Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

Rikki · 15 Mar 2017 at 07:41

^ What is all dis? Looks interesting

Phate · 15 Mar 2017 at 07:55

HungryHippos said:
Caverna board game.

This box is significant compared to most of the games I've purchased or seen. The box is big, and weighty, it has a lot of parts!

Ooooh this looks right up my street!

*Google's*

Nitefly · 15 Mar 2017 at 08:11

I'm in two minds about big games like that - their complexity makes them interesting but also the need to manually process the rules takes away from getting to and enjoying the dynamics and skill of the game. I actually think simpler games are better - catan being an obvious choice (but man can it be frustrating if you have a "bad catan").

Also I hate having to research the meaning of equivocal rules!!! Hurrrgh!

There is a really good bluffing card game called 'skull' that I'd deffo recommend for playing with friends.

TS7 · 15 Mar 2017 at 08:44

Royal Fleet said:
New coffee machine. Nespresso this is not. Already gone through most of a bag of semi-fresh beans just dialling it in. Not quite there yet. Then I need to work on my milk frothing. I scalded the first couple of goes.

My perfect flat white is there somewhere though.

Keep us updated with how you get on with this pls and a mini review of possible. I literally posted about this machine on the weekend in the How to Make an Espresso thread. It's such an impressive piece of kit and its a lot smaller than it looks. It's strong contender for my next machine!

Tobywon · 15 Mar 2017 at 10:26

The game looks similar to Agricola? How does it compare?

Brenn47 · 15 Mar 2017 at 10:37

Rikki said:
^ What is all dis? Looks interesting

A Joule Thief ... LEDs won't work of a voltage under 3 volts, but when you turn a transistor on with a 1.5 volt battery, you get a spike of 3 volts before it drops back to 1.5 volts, add in a ferrite bead and you can have a resonating circuit and you can turn an transistor on and off at 40000Hz .. so you can get 3 volts out of a single 1.5 volt battery. Joule Thiefs also work long after a battery in dead, meaning you can run an LED for months off a dead battery, one bloke I read about had over a year.

Brenn47 · 15 Mar 2017 at 11:17

lotus7 said:
Wow, that is a very small Joule thief ! Nice one.

With a bit of effort you can fit them in a bulb!

Phate · 15 Mar 2017 at 11:34

Tobywon said:
The game looks similar to Agricola? How does it compare?

This is a direct redesign/sequel to it according to the intawebs.

HungryHippos · 15 Mar 2017 at 11:42

Nitefly said:
I'm in two minds about big games like that - their complexity makes them interesting but also the need to manually process the rules takes away from getting to and enjoying the dynamics and skill of the game. I actually think simpler games are better - catan being an obvious choice (but man can it be frustrating if you have a "bad catan").

Also I hate having to research the meaning of equivocal rules!!! Hurrrgh!

There is a really good bluffing card game called 'skull' that I'd deffo recommend for playing with friends.

I know what you mean but I have had my eye on the game for a while and it looks like it would be rewarding to play.

Unpopular opinion maybe but I was not a fan of skull at all. Much preferred sushi go, love letter, guillotine for quick games that are fun.

Tobywon said:
The game looks similar to Agricola? How does it compare?

It's heralded as Agricola 2.0, if you can believe it people say it's easier to play!

Efour · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:09

I've played both and it feels like the same game just 1 is farming and 1 is building freaky houses in caves.
Agricola was much better and it had little wooden animals. Big bonus.

Greebo · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:24

Just because I refuse to buy into Apple world - i5, 256Gb Harddrive, 8Gb ram Surface Pro 4

ChrisD. · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:26

Good luck with it... mine lasted about 8 months before I got fed up and sold it!

Greebo · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:29

ChrisD. said:
Good luck with it... mine lasted about 8 months before I got fed up and sold it!

What was wrong with it then? I have two weeks to send this back............

olivier renault · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:33

Couple of cool simple knives. One for me, one for my brother.

And my new(ish) charriot / shopping trolley. Megane III 2014 dci 110ch Estate Business Energy.

ChrisD. · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:33

Greebo said:
What was wrong with it then? I have two weeks to send this back............

This is what I wrote in the Surface thread.

ChrisD. said:
Well it's been 6+ months or so with my Surface, and well, I'm not overly happy with it. Here's my main reasons why.

It's not a great laptop as the type cover is flimsy and the track pad isn't nice to use. Which wouldn't be so bad if...

...it was a good tablet. But it's not. You just can't pick it up and use it like an iPad.

Still having issues with power/sleep. Such as not waking up from sleep.

I think I'll be keeping it till the new MacBook Pro's come out and grab one of them. Having a larger screen iPhone kind of negates the tablet requirement, saying that I do miss my iPad somewhat. Yeah, I get that I'd have to spend a lot to get where I was, but the truth is I can see the Surface getting sold soon.

I replaced it with a MacBook 12" and I couldn't be happier. The only thing I miss is the performance of the Surface as the MacBook can be a bit slow at times. I'll be replacing it with a MacBook Pro in a few months once there's news on Kabylake.

Robzere31 · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:39

Don't usually buy much from maplins but for £2.78 in the clearance bin it was rude not to.

hornetstinger · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:43

Robzere31 said:
Don't usually buy much from maplins but for £2.78 in the clearance bin it was rude not to.

Is that a ratchet or fixed handle? Because ratchet handles are rubbish. Always go for fixed handle

Robzere31 · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:45

Fixed handle.
To be fair, it's not going to get that much use, but it will be handy just to have around for the odd computer job.

Will Gill · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:45

Soundbar for the telly in the spare room, not quite sure why it needs it, but I seem to have an addiction to buying Bose stuff

IronWarrior · 15 Mar 2017 at 14:22

Bought this 7870 to replace my broken 6950 from a nice person from the members market.

Tried a few games already and it's amazing, I finally got 50-60 FPS stable at 3600x1920 in Planetside 2 in 96vs96 fights. Need to play more but that's great.

Also the temps and noise is so low compared to the older card, not bad for £40. I do plan to replace it with a RX480 or better in April but for now, it do, least I can get my three monitors working again.

Upgraded from a Q6600 system to a i5-760 after Christmas for £100, again buying it here. Might not be newest thing around, but it's made games playable now like Space Hulk - Deathwing at 40-50 FPS on Ultra.

Can play 4k videos without skipping. lol