The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread

[Horse]

Old army

Nothing was safe!

'Safe' in a war context

Always amuses me when I hear of military types doing a 'risk assessment'. Their definition of acceptable is probably different to what I could get away with

[Count Steer]

Old army No 1, 2 and 3 burners used pressurised neat petrol.
The HPP (high pressure paraffin) / Tilley lamps used, you guessed it, pressurised paraffin and the silk mantles had to be kept in bundles of less than 50 as they were radioactive (COSHH regs iirc). You put meths in the little bowl to pre-heat them.

Nothing was safe!

You can see the 'spirit cup'/meths bowl on this one. This is actually a modern version available on Amazon. Dad's was a bit more substantial. They also still seem popular and are made in India.

[Mr. Dazzle]

You can see the 'spirit cup'/meths bowl on this one. This is actually a modern version available on Amazon. Dad's was a bit more substantial. They also still seem popular and are made in India.

That's the badger.

I remember we raced them in boy scouts once, seeing which kind of burner could boil water the fastest. I have no idea what badge that was in support of! IIRC the little hex burners things with the solid fuel were last, the pressurised paraffin ones spanked it.

I was also surprised to learn recently that hurricane lamps are still a very big thing in the developing world. ISTR hearing that the greenhouse gas emissions from kerosene in hurricane lamps is about equal in quantity emitted by the US airline industry* There're huge efforts to replace them with cleaner sources of light.

* Could well have been the US airline industry who released that stat though.

[Dodgy69]

[KungFooBob]

Marmot figurine.

Everyone loves a marmot, or three.

[Mr. Dazzle]

My first pair of rigid gas permeable contact lenses. First CLs of any kind in fact.

Pros - Can see really well now (glasses can't properly fix my particular eye condition).
Cons - Fnnnaaarrggg! There's stuff in my eyes and I'm not allowed to rub them!

I picked up my latest set today and a thought occurred. "I bet it's been a year since I started doing this".

I was wrong, it's only been 11 months. I've still not landed on the correct type/size though, I'm on (I think) set 8 and technology/type number 4 now. t'was definitely worth signing up for the monthly subscription at the optician rather than paying each time I went in!

[Mr. Dazzle]

A self cooling ice cream maker. I've used the kind where you pre freeze the bowl before and they're okay IME, but today I bought one of the ones which has its own built in freezer unit.

Just done a batch of Vanilla, start with the classic of course, easily the best ice cream I've ever made.

I only really bought it so I can make the crazy flavours toi can't buy.

[Ant]

A self cooling ice cream maker. I've used the kind where you pre freeze the bowl before and they're okay IME, but today I bought one of the ones which has its own built in freezer unit.

Just done a batch of Vanilla, start with the classic of course, easily the best ice cream I've ever made.

I only really bought it so I can make the crazy flavours toi can't buy.

Make us a clotted cream cone would ya

[MrLongbeard]

Skinny dipping this weekend

[Yorick]

Skinny dipping this weekend

Ice skating in a few months.

[Taipan]

Skinny dipping this weekend

Just bought a paddling pool for Saturdays garden party when my great niece and nephew will be over. I'll be in it sunday...

[Felix]

Not 100% bought as its only two days old but spoke to owners and keen as mustard and seller is happy we have had a lot of experience with the breed. Still be keeping the Devil bastard Shih Tzu but we do miss out Rottie.

(Pic not they dogs)

Spoiler

[Mr. Dazzle]

2006 Honda Civic runaround...its as useful, reliable and exciting as my washing machine It does however have factory fit Sat Nav, which looks like it runs on Windows 95

It's Japanese, petrol, has a one year ticket and should hopefully last me until my fancy German saloon leaves the factory in a few months.

[Felix]

2006 Honda Civic runaround...its as useful, reliable and exciting as my washing machine It does however have factory fit Sat Nav, which looks like it runs on Windows 95

It's Japanese, petrol, has a one year ticket and should hopefully last me until my fancy German saloon leaves the factory in a few months.

My elderly neighbour has that model in a light blue what still looks rather nice. My friend has the later model what looks more like a transformer. Its only a 1.5 Turbo petrol but pins you back in the seat when you give it welly. Its nice also but way to low as getting out is a right royal pain when pissed, No i mean hen parked into the kerbside.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I've had a few Hondas over the years, two wheels and four. They have one characterisic I love which lots of people seem to hate.

They fucking work And little else.

[Mussels]

2006 Honda Civic runaround...its as useful, reliable and exciting as my washing machine It does however have factory fit Sat Nav, which looks like it runs on Windows 95

It's Japanese, petrol, has a one year ticket and should hopefully last me until my fancy German saloon leaves the factory in a few months.

You are a little cagey about the new car, it might be because of your work connection but I think you just don't want to admit it's a VAG car.

[Felix]

Lost count on how many Honda cars the mate has had. Probably for the same reason as apart from service parts he was hardly putting his hand in his pocket. Now im thinking about it Honda is a car i have never owned.

[Count Steer]

2006 Honda Civic runaround...its as useful, reliable and exciting as my washing machine It does however have factory fit Sat Nav, which looks like it runs on Windows 95

It's Japanese, petrol, has a one year ticket and should hopefully last me until my fancy German saloon leaves the factory in a few months.

It's more useful than my washing machine. The water supply has gone off.

(Apparently a sewage works they built in 2020 has broken so they've turned off the water).

Honda Civics are OK. You probably won't lose out when you sell it.

Actually I had a Honda car for a while, can't remember what model but the 2l engine was pretty good. For some reason the turning circle was pants though.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Honda Civics are OK. You probably won't lose out when you sell it.

Mrs D had a Type R in the shape previous to my new one. I idly had a look at those too when perusing 'new' cars. One like hers would cost us nearly twice what we paid!

Made me all the more annoyed someone crashed into it and wrote it off.

[MrLongbeard]

2006 Honda Civic runaround...its as useful, reliable and exciting as my washing machine It does however have factory fit Sat Nav, which looks like it runs on Windows 95

My 2012 Civic is no better, handily I've never had to use it, that fook for Google Maps