I'm pretty sure I can fix it, once it arrives.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 29, 2020, 06:57:06 AM
UV curing glue
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 29, 2020, 08:29:42 AM
A new $10 gem tester. The old one crapped out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on September 29, 2020, 02:44:16 PM
Pizza. I have zero desire to cook dinner tonight. :pizza:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on September 29, 2020, 05:47:05 PM
More whisky  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Minister Of Silly Walks on September 29, 2020, 06:25:25 PM
I stayed at a motel once in the Barossa Valley, they had wine grapes growing in the garden and we ate lots of them. They are really good when ripe and picked straight off the vine for eating, but I don't think they travel or keep well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on October 09, 2020, 04:42:59 PM
A new scooter alarm and immobiliser. New PS4 controller and a new TV. Spent quite a bit but I guess I worked my butt off for all those.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 09, 2020, 05:42:58 PM
A string adaptor to put on my 1987 Hohner B2 Steinberger bass so I can use single ball end strings.

And some single ball flatwounds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 10, 2020, 02:33:55 AM
Bought books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 10, 2020, 08:40:43 AM
Most of my Christmas shopping.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 10, 2020, 09:00:36 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on October 10, 2020, 08:40:43 AM
Most of my Christmas shopping.

I'm about to start mine.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 10, 2020, 09:57:04 AM
I purchased what I believe to be my last watermelon of the year. :violin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 10, 2020, 02:49:52 PM
A Bose wave radio for $10 and a big Parker vise also $10  at a tag sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 10, 2020, 07:44:32 PM
A camouflage patterned quilt cover set and a snakey thing used to block the bottom of the laundry door as wind comes through there and makes a hell of a noise.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on October 10, 2020, 09:22:54 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on October 10, 2020, 09:00:36 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on October 10, 2020, 08:40:43 AM
Most of my Christmas shopping.

I'm about to start mine.  :thumbup:

Ugh. You people and your preparedness.

I need to go hide under a rock for another month or two. Maybe if I wait long enough it will all go away.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 11, 2020, 06:00:08 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on October 10, 2020, 09:22:54 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on October 10, 2020, 09:00:36 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on October 10, 2020, 08:40:43 AM
Most of my Christmas shopping.

I'm about to start mine.  :thumbup:

Ugh. You people and your preparedness.

I need to go hide under a rock for another month or two. Maybe if I wait long enough it will all go away.

If you wait long enough, yeah it will go away.  :lol1: For me it's not really about being prepared as much as it's avoiding stress. I usually have shopping done by the end of November, and right now I'm just window shopping the interweb and bookmarking ideas. Plus every year I have to be on early lookout for a candy I buy. The dolllar tree always sells nice boxes of chocolate covered mint patties and I buy a bunch of them for the guys to give as gifts for their friends. That's the only store that has them and when they're gone, they're gone. Most holiday candy is feminine or childish so it's a nice manly candy they don't mind giving, while it's cheap on the budget and covers a lot of people. I'm also angry right now because I had an awesome idea for a super meaningful gift for the women in the family, but I would need Sugarbutt's help and he's saying no. Over the next month, one of two things will probably happen, either I'll talk him into it or I'll find something else and get over it. If I were under the pressure of time, I'd likely make it a fight.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 11, 2020, 12:26:21 PM
I finally got my thermal label printer that I've needed for close to 4+ years. They canceled the first order and I had to order from the manufacturer.

Never thought I'd be this psyched about a printer.
But f*ck YEAH, this little sh*t is kick ass!!!  :asthing: :asthing:

Tiny little thing must weigh all of about 3 lbs but it has made one aspect of my life sooo much easier lately.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 02:09:28 PM
A marriage license...

...and some groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on October 13, 2020, 02:43:18 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 02:09:28 PM
A marriage license...

Congratulations.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 03:08:19 PM
Quote from: Jack on October 13, 2020, 02:43:18 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 02:09:28 PM
A marriage license...

Congratulations.

Thanks.  ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 13, 2020, 03:33:46 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 02:09:28 PM
A marriage license...

...and some groceries.

Anyone we know?



 :lol1:
Congratulations!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 08:57:25 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on October 13, 2020, 03:33:46 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 02:09:28 PM
A marriage license...

...and some groceries.

Anyone we know?



 :lol1:
Congratulations!

The ex-husband.  :laugh:

We've been together close to 24 years now...some bad, some good, we're going to chance it.

Opted for the "Quaker wedding"...we're too old and broke for a party...plus there's the 'Rona. The license will be ready on Friday.

We told the kid today, he laughed his a$$ off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 14, 2020, 12:16:17 AM
Congrats! :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 14, 2020, 01:54:34 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 02:09:28 PM
A marriage license...

...and some groceries.
What groceries did you buy?

Haha. Congratulations on your years together. :indeed:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Walkie on October 15, 2020, 06:12:10 AM
Congratulations, IQ!
Together for 24 years and willing to tie the knot is no mean achievment.  :2thumbsup:
 :party:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 15, 2020, 08:10:20 AM
 :congrats:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 17, 2020, 09:39:33 PM
Felicitations Ice Queen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 17, 2020, 09:41:37 PM
A china bowl for Martha's dry food, a Princess sign for the PR, and a warm too for the wintertime.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 17, 2020, 09:48:24 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on October 09, 2020, 05:42:58 PM
A string adaptor to put on my 1987 Hohner B2 Steinberger bass so I can use single ball end strings.

And some single ball flatwounds.

I got a card saying my small lump of aluminium and 4 screws posted to me from the USA is being held by customs until I pay £6.41 exise duty and an £8 handling fee.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 18, 2020, 01:18:50 AM
^That's expensive.

I bought a stainless steel fan for my bedroom today.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 18, 2020, 01:21:45 AM
Bought food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 18, 2020, 02:07:52 PM
A yoga wheel to so some serious stretching of my back.  Felt pretty good using it.  <whew> 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on October 18, 2020, 05:28:24 PM
Sold my Canon EOS R, bought a Canon R6. They're barely in stock anywhere at the moment, and yet Wex was selling a used one for less than the normal price. Turns out it was a review model (not sure if it was internal or some youtuber had it for a lend) and it was only used for tests, meaning it was practically brand new.

I normally don't change cameras often, but it seemed like a much better fit for my needs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on October 18, 2020, 05:59:03 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 02:09:28 PM
A marriage license...

...and some groceries.

Congratulations.  :congrats: :grouphug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 18, 2020, 06:43:58 PM
Quote from: SBI_Patience on October 18, 2020, 05:59:03 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on October 13, 2020, 02:09:28 PM
A marriage license...

...and some groceries.

Congratulations.  :congrats: :grouphug:

Seconded
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 19, 2020, 12:40:09 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on October 18, 2020, 02:07:52 PM
A yoga wheel to so some serious stretching of my back.  Felt pretty good using it.  <whew> 

/me imagines a torture device
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 19, 2020, 07:57:08 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 19, 2020, 12:40:09 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on October 18, 2020, 02:07:52 PM
A yoga wheel to so some serious stretching of my back.  Felt pretty good using it.  <whew> 

/me imagines a torture device

 :laugh:  Not quite!  I put myself on it to reverse stretch my mid back to relieve the cramps I get there from work.  I'm not tied up like the Spanish Inquisition is there.   :eyebrows:  Yeah, I know, nobody expects the SPANISH INQUISITION!   :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 24, 2020, 06:10:42 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/tXZiuUlm.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 24, 2020, 11:01:04 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on October 19, 2020, 07:57:08 AM
Quote from: odeon on October 19, 2020, 12:40:09 AM
Quote from: ozymandias on October 18, 2020, 02:07:52 PM
A yoga wheel to so some serious stretching of my back.  Felt pretty good using it.  <whew> 

/me imagines a torture device

 :laugh:  Not quite!  I put myself on it to reverse stretch my mid back to relieve the cramps I get there from work.  I'm not tied up like the Spanish Inquisition is there.   :eyebrows:  Yeah, I know, nobody expects the SPANISH INQUISITION!   :eyebrows:

They're really sneaky that way. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 24, 2020, 05:46:51 PM
A Fiskers hatchet
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on October 24, 2020, 06:01:47 PM
Two living room floor lamps shaped like a cluster of Japanese paper lanterns.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 24, 2020, 07:36:06 PM
I've been buying all sorts of crap.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 24, 2020, 11:28:05 PM
A smart watch for Kayleigh.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 25, 2020, 11:17:15 AM
Quote from: renaeden on October 24, 2020, 11:28:05 PM
A smart watch for Kayleigh.

I've just brought the samsung one for my daughters christmas present.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 25, 2020, 03:35:34 PM
A nice little antique Wedgewood dark blue with white pill box.  I love wedgewood china.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 25, 2020, 08:11:39 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on October 25, 2020, 11:17:15 AM
Quote from: renaeden on October 24, 2020, 11:28:05 PM
A smart watch for Kayleigh.
I've just brought the samsung one for my daughters christmas present.
Yep, I told Kayleigh that the watch is her Christmas present because it was bloody expensive. All I bought for myself was a couple of CDs.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 26, 2020, 04:00:14 PM
I have the old version of the Samsung one. Pretty good, although it had to be repaired after its sensors failed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on October 27, 2020, 07:46:43 PM
Rabbit food and Glenfiddich
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 28, 2020, 01:33:09 AM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on October 27, 2020, 07:46:43 PM
Rabbit food and Glenfiddich

Just the basics, right? :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 28, 2020, 02:17:35 AM
Nothing right now but the next thing will be petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 31, 2020, 04:47:58 PM
Haircuts for The PR and me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on October 31, 2020, 07:38:21 PM
Jacket potatoes, no idea why but I did.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 01, 2020, 03:21:40 AM
After careful consideration, we booked a night away from home in a tiny little village in the middle of nowhere. Very few people around, no contact with anyone but the guy who served us in the hotel restaurant. We paid remotely, got the keys from a safety box, the hotel breakfast was left outside the room, and everything was super clean.

Their whisky selection was excellent, too. Money well spent.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 01, 2020, 08:32:34 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 01, 2020, 03:21:40 AM
After careful consideration, we booked a night away from home in a tiny little village in the middle of nowhere. Very few people around, no contact with anyone but the guy who served us in the hotel restaurant. We paid remotely, got the keys from a safety box, the hotel breakfast was left outside the room, and everything was super clean.

Their whisky selection was excellent, too. Money well spent.

Yep, money well spent seconded!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 03, 2020, 10:27:12 AM
^Plus, we both needed to get away from home. Working from home is OK but if that's all you ever see it gets to you eventually.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 03, 2020, 10:41:52 AM
 Lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on November 06, 2020, 07:18:59 PM
We are getting a new heat pump/central air put in.

We are like 10 years overdue.

Might actually not have to rely on my hot flashes to be warm this winter. :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on November 07, 2020, 06:45:52 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on November 06, 2020, 07:18:59 PM
We are getting a new heat pump/central air put in.

We are like 10 years overdue.

Might actually not have to rely on my hot flashes to be warm this winter. :autism:
Ours died about a year and a half ago. Really annoying when the house needs unexpected expensive stuff. Don't use the heat much, but the air conditioning is a must have. Made a huge difference in the electric bill but it was also about the same time energy costs dropped around here, so it's difficult to tell how much is actually due to the new unit. It would be interesting to see a three or four year analysis of monthly wattage usage for the house.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on November 07, 2020, 09:21:26 AM
More strings.

(https://i.imgur.com/PLuJDxWb.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 07, 2020, 10:41:40 AM
Drywall mud and tape
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on November 07, 2020, 06:22:58 PM
Whisky on special offer - Naked Grouse (Oloroso sherry cask blended malt) for £19 and Talisker 10 yo for £30 :glug:

And a flexible pipe cleaner, the boiler outflow is bunged up again.  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 08, 2020, 03:24:54 AM
Takeaway Indian food. Yummy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 08, 2020, 06:31:09 AM
Quote from: Parts on November 07, 2020, 10:41:40 AM
Drywall mud and tape

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on November 08, 2020, 06:41:26 AM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on November 07, 2020, 06:22:58 PM
Whisky on special offer - Naked Grouse (Oloroso sherry cask blended malt) for £19 and Talisker 10 yo for £30 :glug:

And a flexible pipe cleaner, the boiler outflow is bunged up again.  >:(

I've been looking for Naked Grouse but none of the shops round here stock it.  It's roots are The Macallan and Highland Park I believe.  You;ll have to put what you think of it in the Whisk(e)y thread.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 09, 2020, 02:01:56 PM
Wireless headphones to my daughter. It's her birthday next week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on November 09, 2020, 03:50:15 PM
Wifi Extender and new set of external antennas. One arrived today and the other should be there tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on November 09, 2020, 08:17:47 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on November 08, 2020, 06:41:26 AM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on November 07, 2020, 06:22:58 PM
Whisky on special offer - Naked Grouse (Oloroso sherry cask blended malt) for £19 and Talisker 10 yo for £30 :glug:

And a flexible pipe cleaner, the boiler outflow is bunged up again.  >:(

I've been looking for Naked Grouse but none of the shops round here stock it.  It's roots are The Macallan and Highland Park I believe.  You;ll have to put what you think of it in the Whisk(e)y thread.

It's rather nice - rich, smooth, sweet and quite spicy, with a bit of dry sherry cask in the background. I'll definitely grab another while it's on offer, £19 is a fucking bargain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 14, 2020, 08:11:03 PM
I bought all the food for Thanksgiving dinner. I've never ever ever cooked a Thanksgiving dinner, so wish me luck.  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 14, 2020, 08:13:12 PM
A new cookbook holder with a shield for Carla.  At her request for xmas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 15, 2020, 08:45:20 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on November 14, 2020, 08:11:03 PM
I bought all the food for Thanksgiving dinner. I've never ever ever cooked a Thanksgiving dinner, so wish me luck.  :hahaha:

Good luck. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 15, 2020, 08:45:46 AM
Bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 15, 2020, 08:54:16 AM
Quote from: odeon on November 15, 2020, 08:45:20 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on November 14, 2020, 08:11:03 PM
I bought all the food for Thanksgiving dinner. I've never ever ever cooked a Thanksgiving dinner, so wish me luck.  :hahaha:

Good luck. :)

Thanks. I'm going to need it because I'll be experimenting. Sugarbutt can't have sugar or artificial sweeteners, so I'm going to try making unsweetened cranberry sauce and an unsweetened pumpkin mousse.   (emo)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 17, 2020, 11:37:48 PM
Pumpkin mousse? That sounds good.

I bought pies for lunch, Caltrate, lithium and Symbicort puffers from the chemist. I also posted a letter, that's not really buying anything but it was good to get it off my conscience.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 18, 2020, 03:49:40 AM
Quote from: renaeden on November 17, 2020, 11:37:48 PM
Pumpkin mousse? That sounds good.


I don't care for pumpkin, so Sugarbutt will have to taste it and let me know if it's worth serving. If it's not, I have a back up plan for the boy and Sugarbutt will just go without dessert as usual.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 19, 2020, 04:11:13 PM
$100 worth of wood for some projects
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 26, 2020, 10:35:36 AM
Christmas presents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 26, 2020, 10:58:07 AM
Carla's daily $1 scratch lottery ticket.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Phoenix on November 27, 2020, 08:19:15 PM
4 pair of leggings that we're half price and two oversized shirts because I'm going to be comfy this winter, dammit.  :hitler:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 27, 2020, 08:56:46 PM
Bought a computer chair, a crate for the recycling stuff in the kitchen and a pair of gym shorts for Kayleigh. All for $14 at the Salvos.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on November 29, 2020, 10:46:11 AM
Whisky.  And some more whisky.  And some Bourbon.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 29, 2020, 03:41:19 PM
^Also bought whisky.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 29, 2020, 04:45:54 PM
Some grinding bits for my Dremel tool.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on November 29, 2020, 05:38:18 PM
Rye grass seed. To be delivered tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on December 02, 2020, 08:13:05 AM
Whisky, and rat traps
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 02, 2020, 11:07:29 AM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on December 02, 2020, 08:13:05 AM
Whisky, and rat traps

Lucky rats.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on December 02, 2020, 11:27:21 AM
Some Vitamin E for Carla.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 03, 2020, 08:54:27 AM
A book. A wireless headset for work - my old one was falling apart and I'm in meetings a lot, right now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on December 15, 2020, 06:29:27 AM
Ordered some Swedish trainers and they turned up today.  They sent me black ones instead of white.  Bloody Swedish trainer people.  (present company excepted, of course).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on December 15, 2020, 06:30:25 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on December 15, 2020, 06:29:27 AM
Ordered some Swedish trainers and they turned up today.  They sent me black ones instead of white.  Bloody Swedish trainer people.  (present company excepted, of course).

Actually, I quite like them.  They  might have done me a favour, those wonderful Swedish shoe people.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 15, 2020, 01:05:52 PM
:P

Swedish shoe people. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on December 15, 2020, 02:42:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 15, 2020, 01:05:52 PM
:P

Swedish shoe people. :laugh:

In my minds eye they're like Christmas elves only a bit more Viking.  And slightly drunk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on December 16, 2020, 01:41:55 PM
I'm spoiling the cub for Christmas. He's two, he's not going to know the difference, but it makes me feel good.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on December 16, 2020, 02:24:53 PM
Groceries
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 17, 2020, 01:09:42 AM
I've probably mentioned this elsewhere and it was last weekend but I bought air conditioning (split system). It cost me nearly $3000 for both parts and installation. We have to wait until January 19th for the installation though, because at this time of year they're really busy. February and March are usually the hottest months so that's fine with me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on December 17, 2020, 10:29:11 AM
Nothing today, I ain't driving anywhere until tomorrow! 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 17, 2020, 10:26:22 PM
Two small rugs and a sheet set for The PR's room

Two boxes of Penzeys spices - one for my sister and one for me.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2020, 05:17:47 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on December 15, 2020, 02:42:03 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 15, 2020, 01:05:52 PM
:P

Swedish shoe people. :laugh:

In my minds eye they're like Christmas elves only a bit more Viking.  And slightly drunk.

How did you know? :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2020, 05:19:09 AM
Nothing, but I've been thinking about a proper book order lately. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 03, 2021, 04:31:02 PM
A lot of smart home stuff. I spent a couple of days setting up a Raspberry Pi and some open-source software to run stuff in my home. It's mostly a toy so far, tbh, but it's deductible for the company.

Speaking of deductibles, I also decided I needed a new laptop battery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 06, 2021, 07:27:16 PM
1575 pounds cellulose
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 07, 2021, 02:33:30 PM
Three pairs of leggings and 2 Tshirts today.

Yesterday, 2 pajama sets and a pair of shoes for The PR.  Four face masks, a pair of leggings and some groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 08, 2021, 02:58:55 PM
Another book. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 08, 2021, 07:40:30 PM
A stack of lightweight drawers in a metal frame for $9 at the Salvos. The drawers are in rainbow colours which I like.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 08, 2021, 08:04:24 PM
Another 1050 pounds of cellulose and its all gone
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 09, 2021, 05:16:04 PM
Organizing containers. Organza bags and laundry scent beads to make fresheners for the air conditioner vents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on January 09, 2021, 09:25:23 PM
Too many discounted computer games on sale. My bank account is glad the Steam/Humble/Fanatical sales have now finished.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on January 10, 2021, 01:22:40 AM
Don't have a lot of money at the moment, so I've been selling stuff in other to buy anything non-essential.

Sold my Canon 70-200mm f4L IS lens to help me buy a Sigma 150-600mm lens. It's bigger and heavier, but I now get much more reach in terms of zooming in when taking photos, especially for wildlife. Here's one example I took recently - I could have done similar with my 70-200mm, but I had to get in much closer, meaning I was previously far more likely to scare them off! https://www.flickr.com/photos/ashbashphotos/50688515492/in/photostream/

Also sold eurorack modules and a Novation Peak synth to help towards the lens too, got replacement modules with the rest of the money.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 10, 2021, 12:57:59 PM
Two hoses, nozzles and hose holders for the front and back yards, and a toilet seat for the bath.  Easier and cheaper to buy on-line than to go to the store and browse all the goodies.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 11, 2021, 04:37:15 PM
Coca Cola
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 13, 2021, 12:12:39 PM
Petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 13, 2021, 05:49:31 PM
Coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 15, 2021, 01:31:05 PM
Beer and crisps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 16, 2021, 06:08:23 PM
HDMI cables.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 16, 2021, 09:07:56 PM
25 gallons of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 21, 2021, 10:27:20 AM
Groceries. I hate shopping these days. Too many people not wearing masks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on January 21, 2021, 01:11:52 PM
I bought something from The Netherlands.  I don't know what though.  I got an email from Royal Mail with a Dutch tracking number saying my package is on it's way.  I thought it was spam but I look the tracking number up and it's legitimate.

I've got no orders not accounted for so I haven't a clue what it is.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 21, 2021, 09:00:18 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on January 21, 2021, 01:11:52 PM
I bought something from The Netherlands.  I don't know what though.  I got an email from Royal Mail with a Dutch tracking number saying my package is on it's way.  I thought it was spam but I look the tracking number up and it's legitimate.

I've got no orders not accounted for so I haven't a clue what it is.
Maybe it's a gift. .
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 21, 2021, 09:24:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 21, 2021, 10:27:20 AM
Groceries. I hate shopping these days. Too many people not wearing masks.
Same. Drives me nuts, too. My son has to deal with "anti-maskers" at the grocery store where he works, daily.

I wear a simple cloth face mask AND a plastic covering that attaches to a baseball cap.
I like both, because my cloth mask catches most of my "droplets" and the over the face shield continually reminds me to keep my hands away from my face, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, etc.

I bought an Instashield brand face covering. Can't say how much "scientific" good it does to prevent the spread of a virus, but any aid in facilitating a constant awareness of where my hands have been before I touch my face benefits ME, mostly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 21, 2021, 09:48:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 21, 2021, 10:27:20 AM
Groceries. I hate shopping these days. Too many people not wearing masks.

Masks are still mandatory here, but the one way aisles are all gone in the stores. I miss that.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 22, 2021, 04:36:17 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 21, 2021, 09:48:20 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 21, 2021, 10:27:20 AM
Groceries. I hate shopping these days. Too many people not wearing masks.

Masks are still mandatory here, but the one way aisles are all gone in the stores. I miss that.  :dunno:

They were never mandatory here, just "recommended". :'(

Some people do wear masks, but not enough of them, and our government is as spineless and weak as ever.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 25, 2021, 05:46:20 PM
Quote from: Jack on January 21, 2021, 09:00:18 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on January 21, 2021, 01:11:52 PM
I bought something from The Netherlands.  I don't know what though.  I got an email from Royal Mail with a Dutch tracking number saying my package is on it's way.  I thought it was spam but I look the tracking number up and it's legitimate.

I've got no orders not accounted for so I haven't a clue what it is.
Maybe it's a gift. .
Has it arrived?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on January 26, 2021, 03:06:41 AM
Quote from: Jack on January 25, 2021, 05:46:20 PM
Quote from: Jack on January 21, 2021, 09:00:18 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on January 21, 2021, 01:11:52 PM
I bought something from The Netherlands.  I don't know what though.  I got an email from Royal Mail with a Dutch tracking number saying my package is on it's way.  I thought it was spam but I look the tracking number up and it's legitimate.

I've got no orders not accounted for so I haven't a clue what it is.
Maybe it's a gift. .
Has it arrived?

It was some red floral pattern cotton masks I ordered from Aliexpress about 6 months ago and forgot about.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 26, 2021, 11:37:59 AM
Groceries.

And I may have bought a chocolate bar. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on January 26, 2021, 01:40:49 PM
I inadvertently enrolled in a grocery shipment.  It's coming tomorrow.  From what I saw of the shipping document I will do much better locally.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 26, 2021, 09:25:06 PM
I bought some pens and a notebook from Officeworks in anticipation of playing Star Trek Adventures with Kayleigh and a bunch of other people. It's a role playing game like D&D but the dice rolls are a lot different.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 27, 2021, 02:50:14 PM
More groceries (basically everything I forgot the last time).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 29, 2021, 08:19:38 AM
Couple of pounds of pipe tobacco. More plumbing stuff.

We will soon have all new faucets throughout the house. New sinks in the master bath, as well. That part is finally done.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 29, 2021, 04:11:35 PM
Two new tyres for the car. Spoilt, it is. ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 30, 2021, 05:31:32 PM
4 small led flashlights that take just one aaa battery.  They are small enough to always have one in your pocket 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on January 30, 2021, 05:34:52 PM
A small elephant sculpture.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 30, 2021, 07:37:35 PM
Six pairs of ankle socks and a tunnel for the cats to play in.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 30, 2021, 07:39:39 PM
Ordered some organizing containers for the linen closet; seems that project might be a go again sooner than expected.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 31, 2021, 04:03:22 AM
A rangefinder on Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on January 31, 2021, 07:29:11 AM
A 10' x 6' wooden overlap reverse apex shed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on February 05, 2021, 08:40:33 PM
Highland Black  :2thumbsup: back in stock finally!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 06, 2021, 09:25:52 AM
16-yo Lagavulin.  :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

I wanted to buy a few bottles of bitter but everything made in the UK is on back order. Fuck Brexit.  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on February 07, 2021, 08:26:21 PM
I bought a new tiny coffee pot because the old one got dropped.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 08, 2021, 04:58:02 PM
windshield wiper blades
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on February 10, 2021, 06:44:28 PM
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 10, 2021, 07:41:13 PM
A Starfleet - Picard era engineering uniform. Plus Badge and pips. It's for our RPG Star Trek Adventures.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 11, 2021, 01:10:47 AM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 18, 2021, 07:03:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 11, 2021, 01:10:47 AM
Groceries.

ditto
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 20, 2021, 04:05:16 PM
More groceries. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on February 20, 2021, 07:25:03 PM
Me too.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 23, 2021, 01:18:58 AM
Ordered a pair of speakers online.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 25, 2021, 11:35:39 PM
500 grit sand paper
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 26, 2021, 05:44:39 AM
A light grey hoodie and a pair of pants from the Salvos.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 26, 2021, 10:27:25 AM
1000 thermal printer labels.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 26, 2021, 11:55:41 AM
Ink for my Rotring pens.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on February 26, 2021, 08:23:02 PM
Just to show my quirky side:  a quad cane (walking cane with an attachment that has 4 feet for stability) and a pedometer. 

I get $x every quarter to shop in my medical insurance pharmacy.  I thought better start stocking up on things I may need since it's free.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 26, 2021, 10:13:30 PM
I have recently bought a serious LP record album collection. I had talked for over three months to this woman. This collection belonged to her husband, who died about twelve years ago. She has just begun to unglue him from her living condition. I almost had to show credentials to even put in a bid, but it was ALL worth it ALL. An amazing collection!!

Over four thousand mint condition jazz albums from the fifties and sixties and seventies. He had a few modern things like Chick Corea from the nineties, but with what he was producing at that time, most Miles Davis fans had already given up on old Chick.

But seriously, it was before Halloween when I started trying to buy this collection. It has finally just worked out. I am pleased.

I know that most here are not into vinyl albums, but for the few who understand what that means, I fucking found a gold mine. I own a small crossover SUV htat I can lay down in if the seats are folded down and it took three trips.
Then after getting my last trip loaded into the car, She asked if I could "just come back and take" all these od tools that nobody knows anything about. Now, that flipped me out after so much "to do" just buying the old guys records.

She also had amazing classic electronics, but would not break the system up. She wanted fiften thousand bucks for the hardgear in its entirety. I really only wanted a couple of pieces. I had just dropped nearly a grand on almost four thousand albums.  Read that as: about a quarter a piece.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on February 27, 2021, 05:20:22 AM
I'm thinking about getting a small (and cheap) projector.  Doesn't have to be particularly good.   Just for watching things on warm summer nights outside.  I want to pay up to £80.

Anyone got similar?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 28, 2021, 01:33:33 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on February 27, 2021, 05:20:22 AM
I'm thinking about getting a small (and cheap) projector.  Doesn't have to be particularly good.   Just for watching things on warm summer nights outside.  I want to pay up to £80.

Anyone got similar?
Looked at them many times. Haven't bought one.
Those warm spring nights here usually mean wind. I would need a screen connected to something solid. That tidbit has kept me from getting one. They are super cheap these days!

... and they fit in your pocket.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on March 01, 2021, 08:15:29 PM
A really nice pair of salt and pepper grinders. After over 20 years of sub-par shitty performers, these look sturdy, function well, and they're glass...which reduces the risk of them melting to the stove.

Not saying that has ever happened or anything.  :rollingpin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 03, 2021, 01:08:09 AM
A new headset for my neverending online meetings. My last one gave up the ghost.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 03, 2021, 09:42:44 PM
I will be buying toner for the printer today because Kayleigh doesn't have the money. She printed out a whole lot of black background pages and that pisses me off. She bought pdf pages instead of the actual books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 04, 2021, 01:00:37 AM
Chocolate. I had to.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 04, 2021, 11:19:08 AM

I found Heineken alcohol free beer. I like it. Don't want scary German cheeses much, but some dark rye bread would pair nicely.
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 06, 2021, 07:38:20 AM
Mentioned earlier the nice collection of LPs I bought at auction and the tools, no one cared about.

In the mass of tool mess, digging through it all, I found a book manuscript in a leather folio. Folio was upper end quality and looked very well made, inside a box, inside a cabinet.

Apparently he was some kind of local writer I had never heard of and his family auction was to settle the will, still going through legal contest some twelve years after his death. I have tried to contact the family, but can't get anyone. This old manuscript might be worth more than ALL those other goodies I bought. Especially to the family, but if someone would just return a call or email, I would give this back to them.

I feel a need to preserve it and find out more. :GA:



paraphrasing:   Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in. :^)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 06, 2021, 03:15:51 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 06, 2021, 07:38:20 AM
paraphrasing:   Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in. :^)

Funny coincidence: I'm listening to The Godfather soundtrack as I write this.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 11, 2021, 07:12:21 PM
Bought a couple of vises and two old hammer heads
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 12, 2021, 05:02:59 AM
Bought a bag of ice for Kayleigh. It seems that crunching on it as she does is a stim of sorts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 12, 2021, 09:21:30 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 12, 2021, 05:02:59 AM
Bought a back of ice for Kayleigh. It seems that crunching on it as she does is a stim of sorts.

My cousin used to do that
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 12, 2021, 07:50:55 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 12, 2021, 09:21:30 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 12, 2021, 05:02:59 AM
Bought a bag of ice for Kayleigh. It seems that crunching on it as she does is a stim of sorts.
My cousin used to do that
Kayleigh has done it ever since I've known her. She has her own ice drawer in the freezer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 14, 2021, 04:32:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 06, 2021, 03:15:51 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 06, 2021, 07:38:20 AM
paraphrasing:   Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in. :^)

Funny coincidence: I'm listening to The Godfather soundtrack as I write this.

I watched all three about a month ago.

If the need arises, I have more quotes handy.    ;^)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 15, 2021, 12:43:36 PM
Pecan pie to celebrate Pi Day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on March 17, 2021, 04:44:56 PM
Groceries

Stopped at a favorite local dine for b'fast.  Bought banana nut pancakes for me.  Brought home banana nut pancakes for The PR, cabbage and corned beef dinner and a grilled chicken salad for dinner.  The PR will get the pancakes when she wakes up (it's 5:45 pm and she's still sleeping) and the salad.  I'll eat the cabbage dinner later.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 03:39:10 AM
Twelve 8' x 4' 10mm thick plywood panels.

I'm going to use them to internally line my new shed.  I've already put in insulation (3mm double foil bubble wrap).  Also have a two seater leather sofa and a TV projector.

Once this is done I just need to wire up some electricity and the outdoor cinema room is complete and ready for the summer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 18, 2021, 04:32:39 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 14, 2021, 04:32:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 06, 2021, 03:15:51 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 06, 2021, 07:38:20 AM
paraphrasing:   Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in. :^)

Funny coincidence: I'm listening to The Godfather soundtrack as I write this.

I watched all three about a month ago.

If the need arises, I have more quotes handy.    ;^)

Watched them recently, too. Have you seen Coppola's new cut of III yet?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 18, 2021, 04:34:15 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 03:39:10 AM
Twelve 8' x 4' 10mm thick plywood panels.

I'm going to use them to internally line my new shed.  I've already put in insulation (3mm double foil bubble wrap).  Also have a two seater leather sofa and a TV projector.

Once this is done I just need to wire up some electricity and the outdoor cinema room is complete and ready for the summer.

What kind of screen do you have?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 05:08:08 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 18, 2021, 04:34:15 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 03:39:10 AM
Twelve 8' x 4' 10mm thick plywood panels.

I'm going to use them to internally line my new shed.  I've already put in insulation (3mm double foil bubble wrap).  Also have a two seater leather sofa and a TV projector.

Once this is done I just need to wire up some electricity and the outdoor cinema room is complete and ready for the summer.

What kind of screen do you have?

At the moment an old white bed sheet (for testing purposes).  When I put up the plywood lining I'm just painting the end wall white (might do a second coat thats slightly greyed, depending on results.)

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on March 19, 2021, 05:53:38 PM
1st pay day, so I treated myself to a new M1 macbook air.  8)

Normally a PC guy, but windows laptops rarely have impressed me if I want a good portable machine for day to day use.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 20, 2021, 06:20:36 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on March 15, 2021, 12:43:36 PM
Pecan pie to celebrate Pi Day.

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 :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:

 :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:

 :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:


We will be there shortly!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 20, 2021, 06:29:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 18, 2021, 04:32:39 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 14, 2021, 04:32:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 06, 2021, 03:15:51 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 06, 2021, 07:38:20 AM
paraphrasing:   Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in. :^)

Funny coincidence: I'm listening to The Godfather soundtrack as I write this.

I watched all three about a month ago.

If the need arises, I have more quotes handy.    ;^)

Watched them recently, too. Have you seen Coppola's new cut of III yet?

Only seen a trailer hack on Youtube.

I am very interested. Some of the hype is just adds to the mystery for me. But, I am RIGHT THERE!!  Probably just buy it when I first see it for sale.

Probably buy the White Album a few more times, too.  :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 20, 2021, 06:36:20 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 05:08:08 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 18, 2021, 04:34:15 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 03:39:10 AM
Twelve 8' x 4' 10mm thick plywood panels.

I'm going to use them to internally line my new shed.  I've already put in insulation (3mm double foil bubble wrap).  Also have a two seater leather sofa and a TV projector.

