Your newest purchase

[Raggs]

Rather unnecessary purchase, but a good price and decided to indulge myself. Probably shouldn't have done, but ah well, got forgiveness from the wife (easier than permission!).

[Monk]

Got a cast iron Le Creuset for my grill and for the boss/wife to use

excellent buy - best steak cooker on the planet

[dpedin]

Got a cast iron Le Creuset for my grill and for the boss/wife to use

excellent buy - best steak cooker on the planet

Agreed - these are fantastic for steaks - Best Buy ever!

[Saint]

Rather unnecessary purchase, but a good price and decided to indulge myself. Probably shouldn't have done, but ah well, got forgiveness from the wife (easier than permission!).

Bitcoin mining?

[Raggs]

Rather unnecessary purchase, but a good price and decided to indulge myself. Probably shouldn't have done, but ah well, got forgiveness from the wife (easier than permission!).

Bitcoin mining?

It's not the best card for it to my knowledge, but I probably will do some. It's not why I bought it though. Got it for £450, and they're selling on ebay for £700. Not reselling though. Plan on selling my old one for £300 or so, and then perhaps doing some mining to try and make up the difference.

It's a big jump over my last card, makes playing VR games a bit more comfortable and means I can run most games on my monitors max refresh rate. And given how prices are, when I do get around to selling it on, I'll probably get a fair whack back for it (or by then my boy will want his own machine).

[TB63]

Got a cast iron Le Creuset for my grill and for the boss/wife to use

excellent buy - best steak cooker on the planet

Agreed - these are fantastic for steaks - Best Buy ever!

Get fucked... how many steaks could you fit on that overpriced piece of wank?
Just buy a cast iron griddle that fits over 2 burners on a hob for half the price and you'll thank me..

[Insane_Homer]

Awe, bless, n00bs arguing about cooking steak indoors

[The Druid]

Just bought myself a cracking oven.

[Mr Bubble Gum]

Just bought myself a cracking oven.

[Insane_Homer]

My 57cm has seen better days, with cast iron griddle. Arrives Monday.

[Line6 HXFX]

Bought a boss gt1000 core to go with my Line6 HX FX, to create a uber portable, super powerful guitar setup, that I can take everywhere and gig etc and use with soundbars, hifi's, pa systems etc, and to use as a audio interface in the studio.

Amazing power, great sound, a right bitch to control.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Got a cast iron Le Creuset for my grill and for the boss/wife to use

excellent buy - best steak cooker on the planet

Although you’ll need a massive extractor above the hob when you do cook using it. And they are a bastard to clean at times.

Also don’t absent mindedly pick up the hot pan with gloves or some sort of cloth between your hands and the 900 million degree handles.

[Fangle]

Got a cast iron Le Creuset for my grill and for the boss/wife to use

excellent buy - best steak cooker on the planet

Although you’ll need a massive extractor above the hob when you do cook using it. And they are a bastard to clean at times.

Also don’t absent mindedly pick up the hot pan with gloves or some sort of cloth between your hands and the 900 million degree handles.

I had to prepare my cast iron skillet by baking just oul in it a few times to mature it before first use. Cleans very easily.

[dkm57]

Got an EBL rechargeable battery charger and 5 x 9v batteries to keep my Bass happy, all charge up and ready to keep thumping the low end.

[Torquemada 1420]

Got a cast iron Le Creuset for my grill and for the boss/wife to use

excellent buy - best steak cooker on the planet

Although you’ll need a massive extractor above the hob when you do cook using it. And they are a bastard to clean at times.

Also don’t absent mindedly pick up the hot pan with gloves or some sort of cloth between your hands and the 900 million degree handles.

And muscles like a 1970s trick drives because the b*stard things appear to be manufactured from neutron star.

[Kiwias]

Got a cast iron Le Creuset for my grill and for the boss/wife to use

excellent buy - best steak cooker on the planet

Been using one for well over 10 years now and it is as good as when I first bought it.

[Thor Sedan]

Think I'll be having a wee bit of fun with this. It's electric as well - looking forward to hearing a ukulele with vicious overdrive turned up to 11.

[tabascoboy]

Think I'll be having a wee bit of fun with this. It's electric as well - looking forward to hearing a ukulele with vicious overdrive turned up to 11.

[dkm57]

I think I have 5 ukes 3 of which are electro'd, have ideas for another to be built when all the covid crap is over.

[Ovals]

I think I have 5 ukes 3 of which are electro'd, have ideas for another to be built when all the covid crap is over.

I have a nice little Yamaha Guitarlele - bought it to teach the grandkids when they were little. Pretty decent little instrument and you can use normal guitar chords. Handy as a travel guitar. Not electric though - but it wouldn't take long to convert.

[Marylandolorian]

Got a cast iron Le Creuset for my grill and for the boss/wife to use

excellent buy - best steak cooker on the planet

Although you’ll need a massive extractor above the hob when you do cook using it. And they are a bastard to clean at times.

