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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Aug 31, 2016 15:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Mimi wrote: What if they become sentient and start ordering themselves? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Aug 31, 2016 16:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Mimi wrote: I'd like something similar to this where I could have buttons that would add things to a shopping list app. The Dash button is incredibly easy to hack, so it wouldn't be hard to do. |
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| Author: | Trousers [ Wed Aug 31, 2016 16:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Mimi wrote: What if they become sentient and start ordering themselves? Well once they order enough of themselves... Attachment: microbots.png
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| Author: | Mimi [ Wed Aug 31, 2016 16:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Grim... wrote: Mimi wrote: I'd like something similar to this where I could have buttons that would add things to a shopping list app. The Dash button is incredibly easy to hack, so it wouldn't be hard to do. Can I get one for the back of my phone that adds spoiler tags to posts? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Aug 31, 2016 17:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Mimi wrote: Grim... wrote: Mimi wrote: I'd like something similar to this where I could have buttons that would add things to a shopping list app. The Dash button is incredibly easy to hack, so it wouldn't be hard to do. Can I get one for the back of my phone that adds spoiler tags to posts? ... Technically yes. It would be (much) easier if you used a browser that allowed plugins, but it's still possible. Or you could just add viewforum.php?style=26&f=3 to your bookmarks. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Wed Aug 31, 2016 17:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! I e tecklef the bookmark, still with bilop and ted. It will get take a while to get used to the new forum look, though. There are wrong blues. Standard link blue is ugly bugly. That line at the top is uglier buglier. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Grim... wrote: Hmm, some people are saying you can get anything, some are saying you have to choose from the list. I'll let you know when mine arrives tomorrow  Did it turn up? Is it stuck to the branded product or can you order anything with it? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Oh yeah! So I got two of them, and they are indeed stuck to the products in the list on the page. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Grim... wrote: Oh yeah! So I got two of them, and they are indeed stuck to the products in the list on the page. 
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Grim... wrote: Oh yeah! So I got two of them, and they are indeed stuck to the products in the list on the page. So have you disguised it as a doorbell push , stuck it on front of Crasters door , and pressed it once so the Amazon delivery guy will come along and press it a second time ..... |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: Oh yeah! So I got two of them, and they are indeed stuck to the products in the list on the page. Well, until I suggest to them not to be 
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
It would be good to have one of these for batteries. The rate I get through them with my controllers and the kid's toys is astonishing. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Just buy decent alkalines in bulk from somewhere like battery-force.co.uk and then use a Rezap to recharge them. We used to pile through batteries at an obscene rate until we moved to that model. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 16:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Quote: It would be good to have one of these for batteries. The rate I get through them with my controllers and the kid's toys is astonishing. I used to have 100 AA and AAA batteries that I bought in Maplin's for £14 a box ( they were 50% off but they do them for this price all the time) They never really appeared to be getting used that quickly. Until my son got into Tomy Tomica Thomas the Tank Engine. Every train now takes 1 AA or 2 AAA. He leaves them on all the time and I find them in the hall just running up against the skirting board I'm cracking through them now, he also insists I change batteries on trains just as they aren't running as fast as he would like as well. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 16:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Quote: It would be good to have one of these for batteries. The rate I get through them with my controllers and the kid's toys is astonishing. I used to have 100 AA and AAA batteries that I bought in Maplin's for £14 a box ( they were 50% off but they do them for this price all the time) They never really appeared to be getting used that quickly. Until my son got into Tomy Tomica Thomas the Tank Engine. Every train now takes 1 AA or 2 AAA. He leaves them on all the time and I find them in the hall just running up against the skirting board I'm cracking through them now, he also insists I change batteries on trains just as they aren't running as fast as he would like as well. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 16:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Denying the existence of batteries means annoying toys have a finite lifespan. I am fairly sure Tinder is unaware what fuels noise. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 16:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Quote: Denying the existence of batteries means annoying toys have a finite lifespan. Problem is with the trains he has is that he knows everyone of them takes a battery, also the 100 of each is on clear display in my PC room. Also if I'm honest I get as much enjoyment out of building his tracks and watching ever more battery consuming trains go round them as he does
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| Author: | Mimi [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 17:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
So, Grim... How full of condoms and play-doh is your house right now? |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 17:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Mimi wrote: So, Grim... How full of confirms and play-doh is your house right now? He's got so many confirms you wouldn't believe it. Popular man, our Grim... |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 22:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Hearthly wrote: Just buy decent alkalines in bulk from somewhere like battery-force.co.uk and then use a Rezap to recharge them. We used to pile through batteries at an obscene rate until we moved to that model. Rezap pro costs £100 doesn't it? That's a fuckload of batteries. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 23:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Just buy rechargeable NiMHs, you weirdos. Eneloops are £15 for a pack of eight. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 23:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Findus Fop wrote: Hearthly wrote: Just buy decent alkalines in bulk from somewhere like battery-force.co.uk and then use a Rezap to recharge them. We used to pile through batteries at an obscene rate until we moved to that model. Rezap pro costs £100 doesn't it? That's a fuckload of batteries. We bought ours about ten years ago, little bugger's still going strong, IIRC it cost about £30-£40 or thereabouts. It'll generally get three decent recharges out of alkalines before they have to go in the bin, works really well with basic AA alkalines from batteryforce which you can get 200 of for about £40. No doubt it's paid for itself many times over by now. Ours looks like this but with a UK plug although I can't remember us ever having the splendid looking plastic condom thingies which I'd probably only have tried to have relations with anyway so perhaps that's for the best. Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Just buy rechargeable NiMHs, you weirdos. Eneloops are £15 for a pack of eight. Yes we did try these but they didn't seem to do very well with our usage cycles, plus we often need to have 40+ AAs deployed at any given time to fuel the entire army of FurReals that need powering, at which point £15 for eight starts to look very expensive. EDIT TO ADD - That's just the AAs, we also have fucktons of AAAs and Cs deployed at any given time, all of which can be recharged through a single Rezap unit on a sensible schedule. Oh yes and it'll do those 9V ones as well, which a few of the toys require. Attachment: zappo.JPG
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Hearthly wrote: It'll generally get three decent recharges out of alkalines before they have to go in the bin, works really well with basic AA alkalines from batteryforce which you can get 200 of for about £40. So that's around 7p per battery per charge cycle. Quote: Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Just buy rechargeable NiMHs, you weirdos. Eneloops are £15 for a pack of eight. Yes we did try these but they didn't seem to do very well with our usage cycles, plus we often need to have 40+ AAs deployed at any given time to fuel the entire army of FurReals that need powering, at which point £15 for eight starts to look very expensive. Quote: EDIT TO ADD - That's just the AAs, we also have fucktons of AAAs and Cs deployed at any given time, all of which can be recharged through a single Rezap unit on a sensible schedule. Oh yes and it'll do those 9V ones as well, which a few of the toys require. You can get NiMH AAAs, and a plastic shim that adapts the AA up to a C. 9v you'd have to still buy alkaline, admittedly, but that's not a reason to keep throwing money away on the others, or to advise others to do the same.
