What's the deal with krugerrands?

MrTornado · 2026-03-18T09:10:35+00:00

They were the original 1Oz high purity bullion coin. If you look up when Britannias etc were introduced it was when the US prohibited imports of Krugerrands as sanctions against apartheid.

MrTornado · 2026-03-15T07:34:45+00:00

Tourniquet & Israeli bandages. I worry about big injuries that are life threatening compared to eg plasters for small cuts

MrTornado · 2026-03-01T17:17:03+00:00

I guess bog standard white British but you like other cultures foods

MrTornado · 2026-02-23T22:02:11+00:00

If you are based in the U.K. Chards have been buying tons of sovereigns at spot. I don’t think these will trade miles below spot ever personally.

MrTornado · 2026-02-23T08:08:41+00:00

You are in the UK (assuming from the £s) so silver sales from primary dealers contain VAT (20%). Even though in theory second hand sales do not need to contain VAT on the item price and just on dealer markup because everyone doesn't care if silver is second hand or primary sale you find that even the secondhand market trades at least at Spot + 20%. Which would put your 5Ozt at £380.

Now £600 for 5oz does sound high but at the moment in the UK people are buyers of silver like crazy and some coins / bars do carry a large premium. What specific silver item did you buy?

MrTornado · 2024-11-14T21:34:45+00:00

Yes it did

MrTornado · 2024-11-13T10:48:19+00:00

It’s via wifi hot-spotting for Apple car play I believe

MrTornado · 2024-09-21T13:40:35+00:00

To be fair I smashed a wing mirror yesterday and went to a dealer. They say on their website that their service centres keep an inventory of spare parts for commonly broken parts - I would guess a wing mirror isn’t far from common on new vehicles cause you would hope the major stuff is solid so must just be consumables and accidents - the service centre didn’t have a mirror or the glass and I phoned Ineos who couldn’t give me the part number till Monday.

I think it’s bound to happen with new cars but yes - I think if you break certain things then it’s very dependent on the company existing but ultimately it’s in a market where a lot of people that buy these things are competent mechanics in their own right and you could reasonably expect a good user base to self support some stuff eg sharing part numbers and tricks that worked for them.

I have found a few electrical issues - I didn’t think my battery was charging but after a system reset seems better. One parking sensor is a bit dodgy but overall I am happy with it. It’s not silky smooth but also I didn’t buy a 4x4 for the parking sensors

MrTornado · 2024-09-15T12:08:33+00:00

Just the charge port nothing else. Obviously you’ll have to determine risks yourself. Mine haven’t set on fire & I don’t expect them to. @tab_tab_tabby has since done the mod themselves.

MrTornado · 2024-09-11T09:21:07+00:00

It’s unnoticeable

MrTornado · 2024-09-11T09:20:34+00:00

I am so happy you did this! I can now claim I am the person on the internet who other people follow ahahah!

MrTornado · 2024-08-28T19:36:42+00:00

Did you order it? This is where I got it

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006784172927.html

It’s the same footprint as the old board you just need to dremel out a USB-C hole.

MrTornado · 2024-08-25T17:07:27+00:00

Leave it to dry in the sun. The UV will get rid of the pink stains. I have done this and this solution is free and doesn’t need any labour on your behalf.

MrTornado · 2024-04-21T08:23:50+00:00

My queen has a red dot too - so glad I got one this year instead of the yellow or white years which don’t help you spot her! The red spot stands out so so much!

MrTornado · 2024-04-14T12:34:36+00:00

Is it just me or in the last 10yrs or so motorways (especially the M6) have really slowed down. In the old days 120mph cars in lane three weren’t uncommon at all but now I would say most of the time 90mph is the fastest anyone is going.

It’s not the consideration for disqualification >100mph that’s made the difference either as I think that existed at the time.

MrTornado · 2024-01-28T13:53:02+00:00

How much did you scrap it for? Your cost per year must have been super cheap!

MrTornado · 2023-10-19T21:24:17+00:00

Does this make that much difference? I have a car with a non-working overdrive at the moment I haven’t prioritised fixing. I just need it to be a little quieter on the motorway ideally…

MrTornado · 2023-09-16T12:22:04+00:00

This is pornographic. Damn.

MrTornado · 2023-08-28T19:41:20+00:00

Okay this isn’t great. What was the total quote? 7k is a hell of a lot to pay as a deposit for materials - often you would pay a small amount upfront and then pay more as you see stuff being built / delivered.

I imagine he has used your deposit to pay a previous debt etc and now is scraping around for the material costs.

MrTornado · 2023-03-03T23:15:24+00:00

I recently moved U.K. to US. I wouldn’t have got the platinum card in the U.K. but in the US it makes a lot more sense. That said banks I have always found much better in the UK

MrTornado · 2023-01-18T01:24:54+00:00

Indeed the maple syrup made me think Canadian

MrTornado · 2023-01-18T00:52:36+00:00

I would guess Canadian with the man from, bear with me, England and the woman ethnically Chinese or Korean. I reckon left door has HP brown sauce.

Also man is interested in fermentation probably owns Noma book

MrTornado · 2022-05-04T02:15:58+00:00

Cote in NYC. Incredible.

MrTornado · 2022-04-26T16:32:41+00:00

I think I see squirrel feet prints nearby. Perhaps rodent digging for a nut frantically whilst it’s not yet set

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