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I've just 'bought' an EE Signal Box (plugs into your internet and gives you a decent mobile signal in your house/garden) as my mobile is and always has been rather carp.

Price £89

Well, actually free because some tech at EE felt sorry for me, I'm happy though. Comes on Mon.

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I have Vodafone's Sure Signal box and it works fine. Sometimes it plays up but mostly I can't fault. Also got mine free after a moan to them. Though not sure if mine would reach to a garden, more like 10 metres at most.

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That's ok, it'll be put in the centre of the house, I can work around that, it'll be a damn sight better than getting texts 3 days after sending, and 0 to 1 - 0 bars on the phone all the time.

I'm just glad I got one, for a very long time if you weren't a business customer you had very little chance of getting one, they do seem to be a bit more available now, although I wonder if because masts are being cut back and amalgamated if it's a sneaky way of the companies getting the customer to provide the signal.

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I have just bought a three and a two leather suite. We don't get it for about 8 weeks, I chose the colour Bison, As it is not too light or dark . Would be interesting to know if anyone has this colour as I have 7 days to change it,

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I've just ordered my new mobility scooter. I'll have to wait approximately 3 months as they are built to order, but I'm looking forward to taking delivery of it :)

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Well Done ;)

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UE Roll portable bluetooth speaker for the holidays :)

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Two cushions.

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Table top fridge as the main fridge had packed up and that would do while we sorted out a replacement. All plugged in and I find that the old fridge has suddenly started working.

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Years ago my parents fridge stopped working and the engineer said it needed a new compressor. Anyway there was a mystery box on the back, connected to three wires on the compressor and riveted shut so I opened it. Inside was a thermal limiter, and a relay thingy with a contact. I poked the contact and the fridge started. After cleaning up that contact the fridge kept running faultlessly. Must have been some kind of starter. Worth a look.

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A pair of Vivobarefoot Trackers, brand new, ebay, £45 :)

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You're taking all the Brexit doom and gloom to heart aren't you mate?...

;)

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14 pair of black socks & Nike backpack for the wee one starting back school on Monday.

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Wow, that's early! (For UK anyway).

Just bought M705 Logitech mouse. It's a bit small but old mouse started to double click. Wanted a wireless unify model and didn't want to spend too much (£35 was plenty).

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tweetiepooh, Our wee one's school broke up for the summer holidays at 1pm on Friday 24 June crazy I know! I would rather they broke up mid July like in England.

I do feel sorry for the younger kids this summer as the weather has not been great for them at all, not that stops my wee one from getting out and about now he is older and we have given a little more freedom to go to near by places like the cinema, the baths & Glasgow etc but that has only been this year we have allowed this extra freedom as he is 14 now. Today a group of them is away to Air Space in East Kilbride.

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A Tangle Teezer for the GF, hope it does what it says on the tin as the reviews are very good.

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Just got a bunch of Ryobi ONE+ tools & batteries to replace my aging Makita tools that seem to be failing at a fast rate.

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Fish tape. I've needed one for ages and finally bought a 50 ft steel one with housing for £19 off Farnell.

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Two TECHNICS SFDZ122N11-2 PITCH SLIDER FADER MK2 SL1200 SL1210 IMPROVED CALIBRATION

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TECHNICS-S...-/262463638371

Been meaning to buy them for the last few months as the old pitch controls are past there best even after giving them a good cleaning,Apart from that these decks perform as well as they did more than 20 years ago when i got them.If possible they will go with me at the end when i get stuck in a hole in the ground and turned into compost for the worms to feed on :D

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No matter what age they are you worry when they are out, If they have a good interest for places to go you feel they are ok,

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A pair of Audio Technica noise cancelling headphones.

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A new fan for my laptop. Bearings were gone on the old one and they didn't half make a horrible noise, I was having to use my Kindle Fire whilst the new fan was delivered. :(

2 hours later, and much holding of breath, and I have a lovely silent laptop. :)

Thank goodness for YouTube. :D

Yesterday I got 2 records :)

1) Primitive love - Miami Sound Machine (I also have this on cassette)
2) Exit...Stage Left - Rush (LIVE)


I love this double album..... It has 3 songs off thier MOVING PICTURES album in straight analogue and they sound gorgeous!! (YYZ,Red Barchetta and Tom Sawyer) On 'Moving Pictures they were digitally mastered (every song was on that album) and to me dont sound as good..

