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This an OT-corner to describe or illustrate any ads that you see from your location. I see 'Escort services' and road building machinery/plant, plus huge turbine pumps for docks and dams.
Docks, dicks, dams + dames?

DiamondEcho wrote:This an OT-corner to describe or illustrate any ads that you see from your location. I see 'Escort services' and road building machinery/plant, plus huge turbine pumps for docks and dams.
Docks, dicks, dams + dames?

Currently I'm looking at a 4 wheel drive Mini...so far so normal...but this has a picture of one with a tent on the roof rack...with people sleeping in it!

John

Well, I keep getting ads from Banggood.com, which seems to be a supplier of a huge range of goods, some of them definitely NSFW. I had an advert come up with a picture of a strange device that piqued my curiosity and made the mistake of clicking on the advert. It seems the picture was of something that allows ladies to wee standing up. Since then it has followed me around on this and other sites. Time to delete my cookies I think!

redsturgeon wrote:Currently I'm looking at a 4 wheel drive Mini...so far so normal...but this has a picture of one with a tent on the roof rack...with people sleeping in it!

I had that one too, is it an ad from the 1950s or something? Wouldn't want to have to get out of bed to visit the loo

DiamondEcho wrote:This an OT-corner to describe or illustrate any ads that you see from your location.

I can see a house for sale sign. It has been there for months. Is that an advert?

Plus an old Huntley & Palmer biscuit tin, similar to this one, but the advertising or branding would be underneath:

http://www.myttonantiques.co.uk/product ... dc6767.JPG

That's about it.

DiamondEcho wrote:This an OT-corner to describe or illustrate any ads that you see from your location. I see 'Escort services' and road building machinery/plant, plus huge turbine pumps for docks and dams.
Docks, dicks, dams + dames?

You must live a much more exciting life (or have a far more dubious search history!) than I do.

At present I'm seeing an ad for a Regenerate London bond, allegedly paying 7% interest. I don't know why, as I never have and never would buy a fixed interest bond.

And I would personally view any bond offering 7% as too good to be true.

PinkDalek wrote:

DiamondEcho wrote:This an OT-corner to describe or illustrate any ads that you see from your location.

I can see a house for sale sign. It has been there for months. Is that an advert?.

I see one of those too, but that's looking at (or rather, through) my 'Anglian Windows'. My 'Microsoft Windows' is blissfully ad-free.

Clitheroekid wrote:

DiamondEcho wrote:This an OT-corner to describe or illustrate any ads that you see from your location. I see 'Escort services' and road building machinery/plant, plus huge turbine pumps for docks and dams.
Docks, dicks, dams + dames?

You must live a much more exciting life (or have a far more dubious search history!) than I do.

At present I'm seeing an ad for a Regenerate London bond, allegedly paying 7% interest. I don't know why, as I never have and never would buy a fixed interest bond.

And I would personally view any bond offering 7% as too good to be true.

I'm obviously more of a mug than you. I'm being offered 9%.

PinkDalek wrote:

Clitheroekid wrote:

DiamondEcho wrote:This an OT-corner to describe or illustrate any ads that you see from your location. I see 'Escort services' and road building machinery/plant, plus huge turbine pumps for docks and dams.
Docks, dicks, dams + dames?

You must live a much more exciting life (or have a far more dubious search history!) than I do.

At present I'm seeing an ad for a Regenerate London bond, allegedly paying 7% interest. I don't know why, as I never have and never would buy a fixed interest bond.

And I would personally view any bond offering 7% as too good to be true.

I'm obviously more of a mug than you. I'm being offered 9%.

This ad contains the deliciously ambiguous line "Capital at risk"...does this mean dear old London Town is in danger or perhaps more likely that our dear old cash is in danger?

I have to say though I am currently wondering why I have ads for "PVC benders" on my screen...

John

Clitheroekid wrote:You must live a much more exciting life (or have a far more dubious search history!) than I do.

I rather doubt it The ads appear in a box indicating they are provided by 'Google Ads', and in this relatively undeveloped country it might be that few local companies pay to advertise in this way. So rather than getting anything personally relevant, I'm getting what they have that's local.

They're google ads aren't they. So I get ads from several places I have previously bought things (amazon and rapid electronics), and several things I have googled in the past (private islands!).

I do wonder why both the retailers insist on showing me the SAME things I have just bought from them. Surely they'd have more success showing similar or related items that I might want, rather than things that they know I already have!

Gryff

I'm getting ads to buy a subscription service for JamieRed's patented deluvvy detector, in order to keep me updated on the number of luvvies I still have at The Motley Fool.

I'm obviously a bit behind the times....

I'm seeing an advert for Ping clubs from Americangolf. I've never bought from them and I prefer Callaways but broadly it follows my recent browsing history.

(Adverts for lessons might be more apt).