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With my birthday money I bought a PS4 yesterday.

Been X1 since release and thought it was time to get the PS4. So many exclusive games to catch up on.

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New keyboard and mouse for my main PC: Back to Logitech.

Can't wait to unplug these crappy Razer things and uninstall their horrible software.

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Terramaster D5-300 RAID capable 5 bay USB disk enclosure.

Just had the USB 3 connector on my 8TB Seagate Backup Plus give up the ghost after nearly three years of service, so I though sod it. Replacing the connector is going to cost me whatever warranty I had, and a new drive is going to cost nearly £200, why not just strip the drive out ,put it in a new enclosure, and buy an enclosure that offers room to expand? It's also got a USB C connector, which seems a little more robust than the Micro USB 3 connectors do.

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We've just come back from Rome, it was very nice.

We also visited Florence some years ago, but I don't really remember what was there :)

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Any hints/tips, especially about restaurants/bars, would be most welcome.

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There's a couple of Pizza Huts in Rome Hugh, enjoy ;)

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Plebian... ;)

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New battery for one of the bikes,

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I will post some comments later :)

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A Rollei Monopod/Selfie stick.

Well it was only £39, over 1/2 price it would be rude not to. :D

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I need to stop buying stuff on Amazon, so far £711 more than the same time last year.

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Two return flights Leeds to Larnaca, we’re popping over to North Cyprus for a long weekend (Wed-Sun) with some friends towards the end of May.

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Bathroom privacy bolts. The last one failed after 10 years... almost locking me in.

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5 x 12kg sacks of restaurant grade charcoal. (Just under £10 each if you order 5 or more and free delivery if over £30 - used to be £50 so had to buy firelighters else delivery would be £40)

Birthday soon here, so looking around for something I need/want not too expensive.

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2 sets of garden waste bags (270 ltr and 2x120 ltr) from Lidl @ £7.99 a set. These are really good with two handles on the top and two more at the base to make it easy to upend at the dump and a plastic hoop that keeps the top open. I already had two of the bigger ones but needed the smaller ones as well as a spare.

The garden waste dumpsters cannot have plastic bags in so you have to empty out any and with ordinary flimsy refuse sacks that was a real pain with stuff getting stuck inside.

My sister wanted them as well hence buying two sets. She's on holiday abroad so asked me to get them.

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Loin cod fillets.

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An Arturia Minilab MKII controller.

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Another RC Tank

1/16 scale Tiger I

Next stop Stalingrad...all aboard!

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A one year old "rescue" hamster, Walter, for my daughter to replace the one that died earlier this week. New cages on order and we hope to get a baby hamster shortly.

The idea is that they don't both die at the same time so cause less trauma. Replace one at a time.

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Have a good time Hugh & enjoy the sun.;)

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Brisket joint to pot roast for Sunday lunch.

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Lowepro Whistler BP 450 AW II 4 Season Outdoor Backpack for Pro DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras, Laptop and Outdoor Gear LP37227-PWW

£300

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


Then there was the Rollei Monopod for £40 (was £80)

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So much for you cutting back on Amazon purchases! :D

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I know. Just over £1,800 this year.

£350 shy of last years total.

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You will easily break that record, you have Prime day and Black Friday yet to get through and it is only May! ;)

I need a few items if you run out of things to buy! :D

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https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/househ...iABEgIuzfD_BwE

A new washing machine as my old one needed a new motor, managed to get one for £249 as we don't need a huge drum anymore now it's just the three of us :(

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It doesn't help when you buy a DSLR camera and buy bits for it.

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West Country bone-in shoulder of lamb 1.4Kg. Was £12.35 Mine for £8.29 Popped in the freezer for later use.

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New pair of sandals for summer if we get one

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Let's hope we get the summer to wear them.

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I hope so too ;)

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Beko integrated dishwasher - current one broke down over a week ago, but i’ve been away; can’t complain, it lasted over 15 years.

