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Best/worst things you've bought recently
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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New TV Samsung F6670 series model, got a 40" to replace the 32 we have and with the bezel being just mm thick it takes up only a tiny bit more space and it's the shiz 
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Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:22 pm |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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I got this feeling on the summer day when you were gone. I crashed my car into the bridge. I watched, I let it burn. I threw your sh*t into a bag and pushed it down the stairs. I crashed my car into the bridge.
I don't care, I love it. I don't care, I love it, I love it. I don't care, I love it. I don't care.
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Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:14 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Holy [LIFTED] Caz, I was only gone five minutes 
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Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:47 pm |
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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Does this mean you've got the Samsung Galaxy S4? Mrs V. got one, and she loves it! Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:48 pm |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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JV is so hip Where did you go?
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Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:09 am |
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Amnesia10
Legend
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Currently my best thing is the pasta maker for Kenwood chef. A couple of weeks ago I tried spaghetti with plain flour and that turned out okay. Then this week I made rigatoni with 00 flour which turned out well. Now I need to master microwaving it.
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Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:09 am |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Got my new VDU glasses this morning. They are for reading and working at a computer. Wow, what a difference. My old glasses aren't even 2 years old, but I noticed that I was having more and more problems with the monitor at work, so I got a new prescription and then glasses for computer work.
My 'normal' pair are varifocals and okay for reading books and great for long distance, but a computer monitor is just the wrong distance to be read comfortably.
The new glasses make a huge difference, even reading up close is a lot sharper. My prescription has changed over the last 2 years, but the doctor said not enough to warrant getting new glasses. Being so darned expensive, I hope the new reading glasses will last a while!
The varifocals with frame and hardened lenses and anti-glare coating cost nearly 600€, the reading glasses don't have the hardened plastic and don't have the anti-glare coating, which puts them at just under 400€ (varifocal, near range)!
When you select a frame, the prices don't look that bad, but once the prescription lens is added into the equation, the prices start getting astronomical.
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Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:49 pm |
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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Mrs V bought some reading glasses recently, which cost her £175. I bought a pair a few months ago. They cost 85p. Just saying  Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:12 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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When the frames broke on my glasses, I bought a 10€ pair of reading glasses, but I could hardly read anything. My eyes have very different prescriptions, so an off the shelf pair of reading glasses are useless. Having to have a different prescription for reading a book and reading a monitor also doesn't make the whole thing any cheaper.
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Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:19 pm |
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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I wasn't criticising, Dave. I just find it amusing that the wife paid nearly two hundred quid for her glasses and I got mine for under a pound  Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:56 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I've got some 'The Crow' novels that could go either way... I might finally see some Ts I ordered months ago, and some more to go with them Shopto had a thermos flask for £2.68 delivered though it didn't actually say what it held  , but the pic made it look decent so I gave that a go. My mate's a taxi driver so that might prove useful, or I can use it as a spare to mine. Bought some very cheap packaging tape that'll do the job nicely when it comes to returning items The Aliens Omnibus is pure win and I've taken out a new sub to the Dark Knight comic.
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Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:42 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Sat Aug 31, 2013 1:08 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Sat Aug 31, 2013 1:16 pm |
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Amnesia10
Legend
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I am waiting for one of these T-Shirts. 
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Sat Aug 31, 2013 1:20 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Tried it, whatever the deal is the GIFs appear 'clear' whether you try to save or host them.
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Sat Aug 31, 2013 1:25 pm |
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