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My new car

Ford Focus ST-Line

SatNav, ESP & Traction Control.

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Lovely Hom3r.:tu:

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Best of all it did come with a space saver tyre.

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Beautiful happy Motoring ;)

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A urinal bottle.

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4l + 1l of Motul 15W-50 fully synthetic motorbike oil.

Got a small repair job to do on a Ducati over the weekend

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Fence panels.

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chop chop they won't put themselves up ;)

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Well seeing you are a expert at building boats why don't you volunteer your good self for the job as l am sure you will be well looked after.;)

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who wants a fence that floats :shrug:

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Perhaps you do.;):D

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Picked up an Acer R13 Chromebook.

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Well you sure as hell wouldn't want one that sinks :erm:

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A new garden bench to replace the one that fell apart when we pulled out the last of the ivy that had been holding the old fence upright. So much debris to dispose of we will be needing to hire a 'man with a van'

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yea i see where your coming from;)

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New camera long overdue:

Canon EOS 80D

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Disc cleaning cloths.

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Easier than cleaning the old one's sensor I imagine... ;)

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A tray of mixed chillies the vendor could not sell at the marked-up price. He let me have them at wholesale. Habaneros (he called them Scotch Bonnets) Dutch Green (he called them Jalapenos) and Thai Red and Green that he thought were Mexican.

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The old camera needs stripping down and servicing as I think there's more than just some crap on the sensor. Looks like something has managed to get behind the vewfinder glass, God knows how. It would actually cost more than it's worth to get it serviced and given that it's coming on for 10 years old plus I've a photoshoot to do for a club in a few weeks (erm motorbikes not nuddy ladies but you never know ;)) it's time to move with the times.

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I'd buy that excuse so you should be alright explaining to the missus when the big fat card bill comes in. I trust you ordered her a few little treats at the same time - in no way as a form of bribe of course... ;)

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Thought you grew all your own? What do you use them all for?

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ESP? Wow - Extra Sensory Perception as standard? That'll come in very handy on the roads... ;)

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Alpro.

Can't get regular(or frozen for that matter) broccoli in Morrisons for love nor money. What is happening to the world?

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All I have left is powders, flakes and a few in the freezer. Some new adds to the stash are welcome at good prices. ;)

I eat with chillie almost every day. Today it was a rampant Chinese Chicken Curry with a mix of Carolina Reaper and Smoked Nagas.

Today I bought a pair of cut-resist gloves as I will be swinging my bilhook to reduce apple and cherry branches and trunks to dust, shavings and chunks to feed my smoker.

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A new Tresemme Hair Dryer with my Nectar points, from Argos

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A second Acer R13 for the wife.

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Metal squirrel feeder as the little darlings reduced the wooden one to pieces very quickly.

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Interesting thanks. Cheers for the cherry wood tip - I cut our morello tree right back last year and was going to burn the wood but I'll keep it now. I've been wondering why I couldn't use our BBQ as a sort of smoker but haven't looked into it. Do you think it'd work?

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Go for it, remove the bark as it makes a horrible taste IMHO. I use a Bilhook to cut chunks, then an old (electric) plane to make shavings and dust.

I made a few of this guy's smokers as cold/cool smoke is a better flavour for chillies (and cheese, garlic, onions, etc). The longer the pipe to the smoke box, the cooler the smoke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frSr...rec_grec_index

Smoking on a BBQ is easy, but you need a lidded one. I smoke whole chickens and some hams.

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Cheers mate. :tu:

Will look into this. :)

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A 6 x 8 Polycarbonate greenhouse. :)

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What are you growing Tinky?.

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Just waiting for it to be delivered Den, but have grown some tomato plants, and may buy a cucumber plant later and even a pepper too. I've grown way too many tomato plants BTW. :)

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A pair of trousers.

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Taf: When it comes to the cherry wood give me a shout, I have 2 20ft high cherry trees which are due to be cut down by the council when they get round to it?
200mm trunk diameter, so should last you a couple of life times. lol

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Samsung TV 49KS9000, managed to get it price matched at Richer Sounds, saving me £250 compared to John Lewis and £150 compared to the other online store it was price matched from, it also comes with a free Samsung Blu Ray player ubd k8500, which i don't want and will need to try and sell it.

