Pretentious nobbery

[anothersam]

OP, for your reading pleasure: 100 Years of Stanley Stories (including ‘My Stanley Saved My Life’).

This titanium spacer qualifies as OTT.

I’m struggling to think of anything non-cycling related. I did used to own a Leica M6...

My dear other half has just brought home a pizza-cutter. It's all shiny steel and from Tesco (which I never visit). I've never owned one before, so I'm feeling quite pretentious (wot's wrong wiv a knife?).

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze8lMqbli64&t=0m32s



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg6dxhJbq78&t=2m0s

 

[stephec]

Do the lumps of ice rattle against your teeth as you drink it?

Only the tooth with a diamond in it.

 

[Blue Hills]

Would the act of mere possession of a bottle of long-aged Lagavulin Islay malt whisky count as pretentious nobbery?. The stuff is about £60 a pop! Not bought by me though, was a present from a good mate's girlfriend last Xmas. I allowed myself a wee dram to celebrate with on Brexit night..... Very distinctive strong peaty flavour, not like your Teacher's & Bells!

that's quite a present from a mate's girlfriend. I didn't even realise that was a relationship.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

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Here is my terraced abode for some feathered critturs.

I'm hoping some posh birds move in in the Spring..


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How cheep are you?

Mine have detached residences.

 

[PeteXXX]

How cheep are you?

Mine have detached residences.

The other two des res's are detached, pine. These are just beach huts overlooking the ornate birdbath..

 

[Salty seadog]

Would the act of mere possession of a bottle of long-aged Lagavulin Islay malt whisky count as pretentious nobbery?. The stuff is about £60 a pop! Not bought by me though, was a present from a good mate's girlfriend last Xmas. I allowed myself a wee dram to celebrate with on Brexit night..... Very distinctive strong peaty flavour, not like your Teacher's & Bells!

Lagavulin 16yo perchance?

A wonderful drop.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The other two des res's are detached, pine. These are just beach huts overlooking the ornate birdbath..

Show us yer duck house

 

[Racing roadkill]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh6kbQnOAg4

This Pretty much sums it up for me
Except for the pump thing, mine’s massive anyway, I don’t need that.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

that's quite a present from a mate's girlfriend. I didn't even realise that was a relationship.

Can't think why I deserve it TBH, but very gratefully received nonetheless! She doesn't even touch the stuff herself, so possibly doesn't realise what superior quality it is. Maybe it's a re-purposed gift she received from someone else, such as her boss at work? I'm not cheeky enough to ask any questions.

 

[Notafettler]

Do the lumps of ice rattle against your teeth as you drink it?

Erhh no. Still not drunk it yet. But there is no ice in it. They freeze the juice and are able separate remove some of the water and then start the brew from there. As you can see (10.5%) you can get a decent wine like strength!

 

[PeteXXX]

Show us yer duck house

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[iateyoubutler]

Do you own an item that is a blatant piece of pretentious nobbery?

A coffee machine modelled on the Sizewell B reactor?

A turntable manufactured by NASA for missions to pluto, with a stylus made from a virgins fingernail?

An Apple XXXVIX mobile phone in a custom case, plated with gold from Steve Jobs teeth?

Then this is the thread to tell us all about it.

Being such a down to earth ruffty tuffty sort there's not much jn the Drago household that fits the bill, but I did find one item. Being the Desperate Dan lookalike that I am I can't just have a Thermos or a cheap flask from Poundland. No, a stainless steel behemoth, made in America by rough men with names like Lance and Brad, from a design that has remained more or less unchanged in 107 years, with a lifetime guarantee, a design so long lived that pre war examples are still in daily use 4 generations on from their original owner. Ladies and gentleman, I give you the Stanley vacuum flask:

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Don`t have any items but know a few people

 

[randynewmanscat]

A Zero Halliburton attache style tool case full of Proto tools, fellow contractors always reacted, merciless pi** taking or deep envy, or both. Totally unnecessary but always won the toolkit wall peeing contest.
Using one of these to measure a seat tube on a friends pile of gas pipe that passes for a frame, here's a demonstration on a real frame.
Nothing like overkill to show what a jerk you can be.

 

[Beebo]

A Zero Halliburton attache style tool case full of Proto tools, fellow contractors always reacted, merciless pi** taking or deep envy, or both. Totally unnecessary but always won the toolkit wall peeing contest.
Using one of these to measure a seat tube on a friends pile of gas pipe that passes for a frame, here's a demonstration on a real frame.
Nothing like overkill to show what a jerk you can be.
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Guy Martin was using a £20k torque wrench on one of his Documentaries when he was building a high spec engine.
Now that’s an expensive tool.

 

[Reynard]

Guy Martin was using a £20k torque wrench on one of his Documentaries when he was building a high spec engine.
Now that’s an expensive tool.

Wasn't that the World's Fastest Tractor thing?