I agree, I have the Square Skillet Grill , also difficult to rinse, the water splashes a lot.

This brush works very well.

[inactionman]

That. Is. Cool.

Getting harder to find "New In Box', too, so I was very impressed with the seller who, after two of my eBay attempts to purchase failing, did it directly with me and knocked a tenner off, too.

I bought a new in box Frog around 10 years ago when they re-released. We'd had one as kids. It keep ripping front wheels off, and the replacement parts didn't seem up to it either. You'd hope they could take a few knocks. Seems they may not be made like they used to be.

I'm just putting finishing touches to the LR Defender CC01 kit:



I say 'finishing', I mean more prevaricating as it's a really tricky paint job and I know I'll screw it up.

I've also got a lunchbox, knackered midnight pumpkin and an original Vanquish (well, new ESC and brushless as old ones died) in storage, waiting for kids to be old enough to potentially be interested. At which point I'll drive them round garden and refuse to let kids touch the controllers.

[Glaston]

lg 27gl850-b



https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-27gl8 ... 63LgsN9_ao


Its been nearly 15 year since my last monitor purchase.

Overclockers are pretty good , delivery within 18 hours.

Zero IPS glow/ dead pixels
Slight bit of light bleed bottom left but not noticeable in anything I do.

[Raggs]

lg 27gl850-b



https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-27gl8 ... 63LgsN9_ao


Its been nearly 15 year since my last monitor purchase.

Overclockers are pretty good , delivery within 18 hours.

Zero IPS glow/ dead pixels
Slight bit of light bleed bottom left but not noticeable in anything I do.

Once you get to 100 posts and I think 3/6 months on their forum, you get free delivery too. 1000 posts and you get access to the members market, plenty of great 2nd hand deals there, in a trustworthy environment.

[Torquemada 1420]

lg 27gl850-b



https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-27gl8 ... 63LgsN9_ao


Its been nearly 15 year since my last monitor purchase.

Overclockers are pretty good , delivery within 18 hours.

Zero IPS glow/ dead pixels
Slight bit of light bleed bottom left but not noticeable in anything I do.

Just had to buy a ASUS VP28UQGL for work. I use an Eizo ColorEdge CS2740 at home.

[Raggs]

lg 27gl850-b



https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-27gl8 ... 63LgsN9_ao


Its been nearly 15 year since my last monitor purchase.

Overclockers are pretty good , delivery within 18 hours.

Zero IPS glow/ dead pixels
Slight bit of light bleed bottom left but not noticeable in anything I do.

I forgot to ask the most important question, how many packets of haribo did you get???

[Torquemada 1420]

I forgot to ask the most important question, how many packets of haribo did you get???

F**king ASUS didn't offer me Haribos. I'm gonna demand a rebate.

[Raggs]

I forgot to ask the most important question, how many packets of haribo did you get???

F**king ASUS didn't offer me Haribos. I'm gonna demand a rebate.

OCUK typically include at least one small bag with most sales. It does sometimes get forgotten though, and those days become the worst days ever :(.

[Sandstorm]

Dulux paint samples. 8 of them. All are “off white”

Painted them each carefully on the test wall in the dining room.

All rejected by the MD.

”Don’t worry. I’ve done another click and collect at B&Q. Can you go back and get 6 new ones?”

FML.

[Raggs]

These things are bloody hard to get hold of, and even harder at a reasonable price. Got star wars squadrons on xbox game pass, been playing in virtual reality, and it's absolutely fantastic. Sitting in the cockpit of an xwing/tie fighter etc. Only issue was using the xbox controller, just didn't feel natural. So have been on the lookout, managed to grab one that didn't seem to be properly listed in ebay (bit less attention than most), for £29 inc delivery, and the part it's apparently missing, for £3. Even if I don't use it after squadrons, I should at least be able to sell it on for what I paid.

It's really going to send me back to my youth, when I used to play tie fighter, and later x-wing alliance (I was bloody good at that game). No idea how 16 year old me managed to afford a flight stick if the pricing was similar back then!

[Happyhooker]

Dulux paint samples. 8 of them. All are “off white”

Painted them each carefully on the test wall in the dining room.

All rejected by the MD.

”Don’t worry. I’ve done another click and collect at B&Q. Can you go back and get 6 new ones?”

FML.

DO NOT PAINT COLOUR SAMPLES ON PLAIN WALLS.

Get some lining paper, paint squares of that and masking tape them to the walls. Otherwise the test squares will be visible even after you've painted the room properly. Sand the buggers back properly now you've done this

Edit. It's possible you may, just may get away with it with an off white, but I have learnt this the hard way

[S/Lt_Phillips]

Dulux paint samples. 8 of them. All are “off white”

Painted them each carefully on the test wall in the dining room.

