Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:56 am
A water softener- yeah yeah I know a bit dull, but it’s simply wonderful showering/bathing in soft water. After two days my skin feels better already [/mumsnet]
A woman at work had one fitted many years ago and would not live in a house without one and will preach her reasons at anyone she can corner. I'd like one so I don't have to keep cleaning the bastard shower glass as much! Are they expensive?
Been looking into water softeners now. Given the layout of my kitchen and its cupboards it'd be pretty easy to put one in line with the incoming feed just after the point the kitchen taps break off...
The only downside with that is that I'd still be putting hard water in my kettle, which is one of the biggest victims.
Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:56 am
A water softener- yeah yeah I know a bit dull, but it’s simply wonderful showering/bathing in soft water. After two days my skin feels better already [/mumsnet]
A woman at work had one fitted many years ago and would not live in a house without one and will preach her reasons at anyone she can corner. I'd like one so I don't have to keep cleaning the bastard shower glass as much! Are they expensive?
The one I have cost £499 - and about £300 to plumb in, but mine was a bastard job, hence paying for it to be done.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:09 am
Been looking into water softeners now. Given the layout of my kitchen and its cupboards it'd be pretty easy to put one in line with the incoming feed just after the point the kitchen taps break off...
The only downside with that is that I'd still be putting hard water in my kettle, which is one of the biggest victims.
/mumsnet
You could plumb a Scalegard into a kitchen tap? You only need a non softened for one drinking tap, and possibly the bathroom sink tap (likely already on direct mains)
Only downside - a Scalegard costs £80-90 a pop, and lasts about 5-6months
I actually like the taste of super hard scaly water.
There's a water softening specialist just outside MK, I'm gonna give em a call. We're doing two new bathrooms, getting a bunch of radiators moved and redecorating 5 rooms in early 2021 so this will be a drop in the ocean.
I grew up in Portsmouth which has really chalky water 'cause it all comes from the south downs sorta area. Similarly where I live here is all chalk streams. I'm kinda surprised at how much of the UK is very hard water, but then I guess most of southern England is chalk and limestone.
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I've had a 18v Dewalt drill & impact for yonks, the batteries crapped out a year or so back. On Amazon yesterday I found 2 replacement batteries for $110.... but there was something not quite legit about the ad even though they appeared to be OEM Dewalt batteries. Gave them a miss.
Been thinking about getting the adaptor, batteries & charger that allows use of 20v batteries in 18v tools... I've seen that kit advertised for $99, decided if I saw one I'd get it.
Take one:
Was at Lowes this morning. They didn't have the 20v adaptor kit & decided "fuck it, I'll just buy these two 18V XRP batteries for $149 & be done with it.
No one in line, but all check outs busy. Roomie says "Lets pay at the gardening checkout because I want to have a look around there first"
She does her green thumb deal & there's 3 people in line at the check out.
Gal doesn't have the magnet to remove the safety tag deal so we go back inside... now there about 25 people in line..
I have a FTS moment & just leave everything right there in cart.
Take Two:
Check out Home Cheapo, no 18v batteries or 20v adaptor kits.. but they have an 20v drill/impact combo pack for what looks like $249, closer look reveals actually $299. (FTS #2)
Take Three:
End up at one of the other Lowes. No 18v batteries, but they have the same drill/impact combo pack for $249 on sale from $299.. AND if I buy it there's a choice of various free tools with it. BONUS!!
20v Multi Tool please!
"Oh, we only had one of those $249 deals & we already sold it, someone should have removed the display box. Each store in the valley only got one of those"
Arsebiscuits! (FTS #3)
Take Four:
Back to the original Lowes, ask for the $249 plus free tool deal, store gal checks inventory & says they have three of them & eighteen multi-tools in stock
Huh? was just told only one at each store at the other Lowes...
Oh well, I guess I'll take the $249 combo pack & the free multi-tool please.
Get to the check out...
Explain the deal to the gal, she goes to get my drill/impact pack as they were kept in the room up front & not on the shelves with all the other Dewalt stuff.
She rings it all up, I mention military discount & get it.
So this is how it all panned out:
Combo pack $249.00
Military discount (10%) $24.90
MultiTool $139.00... (free)
Total: $224.10 + sales tax.
Grand total $245.39
Total discount: $163.00 WOOT!!
Harry wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:39 pm... We've still got a 65" plasma in the UK, it must be 7-8yrs old now but it still looks fine to me.
We have 3 plasma televisions, 40' and a 50" Pioneer Kuros, and an 8 year old Panasonic 65" which uses Pioneer plasma technology. Still haven't seen a non-plasma television with as good a picture.
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people." - Giordano Bruno
Harry wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:39 pm... We've still got a 65" plasma in the UK, it must be 7-8yrs old now but it still looks fine to me.
We have 3 plasma televisions, 40' and a 50" Pioneer Kuros, and an 8 year old Panasonic 65" which uses Pioneer plasma technology. Still haven't seen a non-plasma television with as good a picture.
A good high end OLED smashes the pants out of a plasma. Although I struggle to see the difference with quantum dot technology tbh
I've never even seen one of these fangled super TVs. We have a Samsung, about 6 years old that cost about £400. I don't know how big it is, but I'd guess 38"
Harry wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:23 am
I'd struggle to see the difference unless the various different types are side by side, but we watched something last night about a bloke and an octopus and we started watching it in the snug on a smaller TV (65") and decided it was so good that it was worth watching on the bigger one in the main living room, so we decamped and it was much better on a big screen.
I'm not much of a TV person, or HiFi or whatever other sensory stuff is out there, but if you're going to have it then have it large.
Bit of slightly drunk eBaying on Saturday night and bought a 1970’s corgi Goldfinger DB5 - never been out of the box - will see what it’s like when it arrives.
wheelnut wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:38 am
Bit of slightly drunk eBaying on Saturday night and bought a 1970’s corgi Goldfinger DB5 - never been out of the box - will see what it’s like when it arrives.
weeksy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:41 am
Let's see?
I’ll post a pic once it lands ... I used to have them all when I was a kid but they were well played with. I used to have the starsky and hutch Torino as well - good boxed ones fetch quite a bit now.
You can get repro boxes for them but they should be advertised as such. This one is advertised as original box. No they're not sealed and yes it may have been opened but what it really means is that everything is in the box is as it was when new with the original locator ties for the figures etc.
The wife collects bears and I've been wanting something semi-interesting to collect so it it may be the start of something, maybe not. I don't know much about them tbh but I might start to ddo some digging.
Are they expensive?
- Mine is "only" 32" ( I have a massive whanger to make up for it though 
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