Once this is done I just need to wire up some electricity and the outdoor cinema room is complete and ready for the summer.

What kind of screen do you have?

At the moment an old white bed sheet (for testing purposes).  When I put up the plywood lining I'm just painting the end wall white (might do a second coat thats slightly greyed, depending on results.)

Haven't seen the results, but a local farmer put to use a vacant cow field and barn for drive in theater type of small scale deal.

He painted the side of a barn with this type of stuff. Don't know this brand, but the guy said he used a Rhino product (like the pickup bed liner people) I can't find a link for.

https://www.projectorscreen.com/projector-screen-paint-on-screen


Might pay to do some research.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on March 21, 2021, 09:18:23 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 20, 2021, 06:36:20 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 05:08:08 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 18, 2021, 04:34:15 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 03:39:10 AM
Twelve 8' x 4' 10mm thick plywood panels.

I'm going to use them to internally line my new shed.  I've already put in insulation (3mm double foil bubble wrap).  Also have a two seater leather sofa and a TV projector.

Once this is done I just need to wire up some electricity and the outdoor cinema room is complete and ready for the summer.

What kind of screen do you have?

At the moment an old white bed sheet (for testing purposes).  When I put up the plywood lining I'm just painting the end wall white (might do a second coat thats slightly greyed, depending on results.)

Haven't seen the results, but a local farmer put to use a vacant cow field and barn for drive in theater type of small scale deal.

He painted the side of a barn with this type of stuff. Don't know this brand, but the guy said he used a Rhino product (like the pickup bed liner people) I can't find a link for.

https://www.projectorscreen.com/projector-screen-paint-on-screen


Might pay to do some research.

I did.  Projector paint is like £100 a tin.  I've read stuff where people have just used white matt household emulsion and it worked fine.   So I'll mix up whatever I need from the tin of white and the tin of grey that I already have in the cupboard under the stairs.  If it turns out no good I've got a cheap non-reflective white cloth screen that cost me £10 on ebay - I'll hang that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 22, 2021, 05:49:54 AM
I bought a khaki backpack and a blanket for the cats at the Salvos.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 22, 2021, 05:28:13 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 20, 2021, 06:29:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 18, 2021, 04:32:39 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 14, 2021, 04:32:32 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 06, 2021, 03:15:51 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 06, 2021, 07:38:20 AM
paraphrasing:   Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in. :^)

Funny coincidence: I'm listening to The Godfather soundtrack as I write this.

I watched all three about a month ago.

If the need arises, I have more quotes handy.    ;^)

Watched them recently, too. Have you seen Coppola's new cut of III yet?

Only seen a trailer hack on Youtube.

I am very interested. Some of the hype is just adds to the mystery for me. But, I am RIGHT THERE!!  Probably just buy it when I first see it for sale.

Probably buy the White Album a few more times, too.  :autism:

If there's a new version, sure. :zoinks:

I have the original LP still, complete with photos and everything.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 22, 2021, 05:33:51 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 20, 2021, 06:36:20 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 05:08:08 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 18, 2021, 04:34:15 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 03:39:10 AM
Twelve 8' x 4' 10mm thick plywood panels.

I'm going to use them to internally line my new shed.  I've already put in insulation (3mm double foil bubble wrap).  Also have a two seater leather sofa and a TV projector.

Once this is done I just need to wire up some electricity and the outdoor cinema room is complete and ready for the summer.

What kind of screen do you have?

At the moment an old white bed sheet (for testing purposes).  When I put up the plywood lining I'm just painting the end wall white (might do a second coat thats slightly greyed, depending on results.)

Haven't seen the results, but a local farmer put to use a vacant cow field and barn for drive in theater type of small scale deal.

He painted the side of a barn with this type of stuff. Don't know this brand, but the guy said he used a Rhino product (like the pickup bed liner people) I can't find a link for.

https://www.projectorscreen.com/projector-screen-paint-on-screen


Might pay to do some research.

Or, if you want to place your speakers behind the screen, a double-layered white lycra/spandex sheet works. A black rear sheet works well if the lighting conditions aren't perfect. The spandex is audio transparent.

My garage screen is 3.3 x 1.5 metres lycra, with five JBL speakers as screen channels. The frequency response is awesome.  :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on March 23, 2021, 04:36:55 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 22, 2021, 05:33:51 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 20, 2021, 06:36:20 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 05:08:08 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 18, 2021, 04:34:15 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on March 18, 2021, 03:39:10 AM
Twelve 8' x 4' 10mm thick plywood panels.

I'm going to use them to internally line my new shed.  I've already put in insulation (3mm double foil bubble wrap).  Also have a two seater leather sofa and a TV projector.

Once this is done I just need to wire up some electricity and the outdoor cinema room is complete and ready for the summer.

What kind of screen do you have?

At the moment an old white bed sheet (for testing purposes).  When I put up the plywood lining I'm just painting the end wall white (might do a second coat thats slightly greyed, depending on results.)

Haven't seen the results, but a local farmer put to use a vacant cow field and barn for drive in theater type of small scale deal.

He painted the side of a barn with this type of stuff. Don't know this brand, but the guy said he used a Rhino product (like the pickup bed liner people) I can't find a link for.

https://www.projectorscreen.com/projector-screen-paint-on-screen


Might pay to do some research.

Or, if you want to place your speakers behind the screen, a double-layered white lycra/spandex sheet works. A black rear sheet works well if the lighting conditions aren't perfect. The spandex is audio transparent.

My garage screen is 3.3 x 1.5 metres lycra, with five JBL speakers as screen channels. The frequency response is awesome.  :headbang2:

I like that idea better!

... but I'm a sound nut from way back.


I remember you buying the material, but I have not seen updates. Sorry if I missed them.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 24, 2021, 04:32:03 PM
I should post pics. It took me forever to get everything up and running.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on March 26, 2021, 02:44:47 PM
6 bottles of Saint Emilion.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 26, 2021, 06:31:52 PM
Some tools including two vises and four wood planes that were in a house I was working on
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 27, 2021, 05:23:24 AM
An expensive $1600 vet bill. Good thing I had savings.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 27, 2021, 09:04:20 AM
15 bags R-21 fiberglass insulation for a house I am working on this coming week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 28, 2021, 11:56:39 PM
Bought a new router but returned it a day later after realising that it didn't fix the problems I hoped it would fix.

It's been one of those weekends.  :grrr:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 08, 2021, 01:02:33 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 27, 2021, 05:23:24 AM
An expensive $1600 vet bill. Good thing I had savings.

Couple weeks ago, everything was about figuring if we could save our own  "Evil Demon Bitch Cat From Hell"  who has been my best friend for fourteen years and who I dearly love to the ends of THIS Earth.

I thought she had a seizure, panicked, but it was borderline diabetic coma, setting in that we witnessed.
Vet time!! WTF!!??!!

Our bill was only US$800, but they kept bumping it up with every question we asked. They wanted to keep her overnight and "monitor" her condition. That was US$4500 for the first night.

I decided to take her back home, love her and allow nature to take its course. Two weeks later, she seems perfectly fine AND I have not given her ONE pill the vet gave us for seizure control. No seizures either.
Changed her food to a diabetic menu and no issues since. Watching.

Vet bills can be a special kind of CRAZY!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 08, 2021, 08:17:52 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 28, 2021, 11:56:39 PM
Bought a new router but returned it a day later after realising that it didn't fix the problems I hoped it would fix.

It's been one of those weekends.  :grrr:

Looking to upgrade. My router is three (four, maybe?) years old. I have a (awesome when I bought it) AC1900 from Netgear.
:hide:

What did you choose?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 08, 2021, 05:07:17 PM
Refrigerator
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 10, 2021, 02:26:18 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 24, 2021, 04:32:03 PM
I should post pics. It took me forever to get everything up and running.

Well, it seems every project worth doing takes "forever."  What with work and life stuff? Add in REAL distractions and the day is already wasted.

I have Started and Stopped so many times these past few years alone. It's enough to discourage continuing, if that was possible. I can't even claim Work, anymore. I just distract easily. I feel weak against distraction.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 10, 2021, 03:04:37 PM
Some tools at estate sales also a 16mm take up reel
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 10, 2021, 03:56:26 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 08, 2021, 08:17:52 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 28, 2021, 11:56:39 PM
Bought a new router but returned it a day later after realising that it didn't fix the problems I hoped it would fix.

It's been one of those weekends.  :grrr:

Looking to upgrade. My router is three (four, maybe?) years old. I have a (awesome when I bought it) AC1900 from Netgear.
:hide:

What did you choose?

I went for a Linksys MR9600. Not the best but decent enough. The advantage is that it supports my Linksys mesh stuff out of the box. I'd probably have picked an ASUS instead if not for my existing gear.

The WiFi mesh that thing produced was awesome. It's a shame it had to go back. I'm back with my 4-yo Linksys 1900ACS since the new Linksys didn't solve my increasingly weird networking issue.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 10, 2021, 04:10:05 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 10, 2021, 02:26:18 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 24, 2021, 04:32:03 PM
I should post pics. It took me forever to get everything up and running.

Well, it seems every project worth doing takes "forever."  What with work and life stuff? Add in REAL distractions and the day is already wasted.

I have Started and Stopped so many times these past few years alone. It's enough to discourage continuing, if that was possible. I can't even claim Work, anymore. I just distract easily. I feel weak against distraction.

First test with the five JBL speakers behind the screen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 10, 2021, 04:11:03 PM
And here's the view from the other side - the speakers are behind the screen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 10, 2021, 04:12:37 PM
^And that screen is ~3.3 metres wide.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 10, 2021, 09:14:01 PM
Wow. :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 11, 2021, 03:18:33 AM
I guess this is the wrong thread, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 11, 2021, 12:30:19 PM
Groceries

3 pounds of flounder
2 pounds of shrimp
2 pounds of surimi (imitation crab)
1 pound of cubed ham
milk
eggs

Hoping for a better/healthier diet soon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on April 11, 2021, 12:46:29 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 11, 2021, 12:30:19 PM
Groceries

3 pounds of flounder
2 pounds of shrimp
2 pounds of surimi (imitation crab)
1 pound of cubed ham
milk
eggs

Hoping for a better/healthier diet soon.

Are you making some kind of world record omelette?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 13, 2021, 06:47:01 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 10, 2021, 04:12:37 PM
^And that screen is ~3.3 metres wide.

THAT IS AWEOME!!!

Thanks for posting pics. :worship:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 13, 2021, 06:52:42 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 11, 2021, 12:30:19 PM
Groceries

3 pounds of flounder
2 pounds of shrimp
2 pounds of surimi (imitation crab)
1 pound of cubed ham
milk
eggs

Hoping for a better/healthier diet soon.

Being landlocked in Indiana, we have to pay Top Dollar for fish. I love exploiting Lent. The So-Calleds always decrease red meat before Easter and fish becomes more plentiful than normal for a short time.

I dropped a stack of bucks at our local monger Monday after Easter and froze most everything.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 13, 2021, 07:22:57 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 10, 2021, 03:56:26 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 08, 2021, 08:17:52 AM
Quote from: odeon on March 28, 2021, 11:56:39 PM
Bought a new router but returned it a day later after realising that it didn't fix the problems I hoped it would fix.

It's been one of those weekends.  :grrr:

Looking to upgrade. My router is three (four, maybe?) years old. I have a (awesome when I bought it) AC1900 from Netgear.
:hide:

What did you choose?

I went for a Linksys MR9600. Not the best but decent enough. The advantage is that it supports my Linksys mesh stuff out of the box. I'd probably have picked an ASUS instead if not for my existing gear.

The WiFi mesh that thing produced was awesome. It's a shame it had to go back. I'm back with my 4-yo Linksys 1900ACS since the new Linksys didn't solve my increasingly weird networking issue.

I have trouble resisting the All One Company set ups. I have gravitated toward Netgear equipment, accidentally.
I have more research to do before I buy.
The 9600 ballpark is where I want to play.

I did a Device Search and I know my WiFi is detecting my neighbor's devices, but the number of dozen things that are constantly trying to connect to my PRIVATE network amazes me.

Security is a main concern in my next decision. Going with All One Company used to help with that, but I'm not sure anymore. I want to increase network security.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 13, 2021, 11:54:39 AM
The 9600 is a good router. I suspect the real win is in WiFi6, though. And the mesh, which is awesome.

Solved my weird network problem, btw. It wasn't me at all, but it was properly weird. Using a system on the other side of a VPN worked just fine when going through WiFi locally, but couldn't save remotely through a wired connection. Turns out the company DNS provides better mapping in the former case.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 13, 2021, 12:03:29 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 13, 2021, 06:52:42 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on April 11, 2021, 12:30:19 PM
Groceries

3 pounds of flounder
2 pounds of shrimp
2 pounds of surimi (imitation crab)
1 pound of cubed ham
milk
eggs

Hoping for a better/healthier diet soon.

Being landlocked in Indiana, we have to pay Top Dollar for fish. I love exploiting Lent. The So-Calleds always decrease red meat before Easter and fish becomes more plentiful than normal for a short time.

I dropped a stack of bucks at our local monger Monday after Easter and froze most everything.

They really were some great bargains.  The flounder was 3 pounds for $10. the shrimp were marked down from $20 to $6 per pound, the surimi was marked down by $4 a pound.  The ham was BOGO, so it was a bit pricey, but worth the convenience.  Everything came to a bit over $55 with tax and I saved $62.  I'll go back today and buy some more shrimp since I have a bonus coupon for 5 times the loyalty points.  I need some frozen meals.  Thank heavens for living in New Orleans.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on April 30, 2021, 09:32:16 PM


3D printer
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 01, 2021, 03:00:51 AM
Welcome back!

A new laptop, finally. It's arriving next week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 01, 2021, 04:14:10 AM
OMG EBM IS BACK!! :GA:

Quote from: earthboundmisfit on April 30, 2021, 09:32:16 PM

3D printer

What 'cha making with your 3D printer?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: earthboundmisfit on May 01, 2021, 11:41:01 AM


Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 01, 2021, 04:14:10 AM
OMG EBM IS BACK!! :GA:

Quote from: earthboundmisfit on April 30, 2021, 09:32:16 PM

3D printer

What 'cha making with your 3D printer?  :orly:


Haven't made anything yet, still getting it set up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 02, 2021, 04:22:57 PM
A stuffed hand made Gandhi doll at a tag sale for a dollar.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 02, 2021, 05:14:07 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 02, 2021, 04:22:57 PM
A stuffed hand made Gandhi doll at a tag sale for a dollar.

 :lol1: That's the weirdest combination of words I've read in a while. If you were to post a photo of your stuffed hand made Gandhi doll, I'd definitely look at it.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 02, 2021, 05:16:37 PM
Quote from: earthboundmisfit on May 01, 2021, 11:41:01 AM


Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 01, 2021, 04:14:10 AM
OMG EBM IS BACK!! :GA:

Quote from: earthboundmisfit on April 30, 2021, 09:32:16 PM

3D printer

What 'cha making with your 3D printer?  :orly:


Haven't made anything yet, still getting it set up.

Do you have ideas of stuff you plan to make?  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 02, 2021, 06:14:27 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 02, 2021, 05:14:07 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 02, 2021, 04:22:57 PM
A stuffed hand made Gandhi doll at a tag sale for a dollar.

 :lol1: That's the weirdest combination of words I've read in a while. If you were to post a photo of your stuffed hand made Gandhi doll, I'd definitely look at it.  :zoinks:

(https://i.postimg.cc/YCpCFQN5/KIMG1723.jpg)

 :zoinks: :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 02, 2021, 07:31:26 PM
 :lol1:

That's cooler than I expected Parts.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on May 03, 2021, 02:47:52 AM
Quote from: Parts on May 02, 2021, 06:14:27 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 02, 2021, 05:14:07 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 02, 2021, 04:22:57 PM
A stuffed hand made Gandhi doll at a tag sale for a dollar.

 :lol1: That's the weirdest combination of words I've read in a while. If you were to post a photo of your stuffed hand made Gandhi doll, I'd definitely look at it.  :zoinks:

(https://i.postimg.cc/YCpCFQN5/KIMG1723.jpg)

 :zoinks: :zoinks:

 :lol1:   :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 03, 2021, 06:20:10 PM
I ordered a hammock to set up in the spare room to sleep in. They say you have zero pressure points laying in a hammock. I have a ridiculous amount of issues getting comfortable and staying asleep at night always have.


Should be here by the weekend hopefully. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 03, 2021, 06:50:24 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 03, 2021, 06:20:10 PM
I ordered a hammock to set up in the spare room to sleep in. They say you have zero pressure points laying in a hammock. I have a ridiculous amount of issues getting comfortable and staying asleep at night always have.


Should be here by the weekend hopefully.
Best sleep ever was on a waterbed growing up. Though also have a window phobia, so the windowless room might have had more to do with it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 04, 2021, 05:38:55 AM
Quote from: Jack on May 03, 2021, 06:50:24 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 03, 2021, 06:20:10 PM
I ordered a hammock to set up in the spare room to sleep in. They say you have zero pressure points laying in a hammock. I have a ridiculous amount of issues getting comfortable and staying asleep at night always have.


Should be here by the weekend hopefully.
Best sleep ever was on a waterbed growing up. Though also have a window phobia, so the windowless room might have had more to do with it.

Windowless bedroom  :zombiefuck: I like to sleep right next to the window so I can look out if I hear anything
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 04, 2021, 08:18:56 AM
Quote from: Parts on May 04, 2021, 05:38:55 AM
Quote from: Jack on May 03, 2021, 06:50:24 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 03, 2021, 06:20:10 PM
I ordered a hammock to set up in the spare room to sleep in. They say you have zero pressure points laying in a hammock. I have a ridiculous amount of issues getting comfortable and staying asleep at night always have.


Should be here by the weekend hopefully.
Best sleep ever was on a waterbed growing up. Though also have a window phobia, so the windowless room might have had more to do with it.

Windowless bedroom  :zombiefuck: I like to sleep right next to the window so I can look out if I hear anything
Yes. Have discussed it here.
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,26146.msg1233373/topicseen.html#msg1233373
http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,26146.msg1233402/topicseen.html#msg1233402

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 04, 2021, 02:54:12 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 02, 2021, 06:14:27 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 02, 2021, 05:14:07 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 02, 2021, 04:22:57 PM
A stuffed hand made Gandhi doll at a tag sale for a dollar.

 :lol1: That's the weirdest combination of words I've read in a while. If you were to post a photo of your stuffed hand made Gandhi doll, I'd definitely look at it.  :zoinks:

(https://i.postimg.cc/YCpCFQN5/KIMG1723.jpg)

 :zoinks: :zoinks:

+ Awesome!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on May 08, 2021, 09:09:23 AM
Quote from: Jack on May 03, 2021, 06:50:24 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 03, 2021, 06:20:10 PM
I ordered a hammock to set up in the spare room to sleep in. They say you have zero pressure points laying in a hammock. I have a ridiculous amount of issues getting comfortable and staying asleep at night always have.


Should be here by the weekend hopefully.
Best sleep ever was on a waterbed growing up. Though also have a window phobia, so the windowless room might have had more to do with it.

I remember you saying that. I have to have them covered at night if I'm on the first floor or they're at ground level...otherwise I'll leave the drapes partially open so the sun hits me in the morning.

If there is a reincarnation I'm going to come back as a lazy cat lounging in a sunny spot by the window or watching the rain.

Hammock got here yesterday morning, slept in it last night. It's interesting, can't say it was heaven, but I slept really well and I didn't fall out  :laugh:, I was either worn out from putting it together or there might be something to this after all...only time will tell.

I also added a magnet for magnet fishing to the order that comes today.

Only wonder what I'm going to pull up with that around here. They had a truck sitting underwater (unfortunately occupied) in the middle of town for close to 20 years that was only found when some drunk drove his car off the boat launch in the same spot and rolled into it.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on May 08, 2021, 01:57:30 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 08, 2021, 09:09:23 AM
Quote from: Jack on May 03, 2021, 06:50:24 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on May 03, 2021, 06:20:10 PM
I ordered a hammock to set up in the spare room to sleep in. They say you have zero pressure points laying in a hammock. I have a ridiculous amount of issues getting comfortable and staying asleep at night always have.


Should be here by the weekend hopefully.
Best sleep ever was on a waterbed growing up. Though also have a window phobia, so the windowless room might have had more to do with it.

I remember you saying that. I have to have them covered at night if I'm on the first floor or they're at ground level...otherwise I'll leave the drapes partially open so the sun hits me in the morning.

If there is a reincarnation I'm going to come back as a lazy cat lounging in a sunny spot by the window or watching the rain.

Hammock got here yesterday morning, slept in it last night. It's interesting, can't say it was heaven, but I slept really well and I didn't fall out  :laugh:, I was either worn out from putting it together or there might be something to this after all...only time will tell.

I also added a magnet for magnet fishing to the order that comes today.

Only wonder what I'm going to pull up with that around here. They had a truck sitting underwater (unfortunately occupied) in the middle of town for close to 20 years that was only found when some drunk drove his car off the boat launch in the same spot and rolled into it.
Am a stomach sleeper, so not sure how that would work for a hammock.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 11, 2021, 03:03:11 AM
Dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 12, 2021, 06:09:12 PM
Lacquer thinner
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on May 13, 2021, 07:04:45 PM
Two bottles of Jameson Caskmates Stout Edition - it was on clearance in Morrisons for less than a tenner unbelievably so I grabbed both of the ones they had left. Right place right time :glug:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 13, 2021, 07:56:59 PM
Petrol. $60.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on May 14, 2021, 05:44:53 AM
Quote from: renaeden on May 13, 2021, 07:56:59 PM
Petrol. $60.

(https://i.imgur.com/jOluI3Cl.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 15, 2021, 07:11:11 AM
^ Today was even more exciting. I paid the electricity and gas bills.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 15, 2021, 10:39:44 AM
At tag sales   some tools, polished rocks,some political buttons including a Nixon one and three with my last name on them, and three new skate board decks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 17, 2021, 01:57:34 PM
Nothing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 29, 2021, 03:03:37 PM
Yesterday for a dollar a Pickett Slide Rule N-16-ES ELECTRONIC.   It seems that this one is one of the more desirable models https://www.ebay.com/itm/224465623294?hash=item34433198fe:g:UggAAOSw6Ftgoz0I   :hyke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 02, 2021, 11:08:33 AM
A 3 day partly paid for vacation in the hospital (Gall Bladder).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 02, 2021, 11:51:34 AM
Bought a DAC/preamp.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 02, 2021, 06:24:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 02, 2021, 11:08:33 AM
A 3 day partly paid for vacation in the hospital (Gall Bladder).
Get well soon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on June 04, 2021, 02:32:17 PM
A 10 seater Ratten garden dining set. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 05, 2021, 04:41:02 PM
At garage sale I got a big box of legos with over 50 figurines including about 20 star wars ones for $10. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 06, 2021, 01:45:26 AM
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on Blu-ray.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 06, 2021, 10:12:18 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 06, 2021, 01:45:26 AM
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on Blu-ray.

I love the scene where the Indian is pulling the sink out.  Those hands are gorgeous
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 06, 2021, 10:13:33 AM
Quote from: Jack on June 02, 2021, 06:24:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 02, 2021, 11:08:33 AM
A 3 day partly paid for vacation in the hospital (Gall Bladder).
Get well soon.

Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow.  My sister is in town for her high school reunion and will take care of me and The PR.  Of course, Nellie is over the moon that Lise is here.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 06, 2021, 02:58:04 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 06, 2021, 10:13:33 AM
Quote from: Jack on June 02, 2021, 06:24:46 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 02, 2021, 11:08:33 AM
A 3 day partly paid for vacation in the hospital (Gall Bladder).
Get well soon.

Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow.  My sister is in town for her high school reunion and will take care of me and The PR.  Of course, Nellie is over the moon that Lise is here.
That's good to have family support. Wishing a speedy recovery.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 09, 2021, 10:08:28 PM
Glasses frames and Irlen testing and lenses. I'm blue again. It seems that medication changes are the only thing that brings about colour changes. Though I wonder what menopause (hopefully a long way off) will do.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 10, 2021, 12:54:21 PM
Lunch.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 13, 2021, 06:38:38 PM
An axe and some other tools
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 14, 2021, 11:31:44 AM

Contractor grade Craftsman table saw with a "burnt out" motor for forty bucks.
Someone in the history of this old saw from the '70s messed with the motor to switch it to 220V, which is fine, but the cables were not properly strain relieved during re-installation. I rewired the thing for 110V and it runs great. Can't wait to get it all squared up and running right!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 19, 2021, 05:29:28 PM
I ordered a gift. It felt weird doing it because I've hardly shopped online at all this year.  :hadron:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on June 20, 2021, 12:12:38 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on June 04, 2021, 02:32:17 PM
A 10 seater Ratten garden dining set.

A cover for a 10 seater Ratten garden dining set.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on June 20, 2021, 12:13:34 PM
A accacia wood bed and mattress.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 20, 2021, 06:55:35 PM
Air hose fittings
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on June 21, 2021, 04:18:17 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on June 20, 2021, 12:13:34 PM
A accacia wood bed and mattress.

Today I am inundated with ads for beds.  You'd think that modern advertising bots would be able to work out that the last bed I bought probably hasn't worn out in the (checks watch) 23 hours since I ordered it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 22, 2021, 07:10:35 AM
Google knows what's best for you. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 22, 2021, 07:12:54 AM
Bought and returned a Samsung wireless charger. Said on the package that it supports charging Samsung Galaxy Watches but it was only when I tested it that I saw the fine print stating that yeah, only the latest version of the bloody watch.  >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on June 22, 2021, 07:09:53 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on June 21, 2021, 04:18:17 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on June 20, 2021, 12:13:34 PM
A accacia wood bed and mattress.

Today I am inundated with ads for beds.  You'd think that modern advertising bots would be able to work out that the last bed I bought probably hasn't worn out in the (checks watch) 23 hours since I ordered it.
Ended up setting browser to clear after closing. Didn't really mind being targeted with ads, until noticing the tv doing it too. Seems to have worked.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on June 23, 2021, 03:39:00 AM
Quote from: Jack on June 22, 2021, 07:09:53 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on June 21, 2021, 04:18:17 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on June 20, 2021, 12:13:34 PM
A accacia wood bed and mattress.

Today I am inundated with ads for beds.  You'd think that modern advertising bots would be able to work out that the last bed I bought probably hasn't worn out in the (checks watch) 23 hours since I ordered it.
Ended up setting browser to clear after closing. Didn't really mind being targeted with ads, until noticing the tv doing it too. Seems to have worked.

Yesterday had two emails.  The first saying that my brand new bed was being carefully crafted by local artisans from responsibly sourced renewable timber supplies and would be delivered on 21st August.  The second email said that my mattress would be with me in two days time.  I had to email them back and point out that a mattress without the bed is like the sound of one hand clapping.  Thanks but no thanks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on June 23, 2021, 03:40:14 AM
My son broke his turtle tank so had to go buy another.   £180.   Which was coiincidentally the amount of money I had in my savings account.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 23, 2021, 07:14:00 AM
I meant to buy software for XML diffing and contacted the company in question for a quote. They no longer sell named licenses but after hearing that it was for personal use only they gave me a license for free. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 23, 2021, 02:58:31 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 19, 2021, 05:29:28 PM
I ordered a gift. It felt weird doing it because I've hardly shopped online at all this year.  :hadron:

Good on ya, matey!

You would be one of The Very Few who shopped online LESS this year than before.

I have fallen in love with online shopping for incidentals. Kroger makes it SO easy. Canned and dry good, soaps, cleaners, paper goods all fit the  "let someone else"  shop for you scenario.  Click on a picture and someone else in the store finds it and brings it out to your car. As close to ZERO contact as I have seen.
Pretty sure that that is just ONE of the many new paradigm models this pandemic scare has fueled.
 :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 23, 2021, 03:18:53 PM

I like to drink iced tea in the summer months. I prefer Luzianne brand. Finding it lately is a challenge. Seems to NOT be a priority in some of the stores favoring quick easy sales of products EVERYBODY needs.

Only place I can find the "NON decapitated" variety (my twistedness - decaffeinated tea has no head :P) has been DAMNAZON, damn it!

BUT, I ordered some tea from Damnazon ttwo days ago late in the afternoon. I received my order before noon the next day. Pretty sure that's what the original Amazon visionary had in mind at the start. I forgot his name. I win.

Then came  "Save The Sale"  at any cost, even using third party venders. Damn.

I got my favorite tea in a case, delivered from Walmart in St. Louis, MO, via Damnazon's effort almost immediately.  Kind of hard to find fault with the master plan. Certainly fits the current conditions.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 23, 2021, 06:31:07 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 23, 2021, 02:58:31 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on June 19, 2021, 05:29:28 PM
I ordered a gift. It felt weird doing it because I've hardly shopped online at all this year.  :hadron:

Good on ya, matey!

You would be one of The Very Few who shopped online LESS this year than before.

I have fallen in love with online shopping for incidentals. Kroger makes it SO easy. Canned and dry good, soaps, cleaners, paper goods all fit the  "let someone else"  shop for you scenario.  Click on a picture and someone else in the store finds it and brings it out to your car. As close to ZERO contact as I have seen.
Pretty sure that that is just ONE of the many new paradigm models this pandemic scare has fueled.
 :dunno:

I never started shopping online to replace regular shopping, but I've gotten more conscientious about it because it's so easy.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 23, 2021, 06:57:36 PM
Roast beef with Swiss cheese, horse radish, onions, lettuce, tomato, salt and pepper on a hard roll  :devour:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2021, 04:29:12 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 23, 2021, 03:18:53 PM

I like to drink iced tea in the summer months. I prefer Luzianne brand. Finding it lately is a challenge. Seems to NOT be a priority in some of the stores favoring quick easy sales of products EVERYBODY needs.

Only place I can find the "NON decapitated" variety (my twistedness - decaffeinated tea has no head :P) has been DAMNAZON, damn it!

BUT, I ordered some tea from Damnazon ttwo days ago late in the afternoon. I received my order before noon the next day. Pretty sure that's what the original Amazon visionary had in mind at the start. I forgot his name. I win.

Then came  "Save The Sale"  at any cost, even using third party venders. Damn.

I got my favorite tea in a case, delivered from Walmart in St. Louis, MO, via Damnazon's effort almost immediately.  Kind of hard to find fault with the master plan. Certainly fits the current conditions.

My maternal grandmother retired from Wm. B. Reily in the early 60's.  She worked in the factory, packaging the coffee.  I always loved the lingering fragrance of coffee from her from work.  In a summer of the early 1970's I worked in the office.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2021, 04:31:57 PM
Quote from: Parts on June 23, 2021, 06:57:36 PM
Roast beef with Swiss cheese, horse radish, onions, lettuce, tomato, salt and pepper on a hard roll  :devour:

Put that on French Bread and you've got heaven.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2021, 04:33:18 PM
A two year battery for the car.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 25, 2021, 12:59:39 AM
Bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 25, 2021, 08:03:49 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2021, 04:29:12 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 23, 2021, 03:18:53 PM

I like to drink iced tea in the summer months. I prefer Luzianne brand. Finding it lately is a challenge. Seems to NOT be a priority in some of the stores favoring quick easy sales of products EVERYBODY needs.

Only place I can find the "NON decapitated" variety (my twistedness - decaffeinated tea has no head :P) has been DAMNAZON, damn it!

BUT, I ordered some tea from Damnazon ttwo days ago late in the afternoon. I received my order before noon the next day. Pretty sure that's what the original Amazon visionary had in mind at the start. I forgot his name. I win.

Then came  "Save The Sale"  at any cost, even using third party venders. Damn.

I got my favorite tea in a case, delivered from Walmart in St. Louis, MO, via Damnazon's effort almost immediately.  Kind of hard to find fault with the master plan. Certainly fits the current conditions.

My maternal grandmother retired from Wm. B. Reily in the early 60's.  She worked in the factory, packaging the coffee.  I always loved the lingering fragrance of coffee from her from work.  In a summer of the early 1970's I worked in the office.

My maternal grandmother was born in 1908 and retired from Timex watch plant after many years of coming home stinky.

I have enjoyed these old memories lately. I have started a kind of mental "Credits" page in my mind, like at the end of movies. Keeping track of what I had learned from whom and when has actually continued my interest in living at times.

"OH!  I learned that from my granny!"
 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 27, 2021, 03:21:24 AM
I want to buy The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on June 27, 2021, 05:15:33 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on June 24, 2021, 04:29:12 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 23, 2021, 03:18:53 PM

I like to drink iced tea in the summer months. I prefer Luzianne brand. Finding it lately is a challenge. Seems to NOT be a priority in some of the stores favoring quick easy sales of products EVERYBODY needs.

Only place I can find the "NON decapitated" variety (my twistedness - decaffeinated tea has no head :P) has been DAMNAZON, damn it!

BUT, I ordered some tea from Damnazon ttwo days ago late in the afternoon. I received my order before noon the next day. Pretty sure that's what the original Amazon visionary had in mind at the start. I forgot his name. I win.

Then came  "Save The Sale"  at any cost, even using third party venders. Damn.

I got my favorite tea in a case, delivered from Walmart in St. Louis, MO, via Damnazon's effort almost immediately.  Kind of hard to find fault with the master plan. Certainly fits the current conditions.

My maternal grandmother retired from Wm. B. Reily in the early 60's.  She worked in the factory, packaging the coffee.  I always loved the lingering fragrance of coffee from her from work.  In a summer of the early 1970's I worked in the office.