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I bought a three and a two suite and at the time I thought it was really nice, it is being delivered this week, I am in a state as I feel now I do not like it, Nothing I can do about it but I feel better telling someone

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Braun Series 9 electric shaver, with their cleaning machine. My Phillips shaver is well, utter pants to be honest and the Braun has received quite good reviews. Currently I have to spend upto 30 minutes shaving, and my Phillips shaver isn't up to the job

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http://www.bar-expert.co.uk/quality/perfectdraft/

:beer:

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Razer Mamba wireless mouse

Razer Blackwidow Chroma keyboard

is a very nice

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Amazon Dot, to voice control all my lights.

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Toaster

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Logitech Solar powered keyboard

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Two Single 1st Class tickets on Virgin East Coast, after been stuck in a queue at Heathrow for six hours, caused by the mass cancellation of flights this morning at Heathrow (just what we needed after flying in on a delayed overnight flight from Boston).

If we wanted to wait for a flight to Leeds, it was going to be on Sunday morning (Manchester or Newcastle on late Saturday evening were the alternatives) - sod that for a lark.

Icing on the cake - our luggage is still in the USA.

I don't care - we had a great holiday in New England.

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... and now you're back home safe in old England. :)

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I just bought a book for £85, the Codex Seraphiniaus.

Its written in a unknown language thus no one can read it, its full of bizarre imagery.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Codex-Serap...+seraphinianus

In November its the The Voynich Manuscript, again written in a unknown language, containing flora and founa unknown to science, originally written in around the 15th century on velum.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/03002172...I1EMTTKTJ15RQU

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A calendar.

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Another calendar as my sister liked it so much she wants one.

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It Aint half hot mum dvd box set as l picked it up for less then half price.

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A nice shaggy style rug from. B & Q, just the size I needed 120+160" Good price £45. being a Wednesday down to £ 40: 50p, Matches the colour of my new suite, Really pleased,

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8 tickets to Phantom of the Opera

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That was a great series Den. Good buy. I bought a rug for the living room Togo with the suite. Really nice

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Indeed nash but sadly in these PC times it will never get shown on TV again which is a big shame IMO.

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A 250GB SSD, six bottles of my favourite wine and 25 tins of my moggie's favourite moggie food.

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Earplugs :D

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Now l can think of quite a few things they would be useful for but one particularly springs to mind.;)

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A Logitech K800 keyboard to replace my old clapped out diNovo. :(

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Ink cartridges for the missus' printer. Everywhere I looked online was £20-£26, but then I looked at Maplin at found them under £15. I had the last of their stock and 3 are being sent over from Belfast.

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A book for £85.

Codex Seraphinianus, written in a made up cryptic language with bizarre drawings

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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New dishwasher, replaces a 16 year old one that has just given up.

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16 years ain't bad though..

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I'm about to buy my nephew the Xbox 1 S Battlefield 1 Bundle for his birthday at the end of the month.


Along with Forza Horizon 3.

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Another 2TB WD HDD backup drive as my old backup drive has gone tits up.

It feels like a waste of money as it is only used for my backups but i can't risk losing 1000s of photos before i get them all uploaded online.

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One very lucky Nephew!

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He is.

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Went a bit mad at Majestic Wine with some impulse buys (stocking up for Christmas cough cough..)

Six bottles of Californian Zinfandel, six bottles of Provence Rose, six bottles of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, six bottles of fizz, six bottles of Oz Shiraz, six bottles of Chablis, seven various red wines, two bottles of Tio Pepe, a bottle of 15yo Glenlivet, a bottle of Hakushu Distillers Reserve Malt Whisky, and a bottle of 12yo Glenfarclas.

Should keep me going for a bit....

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A new gaming chair.

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A box of these ;

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The best crisps on the market IMO.

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12 Magnets from Inverness for friends

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The best flavour. I do find it odd that the supermarkets don't sell this flavour on its own and that you have to buy a multipack bag to get them

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A pair of short, white leather shorts. :naughty:

I already had a pair but in losing some weight they're becoming a little loose so I need the next size down.:D

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Whilst out looking for replacement Braun shaver cutters @ 24pounds, priced up replacement razor at 42pounds.

