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TiE23 · 01-20-2010, 04:25 PM

El Caminos are awesome. I mean, seriously, I was taken to school in one of those things when I was in elementary school every day. I was the coolest.

Also, my dad did donuts in the desert for my brother and I, and when you're 5-7 years old, that's the most awesome thing ever.

jebbers · 01-21-2010, 06:55 PM

Its in really good condition Bongo, interior was re-upholstered, the dash isnt cracked, theres minor rust here and there nothing too devastating, the milage was about 86,000.
And no Sithy not lime green though i did think about a repaint.

*El Sitherino* · 01-22-2010, 01:52 AM

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And no Sithy not lime green though i did think about a repaint.

It could have been so awesome, you could two-tone it with a purple...
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Update on my wooden dummy.

I need to finish sanding the edges on the top arms so they're round and make the leg and base. I'll resand the body once more then it'll be finished.

Dath Maximus · 01-27-2010, 10:53 AM

walked away unscathed from a car accident the other night

Rogue15 · 01-27-2010, 12:07 PM

that dummy looks more like a coat rack than anything tbh

Troopr-Undr-Fir · 01-27-2010, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dath Maximus

walked away unscathed from a car accident the other night

1up: I fell through the ceiling of the Tropicana Casino in Vegas 15' and landed on my back the other day. Odly enough my knee is the only thing that is bothering me, other than that I'm good as wood. Surveillance guy came down and showed me the video of it... might possibly end up on YouTube if he was lying to me.

**IG-64** · 01-28-2010, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Troopr-Undr-Fir

1up: I fell through the ceiling of the Tropicana Casino in Vegas 15' and landed on my back the other day. Odly enough my knee is the only thing that is bothering me, other than that I'm good as wood. Surveillance guy came down and showed me the video of it... might possibly end up on YouTube if he was lying to me.

Please let end up on YouTube. o.o

BongoBob · 01-28-2010, 01:40 AM

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Please let end up on YouTube. o.o

This.

Dath Maximus · 01-28-2010, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Troopr-Undr-Fir

1up: I fell through the ceiling of the Tropicana Casino in Vegas 15' and landed on my back the other day. Odly enough my knee is the only thing that is bothering me, other than that I'm good as wood. Surveillance guy came down and showed me the video of it... might possibly end up on YouTube if he was lying to me.

1up
i spun 360 degrees in the car at 70mph, went across 3 lanes of traffic, slammed into the snowbank in the median, and had the car resting at 45 degree angle, had it not been for the snow, i would have rolled the car or gone into oncoming traffic

i also did your mom

Darth Avlectus · 01-28-2010, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Troopr-Undr-Fir

<snip> I fell through the ceiling of the Tropicana Casino in Vegas 15' and landed on my back the other day. Odly enough my knee is the only thing that is bothering me, other than that I'm good as wood. Surveillance guy came down and showed me the video of it... might possibly end up on YouTube if he was lying to me.

Yeah, that kind of stuff happens to us electricians from time to time.

*El Sitherino* · 01-31-2010, 01:05 AM

Okay, so I'm sure I've already caused a lot of groaning with this but it's finally done and I'll shut up about it now.

I changed my mind about the base I was going to use and instead crafted together this thing you see here. I placed the tiles myself and everything seen here was hand crafted. My two week long project has finally come to a conclusion and I can relax and get back to my regularly schedule routine. It'll be nice not spending 8 hours in my garage wearing terribly uncomfortable face masks and safety goggles.

**IG-64** · 01-31-2010, 01:10 AM

Looks awesome Sithy. Very well made.

The old CRT TV in my parents room died recently, so they decided it was time for a new one. They decided to move the 32" 720p TV that was in the living room into their room and get a new one for the living room. We went down to Best Buy today and looked at all of the TVs they had and found the only 2 40" TVs that would fit our living room TV space. One of them was some brand we'd never heard of, and the other was a $1300 1080p Sony Bravia on sale for $900. We went for the Bravia:

It ended up just fitting with like a 8th of an inch clearance on top. It's basically the most optimal TV we could get to fit that space without either getting rid of the cabinet thing or getting a wall mount; neither of which we wanted to do.
Also, Lifetime. >_>

But yeah, I downloaded the 1080p version of that Sony Bravia commercial with the bouncy balls and the awesome song, and I stuck it on a USB and played it through the PS3. It was amazing.

