What did you buy today ???

[Tally]

Arrived today a mini cordless heat gun, £15.99 from amazon

[grog]

Tally, good idea. I have full solder, braze, heat kit, old but good. Prob now is, they wont refill gas bottle. Have to buy a new one. $20 only but if not used for a while, gas  gets low, another new bottle. PIA. Used to be around 5 bucks to refill. They wonder why so much rubbish.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

The wife rang me at work, motorcycle jeans at Aldi, would I like a pair.  How much I asked. 100 dollars was the reply. Yes I said.  Cane home and tried them on, 'Torque' is the brand.  Aramid lined in the bum, hips and knees, comes with hip and knee armour.  Ykk zipper and double stitched all round. CE approved. Not too bad at all I reckon, will give them a go. My current Draykos (by Draggin) are nearly worn out. 

Will be looking out if they bring out a cargo style

[Snapey]

motorcycle jeans at Aldi,

They're good quality jeans & fit well but wait until you need to piss. Unless you're hung like a porn star you really need to undo the top stud & belt or you'll struggle to get the old fella out. 

[Tony Nitrous]

I find Aldi "Torque" gear a real mixed bunch.

I have several of their paddock stands that were very cheap but they are fine. I have had a pair of their summer gloves and wore through the fingers in a few months.  Other stuff is similar, some find some not. At least it's cheap so you're not investing heavily in it.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

motorcycle jeans at Aldi,

They're good quality jeans & fit well but wait until you need to piss. Unless you're hung like a porn star you really need to undo the top stud & belt or you'll struggle to get the old fella out. 

Well, lucky me then I guess.....

[grog]

Good jeans. Put extra armour in mine.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Good jeans. Put extra armour in mine.

Where grog? Mines got hip and knee protectors already, you mean elsewhere or in addition to?

[grog]

Thats it Eric. Mine had the pockets but no armour in them. I just thought thats how they came, someone mustve knicked it.

[grog]

Last week or so, new alternator , brake rotors n pads for wifes car. New shaver n creme for her legs. Dwarf Mandarin tree, bought rubbish man service to remove lots, set of long ring spanners, tap repair kit. New drivers licence, thanks to Optus scam, was free. Big week. 

[VladTepes]

a new computer case

[Eric GSX1400K3]

When it rains it pours they say.  Solar hws element failed after 7years, so a new one needed...220.  Bathroom reno saw us put in a "back to the wall" semi free standing bathtub, the drain blockedrecentky, so i tried to unblock it and the drain pipe disconnected itself from underneath the bath, so bath has to come out to reconnect the drain..$$$..my plumber loves me.

Yesterday I noticed that the swimming pool salt cell is leaking, turns out the clear poly is cracked where the anodes enter into the cell, another 600-700 for a new cell.

[Tony Nitrous]

Heavy duty steel work bench.

I have a few workbenches in the shed but I wanted a "dirty" bench...  for sawing, drilling, grinding etc.

This one is seperate and near a door. Bolted it down to the concrete with 4 big expansion bolts, added an extra piece of thick timber for the top, drilled and added extra bolts, fitted my vice and bench grinder. It's pretty solid now.

[grog]

About to change my shed around, re organise tool boxes, a new bench. Only taken 30 years. Work benches are bloody expensive. Will get new vice, new bench grinder, tidy up is all really. I think 8 old tool boxes can be turned into 3, so much shit in other boxes, my mission for next few months.

[GSXKING]

I've been using an app on my phone I want to give a wrap it's called Petrol Spy I've attached a screenshot I think it's saved me quite a bit of money over the last six months.
In these days of ever increasing inflation & petrol companies blaming Russian warlords for increased prices 🐂🐂🐂💩💩💩 anything that saves is worth passing on 🙏🙏🙏