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Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) and 2 months of Amazon Prime Music Unlimited for £20.97 - offer came up on my email, get the Dot for £4.99 rather than £49.99.

I’ll cancel the Music Unlimited in 2 months.

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Adaptors??

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We’ve used them in the past. They’re so pigging small, if they accidentally come adrift they get dropped and lost very easily.

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Given your history of Apple I thought you would be proud of the move to iPhone. ;)

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Billy Bookcase for my redecorated, refurnished Home Office

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Two hindges for a cupboard door in the Kitchen, God knows how I will get the old ones off they have been there for years and are very tight, !

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Some dust sheets.

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An air-con re-gas for £38 from Kwik Fit via Groupon when it should have been £69 :)

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Guitar (Tanglewood) for my daughter's birthday.

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Lottery tickets.

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2 x Cigarette Lighter USB Charger, 36W/6A Mini Metal Alloy Car Charger Quick Charge

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Not exactly bought, but a holding deposit on a car until
I can get to see it at the weekend

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Anything nice?

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R8 V10

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Not a new one of course

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Are you getting some decorating done Den ?

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No its to cover some gear in the shed Nash.

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An Amazon Echo Show 8, for when my mum comes home?


It was £70, but I used the rest of my Christmas bonus, so paid £20.


Not bad when the original cost was £120

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A Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+, Black.

Now looking for a decent case and screen protector.

A new pair of varifocals. 8(

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Pressies for my wife's birthday. I don't think she comes here but in case someone she knows does <ssh!>

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I'd like a new tablet to replace my S2 but new models that are better are much more expensive than the £300 I paid a few years ago for this one.

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Replacement float valve for my sisters upstairs toilet through Amazon. The old one the float has corroded through and is not stopping the filling of the cistern properly. Given its age I thought an all new assembly was best.

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Mixed spice.

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Amazon Echo Dot 3 (with clock display) - reduced by £20 on Amazon, and I also had a £10 voucher to use.

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Filter for my Hoover

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Ordered this one from VM yesterday, all was going well until I get a message this morning from Yodel telling me "Your parcel has been returned to your sender. Please contact them with any queries". I finally manage to get in contact with VM and they tell me that there was an issue with the order and that the VM security team will contact me in the next 24 to 48 hours. Well, I wasn't too happy about that, because the tablet was almost at my door.

I asked CS what this could be? He said there was some kind of discrepancy between my V/Media account and the V/Mobile account details. So I might not be getting this from VM after all.

The case and screen protector I ordered from Amazon will be here tonight, and I was going to get my PAC code from Three so I could keep my existing number. Oh well, everything was going so smoothly.

Any forum members had similar issues? It would be helpful to hear from you.

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A new monitor

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Buy the keyboard case, i have it for my S4

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What Spice Girl was she??:D

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Spice Girls who are they.;)

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A case of ale from Flavourly ��

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A very shiny 4G modem/router to go with my new EE unlimited data SIM.

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A HUION Graphics Drawing Monitor Kamvas 13

ID Card Holder and Lanyard Neck Strap.

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Plastic cutlery.

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Kindle Oasis.

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Five 0.5M Cat6 cables for my home constructed mounting for SH3, Synology NAS, Sam Knows box & Router

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A couple of miniature brass plated hinges. The plastic ones on the carry case for my digital caliper have broken. They were pretty naff anyway.

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Glipton Leather Conditioner.

Bought it for the seats in the Beemer. As well as nourishing and cleaning the leather it also leaves a strong leather scent on the seats.

Works well on leather jackets and Mrs B’s handbags and shoes too :tu:

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Surgical spirit.

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Did you get the full box set? :D

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:p: showing your age.

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l am not sure you could fit a full box set into a bottle.;)

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Another 2 pillows which I bought a few weeks ago and they're the best pillows I've ever used, not bad for £18 a pair, I highly recommend these if anyone is considering buying some.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silentnight..._id=3229391031

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Ice cream scooper as the old one broke.

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PlayStation 5 Disc Version
Pulse 3D wireless Headset
DualSense Charging Dock

And booked the 19th and 20th November off work to make sure i'm in for delivery.

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My dad needed to lose £1k, so he bought himself a 28" TV which will go into my mums room, and himself the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ (£800) waiting for the £220 Keyboard case to become available.

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I bought 3 x 5m Cat 5 cables in pound land a quid a piece.

These were ideal for hardwiring my FreeSat, DVD and TV to my Access Point and they work a treat.

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A couple of 18650 batteries.

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50M of external Ethernet cable to run from my router up through the loft, down the outside wall of the house, through the wall with a socket on each end. I’m fed up with not being able to use Catch Up in the evenings as my Powerline adapters dry up!