Yep, I'm a Sony whore now.

BongoBob · 01-31-2010, 02:09 AM

1080P TV? Check. Hi-Def Satellite box? Check. 1080P Playstation 3? Check.

Original Super Nintendo? Motha-f***in check.

Darth Avlectus · 01-31-2010, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by IG-64

The old CRT TV in my parents room died recently, so they decided it was time for a new one.

Iff, you haven't already taken it away to the dump:
You could turn that into a fun project if you're willing to read a little and get your hands dirty--or at least find the right kind of nerd nearby to take it off your hands for free. Beats paying at the dump to get rid of it.

Click.

If you put up a billboard at a college saying something like "free electronic components to anyone who'll take my dead CRT TV", there's a good chance someone will ring you up for it. Especially if there's an electronics/electrical engineering department.

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Congrats on the new upgrade. I'm envious. An SNES for the win.

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Yep, I'm a Sony whore now.

That's a problem, how? Played a friend's PS3 and TBH it's pretty sweet. Wishing I had one now.

*El Sitherino* · 01-31-2010, 09:37 PM

That's a beautiful television.

BongoBob · 02-03-2010, 07:31 PM

Rosewill 2.5" External Enclosure

$19 with shipping. Bought it after I realized I had a nice 2.5" hard drive sitting in my old broken laptop for the last year or so just doing nothing. Now I'll finally be able to backup all my **** easily, and no longer will I have to transfer files to the livingroom computer then back to mine.

TiE23 · 02-04-2010, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by IG-64

Yep, I'm a Sony whore now.

Pfft, my livingroom is more Sony-er than yours... and for longer.

Sony HDTV, Sony Sound Receiver, Sony 5-CD player, Sony VCR (yes), Sony DVD, and I've thought of putting my PS3 Slim downstairs.

Also, it's been like that for a majority of my life. When I was 8, it was Sony TV, Receiver, Tape Deck, CD Player, VCR... Oh, and we've had the same receiver and CD player the entire time.

jon_hill987 · 02-07-2010, 03:48 PM

I have pre-ordered AvP3 (Yes I'm calling it that as there were two before it, just because they were not on the consoles they feel they have to hide the fact that this is the third game...).

I never got to play the first one but I loved the second so I have high hopes for this...

**Samuel Dravis** · 02-09-2010, 11:17 PM

Picked up some cds recently:

And books--

Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass dual hardcover
Interior Castle - Teresa of Avila
The Cloud of Unknowing - ?
The Jungle Book - Kipling
At the Mountains of Madness - HP Lovecraft
The Doom that Came to Sarnath - HP Lovecraft

And the game Arcanum, by Black Isle. <3

**leXX** · 02-11-2010, 09:10 AM

I JUST ****ING WON TICKETS TO SEE MASSIVE ATTACK IN CONCERT TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rogue15 · 02-11-2010, 09:22 AM

awesome!

Commander Obi-Wan · 02-16-2010, 03:16 AM

It's been awhile....

Got tickets to see these guys.

As well as KoRn, Five Finger Death Punch, A Day to Remember and August Burns Red.

Pie™ · 02-16-2010, 02:19 PM

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It's been awhile....

Got tickets to see these guys.

As well as KoRn, Five Finger Death Punch, A Day to Remember and August Burns Red.

I wanted to see them with Slayer and Testament here in Toronto, but the show got canceled because of Tom Araya's back surgery.

Anthony · 02-16-2010, 10:55 PM

Traded an hp mini + 100 bucks for this. its better than a netbook and about the same size

Pho3nix · 02-17-2010, 04:55 PM

Finally got me a Zippo I've been longing for since I was a kid ;D

Det. Bart Lasiter · 02-17-2010, 05:00 PM

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Finally got me a Zippo I've been longing for since I was a kid ;D

they're cool as ****, but they're a pain to light pipes or anything that has a bowl with (plenty doable though!)

**acdcfanbill** · 02-17-2010, 07:03 PM

I've used this zippo for several years, they are nice machines.

Pie™ · 02-17-2010, 08:15 PM

I have a zippo back home with David Hasselhoff on it. It's true that it doesn't work well with bowls though.

