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

PixieLandGirl · 30 Sep 2018 at 17:59

chaparral said:
The cheapest 4 bedroom place to rent here I can see is £1800 pcm
https://www.swoffers.co.uk/property-search/

Ah yeah that's high. Mine would be similar but I'm out in a small village at the moment which keeps the cost a little lower, but the internet is AWFUL.

DampCat said:
I got a 4 bedroom for me and the Mrs, and then we had a baby and we didn't have anywhere to put him because we both had taken a bedroom for a games room and a craft room, and the spare room was constantly used by guests.

So anyway now guests have to stay at a hotel.

Hehe, this I can understand! I have a room for board gaming & another room that's the store room for the games. Then the attic conversion is the guest room as it has an en-suite too.

Housey · 30 Sep 2018 at 18:52

New Nespresso with bigger pods, which saves double podding.

PiKe · 30 Sep 2018 at 19:10

Picked this little known game up from Game today, paid 39.99 for main game, packs should have been 14.99 but were reduced to 99p

Sui · 30 Sep 2018 at 19:18

Steedie said:
Was from B&M, surprisingly.

Damn, none of those near me. I'll be heading past one in a couple of weeks so I'll stop off and take a look, cheers.

ghutchison14078 · 30 Sep 2018 at 19:18

New ACOG scope for the airsoft pew pew

Captain · 1 Oct 2018 at 13:07

2 new lenses.

Delvis · 1 Oct 2018 at 13:10

Housey said:
New Nespresso with bigger pods, which saves double podding.

That's the main issue with our one, get next to no coffee from the thing, so you either need to double pod or put loads of milk in it

antijoke · 1 Oct 2018 at 13:11

Housey said:
New Nespresso with bigger pods, which saves double podding.

Do they have a Gauntlet to store them all in?

Mobius 1 · 1 Oct 2018 at 13:25

I changed from a pod machine, to an automatic bean to cup machine. Never looked back.

Housey · 1 Oct 2018 at 13:41

Delvis said:
That's the main issue with our one, get next to no coffee from the thing, so you either need to double pod or put loads of milk in it

This fixes that nicely. 4 x pod sizes based on cup. Pod is coded so it knows cup size etc.

antijoke said:
Do they have a Gauntlet to store them all in?

I would think so.

Tauren said:
I changed from a pod machine, to an automatic bean to cup machine. Never looked back.

I have that too, but this will sit on my desk (will need 2nd machine). This machine works differently and the blends are different too. This one spins the pods at speed to make a better coffee creamer and to ensure it uses all the pod content better.

Mobius 1 · 1 Oct 2018 at 14:41

I have one of those @Kermit. While they certainly are very cheap it’s more convenience of simply pressing a single button in the morning. A minute later, perfect espresso. (Or double. I think it’ll do a maximum of 4 shots in one go)

DampCat · 1 Oct 2018 at 14:48

What are the pods made from? Seems like an exceptuonal amount of waste

Kreeeee · 1 Oct 2018 at 15:21

Siliconslave · 1 Oct 2018 at 15:28

DampCat said:
What are the pods made from? Seems like an exceptional amount of waste

the old pods were a 3g container with 6 grams of coffee in, made of (non-recyled) aluminium. You can post them back to nespresso for recycling but apparently only about 20% are, rest hit the landfill

ci_newman · 1 Oct 2018 at 16:05

DampCat said:
What are the pods made from? Seems like an exceptuonal amount of waste

They are extremely wasteful.

andy_mk3 · 1 Oct 2018 at 16:42

ci_newman said:
They are extremely wasteful.

Yep these kinda things should be banned IMHO. There must be a way to produce such a thing with much less waste or recyclable materials.

Tefal · 1 Oct 2018 at 16:48

Kreeeee said:
Rucksacks do increase the odds of spinal injuries in motorcycle accidents. So do those back humps on "racing" leathers.

I had a wuick Google on that as I didn't think any racing body would authorise something that reduced safety for speed.

Nothing came up except one study that said motorcycle back protectors are unproven at best and statistically unclear if they improve anything.

Kreeeee · 1 Oct 2018 at 16:55

tom_e · 1 Oct 2018 at 18:39

Picked up some new discs while eBay had 10% off

Lakeland · 1 Oct 2018 at 19:37

Kreeeee said:
The humps are aerodynamic devices not safety devices.

Here's the report on the humps that springs to mind, I can't find the one on rucksacks but they are effectively the same in the event of a crash: http://motorcycleminds.org/virtuallibrary/ridersafety/truma-motorcyclists-born-to-be-wild.pdf

Anyway, I'll avoid taking this further off topic as I've only just realised what thread I'm posting in.

The biggest issue they cause is treating the rider when they’re in the floor as you can’t lay them flat and their head lays in an unsupported position due to the back being raised.

The topic is covered by the late Dr John Hinds somewhere in this excellent video