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Manchester comic con, baby:






Signed by Ashens and Dan because they and Quest for the Gamechild were awesome:




Signed by Vic Mignogna (not how he signed mine but the closest I could find on google images), he also said I had a cool name which obviously gave me everything I needed to know in life. :




And then there was Yu Gi Oh stuff. And a lot of it.

4 packs of:



2 boxes of (because I won a match and got a 2 for 1 voucher ):



A few:



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and quite a few of my long lost favourites:

 

It's that time again...


4" Bench vice


Soft vice jaws


Metal files


File card, for cleaning metal files


Flow-Mow, 2 hour 360° time lapse egg-timer thing.

 

Nice one, smart choice if you can manage it.

Down my road (all of the houses are the same) the rental price is £675 a month + bills.

We mortgaged ours and pay £500pm + bills. Think it works out to just under £900 a month between me and the missus!

Looks like rental prices are nuts everywhere.

 

I'm hoping for terminal velocity down hill with it on my back ,

The hole is already dug

Shimano Tiagra 4603 10 Spd Triple Groupset
Schwalbe Lugano Folding Tyre Black 700x23mm
Selle Italia X1 Lady Saddle (BIKE) White
ITM Alcor 80 (31.8) Bars White 40 c to c
ITM Alcor 80 (31.8) Stem White 100mm
Rodi Pr Whls Airline 4 Clinchers Full Black 8/9/10 Shim

Where the main changes, triple group set to give her a few more gears & will change it for a double when she's Man'd up a bit as I've got some spare Tiagra double shifters I got given .


I got the Magimix machine with the Aeroccino thing separate its blooming brilliant now to find a cheap place to get the pods .

 

I found that by adding just a tiny bit of water you getting a better quality froth, but I had the 1st gen version of that. It stops it from becoming solid floam. They do make an awesome cuppa.

I was talking about the whole 3 vs 2 front gears argument on the front the other day with someone. I personally think that if you're dropping below the 2nd ring on a road bike you're not getting enough pace to make it worth it, as I now find going up hills far easier than spinning in a tiny gear, but I do see your point. The guy in question had been toying with the two for his wifes Ulegtra setup and thought that he should have got the 3 setup having gone up Devils Dyke a few hours earlier.

The spoke pattern on those wheels is pretty cool.

 

I did read up the version 1 wasn't as good, this seems to froth pretty well I'll give the water trick a go , I'm finding I run out of milk now lol I go through more coffees a day now then I ever did with the Tassimo its just so much better using whole milk rather then the UHT sweatend crap you get with a Tassimo machine.

I don't think I'll ever have a triple front 30 gears is a lot of gears lol hopefully it'll give her a bit of confidance to start off and then when she stops using the sissy ring I'll drop it, next up is to find her a nice Girls MTB frame in Pink so I can port all my spares onto it so we can go on some trails .

 

Great guitar. Had mine for god knows how many years and due to me not playing it anywhere near enough, it still looks brand new. Mines alder and white.

I was told when I bought it the main thing to be careful of is the jack, which can break if your a bit heavy handed. Can't remember how or why now as it was years ago,

 

Give Justin Guitar a look as well.

 

Usually with enough use, the cheaper quality on the jacks (mainly the connections not the jack itself) will break, I have had this happen on all kinds of different cables and seen it on varying quality of guitars,

All I would suggest is be mindful when unplugging your guitar from the amp cable, also some of the guys I know who play a decent ammount will loop the cable inside of the shoulder strap near the jack, this they say is so that if it snags it wont be instantly pulling on the joint and the connection.

I just say learn to solder and make your own or at least be able to repair your own

 

1kW PSU to replace the one in my sig.
It occurs to me that 750W is a bit snug for 780Ti SLI funs.

 

Good luck! I'm tempted to try the same, but I'm too busy at the moment... maybe one day.

 

Thirst quenching goodness (and a trip to A&E in a flashy looking van)



A ring to unite them all or some crap



The latest bling



Some funky ass desk ornament from Ikea



a sign holder

 

this aint another thing to get out of coming to see my sister is it ?

what i got ?

lego movie DVD

 

Bit harsh, spoke to her Sunday said it would be tomorrow or Friday anyway

 

Just paid for a Custom wrist rest from Noko's Leatherworks!

 

One last upgrade for my desktop, got a friend's rate, and coincidentally a Nvidia driver update caused my 8800 GTX to artifact everywhere, so it worked out.

eVGA GTX 580 SC 1.5GB

And for my bike, some cheap stuff for a cheap bike I got from a local community bike shop for volunteering. Nice to bomb around with and not care too much about the condition/where I'm going.


Shimano 14-28T 7-speed freewheel


110mm grips, i can fully grip them without touching the shifters, nice when going down stairs and not worrying about shifting accidentally during the descent(happened with my old bike)

And

New SRAM 3-7 spd grip shifts.

And with that, some stand time at said bike shop to put it all together and refurb/grease everything.
All in all, I've rebuilt the whole bike from a wrecker to a pretty clean bike. I've a Peugeot road bike for long rides.

 

Grip shift.

 

I don't mind them, but to each their own.
What don't you like about them though? Just a curiosity for next time I consider ordering shifters. I went with what was on the bike.

 

500gb Variety. Saw the price and couldn't resist.

Currently £164.99 Here