What was the last thing you bought?

[grr666]

There's certainly enough salad in my fridge right now...
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[dave001]

[BanditsHigh]

More angle iron (4m of 25mm x 25mm x 3mm) ... worked out cheaper than buying flat bar ... which I really don't understand!

[Ste]

For the first time in about twenty years, I paid a bicycle shop to do some work!

Money well spent as wheel building isn't easy, before admitting defeat I gave it a good shot as in theory if you tighten the spokes equally then the wheel should be straight and should be centered correctly. Needless to say, in practice it didn't quite work that way.

Dropped the wheel off to them at about 5pm on Friday and it was done in time for me to collect on my way home from the normal Saturday morning kayak training session.

£25 is a quite acceptable price apart from now I've been looking round their shop and looking at other things to buy.

[RhynoCZ]

Today, I bought a set of original '97 made 16 inch alloy wheels in mint condition for my '98 E200 Kompressor for £75. The tyres are to be thrown away, but that was very expected.
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[recman]

Earlier I struck a deal for an excellent condition powered quadlock handlebar ram mount.
Picking it up Saturday.
Also ordered a length of hose to go from my kitchen tap to the main garden hose on a roll.
Went to use it yesterday and the old connector hose fell apart.

[grr666]

A new Breville kettle from Lidl. Old one was looking worse for wear and new one matches me tiles in the kitchen.
I like it, it's quieter than my old kettle and thankfully seems to be exempt from the push to make everything
run on sod all power at a healthy, rapid boiling 3kw.
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Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[BanditsHigh]

1) 5 x sheets of plywood (18mm, 8ft by 4ft)
2) 5 x laminate flooring
3) 4 x cement backer boards
4) 4 x packs of floor tiles
5) 2 x shower panels (1900mm by 800mm)
6) 1 x mirror foil
7) 1 x 4ft long t-square
8) 8 x 3ft ratchet clamps
9) 3 x empty 47kg propane bottles

[panrider_uk]

New steam iron
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Current bike: Honda ST1100

[grr666]

3 sessions of Go Karting at Teamsport Bristol. Niece and Nephew are coming to visit at the weekend along with my
mother and sister. Uncle Grr is going to give them a bit of a treat. Not a cheap treat mind you, was £120 for me and
the kids, 2 x 15 minute sessions next Monday while Mum and Sister have a day out shopping in Bristol. After Go
Karting a quick Mcdonalds then we're going to make pancakes with many disgracefully fattening toppings on them back
at my place. Then we're gonna play some video games for a bit. In the early evening they will both be watching Star
Wars - A new hope on Blu ray in full 65" backlit glory with surround sound and popcorn because somehow they've
both been alive for over a decade and haven't seen any Star Wars .It is my sworn duty as official cool uncle to fully
bring them into my lifelong Star Wars obsession. I have my Ghost camera fully charged up ready so I can hopefully
capture a bit of footage of them on track, I'll be wearing my own lid. In my experience, bored kids are shitty kids
so I have every minute of the day I'll have them planned out.
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Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[Polarbear]

[to v or not to v]

some salmon oil for the doggo.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[BanditsHigh]

Mentioned in another thread ... 3 x 47kg propane bottles for for £30

[Pete.]

[grr666]

[Polarbear]

I used to love going on Brean Down with parents and the dog when I lived in W-S-M. The fort at the end, exploring the dirty chambers and old gun emplacements.

I've not been back there in decades so get some piccys and post them up, I'd like to see how much things have changed.
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[RhynoCZ]

Sennheiser HD660S headphones.

Although the very moment I clicked on the buy button they anouced the HD660S2, I did not cancel my order as I specifically wanted lower impedance for use with my walkman (could also be used as a USB DAC) and digital piano without external amps. We're talking 150 ohm (S) vs. 300 ohm (S2) and even at 150 ohm the volume must be set far beyond 90% on my walkman for enjoyable music experience. I'm yet to test the headphones on my Roland FP30x digital piano.

Now, these are my first open back headphones after years of using exclusively closed back headphones (mainly from Sony) and I must say, the HD660S gives me a very different music experience, almost like listening to music through a pair of stereo speakers. You're not isolated from your surroundings and everything feels light. The mid-range with treble are both very impressive. Also, the vocals and instruments sound very nice. Acoustic guitars and pianos sound very life like. The bass is there, not too heavy, and I'm yet to hear any sound distortion. My previous headphones experience always involved teeth rattling bass, but as I get older I get tired of overbass-ed music and modern V shaped mixed CDs, but that's one for the rant section of this forum. *The Bass planet album from Dynamix II (electro full of bass) sounds amazing.

TL; DR: New headphones, a very nice listening experience in deed.

EDIT: I've just noticed, open back headphones are very glasses friendly, as you don't break any ''air seal'' by wearing glasses, all the air vents out anyway, unlike on closed back headphones.
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[The Artist]

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[recman]

Today my new drill bit sharpener gadget arrived.
It's the device featured in the Delboy's Garage vid.
I was lucky enough to have been shown how to sharpen drills on a bench grinder in the past by a very old school machinist and I've had varying degrees of success but I really struggled with the smaller sizes.
This little contraption will do drill bits down to 3mm which I use quite regularly at work.
I did manage to sharpen a couple of HSS bits earlier, very simple process, but I haven't tried them yet, I'll probably report back tomorrow with my verdict after I put it through it's paces at work.

[recman]

Drill sharpener does a good job, certainly gives knackered bits a second chance.
Sharpened drill bits performed well and looked like they'll last a while.

[to v or not to v]

[mentalboy]

A ropey old Nissan Frontier to tide me over until the shagged out gearbox on my 1/4 million mile Tundra is rebuilt and I can save enough for a proper work vehicle...
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Make mine a Corona.

[recman]

[recman]

Quadlock vibration dampener.

[grr666]