The "I just bought..." thread.

[Charmonium]

Luxury cat toilet for our little princes.


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It seems like it should come with valet service - you know, like the clubs that would have some guy stationed in the head all night - handing out towels and spritzing you with cheap cologne that ships in 55 gallon drums.

That's what I want to do when I grow up - cat valet.

 

[lxskllr]

I actually got these a couple weeks ago, but only ate them today. I've admired the packaging ever since I saw them at wegmans, but had a hard time coming off the $8 asking price. Well, they were $1 off, so I bit at $7. These are fantastic! Impeccable presentation throughout. Even the way the fish are packed in the tin is a work of art. They're packed in Spain.

Hard to say they're worth the money for regular consumption, but they're pretty special and worth a try. Glad I got them, and I /may/ get the occasional tin in the future.

 

[Stopsignhank]

LSX, you and I have different taste buds.

Having a bad day and saw this and had to grab it. This will be our new decoration anytime we are celebrating a birthday in the family. Blew it up for my Son In Law's birthday then noticed something was odd about it. Look at the box if you need a hint.

 

[lxskllr]

Just ordered 8# of pretzels. Haven't gotten these in awhile. Highly recommended!

https://www.martinspretzelspa.com/product/special-hard-pretzels

 

[pcgeek11]

LSX, you and I have different taste buds.

Having a bad day and saw this and had to grab it. This will be our new decoration anytime we are celebrating a birthday in the family. Blew it up for my Son In Law's birthday then noticed something was odd about it. Look at the box if you need a hint.

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Needs some quality control in Mfg plant

 

[Chaotic42]

50g of gallium. Really neat metal, it's non-toxic and melts just below body temperature.

 

[igor_kavinski]

it's non-toxic

I wouldn't go near it.

 

[Chaotic42]

I wouldn't go near it.

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What? Where did you get that from?

 

[lxskllr]

AI

 

[igor_kavinski]

What? Where did you get that from?

 

[Chaotic42]

It's worse than AI, it's New Jersey: https://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0956.pdf

I appreciate you looking out, but gallium is safe for humans to handle. It will indeed severely weaken other metals though, which is probably why the Department of Transportation doesn't like it. It will also form toxic chemicals with other things, but just having it at home and playing with it is perfectly safe.

 

[igor_kavinski]

AI

Low toxicity is not the same as non-toxic. I would stay the heck away.

 

[igor_kavinski]

but just having it at home and playing with it is perfectly safe.

I don't even touch cats or dogs so no

I have a weaker than average body and generally lame health.

Like I look at African bodies and they look like Greek gods to me

 

[lxskllr]

From wikipedia...

Metallic gallium is not toxic. However, several gallium compounds are toxic.

Gallium halide complexes can be toxic.[111] The Ga3+ ion of soluble gallium salts tends to form the insoluble hydroxide when injected in large doses; precipitation of this hydroxide resulted in nephrotoxicity in animals. In lower doses, soluble gallium is tolerated well and does not accumulate as a poison, instead being excreted mostly through urine. Excretion of gallium occurs in two phases: the first phase has a biological half-life of 1 hour, while the second has a biological half-life of 25 hours.[95]

Inhaled Ga2O3 particles are probably toxic.[112]

Gallium - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Pro tip: wikipedia is a good first step for random knowledge. It may not be perfect, but they have a good record for accuracy and editorial standards. A random web search is like using a magic 8ball. May be right, maybe not. Outlook not so good.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Metallic gallium is not toxic. However, several gallium compounds are toxic.

Probably true. Probably coz I'm no scientist or chemist. Still not gonna buy me some Gallium

 

[Chaotic42]

I don't even touch cats or dogs so no

I have a weaker than average body and generally lame health.

Like I look at African bodies and they look like Greek gods to me

That's fair. Like I said, I appreciate you providing the info. All of these fancy metals are getting super expensive lately. Bismuth is ridiculous now.

 

[lxskllr]

All of these fancy metals are getting super expensive lately. Bismuth is ridiculous now.

Do you know why? I'm not in the fancy metal market, so I don't know what's going on.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Probably China hoarding them.

 

[sdifox]

Tariff Man saving you money xd

 

[silverspaceship]

Finally got it recentlyView attachment 117478

New addition to the collection

 

[Shmee]

Nice! Pretty colors on that Gigabyte board lol. At first I thought it was a DFI.

 

[silverspaceship]

Nice! Pretty colors on that Gigabyte board lol. At first I thought it was a DFI.

Oh, I wish I could find a DFI mobo in working condition and not for all the money in the world. But it's almost impossible

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Ordered a new putter and sand wedge:


Golf game is gonna rock!!!

 

[sdifox]

Sure, it's the club's fault.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Sure, it's the club's fault.

It'll probably end up in the pond with my other putter and sw