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A spudger to replace one that vanished after around 30 years.

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Spudger ? I had to look that up. :)

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Me too and it turns out I broke one trying to take apart a PS5 Dualsense Controller yesterday.

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been using them on laptops since they made them thin and harder to work on hahaha

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Just to follow this up … the car lost 1% of its charge in the fortnight it sat on the drive during our holiday. It went from 89% to 88%, which in a tiny Dacia Spring equates to a little over one mile of range.

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Lots of discounted food from M&S. I think their usual clientele are on their jolly hols in Madeira or suchlike :)

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A battery-powered lawn mower. I’ve been skeptical of them for years, with their high prices and low run-time, but things seem to be improving.

I bought a Bosch Universal Rotak 550, with dual 18v 4w/h batteries.

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The main consideration is will your wife enjoy using it ;)

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I bought a Bosch and for me a battery powered lawn mower was a game changer, so much easier to quickly do a cut.

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Yeah, I gave it a test run yesterday when I got it assembled, and I did front and back in less than half the time. Admittedly it was only 5 days after its last cut so front and back didn’t even fill a whole grass box, but still. My last experience of being untethered was at my old house where the garden was large and rough and needed a petrol mower to get it done. I used to have to allow a couple of hours for that, and time afterwards for a shower, as it was seriously heavy work. This was a breeze. I’m really happy with it. The only minor niggle is that it requires 2 charged batteries but they supplied a charger that only does one battery at a time (and apparently they don’t even make one that can charge two at once). Looks like I’m going to have to buy a second charger so I don’t have to keep one eye on the recharge to swap them over.

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We have had one for years, we just charge both batteries up before use - two is easily enough to do our lawn.

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Yeah I kinda subscribed to the Worx eco system. I have a hammer drill and sds drill an awesome combi jigsaw/reciprocating saw a hedge trimmer and the double kit of lawn mower and strimmer. All really good

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Mine only takes 1 4w/h battery and mine has never run out of charge, I usually just drop it on charge after 1 cut, it doesn't take long.

I wouldn't bother buying a second charger just get in the habit of charging both after a cut and swapping them. You may not even need to charge them after one cut.

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Complete set of new windows for the house. :disturbd:
The previous ones were 33 years old and in need of replacement.

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3 1KG bottles of egg whites. 150 grams 1 egg 200 calories and a nice big omelette. Breakfast of Kings well this King anyway hahaha

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Just bought the usual monthly £5 Tesco gift card via Topcashback to get the £5 spend £2 bonus, am I the only one doing this? It may only be £2 but it's every month and free money is free money.

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2 bottles of Discarded Banana Peel Rum.

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Well I dont use Tesco, but we have an Iceland Bonus Card, that adds £1 for every £20 you put on it, so a 5% bonus.

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Turkish Lira for upcoming holiday
Nike Rifts (very impulsive)

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I'm stunned by the exchange rate (I know, the prices increase to reflect it) - when we first started going to North Cyprus in 2007, the exchange rate was 2.40 YenTLs to the pound, now it's 53.81...

(we change money over there - we find we get a better rate; off there again last week in September/first week of October - we find July and August too hot (mid-30s to low 40s)).

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14700K cpu to replace a poorly binned 13700K in my spare pc but if it does what I hope it will become my main pc

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You not an AMD fan?

Sadly quidco my preference over topcashback doesn't have it. It would be handy I live next to a Tesco express. I'm in there near everyday.

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There is no reason why you can't get a Topcashback account too if it saves and gives free money.

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I found June too hot (low 30s). :Sun:

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If I remember correctly it was about 3Tl to the £ when I first went in 2015. I think inflation is running at about 35% now which is down from the 80% ish it was last year.. always makes me laugh when people complain that Turkey is expensive it’s not it’s just it was ridiculously cheap

It’s generally about 30-33c when we go so not too but I still remember the first time walking out of Antalya arrivals at about 11pm and doing a u turn back into the aircon muttering ‘no, absolutely not’ the subsequent 3hr transfer on a packed coach with no aircon was a joy.

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I bought yet another 3 Parker Jottter Fountain Pens (Red, Black & Blue bodies to match the ink inside)


Two of the 4 people I work with hate me as they have since gone on to by 4 FPs each.


They have a long way to go to over take my 31 FPs

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3hr Day Boat at Wroxham Norfolk Broads for a few weeks time and the weather looks great.

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Oreo ice-cream cone (with a flake) at the Pilot House café, Penmon Point, Anglesey.

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A new coat for winter

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Holiday in Kefalonia, birthday cards for wife, book on Mediterranean fish, waterproof camera, various other gifts for wife, insurance for holiday.

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Loadsabeer!

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Your son has already finished the £300 stash you bought him at the start of July or are you topping up your stash?

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A sports top from Glenmore sports

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It is all mine, and should last a few months. I am wary of what Robber Reeves might do to the price of beer, so spent my meagre savings to stock up a bit, before she also has a go at my hard-earned cash.

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A riser chair made to measure. Just need to wait 6 weeks for delivery

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ear buds

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https://www.muller.co.uk/our-brands/...umble-inspired

I couldn't resist in Asda earlier :o:

I also brought fruit around £1.50 cheaper than my local Tesco express.

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A birthday card at Moonpig for my sisters special day on the 12th.

