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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9015 on: August 02, 2020, 05:51:39 PM »
Basic groceries and some tops
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9016 on: August 09, 2020, 12:37:09 PM »
Something to make odeon jealous


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
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9017 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)

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9018 on: August 09, 2020, 07:15:28 PM »
Pens and a notepad to journal. Journaling is great for creativity and ideas.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9019 on: August 10, 2020, 01:09:26 AM »
Something to make odeon jealous


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.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9020 on: August 10, 2020, 08:26:21 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.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9021 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.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9022 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.

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9023 on: August 15, 2020, 07:07:11 AM »
Something to make odeon jealous


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!
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9024 on: August 15, 2020, 07:43:36 AM »
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.

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9025 on: August 15, 2020, 11:34:44 AM »
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 :)
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9026 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. 
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9027 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.

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9028 on: August 30, 2020, 08:02:55 PM »
Fuel for the van. Nothing exciting.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9029 on: August 30, 2020, 10:07:27 PM »
A couple of pants from the Duluth trading company.   They are so comfortable and sturdy.
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