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Atoto F7 7 Inch Review

For those wondering or not to purchase this….here is my layman's review of the product: Vendor: AliExpress, $280 delivered. Took about a month to arrive. Value for money wise, I'd …

What Age Did You Move out?

I'm 39 this year, I moved out at 21….got me own place in the same suburb as me folks. Strange too given I'm of Asian background, it was quite rare back in the day to move out on your …

Sony XAV AX5500 Media Receiver - My Layman's Review

For anyone thats interested here is a layman's review….just got this over xmas…not sure how much it was because it was a gift (well pretty much told the Mrs what I wanted) but see it …

poll What age did you move out? What was most memorable?

I moved out at 18 (well 17y10m to be precise), I'm 39 this year and yes I'm of Asian descent. My folks were somewhat strange/cool/adaptive - they were very strong teaching us (my older …

Kids and Travel - Whats a "Reasonable" level of travel?

So in short, we can comfortably afford $8k per year. We have 2 kids aged 4 months and the other one is 4 years….haven't travelled at all with then 2nd son but with the first we've …

Worst ever "false economy" projects or deals?

Anyone ever worked on a DIY project, fix or even planned something and realised after the disaster that it was probably better off getting in the "professionals" in the first place and …