Wife wanted the Dyson
Now have to lie in that bed
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better hope the bed doesn’t get dusty.
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Bit late to the party .
See also: Kevin Keegan / Vegan
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Make her do the vacuuming, if she insists on a crap choice?
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Shark corded for me is elite. Got this one: Shark Classic Anti Hair Wrap Upright Pet Vacuum and a huge fan. Only got carpet upstairs these days but able to create lines as if I’m doing the pitch at Wembley for the FA Cup Final. Stunning.
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Miele cat and dog for the house. Shark handheld in the caravan. Both good 
Never bought a Dyson. Expensive and everyone says they’re shit 
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Normal Dysons can be okay, not had much luck with cordless ones either. I’ll say this for them though, they’re really repairable, you can easily get the parts and you can strip them down without breaking bits. No idea how shark fare in that regard yet. I’m sick of having to chuck whole things away because one part broke, though. Washers and dryers are particularly horrible for this.
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I’ve been watching a load of component level repair videos on YouTube. Some bearded dude at a workbench with an oscilloscope and multimeter reverse engineering and unmarked chip from a car stereo from 1981. Absolutely brilliant
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My Vax brush head melted a week after buying it, something stopped the mechanism that makes it spin and it tore the connector to bits. Called Currys, no argument, sending a new one out and DPD are picking up the broken one. Result
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Any recommendations on good pillows? Want to get some decent, firm, non-memory foam ones. Spent a load last year on organic wool filled ones, they were shit and are so lumpy now I’ve had to chuck them.
I’m a big guy and I like a firm, thick pillow. I bought this a couple months ago and I’m super stoked on it:
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/ramsloeksmal-ergonomic-pillow-multi-position-60554281/
The woman I’ve been seeing for a while is a massage therapist and really cares about well-being, she tested loads of pillows and she swears by this one. She is obviously not as big as me and therefore needs a lower pillow.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/kvarnven-ergonomic-pillow-side-back-sleeper-90507349/
According to Google
so I’d say give it a crack for a night or a nap with a clean pillowcase or two and see what you think about it.
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Cheers, I’ve never really tried memory foam pillow. Worth a crack.
Memory foam ftw. Got 2 from IKEA as well, I think the most expensive ones. Can’t sleep as well on regular pillows.
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Trip to b&q for a 2m length of 40mm wast pipe with push fittings that weren’t right and then to wicks for 3m of 40mm waste pipe that works with the solvent joints.
5m of pipe wasted to fix less than 20cm!
Not the cleanest job but if anyone needs any waste pipe I’ve got a shed full of it now.
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Not sleeping properly and the wife has said Ive been snoring for a while now so went to the doctors because Im usually knackered when I wake up. Apprently Im high risk of sleep apnea and am technically obese. Off to a sleep clinic. Middleage can do one
I snore pretty bad, did a study and then somehow blagged an expensive cpap machine via renting it and never getting asked to return it.
It’s pretty rad once you get used to it. Definitely improves your sleep and the only real reliable way to prevent snoring.
One interim measure you could take would be to get a chin strap off amazon to force you to keep your mouth shut whilst sleeping. Not perfect, but cheap
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The main benefit of one of those machines for me would be that it would force me to sleep on my back rather than in some mad contorted position with my whole bodyweight on my neck.
Basically woke up with a crick in my neck since the day I turned 30
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I have sleep apnea that got lots worse since I had a stroke. Was diagnosed properly a few months back. Snoring is least of my worries but it goes away if I sleep in my optimal on side position. I cannot stay awake in the evenings any more esp if I eat after 6 I will pass out and wake up at 1 am every time. It’s annoying af but really good for watching the World Cup or the basketball. I don’t have to work any more so it’s not so bad but I would be absolutely screwing if I had to get up every day like I used to.
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Got the nose pipes that you hoon up there which kinda help. Problem is my back is usually low-level fucked from BJJ so i start on one side then roll over then end up on my back grunting away after a while.
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