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Here's hoping your new one last that long, Have not had one myself !

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Integrated appliances, don't think I'd bother with them in a kitchen again, they're a b****r to replace/install. Good luck ! ;) I find Special Brew helps smooth the process....

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I’m letting someone competent remove the old one / fit the new one - my wife has made it very clear that there is to be no risk of damage to the kitchen flooring.

Better to pay someone a reasonable amount who knows what they’re doing, rather than pay someone a large amount to remedy my terrible DIY skills (which range from "barely adequate" to "OMG, what have you done!"). :D

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Pay someone ! Call yourself a Yorkshireman ? ;)

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New perching stool.

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We went to Gretna Outlet today and I got a lovely blouse should have been £27:50 I got it for £11:50'. Plus I bought lovely fragrant perfumes too, it was a lovely day out,

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This

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Very nice, errrr what is it? :)

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ML350 AMG Sport

No 6.3v8 unfortunately !!!!

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It's a car :P

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Only 17mpg? Good luck with your bank balance! Lol

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Nooo it's not the V8 alas, it's my first ever diesel (not sure how i feel about this)

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@ Mr LM <<big slap>> I forgot you were back :D

I want to own, and drive, a 300SL Gullwing coupe. I was given a ride in one many years ago and always promised myself one of my own. Not happened yet. <<<<sigh>>>> On a realistic note though I guess your car will be easier to get out of in a supermarket car park. :D

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Who? me? :angel:

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Fuel efficiency is good for diesels, but yeah, you're destroying the world with each drive. (I have a diesel)

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The Jak and Daxter Collection on PS4 for less then a tenner.

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Real nice too. I only bought a pair of slippers and a nice table cloth,

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I didnt think anyone bought diesels anymore because of the taxation.

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It's not actually as bad as you might think, its emissions are lower than the 2.5l 5cyl turbochardged petrol that it's replacing (non suv)

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One of these https://vortexoptics.com/red-dots/sp...r-red-dot.html. Second hand from Ebay £140 :)

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Nice :tu::sniper:

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A tank of diesel for my courtesy car. Haven't bought one of those for a while. 3p a litre more than super unleaded - ouch!

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A 2020 Calendar.

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It's been cancelled due to brexit.

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:D:D

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Bloody hell that's a bit too early.

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We like to get couple of calendars early as if you tried later in the year to buy them they would be sold out.

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OnePlus7 Pro (Nebula Blue, 8GB/256GB) from John Lewis (they will deliver to my local Waitrose by 2pm tomorrow).

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Very nice Hugh.

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Sorry I forgot all about this.

My comments on Rome are :

Get a tour for the Colosseum - we didn't, and I regret not doing that - listening to some of the other tours going on I think it would have really added to the experience.
If you go without a tour guide, be warned you get timed tickets - we turned up, at midday, to be told we could get tickets that allow us in at 5pm... so either go with a tour guide, or plan ahead (you can buy online).

You can probably go without a tour for the vatican - I liked it, but the wife and kids found it a bit much - there was a lot of details on how the paintings were done, which I enjoyed, but the others, not so. Again, timed tickets without a guide, so plan ahead and get 'skip the queue' tickets. The queues for the vatican were crazy - we were walking for a good 5 minutes to get past the queues to join our tour group.

We used https://citywonders.com/ for our tour.


In terms of places to eat, I can't really recommend anything in particular - we were close to the Pantheon - and in the square in front of it there's a load of restaurants there and we ate in a few there - the food was nice, and whilst it did seem a bit of a tourist spot there were locals there too. Expensive though.

Piazza Navona was just a little way over from us - again, lots of restaurants there, very much a tourist spot, and more expensive than any of the other places - but food was good, and it's a nice view. Worth having a look in the evening around there, since they have some entertainment.

