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I got a couple of seagates ( only used for a week) if you need any more hahahaha I went all SSD

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Call of Duty Vanguard. half price which is still to much but started enjoying online gaming again

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If only I'd known!!

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Sounds expensive.

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Yeah I got 2 Crucial MX500 4TB bought on offer a 4TB SanDisk Ultra 3D a 1TB Samsung 980 and a 1TB Kioxia all these were bought one at a time on credit and paid off quickly due to cutting back on nice food and eating cheap so I could do it. Then I won a 2TB Samsung 870 EVO

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A new wireless doorbell set after a delivery guy used his fat fingers to smash the button on the door.

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Some AA and AAA cells. Frustrating when the remote dies and there's none in the cupboard. Was going to crack a joke but this is a family show ;).

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It arrived a week ago, but due to a family emergency, haven’t had time to play with it.

Things have calmed down, so set it up today, and linked it to our Sony TV remote and Alexa (only for on/off and mute/unmute (which works on the soundbar/woofer as well)) - works fine, but had to move it out of the TV cabinet all the other kit is in, as the glass seemed to stop the signal.

Very happy with it, so thank you, once again.

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2 pairs of jeans by click-and-collect from Asda as they never have my size in stock in store.

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Glad you found it as useful as I have :)

I love finding little gems like that

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Combined cistern lever kit to repair the toilet flush.

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A dashcam for my wife's car after a chap tried to run us off the road yesterday at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Being fitted tomorrow.

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Amazon Echo Dot half price £30.99 :)



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

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I knew that Jim, but decided to treat the old man :)

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Google Pixel 6 on O2 £21 per month unlimited texts calls and 20GB data. Set a 0 charge cap. 24 month contract total £504 (only like £30 more than you can buy the phone)
I was paying VM £6 per month so factor that in makes it £15 per month for the phone so brings the phone price down to £360 £35 TopCashback so £325 for the phone. Nice

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A new Kindle Paperwhite with 16GB of memory it should hold a few more books than the 2GB 3G one that I have used since 2011, It will be a novelty not having to always have it plugged in now that the battery only lasts an hour at the best. :D

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Babyliss cordless hair curler/brush

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A Universal TV stand that will enable me to stand the TV alot closer to the wall on furniture than the current Samsung stand allows, this will then hopefully let me move the TV out of the corner and directly in front of me without fear of brushing against it toppling the screen.

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My dad has decided not to renew his driving licence, so I got a multi Car policy.

This was a joke Direct Line did allow this and 31 years NCB on my Kuga for £550, and my dads Zafira for £1,400 will no NCB, so you can guess the outcome.

Admiral charged £860 total for both.

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Milk bottle holder/carrier as SWMBO decided we were moving back to doorstop deliveries from a local milkman
Furniture cover for one of the patio sets

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My experience of doorstep milk deliveries was not a good one. The milk was there when I got up but one night I checked my doorbell cam and low and behold they were delivering it at a little past midnight. This was fine in the winter but in summer months the sun was on it for 3 for 4 hours before I would have got up so decided it was a bad idea

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Just bought four Early Bird tickets to the 2023 Leeds Whisky Fest in March 2023 - bargain at £30 per ticket…

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A couple of ferro rods & a Lenovo Yoga I9

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A smart watch :)

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COD:MW2

Early purchase allows access to the Campaign Mode today - just downloading it now.

Update - downloaded, update downloaded, playing the first mission - excellent!

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Is that on PSN or XBL ?

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PC, but I believe it’s available across the platforms.

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Ugh decisions decisions buy digital now or wait and buy physical

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Buy digital now

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I will buy it eventually. I love Captain Price, I think he is one of the best character in video games and All Ghillied Up one of my fave missions

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Purchased…….:D

Bad influence you mind !!

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A fluff filter for our Hotpoint dryer.

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Just bought a new tool bag. I had tools everywhere so now I'm gonna keep them in the cupboard.

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

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Self powered door bell - the button is self powered at least. 2 bell units - was on offer yesterday but missed it so £4 more. Claims IP55, generally good reviews but at the price it worth a risk.

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Resident Evil 4, 5 & 6 on a Steam sale and they all give me motion sickness.

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Over the past 10 years I’ve suffered with what I refer to as my ‘dark clouds’. I’m not inclined to ask my GP if it could be depression as my have my own way to deal with it - the gym.

Anyway one of the symptoms is usually me spending silly money on something I don’t really need. But this time it was different.

Was always a huge fan of House MD and every now and then I through the entire series again.

Last time I went though it I noticed the ep where he’s riding a motorcycle and really liked the leather biker jacket he was wearing. And I decided I had to have it but figured this is a show from almost 10 years ago so there no way I was going to find it anywhere, at least not a decent enough look-a-like.

Well balls to that, one quick look on eBay and I found and exact replica, genuine leather. And yep I bought the jacket. And I love it.

