The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
-
- Posts: 4699
- Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:51 am
- Been thanked: 2493 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
The biggest bonus with powered caulking guns, either battery or air, is the smoothness of the exuding. Set the pressure right and match the speed and you can lay down beautiful beads of jollop.
Get the air pressure too high and it gets very messy very quickly.
Get the air pressure too high and it gets very messy very quickly.
- mangocrazy
- Posts: 6477
- Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:58 pm
- Has thanked: 2318 times
- Been thanked: 3372 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
With a battery caulking gun and a Cramer Fugi profiling set you'd be as best equipped as you could reasonably ask for.
https://www.tradetiler.com/cramer-fugi- ... kit-7.html
https://www.tradetiler.com/cramer-fugi- ... kit-7.html
There is no cloud, just somebody else's computer.
-
- Posts: 3803
- Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:34 am
- Has thanked: 465 times
- Been thanked: 1372 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
At 200 quid for the 18V Makita gun they can keep it. If i used Silicon and the likes more i may consider the Matsui Copy for around 80 quid. Met a few people who swear by the soapy water and lollypop sticks.
- gremlin
- Posts: 5607
- Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:12 pm
- Location: Kent (AKA God's own country)
- Has thanked: 775 times
- Been thanked: 4512 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
I think Viagra has superceded that method.
All aboard the Peckham Pigeon! All aboard!
-
- Posts: 3803
- Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:34 am
- Has thanked: 465 times
- Been thanked: 1372 times
-
- Posts: 13477
- Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
- Location: Milton Keynes
- Has thanked: 2609 times
- Been thanked: 6011 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Decided to actually get my Hi-Fi working again....Baby D knocked the speakers over and broke 'em ages ago, turns out the permanent magnet had broken off one woofer (£30 on ebay) and the plugs had just come off another. I hadn't really been that bothered about it before 'cause I binned all my CDs and just streamed most of the time. New TV does Spotify et al streaming and can HDMI audio 'backwards' to the amp while it's playing Netflix/Amazon/Disney+, so that means I've got some motivation to fix the audio now - which I have!
But while I was poking about looking for a new woofer I also spotted this Cambridge Audio centre speaker for £25....done! Gotta love me an old school looking 'wood' (MDF + Veneer ) speaker. One of yours Ricey?
But while I was poking about looking for a new woofer I also spotted this Cambridge Audio centre speaker for £25....done! Gotta love me an old school looking 'wood' (MDF + Veneer ) speaker. One of yours Ricey?
- Rockburner
- Posts: 4193
- Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:06 am
- Location: Hiding in your blind spot
- Has thanked: 7723 times
- Been thanked: 2399 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Sadly - I think I pre-date that.... (when I was there the speakers that we designed*/built** in-house were sold under the Gale brand).Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:15 pm Decided to actually get my Hi-Fi working again....Baby D knocked the speakers over and broke 'em ages ago, turns out the permanent magnet had broken off one woofer (£30 on ebay) and the plugs had just come off another. I hadn't really been that bothered about it before 'cause I binned all my CDs and just streamed most of the time. New TV does Spotify et al streaming and can HDMI audio 'backwards' to the amp while it's playing Netflix/Amazon/Disney+, so that means I've got some motivation to fix the audio now - which I have!
But while I was poking about looking for a new woofer I also spotted this Cambridge Audio centre speaker for £25....done! Gotta love me an old school looking 'wood' (MDF + Veneer ) speaker. One of yours Ricey?
speaker.jpg
* in the UK: both speaker designers I worked with were nerds of the highest order.
** in China, natch.
non quod, sed quomodo
-
- Posts: 13477
- Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
- Location: Milton Keynes
- Has thanked: 2609 times
- Been thanked: 6011 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
I sit next to an NVH (noise vibration harshness) specialist and behind an electromagnetic simulation specialist.
I suspect Hi-Fi nerds don't even touch the sides
I suspect Hi-Fi nerds don't even touch the sides
- KungFooBob
- Posts: 13685
- Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:04 pm
- Location: The content of this post is not AI generated.
- Has thanked: 532 times
- Been thanked: 7213 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
You don't have you own corner office?Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:47 pm I sit next to an NVH (noise vibration harshness) specialist and behind an electromagnetic simulation specialist.
I suspect Hi-Fi nerds don't even touch the sides
Shocking!
- gremlin
- Posts: 5607
- Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:12 pm
- Location: Kent (AKA God's own country)
- Has thanked: 775 times
- Been thanked: 4512 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Does 10 x 5l cans of white interior paint count as a pleasing purchase?
All aboard the Peckham Pigeon! All aboard!
