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Bought a set of e-paper thermo/hydrometers. One I have inside the house and the other is inside my car because my car doesn't tell me the cabin temperature. They came with little stands and two types of wall mounts (one is magnetic and the other is adhesive). Because the display only uses power when refreshing, the CR2032 battery inside should last about a year before needing to be replaced. So far I like them and would recommend them.
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- Leadfoot530
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If you've ever been owned by a bulldog (especially the honey badger variant have), you'd understand.
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- Leadfoot530
Our dachshund turns ten this year. I sleep in his bed. Owned by the daog is such an underrated statement.
I understand the figurines, too. Dachshund ceramic figures, dachshund, Christmas inflatables, dachshund themed clothing, blankets, etc. You name it, we have it.
Worst of all, the wiener dog jokes...they never end!
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- Skython11
Finally got some new riding boots. So now when I get to the place I'm riding to I can do more than awkwardly stomp around, or take an excessive amount of time doing up straps. I was going to get something a bit more road focused with thinner toes, but either the ankle protection was terrible, or the boots were overpriced because "yay name brand."
I also bought a new battery for my guitar tuner because I killed it by accidentally leaving it on for about 24 hours. I don't know how I managed to go to sleep with the red light on, but oh well. And some glue to fix up some diecasts because past Skython has made some bad life choices with his diecasts. I don't like past Skython, he's a tool. So is current day Skython, but I'm opting to at least pretend I'm something better.
I also bought a new battery for my guitar tuner because I killed it by accidentally leaving it on for about 24 hours. I don't know how I managed to go to sleep with the red light on, but oh well. And some glue to fix up some diecasts because past Skython has made some bad life choices with his diecasts. I don't like past Skython, he's a tool. So is current day Skython, but I'm opting to at least pretend I'm something better.
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Finally got some new riding boots. So now when I get to the place I'm riding to I can do more than awkwardly stomp around, or take an excessive amount of time doing up straps. I was going to get something a bit more road focused with thinner toes, but either the ankle protection was terrible, or the boots were overpriced because "yay name brand."
I also bought a new battery for my guitar tuner because I killed it by accidentally leaving it on for about 24 hours. I don't know how I managed to go to sleep with the red light on, but oh well. And some glue to fix up some diecasts because past Skython has made some bad life choices with his diecasts. I don't like past Skython, he's a tool. [/COLOR=white]So is current day Skython, but I'm opting to at least pretend I'm something better.[/COLOR]
There are some who would say new shoes on a table is bad luck.
I use DMs as my riding boots; they’re sturdy, formal enough for work and a great everyday boot.
DM means Doc Martens, right? Saves heaving multiple pairs of shoes around on one figurative hand, but I would never trust the lack of ankle protection. Are they steel capped?
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They aren’t. In my extensive experience of motorcycle accidents I’ve only once ever injured my foot and that was from a footpeg hitting my ankle. I only go for the boots if the weather is bad otherwise I ride with flip flops on lol.
I really don’t ride fast enough to justify proper riding boots as I do about 50kph to work. I usually don’t even wear a helmet for that journey as it’s a whole 3km from home to school.
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- NelsonMedway
Bought myself another cheap helmet and done a Prost 1993 replica. I find it quite therapeutic.
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A tackle box to store my 1:64 scale sprint cars. The cars themselves aren't new.
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Home office needed a bit of sorting:
Dell 24 Monitor - SE2419H
Microsoft wireless 900
Dell 24 Monitor - SE2419H
Microsoft wireless 900
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- Panama City, FL
So my Miata and my Aurora were totaled for damages from Hurricane Michael. The Miata was slight cosmetic damage, except a bent rib on the top. Raplacing the top frame would be about 3500 bucks, and that put the car over the top, so to speak, for being a total loss instead of being repaired. (Without the top it would have gotten two new panels and a complete paint job.) The buy-back was only $2,000, and since there's nothing actually wrong with the car, I did that. I can replace the top with a used frame and a new top for about 5 or 6 hundred.
Anyway, I got almost $8,000 and got to keep the Miata (although salvage titled.) With that, I went shopping for a "big" car to replace the Aurora, and found this on a local lot. 2003 S55 AMG.
It has issues, most notably the previous owner put way oversize wheels on it, and the tires don't fit. The car came with 18x8.5 front, 18x9.5 rear. These are 20s, and God only knows how wide they are. Tires wide enough wouldn't fit inside the fenders, so he, incredibly enough, put tires on it that should fit the fenders and let the sidewall splay out. The bead is over an inch outside the edge of the tread on each tire! The result is that the tires still rub, but on the sidewall!!