I have trouble dealing with too much smells, even if they're good smells. Working in a coffee factory would probably ruin coffee for me.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on June 28, 2021, 04:51:14 PM
When Grandma Teenie would visit us on her vacation, she would ride the train.  Her clothes were in a grocery bag and the suitcase was filled with Luzianne coffee.  Another grocery bag held the french bread.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 04, 2021, 12:25:23 PM
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes - all strips (but one) between 1985 and 1995.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on July 08, 2021, 06:17:03 AM
A small bottle of Daisy Love by Marc Jacobs (purse size - I've taken to spritzing perfume on my covid masks so I can smell something nice and it makes wearing them a bit more tolerable).
Another 50 box of masks.
Cheap quilt cover set from Kmart.
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on July 08, 2021, 07:48:32 PM
Mostly stuff for my daughter's new flat, and limited edition/special offer whisky. I found a belter at Aldi - 'Glen Orrin' Casksmith Single Grain Ale Cask Reserve. It's £15 and well worth a punt, especially if you like smooth grain whiskies with interesting flavour profiles. This stuff is scarily moreish. FourAce, you should pick some up to try while they still have some. But don't bother looking anywhere in the Aire Valley cos I got it all. :fiveshots:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: SBI_Patience on July 09, 2021, 06:57:36 PM
New disk brakes and a speedo drive for my personal scooter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 10, 2021, 03:08:13 AM
Books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on July 10, 2021, 01:44:56 PM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on July 08, 2021, 07:48:32 PM
Mostly stuff for my daughter's new flat, and limited edition/special offer whisky. I found a belter at Aldi - 'Glen Orrin' Casksmith Single Grain Ale Cask Reserve. It's £15 and well worth a punt, especially if you like smooth grain whiskies with interesting flavour profiles. This stuff is scarily moreish. FourAce, you should pick some up to try while they still have some. But don't bother looking anywhere in the Aire Valley cos I got it all. :fiveshots:

The Aldi stores here don't sell hard liquor, only wine and beer. I don't buy them but have read Aldi alcohols have a good reputation for quality with great prices, high marks in reviews just like their food.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 10, 2021, 07:49:39 PM
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too many take out meals.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on July 10, 2021, 09:30:05 PM
Some hot wheels cars for the cub.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 11, 2021, 02:08:37 AM
Nothing new since yesterday. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 24, 2021, 07:03:46 PM
Stuff at garage sales including
2 Stanley number 5 jack planes in very nice condition
2 sets of old wooden block and tackles
3 railroad lanterns 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 25, 2021, 12:28:43 PM
Groceries for tonites supper.  Turkey oven sandwiches and fresh corn on the cob.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 25, 2021, 12:56:21 PM
Fuel.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on July 25, 2021, 02:45:11 PM
A Tshirt imprinted with books in a tree and the saying "Reading can seriously damage your ignorance."
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 25, 2021, 03:23:25 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 25, 2021, 02:45:11 PM
A Tshirt imprinted with books in a tree and the saying "Reading can seriously damage your ignorance."

Well, we do have a lot of people on the internet that can read, but, only what suits their level of ignorance.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 27, 2021, 08:42:53 AM
I wish they'd read more.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 27, 2021, 09:22:38 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 27, 2021, 08:42:53 AM
I wish they'd read more.

Agreed, but, would it make any difference? 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 27, 2021, 12:24:17 PM
Brad Thor's new release and I liked it, but I kind of wasted it.

Finished it a day and a half.  :bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 28, 2021, 11:42:51 AM
Quote from: rock hound on July 27, 2021, 09:22:38 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 27, 2021, 08:42:53 AM
I wish they'd read more.

Agreed, but, would it make any difference?

I want to say yes.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 28, 2021, 06:34:21 PM
Lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on July 28, 2021, 08:54:17 PM
Crab Rangoons for lunch.  Yummy!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 29, 2021, 05:42:09 AM
Dead Can Dance tickets. I will have to drive to Chicago and back, but I have gone MUCH farther for a concert. It's not far from Indy.

Last time I was going to see DCD, it was canceled due to some accident.  That was many years after I worked with them in Atlanta.

This will be the first live music event in over two years for me. Now, that's too long!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 30, 2021, 03:19:48 PM
Dead Can Dance? They're still a thing? I saw Lisa Gerrard perform about two years ago but she looked quite frail.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 31, 2021, 12:37:40 PM
HP all in one with a 24" screen...marked down...should get here today.

I'm sure I'll regret it, too cheap and tired to do a build though, and I need the bigger screen and kid needs a laptop for work.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 31, 2021, 07:00:38 PM
Nothing garage sales were shitty today. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 01, 2021, 12:43:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2021, 03:19:48 PM
Dead Can Dance? They're still a thing? I saw Lisa Gerrard perform about two years ago but she looked quite frail.

I understand it is a "Goodbye Tour."  Tickets weren't expensive in case this event folds like the last time. If this is going to be it, I wanna see.
Keeping faith is rough after being canceled once before.

Besides, there is a lot to do in Chicago aside from what it was that you had planned, once you're there.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 01, 2021, 05:14:15 PM
A Vir Cotto action figure at the flea market
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 01, 2021, 08:03:59 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 01, 2021, 05:14:15 PM
A Vir Cotto action figure at the flea market
That's cool!

I bought a Dusk voucher for my aunty who celebrated her 60th birthday yesterday.

I went there (bar and restaurant place) but there were so many people, no one I recognised. Even my parents were there but I couldn't find them. I started to panic and people were looking at me so I left. Didn't want to have a public meltdown. Felt better when I went back outside. Drove home.

My aunty messaged me later, we'll meet for coffee next week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on August 01, 2021, 08:31:09 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 01, 2021, 12:43:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2021, 03:19:48 PM
Dead Can Dance? They're still a thing? I saw Lisa Gerrard perform about two years ago but she looked quite frail.

I understand it is a "Goodbye Tour."  Tickets weren't expensive in case this event folds like the last time. If this is going to be it, I wanna see.
Keeping faith is rough after being canceled once before.

Besides, there is a lot to do in Chicago aside from what it was that you had planned, once you're there.

A cancelled and rescheduled goodbye tour is funny. Goodbye, no seriously, this time I mean it, Goodbye.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 03, 2021, 11:02:59 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 01, 2021, 05:14:15 PM
A Vir Cotto action figure at the flea market

Oh MY GOD!@!

NO WAY!!

I think that is ThE awesome find of the decade. I might want one.
 :headbang2:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 03, 2021, 11:07:45 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on August 01, 2021, 08:31:09 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 01, 2021, 12:43:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2021, 03:19:48 PM
Dead Can Dance? They're still a thing? I saw Lisa Gerrard perform about two years ago but she looked quite frail.

I understand it is a "Goodbye Tour."  Tickets weren't expensive in case this event folds like the last time. If this is going to be it, I wanna see.
Keeping faith is rough after being canceled once before.

Besides, there is a lot to do in Chicago aside from what it was that you had planned, once you're there.

A cancelled and rescheduled goodbye tour is funny. Goodbye, no seriously, this time I mean it, Goodbye.  :lol1:

You injure me.

Well, at least my faith that the light will ever shine again has been damaged.
Don't enjoy this. I willl recover either way and come back stronger for the wanting!

Besides, as I mentioned, Chicago is a shiort trip from here and way fun. **


**EDITED FOR CLARITY

... fun, if you don't get shot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 03, 2021, 11:30:44 AM
I kind of started this idea about two weeks ago. My daughter has begun to explore her natural interest in all things of the earth. Of late, she has developed (a little too rapidly, I would comment) an amazing collection of minerals and interesting crystals or rock-like things.
I did this when I was younger, but lost some of my knowledge to the wearing away of time upon my interests.
I always wanted a way to inspect the minerals with light properly. I mean after licking them and smelling them and scratching them and adding trace chemicals to help identify like we always did in the past I usually found that many are translucent ant pics of them were very interesting and all I had back then was a very weak flashlight.

So, after a trip to my buddy who rebuilds cars and a few crap pieces that he gave to me free of charge, I built her an inspection stand.

I took an oak step, designed to make stairway building easier, cut it in half, rounded the corners and edges (needed two slabs of hardwood), set in a large PVC drain pipe part, painted black on the outside and fully covered with mirror Mylar inside, put in a five volt computer wallwart, a badass headlamp bulb from a modern car, used four large power resistors to adjust light intensity by a switch, a few other thrown together things re-purposed ...

And we now have a powerful light beam Station for inspecting or just taking pictures of the minerals which might exhibit some translucent properties.
I added a selection of cut out black felt overlays to the light diffuser in four shapes and sizes as vignettes to control the light escaping around the edges, making the possibility of photography much more predictable.

It was a very cool project and since ALL my real tools are mostly packed up and ready for re-Dwelling, I did it all with simple hand tools and rasps and sand paper and some glue and shit. It was a great father daughter project!

Still trying for that Hero Dad trophy.
 :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 03, 2021, 08:01:57 PM
I think you'll get it. That's really an awesome thing you did.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 04, 2021, 01:10:32 AM
Thanks, Renaeden. It works even better than I had previously envisioned.

I used underpowered light to extend the bulb life, but if we need more light I can always change out the wall wart thing for higher voltage type and easily double the output of light, but also increase the residual heat build-up, so I think we will use it the way I rattled it together for a while. It works!

The pics we are getting of various agate, quartz, odd crystals and other things that allow light to pass through are worthy of note.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 04, 2021, 12:16:05 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 01, 2021, 12:43:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2021, 03:19:48 PM
Dead Can Dance? They're still a thing? I saw Lisa Gerrard perform about two years ago but she looked quite frail.

I understand it is a "Goodbye Tour."  Tickets weren't expensive in case this event folds like the last time. If this is going to be it, I wanna see.
Keeping faith is rough after being canceled once before.

Besides, there is a lot to do in Chicago aside from what it was that you had planned, once you're there.

I'd love to be there but alas, travelling is not an option yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 04, 2021, 12:16:31 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on August 01, 2021, 08:31:09 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 01, 2021, 12:43:26 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2021, 03:19:48 PM
Dead Can Dance? They're still a thing? I saw Lisa Gerrard perform about two years ago but she looked quite frail.

I understand it is a "Goodbye Tour."  Tickets weren't expensive in case this event folds like the last time. If this is going to be it, I wanna see.
Keeping faith is rough after being canceled once before.

Besides, there is a lot to do in Chicago aside from what it was that you had planned, once you're there.

A cancelled and rescheduled goodbye tour is funny. Goodbye, no seriously, this time I mean it, Goodbye.  :lol1:

 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 04, 2021, 01:08:47 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 03, 2021, 11:02:59 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 01, 2021, 05:14:15 PM
A Vir Cotto action figure at the flea market

Oh MY GOD!@!

NO WAY!!

I think that is ThE awesome find of the decade. I might want one.
 :headbang2:

They had a bunch of different ones including a Marcus one that I had never seen before
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on August 05, 2021, 04:07:34 AM
I bought a poncho.

As Vince Noir said, it's impossible to be unhappy in a poncho.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on August 05, 2021, 12:34:41 PM
Now I have to look up who Vince Noir is.  :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 05, 2021, 09:53:09 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 04, 2021, 01:08:47 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 03, 2021, 11:02:59 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 01, 2021, 05:14:15 PM
A Vir Cotto action figure at the flea market

Oh MY GOD!@!

NO WAY!!

I think that is ThE awesome find of the decade. I might want one.
 :headbang2:

They had a bunch of different ones including a Marcus one that I had never seen before
I honestly did not know they existed. Now, I want a complete set!
 :autism:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 06, 2021, 04:15:10 PM
A book: The Design of Everyday Things
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on August 07, 2021, 02:56:25 PM
Quote from: Pyraxis on August 05, 2021, 12:34:41 PM
Now I have to look up who Vince Noir is.  :laugh:

He works for Bob Fossil at the "Zooniverse" Zoo.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Lord of the Ales on August 07, 2021, 07:52:08 PM
Maybe get a sombrero too, and be off your tits with happiness.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on August 08, 2021, 08:09:41 AM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on August 07, 2021, 07:52:08 PM
Maybe get a sombrero too, and be off your tits with happiness.

I'm considering it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on August 08, 2021, 08:12:01 AM
Found it...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g5ySbTGRdw
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 14, 2021, 12:02:30 PM
A nice Parker vise and a slater's stake
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 14, 2021, 03:00:20 PM
A book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on August 14, 2021, 09:00:03 PM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 15, 2021, 12:42:44 AM
Two new t-shirts, one blue, one aqua.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 19, 2021, 01:44:49 PM
Groceries. Beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on August 23, 2021, 11:39:44 AM
The 2022 Volcano Calendar! :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on August 24, 2021, 05:38:15 AM
One weeks airport parking for next July.   (It's £56 if I pay now, or nearer £150 if I wait until next year to book/pay).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 24, 2021, 01:40:40 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 24, 2021, 01:41:15 PM
Quote from: rock hound on August 23, 2021, 11:39:44 AM
The 2022 Volcano Calendar! :2thumbsup:

Any hawt centerfolds in there? :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on August 24, 2021, 09:21:10 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 24, 2021, 01:41:15 PM
Quote from: rock hound on August 23, 2021, 11:39:44 AM
The 2022 Volcano Calendar! :2thumbsup:

Any hawt centerfolds in there? :zoinks:

Oh Baby, Miss Iceland is RED HAWT!   :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on August 27, 2021, 07:20:40 PM
Milk, snacks, cat treats, fresh fruit.  Getting ready for Hurricane Ida. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on August 27, 2021, 07:24:10 PM
I did groceries today, and for once it didn't completely kick my butt.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 28, 2021, 12:46:23 PM
New key tags.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 28, 2021, 01:59:59 PM
Not much at garage sales today but I did pick up an old Bell System hard hat from the 70s early 80s and some wrenches two of which were Snap-on
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 29, 2021, 02:31:27 AM
Snacks for our Star Trek Adventures session. I only ended up eating dried mango slices and drank ginger beer. So I brought a few bottles and quite a few packets of biscuits home.

I also bought some of "Australia's most comfortable masks" online. Never know what might happen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 29, 2021, 01:04:49 PM
A Marcus Cole (Babylon 5) action figure to go with the Vir one I got a month ago,  now all I need is an Ivanova one to have the whole set.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 30, 2021, 03:59:26 PM
Dinner. The sausages that I meant to use for a Stroganoff were bad so I went for somebody else's cooking.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 30, 2021, 06:16:30 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 29, 2021, 01:04:49 PM
A Marcus Cole (Babylon 5) action figure to go with the Vir one I got a month ago,  now all I need is an Ivanova one to have the whole set.   
OMG!!! I'd love those!

I bought some shoes to wear at the Salvos. My last pair were cheap from Kmart but once I put inner soles in them, they were comfortable. But last week I discovered the left shoe had split right across the sole underneath. That was the end of those. So I bought some black New Balance shoes for half price, $50.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 11, 2021, 11:41:25 AM
Finally ventured into a grocery store yesterday.  They were crowded since people had to clear out their refrigerators. I waited until the parking lot wasn't as full.  Got one of the last 4 gallons of milk, some other staples (no bread on shelves yet) and a container of mixed cut melons (a splurge).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on September 11, 2021, 12:14:00 PM
A Blood Pressure Monitor. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 11, 2021, 03:41:37 PM
A blue 2018 Nissan Rogue   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 13, 2021, 12:10:35 PM
Books. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on September 13, 2021, 07:06:46 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 11, 2021, 03:41:37 PM
A blue 2018 Nissan Rogue
Congratulations.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 14, 2021, 01:27:14 AM
This will be on Thursday, a new muffler for my car. It won't be cheap.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on September 14, 2021, 08:30:42 AM
A Wahl hairdressing gown.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 15, 2021, 07:51:34 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 11, 2021, 03:41:37 PM
A blue 2018 Nissan Rogue
I had a look at pictures of those. They have distinctive headlights. We don't have Rogues in Australia. Maybe we should. They're a good-looking SUV.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 17, 2021, 04:53:04 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 18, 2021, 03:40:25 PM
Quote from: Parts on September 11, 2021, 03:41:37 PM
A blue 2018 Nissan Rogue

Does that make you officially a rogue?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on September 18, 2021, 03:42:14 PM
8 pieces of clothing tagged at $74 for $8 at the thrift store.

Over $100 at the grocery store.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 19, 2021, 02:50:51 PM
Bought a soundtrack - a re-released Star Trek 2 score with all kinds of extra stuff. It's by James Horner who's no longer with us but left a lasting legacy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on September 20, 2021, 02:51:16 PM
James Horner's stuff is awesome. I always liked "A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 20, 2021, 03:00:42 PM
Me, I've been listening to his "Rocketeer" score a lot again, lately.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 20, 2021, 04:07:28 PM
Tiger teeth :zoinks:

That's what they call the wires used as insulation supports in basement and crawlspaces
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on September 21, 2021, 06:40:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 20, 2021, 03:00:42 PM
Me, I've been listening to his "Rocketeer" score a lot again, lately.

Looked it up. I like it.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 24, 2021, 03:57:50 PM
Quote from: Pyraxis on September 21, 2021, 06:40:50 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 20, 2021, 03:00:42 PM
Me, I've been listening to his "Rocketeer" score a lot again, lately.

Looked it up. I like it.  :thumbup:

He did sometimes borrow from his earlier works but this one is pretty damned good. Horner was awesome.

If you can find it, "Battle Beyond the Stars" is great, as is "Brainstorm".
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 29, 2021, 05:05:54 PM
A f*cking painting.  :laugh:

A friend is downsizing and auctioning off stuff at his warehouse, he had this wild painting I loved painted by this artist in Chambersburg, Pa he bought at a gallery show....this guy...

https://www.dmbowers.com/

I'm in for $25.50....I pick it up tomorrow.


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 29, 2021, 06:45:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 29, 2021, 05:05:54 PM
A f*cking painting.  :laugh:

A friend is downsizing and auctioning off stuff at his warehouse, he had this wild painting I loved painted by this artist in Chambersburg, Pa he bought at a gallery show....this guy...

https://www.dmbowers.com/

I'm in for $25.50....I pick it up tomorrow.

Cool


I bought  tires on the van $900 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 29, 2021, 09:08:24 PM
$900USD? Shit, that's a lot.

Groceries and paid my phone bill.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on September 30, 2021, 04:32:31 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 29, 2021, 06:45:47 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 29, 2021, 05:05:54 PM
A f*cking painting.  :laugh:

A friend is downsizing and auctioning off stuff at his warehouse, he had this wild painting I loved painted by this artist in Chambersburg, Pa he bought at a gallery show....this guy...

https://www.dmbowers.com/

I'm in for $25.50....I pick it up tomorrow.

Cool


I bought  tires on the van $900 :zombiefuck:

(https://i.imgur.com/4085KDp.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 30, 2021, 01:16:04 PM
I carry lots of weight and it's a heavy duty van so everything on it  is expensive unfortunately
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on September 30, 2021, 04:39:14 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/a3BSnEom.jpg)

His work has no discernible signature. Went to pick it up though and I guess some other woman was hounding them about it...knew who painted it...but missed the bidding.

More on it here...this is "Pig Walker II" from 2010...there is a one, and a third done in 2013...all are very different but with the same theme.

https://shellielewis.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/artist-of-the-week-david-m-bowers/

He took her out of the original frame, so I will need to find one...but...
Hubby is still shaking his head...told him if he's not nice to me I'll hang her over the fireplace by his bed. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 01, 2021, 11:56:15 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on September 29, 2021, 05:05:54 PM
A f*cking painting.  :laugh:

A friend is downsizing and auctioning off stuff at his warehouse, he had this wild painting I loved painted by this artist in Chambersburg, Pa he bought at a gallery show....this guy...

https://www.dmbowers.com/

I'm in for $25.50....I pick it up tomorrow.

 :thumbup:

Some cool ones there.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 01, 2021, 11:59:16 AM
A hard drive to replace a failing one for a NAS. Wanted to buy a new printer - anyone want a Canon MFP before I use it to sink evidence with? - but the silicon shortages across the world mean that it takes forever to get a new HP printer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 02, 2021, 01:58:43 PM
(https://i.postimg.cc/brkwQwCx/KIMG0158.jpg)

 :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 02, 2021, 02:12:29 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 02, 2021, 01:58:43 PM
(https://i.postimg.cc/brkwQwCx/KIMG0158.jpg)

 :zoinks:

Awesome.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 02, 2021, 02:17:06 PM
A moisture meter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 02, 2021, 02:25:22 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on October 02, 2021, 02:17:06 PM
A moisture meter.

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 03, 2021, 08:10:25 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on October 02, 2021, 02:25:22 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on October 02, 2021, 02:17:06 PM
A moisture meter.

 :eyebrows:

I've got through my whole life without one and then I learnt they existed and now I cannot continue until I own one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 06, 2021, 04:59:58 PM
Avocados, tomatoes, plums, cabbage and plastic food bags.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 07, 2021, 03:04:17 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 02, 2021, 01:58:43 PM
(https://i.postimg.cc/brkwQwCx/KIMG0158.jpg)

 :zoinks:

You gotta love books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 08, 2021, 04:32:13 AM
2 litres of animal cod liver oil for my dogs and my pups.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 13, 2021, 11:54:44 PM
A Mandalorian t-shirt.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 14, 2021, 03:23:26 AM
500 shares of Rio Tinto (LSE).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 14, 2021, 12:27:02 PM
300 pounds cellulose
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 14, 2021, 04:09:34 PM
Quote from: Parts on October 14, 2021, 12:27:02 PM
300 pounds cellulose

Beats 300 pounds of cellulite.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on October 14, 2021, 04:12:24 PM
4 pairs of leggings, 2 sweatpants, one sweatshirt and a Disney Princess Tshirt for The Princess Royal.  Bought a Powered by Pixie Dust and Coffee graphic tshirt as a (November birthday) gift for one the bowlers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 14, 2021, 04:47:30 PM
A SATA to USB adapter. A powered USB hub.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 08, 2021, 05:21:59 PM
Combination smoke and carbon monoxide detector with a ten year battery for the basement
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 09, 2021, 09:01:10 PM
A computer chair (which Rowan has already scratched) and an Xbox.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on November 10, 2021, 03:56:55 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on October 14, 2021, 03:23:26 AM
500 shares of Rio Tinto (LSE).

It would have been quicker just to put my cash in a pile and set light to it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 12, 2021, 01:17:55 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on November 10, 2021, 03:56:55 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on October 14, 2021, 03:23:26 AM
500 shares of Rio Tinto (LSE).

It would have been quicker just to put my cash in a pile and set light to it.

Donate to a worthy cause instead. I'm accepting contributions. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 12, 2021, 01:18:28 AM
Bought a 16-yo Lagavulin the other day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 16, 2021, 07:33:25 PM
A two terabyte external hard drive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 17, 2021, 07:34:42 PM
I bought some stickers that look like gift bows. They came in the mail today, the last of the holiday stuff to arrive. I bought them because I never put bows on gifts I mail because they get smashed, and I thought sticker bows were genius when I was looking at them online. Sugarbutt loves them but I think they're just okay. Close up they look a little dumb, but from a distance they totally look like a real bow on the gift. I haven't decided if I like them, but I think I might like them better than no bow at all. I'll use them but I have doubts if I'll buy them again. :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 19, 2021, 03:26:57 PM
Beer. :M
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on November 19, 2021, 03:28:25 PM
A new alternator for my wife's Santa Fe.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 24, 2021, 09:21:27 PM
A butterfly calendar for my mum's birthday. She said she'd like something for the kitchen. I'm still thinking on that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 24, 2021, 09:28:57 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 24, 2021, 09:21:27 PM
A butterfly calendar for my mum's birthday. She said she'd like something for the kitchen. I'm still thinking on that.

She didn't give any clue to what type of something for the kitchen?  :dunno: If I were to give a suggestion it would be fabrics, kitchen hand towels and pot holders. Those are things that need to be replaced fairly often in a kitchen, plus places like the dollar tree have nice selections for a great price.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 24, 2021, 09:40:18 PM
I'd like to get her some nice microfiber tea towels. They're way better than the cotton sort at drying glass and everything else. I had a look in Spotlight but their towels are too thick. Aldi had what I wanted but I took those for myself (this was months ago). The thing with Aldi is that they circulate their products so something that is there one week, will never be seen again.

I might have a look in Red Dot which is similar to your Dollar Tree.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on November 24, 2021, 10:06:57 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 24, 2021, 09:40:18 PM
The thing with Aldi is that they circulate their products so something that is there one week, will never be seen again.


I once got some excellent quality tablecloths at Aldi, they were $10 per set for the tablecloth and six matching napkins. I got two sets of the same color in two different sizes, so I could use them with a small or big table setting and then have 12 napkins for the big table setting. It would have cost more than $20 just for the napkins at any other store. I wish I had gotten more because I've never seen another deal like that since then.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 24, 2021, 11:03:07 PM
That's a pretty great bargain. I've seen regular cotton tea towel packs at Aldi which were nice but not what I wanted. As it happens I am giving Kayleigh a lift to her doctor today. I usually take the chance to get petrol but this time I'll have a look in Red Dot as well as it's nearby.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 26, 2021, 04:16:11 PM
Bought a 40-yo HP41C calculator that doesn't turn on. Thinking it's salvageable. I'll be very pleased if I'm right.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on November 26, 2021, 04:42:30 PM
Likely should be easily fixable, lot of older calculators had easily replaceable through-hole components.

Bought myself an extra battery for my camera.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 26, 2021, 05:01:04 PM
I always had a soft spot for HP calculators and I've been wanting one of these for years. I'm not prepared to pay what they ask for the good ones on ebay so I'm hoping this one is fixable.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 26, 2021, 06:27:59 PM
22 gallons gasoline
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 27, 2021, 04:41:43 AM
I did end up going to Red Dot and buying some microfiber tea towels there. They're brown but a nice shade of brown. I also bought a whole bunch of colourful hair ties for $4. Kayleigh said we don't need them which is true, but I like having colour options.

I also bought petrol which cost $70. It's rumoured that soon petrol will cost around $2 per litre. I hope not.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on November 27, 2021, 08:05:38 PM
Red Dot? That sounds like the kind of store a cat would like.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 27, 2021, 08:54:52 PM
^They did have a lot of cat and dog stuff in there. :D
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 03, 2021, 04:19:58 PM
About to buy a new mobile. The old one is giving up and it's time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 10, 2021, 10:55:17 AM
An inch and a half socketed chisel and 20 gallons of gasoline
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on December 10, 2021, 06:15:45 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 03, 2021, 04:19:58 PM
About to buy a new mobile. The old one is giving up and it's time.

Do you hang it over your crib?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 11, 2021, 02:54:15 AM
^ :D

I bought my mum and my sister's husband birthday cards, my autistic client an orange shirt (he likes orange) to go with his Christmas card and some underwear for myself.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 11, 2021, 11:14:01 AM
Quote from: Calandale on December 10, 2021, 06:15:45 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 03, 2021, 04:19:58 PM
About to buy a new mobile. The old one is giving up and it's time.

Do you hang it over your crib?

More fun that way.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 11, 2021, 11:14:40 AM
Bought spare parts for an HP calculator.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 11, 2021, 09:25:07 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 03, 2021, 04:19:58 PM
About to buy a new mobile. The old one is giving up and it's time.

Mine is OLD, but still healthy. Need to update though, just because of its age, if nothing more.

Mainly just curious as to which products you are looking into.

Also want to bring a completely new wifi system to our new home. I have a lot more research to do in that arena as well.


I need help ...    :junkie:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 17, 2021, 08:05:22 PM
An $850 radiator and thermostat for my car. This is not the best time of year for it to happen.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2021, 02:32:03 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on December 11, 2021, 09:25:07 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 03, 2021, 04:19:58 PM
About to buy a new mobile. The old one is giving up and it's time.

Mine is OLD, but still healthy. Need to update though, just because of its age, if nothing more.

Mainly just curious as to which products you are looking into.

Also want to bring a completely new wifi system to our new home. I have a lot more research to do in that arena as well.


I need help ...    :junkie:

Got the new Pixel Pro. It's huge, but I've started to get used to the size already. My eyes are grateful.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2021, 02:36:48 PM
The nice thing about the Pixel is that if you like Android, it's just about the most unified Android experience you can get. It's closer to what Apple does except you still have access to the file system. Also, there's none of the extra stuff that Samsung forces upon you, like an extra app store, browser, and all the rest of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 18, 2021, 09:59:54 PM
Nothing. I have $20 to my name. Thankfully I get paid on Wednesday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 19, 2021, 07:59:09 PM
I bought a new set of towels with the money my momma just gave me for Christmas. I'm usually bad about not spending cash gifts on myself, but this year I'm seriously all about wanting new fabrics. The boy is getting me a new bedspread and I'll probably get some more cash from another family member, so I'm going to buy new sheets with that. I also want some new pillows but I may have to buy those myself. Sugarbutt says stuff like towels and sheets isn't really buying myself a gift, but I disagree. I know we will both use them, but I seriously doubt he is excited about them like I am and I know he doesn't give a crap the towels are getting old.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on December 20, 2021, 06:06:57 PM
New towels are a treat...but they become just plane old functional so quickly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 20, 2021, 06:31:16 PM
Quote from: Calandale on December 20, 2021, 06:06:57 PM
New towels are a treat...but they become just plane old functional so quickly.

The same is true of the sheets. I'm most looking forward to the new bedspread because it will make a big difference in the whole look of the room. I'll probably be glad when it's all viewed as ordinary because Sugarbutt is weird sometimes about new stuff. We don't use rugs in the house so we just toss down a hand towel as a bath mat when showering. Today he told me to buy a bath mat because he didn't want to use a new hand towel, and I said no because the new towels are meant to be used.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Calandale on December 20, 2021, 08:20:39 PM
Meh. Regular sheets seem to hold up pretty well to me.

And I can't afford silk.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 21, 2021, 09:06:39 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 17, 2021, 08:05:22 PM
An $850 radiator and thermostat for my car. This is not the best time of year for it to happen.

I also had an expensive repair.  Two new repairs (cam shaft and something else) and 4 tires.  About $1000.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 22, 2021, 07:22:43 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 21, 2021, 09:06:39 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 17, 2021, 08:05:22 PM
An $850 radiator and thermostat for my car. This is not the best time of year for it to happen.
I also had an expensive repair.  Two new repairs (cam shaft and something else) and 4 tires.  About $1000.
Eeek. Now that's expensive. My sister asked me when am I getting a new car. I replied I can't because I'm too busy fixing the one i have to be able to save for a new one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 23, 2021, 05:28:57 AM
Quote from: Calandale on December 20, 2021, 08:20:39 PM
Meh. Regular sheets seem to hold up pretty well to me.

And I can't afford silk.

The sheets are fine but the color would clash with the new bedcover, so I'm going to get new sheets. I'm excited about it, but hopefully Surgarbutt doesn't get weird about using them.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Queen Victoria on December 23, 2021, 10:35:26 AM
Quote from: renaeden on December 22, 2021, 07:22:43 PM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on December 21, 2021, 09:06:39 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 17, 2021, 08:05:22 PM
An $850 radiator and thermostat for my car. This is not the best time of year for it to happen.
I also had an expensive repair.  Two new repairs (cam shaft and something else) and 4 tires.  About $1000.
Eeek. Now that's expensive. My sister asked me when am I getting a new car. I replied I can't because I'm too busy fixing the one i have to be able to save for a new one.

Well, it's a 2003 Toyota with only 150.000 odd miles on it.  Barely broken in.  This is the biggest repair since the 2010's when I had the timing belt replaced.  Can't really complain, but I will.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dirty Big Yoke on December 23, 2021, 05:22:39 PM
VERY strong coffee and salted caramel syrup to go with it.

Had some already and it's the most delicious rocket fuel I've ever had.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 24, 2021, 07:29:07 AM
Dohm white noise machine
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 24, 2021, 04:11:41 PM
Beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 29, 2021, 11:02:21 PM
I found some blinds that fit the tiny bathroom window. It's a privacy window so it doesn't really need a window cover, but it looks terrible with nothing at all and the old curtain looks like crap with the new towels. I also bought a kit to transform the fake drawer panel under the kitchen sink into a storage tray. The blinds arrived today and the drawer thing should be here tomorrow. I told Sugarbutt I bought him some awesome weekend honey-do projects.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 07, 2022, 09:01:14 PM
^So is your curtain up and you have your storage tray?

I just bought two stamp albums on eBay. Used ones, so they were pretty cheap. One of my albums is falling apart and there's not enough room for all my Australian stamps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 07, 2022, 10:20:20 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 07, 2022, 09:01:14 PM
^So is your curtain up and you have your storage tray?

Oh sure, Sugarbutt didn't even wait until the weekend and he did them both right away. The blinds in the bathroom were a bit of a hassle for him, but the storage tray was easier and I think he was as excited to do it as I was to have it done.  :lol1: They both look great.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 08, 2022, 05:42:52 AM
Awesome. :plus:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 08, 2022, 11:39:36 AM
Burgers for the family.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 08, 2022, 03:24:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 18, 2021, 02:36:48 PM
The nice thing about the Pixel is that if you like Android, it's just about the most unified Android experience you can get. It's closer to what Apple does except you still have access to the file system. Also, there's none of the extra stuff that Samsung forces upon you, like an extra app store, browser, and all the rest of it.

Sounds like where I am headed. Might be a good choice for me.

Let me know of any caveats you discover along your Pixel journey.

 :autism:

 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on January 09, 2022, 08:36:17 PM
Allergy meds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 11, 2022, 02:12:21 AM
Too much stuff online.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 11, 2022, 12:27:18 PM
Insulation, duct tape and acetone 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 11, 2022, 03:37:03 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 08, 2022, 03:24:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 18, 2021, 02:36:48 PM
The nice thing about the Pixel is that if you like Android, it's just about the most unified Android experience you can get. It's closer to what Apple does except you still have access to the file system. Also, there's none of the extra stuff that Samsung forces upon you, like an extra app store, browser, and all the rest of it.

Sounds like where I am headed. Might be a good choice for me.

Let me know of any caveats you discover along your Pixel journey.

 :autism:

Well, about the only thing I can think of so far is that this thing is huge (I bought the Pro). On the other hand, I don't mind at all - my eyesight isn't getting any better.

There are a few bugs, of course, but nothing major. And it took me a while to get used to Android 12, with gestures rather than the three buttons at the bottom, but I was able to go back to the old Android UI for those until I decided to try again.

The upsides are many, though. The camera is stunningly good for a mobile phone, just to pick one that really matters to me, and the AI is sometimes beyond belief.

The experience is very much like what I liked with the original Pixel, six (?) years ago. The hardware is far better, though. If you like Android and aren't a fan of the alternative UIs offered by Samsung and others, this really is as good as it gets right now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 11, 2022, 04:57:52 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 11, 2022, 12:27:18 PM
Insulation, duct tape and acetone

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 12, 2022, 12:17:25 PM
Bought a CD, just now.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 14, 2022, 05:11:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 11, 2022, 03:37:03 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 08, 2022, 03:24:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on December 18, 2021, 02:36:48 PM
The nice thing about the Pixel is that if you like Android, it's just about the most unified Android experience you can get. It's closer to what Apple does except you still have access to the file system. Also, there's none of the extra stuff that Samsung forces upon you, like an extra app store, browser, and all the rest of it.

