What stuff do bought?

JustChris · 03-28-2020, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sennen

I did buy some Brandy Snaps off of Amazon last night for £11.99 as I saw a lady make a burnt one on Masterchef

First reference I've seen for Brandy Snaps here. Well played.

Cootie · 03-28-2020, 06:06 AM

Samsung 65’ Q90r TV and a new armchair only things so far.

Suspect in the next week I’m going to be adding a laptop, Xbox X, Juicer and Soup maker.

Sennen · 03-28-2020, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by JustChris

First reference I've seen for Brandy Snaps here. Well played.

I haven't had one since I was a child, I could have even eaten that burnt one last night

MashinBenzin · 03-28-2020, 06:55 AM

Car battery charger.

TouringPleb · 03-28-2020, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by F30Andy

Totally forgot.

Also purchased just over of half a kilo of weed all in ounces of different smokes.

Half a kilo??

That's a shit load of weed! How long you expecting to be isolating for? Until Christmas?

F30Andy · 03-28-2020, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by JR1664

Very nice. Any plans to Overclock that baby when it arrives? I've got my i5 9600k running very smoothly @ 4.8ghz on air. I'm also tempted to upgrade the GTX 1070, possibly my bottleneck in VR.

It has all arrived, I just have not got round to building it yet. Will do this weekend.

I am going to OC the shit out of it. RAM, CPU and GPU's.
Have also got got very decent case fans and AIO cooling for it.

Didn't bother with any of that RGB crap that the kids are all doing these days, but the RAM has it as standard.

My IT guy told me that my GPU set up is totally unnecessary and way beyond using a sledge hammer to crack a walnut.
Its more using a JCB to grind a peanut as he put it.
I'll be using this rig on a Samsung 4k TV. He told me I am limited to what the TV can do and I would have been better off using a single 2080 Super as it is a more than capable card.

The 2080S might be a good upgrade for the 1070.

gangzoom · 03-28-2020, 07:09 AM

F30Andy · 03-28-2020, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by TouringPleb

Half a kilo??

That's a shit load of weed! How long you expecting to be isolating for? Until Christmas?

Sharing it with the boss.
For the two of us that should last about 7 to 8 weeks.

I would have bought more but "It's Coronoa prices bruv" have kicked in since Boris announced the first lockdown.

That market is so volatile right now due to issues with the post from California that the dealers I got it from have since called me back asking if they can buy it back off me.

I'll stock up another months worth and if this thing goes on for 3 months I am sorted.

Didn't stockpile any toilet rolls, tins of beans, pasta, paracetamol or anything of the sort.
Just herbs. All natural ingredients.

TouringPleb · 03-28-2020, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JustChris

Genuinely nothing new.
Fairly annoyed, the Mrs isn't up for any mini stockpiling.
Wish I hadn't started looking at road bikes again

Picked mine up yesterday!

JustChris · 03-28-2020, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by TouringPleb

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Originally Posted by JustChris

Genuinely nothing new.
Fairly annoyed, the Mrs isn't up for any mini stockpiling.
Wish I hadn't started looking at road bikes again

Picked mine up yesterday!

Lovely junbly. Must be about 6'4 looking at that set up!

mikeoz · 03-28-2020, 08:33 AM

about 1K of Gym equipment which i am still waiting for form last weekend...10days wait due to mad rush when they closed the gyms...

isleaiw1 · 03-28-2020, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by F30Andy

Sharing it with the boss.
For the two of us that should last about 7 to 8 weeks.

I would have bought more but "It's Coronoa prices bruv" have kicked in since Boris announced the first lockdown.

That market is so volatile right now due to issues with the post from California that the dealers I got it from have since called me back asking if they can buy it back off me.

I'll stock up another months worth and if this thing goes on for 3 months I am sorted.

Didn't stockpile any toilet rolls, tins of beans, pasta, paracetamol or anything of the sort.
Just herbs. All natural ingredients.

I know that the world is a weird place right now and stuff might have passed me by, but just in case I missed it...

- this is still illegal right?
- and proven to give you all sorts of mental health issues

Thankfully never been interested in that or other illegal drugs and no intention of changing that no matter how messed up the world...

JD6 · 03-28-2020, 09:04 AM

A trapeze to be hung from a tree branch
A garden badminton set
A pair of 36km/h offroad RC cars for the garden
Spare guitar strings
Lots of paint
IKEA furniture for my son's bedroom
A case of our favourite Rioja (Alta Viña Arana Reserva)
Lots of Wainwright beer
A cordless pole pruner (It isn't the time to use the proper chainsaw...)
A new laptop for my son
Lots of school books
A kettlebell

Early days, and the weather has been great, but so far lockdown has been quite an enjoyable experience!

