Fighters whose greatness may be overrated

I’m not sure about hangovers but I’ve never looked back since I installed the breathalyser unit on my PC.

If appropriate, one blow into the machine and the authoritative synth voice tells and commands me “You are p*ssed, now walk away you drunken bum!” Cruel? Yes. But fair. Everyone wins.

That’s my car and computer now covered off. If I don’t post over a whole weekend, rest assured, I’ve had a bender.

 

Guess I'm in good company then!

 

Alcohol and Ebay are a terrible mix.
What do I need a 1970's space hopper for ?

 

Oh sh*t, that’s funny!

I guess it’s better than waking up to a face tattoo (of Mike Tyson with a face tattoo) you didn’t remember getting inked….only coming to the shocking realisation of same when you bounce past a mirror in your house whilst getting around on your classic 1970s space hopper,…..”life is but a dream…”

 

Hahaha I haven't actually bought a space hopper but I have bought loads of stuff when I've had a few, not all regrettable though.
Some classic 1970's 2 strokes look tempting or even a chopper of the same vintage

 

Yeah, I gotcha buddy. Very funny “example” though and perfectly expressed.

Late night infomercials can catch you in a similarly vulnerable state without a drop of alcohol in the system.. . Up late, bleary eyed, critical thinking turned off - voila, the biggest load of cr*p suddenly looks like the best thing since sliced bread.

I love the whole process of ordering from EBay. Have a look see, get excited over what you’ve found and ordered, then like a big kid waiting for Xmas, count the days until it’s arrival. Very addictive.

 

The excitement of the bidding with a few minutes or seconds to go.......you win some you lose some.
I've bought quite a few Barbour and Belstaff jackets off there and I've been happy with them.And lots of gadgetry to do with cars, the house and horology.
I've bought 4 "luxury" watches off there, the last one being the best.
One was a fake and I didn't find out till after the 6 months had gone by.
The same fake watches are still being sold on there.

 

You've done well. Hope you reported the dodgy seller and got your money back.

No expert but I do like clocks/watches myself with a number of same in my house. I was thinking of trying to collect world war 2 design watches for the relevant countries.

I’ve also picked up 4 of Adam Pollacks books from his awesome In The Ring series from EBay at very cheap prices. Gotta admit, I haven’t tried bidding as yet but I will in the future…it would be fun..

 

No it was past the 6 months which PayPal give you to sort out any problems.
I did at least get some satisfaction from seeing his account deleted but only after he'd set up other accounts.
There's a guarantee on watches with a value of over £1500 in the UK and something similar in the States where the watch goes to an authenticator before its sent to the buyer.
But I've heard the experts aren't that good.

 

Ah, I didn’t even know PayPal had a time restriction for recourse - rereading your original post I now notice and understand why you wrote until after THE 6 months had passed - sorry you had to repeat yourself to me. So far I’ve been lucky enough to have had no issues.

 

I’m not familiar with the term ‘horology’ — is that something you order on the internet late at night from Craigslist? Or is that *****-ology?

 

Watches and clocks.
I'll have a look on Craiglist though just to make sure