Sounds like where I am headed. Might be a good choice for me.

Let me know of any caveats you discover along your Pixel journey.

 :autism:

Well, about the only thing I can think of so far is that this thing is huge (I bought the Pro). On the other hand, I don't mind at all - my eyesight isn't getting any better.

There are a few bugs, of course, but nothing major. And it took me a while to get used to Android 12, with gestures rather than the three buttons at the bottom, but I was able to go back to the old Android UI for those until I decided to try again.

The upsides are many, though. The camera is stunningly good for a mobile phone, just to pick one that really matters to me, and the AI is sometimes beyond belief.

The experience is very much like what I liked with the original Pixel, six (?) years ago. The hardware is far better, though. If you like Android and aren't a fan of the alternative UIs offered by Samsung and others, this really is as good as it gets right now.

Thank you for your post.

Having an intelligent person "grade" modern technology is always helpful. I want a good camera as well. I have become addicted to having a camera in my hand again. I am a suffering shutterbug, still.

 :dunno:
Bite me.  :asthing:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 19, 2022, 08:44:13 PM
Got a Roku for a recently repurposed room. Don't watch tv, but it seems impressive, and hoping husband is impressed by it enough to discuss negating cable in the future. Also threw some money at a problem. Fingers crossed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 21, 2022, 01:06:51 PM
Bought a CD - the original soundtrack for Masada, a series from 1979(?) with a stunningly good score.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Dayko on January 23, 2022, 10:02:23 PM
i think was a TV wall bracket to put it on the wall of my bedroom
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on January 24, 2022, 05:58:25 AM
Quote from: Dayko on January 23, 2022, 10:02:23 PM
i think was a TV wall bracket to put it on the wall of my bedroom
Welcome back. Have considered many time wall mounting the tv over the fireplace but the livingroom is awkward and makes furniture placement difficult. The furniture would have to be sorted out first before going through the trouble of moving the cable wiring, so every time the idea comes up it gets let go. Maybe one day we will figure it out.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 30, 2022, 04:51:02 AM
I ordered five replacement pieces for our dishes. Years ago I bought new dishes with my birthday money. They're basic walmart brand mainstays cheapo dishes. I got three sets so I could have service for twelve, and at the time they also were selling matching separates like serving bowls, serving platters and small dessert bowls, so I got all that stuff too. I've loved them ever since because they're really nice heavy duty stoneware, but a few pieces have been chipped or broken over the years. They stopped producing them shortly after I got them so I wasn't expecting much when searching for a set to use as replacements. I found them on ebay for even more, but I ended up ordering them from a website which sells individual pieces of replacement china, because evidentially there are people like me who cherish their cheap ass walmart dishes so much they're willing to pay stupid amounts to replace them as if they were fine china.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 30, 2022, 04:13:24 PM
Bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 31, 2022, 09:42:15 PM
Bought medication.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 08, 2022, 10:20:31 AM
A CD.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 08, 2022, 03:39:25 PM
A shelving unit to replace an old inefficient one that is in my office
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on February 09, 2022, 11:04:44 AM
2 Tesla shares.

And a background picture my fish tank.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 14, 2022, 07:24:52 PM
A Milwaukee cordless right angle die grinder
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 15, 2022, 08:43:14 PM
A plastic mat to go under my computer chair because it was scratching the vinyl floor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 16, 2022, 04:42:27 PM
Petrol.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 16, 2022, 07:32:22 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 16, 2022, 04:42:27 PM
Petrol.
I bought that as well. It's getting really expensive.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on February 26, 2022, 07:07:14 PM
I bought myself a salad bowl. We have plenty of bowls, but they're all either regular size soup/cereal bowls or large size serving bowls. Whenever I eat a meal size salad I end up using a crappy piece of tupperware and that's been often because I've been eating a lot of salad lately. I love my new salad bowl and it makes my salads even more delicious. :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on February 26, 2022, 08:51:47 PM
A new office chair, 4 DVDs, Arizona Ice Tea, Ben and Jerry's Americone Dream, and Reese's snack mix.

I needed a new office chair because the one I had before the wheel broke.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 26, 2022, 09:29:31 PM
Quote from: Genesis on February 26, 2022, 08:51:47 PM
A new office chair, 4 DVDs, Arizona Ice Tea, Ben and Jerry's Americone Dream, and Reese's snack mix.

I needed a new office chair because the one I had before the wheel broke.
Is your new chair comfortable? I recently bought a new office chair because I could barely put up with sitting in the old one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 27, 2022, 10:01:23 AM
Quote from: renaeden on February 16, 2022, 07:32:22 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 16, 2022, 04:42:27 PM
Petrol.
I bought that as well. It's getting really expensive.

It already is. And now that there's a war going on the prices are skyrocketing in anticipation.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 27, 2022, 10:01:55 AM
Bought flight tickets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 27, 2022, 01:04:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 27, 2022, 10:01:55 AM
Bought flight tickets.
First read that as bought fight tickets and felt a bit envious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 07, 2022, 04:17:39 PM
Quote from: Jack on February 27, 2022, 01:04:57 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 27, 2022, 10:01:55 AM
Bought flight tickets.
First read that as bought fight tickets and felt a bit envious.

 :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

I really want to plus you for this.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 08, 2022, 08:12:41 PM
Cat tray litter and some cat treats.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 15, 2022, 06:39:45 PM
A shirt with the words "Introverted but willing to discuss cats" on it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 16, 2022, 12:54:31 PM
Books. Beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 17, 2022, 09:37:50 AM
Sausage, egg and cheese on a Portuguese roll
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 18, 2022, 07:40:02 AM
Three axes, two axe heads and three oilers
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 21, 2022, 07:08:58 PM
$100 worth of gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 21, 2022, 10:59:28 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 21, 2022, 07:08:58 PM
$100 worth of gas
Ridiculous how much it is, isn't it?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 22, 2022, 04:58:18 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 21, 2022, 10:59:28 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 21, 2022, 07:08:58 PM
$100 worth of gas
Ridiculous how much it is, isn't it?

Yes but it did come down a little in the last few days from when it shot up a couple weeks ago
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on March 23, 2022, 02:30:52 PM
Quote from: renaeden on February 26, 2022, 09:29:31 PM
Quote from: Genesis on February 26, 2022, 08:51:47 PM
A new office chair, 4 DVDs, Arizona Ice Tea, Ben and Jerry's Americone Dream, and Reese's snack mix.

I needed a new office chair because the one I had before the wheel broke.
Is your new chair comfortable? I recently bought a new office chair because I could barely put up with sitting in the old one.

It's wonderful
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 30, 2022, 05:36:06 AM
Petrol. It cost me $78. I guess that's what I have to pay if I don't skimp and buy Vortex.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 31, 2022, 09:12:01 AM
Lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on March 31, 2022, 09:28:15 PM
Enzymatic cleaner and gatorade.

Guess what is happening at home right now. 

:puke:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on April 01, 2022, 08:03:48 AM

HP printer cartridges.  They cost more than the printer cost brand new.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on April 01, 2022, 09:12:13 AM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on April 01, 2022, 08:03:48 AM

HP printer cartridges.  They cost more than the printer cost brand new.

Yeah it's crazy. Sometimes I miss printing some things out in color with my laser, but I don't miss that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on April 01, 2022, 08:27:28 PM
Punjabi snack mix, Mango Nectar, a couple of cans of Mango drink with bits of peach in it, and a snack mix I haven't tried yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 02, 2022, 08:24:16 PM
^ I love all things mango too. :)

Bought some mango fizzy drinks yesterday, along with some pizzas which have already been eaten. Most importantly, I now have some diet mixed berry cordial. Wasn't what I was after but it'll do.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 03, 2022, 06:56:45 AM
Mango?
:puke:

Seems our "friendship" is coming to an end.
 :lol1:

But, mango? Not my thing. Anything mangos can do, peaches can do better.  :2thumbsup: Have you heard about peaches?

Just kidding a bit. I get that peaches are not widely distributed due to a very short shelf life, but if you lived where you can grow them, you'd be in for a rare treat if you had your own peach tree. I have lived where mangos grew and I tried hard to love them, I mean, why wouldn't I?  They are beautiful and an amazing source of many nutrients. Maybe it works like fire, great idea, just don't get too close to it.
But the "everything" to do with mangos is just too much for me.
 :tard:

I still buy them for my kids, brought in to Indiana from Mexico, and peel them and sometimes add them to cakes, but no. Just no.
 :asthing:

Actually, mango chocolate cake can be really delightful.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 03, 2022, 07:15:36 AM
Back to topic:
My 705 RFK materials have finally arrived and I have work to do. Only problem is I also have other work to do.
May not get a chance to do more than just plan at this point.
Don't bother looking it up.
These will be used to create room correction panels to help resolve some lower frequency anomalies in my listening room.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 03, 2022, 09:38:25 AM
I like mango well enough but it's just okay. I don't buy them because the boy isn't a fan and the fruit shopping is primarily done with him in mind. I've never tried a papaya because I tried reading about them first. I read they smell and taste like vomit if they aren't perfectly ripe, and uncooked or unripe can make people very sick. So I've never been brave enough to eat the fruit that smells like puke, taste like puke, and will possibly make me puke.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 03, 2022, 03:44:15 PM
When I lived in south Texas, every little mom&pop Mexican bakery had fried papaya turnovers every Sunday morning.  Fabulous pastry! Also pumpkin, but they are not overly sweetened and spiced like the northern pumpkin pie EVERYTHING (even coffee. I'm NOT buying coffee that tastes like pumpkin pie.) that is popular in the fall here. Empanadas, or pumpkin turnovers, baked not fried (gourd bread?  -  don't think about it too long) are really wonderful.
I never see anything papaya up here in Indiana, except dried fruit. I like papaya, but I think the puke thing is imagined. Most tropical fruit puts off the northern tummies to some degree.
 :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 03, 2022, 07:00:18 PM
I don't think think the vomit thing is imagined. I read it's because papaya produces an enzyme that's very similar to human digestive enzymes. Some people don't mind the smell but others can't get past it. I don't know if the pastries count. I'm sure I've probably had stuff with papaya or the juice mixed in it, but I've never bought a whole one and ate it fresh. One time I bought one and the boy and I were going to try it, but it was still green so I put it in a paper sack to ripen it. Next thing I know, there's a family emergency and the papaya was definitely overripe when I got back into town, so I just tossed it. Maybe when I grocery shop next week I'll think to give it another go. I have a sensitive gag reflex and a frantic aversion to puking, so I worry about traumatizing myself.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 03, 2022, 07:35:17 PM
Peaches are pretty nice but I haven't had one in a very long time.

Mango chocolate cake? Sounds delicious.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 05, 2022, 07:35:18 PM
I can't send you any peaches, Reneaden. Plant a tree and water it well to get started. Dry land peaches are some of the best!
I know you have no land for which to do this, but goals are meant to be met.
What better reason is there to buy a house in the country than to grow peaches.
Or pecans! For that matter, pecans are godflesh. Hardly anthing any better than walking out every morning and gathering a big bag of pecans just ripened before the squirrels find them.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Trigger 11 on April 08, 2022, 11:37:13 PM
LEGO STAR WARS The Skywalker Saga for PS4.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 09, 2022, 01:25:57 PM
Haven't bought anything lately but thinking about buying a subwoofer for my study.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 09, 2022, 07:12:36 PM
^Similarly, Kayleigh is thinking about buying a new sound system (but keeping the speakers) because hers is getting glitches.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 09, 2022, 07:30:34 PM
Double jointed needle nose pliers 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on April 10, 2022, 08:16:43 PM
Dark City: Directors Cut

and

Renoir
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on April 11, 2022, 03:24:54 AM
A new clutch and master cyclinder for my wife's unreasonable large car.  There goes £1100 that I didn't have.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 11, 2022, 12:02:26 PM
Potting soil, a new plant pot and a lawn garden Buddha for our deck.   8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 11, 2022, 01:15:45 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 09, 2022, 01:25:57 PM
Haven't bought anything lately but thinking about buying a subwoofer for my study.

Oooh!  What are you looking at in consideration?

I can't really help with suggesting ready-made options much, since I have always built my own and those for many "friends" over the years. All my parts come from this side of the globe, mostly.

I did buy four really nice Jamo fifteen inch efforts back in the '90s, but Jamo is now a part of Klipsch, so not sure about the newer products. Pretty sure they still have an assembly plant in Denmark.

I have also bought Visaton from Germany before, imported to here from Canada. They don't make very large ones anymore, though.

If it's for a small room, modern tech will allow a much smaller driver size with decent output, than in years past, especially if you look for a servo controlled variety. I know Yamaha offers a superior servo type, available the world over, but I have not heard one outside of a showroom.

I can tell you that most of the time, two smaller subwoofers will sound better than one big one, especially if you can separate them into areas of your room to help with modal inconsistencies inherent to every listening space.

Have you calculated your cubic space, yet? Do you know how much subwoofer you need?

I said I couldn't help, and I can't, but maybe I can offer more things to think about, which probably won't help.
 :lol1:

OOps, forget the Yamaha. I just went looking for the ones I had seen and they are no longer available. Plenty of Pro sound stuff, but not what you need for a home study.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on April 11, 2022, 06:45:16 PM
I'm trying to plan out what I spend part of my tax return on... because with Supplemental Income I'm not allowed to have a big amount in savings
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 11, 2022, 09:46:40 PM
A PlayStation 5 for Kayleigh. She has to pay me back.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 15, 2022, 06:34:40 PM
I bought a few groceries and a couple of Easter gifts. I got a small container of potted tulips for Sugarbutt's mom. They can't be replanted here but they'll be nice for as long as they last in the pot. I also got a shirt and shorts and a small chocolate bunny for the boy.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 15, 2022, 07:07:06 PM
Some tools to fix and resell and some sanding disks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on April 15, 2022, 07:21:47 PM
Kung Fu Hustle DVD Widescreen Edition at the thrift shop... only cost me about 3 dollars :-/
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 15, 2022, 11:06:18 PM
These stuffed animals called Beanie Boos for my friend for Easter. She didn't want chocolate.

Some chocolate covered aniseed rings and mint chocolates for my parents. I'll be seeing them tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 20, 2022, 11:55:53 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 09, 2022, 07:12:36 PM
^Similarly, Kayleigh is thinking about buying a new sound system (but keeping the speakers) because hers is getting glitches.

My subwoofer purchase is still in the future.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 20, 2022, 12:00:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 11, 2022, 01:15:45 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 09, 2022, 01:25:57 PM
Haven't bought anything lately but thinking about buying a subwoofer for my study.

Oooh!  What are you looking at in consideration?

I can't really help with suggesting ready-made options much, since I have always built my own and those for many "friends" over the years. All my parts come from this side of the globe, mostly.

I did buy four really nice Jamo fifteen inch efforts back in the '90s, but Jamo is now a part of Klipsch, so not sure about the newer products. Pretty sure they still have an assembly plant in Denmark.

I have also bought Visaton from Germany before, imported to here from Canada. They don't make very large ones anymore, though.

If it's for a small room, modern tech will allow a much smaller driver size with decent output, than in years past, especially if you look for a servo controlled variety. I know Yamaha offers a superior servo type, available the world over, but I have not heard one outside of a showroom.

I can tell you that most of the time, two smaller subwoofers will sound better than one big one, especially if you can separate them into areas of your room to help with modal inconsistencies inherent to every listening space.

Have you calculated your cubic space, yet? Do you know how much subwoofer you need?

I said I couldn't help, and I can't, but maybe I can offer more things to think about, which probably won't help.
 :lol1:

OOps, forget the Yamaha. I just went looking for the ones I had seen and they are no longer available. Plenty of Pro sound stuff, but not what you need for a home study.

The room is tiny so I'd need a 10", tops. Except I saw an ad for a 12 and wandered off... Didn't buy it, though, because it was bloody huge. Weighed a ton.

Now considering a B&W 8" that is supposedly very musical and quite fitting to my setup.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 20, 2022, 04:28:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2022, 12:00:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 11, 2022, 01:15:45 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 09, 2022, 01:25:57 PM
Haven't bought anything lately but thinking about buying a subwoofer for my study.

I said I couldn't help, and I can't, but maybe I can offer more things to think about, which probably won't help.
 :lol1:

The room is tiny so I'd need a 10", tops. Except I saw an ad for a 12 and wandered off... Didn't buy it, though, because it was bloody huge. Weighed a ton.

Now considering a B&W 8" that is supposedly very musical and quite fitting to my setup.

When I worked at BB, we offered a large portion of the B&W product line. Not bad gear at all. Fairly inefficient as far as the full range models, but both sub enclosures we offered were self powered. Two levels of subwoofers, both 10" and they were powerful and sounded OK. The upper grade one was Servo controlled.

If your tiny room is halfway deadened with some books, furniture and stuff, you might find that an 8" of higher quality will be plenty.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 21, 2022, 09:57:58 AM
A large coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 21, 2022, 11:13:32 AM
Seafood, to make the Easter Seafood Casserole that I couldn't make last Sunday due to my colonoscopy prep.  I will make it this coming Sunday.  Yum  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 21, 2022, 12:13:35 PM
Yeeeeesh!!!

Big Insurance. BIG!

Well, we didn't buy it all today, but we set up a monthly payment thing for the rest of our lives.
Took all morning, but now if either of us "carc' out" (die, like, become a carcass) as the kids used to say, the house will be paid off and the other will be able to go on without The Largest Bill we will ever pay.

Whew!!! Done at last!

It's too damned expensive!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 21, 2022, 12:27:09 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 21, 2022, 09:57:58 AM
A large coffee

Very manly of you.

I bought a small coffee the other day at Speedway and the lady (probably approaching forty) at the counter said, "Oh, You have a small one!" It's a kind of truck stop and most people buy an all day coffee. I think the Big One is 48 ounce or something.
I heard from the back area, "Hey you shouldn't tell people that!"
We both shared one of those almost busting out laughing looks, but kept most of it inside.
After a chuckle, I told her I would remember her. I do. Every time I stop back by and she's there, we share another little "outside the box" smile.
 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 21, 2022, 04:25:56 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 20, 2022, 04:28:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2022, 12:00:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 11, 2022, 01:15:45 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 09, 2022, 01:25:57 PM
Haven't bought anything lately but thinking about buying a subwoofer for my study.

I said I couldn't help, and I can't, but maybe I can offer more things to think about, which probably won't help.
 :lol1:

The room is tiny so I'd need a 10", tops. Except I saw an ad for a 12 and wandered off... Didn't buy it, though, because it was bloody huge. Weighed a ton.

Now considering a B&W 8" that is supposedly very musical and quite fitting to my setup.

When I worked at BB, we offered a large portion of the B&W product line. Not bad gear at all. Fairly inefficient as far as the full range models, but both sub enclosures we offered were self powered. Two levels of subwoofers, both 10" and they were powerful and sounded OK. The upper grade one was Servo controlled.

If your tiny room is halfway deadened with some books, furniture and stuff, you might find that an 8" of higher quality will be plenty.

Loads of books and other deadening stuff, yes. I do suspect that the B&W is enough, and it's gotten some great reviews by people who aren't bassheads but like a good fit.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 22, 2022, 05:26:33 PM
Two hatchets
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 22, 2022, 06:42:00 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 22, 2022, 05:26:33 PM
Two hatchets

Whose skulls shall you cleave?   I'm asking for a friend! ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 22, 2022, 07:19:08 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 22, 2022, 05:26:33 PM
Two hatchets

Coincidence ... I bought a large, thick back Japanese cleaver for 69 cents ...

... along with a Swedish carving knife and two American made big blade kitchen knives. All the kitchen accessories were on sale for $0.69. I never pass up Swedish, Swiss, Japanese or German steel, regardless of the price. Some others as well, but never pass on some of the "best."

Also ten various DVD and Bluray movies, including "Good Will Hunting,"  one of my favorite Robin Williams roles,  twelve CDs, including Remastered Hey Jude (finding anything by The Beatles is rare) and a collection of Chopin works, twelve CDs for $1.99  CHOPIN!!

Basically a nice run through the Goodwill store. Kids bought some clothes and kitchenware. My daughter is addicted to Corning Ware and Corelle.

On the way back we stopped and got the best BBQ in the area for tomorrow. Pork, brisket, beans and potato salad.


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 22, 2022, 07:39:22 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 21, 2022, 04:25:56 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 20, 2022, 04:28:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2022, 12:00:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 11, 2022, 01:15:45 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 09, 2022, 01:25:57 PM
Haven't bought anything lately but thinking about buying a subwoofer for my study.

I said I couldn't help, and I can't, but maybe I can offer more things to think about, which probably won't help.
 :lol1:

The room is tiny so I'd need a 10", tops. Except I saw an ad for a 12 and wandered off... Didn't buy it, though, because it was bloody huge. Weighed a ton.

Now considering a B&W 8" that is supposedly very musical and quite fitting to my setup.

When I worked at BB, we offered a large portion of the B&W product line. Not bad gear at all. Fairly inefficient as far as the full range models, but both sub enclosures we offered were self powered. Two levels of subwoofers, both 10" and they were powerful and sounded OK. The upper grade one was Servo controlled.

If your tiny room is halfway deadened with some books, furniture and stuff, you might find that an 8" of higher quality will be plenty.

Loads of books and other deadening stuff, yes. I do suspect that the B&W is enough, and it's gotten some great reviews by people who aren't bassheads but like a good fit.

Yeah, I would not encourage you to buy any kind of bassshead thumper. Most of those things sound like crap if you are planning to actually "listen" to music rather than just irritate people.
 :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 24, 2022, 12:27:10 PM
An adze, two very old adjustable wrenches and a tobacco hatchet
 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 24, 2022, 02:44:33 PM
Tobacco hatchet?

Sounds like an antique, maybe. 
When I lived in Tennessee, most of the tobacco farmers used a modern machete to harvest their crops before drying in barns for the market.
What I liked most about those farmers is like, in grandfather's day, they would all work together on one's farm and then another's all working together, day after day, until all the crops were harvested.

I see that here sometimes with feed corn and soy crops. One guy leases a giant machine ANother guy leases a fleet of trucks and they go around for weeks hiring out to harvest. Not quite the same as all sharing blood, sweat and tears, but some cooperation still.

What the hell is a tobacco hatchet?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 24, 2022, 03:30:39 PM
Connecticut grows tobacco for cigar wrappers.  The blade is thin like a knife.  I got this one to sell it's not in the best shape but should go for around $15. 

(https://i.postimg.cc/0ySxrqvg/DSCN8300.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 24, 2022, 04:58:42 PM
I would not have known what that was at first, but I would most certainly have bought it.
Thanks!

The gap in the blade looks puposeful. Not like damage. Is the gap sharpened as well?

That'a a really nice box of goodies, there.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 25, 2022, 01:59:09 AM
Not sure if it came with the gap or if it was modified after.  it's about the same sharpness as the rest of the blade which is very dull.   I have a show I am selling at this coming weekend and the box is just some recent additions to what I am bringing
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 25, 2022, 04:18:33 AM
Went back to the Goodwill store, while I still had my Rodenstock projector open on my bench,  to return some clothes that didn't fit my son. They have shut down their fitting rooms since the pandemic and installed a very forgiving return policy.

Lucky for ME, though!!
They had brought out a selection of newly donated CDs for me to peruse. I picked up several, but a rare find, too. They had a really early copy of The Beatles White Album. It is the edition that came in two cases and still has the original CD boxy drum sound that was doctored up some during the '09 Remaster. This CD set is from '87 and I think it sounds really good in my car. Can't wait to compare it to some other releases on my various CD rigs.
I still have my very first CD player, Sony, I bought in '86 and it is in perfect condition. This CD set was made for that machine.

One other Sony I have, same model but purchase in the mid '90s, I have sent in to Decware to be modified with a tube output stage, bypassing everything digi after the internal DAC. That one is actually my favorite. It just sounds better.

Lucky ME, indeed ... all the artwork was still inside as it was released way back then! Two bucks! I think this is the eighth or ninth White CD I own from all era of releases.

Oh, btw, I never bought the '09 Remaster that came on the flash drive loaded with MP3s, which we sold tons of when I worked at BB. That just seemed stupid to me. I bought the CDs and later an unexpected deal came up for the '09 LPs, used but perfect condition from a "friend,"  so I have those, too. I tend to buy White, Abbey Road, and Rubber Soul every time I find them offered. I'm a nut case when it comes to Beatles.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 25, 2022, 02:24:08 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 22, 2022, 07:39:22 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 21, 2022, 04:25:56 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 20, 2022, 04:28:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2022, 12:00:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 11, 2022, 01:15:45 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 09, 2022, 01:25:57 PM
Haven't bought anything lately but thinking about buying a subwoofer for my study.

I said I couldn't help, and I can't, but maybe I can offer more things to think about, which probably won't help.
 :lol1:

The room is tiny so I'd need a 10", tops. Except I saw an ad for a 12 and wandered off... Didn't buy it, though, because it was bloody huge. Weighed a ton.

Now considering a B&W 8" that is supposedly very musical and quite fitting to my setup.

When I worked at BB, we offered a large portion of the B&W product line. Not bad gear at all. Fairly inefficient as far as the full range models, but both sub enclosures we offered were self powered. Two levels of subwoofers, both 10" and they were powerful and sounded OK. The upper grade one was Servo controlled.

If your tiny room is halfway deadened with some books, furniture and stuff, you might find that an 8" of higher quality will be plenty.

Loads of books and other deadening stuff, yes. I do suspect that the B&W is enough, and it's gotten some great reviews by people who aren't bassheads but like a good fit.

Yeah, I would not encourage you to buy any kind of bassshead thumper. Most of those things sound like crap if you are planning to actually "listen" to music rather than just irritate people.
 :laugh: :laugh:

So I paid a visit to a local HiFi store that carry the B&W sub I'm interested in and asked for a demo. They paired it with my exact speakers and approximate gear, and I then spent fifteen minutes tinkering with it while listening to a selection of music I know by heart (and ear). The room was too large, but I had no problems hearing what that thing can do.

The enclosure is tiny for a sub, and again, it's just an 8", but the sheer musicality of it is way beyond what I'd expect for something double its price range. Accurate, quick, great filters - it actually has a bass extension switch if you want 25Hz in a small space and know the power limits of what you are dealing with. No idea how they pull off that latter bit but they do. And the low-pass is a great fit for my Dali speakers.

I placed an order. I'll pick it up on Thursday. :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 25, 2022, 02:30:49 PM
^I should mention that I considered a Klipsch 12". Nowhere near as precise but lots of shaking of things for very little money. Wouldn't have worked for much of the music I listen to while working.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 25, 2022, 04:38:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 25, 2022, 02:24:08 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 22, 2022, 07:39:22 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 21, 2022, 04:25:56 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 20, 2022, 04:28:23 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2022, 12:00:37 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 11, 2022, 01:15:45 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 09, 2022, 01:25:57 PM
Haven't bought anything lately but thinking about buying a subwoofer for my study.

I said I couldn't help, and I can't, but maybe I can offer more things to think about, which probably won't help.
 :lol1:

The room is tiny so I'd need a 10", tops. Except I saw an ad for a 12 and wandered off... Didn't buy it, though, because it was bloody huge. Weighed a ton.

Now considering a B&W 8" that is supposedly very musical and quite fitting to my setup.

When I worked at BB, we offered a large portion of the B&W product line. Not bad gear at all. Fairly inefficient as far as the full range models, but both sub enclosures we offered were self powered. Two levels of subwoofers, both 10" and they were powerful and sounded OK. The upper grade one was Servo controlled.

If your tiny room is halfway deadened with some books, furniture and stuff, you might find that an 8" of higher quality will be plenty.

Loads of books and other deadening stuff, yes. I do suspect that the B&W is enough, and it's gotten some great reviews by people who aren't bassheads but like a good fit.

Yeah, I would not encourage you to buy any kind of bassshead thumper. Most of those things sound like crap if you are planning to actually "listen" to music rather than just irritate people.
 :laugh: :laugh:

So I paid a visit to a local HiFi store that carry the B&W sub I'm interested in and asked for a demo. They paired it with my exact speakers and approximate gear, and I then spent fifteen minutes tinkering with it while listening to a selection of music I know by heart (and ear). The room was too large, but I had no problems hearing what that thing can do.

The enclosure is tiny for a sub, and again, it's just an 8", but the sheer musicality of it is way beyond what I'd expect for something double its price range. Accurate, quick, great filters - it actually has a bass extension switch if you want 25Hz in a small space and know the power limits of what you are dealing with. No idea how they pull off that latter bit but they do. And the low-pass is a great fit for my Dali speakers.

I placed an order. I'll pick it up on Thursday. :woohoo:

:woohoo:
That's great that you got to try before you buy!  And with gear similar to the system in which it will be used.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 25, 2022, 04:44:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 25, 2022, 02:30:49 PM
^I should mention that I considered a Klipsch 12". Nowhere near as precise but lots of shaking of things for very little money. Wouldn't have worked for much of the music I listen to while working.

Yeah, if we were talking about just putting some decent rumble down low for a home theater employing an average system, those Klipsch would be hard to beat for the money.

I think you'll be in good shape with those B&W efforts. Those are quite a bit higher grade than most Klipsch attempts.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 25, 2022, 06:51:19 PM
I bought a birthday gift for a family member. I was stressed it hadn't shipped yet, so I ordered a similar item from somewhere else too. I'm having trouble cancelling the first order, so they might be getting a birthday gift in the mail and also a late birthday gift. It's something that's not terrible to have two, so it's okay if it turns out that way.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 27, 2022, 06:24:03 AM
I bought two black long-sleeved polo shirts and a purple hoodie from a no label brand I found online. The polo shirts are for wearing at the Salvos when the weather is cool and the hoodie is for general wearing in winter and because I like purple.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 27, 2022, 07:27:37 AM
I bought a birthday gift to have shipped to a family member. They'll actually be receiving two packages with very similar items. I got concerned about the first one I ordered because it still hadn't shipped. I didn't think it would arrive on time so I ordered another one from someone else. Then they wouldn't let me cancel the first order but that's okay because it's something that's not terrible to have two. I sent them a message they'll be receiving a birthday gift and probably a late birthday gift.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on April 27, 2022, 09:42:27 AM
A footstool for my chair and groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 30, 2022, 12:35:06 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 25, 2022, 04:44:12 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 25, 2022, 02:30:49 PM
^I should mention that I considered a Klipsch 12". Nowhere near as precise but lots of shaking of things for very little money. Wouldn't have worked for much of the music I listen to while working.

Yeah, if we were talking about just putting some decent rumble down low for a home theater employing an average system, those Klipsch would be hard to beat for the money.

I think you'll be in good shape with those B&W efforts. Those are quite a bit higher grade than most Klipsch attempts.

As I wrote in another thread, I'm very pleased. This one isn't going to rumble a lot, it's just going to do its bit without a fuss.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 30, 2022, 12:40:10 PM
I spent a fortune on new glasses - reading, progressive, sun - but OMG it was worth it. It's been years since the last time and I've gotten older. I hadn't realised how hard my old glasses made reading. Why didn't I do this earlier?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on April 30, 2022, 07:15:03 PM
access to a program called Noom to help me lose weight, now I'm wanting to look for a poster copy of the London Underground to hang over the bare spot of my quarters in the basement.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 04, 2022, 02:47:40 PM
Big post vise
(https://i.postimg.cc/sD0GpCQn/KIMG0957.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 04, 2022, 03:17:54 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 30, 2022, 12:40:10 PM
I spent a fortune on new glasses - reading, progressive, sun - but OMG it was worth it. It's been years since the last time and I've gotten older. I hadn't realised how hard my old glasses made reading. Why didn't I do this earlier?
I wanted to read that,  "It's been years since the last time I've gotten older."
Unfortunately, the incrementalism of aging is sneaky.

I'm ready. Mine will be quite costly as well.

It's been too long.

I've been busy and thinking of my own needs has taken the form of enhancing my new PRIVATE listening room, lately.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 04, 2022, 03:35:01 PM
Quote from: Parts on May 04, 2022, 02:47:40 PM
Big post vise
 

Haven't seen one of those in a while.
Seems that one has suffered some "indignity,"  maybe?
 :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 04, 2022, 06:21:52 PM
It is a little rough and is missing the spring but it will look a lot better after a little work.  Paid 35 should go for over 100 when done 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 05, 2022, 04:18:15 PM
Damn! Almost everything around here is the $100 price to start.
No meat left on the bone for a working "salvage peddler."

That's what my cousin calls his business.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 05, 2022, 04:25:28 PM
Shrimp. Local butcher had a fresh(frozen - it's Indiana) batch of the big ones for sale.

I went in for a decent roast for the week end. I figure, if I'm preparing myself to spend 15 to 18 bucks a pound for Meijer butchered beef, I might as well have a look at our local independant butcher. His was the same price, but way better marbling AND aged.

I was not expecting to see shrimp, so Shrimp tacos tomorrow. Roast on Sunday.

Haven't had shrimp tacos in a while.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on May 06, 2022, 07:21:55 PM
I bought our first watermelon of the season. Wish me luck.  :2thumbsup:
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Post by: Parts on May 06, 2022, 07:46:24 PM
Some cosmos at the flea market.  Not many vendors today and I had to get something
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Post by: renaeden on May 07, 2022, 06:57:47 PM
Movie tickets, drinks and popcorn.
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Post by: Parts on May 08, 2022, 03:47:45 PM
Fluid Film
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Post by: Gopher Gary on May 21, 2022, 12:51:37 PM
I bought another watermelon. The last one was a dud. It's possible it was overripe but I'm not really sure because that's a problem I've never had before. If they're not good it's always because they were picked too soon. It looked awesome when I cut it open but if I had to guess from the texture, I'd say it might have accidentally been frozen. Whatever was wrong with it, I hope I have better luck this time.  :dunno:
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Post by: Parts on May 21, 2022, 06:09:35 PM
$100 in gas and it didn't fill the tank :zombiefuck:
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Post by: DirtDawg on May 21, 2022, 09:49:32 PM
I know the feeling!
Although my smaller crossover was filled just under $100.
It's not a work truck, though. I drive a Chevy Traverse. It's just my Daddy Taxi car.
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Post by: odeon on May 24, 2022, 09:15:01 AM
Flight tickets. Books. Beer.
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Post by: renaeden on May 27, 2022, 09:04:23 PM
Some really nice striped track pants for $7 at the Salvos. They look new.
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Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2022, 12:27:01 PM
Two fire logs.
I know that doesn't sound like much fire wood, but these are large logs made with holes bored in order to create a kind of furnace inside. So they can be placed on any flat, fire safe surface and they will burn from the inside - out.