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
So over a decade we've had hundreds of recharge cycles, at an average of considerably more than 7p per cycle, so I'd say it's recouped its purchase cost. (Cs and 9v cost more than AAs or course, AAAs about the same, and we've had some Ds over the years as well.) Also, in the early days we were buying batteries at normal shop prices, it's only in the last five years or so we've moved to the bulk (and much cheaper) online purchases. So 7p per cycle will be very much on the low side. I'm sure 'proper' rechargeables would work out cheaper in many scenarios, but when you've got something in the region of 100 batteries distributed across the house at any given time, the upfront costs would be huge. (And that's just for Jnr's toy estate, before you even consider all the other things we use the batteries for, such as XBox controllers, remote controls, rampant rabbits etc.) As such, overall, I'm happy with our battery usage solution. Unless you're seriously suggesting I go out and buy 100+ NiMH batteries today along with a suitable charger? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Build a time machine. Travel back in time. Deny existence of batteries. Have toy funerals. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
i did not think you could recharge non rechargeable batteries. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Hearthly wrote: Unless you're seriously suggesting I go out and buy 100+ NiMH batteries today along with a suitable charger? Well, it depends how much you like saving money in the long run, doesn't it? And if you really are getting through as many batteries as you say, "the long run" will be a month or so. |
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
KovacsC wrote: i did not think you could recharge non rechargeable batteries. It's pretty much only guidance, as opposed to a do-not-do. Similar to how it is suggested that you shouldn't inject street-cut heroin. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Just buy rechargeable NiMHs, you weirdos. Eneloops are £15 for a pack of eight. I have some of those as well, I find that they discharge quickly if not used, so are flat again when needed. I just make sure I turn off his trains and cars once he is not playing with them. Quote: but when you've got something in the region of 100 batteries distributed across the house at any given time, the upfront costs would be huge That's a lot of batteries, reckon I have about 12 used in trains a lot, then the odd few toys that are not heavily used that maybe count for another 8-10 |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
KovacsC wrote: i did not think you could recharge non rechargeable batteries. You can, but they're not particulary designed for it, so the results are perhaps less good. Easiier to put this here than explain any more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechargin ... _batteries |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Mr Dave wrote: KovacsC wrote: i did not think you could recharge non rechargeable batteries. You can, but they're not particulary designed for it, so the results are perhaps less good. Easiier to put this here than explain any more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechargin ... _batteries Yes it's not perfect and there are a few caveats. For starters if the battery is completely flat there's basically nothing the Rezap can do with it, so you need to recharge it whilst there's still charge in it. Generally speaking the first sign of a toy slowing down, or as soon as I get the cross-hatch flashy lights on the XBox Controller, or the rampant rabbit isn't quite buzzing at max ferocity - get the batteries out and into the Rezap. (We keep a stash of charged batteries of every size, so there are always hot-swap batteries available.) Sticking to that model we generally get three decent recharges out of a standard alkaline, thereafter it's very much a case of diminishing returns so at that point the battery will usually get chucked. (Unless it's going into something that doesn't need much juice, like a remote control or a clock.) We have had NiMH batteries in the past and I found that they didn't hold their charge well over time at all, although apparently they're supposed to be 'low discharge' these days, I can't really comment on that as I haven't tried NiMHs for years. In our scenario a FurReal or other animal might not get used for weeks, but it needs to work whenever Jnr wants it, and I've found that alkalines (fresh or recharged) seem to hold their charge indefinitely, whereas in the past at least, the NiMHs didn't. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
You use normal batteries for you XBox controller?! |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
The Eneloop-style low-self-discharge NiMH batteries are much improved over older ones. They hold a charge for months. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Grim... wrote: You use normal batteries for you XBox controller?! A recharged alkaline is a special battery, not normal at all  I know there are those rechargeable battery packs for XBox Controllers but I've never bothered with them, since we always have so many AAs knocking about the place anyway. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
MaliA wrote: Denying the existence of batteries means annoying toys have a finite lifespan. I am fairly sure Tinder is unaware what fuels noise. I go one better and never buy toys that require batteries. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
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| Author: | asfish [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: The Eneloop-style low-self-discharge NiMH batteries are much improved over older ones. They hold a charge for months. Ok might take a look at them, the ones I have now I bought when the WII was a newish console for all the controllers, they came from Maplin as well! Also thinking if my son has to wait for a recharge then that might be something I can use to have him turn his toys off when not in use! |