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Tado wired smart thermastat with my Santander ISA voucher and £5 free Amazon wish list gift.

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A Samsung 2TB SSD a Makita chainsaw and a Candy Smart Pro washing machine.

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LG c2 Evo OLED tv

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A dehumidifier, I think I jumped the gun as my friend says you can have one installed in the attic and is cheaper to run, I'm going to look into that.:rolleyes:

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A rice cooker with £30 off for black Friday. Been watching this for a while then the price went up. It is induction so have to take care with my pacemaker but texts I've read say risk with a bipolar unit like mine is minimal.
Rice is my favourite carb and this one will cook lots of different styles and types.

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Firestick Max, not sure if it improves much over my older 4K sticks but you can watch UHD content on BBC iPlayer with it now.

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A whole house ventilation system with hall control, being installed next week. the dehumidifier we recently bought proved just how damp our house is. Keeping the new dehumidifier in the conservatory for when I need to dry clothes in doors. :)

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The services of a solicitor for my last will and testament. Overdue, but it had to be done. Another thing ticked off the list....

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Finally bit the bullet yesterday on a Mac Studio. Arrived this morning. Goodbye Windows....

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gourmia 6.7l digital air fryer from Costco. Daughters partner works there and let me set up an account with his details and address so I can use. £54.99 for a fairly large Air Fryer can't be bad. Reviews well. I have the 8L Salter XXL so this Costco one will be a second so I do not have to serial cook.

The way I look at it a lot of people like the 2 drawer models but these have smaller baskets and still have 2 1700watt elements ( some have 1500) so running 2 larger fryers will nto cost any more than running 2 drawer models

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Well I got my rice cooker. Very nice but on cooking a preuse batch of rice I spotted some damage to the inside surface of the cooking bowl and Amazon don't do replacement for this item. So I'd need to return and re-purchase.

Looking at the item on Amazon the vendor was the same as the manufacturer so I contacted them and they are sending out a new bowl plus said it was safe to use the current one. Brilliant service from Yum Asia.

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2.5 KG of Chicken Breast Fillets
20x200g Uruguayan Sirloin Steaks
£35 delivered from Muscle Foods. Think it is a fair price. To buy the equivalent weight from Tesco would cost £55

A quick google puts Uruguayan beef quite high in the quality steaks (see what I did there) so hopefully it will be

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A Blink doorbell with sync module, so when I pop out my dad can answer the door using the Echo Show 5 I bought for his birthday.


I just need to work out the trigger points so I dont get false positives on movement.

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I hope you find a point that suits. I got a blink outdoor camera and floodlight a while ago. Set sensitivity to 6 and you’ll just get to see whatever went past as it walks out of the frame. Set to 7 and so much as the sun having a cloud go past which makes it a smidge dimmer sets it off, leaving you with several recordings of absolutely nothing. It’s was awful. I’m replacing all cameras with UniFi Protect now, which soooooo much better. Better quality, better image, better settings and better ecosystem in the UniFi family

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We've got Ring doorbell and alarm and cameras that all work very well together. Cloud storage is £80 per year but you can store all recordings for 180 days so not too much of an issue with recording birds landing in the garden. We've also got Ring cameras in the house but they are linked to the alarm so only activate when the alarm is set.

We did turn off the motion alerts as they are a bit of a pain. A nice feature is the echo dots round the house bleep when a window is opened or closed and announces when a door is opened or closed.

We also have a 4K Swann CCTV 4 camera system and a POE camara at the back of the garage that is a test of sending video via power line adapters (which works very well).

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Since we are giving up the house to rent out for some extra income we are moving to dads 2 bedroom flat and have bought things like new Kitchen utensils etc.

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Bought an Amazon Fire HD 10 during Black Friday week. Loaded Google Play etc and followed some advice on Youtube about speeding the tablet up, and as a result, it runs smoothly and quickly. Not as fluid as my Ipad Air but perfect for day-to-day stuff. Bargain.

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i was bad today. very bad
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ak9CQYfL943bgepXaIPaP4084wAduA

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/49707402031

Added Mastercard using above offer for £10 off £20 spend to order a Worx Powershare Battery to USB Charger normally £25 for £15. I have a number of these batteries meaning if/when we have a power cut I have power for a light and my phone so I can keep myself entertained. Bonus

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A sliding mitre saw for the laminate flooring I'm going to attempt to lay. I'm not optimistic.

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Have you used the Amazon £5 gift card bonus?

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Not eligible as used one before unfortunately.

I have used the 3 £15 off Morrisons on Amazon shopping over the last 3 weeks even though I had used a voucher before though which was great. Saved about 8 or 9 quid per shop when you factor in the inflated prices

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It'll be fine. Laminate floor is brilliant stuff once you've got the knack of clipping it together. All your dodgy cuts will be hidden out of sight ;)

A sliding mitre saw was the best £10 I've ever spent. Good old eBay.

