Things you recently bought or got

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  1. OurJud

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    Thigh pocket would be correct. Or even trouser pocket (even though they're shorts)
     
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    Or commonly "cargo pocket."
     
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    2 Mugs, 1 for school and 1 for free time. Coffee taste has improved with 20%.
     
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    Bought some Bose QuietComfort 25 headphones to replace my failing QC 15, which has developed this unbearable scratching noise in one pad. Makes me feel like there's a cockroach crawling around in my skull.
     
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    Best get a can of Raid just to keep your bases covered.
     
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    Good idea. The QC 'phones, bless them, could use some extra base.
     
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    Fixed
     
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    - Tiny drill bit grinder that attaches to me drill (how ironic..is ironic the correct term?) arrived the other day, will test next time in tool room.
    - As usual, bought some more graphics cards for me puta...I spoil her so much.
    - Grabbed a year's supply of BCAA 2:1:1...1st time user.
    BCAAs are used by the body to promote healing of injured tissues, speed up recovery, and protect against muscle tissue breakdown (catabolism) during exercise. Studies have shown BCAA to be beneficial due to the characteristics of its individual components as well. For example, leucine helps in wound recovery, valine helps promote or maintain nitrogen balance (essential for muscular development), and isoleucine helps boost energy and is necessary for forming hemoglobin.
    ...I bought it 'cus...Goblins!
    - Windows 7 home premium to experiment on me lappy. (finally found a cheap price)
    - Plastic funnel for me Kefir.
    - After much research on SSDs, a near new 2nd hand Samsung 840 Pro 128Ger for 30 bucks, this way the low price is not a hassle if the old ASUS lappy that's a coming can't take ssds, If all goes well, then I'll snag me a 500giggidy later on, but then again, perhaps one don't need a lot of HD space on me lappy that's solely for writing...and buying vid cards on eBay, so there's 2 elements to the 128G experiment.
    - Yet another chain cleaner machine. I've already got full refunds from the 4 scammers who sent a model different to that pictured. The 5th I'm still having tonsofun in our convo as they avoid acknowledgement of intentional scamming, though full refund is 100% guaranteed.
     
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    Thought I'd give one of those Kenco flavoured coffee's a go. I think there's three available; Caramel, Nutty, and Irish Cream.

    I went for the Irish Cream and it wasn't good.
     
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    I vender at flea markets and on Facebook so I get new items all the time. The latest things we've gotten are Wahl clippers and Xbox 1 Kinect and remote. Plus a few other odds and ends.
     
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    That stuff can be expensive sometimes. It's like a can of "whoop-ass', you're never absolutely certain of the final cost.
     
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    I bought a new Samsung Tab A 10.1 (2019) Android tablet and the companion folio with BT tablet. To replace my much loved, but elderly Lenovo A7600F. Tablets make great portable writing appliances.
     
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    Flavored coffee and ESPECIALLY Irish Coffee flavors have a very narrow range between good and 'bad'. It's a great idea that loses so much in poor implementation. I am the eternal optimist who is continually disappointed.

    Also, has anyone besides me, noticed that hazelnut flavored . . . anything, tastes nothing like hazelnuts? I'm not talking about good hazelnut flavoring and bad, I'm saying even the GOOD hazelnut flavored stuff doesn't taste anything like hazelnuts.
     
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    Yes. In precisely the same way almond flavouring tastes nothing like almonds. Perversely, however, I prefer almond flavouring to real almonds.
     
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    Just bought one of these. Yes, I did buy an Mp3 player a few days ago, but it's the size of a matchbox and my eyes are getting shittier by the day. At least with this one I'll have a chance of reading from the display. Oh, and it's beautiful, too.

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    Irish cream sounds delish, but I wonder if it's due to artifical flavours as eBay is awash with negative feedback regarding flavoured protein powders.
    And the coffee has conjured up dusty images of the original Love Bug movie where the baddie fills Herbie's petrol tank up with whipped cream from a can.
     
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    It does sound dilish, but I can't imagine it wouldn't be made from artificial flavours. When I opened the bag and stuck my nose in (as I always do with a fresh pack of coffee) it smelt exactly like some Irish Cream pipe tobacco I bought once.

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    Brand and model?

    I'm still running me old Cowon D20 from half a decade ago.
    Ugly as **** but research shows Cowons have the best sound reproduction.
    The D20 is a big boxy thing due to 100hrs of playback battery.
    Creepy feeling full cover silicone case makes it even bulkier.
    I accidently snapped the mechanical power button off thus I have to use a matchstick to fire it up and put it into lock mode. Cowon not responding to my requests for a replacement and can't find parts anywhere.
    Will only upgrade when it dies.

    And yeah, tiny fonts on 2" screens makes it difficult to read for me too, I have close range sight issues.
     
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    RE: tobacco similarity, maybe you're mean to snort the coffee, not drink it. haah!
    RE: flavours, either artificial or perhaps if natural the format of the natural ingredent is the problem. Like how condensed cream in coffee tastes different in coffee than cream or whipped. That processing natural compounds can change it's structure thus how it interfaces with other ingredients.
     
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    It's almost like if you want Irish Cream flavoured coffee, you should just put Irish Cream in your coffee. If I am driving or something though, I usually use this stuff. My local coffee place sells it, and I rather enjoy it. It's also good for Italian Sodas and whatnot.
     
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    Link, please :)
     
  25. OurJud

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    To the matchbox-sized one, or the one I just bought?

    I'll assume the latter. Not sure if you're UK based, but the item you're looking for is the Ruizu DO8 - plenty of UK sellers on ebay :)

    Ruizu DO8

    Although don't be fooled by the 'capacitive touch screen' claim. That's rather naughty as it just means the controls are not physical buttons. The screen itself has no touch functionality at all.
     
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