Other issues are an alarm for the Active Body Control, and the fluid for that is very low. If I'm lucky, all it needs is fluid. Probably not, because low fluid implies a leak somewhere, so there are probably accumulators, maybe valve bodies, in my near future. But I have almost 3 grand left of the insurance from the other cars.
This car has more electric motors than all my previous cars put together, I think. There are probably countries with lower electrical load than this car's accessories! Front seats are 14-way power, with even the headrest height being motorized. The rear headrests lay back, or can be raised under power. (I think the raising is pneumatic, not electric, but there's an electric pump for pressure!
) Even the back seats are power-adjustable! There's a mesh sunscreen for the rear window that deploys and retracts at the push of a button. The trunk lid opens and closes electrically.
Pics are in front of my place of employment, where I'm actually still living during repairs to my home from the hurricane. I have a 28' camping trailer out back. (The commute is pure hell!) Debris and tree damage shows around the area, as cleanup is still months to go. (I saw a report that Michael, which affected 10 Florida counties, created seven times the debris as Irma last year, which affected 43 counties! Debris removal companies are saying just vegetative debris, i.e. downed trees being removed, is going to be about 20 years' worth of normal hauling and disposal. That doesn't include structure debris.)
Carfax shows no accidents, but it's obviously been bumped into something. Left-hand headlamp assembly is new, right side was badly weathered, and I polished it yesterday with one of those wet-sand kits.
The tree over the car is not winter-bare; it was stripped of its leaves and partially uprooted by the storm and probably will die. Many trees that were stripped are showing recovery with new leaves appearing. Also, cord showing in that right rear where the fender rubs the sidewall.
The wood trim is like new, no flaking finish, no broken or missing pieces. The leather is all good. I suppose I could have vacuumed for the picture, though. :-)
Kompressor!!!
Anyway, I got almost $8,000 and got to keep the Miata (although salvage titled.) With that, I went shopping for a "big" car to replace the Aurora, and found this on a local lot. 2003 S55 AMG.
It has issues, most notably the previous owner put way oversize wheels on it, and the tires don't fit. The car came with 18x8.5 front, 18x9.5 rear. These are 20s, and God only knows how wide they are. Tires wide enough wouldn't fit inside the fenders, so he, incredibly enough, put tires on it that should fit the fenders and let the sidewall splay out. The bead is over an inch outside the edge of the tread on each tire! The result is that the tires still rub, but on the sidewall!!
Other issues are an alarm for the Active Body Control, and the fluid for that is very low. If I'm lucky, all it needs is fluid. Probably not, because low fluid implies a leak somewhere, so there are probably accumulators, maybe valve bodies, in my near future. But I have almost 3 grand left of the insurance from the other cars.
This car has more electric motors than all my previous cars put together, I think. There are probably countries with lower electrical load than this car's accessories! Front seats are 14-way power, with even the headrest height being motorized. The rear headrests lay back, or can be raised under power. (I think the raising is pneumatic, not electric, but there's an electric pump for pressure!
) Even the back seats are power-adjustable! There's a mesh sunscreen for the rear window that deploys and retracts at the push of a button. The trunk lid opens and closes electrically.Pics are in front of my place of employment, where I'm actually still living during repairs to my home from the hurricane. I have a 28' camping trailer out back. (The commute is pure hell!) Debris and tree damage shows around the area, as cleanup is still months to go. (I saw a report that Michael, which affected 10 Florida counties, created seven times the debris as Irma last year, which affected 43 counties! Debris removal companies are saying just vegetative debris, i.e. downed trees being removed, is going to be about 20 years' worth of normal hauling and disposal. That doesn't include structure debris.)
Carfax shows no accidents, but it's obviously been bumped into something. Left-hand headlamp assembly is new, right side was badly weathered, and I polished it yesterday with one of those wet-sand kits.
The tree over the car is not winter-bare; it was stripped of its leaves and partially uprooted by the storm and probably will die. Many trees that were stripped are showing recovery with new leaves appearing. Also, cord showing in that right rear where the fender rubs the sidewall.
The wood trim is like new, no flaking finish, no broken or missing pieces. The leather is all good. I suppose I could have vacuumed for the picture, though. :-)
Kompressor!!!
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- Thailand
2 of these wardrobes. I hate flat-pack and solid wood was out of the budget for now so we opted for powder-coated steel lockers with hanging rail and shelves at the bottom. Slightly more expensive than flat-pack should endure the decades, are easy to paint and the cats can't scratch them. To be delivered 2 days before baby arrives, as they're made to order, just in the nick of time.
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I bought 2 watches. The second ones a lot more expensive than the first, and it’s the Japanese import model, but what the heck. It’s had my eye for about a year now, I decided to snag one up while they are still available.
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