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Bargain of the year picked up today from the a seller on a really posh estate in my town

BTWIN Triban RC 500 Disc Brake road bike retail price £600 quid cheapest I can find elsewhere second hand is £300 + this bike was listed for £200 got it for £170 how the hell it did not sell in the month is was on Gumtree is beyond me and to top it off the bike is brand new, been rode once and it was not blag you could tell by how pristine it was. He bought it someone else rode it once he then did not bother and it was sat in his garage. Happy days

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Keeping it or selling to make a profit?

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keeping it. Will be my main bike now

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Awesome, keep it locked up too many scummy people about. I remember when I was a child I never had to lock a push bike up but now even if you lock it up someone comes along with an angle grinder!!!

Does this bike make the riding easier and faster?

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yeah tested it out today went 60 miles it is light a good riding position. Draws the effort but you find road bikes do that anyway. 74% vigorous effort(130 to 150 bpm I think) so keeping the heartrate up for most of it hit a peak heart rate of 172

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If I tried that at my age I'd be going out on the bike and coming home in an ambulance :D

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or a black zip up bag ;)

i try to cycle as much as i can but it's very hard work for me due to several heart attacks , a couple of years ago i could hardly walk 30 ft ,but if you give up your done for:)

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2 years ago neither could I :)

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Going to give my Granddaughter money for her new house !

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A dentist hygiene appointment this morning. £65. You just know your gums will get a poke at some point during the clean, ouch! :cry: I have sensitive teeth bottom left at the back. Thankfully the doctor injected a load of numbing juice into my gum. It's still active in my system. :LOL:

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The watch bug has struck again ��

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Your watch collection is likely worth more than my car.

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Your car is more useful than ny watch collection though :) !

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But you have to get to that point first obviously.

It's nice to be able to buy such nice things, no doubt about that. But to continue to show off such wealth does makes you slightly different from normal people here.

To say a car is more useful, is just a reaction. A humble spatula is more useful than having a dozen watches lol.

But go on then, I'm sure you're dying to tell us what your new purchase is.... lol.

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Another two tops from Glenmuir fashions

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Ninja Air Fryer DZ400UK

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You should have got the model that has the one big basket AF500UK. Two small drawers are useless I find. Not enough space. My aunty got this model which she loves. John Lewis had it on sale some months ago with £50 gift card.

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The larger basket does look a bit more of a use overall. And the be able to split into two if and when needed is quite handy.

I am looking to replace my older version Ninja (AG551UK) but it's one of the earlier versions that can grill. And to cook steaks etc in it they do comes out great. But seems I'll have to make a choice of just an air fryer and maybe buy the separate grill version to get the best of both worlds. But I do lack storage space so not sure what to do at the mo.

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There’s only two of us at home - after research, we decided this would work for us…

(got £46 off with a discount code)

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Vision Express eye test £30 this morning. Lovely service in there.

I remember being lost in Specsavers years ago... help me please, well it depends what you like :confused: I don't know what suits me! :banghead:

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I've got a Specsavers free eye test coupon from work, so hoping I don't have issues when I use it along with free corporate safety glasses.

Glasses have always been fine but this would be a first getting an eye test there, I've not had an eye test in over a decade and the only reason I'm doing it is it's free and my current safety glasses are falling apart and have chemical damage on the lenses.

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Enquire what is included in the free test. There might be upgrades

https://www.specsavers.co.uk/help-an...1v9lAcgJVmB_rM

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We do not, we have the Ninja, with them stacked one above the other, and dont have any issues.

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Electric Standing Desk

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Catching up on some work in my office upstairs

‘You know when we went to Thailand in January?’

‘Yes…..’

‘I’ve booked for us to go next January’

So, by proxy it would appear I’ve just bought a holiday ??

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I went to buy Impatiens plug plants at a local store. As I was sorting through the dried and wind-blasted plants, a manager came out. "They're all for the bin, so take as many as you like for free".

60 free plants, a saving of £12. 40 for me, 20 for an aged neighbour who can't cope with her garden anymore. I'll plant them all tomorrow morning.

Whilst I was there I bought a loaf for the missus as our son binned half a loaf this afternoon, thinking it was mouldy. It was just flour on the crust.

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£10 Tesco Gift Card via Topcashback to get the FREE £3 cashback bonus for today only, it's not much but it's free money.

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Replacement (2nd) fan for my PC, the current one has basically given up.
They apparenly have an expected life of about 4 years, and its 5 years old now.
PC is only running 2ºC warmer atm, so not bad.

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A pair of Sandals

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A Canon laser printer/scanner. The toner is eye-wateringly expensive but per page it’s cheaper than inkjet and Mrs is printing a *lot* of stuff lately.

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I bought a colour laser last year. First thing I do when I shop is make sure I can get 3rd party inks/toners. I bought a brother and a full set of 3rd party toners is £35 . I had a Brother mono before this and got 4 black toners for 6quid and they were fine. Also I make sure you can get 3rd party drums too because you will find that will sting when you need to replace them too

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Don't cheap inks block the nozzle or is it the climate that dries up the nozzle?

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All inks eventually block the nozzle whether cheap or not, this is the reason I went with a Brother Mono laser as I hardly use a printer and the laser just works regardless of how frequently used.

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tbh it is lack of use . Most people do not print very often and most printers heads are separate to the reservoir meaning they never get changed. HP has their heads on the cartridge so you change them every time to swap but they are really expensive. You will not block a head of a toner as it is a dry powder anyway that is why I switched to laser

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Yep, laser is the way to go.
I have a Brother mono laser and a Brother colour laser, both are years old and still working fine.

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A second hand bedside cabinet £10. The seller delivered it. It's pine wood. I'm chuffed with it :D