Dos_Box Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Due to a toilet seat hinge failure yesterday I have to quickly nip out to Homebase down the road to buy a new seat, and it got me thinking. What is it that you only buy once, or every blue moon that would class as a random purchase, and what was the last one you made? A cat nail file? Window Millenium Edition? Let us know. The more obscure the better
featured_spectre Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 My best purchase ever SolarPowered 12V 1.5W Battery Trickle Charger : Solar Battery Chargers : Maplin
tech_guy Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) 124 Tins of Fussells (Nestle) Condensed Milk. Last week. Edited May 17, 2011 by tech_guy
creese Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 124 Tins of Fussells (Nestle) Condensed Milk. Last week. That's an awful lot of pie, Banoffee or Key Lime?
tech_guy Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Neither, it was used to make Dulce De Leche for a party.
creese Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Neither, it was used to make Dulce De Leche for a party. Sounds nice.
IrritableTech Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) 28 large donner kababs with separate salad, chilli and garlic sauce for faith no more's tour busses. Edited May 17, 2011 by terrorvis 1
Sirbendy Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Hmm. A 2010 rerelease full sized BigTrak. Before that a ruddy huge 57cm clock for the living room from IKEA The next one...I predict..a Roomba..heh. Just for the fun of it in the new house - if it works, it'll save me time and less vacuuming. If not, it gets hacked..
tech_guy Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 I have one of these and it keeps trying to hump my leg when I'm sitting watching TV: Samsung SR8855 NaviBot Robotic Vacuum Cleaner: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home
Dos_Box Posted May 17, 2011 Author Posted May 17, 2011 Gashapon. Sometimes the inner-child has to be sated. Wow, I didn't know they actually had a name! My kids are addicted to these as well (unfortunately).
Dos_Box Posted May 17, 2011 Author Posted May 17, 2011 I have one of these and it keeps trying to hump my leg when I'm sitting watching TV: Samsung SR8855 NaviBot Robotic Vacuum Cleaner: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home Does it work well? And will they become our robotic vacuuming overloads one day as I don't want any part in that thankyewverymuch.
unixman Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 50 of these http://keyosk.co.uk/images-products/pr-key-tag-pt1m.jpg
Jawloms Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Not a particular item, but I went to Tesco to buy 6 things and all of them were on BOGOF. Felt like I must have looked as though I suffered from OCD going through the checkout with two of everything.........
CAM Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 I buy a random piece of tat every time I go to Expo in London. Last time was a hat with cat ears that doesn't even fit.
jinnantonnixx Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 I'm a sucker for bargain bins. I was in B&Q about two years ago when I bought a set of round metal things for 50p. They're about 3 inches in diameter, hollow, and about 1 inch tall (rather like a very short tube). There's a tab on one end. I've no idea what they are but I've got a bunch of them in the garage.
IrritableTech Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 I'm a sucker for bargain bins. I was in B&Q about two years ago when I bought a set of round metal things for 50p. They're about 3 inches in diameter, hollow, and about 1 inch tall (rather like a very short tube). There's a tab on one end. I've no idea what they are but I've got a bunch of them in the garage. Could you use them to make perfectly round fried eggs?
jinnantonnixx Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Could you use them to make perfectly round fried eggs? Yes, that would work. You could use pliers to grasp the tab to lift them off the pan. Good thinking, Edward de Bono would approve.
Mr.Ben Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 A dice game called 'Perudo' that I haven't played for 20 years! - on Saturday
LosOjos Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 I bought a bag of about 200 white LED's off ebay a few years ago, they've never been used for anything.
jinnantonnixx Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 Worst purchase - Kerplunk. Spent about 20 minutes setting it up, 3 minutes playing then back in the box forever.
teejay Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 During the nice weather we had (yep, forgotten that already) over Easter, we decided to take down a tree in our garden. I got very strange looks in B&Q when I got to the checkout with: 2 x 15m rope An axe Heavy duty black bags Gaffer tape
Rawns Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) American Vanilla Marshmallow Fluff: Amazon.co.uk: Grocery http://www.amazon.co.uk/MOUNTAIN-DEW-CASE-CANS-AMERICAN/dp/B003Y3V3IS/ref=pd_sim_grocery_2 ^^ (Generally anything American on the Amazon Grocery section) Edited May 17, 2011 by Rawns
john Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 I bought a candy floss maker as I LOVE candyfloss however, its been used once and put back in the box, the uk sugar is not dry enough to floss well enough so had to sit on the top of the Aga tops (yes I live in a house with an Aga - great for thawing lambs out!) for about a week before it was actually dry enough to floss. I really should stick it on eBay and get shut. The other random item is Toilet Brushes, there just like the seats you buy them every blue moon.
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