-
- Posts: 13477
- Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
- Location: Milton Keynes
- Has thanked: 2609 times
- Been thanked: 6011 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
I don't even have my own desk.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:56 pmYou don't have you own corner office?Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:47 pm I sit next to an NVH (noise vibration harshness) specialist and behind an electromagnetic simulation specialist.
I suspect Hi-Fi nerds don't even touch the sides
Shocking!
It's like a submarine, only with fewer soviets and less bumming. Still some bumming of course, I'm not a total peasant.
- Count Steer
- Posts: 11413
- Joined: Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:59 pm
- Has thanked: 6261 times
- Been thanked: 4611 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Are they still doing this 'hot desk' malarkey? With all these folk WFH I'm surprised people don't get their own floor never mind a corner office.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:01 pmI don't even have my own desk.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:56 pmYou don't have you own corner office?Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:47 pm I sit next to an NVH (noise vibration harshness) specialist and behind an electromagnetic simulation specialist.
I suspect Hi-Fi nerds don't even touch the sides
Shocking!
It's like a submarine, only with fewer soviets and less bumming. Still some bumming of course, I'm not a total peasant.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
-
- Posts: 13477
- Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
- Location: Milton Keynes
- Has thanked: 2609 times
- Been thanked: 6011 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Got an add on in MS teams for desk booking and everything now!Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:10 pmAre they still doing this 'hot desk' malarkey?Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:01 pmI don't even have my own desk.
It's like a submarine, only with fewer soviets and less bumming. Still some bumming of course, I'm not a total peasant.
Mrs. D's lot are bloody geniuses. They say everyone has to be in 2 days a week - fine - but they make the whole company come in on the same 2 days, thus necessitating an office big enough for everyone which sits empty 3 days out of 5.
- KungFooBob
- Posts: 13685
- Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:04 pm
- Location: The content of this post is not AI generated.
- Has thanked: 532 times
- Been thanked: 7213 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
I'm sat, on my own, on a row of four desks... Which are back to back with another row of four desks... Which are empty.
So I guess I have eight desks.
So I guess I have eight desks.
- Count Steer
- Posts: 11413
- Joined: Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:59 pm
- Has thanked: 6261 times
- Been thanked: 4611 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
I can see some sense in that, y'know conversations, interpersonal contact etc (I'm a Luddite, I don't think Teams etc is the same/as good), but you can see the day coming when another company or two take the other days. Heck if life is that flexible, add in Saturday and 3 companies get use of the place 2 days a week. Ooh! I've invented WeWork!Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:27 pmGot an add on in MS teams for desk booking and everything now!Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:10 pmAre they still doing this 'hot desk' malarkey?Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:01 pm
I don't even have my own desk.
It's like a submarine, only with fewer soviets and less bumming. Still some bumming of course, I'm not a total peasant.
Mrs. D's lot are bloody geniuses. They say everyone has to be in 2 days a week - fine - but they make the whole company come in on the same 2 days, thus necessitating an office big enough for everyone which sits empty 3 days out of 5.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
-
- Posts: 13477
- Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
- Location: Milton Keynes
- Has thanked: 2609 times
- Been thanked: 6011 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Yeah I'm all for collaboration, but I also have limited reason to collab with HR and Finance for example. We don't all need to be there at the office simultaneously.
At my company we're more than 2:1 on employees/desks. Mostly because we're all engineers and we like to optimise
At my company we're more than 2:1 on employees/desks. Mostly because we're all engineers and we like to optimise
- Count Steer
- Posts: 11413
- Joined: Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:59 pm
- Has thanked: 6261 times
- Been thanked: 4611 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Well, they can turn the heating off for 5 days and won't need cleaners on those days etc. I'd assume they'd be lobbying for a reduction in business rates too. It's also useful 'optically' - it reminds people they work in a company not a department or even worse for themselves, which it must start to feel like if you WFH all the time.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 4:00 pm Yeah I'm all for collaboration, but I also have limited reason to collab with HR and Finance for example. We don't all need to be there at the office simultaneously.
It's a shame that WeWork was run by an, ahem,...strange character. The idea is
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
- Rockburner
- Posts: 4193
- Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:06 am
- Location: Hiding in your blind spot
- Has thanked: 7723 times
- Been thanked: 2399 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
Depends on who you're going to throw them at (corked, or uncorked?)
non quod, sed quomodo
- Yorick
- Posts: 16277
- Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
- Location: Paradise
- Has thanked: 10109 times
- Been thanked: 6649 times
- ChrisW
- Posts: 2533
- Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:46 pm
- Has thanked: 2727 times
- Been thanked: 1914 times
Re: The Official Pleasing Purchase Thread
We bought about 30 of these from Sainsbury's in January, they were marked down to 10p!
They don't go off, at least there's still a few of them left