The "I just bought..." thread.

[lxskllr]

Too much boring walking. Chasing a ball around a field like a dumbass dog. I'd rather hike in the woods, and see what's out there.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

I don't mind the walking and chasing the ball. But tbh we almost always get a cart. Nothing like driving around in a cart hammered legally lol. For real though, it's one of my pops favorite things to do, and with his recent cancer diagnosis I'm trying to get in as many rounds with him as I can while we have that time together. Kicking his ass and talking smack is of course the cherry on top lol

 

[IronWing]

I’ve been looking for a mechanical keyboard with dedicated macro keys. I have one at work and I love it. What I’m running into is that the company that made my work keyboard doesn’t make it anymore. I can only find the features I want on stupid high end gaming boards and I don’t want to type on a cyber punk fantasy board. So I bought this instead:

MultiKeyboard Macros allows you to define keyboard Shortcuts and Macros on any keys acros multiple keyboards on Windows

MultiKeyboard Macros allows you to define keyboard Shortcuts and Macros on any keys acros multiple keyboards on Windows.

mediachance.com

I have a wireless numerical keypad on order, used, so I’ll see how it works. Mediachance writes good software so I am hopeful.

 

[Chaotic42]

This stuff is great - just put some on my freshly made bread

 

[Muse]

Cheap imitation of Dubai chocolate, I figure. Dunno. At Costco yesterday, they had a "fruity" Dubai chocolate-pistachio confection, 16oz (15 individually wrapped pieces in package). Never having had any of this stuff, I figured, hey, it's Costco, I suppose there's some chance it's 1/2 decent, WTH. I have a little jar of pistachio cream I bought off Amazon last week, figured to do a DIY Dubai chocolate thing, there's stuff in this thread about it... Meantime, I ate one of those Costco-bought thingies yesterday. TBH, I prefer the Lindt Truffles Costco sells.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Cheap imitation of Dubai chocolate, I figure. Dunno. At Costco yesterday, they had a "fruity" Dubai chocolate-pistachio confection, 16oz (15 individually wrapped pieces in package). Never having had any of this stuff, I figured, hey, it's Costco, I suppose there's some chance it's 1/2 decent, WTH. I have a little jar of pistachio cream I bought off Amazon last week, figured to do a DIY Dubai chocolate thing, there's stuff in this thread about it... Meantime, I ate one of those Costco-bought thingies yesterday. TBH, I prefer the Lindt Truffles Costco sells.

Just a general rant about Costco, but we bought 11 items and it was $230! Good lord! It was just grocery items at that, nothing that wasn't on our list, and we didn't splurge on anything.

 

[K1052]

Just a general rant about Costco, but we bought 11 items and it was $230! Good lord! It was just grocery items at that, nothing that wasn't on our list, and we didn't splurge on anything.

Higher beef prices have done a number on our Costco tabs for sure.

 

[Muse]

Just a general rant about Costco, but we bought 11 items and it was $230! Good lord! It was just grocery items at that, nothing that wasn't on our list, and we didn't splurge on anything.

Yesterday I bought 14 items, total cost $127. Only one item not on my list, the Dubai chocolate-pistachio candy. It's unusual for me to buy things there that aren't on my list. I bring a printed report to Costco every time.

Yesterday's tab:

10lb org white flour 16.49
20# basmati rice 18.79
pineapple 3.99
bbq chicken 4.99, .49tax
org romaine (2 packs of 6), 4.99ea
4lb honeycrisp apples 10.99, i.e. $1/apple
2x bananas @ 1.99
6 avocados 7.99
Dubai chocolate-pistachio candy (15 = 1lb) 14.99
Amylu andouille sausage 14.79 -$4 discount (mailer) 2.5lb
Coastal cheddar 13.41
Philadelphia cream cheese 10.99

total=127.87 incl tax

 

[Muse]

Higher beef prices have done a number on our Costco tabs for sure.

I passed on looking at their beef yesterday. I might be low, didn't check out my freezer but figured I'm fine until next time (3 or so weeks). When I get beef these days it's almost always Costco's beef stew, I look for the leanest looking package. I'll either grind it at home and make 1/4 lb patties and freeze or just freeze the chunks for stew later. I don't eat a lot of beef these days.

 

[Chaotic42]

Blackcurrant jam. I watched a video about how most Americans have never tasted blackcurrant, which sounds about right. Tastes like a grape and blackberry mixed together. Not bad. I also picked up some pine cone jam, but I think it's being delivered by bear-drawn carriage from Siberia.

 

[lxskllr]

I also picked up some pine cone jam, but I think it's being delivered by bear-drawn carriage from Siberia.

Is that with the little cones in it? I might've posted here when I got mine. It's unique and tasty, but I'm a little unsure how to use it. The cones are inconveniently shaped. I think it's best suited as a garnish. Especially nice for jul.

edit:
This is the company I bought from(through amazon). They have a lot of neat stuff...

https://www.russianfoodusa.com/

 

[bbhaag]

Spent $35 to replaced the old capacitor on our AC unit with a new one and got it up and running. Local repair and franchise places wanted around $300. Fuck that so I did it myself.

