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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by RichardUK » Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:46 am

Vermilion wrote:Also today, i've ordered myself a Boaty McBoatface 50p.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface I have just been reading the Similar names section :slol:

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by Green Gecko » Mon Nov 09, 2020 1:39 am

I grew up being told you could only take a joke so far, because I wasn't the cool brother, but that's actually pretty funny.

GRcade also taught me this.

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by Vermilion » Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:00 am

Souvenirs from my Loch Lomond trip a few weeks back...


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by KingK » Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:49 am

I have the Metallica Ride The Lightning Deluxe box set of vinyl, cds, dvd arriving today! Early Xmas present to myself of my favourite Metallica album

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by RichardUK » Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:31 am

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by Vermilion » Sat Nov 14, 2020 1:34 pm

Boaty arrived today, beautiful coin!

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by <]:^D » Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:54 pm

:lol:

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by Mafro » Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:29 pm

No idea if they're any good or not but just got a free Google Nest Mini from Spotify.

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by Rex Kramer » Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:38 pm

Mafro wrote:No idea if they're any good or not but just got a free Google Nest Mini from Spotify.

Is that from the offer in September or are they running it again?

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by Mafro » Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:48 pm

Rex Kramer wrote:
Mafro wrote:No idea if they're any good or not but just got a free Google Nest Mini from Spotify.

Is that from the offer in September or are they running it again?

Aye it's from that September offer, thought that was it when they ran out then but just got an email earlier saying mine was available to claim.

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by Green Gecko » Mon Nov 16, 2020 9:11 pm

They are decent yeah and surprisingly good for playing music on a whim or asking for weather/news bulletins etc. The reminder functionality also works extremely well when you know you're going to forget to remind yourself not to forget something :shifty:

And it's easy to add appointments to a calendar you will actually use (google cal).

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by Mafro » Mon Nov 16, 2020 9:15 pm

I've already got a Sonos One so I dunno what to do with this one lol. Might mount it on the wall next to my desk for reminders/timers etc.

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by Green Gecko » Mon Nov 16, 2020 9:16 pm

"Set a timer for 10 minutes" works just fine as well. It also supports continuous conversation so you can do something like "Set a timer for ten minutes and play BBC radio 6". If you enable continuation in the Google home app you can correct things it gets wrong the first time by just continuing the talk, generally I say "scratch that" or "change X" after the confirmation.

It also plays relaxing sounds. Try "play relaxing forest/sea/rain sounds", maybe there are some others. I've had it on for hours at times, it's a good ambient speaker.

You can even ask it to play random animal sounds for no particular reason. :toot:

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by Saint of Killers » Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:21 pm

Picked up Watching the Watchmen for £6 :D

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by Choclet-Milk » Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:51 am

I've never watched it before, do I need to watch Watchmen before watching Watching the Watchmen?

EDIT- gooseberry fool it's a book :slol:

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by Saint of Killers » Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:28 am

Chocolate-Milk wrote:I've never watched it before, do I need to watch Watchmen before watching Watching the Watchmen?

EDIT- gooseberry fool it's a book :slol:


HA!

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by Saint of Killers » Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:30 am

Chocolate-Milk wrote:I've never watched it Watchmen before, do I need to watch Watchmen before watching Watching the Watchmen?


And I made it, like, 7.5% funnier. Shame on you!

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by Choclet-Milk » Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:23 pm

All this time I should have been watching myself

I've failed you all

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by Saint of Killers » Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:34 pm

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You can even just about make the CX out.

Wish I'd taken a shot of the Predator cover. The colour on it is so off it looks like a low effort pirate photocopy cover.

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PostRe: Pick Up Post - Share Your Latest Purchases
by Vermilion » Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:35 pm

Seeing Mad Max in 4K would be amazing.


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