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It's an outrageous price for those foils. I get the chinese copies off ebay for a few quid and fit them to the head myself. The main cutter block rarely needs replacement.

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A hair brush for TOH.

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Two blouses from M & S and four Scatter Cushions from Debenhams.

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A new stainless steel cordless kettle as the old plastic ones spout became brittle.

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2 DVD's.

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What was the DVDs this time Den ?

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Some railway ones again nash.:)

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A generic 3ft bend to shape heater bar rated 750W to hopefully repair the worktop grill oven unit. £11 delivered tomorrow so if it's no good for the job I won't have wasted much.

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l hope it does the job for you old bean.

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We'll see. I've been sketchng out bend patterns on squared paper using a scale length piece of copper wire so I know where to make the bends and not run out of element.

I did find some quartz elements that would have been ideal: right length, voltage and power, but they would have shipped from Hong Kong and I doubt they would have arrived whole. Cheap as chips so if my plan fails I'll risk ordering them.

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Pressure Release Valve for the shower in the ensuite the previous one went pop 24hrs ago.

Has taken a while to track down the right part but Triton customer services were great help.

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A online supermarket order.

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Playstation VR

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Ok Den I bought Bottle of Clarkes Bourboun for Hubby out of Aldi. He said it is good.

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Well its certainly important to keep TOH happy that is for sure.

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Keeps the peace. Den

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Flu jab for the lad. £9 in Tesco. Nipped into ASDA later where I saw it is only £5!!

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Are they not free via the GP where you are Taf?

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Our GP has set aside just TWO 2 hour sessions for flu jabs. For a large area with lot of eligible people (OAPs, diabetic, Carers, etc.):dozey:

The lad does not fall into any of the groups for a free jab. :(

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I don't need a flu-jab but, as with travel vaccinations which I have had, it always just seems easier to me to go into Boots and pay for it. You can do it in your lunch break, at weekends, less waiting time etc.

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Understood Taf.

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a waxed cotton coat

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A new car for SWMBO.

Blue Ford Ka+ Zetec 85ps - I wanted her to get the new Ecotec Fiesta Titanium, but she wanted the Ka+.

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Just bought everything in my local Tesco Extra judging by the bill.

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Canon nifty fifty, Manfroto tripod, speedlite TTL flash.

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A gun cabinet and a gun (the first of three(ish)) to go in it :D

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Shotgun?

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Beretta ARX160 (rimfire, sadly)
I may get into clay shooting at some point but it's target shooting for me, atm.

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Just bought a Ford Zetec blue today as well Hugh. Just out the showroom, Really Beautiful,

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Ford Zetec?

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A calendar.

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Zetec is a trim level, what is the model?

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Ford Focus Diesel Hatch back 1.5 TDCI 120 Zetec. Deep Impact Blue ;)

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I have a Focus Titanium ecoboost in the Deep Impact Blue. Love the colour. :)

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A small diameter (6, 8 and 10mm) pipe bender that can handle steel for under £10 delivered. Arrived today. I'll be using it to bend the long element I got recently into an S shape to repair my worktop oven / grill unit.

If it all works finally I'll post the details in the fixed thread so others can take advantage of it.

A useful tool to have anyway.

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6 bottles of champagne and 2 wine cloths

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Yes the colour is lovely. Happy driving ;)

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Six bottles of Barefoot Merlot. 25% off at Tossco.

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A Barbour Waxed Quilted Funnel Neck Jacket from the new John Lewis in
Leeds.

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TomTom Go 5200

Replaces my Garmin 2390 since Garmin switched off their nuLink service from SatNav and the new models use a smart phone link for that access.

At the moment I'm a little concerned as some features I like from Garmin are not present or as well done on the TomTom. And some new features on the Garmin are not on the TomTom but the ability to send destinations/routes from PC to unit leaving it in the car and the better traffic info swung it. See how I get on.

(BTW today is last day for Halford's 15% of SatNavs (over £200))

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A tray of mince. 24 slices of cheese. Two 6 packs of sensodine toothpaste, 12 large iced buns, all from Costco,