Last purchase or gift?

I bought James Bond The Living Daylights dvd this morning. 

I got myself a 3 ft arming sword

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I treated myself to some Medik8 moisturiser, retinol and some peptides serum. Boring I know but you did ask! 

Last thing I bought was, the CD, an orchestrated Songbook by Paul Weller, I already had the CD, but this was the deluxe edition, it was a steal at £5.50, I couldn’t resist

I got a new phone last week. 

I bought myself a new phone charger this afternoon afternoon school and a new hairband.

luggage.

I bought myself a Japanese cloisonné box circa 1900 from a gift/ antique shop in York. They thought it was Chinese! I paid £30 but it’s worth about £70 so I’m pleased. I’ve collected since I was 15 (so 41 years) and am quite knowledgeable. A local country house had a candle holder, in their collection, that they had written in the room guide/ information was cloisonné but was Champleve instead so I told them, as it’s very different. The lady supervising said they would change it and made a note. They hadn’t bothered when I went back a year later. I’ll have to put it in writing!

Emmy, you will be twinkle-toes compared to me in my size tens.

Ben

Hi Ben.

I just bought a new pair of black trainers, size 5 for me though.

A thoughtful friend is a gift indeed.  If they also find you an appropriate gift (for you); that is a bonus.

I know that I value it when somebody gives me a gift when they saw something "with your name on it" (meaning: they thought you would find it of interest to you / you would enjoy it ...and it did not need to be strictly "age appropriate" - who makes the rules anyway? - and I don't mean it literally "had your name written on it" like a monogram or engraved!). 

Even better: is when the gift arrives when your friend thinks you would benefit from it (not just because it is a Birthday or Christmas etc.).

I try to remember all that: when I give a gift to a friend or relative (or source something to aid a work colleague).

I bought a Bob Dylan and Tom Petty vinyl at the start of the week.

A pair of memory foam insoles; size 10.

Ben

Hi, I worked on a few Datsuns in my youth, eventually they changed their name to Nissan, I also worked on a few Bluebirds.  My wife doesn’t actually know how many car parts and items of memorabilia I have ‘ squirrelled away’ over the years,  I do enjoy auto jumbles, my wife refers to most items as pieces of rust, I refer to them as rare artefacts! 
I understand your issue with friendships, I think of them as acquaintances. It’s hard trying to workout what someone else wants from a relationship.

Hopefully will get to the workshop today, I have a 1958 Vauxhall engine on a stand needing a second coat of enamel. I’ve always liked working onold cars as they can’t talk, I think of the major milestones in history these cars have witnessed.

I’ve found a 260Z in a 1975 brochure. Dan Dan the Datsun Man!

That's a very nice piece of automobile history you have there, Roy. The old Datsuns are what I would call a true motorcar! I own a fair bit of automobile history myself from brochures to actual parts of different vehicles. It drives my Good Lady mad half the time.

I have never owned a Datsun nor have I driven one. I have travelled in one however. A man who lived in my village owned a beautiful Datsun, it was an 1975 260Z, in glorious black paint with matching black interior inside. It was owned by a fine chap called David Short. I'm not sure if we were friends, I do struggle with friendships, unsure where I stand much of the time. Anyhow David gave me a lift in it a few times and what a vehicle it was! Nice engine rumble, comfortable to travel in and one of those motors that I imagine one must feel proud when driving.

Even as the passenger I felt proud to be allowed to travel in it.

David is sadly passed on now since 2017 but his son Paul now owns the Datsun and I do occasionally see it driving through the village. He keeps it as well as his father did. I often miss those drives with David, they were good times and where my love of Datsuns first came from.

Thank you for sharing this fantastic purchase Roy. It was a real treat to see and reminded me of the local one.

My latest purchase is a brochure for 1979 Datsuns, it’s become a bit of an interest, my earliest brochure is from 1952. I find the cars and the artwork really interesting.

My last purchase was fairly strange, even for me, a 19th century Zulu battleaxe. It is a remarkable object, very sculptural. When I was a small child, before I could read, my dad would give me spoken synopses of the books he was reading every Sunday morning. Several of the stories made a big impression on me, including 'Nada the Lily', by H. Rider Haggard. The hero of the book was Umslopogaas of the Axe, a Zulu warrior who favoured the axe in combat. When the opportunity of buying a Zulu axe arose, I had no choice.

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Nice book Interface . My Dad would have liked that book, he's always been crazy about older cars.

My last purchase which came yesterday was this Lego Spiderman minifigure.

It's an older Lego piece from 2003 and I bought it for a steal at £26!  Another one to add to my collection! And it's in lovely condition for its age so I'm really happy with it.