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heero_yuy 05-10-2023 12:03

Re: What have you just bought?
 
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Originally Posted by idi banashapan (Post 36161278)
You ever considered using a pencil?

I find a pen and the white pen easier to use when using the small numbers of the candidate method.

idi banashapan 05-10-2023 12:11

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36161280)
I do all my puzzles/crosswords* on my iPad - save a fortune on pencils/erasers…

Not if you use tipex on those too!

nashville 05-10-2023 14:34

Re: What have you just bought?
 
Only been buying the weekly shop , lately but seriously thinking of starting my Christmas shopping as I just cannot waiting to the last minute

tweetiepooh 06-10-2023 12:17

Re: What have you just bought?
 
A Sony UBP-X700 Blu-ray/DVD player. Our old unit was SCART only so wanted one to do HDMI into our new TV. I would have loved something a bit better but at this price a bit better seemed to cost a lot more. I would also have loved a device that played discs superbly, upscaling as needed without all the smart features. (We already have lots of smart.) but is seems that without the smart the disc playback also often suffers.

SnoopZ 06-10-2023 13:07

Re: What have you just bought?
 
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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36161369)
A Sony UBP-X700 Blu-ray/DVD player. Our old unit was SCART only so wanted one to do HDMI into our new TV. I would have loved something a bit better but at this price a bit better seemed to cost a lot more. I would also have loved a device that played discs superbly, upscaling as needed without all the smart features. (We already have lots of smart.) but is seems that without the smart the disc playback also often suffers.

I've never even played a Blu-ray before and possibly only played 1 DVD, I'm not into collecting and just stream everything since the dawn of Napster back on the dark ages!

Jaymoss 06-10-2023 13:24

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36161371)
I've never even played a Blu-ray before and possibly only played 1 DVD, I'm not into collecting and just stream everything since the dawn of Napster back on the dark ages!

mIRC and ICQ
Mind you it did take a while to learn what a rar archive was and how to recompile it

peanut 06-10-2023 13:45

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36161373)
mIRC and ICQ
Mind you it did take a while to learn what a rar archive was and how to recompile it

Xnews for me, lol.

Hearing aid supplies (Hooks and tubings - online)... Getting them from the hospital is just a complete pain in the backside and not worth the hassle.

tweetiepooh 06-10-2023 14:31

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36161371)
I've never even played a Blu-ray before and possibly only played 1 DVD, I'm not into collecting and just stream everything since the dawn of Napster back on the dark ages!

We have a large collection of DVD's, mostly ex-rental from Blockbuster or offers at the supermarket. Very rarely paid anywhere like full price and they are ours to keep, I don't have to worry about the streamer pulling the titles. Generally they are family films that the story and production are bigger than any suspense so are fine to watch multiple times.

denphone 06-10-2023 14:57

Re: What have you just bought?
 
20 AA batteries.

nashville 06-10-2023 15:46

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Just shopping from Tesco

SnoopZ 16-10-2023 10:03

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Ordered 2 tyres for fitting at Tesco next Monday as mine don't have much tread on!

GrimUpNorth 16-10-2023 13:53

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A 2 year subscription to Surfshark.

Hugh 16-10-2023 19:49

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36162100)
A 2 year subscription to Surfshark.

Just renewed mine for another two years - like most subscription services, if you wait until the last couple of days, you get the renewal at new customer price.

GrimUpNorth 16-10-2023 19:51

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36162125)
Just renewed mine for another two years - like most subscription services, if you wait until the last couple of days, you get the renewal at new customer price.

Thanks for the heads-up

daveeb 16-10-2023 21:03

Re: What have you just bought?
 
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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36161369)
A Sony UBP-X700 Blu-ray/DVD player. Our old unit was SCART only so wanted one to do HDMI into our new TV. I would have loved something a bit better but at this price a bit better seemed to cost a lot more. I would also have loved a device that played discs superbly, upscaling as needed without all the smart features. (We already have lots of smart.) but is seems that without the smart the disc playback also often suffers.

Pretty decent little unit and plays 4K discs as well. Got mine a few years ago so probably paid a fair bit more for it.


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