Show off your latest purchases

[Donut417]

8 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Yeah but $3 for UPS 2 day shipping? The case was already clearance priced so their margin on it must have been pretty small already. I expected like a week of DHell shipping handing it off to USPS for another week to send in a circle around the country before delivery.

My employer does 2 days shipping thru UPS across most of the US. 1 Day shipping for FedEx but they are more expensive.

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, Donut417 said:

My employer does 2 days shipping thru UPS across most of the US. 1 Day shipping for FedEx but they are more expensive.

Yes but I'm sure not for $3 to the customer on a $65 order!

[TheNaitsyrk]

Ultra well binned 13900KS

 

Along with Z790 Apex Encore

 

And Supercool Direct Die 14th gen 

 

[Rarity]

i know i just bought a lg wing(hei , it was cheap) , then FB decides so me this in the recommended for you item ... limited edition phone time , though China market only , so no google play stuff(but it can solved ).2nd hand but in damn great condition  .OnePlus Ace Pro Genshin Impact Hutao edition..couldnt put all the pics , would have exceeded the attachment limit , can go here for a look https://genshin.global/product/hu-tao-oneplus-ace-pro/

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

Spoiler

 

 

Spoiler

 

Spoiler

 

Spoiler

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

[8tg]

More bike parts

headset press, spacers, funn grips, stem and seatpost, brake rotors, cane creek headset, more stamp 1 pedals but in orange, not pictured is a set of Shimano hydraulic disc brake calipers and levers

gotta get a fork, I have wheels on the way, and I’ll be back where I was, minus the head tube crack

[atarione]

I have considered getting these Philips Fidelio L2 headphones for some time, so I bought them.   They sound very good and are also quite comfortable.. I have been enjoying these.

 

[TheNaitsyrk]

Some RAM for my GT77HX Titan 

[Dedayog]

New grill time....

 

Monument Grills here locally.  Side burner on right, sear burner on left.

 

 

 

 

[sub68]

steam sale yeah

[8tg]

Another day another posting of bike parts

wheelset, tires are just stand ins and aren’t even filled, testing with the single speed setup

I mean it works, it works like ass and this is the only position the chain tensioner works at all in, only using one jockey wheel

gonna get something else

Annoyingly this chain also only came with one quick link which means I had to suffer to get that chain on

[Brookz]

On 12/25/2023 at 11:35 PM, Dedayog said:

New grill time....

 

Monument Grills here locally.  Side burner on right, sear burner on left.

 

 

 

 

Sheesh, gotta post photos when you sear some burgers on this bad boy!

Picked up a few boxes of 45 acp ammo ( god damn JHP is like double the price since last time I've bought those in bulk... WTH?!)

[Dedayog]

13 hours ago, htimsenyawed said:

 

That's a good looking grill. I've considered getting a Blackstone, but at the same time I don't grill out enough anymore to even justify the grated grill I have. I have 5 20lb LP tanks as well, so it's not like I don't have the tanks. It's just hot outside when it's grilling weather.

My Char Broil was rusting thru, as they are wont to do.  So I ponied up for a much better built unit, reading thru a shit ton of reviews.  

 

We grill out weekly at least, and do our bacon outside as well for breakfast.  

 

I looked at the Blackstone, and I really do want a flattop at some point.  The previous year Blackstone top was way too bulky when opened and it's hinges made it push back too far and seemed ungainly.  The new one is better designed, but the price is too high atm.   So I went with a griddle insert for grills, to see how well I'd like it.  Yeah, Blackstone or similar in the future

 

[flibberdipper]

My parental got me these guys for Christmas. Certainly a nice upgrade from the stock GX browns that my G Pro X had, these guys made it way quieter and a bit deeper pitch like I had hoped. I kind of miss the tactile-ness since these are linears, but I'm sure eventually I'll get used to it. Pre-lubed is love, pre-lubed is life.

 

[Dedayog]

And a Steam Deck 512 OLED purchase on Christmas Day....  maybe the gf will stop playing THRU me now!

 

[Bitter]

Built it on Christmas actually.

Looks too nice to be in my house .

