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Stupid payday purchasesWe've all done it - that wonderful feeling of being flush with cash. You can't wait. You head into town and buy ......
what?
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That was a bad idea
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:09,
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latest was 10 years ago)
I could probably do with a new car soon(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:12,
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www.caricos.com/cars/a/audi/2015_audi_q3/5.html
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:18,
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He ordered nothinghe was told what he might be allowed to drive from time to time by the boss
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It's my car. I'm calling it 'ours' to be nice, but it's mine.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:19,
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pretty muchi was told the RS was a pointless waste of money, so we went for the s-line plus, 2 litre engine, leather interior, heated seats, blah blah usual stuff. i wasn't allowed to spend the extra money on it automatically puttings its ears back when you lock it though :(
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:23,
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We can spend the extra ten grand that would have cost on a little runabout for you.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:25,
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I only read the first sentence, assumed RS was an acronym for Rachelswipe and did a lol. (
Muns, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:25,
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I have that optionAs I am a forgetful fuckwit - always wondering 'did I lock the car'? - I use the fact that the ears are flat as a visual check that it is, in fact locked. Very useful as I live in a flat and can't be arsed to go downstairs to properly check
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i also wanted the electric seatsbut i was consoled with the "storage pack" to put pockets on the back of them instead
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:28,
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Pointless when you never need to move them.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:30,
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Although I have a lowly Nissan...... I was reassured by the salesman - when I asked about optional extras for my vehicle - he replied 'There are no optional extras, it has everything on it'
Pretty much accurate.
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Yeah, but when some pissed cunt kicks one of them offit will cost about £800 to replace, rather than a couple of hundred for a normal mirror.
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My remote central locking works from quite far awayif I did live in a ghastly flat I could lean out of the window, press the button and see the lights flash.
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Peej, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 13:31,
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Yup, full leather, heated seats, panoramic sunroof, built in drivers dildo(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:24,
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Panoramic sunroofs are great!I just wish my blind opened either end
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Do you know what Cap'n? I'm not that bothered about cars really but I'm quite excited about getting this one.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:29,
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I am assured by colleagues that have A3s that they are a fun drive(, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:31, Reply)
Curse my sausage fingers!And the inventor of a keyboard with Q right by A!
2 Directors have the Q3
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my mum had an a3, it was great funvery nippy for the size of the car
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:33,
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I am assured by the actions of colleagues that have A3s that they are driven by wankers.(
Peej, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 13:34,
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So you want to spit roast Stevie Wonder.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:30,
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i'm very sad about giving up the girl toy with the roof that comes right off and the sports engine but it's a bit impractical having a car that doesn't fit my suitcase in the boot
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:31,
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I didn't know he was mates with Bruce Springsteen(
Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:29,
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The one I refer to here was a old XJS now I have a old CLK, neither of which are in anyway compensating for a disturbing empty feeling in the trousers no sirreee
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Booze. Lots of booze.Alt: Yes, it was. Terrible.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:14,
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I went KERAZY during the week and bought some onion sets and some carrot seeds(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:16,
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I dont even careI also bought courgettes, parsnips and Brussels sprouts
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:50,
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Trainer purchases must be approved by the OT trainer committee. What are you getting?
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:24,
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Dunno. Something cheap and functional. I'll only wear them two or three times a week for a run around the nature reserve.
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Muns, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:27,
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Hi-Tec Silver Shadow is what you need.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:28,
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Hi-Tec sizing can be a bit weird for me, I'll investigate though. (
Muns, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:35,
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Some new shoesChurch's or Grensons. I need some new oxblood gibsons
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like this?www.homedepot.com/p/Nostalgia-Electrics-Retro-Series-1-7-cu-ft-70-Can-120-Volt-Party-Cooler-in-Red-BPC700RETRORED/204486883?srccode=cii_22032207&cpncode=41-28914786-2&cm_mmc=shopping-_-thefind
i am intrigued as to how this is different to a fridge.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:32,
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Like this. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Y8C6AA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
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I had an inflatable one of them that you filled with ice water.After several days of dumping ice into it it got full and fell over.
