Images of items I have purchased.

[geekman]

Are you out there for work?

After past disasters with France I think me and the wife are ready to give it another go, some where small with locals bars and bakeries is exactly what we want. Is it a popular tourist destination?

Yeah, I've got a placement in a lycée around 20 minutes drive from the flat. I'll be back in London in a years time to finish my degree, but I'm seriously considering moving to France for good in a few years - you can get a bigger, more modern flat than mine in the same block for €80k, which would barely buy you a garage where I'm from!

It's relatively popular in the summer, but nothing like St Tropez or Cannes - the beach is always fairly empty and nowhere ever feels full. My block is almost all holiday rentals, and a lot of the tenants have left already so it's pretty quiet and it'll probably feel like I've got the whole place to myself in a month or two!

 

[Edrof]

What does the gentleman of vigour, brio and historical intellect do when he finds a hazel tree in his garden? He attempts to make an early British spear, of course! And an arrow. Sadly, I couldn't find a cheap bronze spearhead, so I bought this steel one for the first attempt. I've already cut and stripped the shaft, and started to fire-straighten it.

 

[Kosmiche]

what practical use will the spear have?

 

[Trifid]

what practical use will the spear have?

I can think of a few.

 

[Raikiri]

what practical use will the spear have?

No more pesky seagulls.

 

[Edrof]

what practical use will the spear have?

Pfff, loads! I could free a kite from a low-hanging branch. I could sit on the sofa and use it to prod the missus until she goes and brings me pigsnacks. I could whirl it above my head and pretend to be a helicopter. But really, it's a weapon form made for killing and we aren't really allowed to do that any more so there isn't any use for it as far as the original intended purpose goes; but (as I'm becoming more and more of a history nerd) it will be an educational tool for me in that I'd quite like to fully research how our ancestors did stuff and have a go myself. It seems a shame not to have a go when the wood is free in my garden, anyway.

In the future, I'd love to have a go at casting and finishing Bronze Age weaponry. I mean, look at this LOOK AT IT.

 

[{SAS}TB]

 

[Derek W]

need to get some of that for myself. found a 'lump' on my sensor the other week

 

[{SAS}TB]

 

[Merlin5]

Can't say my laptop has ever need "cooling", I've never heard the fan even kick in (if it's even got one)

I recently took mine apart, removed motherboard and redid the GPU & CPU TIM. Running much cooler and the laptop pad isn't that necessary. But the cooler pad really works well, taking temps down by a further 8 to 10c. I'm surprised and delighted because reviews on laptop coolers mostly state drops of only 2/3c. Cannot hear the fans at all.

 

[Clipsey]

Expensive meal upgrade:

 

[wingman]

Last night we bought this;

And put some new tyres on

1.6 VVT petrol engine. It's got FSH and runs really well.

 

[Danthus]

Don't post it it Motors, you won't like it if you do.

 

[wingman]

Don't post it it Motors, you won't like it if you do.

If it ain't a RWD, petrol German 6< cylinder car they're normally not happy whatever you buy.

 

[Dis86]

What does the gentleman of vigour, brio and historical intellect do when he finds a hazel tree in his garden? He attempts to make an early British spear, of course! And an arrow. Sadly, I couldn't find a cheap bronze spearhead, so I bought this steel one for the first attempt. I've already cut and stripped the shaft, and started to fire-straighten it.

I think I'm starting a full on bromance with you.

 

[Edrof]

Tell me more.

I don't kiss on the first date, but I will let you fondle my bayonet collection.

 

[Janesy B]

If it ain't a RWD, petrol German 6< cylinder car they're normally not happy whatever you buy.

You won't like it if you need to change a headlamp bulb on it.

 

[Destination]

Expensive meal upgrade:

Airline?
Which, and what class are you in, still seems to be very closely packed together, or did you just upgrade the meal part?

 

[sports_brah]

50k miles, 10yrs old, one owner. Timing belt done, new tyres. Taxed & Tested for the year. Here's hoping it runs for a while.

 

[OhEsEcks]

50k miles, 10yrs old, one owner. Timing belt done, new tyres. Here's hoping it runs for a while.

Load of those over here at the minute. Any reason you didn't go with one with the leather? Plenty of them about and hardly much more than the cloth and 1.6 models.