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Hmmm, I landed on a Microsoft page asking for a password ;
I declined to proceed.

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Payday this week so just about all my Christmas shopping sorted but mainly FIFA 23 for the lad’s main present as Amazon had it on offer for £37, down from £50.

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A new (to us) Audi A4 Quattro Black Edition. Roll on a week on Saturday.

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Just booked a Burns Night Supper (even though it’s on the 26th) for SWMBO and I, at The Owl at Dockside Leeds - a joint post-Christmas present to each other.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...6&d=1670185528

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Fire up the Quattro!

https://media.tenor.com/8PhSPsB7eQ4A...re-quattro.gif

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Mrs G is accusing me of having a mid- life crisis. Told her I've been having it for the 30 years.

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Just bought the last of my Christmas present list, So glad, But I do not like the job of wrapping the up.

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EVGA X20 Gaming Mouse Amazon Warehouse £22 Like New condition. Often on sale but full price is £80

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Ultralight GSI insulated mug
Fjallraven lightweight sitting mat
Two ladies speedo swimming costumes (she swims a lot)
waterproof ipod nano

...the search for christmas presents crawls painfully on.

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Good find.

I looked to see if they had any more, and got one for £23.98 (with a small scratch on it) - thanks for the heads up.

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Nice one

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RDR2

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Nintendo Switch

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The last of my Christmas Presents , now I can concentrate on the food side

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Won a bid on Ebay for vintage portable typewriter 1950's, needed because my ability to hand write has gone down hill, £19.50 including delivery. :)

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Computer plus printer not an easier option?

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Unfortunately Snoopz in my case no, I tried writing names and addresses of people I intended to send Christmas cards to, on a word app I had, with the intension of transferring it onto self adhesive labels but the result was less than satisfactory. What I intend to do, if I wish to send cards again to my friends and family is to type their details directly on to the labels and then photocopy several sheets for future use. It takes me all day just to write their names. Unless someone else on here has other suggestions :confused:

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I'm no expert but others will be, I think your problem is you're not selecting the correct template for printing address labels and when you use the correct software it'll be a 1000 times easier than going back to the dark ages type writer and your hands will thank you for it.

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Thanks Snoopz, perhaps someone (on here) could recommend me the required software. :)




PS Too late I have bought the typewriter

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The address label sheet will be of a certain format ie Avery L7163

here is how you do it in word. I imagine with some playing you will be able to create a full sheet with different addresses on but this only shows you full sheet or single label

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...d-9c9141d5035b

There are a load of blank templates for word here https://www.herma.co.uk/office-home/...ates-for-word/

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Was going to go out shopping today but the roads are very slippy and the car doors will not open,

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Maybe a label printer would be an option. Plugs in straight to your computer via USB cable and with the included software will let you print directly to the sticky labels.
Something like this:
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/br...-10173923.html

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Drat! I should have asked the question before I bought the typewriter. :dunce:

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It did not cost you much and you can use it now while you practice in Word or similar

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Hey I'm a poor pensioner lol!

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Then the typewriter cost a lot less than the label maker hahaha

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Typewriter has arrived 15 days earlier than expected, now to open parcel and see what I have bought. Watch this space. :shocked:

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Watch this space (bar)… ;)

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I think you bought something that'll cause you a pain in the ass.....err fingers unfortunately.

Box it up and forget out it.

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Hey I don't give in that easily. :D

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The garage normally does the MOT test first, then gave me the option to have the service or other work done.

But, due to a hold-up with the MOT test, they did the service first.

And my car failed the test, with no chance of repairs until late January.

So instead of a bill for £54.85, I got one for £153! And no car for several weeks!

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Two bargain buys from the charity shop, a beautiful artificial glass and wire lamp shade and a fur scraf/wrap from M & S £6 for the two. :):):)

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My son wanted a Skateboard for Christmas so just bought one.

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LG S95QR sound bar
New pair of boots for swmbo for letting me buy the above….

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Brandy, JD and beer for Christmas Day ,

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Warrior Pump non-stim pre-workout.

Alleged "bubble gum" flavour but tastes like a failed year 8 chemistry class experiment. Works really well though, the pump lasts for hours afterwards.

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Lenovo Performance FHD Webcam - reduced to £39 on the Lenovo website (from £60) with free delivery (order placed on the 2nd, delivered today), and it's £65 on Amazon, and £62 on Ebuyer.

Compatible with Windows Hello as well, so can log on to the PC with facial recognition.

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/p/acces...ams/4xc1d66055

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Batteries for the thermostat for the heating

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A keypad with shortcuts for Procreate on the iPad Pro.

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My son's going through a Pokemon phase so just picked up a Pokemon cake for his birthday.

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Ladies pyjamas, unfortunately top is fine but trousers don't fit, so goes in the charity shop bundle (more trouble than it is worth to send it back).:rolleyes: