Author Topic: 'found this on a ride today'! (Read 181540 times)

Pingu · « **Reply #425 on:** 05 April, 2018, 10:04:19 pm »

Unlucky, Blodders

Gattopardo · « **Reply #426 on:** 06 April, 2018, 06:58:40 pm »

The find was a Trend t11e router.

Kim · « **Reply #427 on:** 06 April, 2018, 07:45:18 pm »

I found a discarded cigarette packet, while I pulled over to adjust my gears (new cables bedding in). There was a price label on it: "£8.35p" Fucking hell. I wish I could give up smoking. You'd pay for n+1 in no time.

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #428 on:** 07 April, 2018, 07:24:38 am »

Quote from: Kim on 06 April, 2018, 07:45:18 pm

I found a discarded cigarette packet, while I pulled over to adjust my gears (new cables bedding in). There was a price label on it: "£8.35p" Fucking hell. I wish I could give up smoking. You'd pay for n+1 in no time.

If you still smoke, how come you were surprised by the price? Surely you pay this every day/other day?

rafletcher · « **Reply #429 on:** 07 April, 2018, 08:04:40 am »

A 5m long awning from a caravan/campervan. The road's a bit narrow at that point, and I suspect the projection of the awning caught on the adjacent trees.

hatler · « **Reply #430 on:** 07 April, 2018, 09:32:24 am »

Quote from: Blodwyn Pig on 07 April, 2018, 07:24:38 am

Quote from: Kim on 06 April, 2018, 07:45:18 pm
I found a discarded cigarette packet, while I pulled over to adjust my gears (new cables bedding in). There was a price label on it: "£8.35p" Fucking hell. I wish I could give up smoking. You'd pay for n+1 in no time.

If you still smoke, how come you were surprised by the price? Surely you pay this every day/other day?

I think that was a sardonic "I wish I smoked 'cos then I'd be able to wish I could give up and save myself oodles of cash".

Kim · « **Reply #431 on:** 07 April, 2018, 01:07:07 pm »

Quote from: hatler on 07 April, 2018, 09:32:24 am

Quote from: Blodwyn Pig on 07 April, 2018, 07:24:38 am
Quote from: Kim on 06 April, 2018, 07:45:18 pm
I found a discarded cigarette packet, while I pulled over to adjust my gears (new cables bedding in). There was a price label on it: "£8.35p" Fucking hell. I wish I could give up smoking. You'd pay for n+1 in no time.

If you still smoke, how come you were surprised by the price? Surely you pay this every day/other day?
I think that was a sardonic "I wish I smoked 'cos then I'd be able to wish I could give up and save myself oodles of cash".

Indeed, sorry. The only smoking I've ever done was passively.

hellymedic · « **Reply #432 on:** 07 April, 2018, 05:54:24 pm »

I consulted Sainsbury's website to see how much cigarettes cost.

Many are over £10 for 20; that's £5K/pa.

More cash for other things!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #433 on:** 07 April, 2018, 05:56:50 pm »

"Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?"
"I save money to buy 1980s vinyl."

hellymedic · « **Reply #434 on:** 07 April, 2018, 05:57:57 pm »

Must be something inside?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #435 on:** 07 April, 2018, 06:00:31 pm »

Not anymore, Blodwyn Pig's already taken it!

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #436 on:** 07 April, 2018, 07:16:11 pm »

Frantically looks in hedge , for whatever 'IT' is.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #437 on:** 10 April, 2018, 01:09:30 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 06 April, 2018, 07:45:18 pm

I found a discarded cigarette packet, while I pulled over to adjust my gears (new cables bedding in). There was a price label on it: "£8.35p" Fucking hell. I wish I could give up smoking. You'd pay for n+1 in no time.

"What manner of terrible pikey fags can you get for that little money?" asked Mr Larrington while incinerating slightly over fifty pence. A carton of 200 Marlboro Gold is £107 from Mr Sainsbury's House Of Toothy Comestibles.

hellymedic · « **Reply #438 on:** 10 April, 2018, 04:29:48 pm »

The pedant in me spots a missing decimal point...
...unless smoking is MUCH more expensive than I believed!

Kim · « **Reply #439 on:** 10 April, 2018, 05:28:53 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 10 April, 2018, 04:29:48 pm

The pedant in me spots a missing decimal point...
...unless smoking is MUCH more expensive than I believed!

£8.35 for 20 is within the same order of magnitude as 200 for £107, or 1 for slightly over 50p. Hence my surprise.

hellymedic · « **Reply #440 on:** 10 April, 2018, 06:26:46 pm »

Got my mind crossed, apologies!

Basil · « **Reply #441 on:** 10 April, 2018, 07:37:45 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 10 April, 2018, 05:28:53 pm

Quote from: hellymedic on 10 April, 2018, 04:29:48 pm
The pedant in me spots a missing decimal point...
...unless smoking is MUCH more expensive than I believed!

£8.35 for 20 is within the same order of magnitude as 200 for £107, or 1 for slightly over 50p. Hence my surprise.

Blimey. I remember when 20 Number 6 cost 1d each. 1/10 for a pack of 20.

fuzzy · « **Reply #442 on:** 11 April, 2018, 11:46:25 pm »

Cigarettes are the one thing period dramas struggle with. How many 1930's to 1970's coppers (detectives or otherwise) could afford to smoke king size? I remember how small a Players no.6 or an Embassy Regal was when I started my smoking career.

Torslanda · « **Reply #443 on:** 12 April, 2018, 12:22:48 pm »

Definitely NOT adding up how much dosh I haven't spent on fags since taking up the vape...

hubner · « **Reply #444 on:** 05 May, 2018, 11:53:54 am »

Cream chargers dumped on the roadside.

Jurek · « **Reply #445 on:** 05 May, 2018, 12:12:41 pm »

Quote from: hubner on 05 May, 2018, 11:53:54 am

Cream chargers dumped on the roadside.

At a guess I'd say they have been emptied of their contents

hubner · « **Reply #446 on:** 05 May, 2018, 04:59:16 pm »

I picked up about 25 and 2 were unused.

They're really strong, apparently made from 2mm thick steel, they must be useful for something!

Blodwyn Pig · « **Reply #447 on:** 12 May, 2018, 02:11:40 pm »

IMG_0043 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_0044 by mark tilley, on Flickr

Found this today, its an Exposure Trace. . Took me a while to work out how to turn it on. What sort of bracket are they supposed to use?

PS.....just looked them up..GOSH! £35..

woollypigs · « **Reply #448 on:** 12 May, 2018, 02:26:13 pm »

Well clearly more zip ties and gaffa than the previous owner used.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #449 on:** 12 May, 2018, 05:59:07 pm »

Is it one of those lights that's just supposed to use some o rings?

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