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Peggies
Gold Member
I thought we were more than buddies
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
PS5 & Miles Morales are my two most recent purchases
Burning Blade
Member
some stickers for my vehicle.
Phunkydiabetic
Banned
Cyberpunkd
Member
I’m always amazed what is considered a used car in the US. In Europe nobody would touch a 21 year old car with a 10-foot pole.New old car, Honda CR-V from 2000 in fantastic shape and only 72.000 miles on the clock for 5700$. Really stoked about that one. Please ignore the kid on the picture, I already had that one before
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
Depends on the motor, if I wasn't bogged down in family shit I'd buy myself my old motors for weekend craic, either a twin turbo supra or Nissan 300zx both over 20 years old... God I miss being properly flung into a car seat when putting the foot down
nightmare-slain
Member
Bought a new iPad Pro 11”. My pc is pissing me off so this will now me my main device.
MilkLizard
Member
But I am in Europe
It's in perfect shape and drives perfectly fine as the previous owners took meticulous care of it
Aurelius
Member
I think “classic car” would have been a better description.But I am in Europe
UnravelKatharsis
Member
I bought new felt and bumpers for my pool table. Going to attempt a complete refelting this week. Never done it before so wish me luck...
Phunkydiabetic
Banned
For some reason I didn't describe what this was all about. So I had acquired a lightweight portable tracking mount (Star Adventurer 2i), I also acquired the previously linked Asiair Pro to control everything from my phone, and a guide scope/camera. I had been using a dslr camera (Canon t3i) with regular camera lenses, which is far from ideal.
This is the Pinwheel galaxy, Messier object 101, with a 75-300mm zoom lens and considering the multiple hours of data I got...this is kinda wack. It's quite soft, has a lot of false color in it (those stars wtf). This telescope up there is the Zenithstar 61 and is basically the max size I can use on my tracking mount weight wise. The quality of the optics is far far better than the shitty zoom lens I was using. And I'll gain another 100mm or so of focal length as well.
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Joelenheimer
Member
MSI GE66 raider
deafmedal
Member
A box of 10 decent cigars for around $40 that retail for around $12 a stick. I’ve traded chain vaping (quit around 6 months ago) for a couple few stogies a week, I like having something relaxing to look forward to and I don’t feel the need to constantly drown myself in nicotine.
Gonna give some scotch/whiskey a go too, love the way a stout pairs with a cigar but I don’t always want the calories. It could almost be a sign that I’m becoming more refined in my fifth decade but it’s probably more like the asses in Pinocchio.
Gonna give some scotch/whiskey a go too, love the way a stout pairs with a cigar but I don’t always want the calories. It could almost be a sign that I’m becoming more refined in my fifth decade but it’s probably more like the asses in Pinocchio.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Hockey playoffs pig out.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Fucking sweet.Bought this last month, going to have fun this summer!
I'm no boater. And personally, I find most watercraft tacky looking as hell.
But that is one sleek looking speeder. Why cant more be black??!!
PuffyCan
Member
Hell yeah thanks! black really looks great on a boat. That's more of a bass boat than a speed boat, but can still go pretty fast!
LaughingStock
Member
An external HDD to use on my PS5.
AlteredForms
Banned
That's some amazing hardware right there. How much was the retail on this thing? Just plan on using it as much as possible because most boats end up in the garage collecting dust.Bought this last month, going to have fun this summer!
AJUMP23
Member
BustBought this last month, going to have fun this summer!
Out
Another
Thousand
BOAT
I like the boat it looks beautiful but man are they expensive to maintain.
PuffyCan
Member
It cost 45K CAD plus taxes ("only" 31K USD, no joke). I already have 2 fishing trip planned this summer and will be using it for pleasure during the weekends, we really have nice lakes in Quebec.
edit: wrong price in USD, didn`t use the same configuration
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PuffyCan
Member
Yeah I already know, had to sell my WRX for this
.. At least it`s brand new, shouldn`t have any problem for the first years and I plan to maintain it properly.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
She knows your Gaf username?Not my pic (don't know what host to use), but my daughter bought this for me:
Love it!
GeekyDad
Member
She knows your Gaf username?
Oh yeah. It's the same name I had when I was a mod on Nintendo's old forums years ago.
UnravelKatharsis
Member
Well if anyone was curious, I did complete the recover of my pool table. Went from this:
To this:
To this:
ThatStupidLion
Member
just bought a dental cleaning
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Sweet. Red is classy. Our fam had a cheap small table as a kid with the default green.Well if anyone was curious, I did complete the recover of my pool table. Went from this:
To this:
The funny thing about pool tables is that those small shitty ones back then (maybe now too) have rounded pocktes making it important to have pinpoint accuracy.
Then when I was old enough to play pool at pubs and they were square corners, it was the easiest shit ever!
