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I ordered some roller blind endcaps and cord hoping the spacing on the mount holes will be the same as my existing blind as the new blinds aren't as I don't fancy having to drill into the concrete lintel again.

Anyway........ Just wanted to say the sellers company name on Amazon is.......... yangzhouyangdongchuangfengwenhuachuanmeiouz :D

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New smaller sized Boxer shorts and an XL Hoodie for cycling to the gym in and a L (my first large buy since the weight loss) Hoodie for casual. Had to buy XL for cycling to the gym as I wear a bum bag for my phone and keys as my anxiety does not let me put the phone on the machines for obvious reasons. I think I might be the only middle aged person ever to use one at a gym but I do not care

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The first takeaway for over 2 months. Chinese. Jumbo pancake rolls leftover for my supper.

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I think its great you're getting out and about and changing things in your life because 6 months ago I remember you saying you're house bound and hardly went out!

Very well done.

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Patio door magnetic fly screen
4 sofa cushions
Curtains

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Just taken delivery of a couple of Dr Prepare 8in Circulator fans, and very nice they're indeed for £30 each so hopefully the room will be alot cooler from now on.

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300 poker chip set.

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Teva sandals. Cheaper to snoop around on Amazon, £20 cheaper. The main problem is that my first pair of Teva's lasted some 15 years, these only lasted 3 but were cheaper.

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Samsung Galaxy A25 5G

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Beyerdynamic MMX 300 Gen 2 gaming headset. £80 second hand off Ebay.
Replacing my ancient and failing Gen1 MMX 300.

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Two tickets for my wife and daughter to see Anastacia on the 25th Anniversary Tour, at the York Barbican next May - one of the things on my wife’s bucket list.

Got them on Pre-Sale through O2 Priority.

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Possibly a new shower (Triton T80Z Thermostatic 10.5kW) to replace our very nice but obsolete old Triton Topaz T100Si. It's the closest fit to the current but if the water is a push fit not pressure fit they can't proceed. Then what??
I'd like one of their new Envi units but we don't have the cupboard to put the main unit in.

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Not brought but sold ( having got tenants out) my rental houses , councils now having to house 9 families. Hope the politicos are happy.

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0.9kg beef brisket joint for just under £8 in Lidl. I'll pot roast this in the week, slow cooked on the hob in stock and vegetables around 4 hours for melt-in-the mouth tenderness. :drool:

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It's down to earth bonding regs I think. Although it might probably be a plastic to copper connection which makes a mockery of the regs.

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Two pair of sandals from Pavers shoe shop. Kind of daft as it rained all day

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You could've sold them to the council, if they're offering such a scheme, I'm considering it should the in-laws need me and the other half to move in to help with care, beauty off it is not only is it avaliable then at social rent in the community but there's no estate agency fees, no hagling, no time wasters, no chain and it's easy for the lawyers

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Hope you got a discount then...

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2 pairs of jeans from Asda. £8 a pair and they last for years.

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Three packs of these

https://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/bran...lcode=34918101

Perfect for cheap holiday t shirts

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I would dye them. I do not wear white, gets dirty to easy

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Spent too much recently. A new washing machine for our daughter. There was a nice black one (white models a couple of hundred more) but she didn't want black so it's a Zanussi from Amazon, they charge £30 to deliver, install, uninstall and remove the old machine.
Also, for myself, a Canon EOS R6 Mark II with a RF 24-105 F/4L IS USM lens and the control ring adaptor from Cotswold Cameras. I got the dispatched note this morning and just before lunch it was delivered. I am now waiting for the battery to charge. I'll go for a walk with my new toy this evening.

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A primer bulb for a neighbour's petrol lawnmower, and a pack of 3 strimmer cassettes for another. Shop prices were 3 times as expensive, other online places doubled the prices with p+p.

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Shopping from Aldi

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New earbuds, refill for my jewellery cleaner, some black shoe dye and a 50th wedding anniversary card.

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Ooh congrats on the anniversary :tu:

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Not our 50th we're up to our 55th this year :D

I shall pass on your Congratulations to a wonderful couple who have been a great support to us when I have to retreat into my isolation bubble over the last 10+ years. :)

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Some DeWalt screw bits.
Various USB adaptors/converters

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Went rash and treated myself to an ex mobility Vauxhall Crossland 1.2L turbo car, very low milage for a 3year old car -11,000miles.

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chain saw

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2 pairs of DMs.

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Yet another load of smaller clothes. Will need to start a gofundme soon hahaha

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My daughter called to say she's sourced a free washing machine so can she have a vacuum instead. Fortunately as we had ordered installation the washing machine had not been dispatched so we could cancel and reorder.

