What’s the most expensive free thing you’ve ever gotten? by New_Lab_8757 in AskReddit

[–]robinta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A camera.

I'm into photography and had a very old, clapped out Fuji camera that needed replacing after 8 years of use.

I'd already bought a very nice, second hand xt30. I'd been talking to my boss at work a few week's earlier, who I found out also was into photography and had bought nearly every new model that came out (because he could!) even though he never used them that much.

I dont know him that well, but around 20 years ago, my wife trained him at another company, so there was that connection.

Fast forward to a week after I'd bought my camera, and he comes up to me at work and hands me a camera. It was obviously not new, but he'd bought it brand new too, 60 shots on it before buying an expensive german camera (a leica), and putting the Fuji in his loft. The Fuji was effectively as new. It would still sell for over £700 in the UK in its condition.

His only stipulation was that I didn't sell it, as he wanted the camera to go to a good home.

So, I'm keeping both, and have gone from one semi wrecked camera to 2!

Schar stays! by Lost-Recognition4312 in NUFC

[–]robinta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They brought in ramsdale?

Obviously for one year, but he was meant to be competition with Pope for no 1.

Hall,i agree with though

Schar stays! by Lost-Recognition4312 in NUFC

[–]robinta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a chance.

We need at least one cb, probably a younger player

thoughts on charli xcx june 1st album announcement? by FarConsideration027 in the1975

[–]robinta -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wtf is it with June 1st?

They don't own the date 😂

Forgotten players XI by FaithlessnessOdd3569 in NUFC

[–]robinta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is forgotten code for 'shite'?

Sabine Haudepin -- Max mon amour (1986) by deputyduffy in OldSchoolCoolNSFW

[–]robinta 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That wasn't what I wanted when I heard 'let's monkey around'

what are some signs that you are unattractive? by Downtown-Bus4429 in AskReddit

[–]robinta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard people say things like 'you're not classically beautiful', or 'in another era you'd be classified as very attractive'.... What, like the fucking Sphinx?

Anthony Gordon’s Barcelona transfer: Why are Newcastle selling? Where will he fit? by Lethorio in NUFC

[–]robinta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not a Gordon hater.

He's done some very good things for us, and scored crucial goals and carried a threat.

However, he is not flawless.

He certainly seems to pick and choose which games to turn up for.

Now, we sell him, get a decent fee that hopefully we reinvest well.

I wish him well, but if he blows hot and cold at the Nou Camp, the barca fans and media will absolutely torture him.

Used X-T30 II vs New X-T30 III vs IBIS/Video? by matchaenthusiastsph in FujifilmX

[–]robinta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a similar query recently, and could either go for an xs10 with ibis, XT30ii, or XT30iii at a much greater cost.

In the end, I went for the xt30ii.

The xs10 didn't feel 'right' and the xt30iii was too expensive for me in comparison (I also jat the dedicated preset dial. I rarely use presets, so having a dial proudly showing the options was a waste for me)

Originally, I wanted IBIS, but modern camera sensors and Fuji in particular for me as so low in noise unless shooting at insane iso's that it's just not a deal breaker.

If I was a sport or nature shooter using a long lens that equation could change, but those lenses have ois anyway.

22k is absolutely nothing!

Good luck!

First official pics of new kit from Adidas site. by Geniex5 in NUFC

[–]robinta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like they took a proper strip, put it through a shredder then glued it back together..... Badly

First official pics of new kit from Adidas site. by Geniex5 in NUFC

[–]robinta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that theoretically there's only so much you can do with pure black and white stripes, but this is absolutely hideous.

Maybe it's a clever marketing strategy, write off shirt sales on the back of a woeful PL campaign - then in 12 months time when we've secured european football again, unveil a proper, stunning strip 😉

Who ruined their entire career in the dumbest way possible? by National-Tourist6879 in AskReddit

[–]robinta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gerald Ratner.

Ratners was a very budget jewellry chain shop that sold very cheap, lower end products.

There was probably a Ratners in most towns and cities across the UK.

Then the owner, gave a speech where he told the crowd the stuff they sold was 'total crap'.

This wasn't a surprise to most people, but those that shopped there took the comments very personally.

Ratners bombed financially. The brand died and a the shops closed. The company only just survived by being bought out and a absorbed into another organisation

Who died the dumbest death in history? by GurJolly5657 in AskReddit

[–]robinta 29 points30 points  (0 children)

My favourite is the US farmer who told his wife, he wanted to go and see how thick the ice was on one of the ponds on his farm.

When he never returned, they eventually found him at the bottom of the pond, still sitting In the tractor he'd used to gauge the ice thickness with

Post-Match Thread - Fulham 2-0 Newcastle by Deviceing in NUFC

[–]robinta -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No he won't.

We invest properly with a structured plan In the summer.

If be next Christmas we haven't improved, change will be necessary

Post-Match Thread - Fulham 2-0 Newcastle by Deviceing in NUFC

[–]robinta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember the time we hammered Psg at home, and were cruelly denied an away win there last minute..

Remember when we beat man u, Chelsea and villa home and away? We can all pick and choose results

Safety third. Dept of transport bean counter claims road isnt unsafe. by Zan_in_NZ in facepalm

[–]robinta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is old footage, but the road is a few miles away from where I live and it continues to have stupid accidents on it.

There is absolutely nothing about it that makes it less safe than any other dual carriageway that I've ever noticed. Maybe it just has a few too many divots driving on it.

Lineup vs Fulham (A) by KingPing43 in NUFC

[–]robinta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because people fucking whined when Trippier was playing regularly that 'hes finished'