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You can always make chutney out of the excess Tinky, it stores and matures very well and if you love cheese like I do... :)

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Three hand tools for £5 in Lidl's this morning: Side cutters, water pump pliers and wire stripper.

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Sherborne Windsor dual motor Recliner Chair

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Picked up the TV yesterday, it is a bloody awesome piece of kit!

Now need to figure out how to sell the FREE Samsung UBD K8500 4K player as it is not wanted even though some shops are selling it at £200 minimum.

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Nothing exciting only food from Aldi

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in about 15 min i'm off there to buy beer ;)

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Cheers ;)

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5 bottles of brown ale - that's tonight sorted ;)

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A 6 x 4 metal shed, hope it will be easier to erect then our 6 x 8 greenhouse.:)

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You like your garden Tinky that is for sure.:)

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Record Store Day 2017 Rega Turntable

Didn't get a signed one though...would have been a bonus but not bothered.

Link

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Loake Beeswax Shoe Polish (dark brown)
Very nice stuff :tu:

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30 sq metres of bathroom tiles. I can feel a major job coming on... :erm:

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With your partner giving you the orders l gather.;)

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Not exactly but I need the brownie points and I don't mind a bit of tiling - it's quite therapeutic I find. :)

The hardest bit will be getting shot of the old tiles I reckon. :erm:

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Bits for the new car

Namely £90 car mats front and rear, front have a Focus badge.

A 8l pump bottle as I don't have hose access, just gave the wheels a quick clean.

Next week a complete self valet.

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If the council lets you keep them... ours take away all cut wood to sell-on. :mad:

Cherry wood goes for at least £3 per kilo.... a lot more if it's cut or shaved. You
could be sitting on a goldmine....

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Tile over them... it saves a lot of grief...

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A new hp stream and I love it as it's cheap and cheerful.
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/comput...52504-pdt.html

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A birthday card for my sister, duly filled in and posted with a 1st class stamp. Her day is this Wednesday.

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Interesting you should say that Taff because I was planning on doing exactly that around the bath but having done some reading on the subject it appears that the recommended maximum weight that a plastered substrate can bear is 20kg per sq m. which equates to roughly the weight of 1 sq m of 8mm ceramic tile plus adhesive. In other areas I wouldn't do it because of the adverse impact on skirting, dado rails/architrave etc. but on the single 1.8m x 1.9m wall to one side of the bath I was considering it as it'd have no such impact and the extra 1cm depth wouldn't be a problem. The 6x8 inch tiles there seem sound and level but I'm now just a bit worried about taking the chance for such a small area - don't want any of the new 16x10 inch tiles falling down on anyone in the bath... :erm:

Anyway I've been busily removing the tiles on one of the walls today and have been putting my Bosch electric scraper to good use getting rid of the old tile adhesive. They're quite well adhered and have taken some shifting in places which is making my decision about the above issue that little bit more complicated. Just to make matters worse as usual, there's loads of conflicting advice on which adhesive to use also... :spin:

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It can depend onto what surface you are applying them. Plasterboard may need sealing, waterboard is already waterproofed, new plaster needs sealing, old plaster may need dustproofing (mist coating)...

A waterproof PVA coating (watered down) is a good idea for all surfaces IMHO, as it stops the tile adhesive/mortar from drying too quickly.

I prefer ready mixed tile adhesive as it's too easy to get the mix wrong with powders.

Around the bath and above the sink, it's worth considering quadrant tile edging, stuck with it's own special adhesive which will allow slight movement as the bath dips when filled.

It comes in ceramic or PVC http://www.diy.com/departments/diall..._Trims_S_BSA_D

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It's plaster skim over a rendered breeze block wall. I've always used readymixed tile & grout before and like that type of product. I've actually used the quadrant before and will do so again as it gives a nice neat finish. We have a heavy duty German steel bath and movement hasn't been an issue in all the years we've had it.

Can't wait to try my tile cutter. Gone are the days of carbide hand saws, nibblers etc. :)

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A foot stool.