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A new pair of curtains for the bedroom

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Tickets for Rob Beckett, was a fair schlep to the venue last night but the tickets were cheap, was a good night and he was on good form

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Olay Regenerist 50ml reduced from £34 to £14 on Amazon :)

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Two beautiful polo shirts from Glenmuir , This was at the sale price so I was delighted

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5kg sticky rice
AAA batteries
CPL/Variable ND filter - shame I didn't buy it yesterday, was £6 cheaper.

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Two new watches - I am in trouble

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I take it neither are a Timex or a Sekonda. :erm: ;)

Go on... Make me jealous.. What did you get??

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A G Shock MR-G and a new to me Explorer 2 (black dial)

I may have the opportunity for a brand new Daytona in talks with the dealer (really want this one, wife will murder me)

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Good luck with the Daytona. I think I'd have to murder my wife to be able to afford one of those.

Not sure about the MR-Gs though. A watch that can look like a £30 watch but can cost around £3600 is just a step too far and a bit too weird for me for a digital watch. Though not saying that's your model but I can't get my head around that entire range.

I can't justify paying anything over £400-500 for a watch that needs a battery.

The Explorer though, very nice indeed. :tu:

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4 mouse traps, I was expecting tiny little things but these are like nearly a foot long!

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The recently purchased car didn't come with any spare tyre, just inflation kit.
Paid for an emergency fitted tyre plus jack and wheelbrace.
Just have to wait as both items on back order.

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The traps or the mice? :D

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Lol hopefully just the traps, I will hopefully see in the morning if I've caught any of the little buggers, last time I did this they were in the loft and somehow made it down to the kitchen bin with no lid on, I caught several then before it stopped.

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Good luck, hope you get the little breeders!

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Nothing this morning so hopefully it's not as bad as last time, but my bait is only cheese, last time I used Snickers, but the heat will make a hell of a mess in the traps from that.

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Bored with what is on sale at most shops these days, our lad made an order from Approved Foods. A very eclectic mix of stuff as usual.

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Cool pints of Stella to enjoy in the local's beer garden.:cool:

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Travelling through italy, specifically Rome, I'm thinking about buying tickets to go home earlier because it's such a DISSAPOINTMENT, it's basically a huge construction site right now...
I bought gelato to calm myself down at the moment

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My daughter went to Rome last month and loved it.

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After spending £250 in Lidl over the past month, we had 10% off almost everything, so we stocked up on a lot of meat products, long life milks, canned and dried foods.

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Liptons iced tea.

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A Ninja Air Frier AF100UK


As it just me in the house now, I think it makes sense.


I was pleased with the first test, a Rosti from Iceland, i did use some greaseproof paper and shortened the time by a few mins as the product was based on 1400W i have 1550W

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We hardly use our cooker and oven now. Aorfryer for most things. They are so versatile for many things. Made bread in it too.

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A PS5 Slim Digital for our Grandson, it's replacing an older PS5 that has a motherboard problem that I need to try and fix.

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We just bought one of the Ninja XL ones with the flex drawer seems to work quite nicely , but if all things like chips have to be laid out in one layer then even in the xl you’re only going to get about seven chips each.

New glasses an absolute fortune and that’s with 50% discount being on the contact lens scheme

Bought my wife a new watch and new sunglasses for upcoming holiday

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Shopping from Tesco and also Aldi.

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Google Pixel 9 Pro XL with free Pixel Watch 2 and hopefully £65 cash back if it tracks, on ID mobile for £42 a month via carphone warehouse and small upfront cost so hopefully a good deal.

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ID Mobile are Carphone Warehouse :-) I just took a sim off them 50GB unlimited text and calls £8 per month . Would love a 9 Pro XL but happy with the 8 Pro for now

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I think carphone have a huge trade in discount, you get an extra £200 on what you get for your handset, so you would get £535 trade in plus atleast £65 cash back.

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Nice, I got the S24+ on ID with unlimited data, texts & calls for £39 a month. I got some cash back and some Galaxy Buds2 Pro headphones and a SmartTag2.

Download speeds on ID are generally very good >600 Mbps isn't uncommon BUT upload can sometimes be a bit lacking (sometimes <2 Mbps)

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Fed up with my ear buds falling out I have just bought a pair with ear hooks. :)

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I found if I used larger silicon ear tips, they stayed in better.

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I like the hook type as always cycling or in the gym when I use them. Always feel like I am going to lose them otherwise

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@ Hugh and Jay
I have tried using different size ear tips and the blumming things still fall out. .....(TMI i know but one of my first, very expensive, pair fell into the loo and there was no way I was going to stick it in my ear afterwards. :blush: :oops:)

I like listening to music as I garden and I am expecting at least 2 earbud trees to grow through the borders next year. :) I used to take my phone out with me and doing the phone hunt was even more annoying until I found a make of ear bud that has a better range. Thumbs up to budget priced Jesebang.

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The networks bad at home but I don't need it there unless VM goes down then it's useless.

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Raspberry croissants from Lidl. What will they think of next?

