What was the last thing you bought?

[Easy-X]

There's me feeling guilty about buying another helmet 3 years from the last...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/814Qf8sWIHL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

Brown leather interior. Now I just need beard oil... and a beard
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

A ‘Eufy 11S’ robot vacuum cleaner. I was doubtful how much dust and fluff it would pick up but it collected quite a lot in the short time I was trying it out on wood and carpet floors. It looks a bit like a frisbee and self-docks when it needs a charge. Quieter than a microwave oven and quite cute.

[Nobby the Bastard]

I hope you don't have a dog. The videos of robot vacuums doing dirty protests are, quite frankly, horrific.
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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

[recman]

[Zen Dog]

Pilot Road 5 for the front of the VFR800. Night and day compared to the badly scalloped PR3 that was on there before.
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Current - '94 VFR750FR, '00 VFR800FI Previous - '10 Street Triple R, '92 MZ ETZ301, '05 TTR250, NSR125R, KMX125, "Honda" Win (chinese copy of an old Honda design with a C90 engine)
My bike trip around S.E. Asia 2010/2011

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[A100man]

[grr666]

https://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-lumix-dc-fz82-bridge-camera-4k-uhd-18-1mp-60x-optical-zoom-wi-fi-live-viewfinder-3-inch-lcd-touch-screen/p3125372

https://johnlewis.scene7.com/is/image/JohnLewis/236739285?$rsp-pdp-port-640$

Been wanting to get into photography a bit more as I do enjoy it at a complete novice level but don't want to commit
to all that super complicated stuff with extra lenses and stuff. So I finally upgraded from my 12mp Samsung compact that's
about 14 years old anyway to this little beauty which is somewhere in the middle between compact and SLR. Bought it from
John Lewis because 2 year guarantee and no hassle return if I have issues with it.
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Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[grr666]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[recman]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[to v or not to v]

some tripe sticks for a spoilt furry thing.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[grr666]

A few odds and sods.

I'm turning my under stairs cupboard into a small office space. I have my laptop and numerous letters and junk all
over my kitchen table at all times, so I decided I needed a small space dedicated to my chaotic admin process. Shite
at keeping on top of my paperwork but good at building stuff so I have no excuse and the space I'm using is pretty
redundant otherwise. I've already added lighting (voice/app controlled and multicoloured as well as white when wanted)
and a couple of double sockets (which was a doddle because this is a new build house with stud walls). I've filled all
the bullet holes in the walls and nearly repainted (in progress as we speak, I'm between coats) the walls (In Dulux's
colour of the year 2022 'Bright Skies' which I'm really liking in that space, it reacts great with the coloured lighting
and it's easy to give the appearance of a whole different colour), the ceilings done already. Next to do is chuck down
a couple of packs of laminate flooring and renew the skirting boards.

Which brings me to my recent purchases...


500ml of Driftwood grey woodstain. £14
For staining the butchers block table I'm cutting down to suit the space as a desk area and the timber skirting I've
yet to source. The flooring is 'Grey oak' laminate so you can see where I'm going with this.

A pair of cheap desk speakers £10 For my laptop for when it has it's own 'desk'. Half price ebay daily deal purchase.
Not expecting much but my laptops speakers are poo so they must be better than them at least.

400ml High Temp stove paint. £8
Nothing to do with the office but to spray up the 2nd hand exhaust for the scooter that just arrived from Holland.

A pink digital camera £40.
Nieces birthday present. Nothing too fancy as she'll probably break it or lose it, but 21mp and capable of 720p video
which should give her plenty of lulz with her mates.

A cheap lightweight tripod. £20
New camera for me is arriving today (Allegedly... But it's the Royal Mail so I won't hold my breath, it's overdue in
twenty minutes time. Bastard typical Probably won't be here until Monday now... ) But anyway, it's for that because
I don't have a tripod and I'll need one for numerous photographical reasons and want one I can carry on the bike easily.

Two grey plastic cable passthrough inserts. £99p each £2 p&p
For my home made desk project. Just for easy cable management, one of the new sockets will be under the desk.
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Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[recman]

I'm starting to get into air compressor paint spraying, the compressor came with a few accessories including a gravity fed spray gun.
My first project is going to be the kitchen doors and drawer fronts and after doing a bit of research on getting decent results I found that running the paint through a fine sieve seems to be the thing to do.


TL;DR, I bought a load of cone paint funnels with a built-in sieve.

[RhynoCZ]

[Easy-X]

With regards to the retro-style helmet I recently bought I tried it out going over to Chiswick Honda for a very disappointing corporate bike meet then down to Newlands Corner and finally ending up at Box Hill.

I love how light it is and while it's snug it doesn't feel quite as cosy as a "normal" helmet so great choice for the summer season. Seems to play nice with sunglasses so I just ran with the visor up round town. The visor whistles over 40mph which is probably a hint you should have it down before getting on the A3

The vents seem to direct cool air round your ear'oles and noise is just normal wind rather than some poorly muffled hiss. Chin strap is old skool double-Ds.

Minus points: not aerodynamic, I wouldn't wear it on a long run. No pinlock on the visor (but I think there's a German version of the helmet that does have the feature.) Probably sucks in bad weather.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

It still counts if it's bought for work purposes right?

https://www.wexphotovideo.com/laowa-24mm-t14-2x-periprobe-lens-for-nikon-z-3048531/

https://www.wexphotovideo.com/globalassets/product-images/3048000/3048531.jpg?width=400

https://www.wexphotovideo.com/laowa-24mm-f14-macro-probe-lens-for-nikon-z-3013011/

https://www.wexphotovideo.com/globalassets/product-images/3013000/3013011.jpg?width=400
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PRESENT: 2018 BMW S1000XR SE Sport.
PAST: 2009 Kawasaki ER-6F. 2021 Zontes ZT-125U.

[grr666]

[RhynoCZ]

[to v or not to v]

tickets to go see Top gun Maverick tonight.
i just hope the theatre has aircon.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[hellkat]

I wouldnt normally have ice in a drink at the cinema, but today would be a GOOD day to have a lot of ice in your bucket

I went to the chip shop for my tea: two battered sausages (of which I ate 1.5 and Dennis ate 0.5) and a strawberry slush-puppie
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[hellkat]

Online I bought a book called The 48 Laws of Power.
In true Amazon Prime style, I ordered it late one night and it showed up the next day before lunch.

It's quite thick but very readable.
Machiavellian! Brilliant.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[The Artist]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Rectal use only.
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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