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Discussion in 'General' started by RTT, 29 Oct 2007.

  1. Arboreal

    Arboreal Keeper of the Electric Currants

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    AFAIK he's in Australia, there's lots of eucalyptus trees in some of his drone videos :happy:
     
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  2. LennyRhys

    LennyRhys Fan Fan

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    This deal is still available if anyone's keen. I'm liking the Note 8 monthly cost of £26 and will probably go for it tomorrow unless I find something better (which is unlikely). The S9 is a lovely phone and £16/month is a great deal but I'd rather a larger screen.
     
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  3. creative

    creative 500rwhp

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    lol, one of the reason we have bought it. 7m x 6m garage.. just big enough for my V8 project.


    I live in Australia. This is what we call a townhouse In a complex of about 20 ( I think ) in this one. We got lucky with this as its a tri level home that ticks all our boxes in our price range, simply put, thats what $500k can buy you over here. lol We are getting to the stage where $1m is the norm in cities, its absolutely ridiculous!
     
  4. TheMadDutchDude

    TheMadDutchDude The Flying Dutchman

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    Sheeeeesh! How do you (collective) afford that? You must make bank. :D

    I had no idea Aussieland was so expensive.

    What’s the square footage on the house?? How big is the yard?
     
  5. creative

    creative 500rwhp

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    Dont get me wrong, the rural areas are cheap as chips ( my sister has 175acres and paid $800k for it ) but anything near a city is getting stupid. Average 3 bedroom stand alone home around where I live now is $7-800k, Sydney is starting at 1mill these days.

    I certainly couldnt afford it on my own but wages are relative.
     
  6. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    Don't forget Australian dollary-doo's are on another level to freedom-bucks too!
     
  7. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Yep. Google says an Aussie dollary-doo is worth 57p today (73 freedom pennies), so his AU$500k is roughly £275k or $363k freedom bucks
     
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  8. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Not too shabby. £275k would get you something like these round my way:

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    (3 bed semi, new-build)

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    (Three separate properties all sold together, 8 beds total)

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    (5 bed detached)

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    Sony PlayStation DualShock 4 Controller
    , down to £30. I've had a PS4 for years, but only ever one controller - can't wait to tell my eldest I can now join her in Minecraft!
     
  9. Journeyer

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    Not sure if I like it or not, but for some reason I can't stop looking at it...
     
  10. mrlongbeard

    mrlongbeard Multimodder

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    Replacement gloves
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  11. perplekks45

    perplekks45 LIKE AN ANIMAL!

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    [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]

    And some books:

    Jeff Vandermeer - Annihilation
    Isaac Asimov - I, Robot
    H. G. Wells - The Island Of Doctor Moreau
    Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
    Stephen Hawking - Brief Answers to the Big Questions

    Quite a lot by Bruno Vincent:

    Five Go Gluten Free
    Five Go On A Strategy Away Day
    Five Go Parenting
    Five Get Gran Online
    Five Get Beach Body Ready
    Five Get On the Property Ladder
    Five Go Bump in the Night
    Five Forget Mother's Day
    Five Lose Dad in the Garden Centre
    Five at the Office Christmas Party
    Five Go Down Under
     
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    Jards8595 Minimodder

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  13. Zoon

    Zoon Hunting Wabbits since the 80s

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    I'm considering getting the D3 game itself for Switch but I'm just not sure if I am going to get on with the controls for it.
     
  14. perplekks45

    perplekks45 LIKE AN ANIMAL!

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    You could always wait for Diablo Immortals which will definitely have easy controls and will be extremely accessible. And you could always play Crusaders of Light until then, NetEase's game which will be re-skinned for the Diablo Immo release.



    /rant

    The D3 game is the single reason I'd consider buying a Switch.
     
  15. Zoon

    Zoon Hunting Wabbits since the 80s

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    As the Aussies say ... Yeah, nah.

    I mean I'm so used to PC controls that I don't want to sully myself by stepping down to a console version.

    I will literally never play Diablo Immortals or anything from NetEase. Ever.
     
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    Managed to nab a set of these, Creative Gigaworks T40 series II, locally-ish for £20. In brand new condition, still got the cellophane on the back of them. Always wanted a set of these and I'm really pleased with them. A very noticeable improvement over the T20s series I I got mid last year.
     
  17. Arboreal

    Arboreal Keeper of the Electric Currants

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    ^ Nice. BIG Gigaworks envy. We've had a set of T20s for years - interesting to hear that they're noticeably better.
     
  18. Almightyrastus

    Almightyrastus On the jazz.

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    Awesome stuff, been running a set of the T40s for ages. Used to run my sound through an old hifi set that I had kicking around and these sound so much better. Only issue that I have had in the past is the heat from the power pack, keep the top of it free from stuff and everything is all good.
     
  19. Arboreal

    Arboreal Keeper of the Electric Currants

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    Interesting to hear that assessment of them.
    At work, I've gone the other way with speakers.
    I picked up a very cheap Denon Micro Hifi with Mission made SC-M10K speakers, and they have been a whole new world of sound for listening to the radio and MP3 music on my PC.
    The T40s still appeal nevertheless, as they're so neat and if they're better than the T20s, that's a real win.
     
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  20. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    Three years of NordVPN ... Because.
     
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