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Earlier today I took delivery of my shiny new iPhone 15 Pro Max 256gb. Had the 13 PM for a good while and as it was pretty damn good I never felt like upgrading but those urchins at EE made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.

The titanium body makes it much lighter than the 13. The video recording is out of this world and it’s blisteringly fast at running my work app - the 13 ran it pretty well but the 15 feels like about 5 times faster. Loads of new extra little features that I’m enjoying too. Very happy with this.

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Enjoy your new device, I'm loving my Pixel 9 Pro XL which I got on release day last week, it's a huge step up from my trusty S20FE, it also came with a free smart watch for very little monthly cost increase and I'm blown away with the AI camera abilities, with a few simple clicks I turned 2 cars in my works car park into a Ferrari and Lamborghini and with a fun fair in the background and it looked real.

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I’m in trouble !

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Yeah I’m not too sure AI has much in store that excites me, not on a phone anyway. Due to DRM it’s not coming to Europe until next year but I don’t feel like I’m missing out on much right now.

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Another watch?

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Speaking of watches...Not bought but will be paying out. My watch is in for a service and a slight fix. £785 all in. :(

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A couple of new Energy Monitoring Smart Plugs.

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Our lad loves Fray Bentos pies, but they have risen to £3.25 everywhere.

But today they were on sale at £2 in B&M, dated late 2026, so I bought a large selection for him.

I haven't had one in years!

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i bought a steak from Heron this morning,apparently i'm one of the few that don't steal them :(

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3 bottles of Tanunda (Barossa Valley) Australian Chardonnay in a 25% off for three deal at Sainsbury's.

Normally £8.50 so it's at a decent price point to start with.

I also get an extra 200 Nectar points from an on-line deal this week at the Nectar web site so effectively another pound off. :)

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About 7.12pm I purchased 4x tickets to see Oasis at Murray field in Edinburgh on August 9th 2025.

So over the moon I managed to score some in the presale, just getting that email earlier felt like finding a golden ticket in a bar of chocolate.

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Despite what the News would have you think, I dont care for Oasis, and have no interest in tickets to see them.

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Nothing exciting only food from Aldi,

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cycling helmet. Had some scary near misses today on my cycle out so thought time to get protected

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I'm with you there Paul couldn't give a toss.

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A 3 month subscription for PS+ Extra, I've planned it to expire around the time of the December discounted period so hopefully it'll be now in sync with getting yearly future discounts.

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2 sets of toilet seat hinges. The ones on sale in the DIY stores are now aluminium that doesn't survive very well.

I remember when they were brass or steel, but then changed to zinc alloy.

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My new double bed arrives today, I bought an ottoman type with a memory foam mattress.

So my wallet is £800 lighter.

I did see a mattress for £2,799, I nearly chocked.

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Annual subscription for National Geographic Little Kids magazine, for our 5 year old grandson to read when he stays over (about once a week).

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As it turns out, two :erm:
New teeth

And my wife had decided she wants a new ring (fnar,fnar)

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padded cycling undercrackers to beat the chafe hahaha

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New specs for the missus and daughter. £15 for the missus £156 for our daughter!

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My old Gigabyte 34" curved monitor died last week, so replaced it with a iiyama G-Master Red Eagle GCB3480WQSU-B1 34 Inch Gaming Monitor 1500R curved VA panel with 180Hz refresh rate, 0.4ms MPRT and 3440x1440 resolution (4.9 megapixel UWQHD, DisplayPort).

It's quite nice...

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A week in a very nice cottage by Loch Lomond next year.

And a Rubik's speed cube.

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Prezzies for wife's birthday. I'll not share more in case she's watching!

A few books on Theology.

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Concentrated weed killer and sprayer, my plan is to go along my dead neighbours fence while I can still get access to the garden and spray the incredibly overgrown ivy and brambles, as it'll likely be many months before that house is sold and decontaminated and fixed up again and the garden has been abandoned for many years.

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And a water flosser

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A new type of drill bit that a contractor who was here was raving about. From Temu, £3.81 for a 5-piece set. Ordered on Monday, already in the UK in the hands of Evri.

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Long reach cordless hedge trimmer.

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2 pairs of jeans from Matalan £20 delivered

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Two electric space heaters for our church because the ancient boiler has finally, totally died and it’ll be a month before we can get a replacement ordered and installed.

It was cheaper to buy a pair of 3kW ones outright than to hire a single, larger one from HSS for a month. At least I can be sure we won’t blow the electrics as well, if each of them’s pulling no more than a quick-boil kettle.

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Needed a cheap-and-cheerful printer so found this. I had a £20 Argos voucher from when they messed up a previous order so cashed that in and the printer is (hopefully, as I don't have much faith in Argos' delivery service - that's what the previous issue was about) arriving tomorrow sometime.

Although I'll get to use very little of it - Mrs B runs her own business (sells home-made sunday dinners) and is massively successful given the amount of work she puts in, and the printer is mainly for her use.