TouringPleb · 03-28-2020, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by isleaiw1

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Originally Posted by F30Andy

Sharing it with the boss.
For the two of us that should last about 7 to 8 weeks.

I would have bought more but "It's Coronoa prices bruv" have kicked in since Boris announced the first lockdown.

That market is so volatile right now due to issues with the post from California that the dealers I got it from have since called me back asking if they can buy it back off me.

I'll stock up another months worth and if this thing goes on for 3 months I am sorted.

Didn't stockpile any toilet rolls, tins of beans, pasta, paracetamol or anything of the sort.
Just herbs. All natural ingredients.

I know that the world is a weird place right now and stuff might have passed me by, but just in case I missed it...

- this is still illegal right?
- and proven to give you all sorts of mental health issues

Thankfully never been interested in that or other illegal drugs and no intention of changing that no matter how messed up the world...

Yes and yes

TouringPleb · 03-28-2020, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by JustChris

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Originally Posted by TouringPleb

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Originally Posted by JustChris

Genuinely nothing new.
Fairly annoyed, the Mrs isn't up for any mini stockpiling.
Wish I hadn't started looking at road bikes again

Picked mine up yesterday!

Lovely junbly. Must be about 6'4 looking at that set up!

It does look like that doesn't it!

It's a medium frame and I'm 6ft.

As part of the buying process they do a full fit, then recommend bikes to suit. When I went to pick it up I thought it looked odd but did 23 miles on it yesterday with no aches or pains.

JustChris · 03-28-2020, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TouringPleb

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Originally Posted by JustChris

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Originally Posted by TouringPleb

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Originally Posted by JustChris

Genuinely nothing new.
Fairly annoyed, the Mrs isn't up for any mini stockpiling.
Wish I hadn't started looking at road bikes again

Picked mine up yesterday!

Lovely junbly. Must be about 6'4 looking at that set up!

It does look like that doesn't it!

It's a medium frame and I'm 6ft.

As part of the buying process they do a full fit, then recommend bikes to suit. When I went to pick it up I thought it looked odd but did 23 miles on it yesterday with no aches or pains.

Excellent, aways good to get a fit. When I've had pains it's only taken micro adjustments to sort it all out. Looks quite an aggressive set up, very nice!

Just back from a similar ride on the foldie, Chester and River Dee cycle paths were busy but in a good family not groups kind of way.

Broncho · 03-28-2020, 09:32 AM

I got mine a month or so ago, haven't been out on it yet as I've not had chance to fit the stabilisers, at 5 foot 7 it's a touch on the big side but I'll get used to it.

JustChris · 03-28-2020, 09:39 AM

PS Bravo on the title Broncho.

bien jugado

isleaiw1 · 03-28-2020, 10:02 AM

Bought? nothing. Keeping my powder / money try in case its a long drag - need something to look forward to....

Might have to spend the £900 credit balance on my credit card though after center parcs cut short the kids stay there....

RoShambolt · 03-28-2020, 11:44 AM

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That needs an Oculus Quest and Link Cable to make it the ultimate machine. Half Life Alyx after a smoke will properly freak you out.

My IT guy told me this yesterday.

Apparently the new half life game is supposed to be the best VR game out there at the moment.

Only problem is my IT guy is self isolating so I'm gonna have to have a bash at building this myself.

It has been about 15 years since I last built a PC, so I'm a bit more concerned with getting this set up to work before I book up VR to it

New Half life game?!!! Why haven't I seen this? I thought valve/Sierra (who ever they are now) said it was dead and there would never be a HL3?! I've never been so locked into a game as HL2 and online, Did you ever play on the Lincoln Uni server? Pulse grenades and grav gun tennis.

Watsey · 03-28-2020, 12:39 PM

Purchases. Nothing significant; just the usual groceries.

We may have a crack at decorating the house, but we'd need to block-out at least a solid two weeks.

Then there'd be a discussion (argument) about who's going to entertain/educate the kids.

Then I'd end up being the one blocking-out 4 weeks to decorate the house.

Conclusion : after lockdown I'll pay someone £5K to decorate the house.

Blacktemplar · 03-28-2020, 01:16 PM

Two tyres/inner tubes for my daughters bike. Not really needing to buy anything though I was eying up a nice set of Campag Bora One 50 wheels - on sale at Wiggle at 27% off...

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isleaiw1 Lieutenant General 8765 Rep 12,247 Posts Drives: iPace / Mini Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Bought? nothing. Keeping my powder / money try in case its a long drag - need something to look forward to.... Might have to spend the £900 credit balance on my credit card though after center parcs cut short the kids stay there....
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