What have you bought lately?

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What have you bought lately? Nov 17, 2023 1:00:31 GMT -5 via mobile TestDummyCO likes this

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Post by cassie on Nov 17, 2023 1:00:31 GMT -5

Nov 16, 2023 20:27:29 GMT -5 TestDummyCO said:

Nov 16, 2023 6:35:21 GMT -5 kjay said:

Ours has been going down too. This is at one local gas station in the area.

imgur.com/rO3Oapt

I just paid $2.589/gallon for regular.

Converted
to dollars we are paying $9.22 a gallon ( US)

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Nov 16, 2023 20:27:29 GMT -5 TestDummyCO said:

Nov 16, 2023 6:35:21 GMT -5 kjay said:

Ours has been going down too. This is at one local gas station in the area.

imgur.com/rO3Oapt

I just paid $2.589/gallon for regular.

Do not dare complain about that, for fear of me coming over and giving you a chinese burn!

Converting our price to dollars, and litres to gallons, we are paying $7.17 for one gallon.

To put that in real terms, as our costs taxes etc vary, I have used a common currency between usa and uk. Snickers bars.
AFAIK you are paying 2 Snickers bars for a gallon, whereas we are paying 8.5 Snickers bars for that same gallon.

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What have you bought lately? Nov 17, 2023 3:25:03 GMT -5 a_muppet and kjay like this

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Post by jen on Nov 17, 2023 3:25:03 GMT -5

Nov 16, 2023 5:07:51 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 16, 2023 3:34:02 GMT -5 jen said:

I got my mid week shop and also ordered some electronic components yesterday.

Are you building something?

More a bit of experimenting at this point. I have a few ideas and just like to have fun trying them out. I sometimes think much of it is liking the way experiments were done in school and college. When I lash things up it seems to create the atmosphere. I do actually have boxes of leads I have made up, and test jigs to plug things together. Maybe I could get a part time job as a school technician

With their cutbacks though I would probably be paying them

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Post by jen on Nov 17, 2023 3:29:41 GMT -5

Nov 16, 2023 6:35:21 GMT -5 kjay said:

Nov 16, 2023 3:33:24 GMT -5 jen said:

I see the price has gone down a bit. I hope it stays that way or even goes down some more before I buy some, probably next week.

Ours has been going down too. This is at one local gas station in the area.

imgur.com/rO3Oapt

It would get confusing to me as, apart from price, it does look as if you have different ways of showning octane ratings.

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Nov 17, 2023 3:25:03 GMT -5 jen said:

Nov 16, 2023 5:07:51 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Are you building something?

More a bit of experimenting at this point. I have a few ideas and just like to have fun trying them out. I sometimes think much of it is liking the way experiments were done in school and college. When I lash things up it seems to create the atmosphere. I do actually have boxes of leads I have made up, and test jigs to plug things together. Maybe I could get a part time job as a school technician

With their cutbacks though I would probably be paying them

Mad professor Jen.

A guy who was on the same floor as me when I was in student flats was like you. He trained to be a tv technician, "I am not a tv repairman." lol

He ended up being in charge of mini submarines on north sea oil rigs.

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What have you bought lately? Nov 17, 2023 17:39:52 GMT -5 a_muppet likes this

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Nov 17, 2023 3:05:36 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 16, 2023 20:27:29 GMT -5 TestDummyCO said:

I just paid $2.589/gallon for regular.

Do not dare complain about that, for fear of me coming over and giving you a chinese burn!

Converting our price to dollars, and litres to gallons, we are paying $7.17 for one gallon.

To put that in real terms, as our costs taxes etc vary, I have used a common currency between usa and uk. Snickers bars.
AFAIK you are paying 2 Snickers bars for a gallon, whereas we are paying 8.5 Snickers bars for that same gallon.

I wasn't complaining (never do), but rather wondering why gas is cheaper here (over $.20/gallon). They are what they are. I drive hybrids. If I ever tire of buying/pumping gas, I'll buy an EV.