The carpet was 'squelchy' for days.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:42,
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oh i seeso it's like a cool box but with a plug instead of ice packs
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:22,
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they're shit versions of fridges that only keep things cool but can't make warm cans into cold cansthey're barely a step up from a Thermos flask
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Where can you get electric beer at this time of year?(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:28,
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Alcoholic androids dream of it(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:02,
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i splashed out on some fabric softener(
The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:29,
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Knowing that is a great Comfort to me.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:31,
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That's a Bold statement.(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:33,
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the washing powder should get it out again(
rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:32,
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That was actually quite funny.(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:34,
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Oh cheer up.(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:46,
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All about the ex-concorde ones you could get for £25(
Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:41,
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I have Sennheiser in ear ones, but BeyerDynamic over ear ones for home(, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:44, Reply)
I found a pair of these on a busuk.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/12/holiday-gift-guide-best-over-ear-headphones-under-100/pendelton-urbanears-plattan
Hipsters really cunts aren't they. I use my Samsung ones that came with my phone.
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Peej, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:59,
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I'd have left them on the bus. Do hipsters get busses? I thought they had mopeds or post-ironic Morris Minors.
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I took them home to sell on ebayYou could just tell some cunt would pay money for them
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Peej, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:28,
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Bought a holiday to iceland the other day.I suppose it counts as a 'payday' purchase because I got it on tick and will be shortly paying it off.
I am also going to buy some beer and whisky and trek up to a bothy with a mate drink it.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:40,
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Scotland really isn't that cold. The residents believe it is because they're all going through heroin withdrawal.
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Muns, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:44,
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Bleak landscapes full of miserable cunts. Muttering sexual threats.
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That's the third time I've seen you shoehorn that inand I only spend 30 seconds a week on here.
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Imagine someone being excited about a holiday! What a wanker!(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:49,
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He'd have sympathized if he was going to Cambodia or somewhere else with a similarly low age of consent. (
Muns, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:52,
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You only give those poor kids 30 seconds a week rest?(
Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 10:51,
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I spent my first student loan cheque on a Fender StratocasterBut that was neither payday, nor stupid. Sorry
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Peej, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:01,
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If by "it", you mean a face that looks like a bucket of smashed crabs, then yes(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:10,
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Bobbing for apples in a chip pan.And the blackcountry favourite "bost arse".
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Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:22,
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played it 'til my fingers bled(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:09,
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I spent my first student loan on a pair of Technics SL1210s. I do still have them in the loft, but think I might put them on ebay soon. Bit tragic being into all that in your 30s isn't it?
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Most of the original jungle and house heads are all in their 50's by now so i reckon you're alright.(
Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:22,
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That's 12 years older than me and about the top end of age for that era. (, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:29, Reply)
Yeah I did this with my first student loan - a 12-string acoustic from Johnny Roadhouse in Manchester.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:29,
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Genuine guitar questionAre 12 strings not a massive fuck on to string and keep in tune?
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:35,
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Not really, you tune in pairs. I takes longer to string them but again, you do it in pairs so its no hassle I fucking love my 12 string
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Peej, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:44,
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My Rickenbacker is an absolute ballache to do, on account of it having a very nice looking R-shaped bit at the bridge endHowever, my local guitar shop does a restringing service for a couple of pounds so I never have to bother doing it myself.
Tuning is easy because I am not a spastic.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:51,
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I don't think I've ever really paid attention to when my salary goes into the bank. Soz(, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:02, Reply)
I haven't really either since i've started getting alright wages.All I know is that if i'm spending too much, that I should cut down.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:46,
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this particular payday it wastax for my car. this is the first time they haven't sent me a tax disc, it feels weird.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:23,
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leave the expired disc on to confuse traffic wardens.(
Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:25,
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I did that. And I got a ticket a few days ago. Didn't make me feel much better about it TBH.
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You can reclaim it in a few weeks when we scrap your car.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:26,
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We are really. I just like to pretend it's being crushed to upset rachelswipe poster(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:29,
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Yeah I know, i drive a hard bargain. They originally offered £38 and a small diet lemonade. (
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:42,
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I got a better deal when I went back on my own. Just sayin'(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:48,
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Hee heeHa ha
Ho ho
To the funny farm!
Shit, now I've earwormed myself.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:51,
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I got 140 for my Saab.I was expecting more because it weighed a fucking tonne.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:38,
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Records, always records.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:28,
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My payday isn't 'till mondayBut all my spare cash is going into the Apple Watch fund.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:45,
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about 6 times more than they are worthand they will anally rape you for iTunes each time you want to do something
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I don't have a problem with Apple products. I like them Sent from my iPhone
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MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:49,
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Apple mark-up is typically 40%(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:53,
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Stores, including Apple's own ones, typically only make 3% per iPad.That's why you never see them discounted at any high rate.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:58,
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Pretty much all independant phone shops etc hate selling Apple stuff as there is no margin at all in it for them(, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:08, Reply)
Its not matethat might be the advertised rate but when you are using cheap slave labour to make them the cost of an iphone to produce is well under £100, when you also add in that fact that compared to European and US manufacturers they flout many environmental rules then that's another cost saving,
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They'll announce the pricing properly on the 9th of MarchBut the sports one with basic band in 38mm (I think, nobody knows, the just said 'starting from') $350ish, which is the same price as the iPad Mini 2, which translates to about £260ish.
