What was the last thing you bought?

[hellkat]

[Ste]

More and more and more kayaking stuff, in fact twice as much as I need because half of it is for nobby's kid.

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It might sound like I'm being nice and helping him because nobby and mrs nobby don't know what to buy or where to buy from but it's nothing like that, I just can't be arsed to have to deal with child who has hypothermia and this is the easiest way of avoiding that. Plus there are many child welfare things which are a general headache / hassle / stupidity so we don't want hypothermia added to the list.

[Easy-X]

Gonna treat the XSR to a new battery. All through this year it's been perfectly fine but just in the last couple of weeks I've had to break out the charger & jump starter more often. Currently the factory battery, >5yo I think it's had a fair innings.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[to v or not to v]

a couple of hippy books for the wench. shes into yoga.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[Easy-X]

[hellkat]

Likes games eh?
I bet she does, I bet she does.
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[hellkat]

Its three days before payday and I've gone and had a bit of a binge on some clothes.

Two jackets (one in blue "reptile pattern" and one of those ripped* things in black denim with a raggy hem and black pearl buttons)
A pair of navy "snake effect" skinny-leg trousers.
And a crop jumper in herringbone with black cuffs.
Bloody TK Maxx - I never used to fit into their stuff. Now I've discovered I do. I've not even *started* on Monsoon, yet.

Oh yeah, and a pair of pink tassel earrings. I wasn't going to buy them, but I needed £3.99 to get to the £75 so I could get free shipping, and they were only £5.99

Possibly it was the suggestion that they would be perfect to tart up a "little black dress" (of which I have quite a few in different styles), but yes ... they're right! They would tart up most of my LBDs quite well, it was an investment in six quid.

And free delivery.
Bargain!



*I really disapprove of this fashion for ripped things. I can't get my head around it. But I liked the pearl buttons on this one. So I pretended not to notice the ripped hem of the denim jacket when I was waving my credit card at the screen.


Edit 1/11: I am extremely annoyed with myself, in that only the earrings fit me at present ... I forgot that TK Maxx generally caters for skinny types, which is why all the eastern europeans shop there. It will take a considerable amount of effort for me to diet down into the jackets, and possibly even exercise, as my bingo wings are the only thing stopping them from fitting My next spending spree may well be on a nip and tuck op on the saggy bits that this diet has produced.

Meantime, better get back ON the diet, as yesterday I spent a ridiculous amount of money on cakes in M&S, comfort eating after my horrid anaphylactic attack
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[Diggs]

I didn't, but yesterday my better half went to the garden centre and spent £280 on not a lot. Robbing, thieving bastards preying on the gullibility of persons desperate for retail therapy.

...and now she wants to paint perfectly good terracotta pots gloss black!!!
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Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

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[hellkat]

I must admit, the coffee-shop thing is just a bonus so far as I am concerned. I really do go for the plants, and try not to leave with assorted extra things. Luckily my closest garden centre is in a B&Q so for the most part I am not interested in ironmongery or paint. I take the occasional jaunt around the lighting section, but mostly I head for the plants.

Having said that, the senior consort has a loyalty card to his garden centre/coffee shop, and it does make the coffee and buns experience a lot cheaper (as if neither of us can afford it ) - I can see him making a habit of taking me for coffee there of a weekend. But I don't mind, as there are several roses out the back which I would like to take home with me next time I am down there. I made a point of sniffing them to make sure they were scented. It's all very well having roses that look beautiful, but the smell is all part of the pleasure for me. I've taken photos of the ones I want
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[hellkat]

[Easy-X]

Got my new phone this morning and gone through the usual trauma of trying to transfer everything over. From a Note 10 to a Flip 3 you'd think it'd be flawless, I pity the muggles

As to the phone let's just say I wouldn't buy one with my own money but as it's a "gift" from the company expense account I can't get too upset. Side mounted finger print reader seems to be much more reliable so far even if it is technically a step back from an ultrasonic under-screen reader. Left or right handed a finger or thumb seems to naturally sit on the sensor. Form factor is a few millimetres longer and a few millimetres narrower than my old Note 10+ which is more of an improvement than one might expect. Thickness is pretty much identical.

But the "star of the show" the foldy bit? It's obviously there and it'd probably annoy the hell out of the OCD ppl but in practice it's easily forgotten. Light at certain angels catching the crease is more obvious than the physicality the the design. It doesn't really open and close quickly - none of the savoir fair of flipping open an old Razr - but it's definitely a very bizarre object once folded given the world has got used to great slabs of phones.

The exterior screen takes a lead from watch designs but I'm sure it's meant to do more than just tell the time
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Ste]

1,300 lumens of bicycle light for me, 500 lumens of bicycle light for Nobby's Noblet.

Hope they arrive tomorrow.

[hellkat]

A birth certificate to prove I am Anita's mother
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[UncleFester]

Western Digital BLACK™ SN850 NVMe™ 1TB SSD

On offer, stupidly cheap and really silly fast - Forza 5 cometh and it needed a new home
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Module 1 and 2 passed - October 2014. Happy owner of a 2017 Z1000SX, ex owner of a YBR125 / CB500 / VFR800.

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Ayrton]

[UncleFester]

Yeah I bought a ryzen 7 1700x about 18 months bsck and it's just not worth upgrading yet.
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Module 1 and 2 passed - October 2014. Happy owner of a 2017 Z1000SX, ex owner of a YBR125 / CB500 / VFR800.

[recman]

New cooker is ordered.
Old one is over 30 years old and bits are starting to fall off.

[Easy-X]

My free Samsung Watch turned up (an offer with a phone upgrade) and I'm quite pleased with it. The LTE versions are being pushed heavily (with their own monthly data contract!) whereas this bottom rung one is only WiFi and Bluetooth. How quaint

Even so it has the usually step counter and heart rate monitor but on top of that it also does blood pressure (after calibration) ECG, body composition, blood oxygen level (when sleeping) and... "stress" Oh, and it also tells the time! Most useful is the Samsung Pay feature which saves me fishing out my phone or (hopefully) even taking off my motorcycle gloves

Overall I like that these things now look like watches
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[hellkat]

"stress" ... how does it measure that?
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[Nobby the Bastard]

It measures how many times you swear and how hard your button presses are.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[Islander]

[hellkat]

Got my nails done
So that was nice.
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[King29]

These, keep me busy over the coming weeks.

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