Anthony · 02-18-2010, 12:18 AM

I have 4 different zippos... my gf just got me one with my name engraved on it, then i have 2 olive green ones (lost one, got another..found the other) and an old black one.

Theyre so addictive to flick open and closed, the old black ones hinges are completely worn and loose because of it

MrWally · 02-18-2010, 03:59 AM

I just watched Audition.

Holy **** ****.

It definitely deserves to be placed in this thread.

...But now I'm afraid to go to bed....

Pho3nix · 02-18-2010, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Det. Bart Lasiter

they're cool as ****, but they're a pain to light pipes or anything that has a bowl with (plenty doable though!)

Yeaa so it seems, it'll be used to light Lucky Strikes primarily

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I've used this zippo for several years, they are nice machines.

Indeed!

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I have a zippo back home with David Hasselhoff on it.

Awesome =D

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Theyre so addictive to flick open and closed, the old black ones hinges are completely worn and loose because of it

Haha yeah, I just discovered that myself

Det. Bart Lasiter · 02-18-2010, 11:02 AM

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Yeaa so it seems, it'll be used to light Lucky Strikes primarily

like some sort of demented chinaman..............

edlib · 02-18-2010, 11:11 AM

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"What the **** are you talking about?!?? The chinaman is not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line, you DO NOT... Also, Dude,.. 'chinaman' is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please!"

TiE23 · 02-19-2010, 12:05 AM

So far it's way better than Clear Skies, which was a hard, glitchy, buggy, computer breaking experience. The starting area is sort of cool in a few ways, but it's mostly just big areas of nothing. Only $20 and still atmospheric as hell. Even had a few scripted moments that were a really cool departure... and the shadows and lighting are still freaking awesome.

Though... oh my god, do not read the subtitles to the intro video... it's like the guy who wrote them wrote it from memory after hearing the voice over once. He says completely different things and cites completely different years and dates. Janky as hell...

Anthony · 02-19-2010, 12:27 AM

I thought I was the only one who noticed how the intro made no sense at all... Oh well, i don't blame it. Its a russian to english translated game, and goddamn, its awesome

(I recommend S.M.R.T.E.R Mod... adds some awesome stuff)

MrWally · 02-19-2010, 12:37 AM

Oh wow. I just remembered that I bought Shadows of Chernobyl ages ago on a deal of Steam but never played past the first 15 minutes (my old hardware issues). I'm assuming it still holds as a good game? Looks a bit outdated now, but I've been looking for a nice shooter rpg since ME2/Borderlands.

Commander Obi-Wan · 02-19-2010, 01:01 AM

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I wanted to see them with Slayer and Testament here in Toronto, but the show got canceled because of Tom Araya's back surgery.

Weak. Megadeth and Slayer were here less than a year ago, but I didn't go. I wish I did, but it should still be ****ing badass with Megadeth and Testament.

Are you still gonna be in TO when they're back in July?

I have two zippos, one from Germany and one from Chile. I just haven't used either or bothered to get any butane. I prefer BICs though.

***Jeff*** · 02-19-2010, 10:29 AM

Got my laptop back! Had to send it in to Lenovo repair after the screen wouldn't turn on last Tuesday. AND, it was free, even though I know it was out of warranty. When I called to check on the status since they hadn't called me in over a week to tell me the cost, they said it had already shipped and it was free because it was under warranty. Only thing I can think of is that they gave it to me for free to get me to renew the warranty. I'm not complaining though.

jon_hill987 · 02-19-2010, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MrWally

Oh wow. I just remembered that I bought Shadows of Chernobyl ages ago on a deal of Steam but never played past the first 15 minutes (my old hardware issues). I'm assuming it still holds as a good game? Looks a bit outdated now, but I've been looking for a nice shooter rpg since ME2/Borderlands.

It won't look outdated if you install the STALKER Complete 2009 Mod

**leXX** · 02-19-2010, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MrWally

Oh wow. I just remembered that I bought Shadows of Chernobyl ages ago on a deal of Steam but never played past the first 15 minutes (my old hardware issues). I'm assuming it still holds as a good game? Looks a bit outdated now, but I've been looking for a nice shooter rpg since ME2/Borderlands.

I got it during the Steam deal too for something silly like £1.79. Haven't got around to playing it yet either, but I intend on playing it soon.