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by Pete_
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:51 am
Forum: General
Topic: Euromillions immediate purchase
Replies: 149
Views: 2408

Re: Euromillions immediate purchase

Can anyone identify the cars outside this one? Ferrari 250 GT and a DB5? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/1962_Ferrari_250_GTE.jpg https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/pub/media/wysiwyg/longstone/english-website/aston-martin/aston-martin-db5-007.webp The silver one's a DB6 not DB5. h...
by Pete_
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Euromillions immediate purchase
Replies: 149
Views: 2408

Re: Euromillions immediate purchase

I've no desire to buy a huge house in the countryside miles away from my friends or start living like a high roller. I'd probably put £1m or so on a nice but not extravagant two bedroom flat in Shoreditch. Would probably want to do a round the world trip before too long and would prioritise that ove...
by Pete_
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: Collecting cars
Replies: 19
Views: 542

Re: Collecting cars

Yes, enjoyable but the sound is very poor isn’t it! Listening to it after Smith and Sniff makes it especially obvious and shows how it can be done much better Smith and Sniff has terrible sound quality this week, but they recorded in person instead of their usual setup. I listen to Collecting Cars ...
by Pete_
Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Watches Thread
Replies: 1761
Views: 423194

Re: The Watches Thread

Love Studio Underd0g's originality of design and sense of humour. Don't mind spending a bit more to support a fun British based design studio - product cost isn't all about the cost of parts and of course a British based company will have higher costs than a Chinese based one even if their parts are...
by Pete_
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Sphere in Vegas (nd)
Replies: 58
Views: 95495

Re: The Sphere in Vegas (nd)

Oh wow I had missed that.... I'd seen a few apartments for sale right by this location recently which seemed relatively good value for London, I guess now that it's cancelled they'll be unaffordable to me!
by Pete_
Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: Pie or no pie
Replies: 26
Views: 80509

Re: Pie or no pie

I don't think we can define it as being encased in pastry because of shepherd's pie, fish pie etc., but a pastry lid on top on a dish of pie filling sounds pathetic. A really big bugbear of mine since moving to London has been that it's literally impossible to find a decent pie at the supermarket. B...
by Pete_
Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: 2023 review / 2024 plans
Replies: 54
Views: 79700

Re: 2023 review / 2024 plans

Some of her TikTok videos popped up on my feed a couple of days later I feel there’s a missed opportunity for a link here :geek: I'm not going to publicly dox her! You have PM ;) A few other unusual/ crazy things about her - between me meeting her for the first and second time she unofficially chan...
by Pete_
Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 2023 review / 2024 plans
Replies: 54
Views: 79700

Re: 2023 review / 2024 plans

Mito Man wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:33 pm She wanted you to pay to shag her 😉
Possibly this!
by Pete_
Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 2023 review / 2024 plans
Replies: 54
Views: 79700

Re: 2023 review / 2024 plans

Had a great long weekend away with friends in Macedonia at the beginning of the year. Also went on a holiday to Switzerland and Austria with a sex worker who I'd only previously met once when we went on a date three years ago (that was before she got into this line of work) - she ended up running a...
by Pete_
Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: 2023 review / 2024 plans
Replies: 54
Views: 79700

Re: 2023 review / 2024 plans

Despite some very positive noises from my manager at the end of 2021, my sabbatical request was turned down (they can't afford to lose me for three months apparently), so I had to 'make do' with a three week holiday in India (basically Mumbai to Delhi through Rajasthan) followed by a further three ...
by Pete_
Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Would you UK honours?
Replies: 10
Views: 4063

Re: Would you UK honours?

Would accept with a little reluctance but would never use it or want it to be used in my name. Unless I was given it in Liz Truss' resignation honors, then I'd not accept!
by Pete_
Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Open University
Replies: 29
Views: 31354

Re: Open University

I'm currently a shipping manager for an ecomm company. I try and push sustainability as much as possible but ultimately I'm responsible for shipping out 1000s of parcels a week all over the world. Part of what's given me the push is seeing how lightweight a lot of what companies push as sustainabil...
by Pete_
Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: Open University
Replies: 29
Views: 31354

Re: Open University

What I will offer from genuine experience is that sustainability is a very over subscribed and underpaid career path. There are two paths in sustainability, either campaigning and researching what a better future looks like, or making products and services. Lots of people with MScs and PhDs want to...
by Pete_
Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:56 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Crumbing parents
Replies: 37
Views: 8148

Re: Crumbing parents

My dad turned 70 last month but is old for his age. He's had bad gout for a long time as well as diabetes related numbness in his legs and now can't walk without a zimmer frame and uses a mobility scooter when he's out of his apartment building, though I think he probably could walk further with the...
by Pete_
Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:28 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Teh Spotted Thread
Replies: 3448
Views: 524911

Re: Teh Spotted Thread

Ferrari Testarossa: cool
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Off roadable Lamborghini: cool
Off roadable Lamborghini in Knightsbridge: not cool
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by Pete_
Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye Bye Sunak..
Replies: 497
Views: 90557

Re: Bye Bye Sunak..

News Agents podcast head over heels for Starmer's conference speech relative to Sunak's.
by Pete_
Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Ubiquitous guess my new car competition
Replies: 37
Views: 2354

Re: Ubiquitous guess my new car competition

Renault Zoe? Looks like that's what the reg plate says :?
by Pete_
Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Watches Thread
Replies: 1761
Views: 423194

Re: The Watches Thread

I primarily picked it because it doesn’t look like a copy of a Rolex/Omega. I’m not actually sure what it’s based on… You are correct... it is a copy of a Heuer / Tag Heuer Carrera https://www.bachmann-scher.de/fileadmin/watches/017867/uhr-aufmacherbild.jpg There's a resemblance to some El Primero ...
by Pete_
Sun Oct 01, 2023 12:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Watches Thread
Replies: 1761
Views: 423194

Re: The Watches Thread

A 60 year old watch would surely be more trouble than it's worth... A week after me dissing old watches... :lol: When I went to visit him a few days ago my dad gave me his old Omega which he found in a drawer . I never remember him wearing it but did once find it in a cupboard when I was a child an...
by Pete_
Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Watches Thread
Replies: 1761
Views: 423194

Re: The Watches Thread

Love the 70s style El Primeros.

A 60 year old watch would surely be more trouble than it's worth but the original version of that Breitling you like is pretty
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/breitling/br ... 012044.htm