The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread

[Trinity765]

Looks well used. I've been a knife carrier since I was a boy,dunno how folk manage without them.

I seem to have got by with fingernails and teeth.

[Skub]

Looks well used. I've been a knife carrier since I was a boy,dunno how folk manage without them.

I seem to have got by with fingernails and teeth.

On a woman,that's plenty scary enough!

[slowsider]

Looks well used. I've been a knife carrier since I was a boy,dunno how folk manage without them.

I seem to have got by with fingernails and teeth.

Swiss army fingernails?

[Horse]

Looks well used. I've been a knife carrier since I was a boy,dunno how folk manage without them.

I seem to have got by with fingernails and teeth.

Swiss army fingernails?

Google rarely fails

[Wreckless Rat]

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]

[Taipan]

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?

[Mr. Dazzle]

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

[Wreckless Rat]

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.

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

[Mr. Dazzle]

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.

[Wreckless Rat]

I like the taste of hard water - I don’t like what it does to expensive equipment.

[Mr. Dazzle]

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.

[Horse]

According to that map, our tap water is so hard it's got tattoos and a banned breed dog on a rope.

[ZRX61]

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!!

Combo pack came with a Dewalt tool bag.

[irie]

... 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.

[Wreckless Rat]

... 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

[KungFooBob]

I've got a 4k OLED Bravia, It's amazballs, knocks any other screen technology into a cocked hat, imho.

[weeksy]

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"

[KungFooBob]

38 inch, can you even see it, Bro?

[Tricky]

38 inch, can you even see it, Bro?

- Mine is "only" 32" ( I have a massive whanger to make up for it though )

[Potter]

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 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.