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MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:03 pm

Taipan wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:34 pm I bought one of these. It is good. I like it.
Taipan age 61.5

They're great I use 'em for night time BBQing

So they really get that hot?

Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:21 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:03 pm

Taipan wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:34 pm I bought one of these. It is good. I like it.
Taipan age 61.5

They're great I use 'em for night time BBQing

So they really get that hot?

Toasty forehead

Got some Shine Armor goop for the vehicles & bikes... Gave the ZX11 a quick squirt & the 30yo paint now looks like it's about to puddle on the floor. Well impressed.

Pair of Hella 450's to replace the clear KC's on the F350. It will also one getting a pair of yellow fogs in the very near future to replace to orange KC's.

Semi-pleasing.

Four new tyres for the car, only £480 fitted!

Goodyear Eagles or something.

I have eeked 22k miles out of the current set, that were already part worn when I bought the car two years ago.

On my old 330i I needed new rear tyres every MOT and I was only doing 7k a year

How driving habits change when you get old.

KungFooBob wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:58 am Semi-pleasing.

Four new tyres for the car, only £480 fitted!

Goodyear Eagles or something.

I have eeked 22k miles out of the current set, that were already part worn when I bought the car two years ago.

On my old 330i I needed new rear tyres every MOT and I was only doing 7k a year

How driving habits change when you get old.

I've got that to look forward to this week.

I suspect it's going to be a 'bit' more than £480 but, on the bright side, the existing ones have done over 30k miles - and are still legal but should really have done them before winter.

Mine would have been more... until I remembered Costco does tyres. These Goodyears are £120 a corner fitted.

Halfords/Kwik fit want £160 a corner fitted for the same tyres.

My new Vax carpet cleaner. No carpet is safe from a wash and rinse at Chez Gremlin.

gremlin wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:47 am My new Vax carpet cleaner. No carpet is safe from a wash and rinse at Chez Gremlin.

Hand in your man card on the way out.

gremlin wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:47 am My new Vax carpet cleaner. No carpet is safe from a wash and rinse at Chez Gremlin.

We just got the Vax Spotwash Duo. Got a few rugs needing done as the pup had a few accidents on them.

Felix wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:00 pm

gremlin wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:47 am My new Vax carpet cleaner. No carpet is safe from a wash and rinse at Chez Gremlin.

We just got the Vax Spotwash Duo. Got a few rugs needing done as the pup had a few accidents on them.

My Vax PowerBastard XL OCD Turbo has a 'pet cleaning attachment hose'. Basically you can spray and vacuum your dog/cat, who I'm sure will stay calm and relaxed throughout the entire process, not running off to hide for the next 3 days.

Aye right. Mine would jump out the window and the shih tzu would probably get sucked up and block the hose. They both dont mind a shower mind you but no chance of getting near them with a hair dryer.
We are all laminate apart from rugs so dont need a big fancy bells and whistles one.

Count Steer wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:56 am I've got that to look forward to this week.

I suspect it's going to be a 'bit' more than £480 but, on the bright side, the existing ones have done over 30k miles - and are still legal but should really have done them before winter.

I'm so glad the F350 came with seven new tires, don't have to worry about that for quite a while, probably looking at $1500 at some point. ST will be getting new tires this year, original Michelins have a little over 45,000 miles on them.

Some misguided chap has sent me $$ for the old lights I took off the F350, apparently he's pleased.

AC/DC stamps from the Royal mail.

They can go with the Iron Maiden ones.

Hopefully they'll release a set of Def Leppard ones and then I'll frame all three sets

Just stick em with the Bucks fizz one's.

Shiny new brake disc arrived for the BMW

11 months after I bought the F350 I found the corner brackets doodads for the tonneau cover. It had one broken & one damaged, the other two are fine. Called the manufacturer months ago, only to discover their idea of a "life time warranty".... was the lifetime of the production run, which ended about 25 years ago.

Today I found a place online that had reproductions for a few $$, so ordered two.

Chuffed & very gruntled. Now I can retire the half assed F-clamp fuckery I've been relying on.

More of a pleasing repurposing than a recent purchase.

Some time ago the missus had a bad/painful back problem (it's all the fitness stuff she does ) and bought a litter picker as picking stuff up off the floor was a no-no. It's one of those 'squeeze the trigger and the pincers on the end close' things.

It's brilliant!....

....for nurdling loft insulation into the nooks and crannies of the loft where you can't squeeze yourself into.