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Filofax paper (Leicester LE1)
Promised
Lots of pages of punched plain paper in a range of colours. Great for those who enjoy putting pen to paper.
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Acer Aspire laptop (Leicester LE1)
Expired
Model: Aspire E11. 11.6" screen, 4Gb RAM and 320Gb HDD running Windows 10 22H2. The battery is dead and the touchpad is iffy but it works find plugged in and with a mouse. .
1d
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Mystery box of stuff (Leicester LE1)
Expired
Mostly electronic, cables, earphones and other stuff.
19d
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Digital Camera (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
My smartphone takes sufficiently good pictures so I'm offering it in the hope that someone will find it useful.
19d
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Video cameras (Leicester LE1)
Expired
Pot luck, one per person. The larger ones take memory cards and need batteries. The smallest one takes a micro SD and has an inbuilt battery. If you request a particular camera it will NOT be offered to you.
19d
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Voice recorder (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
OK for speech, lousy for music. Take note.
19d
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2 hole punches (Leicester LE1)
Expired
The larger one has lost its gauge but it packs a punch.
19d
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Hard Drive Adaptor (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
Good for both IDE and SATA drives. Can connect a bare drive via USB to read data from (non encrypted FAT or NFTS) drives extracted from defunct desktops or laptops.
19d
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GPS tracker (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
From the days before Google Location History. Was used to contribute to OPen Streetmap.
19d
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Cover discs (Leicester LE1)
Expired
Over a decade of Computer Shopper and other CD/DVDs. Open Source or trial copies and some full programs but these may have long lost codes to run fully. A good way to waste your time. Also good for stringing up to scare pigeons.
19d
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Floppy discs (Leicester LE1)
Expired
Some with shareware or magazine cover discs, some empty. Good for a nostalgia trip - if you have lots of spare time!
19d
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Tablets (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
I have several to gift. Strictly one per person unless you have a VERY good reason to give more. Given on a pot luck basis with no cable and no charger and no guarantees. Most running Android 5 or later so they may not run the latest games. Battery life and specs are variable.
26d
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Chromebook (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
Acer C720, one of the original Chromebooks. Battery won't charge. Works fine when plugged in.
26d
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4 sets of seeds (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
Most past their sow by date. Sorted into peas & beans, salad, herbs and flowers.
26d
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Knitting yarn (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
Several lots of 4 ply, enough for socks, lace scarves, gloves. Dark reddish marled Aran, enough for an adult jumper. Brown chunky, enough for an adult jumper. The latter two lots require some fragging. To be given as one whole lot.
176d
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Mystery bags of crafty goodies (Leicester LE1)
Expired
Contains card, pencils, paint, glue, stamps, stamps pads ........ Maximum 2 bags per person unless there's a VERY good reason otherwise. Contains small parts. Not suitable for under 5s
193d
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Knitting yarn (Leicester LE1)
Expired
1 bag of sock yarn, 1 bag of Aran, 2 bags of DK/Aran smaller amounts, 1 bag mixed fancy yarn. Also suitable for crochet.
193d
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Large roller holdall (Leicester LE1)
Expired
Scuffed at the corners (see photo) but otherwise ok
193d
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Retro TV, radio, alarm (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
4" black and white screen. UHF TV receiver but supplied with a DTV to UHF tuner so, when adjusted properly including vertical hold, it should receive Freeview channels. Needs someone with time to fiddle.
193d
1y
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Ancient Lenovo laptop (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
The battery has had it and the wireless card isn't working but a usb wifi dongle (not supplied) will work. SSD fitted and running Windows 10 22H2, this is still a solid workhorse.
1y
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HP Laserjet 1018 printer (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
Not used for a while and missing the mains cable - kettle lead type. Getting it to work with Windows 10 might be challenging. .
1y
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Water butt with fittings (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
Plastic 100 litre butt with a but .... there's a small hole halfway down which is probably reparable with the right materials, otherwise it's a 50 litre butt. Complete with stand and downpipe fittings. Suitable for plastic downpipes only.
1y
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Netbook (Leicester LE1)
Expired
Acer Aspire 1 ZG5 One of the early netbooks, 512Mb RAM, 8Gb HDD now running Lubuntu with broken repositories. 9" screen, 3 USB, ethernet, Wifi, VGA, SD slot. Everything works and there is still some battery life left but it could do with a new OS. If you know what all the above means then this could be for you.
1y
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Mystery bag of yarn (Leicester LE1)
Gifted
Mostly double knit with a selection of crochet hooks, some complete balls, some odds and ends.
1y