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[Closed] Frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need.

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Stolen from a long running thread on Pistonheads.

So, what frivolous purchases of stuff you don't need have you made recently?

Me, one of these.

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Posted : 20/08/2016 2:19 pm
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Does it make coffee?


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 2:26 pm
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Just dont let a fly get in it with you!!


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 2:29 pm
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No idea what it is, but it must be the Christian version.


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 3:08 pm
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Orgasmatron?


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 3:09 pm
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Not frivolous as £39.50 at tesco, and makes better drinks/more controllable than the very expensive tassimo we have in work......


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 3:30 pm
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Its like the yes/no game!!

OP... Would you put a loved ones cremated ashes in it?


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 3:30 pm
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on and on, decent wee speakers those

I bought some LED lights that go on your wheel valves as an ad came up on my Facebook feed that said they were free, just pay shipping.

After I bought them I read the comments that they are crap, don't fit presta valves and most that have turned up not working. So hey, lesson learned. Don't drink half a bottle of Monkey Shoulder and play in the internets.


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 3:40 pm
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I bought a new helmet. Doesn't sound frivolous, but I already own 6 & the only reason I got this one is that the colour matches my bar tape more than the one I bought a month ago... What a loser.


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 4:05 pm
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A green limited edition k-tech garmin mount for my green and white road bike. It was from Australia, as that was the only place I could find a green alloy ( no plastic Rubbish) garmin bracket.

It's green


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 4:09 pm
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I just dropped £280 on a ks lev Integra and southpaw lever.
I've already got a reverb.... :/

DrP


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 5:38 pm
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Aldi 'special buys' aisle; end of thread. May not be pricey per se, but regularly doubles the cost of my 'bargain' shops... 😆 😯


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 6:05 pm
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Aldi 'special buys' aisle; end of thread. May not be pricey per se, but regularly doubles the cost of my 'bargain' shops..

Just swap "Costco" for "Aldi" 🙄


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 6:09 pm
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A titanium spork .


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 7:23 pm
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I eat my lunch with a titanium sport most days. Frivolous but I often find myself marveling at its perfection.


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 8:17 pm
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Outdoor jackets. I am slowing collecting everything Arcteryx and Black Diamond make. I have cupboards full of ones I'll probably use once and then just sell on Ebay....


 
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Posted : 20/08/2016 9:49 pm
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A pack of bicycle cards, just because I like the design of them


 
Posted : 20/08/2016 10:00 pm
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Curta calculator
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Lancaster airspeed indicator
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Vulcan Mach meter
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All bought after a 'what cool/unnecessary things do you have' threads on here...


 
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Posted : 21/08/2016 6:39 am
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Curta calculator

Snap 😀

[url= https://c8.staticflickr.com/5/4153/4949209583_fc8ac00f5a_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://c8.staticflickr.com/5/4153/4949209583_fc8ac00f5a_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/8xkZzH ]Curta Dismantled[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/cycleologist/ ]Ben Cooper[/url], on Flickr

I recently bought one of these:


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 6:52 am
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A "happy birthday to me" session on Amazon netted:

Sony NW-A27HNB
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FiiO Mont Blanc E12
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Logitech Ultimate Ears UE 900s
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Wouldn't be too bad except I have 32Gb and 64Gb iPod Touches and headphones coming out of my... er... ears.


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 8:23 am
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PS4 , Uncharted 4 was ace & I suck @ The last of us , Bring on GTA V 😀


 
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never worked that well
now dead


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 9:19 am
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I have accidentally ended up with 4 WW2 wool commando cap comforters.


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 9:26 am
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Nipper can't be as bad as my brother's British and German WWII paratrooper helmet collection, think he ended up with around 5 or 6 due to over enthusiastic (alcohol induced) bids.


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 9:32 am
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Can I just ask everyone, please:
STOP POSTING PICTURES OF CURTA CALCULATORS!!!!

(I can't afford one, but must have one.)


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 9:39 am
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The Curta is divine! I truly have no need for one, but the need to have one is very strong!


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 9:44 am
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Hope hubs, just because they're anodised and shiny.

XT hubs are just as good and cheap as on CRC.


 
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Oh, and there's the pair of model windmills I just bought:

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They're pretty frivolous. Though so was the [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/cycleologist/23225597710/ ]working model of a Welsh slate quarry[/url].


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 12:43 pm
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Wouldn't be too bad except I have 32Gb and 64Gb iPod Touches and headphones coming out of my... er... ears.

Well if they are the old school charger type you'd better put a 64 on the for sale page. Not that they are worth much these days 😀


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 12:49 pm
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A titanium spork .

Once owned they become an essential.


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 1:11 pm
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Ben - That quarry is awesome! Where did you get it and how much, if you don't mind me aksing?

The windmills are neat to.

Want.


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 1:14 pm
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Ben, It's your fault I have the calculator!

Iirc you have a bit of Concorde also?


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 1:16 pm
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Various bits Of F1 cars.


 
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Posted : 21/08/2016 2:53 pm
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Just ordered these.

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Ben - That quarry is awesome! Where did you get it and how much, if you don't mind me aksing?

Just eBay - around £100 I think.


Ben, It's your fault I have the calculator!

Iirc you have a bit of Concorde also?

Oops, sorry. Yes, I do have a bit of a Concorde jet engine about somewhere - loads of other junk in the shop too, the model paper making machine is probably the worst. Though I didn't actually spend money on that.


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 3:16 pm
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Various bits Of F1 cars

*Remembers the titanium exhaust manifold from a Renault F1 V8 (used in a caterham). The welds are exquisite.


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 4:42 pm
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*Remembers the titanium exhaust manifold from a Renault F1 V8 (used in a caterham). The welds are exquisite

I've got a large lump of Honda transmission on my desk. It makes a nice pen holder. Titanium, must have cost £1k's.


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 5:52 pm
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Posted : 21/08/2016 6:15 pm
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...errrrmmm

right, well ok then


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 6:27 pm
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You've got the horn?


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 6:45 pm
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Looking at another rifle since people are selling them off cheap ahead of licencing.

*sigh*


 
Posted : 21/08/2016 11:19 pm

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