I'm going after the 'normal' one (rather than 'sports' or 'edition'), and I want either the Malinase Loop or Quilted Leather bands - so I've allowed myself £400 and hope I get change.
They reckon that the Edition one will be about $5000, but you've got to remember that the market-rate for the gold inside it alone is $1200.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:53,
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I don't think I want one but I quite like the idea for bicycle sat nav type stuff(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:54,
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Navigation on them is quite cool, it taps towards the left/right of your wrist as you come up to a turning, so you don't even have to look at it for that.You'll need your iPhone on you at the same time, but it can stay in your pocket.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:57,
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$350 for a device you have to pair to an iPhone. Fuck that. I want a smart watch that works without another device in my pocket. Its like those poor wankers that had to carry the battery for their phone in a separate case.
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Peej, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:48,
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agreed, not even close, 31 grams of gold in a phone? Bollocks(
Peej, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:53,
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It's an once of gold(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 13:20,
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Not really, not saying that no apple fans are sheep - but I can geninuenly say that I know exactly their capabilities and the inside'n'outs of them for my desision not to be a 'sheep' one.Next week is MWC, they'll be some georgous new AndroidWare ones coming out soon. Galaxy S6 is looking really good.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:55,
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I'm on a four-week pay cycle, like some kind of povvo, so my payday isn't until next Friday.It *is* bonus day today, however. I might buy something later.
What can you get for a budget of £10.50?
Alt: My life is a series of bad ideas, cobbled together by woe and regret.
In other news, how are we all today?
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:49,
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Two packs of pub toilet vending machine brand viagraand half a pack of tealight candles from a pound shop.
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Muns, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:54,
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Apparently, it's a 'thank you' for all our hard work over the last year.Basically, it's a bone they throw us once a year in lieu of paying actual decent wages.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:57,
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My wife just paid off our credit cards with her bonusMy bonus is usually 2 free drinks in the campus bar at Christmas.
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Peej, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:01,
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That's nice. Nice new clean slate. You can start ramping then up again.
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I can't remember the last time I used a credit cardwhich is a bit silly, seeing as we've got one of those ones that pays cash back for doing your shopping.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:02,
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I put everything through a credit cardmore protection, improves credit rating and you get vouchers and stuff.
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I dread to think what my credit rating might be these daysseeing as I have no mortgage, no loans, and don't use credit cards.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:06,
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Any money is worth having, I suppose, no matter how fewer.It's only in the low three figures, though. I'm not going to go out and buy diamonds, put it that way.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:01,
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It's the money she made from elderley people who are entitled to free scriptsbut insist on paying something towards them anyway.
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Muns, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:57,
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As if ANYONE entitled to free scriptshas ever wanted to pay ANYTHING for ANYTHING.
pay 50p for a pack of ibuprofen? No thanks, I'll get my doctor to prescribe some and I'll get them free.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:59,
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Except the whole process (doctors appointment etc) probably cost the taxpayer about £50FUCK YOU SOCIALISM
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Pharmacies get paid about nine quid for filling a prescription,minus the patient contribution.
That means every free pack of paracetamol we give out costs the taxpayer huge amounts of money. It would be cheaper to just give them a box off the shop floor.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:11,
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Not bad, thanks. I can't be bothered today though. I might go and get some grub. Japanese Canteen as a Friday treat.
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4 week payments used to drive me mental when i was a letting agent12 calendar months in the year. so why, why, why do housing benefits pay in lots of 4 weeks? it means the tenant shows as being permanently in arrears and nothing balances and when you have a massive rent roll of 4000 tenants with about 800 on benefits it takes forever why councils why whyyyyyyyyy?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:56,
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Thirteen four-week blocks in a yearmeans that one month has two paydays in it. It's really quite weird.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:58,
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I'm okay but being at work really is getting in the way or much more important stuff. (
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 11:57,
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Sorry the answer I was looking for was 'much more important stuff'Thanks for playing
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MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:01,
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It's been great having you here, you've been a wonderful contestant. (
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:04,
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I think you'll find that's Stunned, wang. (
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 27 Feb 2015, 12:07,
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