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| Author: | asfish [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Jem wrote: MaliA wrote: Denying the existence of batteries means annoying toys have a finite lifespan. I am fairly sure Tinder is unaware what fuels noise. I go one better and never buy toys that require batteries. Before he got into these trains I used to try and do that, but you can't control gifts from other people. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Jem wrote: MaliA wrote: Denying the existence of batteries means annoying toys have a finite lifespan. I am fairly sure Tinder is unaware what fuels noise. I go one better and never buy toys that require batteries. How do you go about friends and families buying toys that require batteries? Do you clue them in to the no battery rule? I'm not fussed by the noisy toys. The little'un seems to get a kick out of pressing a button three thousand times in a day, and the smiles make everything else not matter, for me. I do have a friend who can't abide anything that plays music or noises, and she has come in, taken his toys out of his hands, as he's playing, and switched them off. I cannot abide that, and though I bit my tongue most of the time, when she replied to a picture of all baby's new Toottoot animals saying she'd turn them all off when she visited I replied with something along the lines of 'oh, I hope not! They are baby's favourite and he'd not thank you for it and would be rather upset at having his play silenced'. I started to dread the visits for a while as I'd find it quite upsetting and found it difficult to assert myself and my little boy's enjoyment in my own home. Just realised that post went off on a bit of a tangent. Though if I could get one of those buttons for a different toot toot animal each press we'd likely be bankrupt by now. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Toot tooooot! |
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| Author: | JBR [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:27 ] |
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Cor, look at all those! If I came round I'd turn them all o... no wait, how would I dare do that in someone else's house! Cute faces - except for the perhaps demonic blue cow (?) nearest the camera. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
That's a donkey. He was the first toot toot animal, bought by one of Russell's work mates for Christmas. The rest I bought as a job lot on eBay with some play sets. I love them. They each have about 30-40 songs and phrases. There are little sensor points under eat, and at certain points on tge okay sets, tracks etc it will trigger a phrase (so, on a swing the cow might say 'wheeeee!' Or the elephant might say 'I love to swing up high' or whatever is specific to that animal. Obviously I bought them so I could play with them, really |
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| Author: | asfish [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
I didn't know you could get toot toot animals? I have some track and cars Find that the batteries on these are quite good as most of them don't move on their own, they just say phrases when pushed around the track. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Yes, the animals are great! However, I believe the tracks between animals and vehicles are not compatible. I think the animals seem to be far more available and varied than the vehicles. There are 'people' playsets, too (hospitals, schools, etc) and figures to suit. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 14:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Mimi wrote: Jem wrote: MaliA wrote: Denying the existence of batteries means annoying toys have a finite lifespan. I am fairly sure Tinder is unaware what fuels noise. I go one better and never buy toys that require batteries. How do you go about friends and families buying toys that require batteries? Do you clue them in to the no battery rule? I used to ask for no noisy toys but people bought them just to piss me off so I didn't mention it again, and now just wait for the batteries to die and then never replace them. We have toys that make noise (musical instruments etc) I just hate plasticy tinny electronic noises. TBF it's a non-issue these days. The kids are into stuff that isn't necessarily noise oriented any more. Thank fuck. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 14:04 ] |
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Jem wrote: The kids are into stuff that isn't necessarily noise oriented any more. Thank fuck. Yes, but is mime artistry really a good career aspiration? |
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| Author: | Jem [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 14:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Kern wrote: Jem wrote: The kids are into stuff that isn't necessarily noise oriented any more. Thank fuck. Yes, but is mime artistry really a good career aspiration?
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 14:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
I'd like to get a toy rainbow xylophone/glockenspiel for D's birthday, but ice really struggled to find a nice one. I think I'd ideally like a wooden one, though I'm sure a nice one would be pricey. One of the kids either upstairs or next door seems to have acquired a recorder today, perhaps for the new school year. That's definitely more offensive than Toot Toot elephant could ever be  I'm sure it will be much better when they learn a second note. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 14:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
There's some lovely wooden instruments on http://www.myriadonline.co.uk/ but yes, pricey as heck. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Sep 05, 2016 15:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Amazon Prime |
Is that where your rainbow is from? I saw it in your windowsill and was admiring it then. Yes, very beautiful pieces, very pricey though 
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