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nightmare-slain
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bought myself a PS4 slim. sold mine last july cause I thought I was gonna get a PS5. had it pre ordered but cancelled it. I’ll get one in a couple years so until then I’m back on PS4 lol. I could’ve done without it but I really miss bloodborne + persona 5.
the controller that was in the eBay photo is different from the one I got. it looked in good condition but I got one with a chunk missing from the thumb stick and the stick is also drifting. so had to buy a brand new controller. also, I’ve decided to try fix the controller I got so have ordered replacement sticks. I don’t have great soldering skills but I will give it a shot. ordered a new battery too might as well replace that while I’m working on it. probably won’t attempt that until next week. Just ordered the parts today and they will take a few days to arrive but my new controller from Amazon is coming tomorrow.
the console was a bit of a mess. there were bits of white paint over it and the power cable so cleaned that all off. Despite some faint scratches its looking quite decent now. Opened it up and it was DUSTY so gave it a clean out as best I could. I tried to get into the heatsink but there was a cable connected to the psu I couldn’t get out so left it. Didn’t wanna damage it. Used my electric air duster to get as much dust out as I could. Put in a new CMOS battery, fresh thermal paste, and a 1TB SSD so it’s good to go now!
i couldve just bought a new PS4 slim but I love taking things apart to clean them and fix them so wasn’t really put off buying second hand and it’s why I’m not so mad about receiving a faulty controller! Also saving myself a bit of money. Honestly not much but it’s something. From what I’ve spent I’d only need to pay an extra £70 for a new console.
the controller that was in the eBay photo is different from the one I got. it looked in good condition but I got one with a chunk missing from the thumb stick and the stick is also drifting. so had to buy a brand new controller. also, I’ve decided to try fix the controller I got so have ordered replacement sticks. I don’t have great soldering skills but I will give it a shot. ordered a new battery too might as well replace that while I’m working on it. probably won’t attempt that until next week. Just ordered the parts today and they will take a few days to arrive but my new controller from Amazon is coming tomorrow.
the console was a bit of a mess. there were bits of white paint over it and the power cable so cleaned that all off. Despite some faint scratches its looking quite decent now. Opened it up and it was DUSTY so gave it a clean out as best I could. I tried to get into the heatsink but there was a cable connected to the psu I couldn’t get out so left it. Didn’t wanna damage it. Used my electric air duster to get as much dust out as I could. Put in a new CMOS battery, fresh thermal paste, and a 1TB SSD so it’s good to go now!
i couldve just bought a new PS4 slim but I love taking things apart to clean them and fix them so wasn’t really put off buying second hand and it’s why I’m not so mad about receiving a faulty controller! Also saving myself a bit of money. Honestly not much but it’s something. From what I’ve spent I’d only need to pay an extra £70 for a new console.
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UnravelKatharsis
Member
I grew up playing on pub tables. Maybe that's why I'm so garbage at the game now!
I have red ceilings and I'll hopefully be putting in red carpet to match soon. I always wanted a two tone table, when I went to price it out to have it done it was nearly the cost of a new table so I figured I'd give it a shot myself. It turned out better than I could have hoped to be honest.
Burning Blade
Member
Been on the exercise shit for about 18 months. Lost about 50lbs due to diet, exercise, and getting off antidepressants a few years back. Decided to get some real equipment to supplement my ghetto shit.
Stairmaster Gravitron circa 1993
Water rower
Stairmaster Gravitron circa 1993
Water rower
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
00 Italian flour and mozza to make some homemade pizza/dough. We're in Covid lockdown again so the misses and I are busy making fun meals with the kids. Plus we want to try our hand at some NY and classic Italian pizzas.
AJUMP23
Member
Better get to the LEGO community thread.Randomly looking to see the current price of some missing LEGO Dimensions stuff and stumbled on the Sesame Street LEGO set:
It will be here on Saturday!
Relativ9
Member
Been having some lower back problems lately so I decided to finally pull the trigger and get a standing desk. Used to have one when I worked in an office and it was great, but I've been working from home for the past 4 years and it was really starting to take its toll. Had it for about 2 days now and have barely lowered it to sit at all, feet are a bit sore after a long day, but it's definitely worth it cause my back feels great. At some point I'll probably get a much more ergonomic chair as well, but this will do for now since I'm mostly standing anyway (even while gaming).
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
A standing mat helped me out a great deal with my standing desk. It has different edges that you can stretch your feet out on if you choose.Been having some lower back problems lately so I decided to finally pull the trigger and get a standing desk. Used to have one when I worked in an office and it was great, but I've been working from home for the past 4 years and it was really starting to take its toll. Had it for about 2 days now and have barely lowered it to sit at all, feet are a bit sore after a long day, but it's definitely worth it cause my back feels great. At some point I'll probably get a much more ergonomic chair as well, but this will do for now since I'm mostly standing anyway (even while gaming).
nightmare-slain
Member
last things i bought:
an Airtag for my house/car keys - couldn't find them the other day and i was freaking out. a couple times i've left them in my door lol. so decided enough of the panicking and just put a tag on them.
a new mouse for my computer - i was drunk and spilled beer over my desk and my poor mouse stopped working. bought the same model (logitech g203) off amazon.
i'm thinking of buying a new chair for sitting at my desk. my current one is old and really uncomfortable. also i think i might buy myself a new skateboard
an Airtag for my house/car keys - couldn't find them the other day and i was freaking out. a couple times i've left them in my door lol. so decided enough of the panicking and just put a tag on them.
a new mouse for my computer - i was drunk and spilled beer over my desk and my poor mouse stopped working. bought the same model (logitech g203) off amazon.
i'm thinking of buying a new chair for sitting at my desk. my current one is old and really uncomfortable. also i think i might buy myself a new skateboard
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lem0n
Member
I imported a car from Japan. It's a Toyota Levin, it's closest relative is the Corolla. It's got a real special engine in it. (If there are any car nerds among us I can get into more detail.) There's less than 10 in the country, and this is probably the only one on the west coast of the USA.