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kjay Moderator Posts: 24,313	What have you bought lately? Nov 17, 2023 17:50:25 GMT -5 a_muppet, Rebecca Jo, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kjay on Nov 17, 2023 17:50:25 GMT -5 We are looking at a wood fired pizza oven for our lanai.
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What have you bought lately? Nov 17, 2023 18:25:51 GMT -5

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Post by a_muppet on Nov 17, 2023 18:25:51 GMT -5

Nov 17, 2023 17:39:52 GMT -5 TestDummyCO said:

Nov 17, 2023 3:05:36 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Do not dare complain about that, for fear of me coming over and giving you a chinese burn!

Converting our price to dollars, and litres to gallons, we are paying $7.17 for one gallon.

To put that in real terms, as our costs taxes etc vary, I have used a common currency between usa and uk. Snickers bars.
AFAIK you are paying 2 Snickers bars for a gallon, whereas we are paying 8.5 Snickers bars for that same gallon.

I wasn't complaining (never do), but rather wondering why gas is cheaper here (over $.20/gallon). They are what they are. I drive hybrids. If I ever tire of buying/pumping gas, I'll buy an EV.

It's all about taxation.

VAT is applied after fuel duty, so, for example, the pump price of a litre of petrol currently reflects the pre-tax price plus 52.95p for fuel duty plus 20 per cent VAT on the pre-tax price and a further 10.59p for VAT at 20 per cent on fuel duty.

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What have you bought lately? Nov 18, 2023 10:12:17 GMT -5 a_muppet and kjay like this

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Post by jen on Nov 18, 2023 10:12:17 GMT -5

Nov 17, 2023 11:38:37 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 17, 2023 3:25:03 GMT -5 jen said:

More a bit of experimenting at this point. I have a few ideas and just like to have fun trying them out. I sometimes think much of it is liking the way experiments were done in school and college. When I lash things up it seems to create the atmosphere. I do actually have boxes of leads I have made up, and test jigs to plug things together. Maybe I could get a part time job as a school technician

With their cutbacks though I would probably be paying them

Mad professor Jen.

A guy who was on the same floor as me when I was in student flats was like you. He trained to be a tv technician, "I am not a tv repairman." lol

He ended up being in charge of mini submarines on north sea oil rigs.

It's funny where people end up some times. Just being in a certain place at a certain time

One of the things I bought was the latest version of the little microcontrollers that I use. It has a more powerful processor and higher clock speed so I have been wondering if it would be better for frequency measurement in the radio I will hopefully complete one day (

). It turns out that it may not be ideal but I did find it interesting to find that the person, online, who seems the most knowledgeable with this device and frequency issues does appear to be female. I am not the only nerd

jen Rare Member Posts: 12,787	What have you bought lately? Nov 18, 2023 10:13:47 GMT -5 a_muppet and kjay like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jen on Nov 18, 2023 10:13:47 GMT -5 I have just ordered some more art supplies. Mainly to obtain a Christmas present that I intend to give but I did take the opportunity to get a few things for me

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What have you bought lately? Nov 18, 2023 11:22:30 GMT -5 kjay and jen like this

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Post by a_muppet on Nov 18, 2023 11:22:30 GMT -5

Nov 18, 2023 10:12:17 GMT -5 jen said:

Nov 17, 2023 11:38:37 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Mad professor Jen.

A guy who was on the same floor as me when I was in student flats was like you. He trained to be a tv technician, "I am not a tv repairman." lol

He ended up being in charge of mini submarines on north sea oil rigs.

It's funny where people end up some times. Just being in a certain place at a certain time

One of the things I bought was the latest version of the little microcontrollers that I use. It has a more powerful processor and higher clock speed so I have been wondering if it would be better for frequency measurement in the radio I will hopefully complete one day (

). It turns out that it may not be ideal but I did find it interesting to find that the person, online, who seems the most knowledgeable with this device and frequency issues does appear to be female. I am not the only nerd

Heather, can we have an automatic nerd-to-english dictionary added, please?