Our AirBnB host sent us some recommendations, but we didn't use them (other than the ice cream shop GIOLITTI which was very good)

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Though speaking of food - on the first night there, my son ordered this piece of fine cuisine, so maybe you don't want to follow our suggestions for food :)

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Renewed my makeup from the Clinque counter in Debenhams,

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Shoes.

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Crikey Fine cuisine they really have gone to town there Mr LM.;)

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You must have a hundred pairs of shoes now Jo.:D

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A train ticket which took work and back. Seemed such a waste of money...

Come the revolution, workers will travel for free ;)

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Yup they'll all be walking to work free of charge.

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I hadn't realised my son had ordered that, and my daughter had ordered a portion of fries as well, so when his pizza arrived I thought they had made a mistake and put the fries on the pizza by accident - so I was just getting ready to complain, when the other fries turned up, and my son said that he had actually ordered that pizza.....

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Omg you haven't found the Interweb in Norfolk? You'll tell us there's running water there next? ;)

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No i had to come home my mum is ill.

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Fair enough. All the best.

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Hope she gets well soon

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Sorry to hear about that papa as l hope your Mum gets better soon.

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Hope your Mum is feeling better, Nash

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First class return tickets to London for a Helen Czerski talk at the RI on the 26th.

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Tickets to this in November at the Devonshire Arms - a night's stay and a six course tasting menu, for two.

Joint birthday treat for my wife and I (both have birthdays in November).

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Well Done Hugh. Something to look forward too

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Here is a laugh for you, I bought new Clinque foundation make up, and thought I would take a selfie on my phone which I never use. My face turned out purple lines, I nearly had a fit, but in my mirror it was fine, However when I met my friends and ask them to take a selfie of them on my phone. Their faces were purple too. Turns out my camera on the phone was faulty, We all had a great laugh, My phone is a pay as you go, but it quite old,

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Two Amazon Fire TV Sticks.

Easy to setup.

I have noticed that they have multiple IP addresses, can't currently work out why.

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Blinds from blinds to go just hope that I measured correctly.

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hp wired mouse

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A new short trench coat from Debenhams at a great price,

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Are you often in short trenches then?

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You'll need a skirting ladder to get out of those. :D

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Just liked the style and colour. ;)

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A new PC - my current one (over six years old) failed just before I went on holiday (the motherboard was kaput).

Spec of new box :-

CPU - I7-9700K
Memory - 16GB
Graphics - Nvidia GeForce RTX2080X
Boot disk - 480GB SSD
Storage disk - 2TB hard drive (also re-using existing 250GB SSD and 2TB hard drive)

Hopefully this will last me six years as well...

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Enjoy your new PC , Hugh

I hope ya enjoy her Hugh,im so sorry buddy :(

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500 Hull Superfast cartridges for this weekend's flying rat cull.

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A new polo shirt from The Woolen Mill in Oban, We are here for three days but the weather is terrible, Thank the Lord the Tennis in on TV as there is nothing else to do,

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1Kg pork crackling joint (pre-scored skin) Was £6.75 reduced to £3.29 Outdoor bred and RSPCA assured.

That's the Sunday roast sorted. :)

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A cheap soundbar for the PC

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Another bargain meat joint: 1.86 Kg British brisket, was £15.81 Mine for £7.99 :)

Into the freezer for later use in a pot roast: Low and slow.

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iPhone XR (red, 64GB) for SWMBO.

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24 pack of Diet Coke, bottle three barrels brandy, £20 voucher for M & S for friend

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New mattress (hypnos superb pillow top pocket spring mattress firm double) from John Lewis - it’s being delivered Thursday.

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Amazon 4K Firestick for £25 50% off such a bargain and it is BBC iplayer HLG compliant too so don't need a V6 to view now.

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I was thinking about getting one of them, but couldn't make my mind up, so I thought I'd sleep on it....

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My cousin was thinking of getting one of the 4K Firesticks as he is always using his Firestick.

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Hope you enjoy it when you get it delivered

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I needs to think quickly, think it is only £25 until midnight tomorrow, then back to £50.