All rejected by the MD.

”Don’t worry. I’ve done another click and collect at B&Q. Can you go back and get 6 new ones?”

FML.

DO NOT PAINT COLOUR SAMPLES ON PLAIN WALLS.

Get some lining paper, paint squares of that and masking tape them to the walls. Otherwise the test squares will be visible even after you've painted the room properly. Sand the buggers back properly now you've done this

Edit. It's possible you may, just may get away with it with an off white, but I have learnt this the hard way

This is good advice. Advice I wish I'd heard years ago

[Yr Alban]

These things are bloody hard to get hold of, and even harder at a reasonable price. Got star wars squadrons on xbox game pass, been playing in virtual reality, and it's absolutely fantastic. Sitting in the cockpit of an xwing/tie fighter etc. Only issue was using the xbox controller, just didn't feel natural. So have been on the lookout, managed to grab one that didn't seem to be properly listed in ebay (bit less attention than most), for £29 inc delivery, and the part it's apparently missing, for £3. Even if I don't use it after squadrons, I should at least be able to sell it on for what I paid.

It's really going to send me back to my youth, when I used to play tie fighter, and later x-wing alliance (I was bloody good at that game). No idea how 16 year old me managed to afford a flight stick if the pricing was similar back then!

I’ve got one of those as well. Bought for Elite:Dangerous, but I’ve spent some time playing Squadrons in VR as well. Must go back and finish the campaign.

[Raggs]

These things are bloody hard to get hold of, and even harder at a reasonable price. Got star wars squadrons on xbox game pass, been playing in virtual reality, and it's absolutely fantastic. Sitting in the cockpit of an xwing/tie fighter etc. Only issue was using the xbox controller, just didn't feel natural. So have been on the lookout, managed to grab one that didn't seem to be properly listed in ebay (bit less attention than most), for £29 inc delivery, and the part it's apparently missing, for £3. Even if I don't use it after squadrons, I should at least be able to sell it on for what I paid.

It's really going to send me back to my youth, when I used to play tie fighter, and later x-wing alliance (I was bloody good at that game). No idea how 16 year old me managed to afford a flight stick if the pricing was similar back then!

I’ve got one of those as well. Bought for Elite:Dangerous, but I’ve spent some time playing Squadrons in VR as well. Must go back and finish the campaign.

I'm just constantly watching my ebay account waiting for it to be dispatched! I don't want to keep playing until I get it.

How is elite dangerous, it's struck me as a game where you need to grind a bit more to actually build up, but is it interesting grind? I like the idea of squadrons because it puts me in a ship and gives me a mission to enjoy flying. I don't mind some sightseeing stuff, but I want a reasonable amount of action.

[yermum]

These things are bloody hard to get hold of, and even harder at a reasonable price. Got star wars squadrons on xbox game pass, been playing in virtual reality, and it's absolutely fantastic. Sitting in the cockpit of an xwing/tie fighter etc. Only issue was using the xbox controller, just didn't feel natural. So have been on the lookout, managed to grab one that didn't seem to be properly listed in ebay (bit less attention than most), for £29 inc delivery, and the part it's apparently missing, for £3. Even if I don't use it after squadrons, I should at least be able to sell it on for what I paid.

It's really going to send me back to my youth, when I used to play tie fighter, and later x-wing alliance (I was bloody good at that game). No idea how 16 year old me managed to afford a flight stick if the pricing was similar back then!

I’ve got one of those as well. Bought for Elite:Dangerous, but I’ve spent some time playing Squadrons in VR as well. Must go back and finish the campaign.

I sunk way too long into ED. Not sure if the new expansion will tempt me into busting out the FAS and ganking again...

[Jock42]

I've turned into that belter posting soppy social media posts. Picked up this wee guy this morning.

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[Sandstorm]

I've turned into that belter posting soppy social media posts. Picked up this wee guy this morning. 20210424_102542.jpg

Super cute mutt

[Hal Jordan]

5 pairs of shoes for the kids. Christ, my wallet has an enormous hole in it.

[Torquemada 1420]

Dulux paint samples. 8 of them. All are “off white”

Painted them each carefully on the test wall in the dining room.

All rejected by the MD.

”Don’t worry. I’ve done another click and collect at B&Q. Can you go back and get 6 new ones?”

FML.

DO NOT PAINT COLOUR SAMPLES ON PLAIN WALLS.

Get some lining paper, paint squares of that and masking tape them to the walls. Otherwise the test squares will be visible even after you've painted the room properly. Sand the buggers back properly now you've done this

Edit. It's possible you may, just may get away with it with an off white, but I have learnt this the hard way

That's a good tip also because you can also move the lining paper to different areas to see how it looks with the variable light in rooms.

[Torquemada 1420]

I've turned into that belter posting soppy social media posts. Picked up this wee guy this morning. 20210424_102542.jpg

Yup. That's the winner!