Old capacitor was crusty af so I brushed off the terminals and installed a new one and it fired right up. This is the old cap. Didn't take pics of the new one

 

[iRONic]

I did something similar when I bought this money pi… err house in 2018.

Purchased 2 start caps, installed one & kept one on the shelf. No downtime when (not if) they go tango uniform! 👍

 

[pcgeek11]

A few years back my heat pump was acting funky and I found a wood rat had crawled in to keep warm and had gotten across the capacitor leads... He didn't make it, but the capacitor survived.

 

[Muse]

Had a bunch of crappy to maybe 1/2 decent kitchen knives, self sharpened.

Finally bought some quality steel kitchen knives. A couple Japanese Tojiro made 210mm gyuto (cheap and cheaper, but great quality), a 165mm Santuko (German steel, made in China, way cheaper at <$25, but goddamn, that mofo is hell of sharp!):

Babish High-Carbon 1.4116 German Steel Cutlery, 6.5" Santoku Kitchen Knife

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08WJRBL8Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

4 grades of diamond granule encrusted flat blocks (220/600, 325/1200, Sharpal), a ceramic sharpening rod (Idahone), dual sided leather strop (Sharpal).

 

[igor_kavinski]

Had a bunch of crappy to maybe 1/2 decent kitchen knives, self sharpened.

Finally bought some quality steel kitchen knives. A couple Japanese Tojiro made 210mm gyuto (cheap and cheaper, but great quality), a 165mm Santuko (German steel, made in China, way cheaper at <$25, but goddamn, that mofo is hell of sharp!):

Babish High-Carbon 1.4116 German Steel Cutlery, 6.5" Santoku Kitchen Knife

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08WJRBL8Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

4 grades of diamond granule encrusted flat blocks (220/600, 325/1200, Sharpal), a ceramic sharpening rod (Idahone), dual sided leather strop (Sharpal).

We are so lucky that you are not a murderous nazi

 

[JM Aggie08]

Some new shoes. Jordan 4s in Cave Stone Grey + Black, to be specific.

Hell yea.

 

[lxskllr]

Finally!

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Wasn't sure where to put this but since we bought the tix fig'd this would be just as good:



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Wife got tix to Boots in the Park in Fresno. We got there early enough to see Brett Young (didn't take any pics, sun was behind his back from where we were standing) but we ended up being surprisingly close to the stage by the time Blake Shelton came out later in the evening. I'm usually not one for non-seated concerts, just don't like all the people up close to me, but for the most part everyone was pretty respectful and had good spatial awareness. Blake was probably one of the few concerts I've been to where his voice actually sounded the way it does on the radio. All in all a pretty good time. Except 2 water bottles was $10 and 4 beers was like $85 for 22oz lol

 

[JM Aggie08]

Spent $35 to replaced the old capacitor on our AC unit with a new one and got it up and running. Local repair and franchise places wanted around $300. Fuck that so I did it myself.

Old capacitor was crusty af so I brushed off the terminals and installed a new one and it fired right up. This is the old cap. Didn't take pics of the new one
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I replaced mine last year + added a soft start kit. I had the breaker off the entire time like a good boy, flipped it back on once I was done. Once running, I noticed some of the wires sticking out a bit -- easy enough! Stuck my hand in to push them back a bit and grazed the contact on the capacitor. I think my hair stood on end and I jumped back about 2 feet and yelled. I've never felt a jolt like that, and never intend to again. Christ.

 

[lxskllr]

That shit can kill you. Big capacitors are nothing to play with.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Yes -- it was extremely stupid of me to go anywhere near it while the breaker was still on. Never again.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That would be 240v too, that's definitely going to make you sit down. At the capacitor it would also be DC. Probably close to 300vdc at that point. DC voltage hits different too. Was working on -48v live and figured my skin was dry enough that I wouldn't feel anything, but it's hot in that area since it's the hot aisle of the server room and I got a good zing. Nothing crazy but enough to make you immediately let go and be like "Wtf!". I ended up having to do it properly and divert loads off the rectifiers and shut down the whole shelf. I still need to do that again, not happy with how the wiring turned out and I want to fix it.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

A week ago the wife was complaining about her ipad running out of space and just acting up not being able to hold a charge and running slow. Like a good hubby I bought her a new ipad air as a surprise, forgetting that we switched account holders and the account's now in her name. She asked me over the weekend if I ordered anything because she got an email that it shipped. At that point, cat's out of the bag so I fessed up about the order, and she proceeds to rip me a new one saying she doesn't want a new one, and doesn't want to pay the extra monthly data charges etc. I was kinda like wtf man? then looked at the date, and yep, it was time for the monthly red river flood gates to open. Sheesh...spent the last 30 minutes on the phone trying to get a return label...

 

[iCyborg]

I got a tablet a month ago to access work email/IM during travel - personally I never saw much point in them, but gotta say I've been using it a lot more than I thought I would. I barely used my laptop while on vacation, and I still use it often. And it's a fairly run-of-the-mill non-highend tablet (Samsung S10 FE).