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Progers thats why i did what i did with the cables from Poundland. I can now access all the catchup content.

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Just bought 3 of these on a recommendation to see if i can speed up my internal network.

A mate has bought a few and he reckons they work a treat.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Half-Heig...Cclp%3A2334524

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$2 a month Patreon subscription to one of my favourite authors, John Birmingham (Axis of Time trilogy, Without Warning trilogy, Girl Out Of Time books) - for this I get At the moment, I am read the draft chapters of an Audible audiobook of his (Zero Day Code) - it’s not available in print as Audible have an exclusive on it for a couple of years, but his drafts are available to subscribers.

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Books -
Storylines: Your Map To Understanding The Bible - Mike Pilivachi and Andy Croft
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/produc...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Will be using this with a new study group at church.
The Branch Exposition of the Bible, Volume 1: A Preacher's Commentary of the New Testament - Michael Eaton
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/produc...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is a new book recommended by some people I have greatly respect and trust.

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This

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16x 200mg Ibuprofen capsules and some 5% ibuprofen gel. My foot and ankle have become very painful and swollen.

The consensus, don't laugh, is gout. I don't even like port or thrashing servants. :D

I've had it before and it usually clears up after a few days but getting out of bed in the middle of the night is pure agony.

There are a couple of prescription medicines but they take many days or even weeks to work so not really an option in the short term.

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You have my sympathies heero. <hugs> My long stint on high dose Steroids left me with heart and kidney problems. The damage to my kidney functions resulted in very high Uric Acid levels. Gout! Never have any symptoms just have to take the Allorprinol for life. Just wish Drs reading my medication list would also read my health records. It gets tiresome when they assume my favorite drink is Port. :D

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Lego and Meccano sets for my Grandson and a new Circulon saute pan.

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Reservations for a 12 course tasting menu at HOME restaurant in Leeds, for SWMBO’s birthday in November.

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Thanks Jo. The OH does what he can with a bit of massage, that helps.

It's probably too much alcohol but some lifestyles we can't really give up. :D

Just remember to drink plenty of liquids.

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As a fellow gout sufferer I have tried numerous remedies.

I have finally been prescribed something that works and works FAST - Colchicine.

I can honestly recommend it if you haven't tried it. :)

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You do have a bit of a pukka pie problem :nono:

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We were planning to go for my birthday in June, but then the world went crazy so that was that. Would be interested to know what you think.

You could slum it a bit like we did tonight with some yummy vegan junk good from Doner Summer.

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Thanks for the suggestion. :tu: If this doesn't clear up on it's own in a day or so then I have to go and see the doctor.

Previously it's sorted itself out in a few days so we'll have to see.

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Amazon Smart Plug - reduced for Prime members by £15, so only cost £9.99.

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Probably won’t happen now, as the booking was for Thursday - I’ve asked if there are any cancellations on Wednesday, but it’s unlikely...

(Plan B - booked a local restaurant for Wednesday at 7pm)

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A Nespresso Lattissima Touch coffee machine.
Well bought it a few days ago as was in an Amazon early Black Friday deal. 45% off down to 154,99. Makes a yummy latte.

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SWMBO wanted a Nintendo Switch

Mario Kart battles have ensued

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Eldest just bought an Oculus VR set with some of his first earnings, and I got a go of it last night. It's quite amazing :spin:

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Christmas presents for our Grandson plus his Birthday present for 4th January. Feeling less stressed. Rest of the family are getting money, boring and not my usual choice, but hopefully more useful this year.

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I had the Nespresso once, never again. Price per cup just isn't worth it. Better to get a bean to cup machine (such as the esam4200 - can be as low as £199) and then buy the beans. Soon recover the costs and the choice of coffee is much bigger, not only that the coffee is so much better.

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Some HyperX Cloud Alpha S 7.1 surround sound headphones, unfortunately this won't work for the Xbox 1, but no major issues.


I also got the TP-Link Wi-Fi power strip.

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Christmas cards . Wrapping paper for Christmas etc. Have to start wrapping things up for Christmas

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A solar powered Ciro Robot Creation Kit for our 7 year old Grandson.

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T-shirts and Jeans, desperately need to replace what i currently have!

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Let me guess Amazon? :D

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A GoPro for my work commute.

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Vinyl for kitchen floor and carpet for dining room, both rooms cleared and fitting tomorrow

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Baby clothes for Grandchild due end of January :)

New home

Tefal optigrill elite

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A new bathroom ceiling light from B & Q not the one I picked on their website as it was no longer available . So i hope i like this one when it is up.

