And What Did You Buy Today?(Not Watches or related)

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Just carry it on its side to get around sharp corners.
The installer said he would not take it up the stairs as it cannot be tilted too much on its end . Apparently these Oled screens are fragile, there is a note on the box
saying finger pressure on the screen can damage it , so out of the box was not an option !
Solved by taking it up over the balcony, turned out much easier than anticipated.
I only went for the installation package to get it brought up the stairs !
Alls well that ends well.
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I purchased a pair of scratch and dent Paradigm Reference 11SE Mk2 speakers when I got out of high school. They were amazing and cost me a months pay at the time. After 30 some odd years they're sounding a little rough. I am upgrading to a pair of Klipsch RP-280F Floorstanding Speakers. These received great reviews and Crutchfield had them on sale for $200 off for each speaker. https://www.avsforum.com/threads/klipsch-rp-280f-tower-speakers-official-avs-forum-review.2012897/

 
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OnePlus Warp Charge 65. I don't' have a OnePlus phone so can't take advantage of the 65W charging, but it has a default/standard 45W charge for everything else. Blows away my Samsung OEM charger.

Ridiculously cheap on aliexpress. And legit. 馃榾

 
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New printer/scanner/copier.
I can print from any device wherever I am in the world.
Don't think I'll bother with all that though, unless it comes with an elf to load paper when I'm in Paris, or Antarctica.

 
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...............Alls well that ends well.

You are going to tidy this up................aren't you.

 
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You are going to tidy this up................aren't you.

Point taken, getting there !
I think you were right looking at how it was packed and isolated by the box I think it could have gone vertical around the corner of the stairs.
As for the cables I am being inovative and saving toilet roll inners and will paint the the same colour as the wall !
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A small gift for https://warpaws.org/



One of many items on their wish list, so something different next week.
 
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Point taken, getting there !
I think you were right looking at how it was packed and isolated by the box I think it could have gone vertical around the corner of the stairs.
As for the cables I am being inovative and saving toilet roll inners and will paint the the same colour as the wall !
I'd recommend https://www.legrand.us/wire-and-cable-management/raceway-and-cord-covers/c/lgnd091200

You can get two, one for each side, or one wide one down the center. I'd recommend the wide plastic stuff. No need for end caps or anything like that.

Look a lot better than TP cores!!
 
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^ I'm very jealous. Looks like a really cool build spec 馃憤
 
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Thanks! I probably agonized over the spec more than I should have but what do you do. Oh and it's a manual transmission so should be a fun drive!
 
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Congrats @Tuna Cowboy - you will love it! My son and I spent a few days not long ago driving various flavors of 992s (including the Turbo 4S) at the Barber track in Birmingham. My favorite for feel and handling, even though giving up a lot of horsepower to the Turbo, was the rear-drive S - amazing cars indeed.
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Bought this, a lot of bang for my bux 12 GB Ram, 256 GB memory, Snapdragon 888 processor, 108 mega pixel main camera, 120 watt charger, the phone only takes 17 minutes from flat to full charge.

Xiaomi 11T Pro

But at the end of the day I still prefer my Windows phone, will see how it works out over the next couple of weeks.



And the charger 馃榾

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A new tool or toy, I been considering this for a while. One showed up locally, cheap so I decided to give it a try. Honestly for the money is amazing technology. Tiny scope, not a real tektronix scope but could be useful.
 
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drywall compound!

I know, its not very exciting, but I'm repairing the last bit of residual damage from a fairly large house fire we had a number of years back, so it'll be most satisfying when its done.

then I'll start into the rebuild of the '66 Honda that was stalled by that little episode.

so drywall compound can be exciting... and sandpaper, did I mention the thrilling package of sandpaper! Wahoo!
 
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oh, I almost forgot, I bought this a while back, its a Philip's bicycle headlamp from the 40s, made in Holland. I bought it and tossed it in the parts bin because it was cheap, cool and you never know.

Well, didn't I go buy a Dutch bicycle complete with rod operated drum brakes and all the old world trimmings (all 50.5 pounds of it). What could be more perfect than to replace the modern lamp it came with, with a cool old headlamp from the same area? Once I stripped the scratched up original finish off it was a nice bright brass underneath, so I didn't even have the heart to paint it.