[FlyingPotato_is_taken]

Bought PolyBridge 2 a couple of days ago.

Looking at my purchase history within the last 5 years I bought  a total of 3 games: (1x 2023, 1x 2021, 1x 2020)

My Steam Wallet balance is from 2016 ... 

[CommanderAlex]

Decided to stop by since it's after the holidays and they already placed this ratchet set on clearance...did I really need it? Probably not. Also another gift for my brother-in-law since the Husky wrenches I got were just what he was looking for. 

 

(S22 Ultra photo quality looks meh...)

 

[8tg]

An iPhone 4s that still has iOS 6 installed

 

What Apple did to the 4S is unforgivable and should be brought up any time people start talking about updating their operating systems in any context. They forced updates to these phones to make them obsolete, running iOS 8 or 9 on an iPhone 4s leaves them almost unusable, entirely unstable, and unreliable. If there was a way to disable updates or to properly go back to older iOS versions they could’ve resolved the issue and eaten their mistake, but no. They doubled down and promptly got sued for violating consumer trust, and then had to support it with security updates for years after its lifespan should’ve ended, and way after Apple tried to kill it.

You can’t activate a sim on iOS 6 anymore without some sketchy workarounds, so I’ll just keep it offline. It immediately tried to download iOS 8 as well which can fuck right off. 

 

This is the reason why I really hate the idea of windows update and items in the os out of your control as the user, the idea that you need to be using bleeding edge fully updated windows to be secure is the exact same shit Apple did to convince people this was ok. Microsoft is doing the same thing now, your machine in their eyes is out of date, insecure and won’t even be supported for future windows versions. Fuck that and fuck them, install windows 7. Don’t even give them the chance to control an item you own.

[Ripred]

[flibberdipper]

1 hour ago, 8tg said:

Fuck that and fuck them, install windows 7.

I'm going to be building a funny stupid 6700K build here soon (TLDR is it's a 6700K, Z170 DDR3 board, 32GB of 1866C10 RAM, and probably a GTX 970), and if not for the fact that I reeeeeealllllly want to try shit like FH4 on it I'd just install 8.1 and let it be.

[Lunar River]

7 hours ago, 8tg said:

Fuck that and fuck them, install windows 7.

why go to an outdated and questionably secure OS (especially if you hate MS that much)? if you dont want to go W10 or W11, just go to Linux.

[8tg]

More bike parts

shimano hydraulic disc brake calipers and levers, and another cheap Chinese air fork

Waiting on tubes, and then I gotta buy drivetrain stuff 

 

 

edit, the fork is uncut, with the spacers the head tube is just that fuckin tall

you are supposed to cut the fork, you get an excessively long steerer tube because it’s meant to be cut, this build as is leaves the tube uncut because it’s just so god damn tall

[atxcyclist]

6 hours ago, Lunar River said:

why go to an outdated and questionably secure OS (especially if you hate MS that much)? if you dont want to go W10 or W11, just go to Linux.

I have a family member that was running an older Windows 7 machine, and I was so sketched-out that they would get some sort of malware that I built them a newer system with Windows 10. I would never daily a machine that wasn't getting routine security updates. When Windows 10 drops out of support, I am going to have a lot of work to do on the computers of family around me, several new builds will be necessary for Windows 11 support.

[SimplyChunk]

21 hours ago, Lunar River said:

why go to an outdated and questionably secure OS

if i know Flibber.  It won't be doing much on the internet

[SimplyChunk]

15 hours ago, atxcyclist said:

I have a family member that was running an older Windows 7 machine, and I was so sketched-out that they would get some sort of malware that I built them a newer system with Windows 10. I would never daily a machine that wasn't getting routine security updates. When Windows 10 drops out of support, I am going to have a lot of work to do on the computers of family around me, several new builds will be necessary for Windows 11 support.

yeah I'm in that boat.  I've built quite a few decent, perfectly useable, 3rd/4th Gen Intel 4 core machines for older family and friends the last couple of years with the half promise that they wouldn't need to upgrade again cause "WiNdOwS 10 iS ThE lAsT wInDoWs"