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I'm sure it will be lovely Nash :)

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Erm.




Yes :D

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When my sister first said she was pregnant my mum was forever picking up stuff, baby grows were essential as baby poo can end up in the hair.


The funny thing was my sister didn't want to know what they were having.


We always said when "He" this and "He" that, but a few weeks before the baby arrived my mum suddenly started to say "She".


Which made us think.


Then my Niece arrived.

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I do now try and not buy too much as it was pointed out via WhatsApp just how much I bought when they laid out everything and filmed it, but in my defense I honestly never realised.

I was lucky enough that our offer to buy the pram and the baby monitor was accepted.

All I'm saying is baby monitors have came a long way since my day, this is the one that they got https://www.johnlewis.com/bt-video-s...nitor/p4119395 really should have waited as it has came down in price by £30.00 :shocked:

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I bought 2 booster seats with back support and 2 boosters without for my sister & brother-in-law., 1 set for them 1 set for us to pick them up whenever required.

I still remember picking my niece up from school, all the kids had to wait, but my niece didn't she pushed past the teacher and came running to me shouting UNCLE, then jumped and hugged me.

The teacher laughed and said she obviously knows you, but I still told her the password.

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Change of plan. I found the one I wanted in Litecraft , It was a bit more expensive ,but he reduced it for me and I am happy with it. I can take the first one back to B & Q.

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Got one of them in April. Got it mostly because I wanted to play PC games through it, and partly because I live with my Niece and Nephew, and I thought it would be a good thing to help them learn. That said, my Nephew isn't remotely interested by it, and my Niece only really plays Beatsaber.

I could suggest several apps, but I think that is getting a little off topic.

Regarding my own expenditure, I had planned for this month to be expensive, as I want an Xbox Series X, and a iPhone 12 Max, both of which launch this week. Had an unexpected expense this week though. Last week, I was mucking around with my Nephew. He got over excited and leapt on to the Sofa. Right on top of my headphones. Which snapped. Annoying, but while I've told him repeatedly not to jump on the sofas, I am partly responsible because I was winding him up, and I shouldn't have put the headphones on the sofa.

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A De'Longhi Bean to Cup Coffee Machine at the request of swmbo
iPhone 12 Pro for me
iPhone 12 mini for swmbo
Gloss paint
Paint brushes
Poly drop
White spirit

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Yankee Candle book advent calendar as I've been getting hints for a couple of weeks now.

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An apple tree.

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Black ink.

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A tube of white and a tube of clear silicone for when I sort the bathroom next week.

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A new light for the bathroom, Looks nice, I also need a new IPad mini as I like the size of it and have had mine for nine years, Has anyone bought one lately,

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It's a grandmother's prerogative to spoil a grandchild

Just bought some handwipes for work, great isn't it, having to supply your own PPE during a pandemic

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A string of 40 cool white LED fairy lights with icicles, battery powered timer box with batteries supplied for £4.99 in Lidl this morning.

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Spectacle wipes.

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Wait for Black Friday deals.

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A Hollywood Mirror with lights and some Amazon gift cards.

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Christmas place mats.

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Yes Waiting for it Snoop

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De Buyer 28cm high carbon steel frying pan. Price is a bit higher at the mo' maybe should have gone for the 32cm as price hasn't moved but where to put it?
Note the diameter is at the rim, at base it's only 20cm but been wanting a good pan for some time with better sides than cast iron.

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Which? suggests prices at Black Friday can be higher than at other times of the year.

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Fighting overweight chavs for crap TVs at Asda ... no thanks. I’d actually rather pay more.

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Don’t remember seeing you there last year... :D

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I got my Polaroid telly in 2018, I was at the vape shop last year :D

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A Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Chair.

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A Yankee Candle book advent calendar.

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Echo dot 3rd Gen (reduced from £39.99 to £18.99) and a battery base for the Echo dot (reduced from £39.99 to £25.99).

I was going to wait till Black Friday, but they were reduced today, so bought them.

I’ll be on the lookout tomorrow for a 1TB NVMe internal SSD and a 34" 21:9 monitor in the Black Friday deals (I’ve got 2 x 24" monitors at the moment, but they’re both about 7 or 8 years old).

I’m looking at these for the 1TB drive, and will research this evening for the monitor.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MZ-...s%2C188&sr=8-2

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-Roc..._t2_B07MBQPQ62

Quite fancy this for the monitor, but more research underway - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigab...mo-00b-gi.html

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Not cigarettes. Asda hiked the price of the missus' favourite cheapo brand by £1.05 (over 12%).