These will be great on our back porch for family time, without the involved fire pit thing.

Still going to have a fire pit at some point, but these things are very cool!
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Post by: Gopher Gary on May 28, 2022, 12:32:16 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 28, 2022, 12:27:01 PM
Two fire logs.
I know that doesn't sound like much fire wood, but these are large logs made with holes bored in order to create a kind of furnace inside. So they can be placed on any flat, fire safe surface and they will burn from the inside - out.

These will be great on our back porch for family time, without the involved fire pit thing.

Still going to have a fire pit at some point, but these things are very cool!

I was just thinking about fire stuff yesterday.  :orly: There's a couple family birthdays coming up and I was looking for gift ideas. I ran across some treated pine cones that are supposed to change the color of flames. We don't use our fireplace, but there's a household in the family that occasionally does use theirs, plus they also camp a couple times per year, so I bookmarked them as a possible Christmas gift idea for them.  :2thumbsup:
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Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2022, 01:55:19 PM
Take a look at something like what I got. Mine came from Lowe's, but I bought the last two. Memorial day week end. The racers are in town!! These are hard to find, today.
This is another hardware chain with something similar.

Handy carrying rope handle. It's called a rocket furnace by some. There are many youtubes showing how to build a semi permanent or NOT rocket furnace from bricks and even stacks of lumber.

These little things take advantage of the nature of fire to build a self contained rocket furnace. I twist up a newspaper to suff the center, two or three drops of accelerant to keep the paper going despite losing some oxygen flow (old cooking oil works fine, BTW, takes a litle more - no petrol needed), light it and give a few minutes and you have a couple of hours worth of small, contollable fire.

I have actually watered them to kill the night and re-lit them at another time. Same process for lighting and you're off again.

They don't last that long, but a couple of hours to finish with dogs and s'mores is usually all you need. Bring some music!

Check the link. Sorry, link is messy, btu you'll see. This one is birch, mine are maple and locally sourced, despite what everyone pisses on Lowe's about.

https://www.doitbest.com/shop/heating-ventilation-and-air-conditioning/fireplaces-and-stoves/fire-logs-starters-and-fuels/fire-log/lightn-go-bonfire-1-12-hr-fire-log?SKU=404564&gsf=t&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1t2GvviC-AIV8tuGCh2XJQnqEAQYBCABEgKolPD_BwE (https://www.doitbest.com/shop/heating-ventilation-and-air-conditioning/fireplaces-and-stoves/fire-logs-starters-and-fuels/fire-log/lightn-go-bonfire-1-12-hr-fire-log?SKU=404564&gsf=t&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1t2GvviC-AIV8tuGCh2XJQnqEAQYBCABEgKolPD_BwE)
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Post by: DirtDawg on May 28, 2022, 02:20:01 PM
I have a two inch spade bit and, with a few logs, I can make my own.

Used to be easy. You see a tree felled, stop to ask and drive away with more wood that you should carry.
These days, you stop, but, "NO! NO, sir!  It's already sold!'

So watching for storms to take down trees seems to be what is left for me to gather my own for free.
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Post by: renaeden on May 30, 2022, 06:23:23 PM
After losing many bids on eBay, I finally won one. It was only for a page of Japanese stamps but I'm happy. I may do some more bidding. I usually buy things outright.
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Post by: Genesis on May 30, 2022, 06:51:33 PM
Found a Zhang Yimou film on Amazon I haven't seen yet... so I bought a blu-ray copy, as well as an AUX cord that I connect to my speakers to play my mp3 player in my room.

Also, I've been slowly collecting Funko Pops... right now I'm trying to complete the Blade Runner set that I have in my room.
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Post by: DirtDawg on June 02, 2022, 09:46:52 AM
Well it was Old Fat Man's Day  (30% senior discount)  at Goodwill and this is why I keep going back.

I always look for high quality blades in the kitchen areas. Today everything was marked at half price. Notice the price tag on this awesome, solid maple joiner's mallet! It's almost new.
I guess no one knew what it was and put it in with kitchenware?

Anyway, half price to start, 30% off that and I gave SIXTY NINE CENTS for this!
Also picked up a Henckel paring knife for the same price.


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Post by: odeon on June 02, 2022, 01:21:06 PM
Books.
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Post by: Parts on June 03, 2022, 06:34:54 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 02, 2022, 09:46:52 AM
Well it was Old Fat Man's Day  (30% senior discount)  at Goodwill and this is why I keep going back.

I always look for high quality blades in the kitchen areas. Today everything was marked at half price. Notice the price tag on this awesome, solid maple joiner's mallet! It's almost new.
I guess no one knew what it was and put it in with kitchenware?

Anyway, half price to start, 30% off that and I gave SIXTY NINE CENTS for this!
Also picked up a Henckel paring knife for the same price.

That is a very nice mallet and cant beat the price.

I bought two cucumber plants at the flea market
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Post by: Gopher Gary on June 03, 2022, 07:10:02 PM
I bought a shirt to give to Sugarbutt for Father's Day. :heart:
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Post by: renaeden on June 03, 2022, 08:23:33 PM
I bought a shirt for $4 at the Salvos. It has a camouflage pattern on it.
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Post by: renaeden on June 10, 2022, 08:24:36 PM
I bought Kayleigh a Batman shirt and myself two pairs of pyjama pants (one with cupcakes and the other with kittens on) for $10 at the Salvos.
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Post by: renaeden on June 29, 2022, 07:10:35 PM
I bought birthday cards and presents.
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Post by: Parts on June 30, 2022, 06:15:33 PM
Reading glasses
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Post by: odeon on July 01, 2022, 11:04:52 AM
Beer -hic-
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Post by: Gopher Gary on July 02, 2022, 04:21:19 PM
I bought some fancy-smancy artesian handmade soaps to give as a gift. I hope they like them, but I really don't know if anyone still uses bar soaps anymore. I figure if they don't want them, it will make a nice re-gift for someone else.  :lol1: Stuff, I'm so over it. I don't think I've ever been more over stuff in general, than I am now. Last Christmas was awesome because Sugarbutt made gifts and I only bought consumables, with the exception of the one young child in the family. Since then, I've exclusively bought consumable gifts and I may never go back unless someone tells me something they specifically want. Food, drinks, soaps, candles, flowers, and experiences, enjoy it and then it's gone.  :thumbup:
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Post by: Gopher Gary on July 10, 2022, 07:40:08 PM
I bought a honeydew melon the size of my head.  :lol1: I don't think I've ever seen a honeydew so big before.  :orly:
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Post by: renaeden on July 11, 2022, 10:12:04 PM
^Wow, that's big.

I bought a press-down whisk for $2 at the Salvos.
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Post by: renaeden on July 14, 2022, 08:01:47 PM
I bought two bras online - one bright blue and the other grey with pink flowers. Should get them next week or the week after.
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Post by: Parts on July 15, 2022, 10:33:19 AM
Spent $220 at an estate sale for three boxes of tools and military stuff along with a blacksmiths vise
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Post by: DirtDawg on July 15, 2022, 11:46:09 AM
Sounds like a nice haul!
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Post by: FourAceDeal on July 17, 2022, 10:48:50 AM
I found a cigar shop in Spain with a walk in humidor and somewhat overspent, considering I don't really smoke - except the very occasional cigar.  I now have 20 coronas and maybe 40 cigarellos.  That's about 4 years worth of cigars for me.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on July 17, 2022, 08:19:17 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on July 17, 2022, 10:48:50 AM
I found a cigar shop in Spain with a walk in humidor and somewhat overspent, considering I don't really smoke - except the very occasional cigar.  I now have 20 coronas and maybe 40 cigarellos.  That's about 4 years worth of cigars for me.

Are cigars even good for that long?  :dunno:
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Post by: DirtDawg on July 18, 2022, 05:25:42 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on July 17, 2022, 08:19:17 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on July 17, 2022, 10:48:50 AM
I found a cigar shop in Spain with a walk in humidor and somewhat overspent, considering I don't really smoke - except the very occasional cigar.  I now have 20 coronas and maybe 40 cigarellos.  That's about 4 years worth of cigars for me.

Are cigars even good for that long?  :dunno:

Yes and at least ten to twenty times that long, if kept in proper conditions.

I'm more of a pipe smoker than a cigar aficionado, but the processes are very similar.
The Danish tobacco I smoke is fermented for four years, like fine wine but tobacco takes longer for the natural sugars to work. Then it is aged for twelve years sealed in oak barrels, like wine or whiskey, before they even consider it mature enough for blending a high quality smoke. It takes a few more years of aging for the blend to marry properly.

The tobacco I like most is about twenty years old when I buy it by the pound in sealed containers. A pound of tobacco lasts me about six months.

It is quite different for typical name brand cigarettes. Those tobaccos is mostly vacuum kiln dried and about a year old, so not matured at all  ... and chemicals are added ... eewwwweee!

Cigars can be quite complicated by some being wrapped just barely older than green and matured whole for years, while others are wrapped with more mature tobacco using a specific wrap for various qualities, then finish maturing over years.

But, yes, cigars can be kept for ages if you know how.
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Post by: DirtDawg on July 18, 2022, 07:40:24 AM
 :dunno:
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Post by: FourAceDeal on July 18, 2022, 07:56:11 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 18, 2022, 05:25:42 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on July 17, 2022, 08:19:17 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on July 17, 2022, 10:48:50 AM
I found a cigar shop in Spain with a walk in humidor and somewhat overspent, considering I don't really smoke - except the very occasional cigar.  I now have 20 coronas and maybe 40 cigarellos.  That's about 4 years worth of cigars for me.

Are cigars even good for that long?  :dunno:

Yes and at least ten to twenty times that long, if kept in proper conditions.

I'm more of a pipe smoker than a cigar aficionado, but the processes are very similar.
The Danish tobacco I smoke is fermented for four years, like fine wine but tobacco takes longer for the natural sugars to work. Then it is aged for twelve years sealed in oak barrels, like wine or whiskey, before they even consider it mature enough for blending a high quality smoke. It takes a few more years of aging for the blend to marry properly.

The tobacco I like most is about twenty years old when I buy it by the pound in sealed containers. A pound of tobacco lasts me about six months.

It is quite different for typical name brand cigarettes. Those tobaccos is mostly vacuum kiln dried and about a year old, so not matured at all  ... and chemicals are added ... eewwwweee!

Cigars can be quite complicated by some being wrapped just barely older than green and matured whole for years, while others are wrapped with more mature tobacco using a specific wrap for various qualities, then finish maturing over years.

But, yes, cigars can be kept for ages if you know how.

My usual smoke (a Sumatran Corona) was 4 euros, instead of the £40 I have to pay in the UK, so I'm hoping they keep OK.
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Post by: DirtDawg on July 18, 2022, 09:21:41 AM
Wow!
Did you drop an extra Zero past the pound sign? If not, that's an amazing savings. Makes me wonder how and why. I know there are import "duties" with all tobacco products, but that seems like a bit too much duty for the Crown.

Your cigars will be fine inside a humidor for years. Main concern is to exclude airborne spores and insects, of course. Almost all vegan insects will chew tobacco.

For a small stash, you can make a humidor out of anything that seals a little. You need a source of moisture enclosed. A small piece of clay soaked and toweled off will last for a month or so until you need to re-soak it, maybe longer in your climate.

No offense intended if you already know all this, but for those with additional questions, we're both here. Right?

To think that quality cigars don't keep for generations is foreign to me. I had to respond.
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Post by: Parts on July 18, 2022, 08:00:30 PM
A smoke detector
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Post by: FourAceDeal on July 19, 2022, 07:59:53 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 18, 2022, 09:21:41 AM
Wow!
Did you drop an extra Zero past the pound sign? If not, that's an amazing savings. Makes me wonder how and why. I know there are import "duties" with all tobacco products, but that seems like a bit too much duty for the Crown.

Your cigars will be fine inside a humidor for years. Main concern is to exclude airborne spores and insects, of course. Almost all vegan insects will chew tobacco.

For a small stash, you can make a humidor out of anything that seals a little. You need a source of moisture enclosed. A small piece of clay soaked and toweled off will last for a month or so until you need to re-soak it, maybe longer in your climate.

No offense intended if you already know all this, but for those with additional questions, we're both here. Right?

To think that quality cigars don't keep for generations is foreign to me. I had to respond.

No extra digit after the pound sign.  Cigars really are that expensive in the UK due to taxation.   I brought back some Backwoods for my son.  They cost me 3 Euros a packet in Spain (about £2.50?), in the UK they are £12.50 a packet.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on July 30, 2022, 12:48:40 PM
I bought all the variations of berries and made a huge berry salad.  :2thumbsup:
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Post by: Parts on July 30, 2022, 06:02:40 PM
A sharpening stone in a nice wooden box
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Post by: DirtDawg on August 02, 2022, 07:36:42 AM
Kind of the same, but I bought a set of three sharpening stones and a diamond impregnated Carborundum faced leveling steel.

Not long ago I dropped my 60 year old (yeah, almost as old as me. Belonged to my father) India rock and it broke. I did not cry, but I was mad enough at my clumsiness that I felt the need.
I have been using it still. But I have some large blades that demand a full stone. My Viking blood is thin and I can't just use a stone I picked up from the shoreline to keep my blades up.

I bought some Chinese water stones from Amazon. I have a 200 grit combo 500 grit Carborundum, 1000 grit India and a 6000 grit India. I have to admit that these Chinese India stones are some of the finest I've ever seen. The Carborundum combo stone you can get at any hardware store.

I still have a good 12,000 grit Arkansas rock in good shape; it's older than I am. I've repaired the wooden case. I priced one a couple of years ago and to get even close to the size of my Arkansas rock would cost over $1000 for a thinner stone in today's markets.
I have dropped the Arkansas many times, a chipped corner or three, and been lucky so far. It's a big piece of super clean stone. Largest stone I have.
 
It's for finishing.
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Post by: Parts on August 06, 2022, 02:07:09 PM
A Loewe Opta radio from the 50s It works but the dial cord is broken or missing
(https://i.postimg.cc/k5HmJW8Y/KIMG1644.jpg)
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Post by: DirtDawg on August 06, 2022, 02:44:41 PM
That is amazing, really cool find. The condition is very nice.

Resembles my dad's old radio I rebuilt recently.
That cable running the dial is usually easy to replace. I think it would be worth your effort to restore it.
I'll bet it sounds great.

I think it's really interesting how the tuning scale is reversed from our Western Electric, Motorola, Sylvania or RCA norms.
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Post by: Parts on August 07, 2022, 04:46:01 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 06, 2022, 02:44:41 PM
That is amazing, really cool find. The condition is very nice.

Resembles my dad's old radio I rebuilt recently.
That cable running the dial is usually easy to replace. I think it would be worth your effort to restore it.
I'll bet it sounds great.

I think it's really interesting how the tuning scale is reversed from our Western Electric, Motorola, Sylvania or RCA norms.

I have a soft spot for radios and tend to get them whenever I see them at a reasonable price especially the 'HIFI' stuff. The reversed scale seems to be a European thing it's on a couple other ones I have from this era including what looks like this ones big brother.  Though this radio was made for the American market due to the CONELRAD marking on the dial.    Dial cords are easy and I have a spool of the material already.

Its big brother :LOL:
(https://i.postimg.cc/7ZrLcwsc/002.jpg)
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Post by: Genesis on August 07, 2022, 05:36:35 PM
Halo Tops Ice Cream
Sweet Tea
Cookies (I keep a stash hidden away in my room only I moderate my intake)
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Post by: DirtDawg on August 08, 2022, 05:56:28 AM
Two bags of birdseed.
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Post by: DirtDawg on August 08, 2022, 06:08:26 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 07, 2022, 04:46:01 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 06, 2022, 02:44:41 PM
That is amazing, really cool find. The condition is very nice.

Resembles my dad's old radio I rebuilt recently.
That cable running the dial is usually easy to replace. I think it would be worth your effort to restore it.
I'll bet it sounds great.

I think it's really interesting how the tuning scale is reversed from our Western Electric, Motorola, Sylvania or RCA norms.

I have a soft spot for radios and tend to get them whenever I see them at a reasonable price especially the 'HIFI' stuff. The reversed scale seems to be a European thing it's on a couple other ones I have from this era including what looks like this ones big brother.  Though this radio was made for the American market due to the CONELRAD marking on the dial.    Dial cords are easy and I have a spool of the material already.

Its big brother :LOL:
(https://i.postimg.cc/7ZrLcwsc/002.jpg)

What a beauty!
It looks a lot like my dad's old Blaupunkt. I can't read the brand, but the Grundigs had a similar look and function.

When I was  kid, this was my dad's job, fixing radios and TVs. I learned a lot from him.
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Post by: DirtDawg on August 09, 2022, 07:23:05 PM
I bought 28 paver bricks. I'm setting them as a step in front of our back door.

Old knees demand this.


Weird thing about loading up, there was an Asian woman, lovely gal, who ran over to help me load the bricks into my car. She was wearing "that Lowe's blue" color and I thought that she was an employee at first.
But, I'm a MAN and twice as big as she is, so I thanked her and told her I can do this just fine. No need for help.

Then she saw the cloth I use to protect my cargo area and said, "This is too nice. They have plastic to protect. I run get some for you."  I told her no thank you, this is what I use. I began to realize she was not an employee, just a nice lady wanting to help an old man. I'm not decrepit, I have a stiff back and dodgy knees, but I'm still a larger than average, substantial frame of a man in passable health.
She wanted to help.
I came to realize that if I let her help me, I was helping her do what she does. So I let her help stack them safely while I picked them up from the cart.

It was a very odd encounter. She bowed to me and ran away before I could even say thank you or another word.
WTF just happened?
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Post by: Phlexor on August 12, 2022, 06:13:55 AM
My PC Parts came in today, so I've been slowing putting things together. I'm so nervous because my current PC was a disaster. But at least I can isolate it and work on seeing if any of it is salvageable. Just have to get it a GPU as it doesn't have an iGPU or anythign (the RTX 2070 SUPER is going into my new system).
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Post by: Gopher Gary on August 12, 2022, 12:58:51 PM
Quote from: Phlexor on August 12, 2022, 06:13:55 AM
My PC Parts came in today, so I've been slowing putting things together. I'm so nervous because my current PC was a disaster. But at least I can isolate it and work on seeing if any of it is salvageable. Just have to get it a GPU as it doesn't have an iGPU or anythign (the RTX 2070 SUPER is going into my new system).

I like it when you speak the geek.  :eyebrows:
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Post by: Genesis on August 12, 2022, 03:33:23 PM
Ghost in the Shell: Arised Borders 1 through 4
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Post by: Parts on August 12, 2022, 08:11:20 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on August 08, 2022, 05:56:28 AM
Two bags of birdseed.

Me too one was finch mix the other standard and a fire extinguisher at Lowes
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Post by: Icequeen on August 13, 2022, 06:50:16 PM
Beautiful radios.  :o

Hubby bought me an older bench grinder from a sale somewhere...I've needed one forever.

Finally he's getting it after 20+ years.

Flower are nice, but tools are always better.
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Post by: renaeden on August 14, 2022, 02:17:17 AM
A Westinghouse microwave. Hopefully it will last longer than the Samsung.
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Post by: odeon on August 19, 2022, 03:18:38 PM
Books.

Also, plane tickets.
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Post by: Parts on August 19, 2022, 06:56:50 PM
A talking Butthead doll and some tools
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Post by: renaeden on August 19, 2022, 08:45:14 PM
Quote from: Parts on August 19, 2022, 06:56:50 PM
A talking Butthead doll and some tools
You buy the most interesting stuff!

I bought medication.  :yawn:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on August 20, 2022, 07:29:22 PM
A stash of Twizzlers :-/

Not sure what else I can do after that... because SSI isn't clear about what my amount is suppose to be because the right hand didn't tell the left hand I'm not working at Walmart anymore
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Post by: Parts on August 26, 2022, 01:45:07 PM
A very nice industrial stool from the 30s or 40s
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Post by: Parts on August 27, 2022, 05:58:32 PM
A saw blade :headbang2:
(https://i.postimg.cc/FHwP6pMG/KIMG1997.jpg)
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Post by: Gopher Gary on August 27, 2022, 07:01:38 PM
 :o That's not a saw blade.

It's a SAW BLADE :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 31, 2022, 09:40:31 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on August 27, 2022, 07:01:38 PM
:o That's not a saw blade.

It's a SAW BLADE :lol1:
Yeah, it's huge!

We bought groceries which included a LOT of cat food. Getting it all in the cupboard was like playing Tetris.
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Post by: Eclair on September 01, 2022, 04:10:59 AM
Chocolate and lollies.  :cheer:
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Post by: renaeden on September 02, 2022, 08:21:32 PM
^Nice to see you, Eclair!

 I bought a Mickey Mouse shirt for my partner at work. It has a bit of bling on it. She loves anything Disney.
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Post by: Parts on September 08, 2022, 01:03:18 PM
Sausage, egg and cheese on a Portuguese roll
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Post by: rock hound on September 08, 2022, 01:26:22 PM
A bouquet for Carla's Birthday!
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Post by: Parts on September 09, 2022, 02:03:55 PM
A box of vacuum tubes for $5 
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Post by: rock hound on September 09, 2022, 03:36:06 PM
A book.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on September 09, 2022, 04:54:31 PM
Sweet Tea at my McDonalds... no worries though, it was Green on my diet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 10, 2022, 07:29:38 PM
9 rail road lanterns and 22 files.  Getting ready for the antique machinery show in two weeks 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 14, 2022, 09:15:26 PM
A Braun stick mixer for Kayleigh. It has a lot of attachments and a much-needed jug (ours broke a while ago). Hopefully Kayleigh doesn't take the tip of her finger off with this one. ;)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on September 16, 2022, 12:57:33 PM
Haven't been able to buy much of anything... my finances are in the red at the moment...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 17, 2022, 07:29:26 AM
Hit the farmer's market early. Came home with a batch of green beans for later this evening, some small red Irish potatoes and a cantaloupe.
I'll toss the beans and potatoes in with some German sausage and have a nice meal later.

Also grabbed two pounds of coffee bean blends from a local distributor. Had not seen them out there for a while. Glad to see them back again.  Last time I bought from them I had ordered online. They are only fifteen miles away, but I never go that direction, so ordering was the best way to continue enjoying his craft.

My daughter bought a huge tie dye pancho made of really thick jersey material. It will be a nice throw for late fall or inside all winter.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 17, 2022, 07:59:47 PM
Five new old stock vises,some other tools and a RCA Victor portable radio from the 50's. It's in great shape but doesn't turn on might just be the rectifier tube
(https://i.postimg.cc/SKP44CgG/KIMG2201.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 20, 2022, 07:41:59 AM
Very NICE!!

I would use caution powering it up. It could also have some dried out capacitors, especially the huge electrloytics used in the power supply.

I suggest that you make one of these and see what happens.

https://antiqueradio.org/dimbulb.htm
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 24, 2022, 05:17:48 PM
While I was at the store today I bought a white paint pen. Our new-used kitchen table has a few small scuffs. I want to give it a good wipe down first, so I think that will be my project for tomorrow.  :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 24, 2022, 08:08:55 PM
In our old place, I used a white paint pen on the door frames. They looked so much better afterwards.

Enjoy using yours, it'll look 100%.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on September 24, 2022, 08:38:00 PM
A copy of a Stanislaw Lem novel I am wanting to read sometime soon...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 25, 2022, 06:04:32 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 24, 2022, 08:08:55 PM
In our old place, I used a white paint pen on the door frames. They looked so much better afterwards.

Enjoy using yours, it'll look 100%.

I'm looking forward to it. :orly: Every so often I'll go around the house with some white paint and a tiny paintbrush and catch any nicks and specks on the walls and trim. I saw someone recently on youtube using a paint pen to touch up their metal chairs and wondered why I never thought of that before.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on September 27, 2022, 09:17:40 PM
At a thrift shop, taking the kids around, I found yet another huge maul. paid three bucks for this one.
But I found seventeen LPs worth a listen and twelve CDs. Three super fine Japanese blades and one Swedish, just to top it off.
Spent eighteen bucks, but came home with large booty.  (Not a reference to my fat ass!)

I passed on a few things I regret walking away from, but I have to follow instincts. Maybe I was meant to do someone more needy than me a small favor. I like to think that is why I did not just grab up hoardable things.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 27, 2022, 09:53:52 PM
^I envy you the blades.

I bought some stuff on eBay. Some folders and pages to go in them. Also, some Japanese stamps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 30, 2022, 01:31:13 PM
CDs. Batteries. Books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 01, 2022, 04:58:43 PM
The recent talk about Chinese takeout inspired me to buy Chinese takeout for dinner tonight. It was a nice treat to eat, and even better easy cleanup after doing housework today.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 03, 2022, 05:38:54 AM
We had to buy a dishwasher, DAMN IT!

The old one had begun to leak and we can not have that shit going on.
The guy we called out to have a look and hopefully fix it said no chance.
He did not charge for his repair call if we have him install the new one we buy.

It will be about $1200 all told, but we will have a new, modern dishwasher with a three year warranty.

Whaddya gonna do?
 :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 04, 2022, 02:03:25 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on October 03, 2022, 05:38:54 AM
We had to buy a dishwasher, DAMN IT!

The old one had begun to leak and we can not have that shit going on.
The guy we called out to have a look and hopefully fix it said no chance.
He did not charge for his repair call if we have him install the new one we buy.

It will be about $1200 all told, but we will have a new, modern dishwasher with a three year warranty.

Whaddya gonna do?
 :dunno:

Just about what we did, a while back. Old dishwasher gone, new one installed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 04, 2022, 02:06:59 PM
Bought a leather jacket to replace my aging one. Had it for years but it was falling apart. You get from the "Indiana Jones had something like this" to "the security is going through my things because of my jacket". In fairness it had holes. I miss it, though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 04, 2022, 06:29:00 PM
I took my own advice and bought a pumpkin today. Specifically, I bought a bag of five assorted tiny pumpkins. They're lined up on the kitchen windowsill. They're so cute and festive and pumpkiney and I love them. :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 04, 2022, 11:03:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 04, 2022, 02:06:59 PM
Bought a leather jacket to replace my aging one. Had it for years but it was falling apart. You get from the "Indiana Jones had something like this" to "the security is going through my things because of my jacket". In fairness it had holes. I miss it, though.
Was it difficult to find one to replace your old one?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 05, 2022, 07:49:40 AM
Nothing....yet.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on October 05, 2022, 10:56:12 AM
I bought cat food.

FedEx came with the Chewy box earlier today than expected, so he missed out on me handing him an ice cold Coke.

Going to have to switch up and put some snacks out in a basket...I've found out that they're 75% less likely to slam my cat food down on the concrete porch if I offer treats. Zero busted cans in the last year and a half. :asthing: 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 05, 2022, 03:13:44 PM
Custom built PC.   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 06, 2022, 11:32:07 AM
Quote from: renaeden on October 04, 2022, 11:03:43 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 04, 2022, 02:06:59 PM
Bought a leather jacket to replace my aging one. Had it for years but it was falling apart. You get from the "Indiana Jones had something like this" to "the security is going through my things because of my jacket". In fairness it had holes. I miss it, though.
Was it difficult to find one to replace your old one?

Incredibly. Anxiety-inducing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 06, 2022, 01:25:38 PM
Some scotch tape and AA batteries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 08, 2022, 01:27:27 PM
Bought CDs. Soundtracks.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 09, 2022, 07:09:41 AM
Vermiculite, pearlite, bloodmeal, bonemeal, superphosphate, silica gel, sphagnum moss, course sand ...

My daughter has been buying tropical plants all summer and I am going to help her blend her own custom potting mixes for the various genera she wants to keep over winter.
Many succulents, but some bromeliads and typical house plants, too. She is learning so much, so fast.

I have not really talked about this, but my daughter has populated the house placing oxygen generating plants into damn near every nook.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 09, 2022, 02:36:12 PM
I ordered a gift for an upcoming birthday and I ordered three christmas gifts, because yeah it's time to do that.  :santa:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 10, 2022, 10:28:29 PM
Stopped at a moving sale, because an old receiver caught my eye.

I ended up not buying it, since it was made early in this century. Had it been '80s era I would have grabbed it up.

I did come away with a really great shape and I think complete hand crank food grinder. It was in the original box, which was trashed and worn to a nub, but inside all the various cutters were there. It even had the out tray and an additional expanded hopper attachment, which are usually gone.
A bit rusty having been put away wet a few times, but very cool and a new restoration project.

Also found a pretty nice, large old German pocket knife plus a tactical style high quality Chinese military knock off blade with sheath and tie down strap. A few CDs, too.
Did my best to help the couple move some stuff.
Almost bought her Dutch Oven, but it was aluminum. I don't like aluminum much for big pots.

The cherry pick was that hand grinder, though!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 11, 2022, 12:54:04 PM
Quote from: odeon on October 08, 2022, 01:27:27 PM
Bought CDs. Soundtracks.

One of these arrived today! :woohoo:

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 12, 2022, 11:13:54 AM
Some CBD oil and liquid Glucosamine for my joints!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 12, 2022, 03:14:44 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 12, 2022, 05:44:33 PM
Insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 18, 2022, 06:30:11 AM
Kardiamobile EKG monitor.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 19, 2022, 08:57:29 PM
Recommended my medical personell or you are just becoming paranoid?

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 19, 2022, 09:03:46 PM
Suet. Lots of suet and two more containers to set out.
That makes five suet stations I will have set out.
Well, I have yet to set out the new ones.

The cakes I bought were fairly rich in grains as well.

I had every intention of placing out a half dozen additional bird houses as well before the cold got here, but I failed.
All I can do at this point it to keep them fed.

... and work on the houses as time allows.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 20, 2022, 06:56:07 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on October 19, 2022, 08:57:29 PM
Recommended my medical personell or you are just becoming paranoid?

I have a family history of Atrial Fibrillation and have had a couple of "episodes" recently.  I saw a Cardiologist at The Priory and he suggested I buy one.   I've been on a monitor for the last two weeks - it's about the size of a modern car key and it's glued to your breastbone.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on October 20, 2022, 07:05:25 AM
A Microwave.  "20 litre capacity" sounds really big but isn't.   Now I have to buy another bigger one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 20, 2022, 01:05:14 PM
More insulation and some masks
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 21, 2022, 07:11:16 PM
I bought some seeds for the birds.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 22, 2022, 02:16:54 AM
A sound system for our lounge room. Kayleigh has just now finished installing it after much swearing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 22, 2022, 08:07:59 AM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on October 21, 2022, 07:11:16 PM
I bought some seeds for the birds.  :orly:

Kind of in transition mode around here. Most of our big seed eaters have gone south now. The robins, some doves, finches, hummingbirds and most of the really "dressy" pretty birds are all gone.
Bigger doves, starlings, sparrows, cardinals and crows that live here year 'round are needing more suet for the cold weather.

I'm keeping the seeds out for now, but I have five suet stations set up around the yard. All very busy, still.

I love my birds!
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 22, 2022, 08:52:34 AM
Sugarbutt is feeding the ones that have gone south.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 22, 2022, 11:23:38 AM
I made a second attempt at ordering my momma a christmas gift. The last ones were expired, so I'm trying a similar product from a different company. Hopefully I'll have better luck this time.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 23, 2022, 02:28:58 PM
I bought two gifts, one for an upcoming birthday and another for an upcoming anniversary.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 25, 2022, 03:34:30 PM
Lunch. :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 25, 2022, 06:01:34 PM
I bought a pendant for my friend for her birthday.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 26, 2022, 03:36:36 PM
Hole saw and arbor
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 26, 2022, 05:55:48 PM
Proofreading course. 60% off, couldn't pass that up.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 26, 2022, 09:25:58 PM
They had salt on sale for 4$/40Lb bag. I presume it is the first shipment and no one wants to think about any that yet, while they are still raking leaves.
January will be here before we know it.
I bought five bags.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 27, 2022, 04:16:12 PM
Quote from: renaeden on October 26, 2022, 05:55:48 PM
Proofreading course. 60% off, couldn't pass that up.

 :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 27, 2022, 04:22:49 PM
Nothing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 27, 2022, 05:56:17 PM
Two Coca Colas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 27, 2022, 07:23:01 PM
A gold chain for my friend for Christmas. She's getting it early though.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 29, 2022, 03:32:03 PM
Food.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on October 30, 2022, 08:43:23 PM
Groceries and books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 31, 2022, 10:16:13 AM
A Powerball ticket, it's a billion dollars so I couldn't resist
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 02, 2022, 11:59:26 PM
Burgers for dinner, a tub of tropical yoghurt and a frozen meal for work tomorrow.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on November 03, 2022, 03:14:40 PM
Samsung S22 Ultra.   The battery on my 3 year old A80 is beginning to fail.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 05, 2022, 05:01:00 PM
A lot of good stuff at estate sales including 45 post office box fronts like this.  Since they are not mounted you can read the combination by looking at the back of the lock

(https://i.postimg.cc/brH9mRvc/KIMG2522.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 05, 2022, 05:38:09 PM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 05, 2022, 09:07:44 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 05, 2022, 05:01:00 PM
A lot of good stuff at estate sales including 45 post office box fronts like this.  Since they are not mounted you can read the combination by looking at the back of the lock

(https://i.postimg.cc/brH9mRvc/KIMG2522.jpg)

I remember those!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 06, 2022, 04:18:57 AM
^Parts, you have 45 of those?

I bought shampoo at the chemist. They didn't have the sort I usually use so I'm going to try something else - Head & Shoulders Clinical.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 06, 2022, 05:23:54 AM
Quote from: renaeden on November 06, 2022, 04:18:57 AM
^Parts, you have 45 of those?

I bought shampoo at the chemist. They didn't have the sort I usually use so I'm going to try something else - Head & Shoulders Clinical.

Yes might even try and get some more today. Paid around fifty cents each and they should sell for five to ten dollars each
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 06, 2022, 06:55:47 AM
I bought a new "velcro" base for my orbital sander.
Only problem is that UPS has delivered it to the wrong address, apparently.

I am told that there is an almost exact address in Chicago and they will have to attempt to retrieve it before they can give me more information.

I just want my sander to hold on to its sanding disc again.

My first question: Have they ever heard of zip codes? It's kind of an old concept from the '60s, but it still works, mostly. Get to the zip code first and THEN start looking at street names, then house numbers.