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Popcorn&Candy Rare Member Posts: 11,396	What have you bought lately? Nov 18, 2023 15:28:52 GMT -5 Rebecca Jo and jen like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Popcorn&Candy on Nov 18, 2023 15:28:52 GMT -5 I bought my brother a pair of brown leather gloves.
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jen Rare Member Posts: 12,787	What have you bought lately? Nov 19, 2023 9:36:37 GMT -5 a_muppet and Rebecca Jo like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jen on Nov 19, 2023 9:36:37 GMT -5 I bought my main grocery shop this morning. The supermarket was having a 25% off clothing so I also bought two pairs of leggings and anothe pair of fleecy pajama bottoms.

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Nov 19, 2023 10:34:59 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 18, 2023 15:28:52 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

I bought my brother a pair of brown leather gloves.

MY ex mil reckoned that the gift of gloves was a farewell gift, so you would never see the person again.

I wish Id known that. Id have given a lot more gloves as gifts over the years.

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Post by Rebecca Jo on Nov 20, 2023 0:35:44 GMT -5

I bought new winter boots today, for both me and the oldest. Good deals too!

I also grabbed a new Christmas wreath at the dollar store and some snowflake clingies for the windows. Looking forward to a bit of festive decor, plus we've got the tree to put up soon.

kjay Moderator Posts: 24,313	What have you bought lately? Nov 20, 2023 5:38:52 GMT -5 a_muppet and Rebecca Jo like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kjay on Nov 20, 2023 5:38:52 GMT -5 We found that pizza oven for outside and it will be on sale Friday so naturally we are waiting for then to order it.
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cassie Elite Member III Posts: 7,611	What have you bought lately? Nov 20, 2023 7:15:17 GMT -5 a_muppet, kjay, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cassie on Nov 20, 2023 7:15:17 GMT -5 OH has a new battery charger on order. I bought a piece of Phoenician glass..

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The tablet the teens use is no longer charging. We were using it last night and then the oldest noticed the problem. He managed to move their Sketchbook files over to the SD card with about 20 percent battery power left, then we did a factory reset this morning as part of our goodbye to that device. (It now goes to the bin of items the kids can disassemble! Otherwise, recycling!)

I've ordered the same model I bought refurbished for myself this year, and a different colour of case so we can tell the two apart! The teens can use Sketchbook on my device while we wait for the other to ship from Ontario. While I'd hoped to wait just a little longer (like maybe January or spring) it wasn't horrible timing and we did get four or five years out of that one device!

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Nov 21, 2023 18:16:37 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 21, 2023 17:48:31 GMT -5 kjay said:

We are thinking of a bigger tv for our living room.

They are getting bigger and bigger.

We replaced our 32" with another 32". There is not really room for a larger one without major shuffling. There was not a great deal of choice when limiting to that size.

Do you remember when a 21" CRT set was the norm and a 26" set was perhaps the biggest readily available?

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Nov 22, 2023 4:19:29 GMT -5 jen said:

Nov 21, 2023 18:16:37 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

They are getting bigger and bigger.

We replaced our 32" with another 32". There is not really room for a larger one without major shuffling. There was not a great deal of choice when limiting to that size.

Do you remember when a 21" CRT set was the norm and a 26" set was perhaps the biggest readily available?

We are now living in a dolls house. To get the room layout I wanted the TV had to fit the small wall and 32inch was the ideal size.. I hope they dont phase that 'small ' size out or I will be stuffed.

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Nov 21, 2023 18:16:37 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Nov 21, 2023 17:48:31 GMT -5 kjay said:

We are thinking of a bigger tv for our living room.

They are getting bigger and bigger.

I remember when we had a tv that was 35", the one we have now in the living room is 60 ". We are thinking of moving that one outside to the lanai and getting a 75" for the living room. I think the 120 " would be a bit to big. lol...

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