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My most recent purchase was some porridge and a banana.
Most recent exciting purchase was tickets to Fleetwood Mac.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 9:33, archived)
And don't be soft.
Shopping for men isn't impossible at all.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 9:34, archived)
I can never find anything.
It's either deodorant gift sets, stupid little gadgets or clothing.
(I helped save b3ta! Bats, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 9:35, archived)
Can't go wrong with stupid little gadgets
Men go mad for them
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 9:36, archived)
What the hell is wrong with my one then?
I'm forever holding up little weird gadgets in shops and he looks at me like I'm a five year old with a plastic duck. The conversation usually goes, "Why on earth would I want that?" "Because it's cool! Look! It flashes!" "Put it back." "But I'm buying it for me." "Fiiine. I'll be outside."

He doesn't do shopping.
(I helped save b3ta! Bats, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 9:57, archived)
I think there's the crux
a gadget does something useful. Flashing, unless you are an old man in a park in a mac, isn't considered useful.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 9:58, archived)
I've offered Swiss army knives,
flipflops with a bottle opener in the sole, various gadgety things off eBuyer/Firebox, and he just kind of mehs. It seems he has a certain amount he needs to spend (like, a new iPhone - I haven't forgiven him for impulse buying one of those yet).
(I helped save b3ta! Bats, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:04, archived)
So what, in fact, you mean
is that he is interested in gadgets, but not the ones you want him to have?
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:06, archived)
I refuse to admit the iPhone is fucking cool.
I shall maintain my female line that it's "just a phone" and "it's not worth the price tag".

I do want him to have cool gadgets, it's just I can never afford the ones he wants/would like.
(I helped save b3ta! Bats, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:09, archived)
aren't they free on most contracts?

(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:12, archived)
Yes but on a stupidly expensive contract for a long time.
I'll admit, he did make a very convincing case for him to pay for it all. Something about how now he's not using X, Y and Z with his business contracts, he can afford it.
(I helped save b3ta! Bats, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:14, archived)
I thought they cost about £400?
you can get them free on an 18 month, £35 contract. which is about £600 in total, but with the added benefit of £600 free calls etc. I can't see why anyone would buy one outright, unless you spend less than £10 a month on calls and internet etc.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:17, archived)
the new one is 44.50 for 24 months, imagine that

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:48, archived)
the 3GS?
I was offered that for £35 for 18 months. Mind you, I think that O2 are prepared to offer me a go on the chairman's daughter to get me back from Orange at the moment..
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:08, archived)
yeah that one, that's the price on the posters in the shop
i'm with orange, they practically pay me these days
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:11, archived)
that's not a female line
I have a minge AND an iPhone.
(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:22, archived)
Aren't YOU the lucky one?

(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:28, archived)
INDEED.

(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:36, archived)
not for the iphone
the vibration motor is already burnt out
(I helped save b3ta! Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:04, archived)
What you're doing here is SHOWING him things.
Just buy something and have done with it and say 'I thought you'd like it'. I'm forever buying stuff for FF like that. The success rate is pretty high.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 10:17, archived)
take that and now fleetwood mac
bloody hell, it must be terrible being born with no sense of musical taste.
(I helped save b3ta! Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:02, archived)
Oh fuck off Tye

(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:11, archived)

I have one fleetwood mac cd in the attic but no one knows except me as I bought it
(I helped save b3ta! Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 11:23, archived)