Fact is, no one can ship anything through UPS without a zip code first. How did they fail?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 06, 2022, 07:45:39 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 06, 2022, 06:55:47 AM
I bought a new "velcro" base for my orbital sander.
Only problem is that UPS has delivered it to the wrong address, apparently.

I am told that there is an almost exact address in Chicago and they will have to attempt to retrieve it before they can give me more information.

I just want my sander to hold on to its sanding disc again.

My first question: Have they ever heard of zip codes? It's kind of an old concept from the '60s, but it still works, mostly. Get to the zip code first and THEN start looking at street names, then house numbers.

Fact is, no one can ship anything through UPS without a zip code first. How did they fail?

I have two that need new bases and have been meaning to order some but haven't got around to it.  Roybi and Dewalt ones are available by me at Home Depot but mine are both Bosch and the points they are secured don't line up
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 06, 2022, 09:25:17 AM
The Sunday Boston Globe and a $1 scratch lottery ticket for Carla.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 06, 2022, 05:27:16 PM
Does The Sunday Boston Globe look anemic like the Sunday New York Times does now?  I remember my father getting the Times and have it be three inches thick now it looks like the weekday ones used to.


I bought 30 more of the post box doors
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 06, 2022, 05:32:56 PM
Quote from: Parts on November 06, 2022, 05:27:16 PM
Does The Sunday Boston Globe look anemic like the Sunday New York Times does now?  I remember my father getting the Times and have it be three inches thick now it looks like the weekday ones used to.


I bought 30 more of the post box doors

Yes it does, anemic and a very quick read thru for me.  Carla likes the Globe magazine to take to work with her.  It's gotten much thinner the last few years. >:(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on November 06, 2022, 07:09:04 PM
Shampoo and Bodywash, supplies to restock my minifridge, etc
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on November 08, 2022, 04:08:15 PM
An electric tin opener.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 08, 2022, 04:25:06 PM
 :lol1:
I accidentally read that as an "eclectic" tin opener. I wanted to know more, since I have many oddball accoutrement's for the kitchen.

I bought one recently, too. My wife's carpal tunnel problems have come back around and without me there, she can not open tin cans on her own without a struggle.
 :bigcry:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 08, 2022, 04:38:53 PM
We did some shopping rounds today.
It started lightly with my son wanting to get his special shampoo (he sports a Robert Plant mane) and my daughter wanted to tag along.
It turned into an extended cruise with many stops.
Large, decorative trim mouldings for a mirror project my daughter wants to do. She had picked up a huge, but broken on the corner, mirror a bit ago. I helped to show her how to cut it straight again and promised to help her frame it. That project continues now.

I thought she was just going in to buy some spring bulbs to plant (which she did) and some special potting mix for her succulents, but she also came out with three more large plants, which were on clearance sale.

My son wanted to get a new computer microphone, since he recently tangled his foot and jerked his old one onto the floor and tromped it while dinking with the ever anxious dog.

Too many stops, too much shopping. I will need a break from this!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on November 09, 2022, 09:23:38 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on November 08, 2022, 04:25:06 PM
:lol1:
I accidentally read that as an "eclectic" tin opener. I wanted to know more, since I have many oddball accoutrement's for the kitchen.

I bought one recently, too. My wife's carpal tunnel problems have come back around and without me there, she can not open tin cans on her own without a struggle.
 :bigcry:

My wife pointed out that all the tins we buy have pull tops.  I pointed out back that not the Aldi tuna chunks - the ones without the pull top are 40p cheaper than the pull top ones and as I eat maybe one tin of this every 10 days I would break even on the tin opener after 15 months and every tin I used it on after that would be cool sweet profit.

She said "You are so f**king autistic".  "Thank you" I said. 

She knows how to pay me a compliment when I've earnt one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 09, 2022, 01:09:19 PM
New snow tires for my car and a realignment.   :icequeen:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on November 09, 2022, 11:49:28 PM
Nothing yet... still waiting on federal tax return
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 17, 2022, 07:21:42 PM
A new tap set for the kitchen sink, Kayleigh is going to install it. For that I bought her a cool bedroom fan that has 18 blades.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 18, 2022, 07:30:09 PM
At the Salvos yesterday, I bought a red Christmas shirt with Santas and reindeer all over it and some stamps on envelopes. There were also aerogrammes and I don't know what to do with those. I also inadvertently bought someone's coin collection.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 18, 2022, 08:23:38 PM
More books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 19, 2022, 04:03:01 PM
Insulation and lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: FourAceDeal on November 22, 2022, 03:43:30 AM
3x200ml cans of air duster.  My new PC has glass sides and now I can see how dirty it is inside.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: rock hound on November 22, 2022, 10:16:01 AM
Something I thought I would never see again.  Years ago, I bought a FOSSIL brand watch with a real phases of the moon and loved it.  A few years later, we were hiking Cadillac Mtn. in Bar Harbor Maine.  I had it on my wrist and when I put on my back pack before we started.  It got hung up on my watch and without knowing it, the watch band broke and it fell to the ground and I didn't realize it.  Get to the top and then I realize it.  Too late to go looking for it and I hope somebody else did find it and enjoyed it.  I have always spoken about it, searched for another, without success.  Today, Amber (my daughter) found it!  It's apparently a reissue of the old style that I had.  She gave me the link, I went there and bought one, the circle has now been closed, retail therapy at its finest.   8)  <bliss>
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 27, 2022, 03:43:07 PM
13 old HP calculators.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 15, 2022, 07:56:32 PM
$600 home heating oil should last till sometime in February
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on December 15, 2022, 09:18:09 PM
Skull Candy headphones for my mp3 player.... the other pair I had the left side stopped working.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 22, 2022, 07:13:35 AM
I almost forgot to mention ...

I was doing some last minute "shopping" with my daughter who wanted to get something special for her friend at an antique store.
Of course I always look at tools, records, CDs and blades when I hit one of these places. I never look at toys, but there was a nice box on one of the stations. I looked.

I found a magnetic dado shim set with all twelve shims, complete. It was marked as "toy magnets, probably from old speakers" and yet they were in a nice wooden case. It was three bucks!

There was no brand name on the box set so I assume it was a part of a complete dado set at some point, but when I got home I pulled out my micrometer and measured and, just as marked, each was as precisely sized as it could possibly be.

 AND, magnetic!!!  Which means that altering the dado width by a few thousandths at a time is so much easier because the shims "stick" to the plows as you replace them for more precision in cutting.

I have no idea what these are worth, but three bucks for "toy magnets" seemed like a no brainer to me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 22, 2022, 02:51:17 PM
Bought a new screen to replace an old Dell.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 23, 2022, 04:15:17 AM
I don't even know what a dado shim set is. Where have I been?

odeon, is your new screen curved?

I bought three new books from Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 23, 2022, 05:22:42 AM
Quote from: renaeden on December 23, 2022, 04:15:17 AM
odeon, is your new screen curved?

It is. It's bloody huge, too.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on December 23, 2022, 03:05:31 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 23, 2022, 04:15:17 AM
I don't even know what a dado shim set is. Where have I been?

odeon, is your new screen curved?

I bought three new books from Amazon.

Not surprising, really. Dado sets are banned in many places outside the USA.

A dado is a trench sawed into a wood panel to accept another piece of wood panel to make a more secure joint where they meet.
A dado set is an adjustable thickness blade, made up of several blades and spacers to get the right width, that you put in a table saw to create these trenches.
They are used often in making cabinets and furniture. I use them for building speaker enclosures.

Used improperly, a dado set can be quite dangerous, hence banned in many places.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 23, 2022, 07:47:38 PM
Thank you, DirtDawg. That's a good explanation. I also looked at some pictures online and saw (heheh) the blades and spacers.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on December 28, 2022, 08:21:08 PM
A drain pump for my front load washer that decided to take a shit tonight.

So it's ....

A. call a repair guy for an estimated $300 repair....

or

B. a $40.00 part, a cold beer and a couple of YouTube videos and some assorted cuss words.

Eta of said part is the 4th. Just what I wanted to do on the first week of the New Year.  :autism:

How the fuck would I ever survive without YouTube?

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 31, 2022, 01:32:43 AM
My mum fixed her leaking fridge after looking up the problem on YouTube. Saved her from buying another fridge.

I bought some dividers for my clothes off the net. Last I heard, they were in Tasmania. WTF?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 01, 2023, 10:56:17 PM
I bought some towels specifically for drying hair after a shower. They are twisted into a knot on top of the head. There's a loop kind of thing that keeps it secure.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 02, 2023, 08:55:39 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 01, 2023, 10:56:17 PM
I bought some towels specifically for drying hair after a shower. They are twisted into a knot on top of the head. There's a loop kind of thing that keeps it secure.

Those are really handy, they’re secure and don’t fall off.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 03, 2023, 02:48:28 AM
Quote from: Fun With Matches on January 02, 2023, 08:55:39 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 01, 2023, 10:56:17 PM
I bought some towels specifically for drying hair after a shower. They are twisted into a knot on top of the head. There's a loop kind of thing that keeps it secure.
Those are really handy, they’re secure and don’t fall off.
Yeah, I ordered them online so I'll have a bit of a wait. I wanted what my hairdressers use. My hair is getting pretty long and it takes ages to dry. Using a regular towel is a pain.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on January 06, 2023, 12:44:58 AM
necessity shopping for certain things that were needed...
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 06, 2023, 02:48:40 PM
Kind of the same here.

I did buy a large stainless steel pot to use for simmering water on the stove for humidity during the winter months.
Bought it from Goodwill, so very cheap.
The beauty is that once the need is over I can either throw it away or drop a little vinegar in it for a bit and it will be ready to go again next year.
Lime in our tap water is a large problem in the Ohio Valley watershed.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 06, 2023, 09:44:44 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 03, 2023, 02:48:28 AM
Quote from: Fun With Matches on January 02, 2023, 08:55:39 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 01, 2023, 10:56:17 PM
I bought some towels specifically for drying hair after a shower. They are twisted into a knot on top of the head. There's a loop kind of thing that keeps it secure.
Those are really handy, they’re secure and don’t fall off.
Yeah, I ordered them online so I'll have a bit of a wait. I wanted what my hairdressers use. My hair is getting pretty long and it takes ages to dry. Using a regular towel is a pain.

I need to get those. Sometimes I use an old t-shirt, but it gets soaked to fast no matter how much water I try to squeeze out of the curls first.  :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 06, 2023, 09:53:48 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 06, 2023, 09:44:44 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 03, 2023, 02:48:28 AM
Quote from: Fun With Matches on January 02, 2023, 08:55:39 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 01, 2023, 10:56:17 PM
I bought some towels specifically for drying hair after a shower. They are twisted into a knot on top of the head. There's a loop kind of thing that keeps it secure.
Those are really handy, they’re secure and don’t fall off.
Yeah, I ordered them online so I'll have a bit of a wait. I wanted what my hairdressers use. My hair is getting pretty long and it takes ages to dry. Using a regular towel is a pain.
I need to get those. Sometimes I use an old t-shirt, but it gets soaked to fast no matter how much water I try to squeeze out of the curls first.  :P
I've haven't thought of using a t-shirt. I remember what your hair looks like so I'm not surprised that it soaks a shirt, heh. I found the hair towels through an ad on Facebook.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 06, 2023, 10:01:34 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 06, 2023, 09:53:48 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 06, 2023, 09:44:44 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 03, 2023, 02:48:28 AM
Quote from: Fun With Matches on January 02, 2023, 08:55:39 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 01, 2023, 10:56:17 PM
I bought some towels specifically for drying hair after a shower. They are twisted into a knot on top of the head. There's a loop kind of thing that keeps it secure.

It's not as long as it used to be, a little below my shoulders probably now...it's just still thick as hell, which I guess is a good thing. Takes super long to dry though.
Those are really handy, they’re secure and don’t fall off.
Yeah, I ordered them online so I'll have a bit of a wait. I wanted what my hairdressers use. My hair is getting pretty long and it takes ages to dry. Using a regular towel is a pain.
I need to get those. Sometimes I use an old t-shirt, but it gets soaked to fast no matter how much water I try to squeeze out of the curls first.  :P
I've haven't thought of using a t-shirt. I remember what your hair looks like so I'm not surprised that it soaks a shirt, heh. I found the hair towels through an ad on Facebook.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 07, 2023, 12:15:19 AM
Did you cut your own hair? I used to, but I no longer trust myself. I remember your hair being curly and honey-coloured. My hair used to be red but it's darkened to a reddish brown now.

I've bought a back scrubbing/washing thing for the shower. My shoulders aren't as flexible as they used to be so I need something like this.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 07, 2023, 06:02:04 PM
I cut my own hair for about thirty years.
I was tired of hair below my shoulders and just buzzed it into military style one day and kept it that way. Super cropped close to the skin. Wore it that way for ages, most of my adult life.
Now I have not cut my hair for over seven years.

I am losing most of my hair, being sixty seven and all, but my "Thomas Jefferson" lose kept pony tail reaches below my shoulder blades down back.

My beard is below my collar bones (I have said so for a while, but now my beard is about four inches below my collar bones), but I still trim it often to maintain an oval shape and I keep my pie hole well clear.

Normal never really happened for me.
 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 07, 2023, 11:23:21 PM
^I think your hair is longer than mine. Is yours wavy or straight? Mine is mostly wavy but my left side hair will sometimes curl into ringlets.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 07, 2023, 11:37:14 PM
Quote from: renaeden on January 07, 2023, 12:15:19 AM
Did you cut your own hair? I used to, but I no longer trust myself. I remember your hair being curly and honey-coloured. My hair used to be red but it's darkened to a reddish brown now.

I've bought a back scrubbing/washing thing for the shower. My shoulders aren't as flexible as they used to be so I need something like this.

I let the color grow out, it's sort of a dark brown, reddish at the ends. Chopped the f*ck out of it one night after about 2+ glasses of wine and 3 weeks of dealing with personal hell, but it didn't turn out bad and honestly kind of how I wanted it. Actually did it similar to Brad's "butterfly cut"...before he came out with the video on how to do that the "proper way".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wgLacjgiv8
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 08, 2023, 08:28:34 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 07, 2023, 11:23:21 PM
^I think your hair is longer than mine. Is yours wavy or straight? Mine is mostly wavy but my left side hair will sometimes curl into ringlets.

Very wavy, but you can't tell at first glance.
The way I keep it, I pull it all back into a tight pony tail while it is still wet after washing. Then after drying, I pull to loosen the binding allowing it to be more comfortable.
Out back, below the binding, lots of waves and even some spiral curly cues before I brush it out again.

I'm getting tired of it again, though. I am pretty close to buzzing it off skin tight again. But I like my awesome beard and I wonder how odd the bald head and massive beard will appear together. 
Not really going for old hippy look, but I don't really want to look like Motorhead or Lapland metal head banger band guy either.
 :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 08, 2023, 10:18:15 AM
I'm definitely a fan of the old hippy look.  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on January 08, 2023, 10:51:01 AM
My hair is long, I like that look.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 08, 2023, 10:44:20 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 08, 2023, 10:18:15 AM
I'm definitely a fan of the old hippy look.  8)
When I don't pull mine back into a "Thomas Jefferson" that old hippy is the effect of hair below my shoulders and a massive beard.
 :hyke:

A few years back, I think I was sixty, one of my co-workers, loving lady, pulled me to the side and complimented me on how well I have done keeping my hair looking so natural, But she wanted to inform me of new special products are available that can color the gray out of beards as well.
My hair has never gone gray, other than a few strands, but my beard has been full gray for many years, except for a Fu Manchu streak of deep red (original color) down each side of my mouth.

She was trying to "help me out" but little did she know, I have never colored my hair or my beard. It is natural that my hair is still light brown and my beard has been very gray since my forties.

 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 12, 2023, 07:11:35 PM
Two bags of R15 fiberglass insulation
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 13, 2023, 01:03:46 PM
I bought some more peanuts since they seem to be working out. Sugarbutt fills the bird feeders so I told him to hide them from me or I'll eat them. He has memory problems so hopefully he remembers where he hid the peanuts.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 14, 2023, 08:58:55 PM
Lunch
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 22, 2023, 04:58:50 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 08, 2023, 10:44:20 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 08, 2023, 10:18:15 AM
I'm definitely a fan of the old hippy look.  8)
When I don't pull mine back into a "Thomas Jefferson" that old hippy is the effect of hair below my shoulders and a massive beard.
 :hyke:

A few years back, I think I was sixty, one of my co-workers, loving lady, pulled me to the side and complimented me on how well I have done keeping my hair looking so natural, But she wanted to inform me of new special products are available that can color the gray out of beards as well.
My hair has never gone gray, other than a few strands, but my beard has been full gray for many years, except for a Fu Manchu streak of deep red (original color) down each side of my mouth.

She was trying to "help me out" but little did she know, I have never colored my hair or my beard. It is natural that my hair is still light brown and my beard has been very gray since my forties.

 :lol1:

My beard, such as it is, is mostly white, and my hair is grey. I'm not bothered. My daughter sometimes is, or at least she keeps mentioning it.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 22, 2023, 04:59:26 PM
Bought a Kindle to replace my 12-yo one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 23, 2023, 07:45:44 AM
Quote from: odeon on January 22, 2023, 04:58:50 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 08, 2023, 10:44:20 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on January 08, 2023, 10:18:15 AM
I'm definitely a fan of the old hippy look.  8)
When I don't pull mine back into a "Thomas Jefferson" that old hippy is the effect of hair below my shoulders and a massive beard.
 :hyke:

A few years back, I think I was sixty, one of my co-workers, loving lady, pulled me to the side and complimented me on how well I have done keeping my hair looking so natural, But she wanted to inform me of new special products are available that can color the gray out of beards as well.
My hair has never gone gray, other than a few strands, but my beard has been full gray for many years, except for a Fu Manchu streak of deep red (original color) down each side of my mouth.

She was trying to "help me out" but little did she know, I have never colored my hair or my beard. It is natural that my hair is still light brown and my beard has been very gray since my forties.

 :lol1:

My beard, such as it is, is mostly white, and my hair is grey. I'm not bothered. My daughter sometimes is, or at least she keeps mentioning it.

I'm not bothered either. It just shows who, where, how and when I am, now.

But, I thought that lady was kind of cute trying to help me out in her meddling way.
 :LOL:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 24, 2023, 05:40:59 PM
I finally spent my Christmas money and ordered a new laptop. :woohoo:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 24, 2023, 07:06:47 PM
A Ti-55 Scientific Calculator for $2 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 24, 2023, 07:46:38 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 24, 2023, 05:40:59 PM
I finally spent my Christmas money and ordered a new laptop. :woohoo:

Wow, that's nice. :woohoo:

I've been saving for a new desktop. I'm about half way where I want to be.
I want to keep my son involved so we could do a project together and build our new computers together.
He's got the money, but I want him to invest more than $$ and have Dad do everything for him. I want HIM to make some choices.
He could learn a lot!
He does about a week of good research and then gets distracted with nonsense.

We'll get there some day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 24, 2023, 08:19:21 PM
The Oryx and Crake trilogy by Margaret Atwood on Amazon.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 25, 2023, 01:45:12 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 24, 2023, 07:46:38 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 24, 2023, 05:40:59 PM
I finally spent my Christmas money and ordered a new laptop. :woohoo:

Wow, that's nice. :woohoo:

I've been saving for a new desktop. I'm about half way where I want to be.
I want to keep my son involved so we could do a project together and build our new computers together.
He's got the money, but I want him to invest more than $$ and have Dad do everything for him. I want HIM to make some choices.
He could learn a lot!
He does about a week of good research and then gets distracted with nonsense.

We'll get there some day.

I just picked a lower end model from a reputable brand. I don't do much online so I don't need anything powerful or fancy. The one I have has gotten slow and its no longer supported, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 25, 2023, 10:19:03 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 25, 2023, 01:45:12 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 24, 2023, 07:46:38 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 24, 2023, 05:40:59 PM
I finally spent my Christmas money and ordered a new laptop. :woohoo:

Wow, that's nice. :woohoo:

I've been saving for a new desktop. I'm about half way where I want to be.
I want to keep my son involved so we could do a project together and build our new computers together.
He's got the money, but I want him to invest more than $$ and have Dad do everything for him. I want HIM to make some choices.
He could learn a lot!
He does about a week of good research and then gets distracted with nonsense.

We'll get there some day.

I just picked a lower end model from a reputable brand. I don't do much online so I don't need anything powerful or fancy. The one I have has gotten slow and its no longer supported, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.  :lol1:

Last time I bought a laptop I went for "future proof" and bought a top grade HP. Which basically means that I bought the least obsolete product still available on the market. As we all know, by the time the top shit hits the consumer market, it is already obsolete. So true, but I wanted a hot processor set up for doing my fractal work. I know, this is laughable, btu I do what I do.
 :lol1:

A new software program I have been using for fractal imagery the past two years has some rather lofty requirements and I wanted to keep up.
I use my Desktop unit mostly and for all rendering because the depth of these images takes days sometimes to complete the math.

I generally keep my laptop with me, so I need something highly portable as well.
I got over the sticker shock and buyer's remorse after a few days of using it.
 :viking:

I have a number of outdated desktops I still use. One sits in the garage to play Tidal, Spotify or Qello. Another is set up to run XP (obviously it has everything except sound and music decoding turned off and has never seen the internet) that I use  as a music server to play from about fourteen discs of music hooked up to it.

I hope your new one does everything you want it to do and "minds you" well so you don't have to slap it so much.

I have been thinking of picking up a mid grade Chromebook for gaming and such. I play "Empires and Puzzles" every few days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 25, 2023, 10:40:42 PM
There is a multi farm auction this week end a short drive away.

I plan to go check it out, knowing full well that most items are very high priced utility equipment that I have no need for. I just miss the markets this time of year.
Who knows, I might find another sledge hammer I like and make Jack's day.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 28, 2023, 03:52:20 AM
I bought a new fan for my bedroom. The old one finally carked it. Kayleigh bought some isopropyl alcohol to try and get a scratch off the tv but it didn't work. She cleaned the whole thing anyway.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on January 30, 2023, 04:25:41 PM
770 ozt of silver and 5 of gold.

The economy is on it's way into the shitter and the fiat dollar is eventually gonna collapse.

Do I sound like a crazy yet?  :hahaha:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 31, 2023, 01:07:46 PM
Not crazy at all to invest in precious metals, even when the stock market is booming. We all know that never lasts.
Gold and silver however are tangible assets.

Fortunately, I did not have to give up any of my metals to get this new home established. I managed to do it all under the veil of papers from here and papers to there. It worked out.

I did have to dip into an old IRA (stock investments) to get started, though. We had to have a down payment to "walk around" with and sling when the time came.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on February 04, 2023, 04:18:03 PM
Downtown, very near Indianapolis center city (well within the Danger Zone of the big ugly city), there is an old, no, VERY old record store that is being taken by the city to expand a road. Much like our old home was taken, but this is a business that has been there since the '60s!
The city has already torn down the high school, a block away, from the '50s that had no air conditioning.

Anyway, I have ventured this close to downtown many times over my thirty years here in Indiana. I never left this store without buying something and often busted my budget, because they just had SO MUCH selection and much of what i love to hear.

They are going out of business and the place has to close next week, I think it is. I have been there three times since the summer for a few things. I don't think dropping my little pittance has helped the family any, but taking advantage seems to be what they want all of us to do. They keep lowering the prices, as expected, but I was able to pick up some very desirable music.
I went there in early December and dropped almost $400 bucks on media. Came home with an amazing haul! Mentioned that one, but did not put any $ amount to it.

Last week I filled three large boxes with CDs, DVD and Bluray concerts, complete collections of CDs from some of my favorites, a few LPs and I dropped over $600. That was like super discount, fire sale prices. Amazing!

Don't worry, I am in a stable position to do such. They helped get my selections packed up and out to the car for me.
There were only youngsters in the place so I did not get a chance to wish the old folks I've dealt with for decades any future prosperity.
I did not get a chance to say goodbye or anything. I just hope my pittance will help them transition some.

Supposedly the place goes up for auction next week and is to be demolished soon after.
MAN! I hate to see this place go!
It was one of the last of the last old school record stores.

Anyway, I bought a lot of music media this week.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on February 07, 2023, 12:04:09 PM
780 ounces of silver and 16 ounces of gold.  Basically took everything I had in cash and converted it into metals.  These Republican whackadoos have me worried about an intentional debt default.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 08, 2023, 04:44:05 PM
Quote from: MLA on February 07, 2023, 12:04:09 PM
780 ounces of silver and 16 ounces of gold.  Basically took everything I had in cash and converted it into metals.  These Republican whackadoos have me worried about an intentional debt default.

Miss the good ole days of only hoarding food?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 18, 2023, 04:13:40 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 24, 2023, 07:06:47 PM
A Ti-55 Scientific Calculator for $2

An awesome find. Does it work?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 18, 2023, 04:17:30 PM
This was a few weeks ago but I haven't been here much, so... I bought 13 HP calculators for around $110. The oldest was from 1974, I think, and the youngest from 2016. The all work, even though some needed a bit of TLC.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 19, 2023, 08:07:23 PM
$280 for the vet to say the cats are fine. Though Kira was microchipped as well so the money went to that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 20, 2023, 05:22:08 AM
Groceries and gas
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 20, 2023, 12:06:02 PM
Dinner. Couldn't be arsed to cook.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: skyblue1 on February 20, 2023, 07:19:15 PM
McDonald’s for me
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 20, 2023, 10:33:58 PM
Petrol, a sandwich and drink where I bought the petrol, a new dish rack and drinks from Aldi and medication and hair ties from the chemist (not that I can tie my hair with one hand).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 21, 2023, 06:59:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 18, 2023, 04:13:40 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 24, 2023, 07:06:47 PM
A Ti-55 Scientific Calculator for $2

An awesome find. Does it work?

I don't have a charging cable.  I saw I could wire in a nine volt but I haven't gotten that far with it yet
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 22, 2023, 03:05:40 PM
Quote from: Parts on February 21, 2023, 06:59:25 PM
Quote from: odeon on February 18, 2023, 04:13:40 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 24, 2023, 07:06:47 PM
A Ti-55 Scientific Calculator for $2

An awesome find. Does it work?

I don't have a charging cable.  I saw I could wire in a nine volt but I haven't gotten that far with it yet

Let me know when you have.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 23, 2023, 03:32:44 AM
Not me but Kayleigh bought a PSVR2 I think it's called. She had bought it on Amazon but they were very slow - they didn't take her money (it was a preorder) nor did they say when she would get it. So she cancelled the order and I drove her to JB-HiFi where she bought it outright. She's much happier now that she has it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 25, 2023, 04:28:09 PM
Burgers for me and the son. Very yummy.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: MLA on February 28, 2023, 10:59:19 AM
Quote from: Jack on February 08, 2023, 04:44:05 PM
Quote from: MLA on February 07, 2023, 12:04:09 PM
780 ounces of silver and 16 ounces of gold.  Basically took everything I had in cash and converted it into metals.  These Republican whackadoos have me worried about an intentional debt default.

Miss the good ole days of only hoarding food?

Ugh.  I hauled all that food from Idaho to Oregon only to have field mice invade my garage and eat most of it.  Left an awful mess that I am still cleaning up  :'(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Jack on February 28, 2023, 06:33:42 PM
Quote from: MLA on February 28, 2023, 10:59:19 AM
Quote from: Jack on February 08, 2023, 04:44:05 PM
Quote from: MLA on February 07, 2023, 12:04:09 PM
780 ounces of silver and 16 ounces of gold.  Basically took everything I had in cash and converted it into metals.  These Republican whackadoos have me worried about an intentional debt default.

Miss the good ole days of only hoarding food?

Ugh.  I hauled all that food from Idaho to Oregon only to have field mice invade my garage and eat most of it.  Left an awful mess that I am still cleaning up  :'(

That's awful. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 05, 2023, 01:06:43 PM
Two hatchets, a pickaroon, some clamps, ten bins and a load of lab glassware all at the flea market
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 07, 2023, 05:21:19 PM
New tires for the car.  :orly:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 08, 2023, 04:42:31 PM
Overalls
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 08, 2023, 05:20:13 PM
Quote from: Parts on March 08, 2023, 04:42:31 PM
Overalls

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 09, 2023, 03:43:49 PM
Bought a new headset to replace one that died.
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Post by: Genesis on March 09, 2023, 03:52:41 PM
Medication, Twizzlers...
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Post by: Parts on March 10, 2023, 04:39:04 PM
An adze 
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Post by: odeon on March 11, 2023, 04:36:18 PM
Bought a keyboard for my son. :orly:
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Post by: renaeden on March 18, 2023, 09:54:56 PM
Three CDs from Amazon.
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Post by: DirtDawg on March 18, 2023, 11:59:00 PM
COOL!

I just got a Zombies compilation and Ravi Shankar on CD this week.

What did you receive?

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Post by: rock hound on March 19, 2023, 09:09:18 AM
The Sunday Paper and a scratch $1 ticket for Carla.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on March 19, 2023, 01:33:43 PM
I bought new garden hoses and one of those wind up housing things for it.  :orly:
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Post by: Parts on March 19, 2023, 04:02:57 PM
16 chisels and gouges, some other tools, maple syrup and an odd spiky thing.  it was a good day at the flea market
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Post by: renaeden on March 19, 2023, 11:27:43 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 18, 2023, 11:59:00 PM
COOL!

I just got a Zombies compilation and Ravi Shankar on CD this week.

What did you receive?
I bought Master of Puppets and Load by Metallica (my Load CD bit the dust, must have played it too much) and Sol Invictus by Faith No More.
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Post by: odeon on March 20, 2023, 02:22:30 PM
Books. :-[
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Post by: Parts on March 20, 2023, 03:28:25 PM
New toilet valve
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Post by: Pyraxis on March 21, 2023, 09:33:37 AM
A washer and dryer. Now just have to wait a couple weeks for delivery.
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Post by: renaeden on March 23, 2023, 01:33:50 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on March 21, 2023, 09:33:37 AM
A washer and dryer. Now just have to wait a couple weeks for delivery.
Does that mean laundromat visits while you wait?

I bought meat, burger buns and ginger beer for dinner tonight.
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Post by: MLA on March 24, 2023, 10:53:39 AM
Quote from: MLA on February 07, 2023, 12:04:09 PM
780 ounces of silver and 16 ounces of gold.  Basically took everything I had in cash and converted it into metals.  These Republican whackadoos have me worried about an intentional debt default.

 :M
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Post by: odeon on March 25, 2023, 01:56:58 PM
Beer. :beergrin:
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Post by: Pyraxis on March 25, 2023, 10:04:38 PM
Quote from: renaeden on March 23, 2023, 01:33:50 AM
Quote from: Pyraxis on March 21, 2023, 09:33:37 AM
A washer and dryer. Now just have to wait a couple weeks for delivery.
Does that mean laundromat visits while you wait?

The washer is still functional, mostly. It washes, but it's really far out of alignment so it shakes the whole house when it spins. The dryer is kaput. So I'm just draping wet laundry all over the house. I have a rack for it where I can put most of it, but the cub still has nighttime accidents so there's a lot of trying to get bedsheets to dry by the next day.

I decided to get both washer and dryer at the same time because it was a deal and I don't expect the current washer to last much longer.
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Post by: Pyraxis on March 25, 2023, 10:06:34 PM
Today I got a hamster. The cub got it into his head that he wanted one and he's been asking for a while. I feel bad that I can't get him a cat or dog become of my allergies, and he loves animals.

We'll see how much of the caretaking I can talk him into actually doing.
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Post by: rock hound on March 26, 2023, 09:30:57 AM
The Boston Globe Sunday paper and a $1 scratch lottery ticket. 
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Post by: odeon on March 29, 2023, 03:48:05 PM
Books. :-[
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Post by: rock hound on March 29, 2023, 08:46:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2023, 03:48:05 PM
Books. :-[

Always a good buy!  There are far worse addictions......at least this one won't leave you physically ruined!

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Post by: renaeden on March 30, 2023, 12:49:03 AM
Meat and brioche buns for burgers for dinner, medication from the chemist.
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Post by: Parts on March 30, 2023, 06:40:12 PM
2 coca colas
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Post by: Parts on March 31, 2023, 02:50:12 PM
At the flea market, another adze  a Collins axe  and a paperback copy of The Stand to replace the one I loaned out
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Post by: rock hound on March 31, 2023, 03:33:19 PM
Books.
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Post by: renaeden on March 31, 2023, 10:00:51 PM
Contractor insurance. $1300. :(
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Post by: Parts on April 01, 2023, 06:39:08 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 31, 2023, 10:00:51 PM
Contractor insurance. $1300. :(

Oddly enough that is about what mine costs for the year also but mines due in July
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Post by: renaeden on April 01, 2023, 10:13:36 PM
Quote from: Parts on April 01, 2023, 06:39:08 AM
Quote from: renaeden on March 31, 2023, 10:00:51 PM
Contractor insurance. $1300. :(
Oddly enough that is about what mine costs for the year also but mines due in July
Mine will be due March 31st every year.
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 01, 2023, 11:27:47 PM
I bought a new steel firepit to replace the homemade concrete brick one I built last year.

This one will be SO nice!
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Post by: odeon on April 04, 2023, 02:51:24 PM
Quote from: rock hound on March 29, 2023, 08:46:32 PM
Quote from: odeon on March 29, 2023, 03:48:05 PM
Books. :-[

Always a good buy!  There are far worse addictions......at least this one won't leave you physically ruined!

There's always one more book. They make me happy.
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Post by: odeon on April 04, 2023, 02:51:58 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 01, 2023, 11:27:47 PM
I bought a new steel firepit to replace the homemade concrete brick one I built last year.

This one will be SO nice!

Pics?
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Post by: Genesis on April 04, 2023, 07:11:41 PM
Some movies from the thrift shop, bottles of coke zero from the gas station, needing to get ready for the procedure tomorrow... should be fun ( I think? )
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Post by: renaeden on April 04, 2023, 07:58:45 PM
Quote from: Genesis on April 04, 2023, 07:11:41 PM
Some movies from the thrift shop, bottles of coke zero from the gas station, needing to get ready for the procedure tomorrow... should be fun ( I think? )
Procedure? I hope you'll be ok. :hug:

Edit: I just read the other thread, hope they give you enough anaesthetic and it goes without a hitch.
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Post by: Genesis on April 04, 2023, 09:54:42 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 04, 2023, 07:58:45 PM
Quote from: Genesis on April 04, 2023, 07:11:41 PM
Some movies from the thrift shop, bottles of coke zero from the gas station, needing to get ready for the procedure tomorrow... should be fun ( I think? )
Procedure? I hope you'll be ok. :hug:

Edit: I just read the other thread, hope they give you enough anaesthetic and it goes without a hitch.

