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  #3322631 20-Dec-2024 09:58
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Update: The sunnies arrived and they are brilliant! 

Specsavers, on the other hand...it seems I am an annoyance for having the audacity to call them for an update, despite them being an urgent order. 





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  #3322632 20-Dec-2024 10:00
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Handsomedan:

 

Update: The sunnies arrived and they are brilliant! 

 

I thought the point of sunglasses was to reduce the brilliance?  ;-)

 

I'll see (ha, double pun) myself out.





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  #3322634 20-Dec-2024 10:04
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geoffwnz:

 

Handsomedan:

 

Update: The sunnies arrived and they are brilliant! 

 

I thought the point of sunglasses was to reduce the brilliance?  ;-)

 

I'll see (ha, double pun) myself out.

 


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  #3322745 20-Dec-2024 14:07
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Handsomedan:Where Did the “Get Out” Meme Sound Come From? - Voicy Blog

 

 

Still preferable to:

 


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  #3322747 20-Dec-2024 14:09
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The replacement morning-cup-of-tea deck chair arrived today, before the Christmas/New Year pause:

 

 

The previous one was over ten years old and the plastic was brittle and breaking up, one side was being held up by a stack of bricks and a wooden wedge.

 

Piggybacking on this post although completely unrelated, this video of Trev and Wal, the moisture farmers:

 

 

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  #3322752 20-Dec-2024 14:16
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Bought a Wagner spray paint unit from M10, it was $1 cheaper at Bunnings so I got a 15% discount, saved over $80...😁


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  #3322755 20-Dec-2024 14:31
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sir1963:

 

Bought a Wagner spray paint unit from M10, it was $1 cheaper at Bunnings so I got a 15% discount, saved over $80...😁

 


Could you not have taken that to Bunnings and got a further 15% off? 

 

 





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  #3322814 20-Dec-2024 15:14
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Handsomedan:

 

sir1963:

 

Bought a Wagner spray paint unit from M10, it was $1 cheaper at Bunnings so I got a 15% discount, saved over $80...😁

 


Could you not have taken that to Bunnings and got a further 15% off? 

 

 

 

 

How? The listed price at mitre10 is $1 more than that at Bunnings.

 

 


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I've been in a similar situation. Just stated that I'll go around the corner and buy it from Bunnings and the person at Mitre 10 chose to offer me the 15% discount rather than lose a sale.


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  #3322835 20-Dec-2024 16:05
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The view from the Deck where we are spending the next few days. Spectacular weather, natural Xmas trees and lovely coloured water.

 

 


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  #3322851 20-Dec-2024 17:01
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neb:

 

The replacement morning-cup-of-tea deck chair arrived today, before the Christmas/New Year pause:

 

 

The previous one was over ten years old and the plastic was brittle and breaking up, one side was being held up by a stack of bricks and a wooden wedge.

 

 

OMG monoblock? I rebuilt this one (they used to stand around in public parks in the city in the summer years ago, until antisocial, drunken vandals gradually beat them up into firewood for their barbecues in the night, despite their wooden robustness and solidity). It‘s called „Hummelstuhl“.

 





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  #3322852 20-Dec-2024 17:06
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It was something like $15 at the Warehouse which is a tiny fraction of what just the raw materials by themselves would cost, and given that it gets covered in dirt and insect pulp from spiders easy washability was also a desirable feature.


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neb:

 

It was something like $15 at the Warehouse which is a tiny fraction of what just the raw materials by themselves would cost, and given that it gets covered in dirt and insect pulp from spiders easy washability was also a desirable feature.

 

 

Yes, good arguments. The one I showed costs around €1200/piece for private individuals, which I wouldn't be prepared to pay either, so I (re)built it myself. When I think of the price that the city council spent on 250 of them and how brainless people thanked them, I have to switch to the annoyance thread.

 

 





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  #3322855 20-Dec-2024 17:15
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Tinkerisk:

 

It‘s called „Hummelstuhl“.

 

 

 

= Cape Cod Chair.





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  #3322860 20-Dec-2024 17:28
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eracode:

 

Tinkerisk:

 

It‘s called „Hummelstuhl“.

 

 

 

= Cape Cod Chair.

 

 

Yes, or Adirondack chair. There are many names, but this one is produced locally and actually protected by copyrights due to certain features (I don't know which ones).





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