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i have visions of you resting your foot on a pile of dog doo :rofl:

i guess it's the other kind of stool :)

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By heck you are rather in a jovial mood this morning papa ;) as yes its a foot stool to rest my legs on as it is good at reducing the fluid and discomfort in my swollen ankles.

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Road tax time. Just 6 months this time as I'm going to get a new car in the near future.

Still 286 quid like :/

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Premium Bonds, pointless leaving the cash where it was with no interest at all.

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cash :shrug: who's got no interest in it ;)

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A pair of Jeans, a new lamp for the bedroom . Nice bargains from Debenhams 25% off

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A New BMW Car Woooo!

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2 new pairs of specs to tide me over following cataract surgery to my right eye. Seems it will be another "many month" wait before I can get my left eye done.

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A new wallet

Sick of bending my cards in the current one. https://i-clip.co.uk/i-clip-carbon.html

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Looks nice - how many cards does it hold?

(looked on the site, doesn't tell you).

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12 according to their FB page.

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A USB-C to USB-A adapter so I can take over 400 gig of music on holiday with us. Plug it in the phone music on micro SD cards stream to a BOSE soundlink mini. Sorted.


Cheers


Grim

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Hope everything goes well for you

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Thanks :)

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Hereford beef topside joint, was £10.39 reduced to £4.00. Into the freezer for later.

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Soundbar and sub. Play the noisy git neighbours at their own game.

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some of this it's the future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SAbJjktk7E

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:tu: Much better than that stuff humans eat

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Tickets to tour Alcatraz (including boat trip, as it's a long swim...).

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people used to kill to get in there ;)

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And swim to get out. :D

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I really enjoyed the tour around Alcatraz, one of those things that has to be done if you go to SF. Be prepared for some steep hill walking. Would love to go back to SF one day.

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We're also going whale watching (June is humpback whale migration time in SF Bay), visiting Muir Woods/Sausalito across the Bay, avoid Fishermans Wharf, trolley ride, Lombard Street, Golden Gate Park (via Haight-Ashbury), Coit Tower, and whatever else we can fit in during our 4 days there.

Our hotel's just off Union Square, so I am sure we will visit there as well.

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Timberland Bootshttps://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2017/05/35.jpg

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Sony PlayStation Wireless Stereo Headset 2.0 from Amazon warehouse, so i got it cheaper as the box is damaged but it also has 20% off the final price so it was a bargain.

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A Amazon Echo Dot.

Having fun saying the following. (I've spoilered the result so it doesn't spoil the result)

"Alexa, are you single?"


"Alexa, Goodnight."


plus other funny things.

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I prefer the Dot to the Echo, mine's wired to an Anker speaker which is just as good as the Echo's speaker but at a fraction of the cost.

I mainly use mine to voice control my lights (Hue) and to control my TV (Harmony) when I can't find my remote. Other than that not much else other than the odd weather report or to play music. Good fun and excellent value if you get use out of it.

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3 DVD's

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Yaesu Ft2DE radio

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7kg of chicken thighs and a free chicken £10
4kg piece of boiling bacon £10
20 large oranges £4
3kg of jumbo sausage £5

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Some good bargains there Taf.

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The market butcher says he is close to giving up as most of his potential customers demand "MUTTON HALAL MUTTON!".

And he doesn't allow halal on his van.

So when a friendly old face he remembers turns up he clears his van with loads of good offers.There was sirloin and pork loin at stupid prices too, but we have no freezer space at the moment.

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These turned up earlier, the box and contents had no damage on them so over all i made a 37% saving. :D

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I just remembered the alarm call is TGT team :D

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A online supermarket order.

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Vulcanet wipes
Crash helmet for the wife
Shark Stick pet vaccum for upstairs
Preordered Farpoint + Gun controller
New Brembo discs and pads all the way round on the car

I need a 2nd job

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50 paint brushes boats getting a makeover soon

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British l hope.;)

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A nice pine M&S ottoman - £35 from local charity shop.

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Wedding out fit the full works even bought a fascinator to complete the out fit. I'm so chuffed that I managed to buy this out fit in the one day as usually end up trailing the shops only to come back empty handed. I'm pleased to say that is now the whole family sorted for the wedding as hubby and youngest will be wearing kilts :)

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Rock and Chips.;)

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Hope it's not too windy on the day. :D