I'm getting a root canal tomorrow :(

(that problem involving my tooth)
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Post by: Icequeen on April 05, 2023, 08:11:29 AM
Groceries. Made my monthly Aldi run. A few months back I decided I'd rather drive the distance to try out shopping there than to potentially keep running into people I'd rather avoid around here at WalMart.

Really should have done this years ago. I'm totally hooked now. They have some great stuff.
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 05, 2023, 02:52:15 PM
I did a few groceries, too, but I stopped at Walmart. Mainly, I go there because their bakery is right up front and I love some freshly baked goods. I can pop in and pop right back out so fast! As long as that is all I want.

Today I decided to check fish prices. All they have is frozen, but living in Indiana, that's about all you can find anywhere, without going to a proper monger who flies things in from afar for four prices. Yes, I splurge sometimes on fresh seafood, but it is rare.
Today I just wanted to replenish my stores of salmon, cod, shrimp and haddock.

I was intrigued to see the whole damn store in a complete disarray, while they widen all the aisles.

Widening the aisles will be a huge positive, but I fear they will just junk them up with even more temporary skids of quick moving items, all set directly in the way of free moving traffic through the store.


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Post by: Gopher Gary on April 06, 2023, 01:32:38 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 05, 2023, 08:11:29 AM
Groceries. Made my monthly Aldi run. A few months back I decided I'd rather drive the distance to try out shopping there than to potentially keep running into people I'd rather avoid around here at WalMart.

Really should have done this years ago. I'm totally hooked now. They have some great stuff.

I had a similar experience a couple years ago shopping for clothes at Ross. I never knew they were a closeout store and always assumed stuff there was expensive. I have no fashion sense, plus I'm cheap and I also don't like much of anything, so I'm amazed every time I go there by all the nice things I find at such great prices. I've always struggled with buying clothing, and wish I had found them years ago. I also love Aldi. I probably buy 90% of our food there and would recommend them to anyone.  :thumbup:
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Post by: Icequeen on April 06, 2023, 09:10:43 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 06, 2023, 01:32:38 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 05, 2023, 08:11:29 AM
Groceries. Made my monthly Aldi run. A few months back I decided I'd rather drive the distance to try out shopping there than to potentially keep running into people I'd rather avoid around here at WalMart.

Really should have done this years ago. I'm totally hooked now. They have some great stuff.

I had a similar experience a couple years ago shopping for clothes at Ross. I never knew they were a closeout store and always assumed stuff there was expensive. I have no fashion sense, plus I'm cheap and I also don't like much of anything, so I'm amazed every time I go there by all the nice things I find at such great prices. I've always struggled with buying clothing, and wish I had found them years ago. I also love Aldi. I probably buy 90% of our food there and would recommend them to anyone.  :thumbup:

Sounds like me.  :laugh: I really struggle when it comes to clothes...hate it all unless it's black or looks like it fell out of some hippie van from the 70's (I have a horrible weakness for all things tie dyed).  :autism:
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 07, 2023, 11:35:30 AM
Quote from: odeon on April 04, 2023, 02:51:58 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 01, 2023, 11:27:47 PM
I bought a new steel firepit to replace the homemade concrete brick one I built last year.

This one will be SO nice!

Pics?

It's nothing fancy.
We went shopping locally with high hopes of finding something awesome and spending some cash on a more permanent solution. Found that all of the ones commercially available were built the same in the $100 to $600 dollar price range. Not based upon build quality or esthetics.
The price scale was based on added amenities or accessories included.
The pits were about the same build quality and structural stability, no matter where we shopped. Plus, they were all made in China, possibly from just a few of the same types of companies re-branded for Lowe's or Home Depot or At Home box stores.

OK, so we went to Amazon and found one we could tolerate. It was cheap and it will do fine for a couple of years, I'm sure.

It is this item, but we bought an accessory stand that bolts to the side for an additional, removable and adjustable grille surface above the fire. I will use that to heat buns, but no reason not to bring out a steak and ramp things up a bit from franks, brats, Kielbasa and buns.

The outside ring is three feet in diameter.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on April 07, 2023, 05:41:05 PM
I bought potted tulips to give to each of the ladies this weekend. They're very pretty and a great price. They make our kitchen look so spring fiesta.  :2thumbsup:
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Post by: Gopher Gary on April 07, 2023, 05:51:13 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 06, 2023, 09:10:43 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 06, 2023, 01:32:38 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on April 05, 2023, 08:11:29 AM
Groceries. Made my monthly Aldi run. A few months back I decided I'd rather drive the distance to try out shopping there than to potentially keep running into people I'd rather avoid around here at WalMart.

Really should have done this years ago. I'm totally hooked now. They have some great stuff.

I had a similar experience a couple years ago shopping for clothes at Ross. I never knew they were a closeout store and always assumed stuff there was expensive. I have no fashion sense, plus I'm cheap and I also don't like much of anything, so I'm amazed every time I go there by all the nice things I find at such great prices. I've always struggled with buying clothing, and wish I had found them years ago. I also love Aldi. I probably buy 90% of our food there and would recommend them to anyone.  :thumbup:

Sounds like me.  :laugh: I really struggle when it comes to clothes...hate it all unless it's black or looks like it fell out of some hippie van from the 70's (I have a horrible weakness for all things tie dyed).  :autism:

I describe my personal style as funeral attire.  :lol1: It works out well because I'm always dressed nice, and I usually feel dressed appropriately unless I'm at the beach.  :zoinks:
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Post by: Genesis on April 07, 2023, 10:26:04 PM
A new budgie who is 2 months old, blue and white mutation, and their name is Akira (otherwise known as AK)
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Post by: odeon on April 08, 2023, 02:52:42 PM
Golf balls. They tend to go missing. No Tiger Woods, me.
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 08, 2023, 06:59:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 08, 2023, 02:52:42 PM
Golf balls. They tend to go missing. No Tiger Woods, me.

How are yours marked?

I find golf balls in my flower beds all the time.
I often just throw them back onto the course at random just as an Agent of Chaos might do.
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Post by: Parts on April 08, 2023, 07:20:10 PM
Wood putty
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Post by: Gopher Gary on April 08, 2023, 07:47:32 PM
Quote from: Genesis on April 07, 2023, 10:26:04 PM
A new budgie who is 2 months old, blue and white mutation, and their name is Akira (otherwise known as AK)

 :2thumbsup:
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 08, 2023, 08:44:11 PM
Quote from: Genesis on April 07, 2023, 10:26:04 PM
A new budgie who is 2 months old, blue and white mutation, and their name is Akira (otherwise known as AK)

Blue and white sounds amazing. Is Akira camera shy? If not, bless us with an image or two?
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Post by: Genesis on April 08, 2023, 08:49:36 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 08, 2023, 08:44:11 PM
Quote from: Genesis on April 07, 2023, 10:26:04 PM
A new budgie who is 2 months old, blue and white mutation, and their name is Akira (otherwise known as AK)

Blue and white sounds amazing. Is Akira camera shy? If not, bless us with an image or two?

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Post by: DirtDawg on April 08, 2023, 09:21:59 PM
Looks very healthy!
Lovely bird!

Thank you for the pic.
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Post by: renaeden on April 09, 2023, 12:55:24 AM
Nice bird, I think they're a boy.
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Post by: Genesis on April 09, 2023, 06:32:10 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 09, 2023, 12:55:24 AM
Nice bird, I think they're a boy.

Yep... he's about 2 to 3 months old, I'm waiting until at least Wednesday to introduce him to Yoko (my yellow Budgie)
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Post by: renaeden on April 09, 2023, 09:54:41 PM
Quote from: Genesis on April 09, 2023, 06:32:10 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 09, 2023, 12:55:24 AM
Nice bird, I think they're a boy.
Yep... he's about 2 to 3 months old, I'm waiting until at least Wednesday to introduce him to Yoko (my yellow Budgie)
Young bird. And he's cute, good choice. I hope the introduction goes well.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on April 10, 2023, 06:56:46 PM
OMG Akira is so handsome!! :GA:
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Post by: Genesis on April 10, 2023, 07:07:31 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on April 10, 2023, 06:56:46 PM
OMG Akira is so handsome!! :GA:

Thank you  :angel:
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Post by: renaeden on April 11, 2023, 02:07:50 AM
I bought chocolate for my parents and nephews. And now I still have it all because I was too unwell to see them. I don't know when I'll see them all next because they aren't often in the same place at the same time. Work and all that.
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 11, 2023, 07:42:26 AM
Quote from: renaeden on April 11, 2023, 02:07:50 AM
I bought chocolate for my parents and nephews. And now I still have it all because I was too unwell to see them. I don't know when I'll see them all next because they aren't often in the same place at the same time. Work and all that.

Not to be overly flippant, but make an effort for a few close ones and share the rest with Kayliegh?

"Just sayin' how things can go."

 :green:


Chocolate should never be in question of going to waste!
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 11, 2023, 09:08:58 AM
Bought some chain. Tiny chain I use to hang up my bird houses in the trees out back. I have plenty of eyelets and hooks and stuff.

Got two more birdhouses out this morning, all cedar with no finishes to harm the birds. One of the ones I placed last week appears to be occupied. How cool is that?!?
Only six more to go. Yes, I fucking made ten birdhouses to set out this year.

One tip, place the "hole" or doorway toward the mass of the tree in which you present them. Most birds do better if they can feel hidden when nesting.
They are not like us. They do not want a view! They can fly, FFS! They want privacy.

Doves are different and I have not made up a dove nesting site yet. Doves will not go through a hole and hide. They want a clear view of surroundings for a nesting site to qualify. Interestingly, they do not spent much time building their nests. They just find a rock or a fat branch cleft and bring in some straw, call it a home.
Building a dove site will be far less involved that trying to build a "house" for them, as with most birds.

More to come!
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Post by: Parts on April 13, 2023, 10:58:25 AM
$85 gasoline
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Post by: odeon on April 13, 2023, 01:20:07 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 08, 2023, 06:59:15 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 08, 2023, 02:52:42 PM
Golf balls. They tend to go missing. No Tiger Woods, me.

How are yours marked?

I find golf balls in my flower beds all the time.
I often just throw them back onto the course at random just as an Agent of Chaos might do.

I don't bother marking them, usually. A black dot if I do.
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Post by: odeon on April 13, 2023, 01:21:40 PM
Bought a new smart watch to replace my aging old one. Got 30% off so it was a no-brainer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 14, 2023, 01:33:02 PM
Not so much buying as helping out a friend's widow, June.
I lightly touched on her contacting me last month and relating that my friend, her late husband, had left instructions for a lot of his old audio gear. I was a part of that list.
I had sold him a Dual 1229 turntable and a vintage Pioneer preamp many years ago. he wanted them to go back to me.

Wow! So when I managed a couple of weeks later to arrive at her house, she had a room full of old audio gear to be rid of. She expected me to take it all.

No way! I drive a Chevy Traverse, not a moving van.

Anyway, last month I managed to sell some of his old gear to music associates we both knew, THAT DAY and she ended up with $2200 dollars in cash she had not expected.
She gave me the entirety of his left over, after everyone she knows picked through it, album collection. It amounted to twelve banker's boxes of LPs, two of CDs with about sixty or seventy LPs in each box to haul away.
Needless to say, I have not yet made it through that huge stack of stuff yet.

Back to the future of now, she called me again Friday before Easter and asked if I could do something with all these other boxes of records she found.
Now, understand, it has been about one year and it has taken her this long to get herself into a place where she can deal with all this.

On the phone she just said if I can just take these away, too, she would be so grateful. "You like old records, right?" She is preparing to sell the house and did not even know this room was full of his stuff, too. It is their basement where they kept the Christmas tree, Easter, 4th of July and raceday decorations.

This time it was not all banker's boxes, but some old milk crates, a few hand hewn wooden crates, a few big beer boxes, but the whole thing amounted to eighteen more boxes of LPs and a few CDs. This is not like some thrift store find, but the last of a true music collector's keep of his most treasured items, those he kept separate from what others were privileged to hear.

I had about 2200 LPs in my own collection when this started, but now with all this stuff from his collection, my collection has doubled and I have only barely looked at it all, except to notice that I am a lucky man.
Most of what everyone else picking through the collection before I even knew it was going to be mine was just the "bubble gum" or the easy listening Paul Anka and Tennessee Ernie Ford type garbage.
The music I like was left behind.

Most of what was left was old rock, very old jazz, a lot of classical. I pulled a handful out of one box and found all three early Bloodrock albums in one grip. Another box I grabbed four Rubber Soul, three magical Mystery Tour and two White albums.

This is going to take a long time and I think of my old friend with every look in the direction of where I have it all stacked.

All told, a car full of electronics and albums on the first trip, including a pair of Klipsch Heresy II, Advent bookshelf, Crown amps, Kenwood receiver, etc, made me quite happy. All old stuff, but cool old stuff.
Happy, not only for the cool find, but just to be helping her out. This has been difficult for her. All of us, but her most of all.


This second trip to finish removing his "legacy" from her home is going to double my LP collection. The entire back end of my car was stacked full and a Traverse is no small horse.



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Post by: Pyraxis on April 14, 2023, 02:19:25 PM
That sounds awesome, I'm glad it's all going to a good home.



This morning I bought a piano. It's being delivered next week. I'm very excited. I feel like it's reaching a life milestone, having a life stable enough that you can afford to get a piano and have a place to take care of it well. I took lessons as a kid and teenager but haven't been able to play much since then, except when I visit my mother's place. I'm looking forward to revisiting all the songs I've missed since then, and discovering some new ones.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 14, 2023, 03:26:42 PM
Quote from: Pyraxis on April 14, 2023, 02:19:25 PM
That sounds awesome, I'm glad it's all going to a good home.



This morning I bought a piano. It's being delivered next week. I'm very excited. I feel like it's reaching a life milestone, having a life stable enough that you can afford to get a piano and have a place to take care of it well. I took lessons as a kid and teenager but haven't been able to play much since then, except when I visit my mother's place. I'm looking forward to revisiting all the songs I've missed since then, and discovering some new ones.

This is awesome!!

My daughter has played piano since a young age and we have bought her three electronic substitutes. The latest was quite pricey and exactly the same as she played in school. It has weighted, balanced keys and it is basically a self contained synthesizer, capable of all manner of intstrumental facsimiles and tones, then recording within its own matrix and supplying a full scale keyboard, sits in our living room, hardly touched.

She hates it! She barely plays it.
She wants an actual piano and this $3K, professional Yamaha electronic device does not do it for her, no matter how many times I show her shit it can do that hardly anything else on the market can do.

She wants a piano!

It would seem that I could make this happen for her. A Spinet would take up less space than this Yamaha rig.
Just finding a spinet or even a balzy upright is no small task. Go to a store and drop $8k to $12K, some day, maybe.

I hope your piano gives you what you want!

Tippy ... learn to tune it yourself. It's easy and you will be even more happy with it. Only takes one tool and an ear.

Thanks, I hope the new home for all this latest bounty of fresh/old media is as wholesome as the one most of this collection was built upon.
I think I am done with her, June. She seemed so happy to get those things out of her way. We looked around and I think this is IT.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 14, 2023, 03:55:01 PM
Your daughter is right. A piano is very different from the electronic varieties. Not that the latter are bad - I quite like being able to approximate a piano in a limited space - but a real piano is, well, very different.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 14, 2023, 03:55:36 PM
Beer. :beergrin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 14, 2023, 04:10:01 PM
Quote from: odeon on April 14, 2023, 03:55:01 PM
Your daughter is right. A piano is very different from the electronic varieties. Not that the latter are bad - I quite like being able to approximate a piano in a limited space - but a real piano is, well, very different.

Absolutely God Damn right!

I have never discounted that reality. Doing what we could on a budget, however, I have a few things we will never ever need again.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 14, 2023, 04:14:18 PM
It used to be the case that a piano wasn't that hard to acquire. You'd have to break your back for it but it would be free, more or less. Come and get it.

Missed quite a few that way.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 14, 2023, 08:23:57 PM
Quote from: Pyraxis on April 14, 2023, 02:19:25 PM

This morning I bought a piano. It's being delivered next week. I'm very excited. I feel like it's reaching a life milestone, having a life stable enough that you can afford to get a piano and have a place to take care of it well. I took lessons as a kid and teenager but haven't been able to play much since then, except when I visit my mother's place. I'm looking forward to revisiting all the songs I've missed since then, and discovering some new ones.

That sounds exciting.  :orly:
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Post by: Pyraxis on April 15, 2023, 10:13:06 PM
I agree with all the sentiment that even the best electronic keyboard is not the same as an acoustic piano. I need it to be acoustic, I could never manage to interest myself in keyboards back when WolFish and I were moving every few years, even though he encouraged me to try.

I never considered that I might be able to learn to tune it myself. I may look into that.

Something that disturbed me in recent years is that my perfect pitch seemed to be fading. It was off by almost a whole note, and songs that I used to listen to and know exactly what note was being played now sounded like they were being played in a different key. That was disturbing and wrong. I badly need to retrain my ear and I hope this will help.

I had a really awesome conversation with the piano salesman when I was first trying out different pianos, where he explained in detail how to distinguish the different tones of various brands and types of pianos, as well as the details of their construction and what makes certain elements high quality. One could geek out with this guy for ages. As part of his work he got to personally visit the factory where some of the pianos were made, and learn all kinds of things.

He let me try a fancy Steinway grand, just to see what really good sounded like, so I could compare the others against it. A tone that I associate with professional classical music recordings, and I had thought was a consequence of high quality microphones and sound equipment, was actually the piano itself. A kind of resonance especially in the bass notes.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on April 17, 2023, 09:17:16 PM
I bought Sugarbutt a new ceramic coated pan for his eggs.  :orly:
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Post by: Genesis on April 19, 2023, 10:04:59 PM
Halo Tops Ice Cream, and Mango Pepsi Zero Sugar (next time I'm going to Speedway, I'm getting my fountain drink for free with my points)
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 20, 2023, 06:48:00 AM
I splurged a little at the local nursery. I bought some hostas to fill in an area toward the back bed that has lain a little fallow in the past year. Filling in the barren area is the goal.
Additionally, a slew of deep purple "Wave" petunias for the edge of our patio to create a statement, some variegated vinca for trailing downward interest, a Dracena cultivar for some height, many bags of prepared potting mix, mulch, vermiculite, pearlite and organics (bloodmeal, bonemeal) and some superphosphates, sphagnum moss ... ... ...

I will need my shovel!
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 20, 2023, 07:23:23 AM
I also bought some bench organizer bins. I will mount them at the back of my bench. I have two benches, so I have not decided which bench gets the update, yet.

One bench is the one that I built many years ago. I could literally work on diesel truck engines on it. It is sturdy!
The other came with my "finished" garage, kind of shitty, wimpy, but it was installed and it has drawers so I left it.

These are cool. I am probably going to get another set for the wall.  (Amazon)

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Post by: DirtDawg on April 20, 2023, 07:41:42 AM
 
Then, to spruce up the outer area a bit, I ordered a set of wind chimes for each end of the patio.

On the corner wall of the house I have rebuilt my old set of chimes, which I made from six foot wide window shades we used to use as backgrounds when photographing portraits. The inner rollers are simply chimes, but no one knew it, until I stripped one of all its guts in and out and hit it while being suspended gently. I KNEW it!! These are CHIMES!
So I salvaged eight of them as they continued to fail mechanically in thier intended usage.

These do not sound like "Ting, teng, bing, ging, ding, king, twinkle, twinkle" but more like large orchestral chimes, being almost two inches in diameter and six feet long. I have cut some to alter tones, but with no regard for tuning them to a scale, just to make them sound different individually.

I could tune them to a certain chord or scale by shortening certain ones precisely, but I have never felt the need. I enjoy the random, dissonant tones they make.

Think of sounds like "Bong, bung dong, kong, tong, bung, dong" ... in other words, they make a very deep tone.

So now I have "Bass wind chimes" and two sets of "Tenor wind chimes."  I might get some "Alto chimes" for the front later.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on April 21, 2023, 07:22:42 PM
I gambled on my first watermelon of the year. Wish me luck.  :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Pyraxis on April 21, 2023, 07:48:42 PM
Break a leg!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 21, 2023, 09:02:32 PM
Gary, hope you enjoy the watermelon.

I bought a pair of black jeans for Kayleigh (because she lost her pair) and a pair of track pants for me that I can wear to the gym. $12 at the Salvos.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on April 22, 2023, 10:01:34 AM
If a person is behaving themselves in public, in a socially acceptable way, how does somebody "lose" their pants?

 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on April 22, 2023, 03:00:47 PM
Beer. :beergrin:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 23, 2023, 03:53:05 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 22, 2023, 10:01:34 AM
If a person is behaving themselves in public, in a socially acceptable way, how does somebody "lose" their pants?

 :lol1:
She put them "away" somewhere in her room and now can't find them. I don't know if the new pair are the right size - she still hasn't tried them on.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on April 23, 2023, 04:35:21 PM
Carbide toothed saw blade for some really big bolts I have to cut
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Post by: DirtDawg on April 23, 2023, 04:51:50 PM
Quote from: renaeden on April 23, 2023, 03:53:05 AM
Quote from: DirtDawg on April 22, 2023, 10:01:34 AM
If a person is behaving themselves in public, in a socially acceptable way, how does somebody "lose" their pants?

 :lol1:
She put them "away" somewhere in her room and now can't find them. I don't know if the new pair are the right size - she still hasn't tried them on.

I think she should stick to that story.
 :lol1:
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Post by: renaeden on May 03, 2023, 08:48:04 PM
I bought a lot of cat food, cat treats and a cardboard piece for the cats to sharpen their claws on.
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Post by: Parts on May 04, 2023, 06:21:04 PM
A bacon egg and cheese on a Portuguese roll
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Post by: DirtDawg on May 05, 2023, 11:01:36 AM
Stopped at a yard sale on the way back from Daddy Taxiing my son from work.

Bought a "Superman" Bluray collection featuring Christopher Reeve and a nice five gallon gas can for eight bucks for both. I have the Superman all on DVD, but not Bluray. Now I can donate the DVDs to Salvation Army or some such.

They had a few more tools, but nothing I don't already have.

Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on May 05, 2023, 02:25:57 PM
Beer. :beergrin:
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Post by: Gopher Gary on May 05, 2023, 09:03:37 PM
I ordered some dog food and dog treats, because I've been having trouble finding them in the stores again.  :dunno:
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Post by: renaeden on May 05, 2023, 09:48:12 PM
A bag of ice for Kayleigh (not drugs, I could never afford it).
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Post by: Genesis on May 06, 2023, 01:36:59 PM
24 cans of Dr. Pepper, Twizzlers, Razors, and some films at the Thrift Shop.
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Post by: Gopher Gary on May 06, 2023, 06:08:44 PM
I ordered my momma some new solar lights for her garden for Mother's Day. :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on May 06, 2023, 06:25:22 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 06, 2023, 06:08:44 PM
I ordered my momma some new solar lights for her garden for Mother's Day. :heart:

I don't know what to get my mother for Mother's Day :-/ she usually likes the simple things in life...
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Post by: Parts on May 06, 2023, 06:34:39 PM
A small native copper nugget from Michigan
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Post by: Gopher Gary on May 06, 2023, 06:40:54 PM
Quote from: Genesis on May 06, 2023, 06:25:22 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 06, 2023, 06:08:44 PM
I ordered my momma some new solar lights for her garden for Mother's Day. :heart:

I don't know what to get my mother for Mother's Day :-/ she usually likes the simple things in life...

I never know what to buy my momma either, so I just asked her what she wants.  :lol1: I've been trying to move toward only buying consumable items because I don't want to give people clutter, but she wants lights so that's what she's getting. We'll probably get Sugarbutt's momma some fresh flowers. That's usually a safe choice.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on May 06, 2023, 09:10:03 PM
Quote from: Genesis on May 06, 2023, 06:25:22 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 06, 2023, 06:08:44 PM
I ordered my momma some new solar lights for her garden for Mother's Day. :heart:
I don't know what to get my mother for Mother's Day :-/ she usually likes the simple things in life...
I'm in the same boat. I'm going to phone her today and ask her.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on May 06, 2023, 10:03:01 PM
Roblox card, bday cake, ice cream, Mcdonalds food, mini brands Disney store version, limited edition Juneberry redbull, boxed mac n cheese, bday card, doggy treats, paper towels and toilet paper.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 14, 2023, 06:19:18 PM
5 axes, 4 vises, hand powered grinder and a bunch of antique ski goggles  at auction
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Post by: renaeden on May 20, 2023, 08:51:45 PM
A hand trolley (I think that's what they're called), two igniters for the stove/oven and a wind blocker for the bottom of the laundry door.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on May 21, 2023, 04:35:20 PM
Babylon 5 The Gathering on DVD for a dollar at the flea
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on May 21, 2023, 05:58:37 PM
4 films at the thrift shop for $7.32 USD
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on May 23, 2023, 06:40:49 AM
Quote from: Genesis on May 21, 2023, 05:58:37 PM
4 films at the thrift shop for $7.32 USD

Nice!

My son found and grabbed a set of 007 movies for me at a garage sale.

He aslo came home with a small hatchet for his collection.
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Post by: odeon on May 30, 2023, 03:15:38 PM
Books.
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Post by: Genesis on May 30, 2023, 08:11:20 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on May 23, 2023, 06:40:49 AM
Quote from: Genesis on May 21, 2023, 05:58:37 PM
4 films at the thrift shop for $7.32 USD

Nice!

My son found and grabbed a set of 007 movies for me at a garage sale.

He aslo came home with a small hatchet for his collection.

I usually find the better deals lately at the thrift shop Dad used to be Santa Claus for during Christmas.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 04, 2023, 08:46:10 AM
I found some higher grade gardening tools at a combined community yard sale. Bought the lot.
A nice shovel, grubbing hoe, cultivator and a couple of rakes.

I have taken pride in the fact that as a solid citizen living in Indiana, I buck the system by not even owning a fucking leaf rake.
I do not rake leaves as is a nightmarish obsession with most Hoosiers when fall approaches.
I "placement compost" my leaves, in place, using a mower designed for the purpose.

On the other hand, I tend to seek out high quality tools, even have an appreciation for an Amish made leaf rake. I now own a leaf rake.

WTF am I ever going to do with this thing?  :hahaha:

Actually, I can use it after the work with the grubbing hoe and cultivator is done in my garden beds.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 06, 2023, 03:30:01 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 04, 2023, 08:46:10 AM
I found some higher grade gardening tools at a combined community yard sale. Bought the lot.
A nice shovel, grubbing hoe, cultivator and a couple of rakes.

I have taken pride in the fact that as a solid citizen living in Indiana, I buck the system by not even owning a fucking leaf rake.
I do not rake leaves as is a nightmarish obsession with most Hoosiers when fall approaches.
I "placement compost" my leaves, in place, using a mower designed for the purpose.

On the other hand, I tend to seek out high quality tools, even have an appreciation for an Amish made leaf rake. I now own a leaf rake.

WTF am I ever going to do with this thing?  :hahaha:

Actually, I can use it after the work with the grubbing hoe and cultivator is done in my garden beds.

I have approx 5 blowers in my shed, 2 electric, 3 gas (one backpack style)...1 rake.

I never rake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHdkbocf8tc
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 06, 2023, 04:12:02 PM
10 bags of 'just in case' insulation that I ended up not needing on the job today
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 06, 2023, 06:05:35 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on June 06, 2023, 03:30:01 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 04, 2023, 08:46:10 AM
I found some higher grade gardening tools at a combined community yard sale. Bought the lot.
A nice shovel, grubbing hoe, cultivator and a couple of rakes.

I have taken pride in the fact that as a solid citizen living in Indiana, I buck the system by not even owning a fucking leaf rake.
I do not rake leaves as is a nightmarish obsession with most Hoosiers when fall approaches.
I "placement compost" my leaves, in place, using a mower designed for the purpose.

On the other hand, I tend to seek out high quality tools, even have an appreciation for an Amish made leaf rake. I now own a leaf rake.

WTF am I ever going to do with this thing?  :hahaha:

Actually, I can use it after the work with the grubbing hoe and cultivator is done in my garden beds.

I have approx 5 blowers in my shed, 2 electric, 3 gas (one backpack style)...1 rake.

I never rake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHdkbocf8tc

I have two blowers, both battery operated and really quiet compared to some. I get most use from my favorite from just blowing away sawdust from my tools, bench, around the buffer and some leaves that have blown near my computer (sit down and fuck off) station.
I use the computer a lot when I am building speaker systems, so it has a home near my tools.
It IS a tool.

While I'm usually up at on it by 4AM or 5AM, I don't begin the annoying neighbor thing until after 8AM. Unless I have reason to do otherwise.
So far, here, no reason to.

The most annoying thing I have done, while living here, is to have accepted delivery of a pallet of mulch from Lowe's at 7AM. They were on time and I reordered. Those guys are in it to win it with their daily jobs. But the truck backing up noise could be heard for blocks!

Coincidentally it sounds just like my alarm. Maybe one reason why I always wake up about five minutes before my alarm goes off. My wake-up alarm sounds like I am about to be backed over by a truck.
 :GA:
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Post by: DirtDawg on June 09, 2023, 12:56:47 PM
Stopped at a yard sale ...


Picked out two old claw hammers (I have plenty) that were from the forging age, one needs the handle to be replaced, the other is usable right now.

A pipe thread tap set from who knows when, still in its creosoted wooden case, eight sizes up to 2" and complete. It smells like a telephone pole, but what beautiful tools! These are NYE brand and they will still cut you if you handle them clumsily.

A wonderful willow bentwood woven basket for my daughter.

A CD collection of the Ken Burns, "The Story Of America's Music"  Jazz volume. Only volume they had, but I would have bought them all in this pristine condition.

I spent twenty five bucks!


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 09, 2023, 04:53:47 PM
Yard sales were a bust here today.  I walked away from an estate sale after seeing the guy running it take stuff that was in the photos online and put it in his car before the sale started little to bait and switch for me
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Post by: Genesis on June 09, 2023, 05:12:22 PM
Dried Mangos, Cajun Snack Mix, two kinds of Sushi
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Post by: odeon on June 11, 2023, 02:59:08 PM
Books. I was in London, and... :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Fun With Matches on June 12, 2023, 03:57:30 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 11, 2023, 02:59:08 PM
Books. I was in London, and... :-[

Which bookshop?
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Post by: Icequeen on June 12, 2023, 03:27:33 PM
Side nerf bars for the beast estimated eta is Friday...ball joints are done, needs a wheel bearing yet and new seals in the rear end.

Driving it...just not far or too fast. :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 13, 2023, 03:29:35 AM
I bought Kayleigh an early birthday present - a new Xbox controller.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 14, 2023, 10:29:33 AM
A 12 foot 2x12 for new ramps for the back of the van
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on June 19, 2023, 03:25:49 PM
Quote from: Fun With Matches on June 12, 2023, 03:57:30 AM
Quote from: odeon on June 11, 2023, 02:59:08 PM
Books. I was in London, and... :-[

Which bookshop?

I want to answer "all of them".

Steven King, who wrote many of his 80s books in a drunken stupor, was once asked "how much do you drink, Steven?" King thought the question was exceptionally stupid and answered "all of it."

I missed most of them, I'm sorry to say, but Foyles and Waterstones, and a few along Charing Cross. And the WHSmith at Heathrow.
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Post by: odeon on June 19, 2023, 03:27:11 PM
Stephen. Stephen. Stephen.

(Was thinking about Spielberg, I think.)
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Post by: odeon on June 19, 2023, 03:28:30 PM
Bought an expanded "Always" soundtrack. Very, very good, in that understated John Williams way.
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Post by: Genesis on June 19, 2023, 03:41:55 PM
Boba Tea from Woodmans... my favorite flavor from this one particular brand is Honeydew
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Post by: renaeden on June 19, 2023, 10:11:28 PM
Groceries. Nothing exciting. This weekend, however, I'm thinking of buying a new mattress for my bed.
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Post by: DirtDawg on June 20, 2023, 08:58:30 AM
I did find some rather awesome peaches. I bought more than enough for a peach pie.


Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on June 20, 2023, 08:06:17 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 20, 2023, 08:58:30 AM
I did find some rather awesome peaches. I bought more than enough for a peach pie.
omg, I wish I could beam myself to Indiana.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on June 21, 2023, 06:15:20 AM
Still waiting on my side bars for the truck. Seller forgot to ship I think. Emailed them last night and they said they will resend asap.  :lol1:

Meh. I'm getting better at hauling my 56 yr old ass up in the cab at least.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on June 21, 2023, 06:30:25 PM
Quote from: renaeden on June 20, 2023, 08:06:17 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 20, 2023, 08:58:30 AM
I did find some rather awesome peaches. I bought more than enough for a peach pie.
omg, I wish I could beam myself to Indiana.

Our pie came out fantastic!
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Post by: odeon on June 23, 2023, 04:02:54 PM
Bought beer.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on June 23, 2023, 04:12:30 PM
A York vise and some machinist tools
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Post by: Parts on June 28, 2023, 03:24:22 PM
Neatsfoot oil to try and save an old leather knife sheath
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Post by: Genesis on June 29, 2023, 02:20:39 PM
Mango Pepsi Zero Sugar
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Post by: odeon on June 30, 2023, 12:13:29 PM
Bought lunch. :P
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Post by: Parts on June 30, 2023, 06:41:07 PM
A CC radio SW.  the shortwave reception seems decent  I will have to check it out tonight to see how good the regular am is
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 01, 2023, 10:11:38 AM
Yesterday, with the encouragement from my son who also suffers from allergies as my wife does, we braved up and went to Lowe's.

My tummy is aching and I've apparently pulled something in my main Glut/butt muscle. But we pushed into this and I bought three filters and another box fan.

The plan was to make DIY air filter sytems that can run in the house and help with the air quality. We had two box fans welcome inside the house and another older, noisy one, much more powerful I use in the garage.

I bought another box fan, two rolls of white duct tape and three MERV 15, 20 inch by 20 inch by four inch filters, PRICEY!!

