Exciting purchases and deliveries

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 7:13 pm

REPLACEMENT FIREPLACE COALS FOR GAS FYRE

The highlight of my day!

Post by **dng** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:11 pm

our roofs all rotten and needs replacing

Post by **dng** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:11 pm

£3000 or something stupid

Post by **dng** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:11 pm

who needs roofs anyway

Post by **vom** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 9:03 pm

I haven't used my gas fire in about four years and now I've become too scared to do so

Post by **vom** » Mon Oct 03, 2022 9:03 pm

But I use my roof nearly every single day

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 1:20 am

Who needs a roof when you've had a roofie? Not me!!!!!!1q

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:38 pm

My black trainers arrived to-day. I somehow hadn't noticed that they're steel toe capped trainers.

*winces*

Post by **dng** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:57 pm

Knives in the soles

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:47 am

Wolverhampton's Rosa Klebb, me!

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 1:46 am

ADDITIONAL: They are the world's heaviest trainers. I accidentally dropped one onto the floor from about waist height, and the thud was such, that I presume seismologists on the other side of the globe stared intently at the surprising seismic wave data that appeared on their computer screens.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 1:47 am

Only £15 and I'm causing Earth chaos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **endar** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 1:01 pm

i hope you didn't drop it on your foot

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:16 pm

It'll happen sooner rather than later, I'm sure!

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Oct 28, 2022 1:18 am

Coal paint spray for touching up the gas fire back plate.

I feel all manly now.

Post by **Pual** » Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:58 am

I bought a replacement remote for the tv and an iced bun

Post by **dng** » Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:35 am

the iced bun will probably outlive the remote

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:51 pm

Don't do what I do and confuse the iced bun for a TV remote - it doesn't usually work.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:53 pm

blombluss wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 1:18 am Coal paint spray for touching up the gas fire back plate.

I feel all manly now.

CURRENT MANLINESS LEVEL = 4001 (the sprayed bits looks alright, and I didn't poison anyone with fumes, so...)

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:08 pm

Since there are finally no more Transformers coming out that I want (or not once they release the last two huge Dinobots, but they haven't even announced those yet), I seem to have fallen arse-backwards into collecting He-Man toys, which they are now bringing out with actual articulation. Oh dear. If they ever bring out MASK again I'm screwed.

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:26 am

Turns out one of the Dinobots has been announced, also one of Soundwave's cassette gits, so I'm not done yet.
Anyway I bought Mer-Man and I'm not sorry.

Post by **dng** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:30 am

i was dreaming about the purple panther he man thing i used to have the other day. i assume he was skeletors battle cat or something but anyway i used to love the toy of that for some reason. he was kind of velvety, unlike stupid plastc battle cat

Post by **vom** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:57 am

I've got two deliveries due today from different couriers but they've both chosen the same delivery window. Who will arrive first? My money is on DHL because DPD have been absolutely shit lately

(DHL: beer from my friend's brewery, DPD: Asian supermarket impulse buys, noodles and sauces and pocky)

Post by **vom** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:26 am

DHL won by a mile, but arrived 20 minutes BEFORE their delivery window, does this count a false start or something?

Post by **vom** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:45 am

DPD delivered five minutes into their delivery window. Possibly a technical victory?

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:41 pm

That's a DPD win, for me!

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:32 pm

An inexpensive pedal exerciser that is surprisingly sturdy.

Verdict: pleased!

Post by **Pual** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:46 pm

Large box of toilet rolls left outside the front door by evri

Post by **Pual** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:47 pm

Also a bit of fox crap on the front path

Post by **Mrak** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:49 pm

Evri delivery ruined, amirite!

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:13 am

How lang will it be before Evri change their name again, in an attempt to hide their continuing utter ineptitude?

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:41 pm

Now Fisto has arrived. Fisto is essential. Ah, Fisto.

They appear to be selling Skeletor's purple cat in two varieties: plastic and velvet. The velvet one is rather more expensive. Also Battle-Cat now has articulation, although his lockjaw remains permanent.

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:30 am

Stop undressing me with your eyes, Fisto!

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:05 pm

Barrytronics of Maldon will deliver parcels via our armada of hot air balloons. Your parcel will expertly be thrown over the side of the basket, and you will catch your purchase as it hurtles towards the ground. We accept no responsibility for any breakages, injuries, or drownings that may occur.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:05 pm

fisto is pretty sexy. i think i had the evil fisto, who was, from memory, some asort of fu manchu. but with a big gold fist

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:20 pm

I was thinking about getting him, but I got Battle-Cat instead. Apparently most of the things like his chop action and Mekaneck's extendible neck have been knacked in these toys because they wouldn't work with the new swappable heads and limbs. But Ram-Man still has his springs, because he's a different body shape and can't swap his head or limbs with anyone.

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:22 pm

I'm telling myself that my niece can play with this lot in a few years' time but I'm not even convincing myself.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:23 pm

good man

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 2:14 pm

She'll appear on Antiques Roadshow, getting these items valued, in Earth year 2082.

Post by **Pual** » Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:25 pm

Yeah, I bought these

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CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:42 pm

My sister used to laugh and laugh at a bit of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon I had recorded on tape. It was when half the main characters were disguising themselves as some monster or something in a kind of "boy standing on top of other boy's shoulders while covered in big raincoat and hat to get into the cinema" thing. Anyway, they're all shambling around trying to look monsterish and then Eric (on the right in the above picture) shouted out angrily "Your foot's in my eye!". As mentioned, she would laugh and laugh

The most recent purchase and delivery I got was a second hand copy of this Comic Relief thing from 1989, which I owned as a child

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Look at Mr Bean in the corner there, being all evil

Amazingly, despite being a cheery tie-in thing to raise money for charity, and explicitly designed to be performed by schoolkids across the land, it contains the lyrics for this song

Post by **dng** » Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:28 pm

excellent

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 3:28 pm

Due to Sainsbury's excellence, I've just received 12 440ml cans of John Smith's beer for £3.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:44 pm

nice.

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 2:22 am

Yup!

That said, how this stuff usually retails for £4.50 for four cans, beats me! It's rather creamy yet watery at the same time, which ain't a great combination in ma booke.

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:36 pm

Gold hand Fu Manchu arrived yesterday, and Fisto's robot horse arrived today.

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 2:14 pm

I bet Fisto's robon horse could deck Black Beauty and Seabiscuit.

Post by **vom** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 2:31 pm

I've been having a lot of exciting art supplies delivered but now I probably have enough art supplies so today I only received replacement heads for my electric toothbrush :'-(

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:56 pm

At least now you can paint your teeth

Post by **vom** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:30 pm

very true! in such an array of colours, too

(I possibly just ordered three more inks, I cannot be stopped)