Anyway we haggled together three DIY filter thingies by taping the bad ass filters onto the back of the fans.

After just an hour of running all three in the house it was amazing the difference it had made. It was actually shocking to go back outside after breathing clean air again for the first time in weeks.

Our house is well sealed against the elements, brand new windows, all doors sealed properly with fresh rubber, etc. So when my son began putting car and dog towels (freshly laundered, of course) all around the windows I asked WTF. He was trying to keep the smoke out.

I asked if he was willing to help me with an idea. He was all about I don't know. Your ideas scare me.
 :zombiefuck:

Once he understood my plan, he was onboard and began all the encouragement he could muster. WE GOT IT DONE! I dropped a couple of hundred bucks on this idea with high hopes it would help. Some internet research helped as well.

It helps a lot and the filters, the right ones that can filter smoke particles are fucking $55 bucks a pop. And fans have more than doubled in price as well, $45 bucks for what I paid fifteen for a couple of years ago. All made in China of course, but the filters are 3M, MADE IN THE USA.

So, now we have a filter fan blowing in each bedroom. It really does help! Despite the fact that we have the same filters in our HVAC system, having them "running in the wild" around the house has done even more than I thought it could have.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on July 08, 2023, 06:41:10 PM
I use the cheep filters and a box fan sometimes at work to keep the dust down when I am blowing cellulose.

Today I ordered 20 3.5 inch round headed bolts from McMaster-Carr because locally the longest available was 3 inches 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on July 08, 2023, 08:06:28 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on July 01, 2023, 10:11:38 AM
Yesterday, with the encouragement from my son who also suffers from allergies as my wife does, we braved up and went to Lowe's.

My tummy is aching and I've apparently pulled something in my main Glut/butt muscle. But we pushed into this and I bought three filters and another box fan.

The plan was to make DIY air filter sytems that can run in the house and help with the air quality. We had two box fans welcome inside the house and another older, noisy one, much more powerful I use in the garage.

I bought another box fan, two rolls of white duct tape and three MERV 15, 20 inch by 20 inch by four inch filters, PRICEY!!

Anyway we haggled together three DIY filter thingies by taping the bad ass filters onto the back of the fans.

After just an hour of running all three in the house it was amazing the difference it had made. It was actually shocking to go back outside after breathing clean air again for the first time in weeks.

Our house is well sealed against the elements, brand new windows, all doors sealed properly with fresh rubber, etc. So when my son began putting car and dog towels (freshly laundered, of course) all around the windows I asked WTF. He was trying to keep the smoke out.

I asked if he was willing to help me with an idea. He was all about I don't know. Your ideas scare me.
 :zombiefuck:

Once he understood my plan, he was onboard and began all the encouragement he could muster. WE GOT IT DONE! I dropped a couple of hundred bucks on this idea with high hopes it would help. Some internet research helped as well.

It helps a lot and the filters, the right ones that can filter smoke particles are fucking $55 bucks a pop. And fans have more than doubled in price as well, $45 bucks for what I paid fifteen for a couple of years ago. All made in China of course, but the filters are 3M, MADE IN THE USA.

So, now we have a filter fan blowing in each bedroom. It really does help! Despite the fact that we have the same filters in our HVAC system, having them "running in the wild" around the house has done even more than I thought it could have.

Nice. Essentially if you've ever pulled apart an air cleaner, you have a puny little fan and a hepa filter. You made huge air cleaners with a 10x more powerful fan system and a larger area of filtration.

I have a few fans I've picked setting around for stuff like that or the ice trick if the air dies. 90% of the time a fan at the curb during the cold weather season is a working fan someone got tired of storing.

I got lucky with the fallout from the fires, it was pretty smokey and nasty to the north and the south of me, and I stayed in this narrow stream of somewhat clean air on the map, the air was a little hazy and heavy for about two days, but my allergies and asthma stayed in check and the numbers didn't get too bad.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 09, 2023, 10:19:16 AM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 08, 2023, 08:06:28 PM

Nice. Essentially if you've ever pulled apart an air cleaner, you have a puny little fan and a hepa filter. You made huge air cleaners with a 10x more powerful fan system and a larger area of filtration.

I have a few fans I've picked setting around for stuff like that or the ice trick if the air dies. 90% of the time a fan at the curb during the cold weather season is a working fan someone got tired of storing.

I got lucky with the fallout from the fires, it was pretty smokey and nasty to the north and the south of me, and I stayed in this narrow stream of somewhat clean air on the map, the air was a little hazy and heavy for about two days, but my allergies and asthma stayed in check and the numbers didn't get too bad.

Yeah, I knew we needed a lot more power with what was going on in the air here. And I felt that the best benefit might come from running them in the bedrooms overnight.

After doing some mild calculations, we are close to filtering the entire volume of air in the house every forty minutes. That is not accounting for what ever the built-in air system can do.
I have also reversed our ceiling fans (back to up shot, winter performance) to help eliminate any stagnant corners that might not receive enough air flow to filter effectively.

We were all waking up with trashed sinuses and a sore throat. Even with our fancy filter in our HVAC unit, there was still some bad air in the house. But, these MERV 15 filters even capture about 90% of pollen, so that's got to help with those allergies, too.

Fortunately, we have had several rains here since the worst of the smoke days. That helps more than anything.

Kind of proud of this little father/son project and it seems to work even better than "advertised."
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 15, 2023, 08:36:03 PM
I bought shelves for the loungeroom. One lot is mostly glass and that will go next to the tv. The other two are wood shelves with glass sides. One is three levels high and the other is six levels high. The latter isn't available until next week so  I organised them all to be delivered on the same day, when they're all at the shop.

These are to replace the flimsy shelves we had before. I now have an extra set of shelves in my bedroom. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 16, 2023, 03:46:46 PM
Not me, but my daughter got an Ikea thing.

I helped her put it together. I am not one of those hardball nutheads who ignore directions. I never have been.

This little under bed drawer sectional piece was very complicated and it took half the afternoon to get it right with both of us ganged up on it.
I love the fact that she is gaining confidence using hand tools!!
And she knows about tools she has seen but never used when a need arises. "Hey, wait! Don't you have a this or that kind of thingy out there somewhere? Wouldn't that work better?"

This kind of question represents a "next level" grasp of using tools.
I am so proud of her.

Questioning her choice of Ikea furnishings is every Dad's job.
 :lol1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 16, 2023, 08:16:18 PM
^ That's awesome. :plus:

Kayleigh will most likely put our shelves together with my help. She reads instructions as well. Hopefully there are no missing pieces!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 18, 2023, 12:01:04 PM
Books. :-[

And I finally replaced my aging Canon printer with an HP. Should never have bought the Canon to begin with but it was a lot cheaper than an HP at the time.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 18, 2023, 08:58:15 PM
^We have a Brother.

We shared the cost of GPS tracking tags for the cats. Kira went missing again two nights ago and then turned up at 3am last night. The tags are a bit bulky but the cats are handling it. So far, we've discovered Rowan has gone across the road and Kira has stayed mostly out the front of our house. Bloody cats.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 24, 2023, 03:35:39 PM
Well, today it's a Schwinn bike. Not mine but my daughter did this out of the blue.

She was at work when it arrived. WTF!?!  OK! But now I am gathering tools to assemble a new bike for my daughter.

I intend to help, but only barely. She has come so far and can do this!

I will be right there and suggest when appropriate, but she is doing this.

Obviously I'll help with adjusting the brakes and derailleurs, but this is all her baby!

She can do it!!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on July 24, 2023, 03:38:15 PM
I bought a new grill thingy that will hold veggies over the fire and turn them easily.  A few more skewers and away we go.

They came Friday and it was just too hot to light a fire, but Sunday night was perfect.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on July 25, 2023, 11:27:12 AM
Groceries.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on July 26, 2023, 05:00:24 PM
Boba Milk Tea (Mango flavored!?!)

I don't regret it... really good stuff  8)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on July 26, 2023, 07:49:11 PM
Oooh, mango flavoured. Yum.

I'll be going to Aldi and buying burger meat and brioche buns for tonight's dinner.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 11, 2023, 01:35:40 PM
Books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 11, 2023, 07:52:11 PM
Two shirts - Ghostbusters and Metallica.

Also a black and white flannel shirt
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 13, 2023, 07:08:24 PM
A vintage dental chair :zombiefuck:.   Kinda creepy,  people love creepy I expect it to sell the first time I bring it to the maket :2thumbsup:

(https://i.postimg.cc/Bv2298qj/KIMG3229.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on August 14, 2023, 02:54:48 AM
Quote from: Parts on August 13, 2023, 07:08:24 PM
A vintage dental chair :zombiefuck:.   Kinda creepy,  people love creepy I expect it to sell the first time I bring it to the maket :2thumbsup:

(https://i.postimg.cc/Bv2298qj/KIMG3229.jpg)

 :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 15, 2023, 12:21:44 AM
I'm going to the dentist tomorrow - I'm glad the chair won't be like that one.

I bought cat food, lots of it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on August 20, 2023, 02:02:43 AM
I bought lunch and it cost too much for what we got.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on August 20, 2023, 06:52:34 AM
I bought a wheel for a  Ford model T yesterday along with some other stuff at a garage sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on August 20, 2023, 03:45:20 PM
A dehumidifier.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on August 20, 2023, 07:43:11 PM
Sushi
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 01, 2023, 02:35:36 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 20, 2023, 03:45:20 PM
A dehumidifier.

This arrived the other day and is an absolute lifesaver. My lungs are forever grateful.

I went to the UK to say goodbye to a colleague who is leaving the company. I spent time in London afterwards and bought (too many) books. I just can't help it. I love spending time at Foyles and Waterstones. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 01, 2023, 07:53:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 01, 2023, 02:35:36 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 20, 2023, 03:45:20 PM
A dehumidifier.

This arrived the other day and is an absolute lifesaver. My lungs are forever grateful.

I went to the UK to say goodbye to a colleague who is leaving the company. I spent time in London afterwards and bought (too many) books. I just can't help it. I love spending time at Foyles and Waterstones. :-[
Lucky. I'd love to visit bookshops like that. We used to have Borders in the city which was huge. It had a café in the middle of it. What more could you want? Books and coffee, yes. Unfortunately it closed down. I was very disappointed.

Do you buy mostly fiction or nonfiction?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 02, 2023, 05:31:21 PM
A shoe box full of road maps from the 50s to the early 90s and a mid century modern chair and a lot of other stuff at estate sales
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 04, 2023, 11:51:41 AM
Quote from: renaeden on September 01, 2023, 07:53:53 PM
Quote from: odeon on September 01, 2023, 02:35:36 PM
Quote from: odeon on August 20, 2023, 03:45:20 PM
A dehumidifier.

This arrived the other day and is an absolute lifesaver. My lungs are forever grateful.

I went to the UK to say goodbye to a colleague who is leaving the company. I spent time in London afterwards and bought (too many) books. I just can't help it. I love spending time at Foyles and Waterstones. :-[
Lucky. I'd love to visit bookshops like that. We used to have Borders in the city which was huge. It had a café in the middle of it. What more could you want? Books and coffee, yes. Unfortunately it closed down. I was very disappointed.

Do you buy mostly fiction or nonfiction?

It's been nonfiction for some time now.

London is amazing that way. I can always find more. I love it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on September 04, 2023, 12:46:20 PM
Traded in a few games and got a few game Boy cases and NEs dust cover and two games.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 04, 2023, 12:48:30 PM
A big metal cart
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 07, 2023, 04:38:18 PM
The Gunslinger, its been a long time since I read the Dark Tower series and this was the one book I could not find.

BTW the dental chair sold for $100 at 6am when I was setting up at the market :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 08, 2023, 07:48:43 PM
^Awesome, $100 in your pocket. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 20, 2023, 03:19:33 PM
Books and beer. Not necessarily in that order.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 22, 2023, 08:37:31 PM
I bought a new pillow, shower curtain and hand grater. All for $100.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on September 23, 2023, 02:13:10 PM
Nothing today. :P
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on September 24, 2023, 07:13:00 AM
A blacksmith vise, an axe and a draw knife
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on September 26, 2023, 12:15:26 AM
I bought groceries and a print of Star Wars character Ahsoka holding a lothcat.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on October 22, 2023, 02:38:01 PM
I've started Christmas shopping.  :orly: I usually like to have it done before November, but that didn't happen last year and it probably wont happen again this year either.  I now try to focus more on consumable gifts, so that means shopping a little later when the stores have all the cool holiday themed boozes and yummy goodies. Sugarbutt will do something handmade as usual, so we can still give something thoughtful.  :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on October 23, 2023, 12:07:51 AM
A very cute set of chip clips.  3 foxes and 3 hedgehogs.  Mostly for the foxes. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 23, 2023, 02:06:05 PM
Bought another HP calculator off ebay.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on October 24, 2023, 12:27:28 AM
I bought Kayleigh a new keyboard but she's paying me back in a couple of days.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on October 24, 2023, 09:08:37 AM
Coffee
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 24, 2023, 04:37:43 PM
I bought a little Bluetooth capable, three channel amplifier.
I have built a small "birdhouse" for which to protect it some from weather and installed it under our eves in the back patio area near the firepit.

I had already installed some JBL Industrial rough service full range drivers along the eves. I just needed power to them.

To make all ages happy, the Bluetooth option was necessary.
Only complication I had was that I was hoping to be done when I got the amp up, but that pesky third channel is for a passive subwoofer. SO I built a small flat cabinet for a flat 10" woofer.

Everything sounds amazing out there. Ten times more power than I was looking for and no need for a woofer of any sort.
I generally wanted a whisper system.


AMP:
https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-DTA-2.1BT2-100W-2.1-Class-D-Bluetooth-Amplifier-with-Sub-Frequency-Adjustment-300-3831?quantity=1&srsltid=AfmBOopSVoZsLY-BXHuKN0-3FHe1AITAyZAKSImQSKJlf2vtR9WidEDpIwc



FLAT WOOFER:
https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-LS10-44-10-Low-Profile-Subwoofer-Dual-4-Ohm-295-251?quantity=1

If you actually want a self contained Bluetooth solution, you have to buy more than what you wanted, it seems.

Finding anything in stock was a challenge!
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on October 24, 2023, 05:44:30 PM
It was a bit ago when I finally had all the pieces bought and delivered.

But now I have them installed. I had bought some paint that matched all the outside trim when we first moved in, because there were some touch ups to do. The new garage door opener and weatherstripping did not cover the old exactly, so I had to paint those areas and many other things.

But when I got all his new speaker stuff installed I painted everything to match. It all just fades together.
The biggest give away is that the amp has to be plugged in to one of the outlets. Of course I painted all that too. It almost disappears, even in daylight.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on October 28, 2023, 03:44:07 PM
Spare parts for the iRobot.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on November 03, 2023, 08:01:05 PM
New mp3 player with a 3 year protection plan from Amazon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on November 03, 2023, 11:14:37 PM
Quote from: Genesis on November 03, 2023, 08:01:05 PM
New mp3 player with a 3 year protection plan from Amazon

Oh, I didn't know they still made those.  I need to get one, preferably with physical buttons, and an aux cable so I can plug it into my car
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 04, 2023, 07:01:02 PM
A bunch of tools at an estate sale
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on November 04, 2023, 09:01:24 PM
Quote from: conlang returns on November 03, 2023, 11:14:37 PM
Quote from: Genesis on November 03, 2023, 08:01:05 PM
New mp3 player with a 3 year protection plan from Amazon

Oh, I didn't know they still made those.  I need to get one, preferably with physical buttons, and an aux cable so I can plug it into my car

Amazon has a good selection.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on November 04, 2023, 09:02:01 PM
Aux jacks could easily be found with Skull Candy headphones as well.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on November 10, 2023, 11:11:52 AM
Replaced my old Pixel with a new one. s
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on November 10, 2023, 06:07:08 PM
A pack of Baseball cards which I safely stored away into the binder with sleeves.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 10, 2023, 09:11:42 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 10, 2023, 11:11:52 AM
Replaced my old Pixel with a new one. s
I'm thinking of getting one of those. I've had my Huawei since 2018 and I've had no trouble with it at all. Screen is fine, no burn in and it charges quickly. And I only have to charge it every three days with normal use.

So what's your new Pixel like?
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on November 11, 2023, 08:33:30 PM
Only thing I have bought is an amazing travel mug which seems to keep my coffee drinkable for a long time.

I like it so much, I ordered two more. Some colors are on sale right now. Good mug!


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0894NYG9Y?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1


Also I bought a chance to be on page 666.
 :mischief:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on November 16, 2023, 02:04:15 AM
I haven't bought it yet but I have a women's button down in my amazon cart that I'm saving up for, so I can interview with a temp agency and look nice. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 17, 2023, 04:20:19 AM
I bought some hair ties and scrunchies at the chemist. My other ones were stretched too much.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on November 17, 2023, 04:53:14 PM
/I don't believe I mentioned buying a tire.  Took me a week to pay it off and it was only a hundred bucks.  lol.  And I need to get another one soon because one of my tires is pretty bald. 

If I get paid enough from my new job I might just replace all of my remaining tires, just so it's done. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on November 17, 2023, 06:26:35 PM
Temporary Crown in my mouth
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 20, 2023, 06:32:11 PM
Two van loads of insulation and a coffee were my purchases today
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on November 21, 2023, 12:36:45 AM
Cat food and groceries. We ordered ice cream for the first time in ages.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on November 25, 2023, 04:39:48 PM
24 gallons of gas which is down to $3.09 a gallon
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on December 01, 2023, 08:02:25 PM
I bought a poinsettia for the kitchen window. :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 07, 2023, 07:52:35 AM
150 gallons heating oil  $520 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 08, 2023, 03:57:09 AM
A tie-dyed hoodie (which I won't wear until next year's cooler weather) and a black pair of gym pants. Both from the Salvos for less than $10.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on December 08, 2023, 10:59:29 AM
Just got a blouse which i should be able to wear to a job interview with a (as yet theoretical) temp agency
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 08, 2023, 01:05:02 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 08, 2023, 03:57:09 AM
A tie-dyed hoodie (which I won't wear until next year's cooler weather) and a black pair of gym pants. Both from the Salvos for less than $10.

I have two tie-dyed hoodies they are my go to jacket from fall till spring
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 08, 2023, 11:35:20 PM
Quote from: Parts on December 08, 2023, 01:05:02 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 08, 2023, 03:57:09 AM
A tie-dyed hoodie (which I won't wear until next year's cooler weather) and a black pair of gym pants. Both from the Salvos for less than $10.
I have two tie-dyed hoodies they are my go to jacket from fall till spring
I have a feeling I'll be the same as I tried the hoodie on and it felt so soft and comfortable. I can't wait for winter. :)
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 10, 2023, 10:03:47 AM
First trip to a marijuana dispensary got THC gummies   
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on December 18, 2023, 03:35:35 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 10, 2023, 10:03:47 AM
First trip to a marijuana dispensary got THC gummies   
Was it busy? I can imagine such a place would be popular here.

I bought Kayleigh some speakers for her second computer. They're her Christmas present.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2023, 02:42:20 PM
Quote from: renaeden on November 10, 2023, 09:11:42 PM
Quote from: odeon on November 10, 2023, 11:11:52 AM
Replaced my old Pixel with a new one. s
I'm thinking of getting one of those. I've had my Huawei since 2018 and I've had no trouble with it at all. Screen is fine, no burn in and it charges quickly. And I only have to charge it every three days with normal use.

So what's your new Pixel like?

It's not unlike the old one, but it's faster, has more storage space, more AI, more everything. I charge it once every 30 hours or so, with my usual usage, but I can obviously drain it a lot faster by running graphic-intensive stuff or the GPS a few hours.

The selling point for me is the Android experience with the Pixels. I've had Samsungs in the past but they tend to be bloated and inconsistent, whereas a Pixel - all Pixels I've owned - provide a consistent approach. Some apps will misbehave because that's the nature of Android, but the OS and any app that actually follows the guidelines will be fine. You get something approaching the consistency of Apple but without the lock-in.

I like it. Not sure I agree with the pricing level these days, but for me it's a company expense that I choose to accept.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 18, 2023, 02:43:13 PM
I've bought books. :-[

And a few Christmas presents.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 18, 2023, 06:31:51 PM
Quote from: renaeden on December 18, 2023, 03:35:35 AM
Quote from: Parts on December 10, 2023, 10:03:47 AM
First trip to a marijuana dispensary got THC gummies   
Was it busy? I can imagine such a place would be popular here.

I bought Kayleigh some speakers for her second computer. They're her Christmas present.

Not really but it was a Saturday morning not long after they opened. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on December 20, 2023, 03:59:55 PM
Bought pizza for the family. The daughter visited - she's equipped with a 6th sense.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on December 22, 2023, 11:11:55 AM
Some marzipan which was really hard to find.   Went to multiple European and international food shops and only found it at one.  I really wanted a marzipan pig like my mother sent every year but settled on some chocolate covered candy bars
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on December 22, 2023, 05:03:43 PM
Quote
My drink stash:
Zero Sugar Dr. Pepper
Zero Sugar Dr. Pepper Strawberries & Creme
Zero Sugar Coca-Cola
Arizona Green Tea

Popcorn

Halo Tops Ice Cream

Peanut Butter M&Ms

The Creator Blu-Ray
Dumb Money Blu-Ray
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 03, 2024, 04:14:08 PM
Books. :-[
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on January 04, 2024, 02:29:13 PM
Scrubs for work, New movies, $25.00 worth of music for my mp3 player, Jimmy Johns
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on January 05, 2024, 12:50:59 PM
Bought some new shoes. Old ones were kinda falling apart.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 06, 2024, 02:38:20 AM
Quote from: Arya Quinn on January 05, 2024, 12:50:59 PM
Bought some new shoes. Old ones were kinda falling apart.
What kind of shoes? Curious.

I bought a TPLink router as the previous one was doing strange things. Routers are expensive. Kayleigh tells me this new one was easy to install.

Then we went to Red Dot Home. I bought a medication dispenser, some clothes hangers and a place mat to put under the cats food bowls. Kayleigh bought a craft mat and some plasticine (it's her fidget stuff).
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Arya Quinn on January 06, 2024, 09:52:47 AM
Quote from: renaeden on January 06, 2024, 02:38:20 AM
Quote from: Arya Quinn on January 05, 2024, 12:50:59 PM
Bought some new shoes. Old ones were kinda falling apart.
What kind of shoes? Curious.

I bought a TPLink router as the previous one was doing strange things. Routers are expensive. Kayleigh tells me this new one was easy to install.

Then we went to Red Dot Home. I bought a medication dispenser, some clothes hangers and a place mat to put under the cats food bowls. Kayleigh bought a craft mat and some plasticine (it's her fidget stuff).

Knock off Convers from a brand called SoulCal. It's all I can get that looks remotely unisex, tbh given I'm a size 12 (UK) without spending too much. Got three pairs in the sale.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on January 09, 2024, 02:09:17 AM
^Smart, buying three pairs. I need to replace the pair of Nikes I have. They're men's ones so they're wide and comfortable. I'll have a look on the net later to see if I can find any in the same style. I got them like new from the Salvos so I don't know their history.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on January 09, 2024, 09:29:10 PM
I need to invest in some new shoes as well, plus from what I recall, I might be getting paid this first half of the month.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 12, 2024, 08:40:50 PM
Reading glasses
Magic erasers
Hard candies for the bowl by the door
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 14, 2024, 06:47:41 AM
I bought a nice desk chair for my computer station. My older one was about twenty years old and it broke and became dangerous.
I bought a fairly nice one with adjustable lumbar support, lift-up arms and faux leather upholstery to replace the older one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 15, 2024, 02:13:47 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 14, 2024, 06:47:41 AM
I bought a nice desk chair for my computer station. My older one was about twenty years old and it broke and became dangerous.
I bought a fairly nice one with adjustable lumbar support, lift-up arms and faux leather upholstery to replace the older one.

The boy got Sugarbutt a new desk chair for Christmas. The vinyl on the old one started peeling. It was weird because it didn't just start peeling a little, but rather some sort of full system breakdown or something. It's like it suddenly expired and the whole thing began to disintegrate. The new one has a fabric seat, so hopefully it will last longer.   :dunno:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 15, 2024, 03:13:38 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 15, 2024, 02:13:47 PM
Quote from: DirtDawg on January 14, 2024, 06:47:41 AM
I bought a nice desk chair for my computer station. My older one was about twenty years old and it broke and became dangerous.
I bought a fairly nice one with adjustable lumbar support, lift-up arms and faux leather upholstery to replace the older one.

The boy got Sugarbutt a new desk chair for Christmas. The vinyl on the old one started peeling. It was weird because it didn't just start peeling a little, but rather some sort of full system breakdown or something. It's like it suddenly expired and the whole thing began to disintegrate. The new one has a fabric seat, so hopefully it will last longer.   :dunno:

Bonded leather. It always goes south after a few years. I've got a sofa the kids left here covered with blankets that's doing the same. You can paint it with sometimes nice results if you do the prep but mine is sagging and not worth the attempt. I did do an office chair before and it came out pretty nice...held up for a couple of years anyways without looking fugly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 16, 2024, 12:50:36 AM
Mine has arrived, still in the box. My son is to help me assemble it, but his work has ramped up some and (he needs the experience) I want him to "manage" the assembly without much input from me.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 16, 2024, 06:52:51 AM
Lamp parts
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 16, 2024, 03:42:44 PM
Had to buy a new satnav because my previous one died on the M25 in England last week. It would restart at random and forget all its settings, including the address I'd entered. I need a satnav that works.

And yes, Google Maps would be fine except Brexit happened and roaming charges resulted in the UK. Bastards.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on January 24, 2024, 08:52:16 PM
A case full of liquor for the bar.  :zoinks:

Windsor, Tequila, Brandy, or Vodka...pick your poison.

Picked up 50...$1.00 lottery tickets I won in a local drawing yesterday...won $31.

I need to stop at the dollar store and buy a new broom tomorrow...too many miles on the old one...it finally broke. :witch1:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: DirtDawg on January 25, 2024, 04:05:13 PM
Got lucky at the Meijer store. We stop sometimes after my daughter is done with work. The store is on the way home.

I wait in the car playing music while she treks inside. She was inside today about five minutes and she called to tell me they had smallish hams for seventy nine cents per pound. That is about one fifth the price on the original label.

I bought three fifty dollar hams for around eight bucks a piece. No deer or side of beef this year so lots of room in the freezer.

 :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on January 27, 2024, 08:15:08 AM
Duct tape
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on January 29, 2024, 02:40:17 PM
Jimmy John's Club Lulu Unwich
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 30, 2024, 02:53:07 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 27, 2024, 08:15:08 AM
Duct tape

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on January 30, 2024, 02:53:37 PM
Bought a soundtrack CD online.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 30, 2024, 06:43:52 PM
Quote from: odeon on January 30, 2024, 02:53:07 PM
Quote from: Parts on January 27, 2024, 08:15:08 AM
Duct tape

 :eyebrows:

 :eyebrows:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 06, 2024, 02:54:02 PM
Food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on February 09, 2024, 02:41:23 AM
I bought replacements for the fox themed fingerless gloves I lost.  Okay I only lost one of them.  But damn it, that hurts. 
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 09, 2024, 06:13:08 AM
A pair of Skechers (sp) shoes for $5.80 at the Salvos. They're practically new and fit perfectly.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 12, 2024, 03:49:46 AM
An as new blue queen-sized doona cover. It's very soft and sort of velvety. As soon as I got home I put it on the dining table while I looked for a space in the linen cupboard for it. I went back for it only to find Rowan looking quite relaxed on it.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 15, 2024, 12:53:27 PM
A nice new tv stand, then I kick the tv off the crappy blanket covered coffee table that was the only thing big enough for it to sit on. It arrives next week.

Baby steps.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on February 15, 2024, 12:58:05 PM
Jalebis, Mango Burfi, Masala Banana Chips, and Mango Juice.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Gopher Gary on February 16, 2024, 09:25:41 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on February 15, 2024, 12:53:27 PM
A nice new tv stand, then I kick the tv off the crappy blanket covered coffee table that was the only thing big enough for it to sit on. It arrives next week.

Baby steps.

I used my Christmas cash to buy a new tv stand for the house. I love it.  :2thumbsup:

By the way, I also love your new avatar. :heart:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 19, 2024, 05:47:32 PM
Quote from: Gopher Gary on February 16, 2024, 09:25:41 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on February 15, 2024, 12:53:27 PM
A nice new tv stand, then I kick the tv off the crappy blanket covered coffee table that was the only thing big enough for it to sit on. It arrives next week.

Baby steps.

I used my Christmas cash to buy a new tv stand for the house. I love it.  :2thumbsup:

By the way, I also love your new avatar. :heart:

Thanks. I saved a bunch of cat pics...hard part was choosing one.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 23, 2024, 01:12:47 PM
Beer. :zoinks:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on February 23, 2024, 03:05:58 PM
Coca Cola Zero Sugar Spiced  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 23, 2024, 07:02:50 PM
Quote from: Genesis on February 23, 2024, 03:05:58 PM
Coca Cola Zero Sugar Spiced  :o
What is the spice flavor?  I can't have anything with artificial sweeteners but if it sounds good I will look for the sugary one
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Icequeen on February 24, 2024, 10:22:50 AM
Quote from: Parts on February 23, 2024, 07:02:50 PM
Quote from: Genesis on February 23, 2024, 03:05:58 PM
Coca Cola Zero Sugar Spiced  :o
What is the spice flavor?  I can't have anything with artificial sweeteners but if it sounds good I will look for the sugary one

"The new offering is "Coke's boldest tasting brand innovation yet," says the company about the new flavor. It includes notes of raspberry and spices."

I think I'll have to hunt one down also.  :o
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on February 24, 2024, 01:49:09 PM
Quote from: Parts on February 23, 2024, 07:02:50 PM
Quote from: Genesis on February 23, 2024, 03:05:58 PM
Coca Cola Zero Sugar Spiced  :o
What is the spice flavor?  I can't have anything with artificial sweeteners but if it sounds good I will look for the sugary one

Stateside you can easily find it at Walgreens and/or Target.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 24, 2024, 05:05:36 PM
Quote from: Genesis on February 24, 2024, 01:49:09 PM
Quote from: Parts on February 23, 2024, 07:02:50 PM
Quote from: Genesis on February 23, 2024, 03:05:58 PM
Coca Cola Zero Sugar Spiced  :o
What is the spice flavor?  I can't have anything with artificial sweeteners but if it sounds good I will look for the sugary one

Stateside you can easily find it at Walgreens and/or Target.

There is a convenience store in town that always has the new Coke flavors just haven't been to it in awhile
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Natalia Evans on February 25, 2024, 11:28:07 PM
Two books.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 26, 2024, 07:19:17 PM
Plywood
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on February 27, 2024, 08:02:57 PM
An expensive vacuum cleaner. It's so powerful that it almost sucks up the big loungeroom mat. Plus its batteries are compatible with Kayleigh's drill. It's a Ryobi so that's why. We have an inspection soon so we couldn't not get one soon.

Two batteries for my car's fob/key. We almost got stuck at Bunnings because my fob didn't work and I couldn't start the car. I used my car dongle thingy (that I've never used before) to disarm the immobiliser. Drove straight to Battery World near home and found them very helpful - they chose the right batteries and replaced them in my fob/key. I probably should have done this sooner as it was somewhat slow in working for the past two weeks.

Cat food.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on February 28, 2024, 12:53:59 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on February 24, 2024, 10:22:50 AM
Quote from: Parts on February 23, 2024, 07:02:50 PM
Quote from: Genesis on February 23, 2024, 03:05:58 PM
Coca Cola Zero Sugar Spiced  :o
What is the spice flavor?  I can't have anything with artificial sweeteners but if it sounds good I will look for the sugary one

"The new offering is "Coke's boldest tasting brand innovation yet," says the company about the new flavor. It includes notes of raspberry and spices."

I think I'll have to hunt one down also.  :o

:GA:
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: conlang returns on February 28, 2024, 03:27:01 PM
Groceries.  And I'll probably get more groceries later; I'm nearly out of tea
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on February 28, 2024, 04:54:01 PM
Just went to the store that always has the new Coke flavors and they didn't have the spice one so I got a regular Coke
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on February 28, 2024, 07:37:47 PM
Gifts for a baby shower, 2 blank journals with an origami unicorn on them, a laser pointer for Yoshi, Perfect Blue on Bluray, and a projector that gives illusions of a constalation for my room.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 01, 2024, 07:07:06 AM
Quote from: Genesis on February 28, 2024, 07:37:47 PM
Gifts for a baby shower, 2 blank journals with an origami unicorn on them, a laser pointer for Yoshi, Perfect Blue on Bluray, and a projector that gives illusions of a constalation for my room.
Our cats are no fun with laser pointers. Cereal boxes are more amusing.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Charlotte Quin on March 01, 2024, 09:12:58 AM
12 months car rego. Mersynofen painkillers. Benadryl.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 02, 2024, 11:39:56 AM
THC gummies  Still feels weird getting stuff like this in a store
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 04, 2024, 08:29:06 PM
Contractor insurance. Over $1300AUD. That's half my savings. :(
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 09, 2024, 04:36:45 PM
Bought car speakers online.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 09, 2024, 08:11:35 PM
A Powerball ticket,  I only get them once it's over 500 million and its 521
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Genesis on March 11, 2024, 02:20:04 PM
An emulator well worth the price ^__^`
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 12, 2024, 10:33:28 PM
Cat treats and flea and worm treatment for the two boys.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 16, 2024, 02:29:16 AM
A pen with a fluffy purple ball on top that Kayleigh thought Rowan would like (he doesn't care so now the pen is Kayleigh's), some whiteboard markers that can actually be written with legibly (is that a word?), a Transformer called Twitch for Kayleigh and a mattress for me. The mattress was really expensive but I got $400 off and free delivery. Should get it in about two weeks. It's made in Western Australia and I like that.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on March 22, 2024, 09:01:13 PM
Summer pyjama pants for $4 from the Salvos.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: odeon on March 29, 2024, 03:20:23 PM
Bought a DSP (digital signal processor) used online, just now. I'll install it in the Jag, eventually.
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: Parts on March 29, 2024, 06:17:22 PM
Sesame and honey candies
Title: Re: What have you bought lately?
Post by: renaeden on April 09, 2024, 07:51:49 PM
A sword for Kayleigh as a very early birthday present. I could only buy from an Australian site because customs would have stopped one coming into Australia from another country.