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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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I don't celebrate Christmas, but because the holiday is a day off for most people, my wife's family gathered for a nice meal and with the intentions of cleaning out my mother-in-law's basement.
While digging through piles of old crap, I found this gem and was told that it was mine to keep.
Click for Full Sized Image
Yeah, I am pretty pumped. I took more photos and will make a dedicated thread for it some time soon.
My wife and I were able to grab a large number of 80's board games that had been boxed up for 20 years or so. If I come across any other wonders, I'll be sure to share.
Oh one of the other cool things that we were not allowed to take was a boxed Scrabble set made in 1948.
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Beach Bum
Joined: Dec 08 2010
Location: At the pants party.
Posts: 1777
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| Rogue Hippo wrote: |
| My parents got me a Kindle which I have wanted for awhile! But then I went to Amazon.com to get some ebooks they're a rip off! The ebook is usually only $1-2 less than the actually book. If its $5 for an ebook and $6 for the actual book I'm just gonna buy the real book. I guess I just expected ebook stores to be like mp3 stores... $0.99 each. I should've done my homework. |
Think of it this way. It is 99 cents for a song. It is 6-7 bucks for an album. A book is more like an album than a song, because the chapters would be more like the songs. For the most part the paperbacks are going to be right around the same price as they are in stores, because paperbacks are cheap as hell to get. I just bought a new release book that is 30 bucks at Barnes and Noble for 12.99 on my Kindle. Also the Kindle takes up a fraction of the space that my bookshelves do and I can carry a ton of books with me at once. This is nice because I just bought that book and I finished it after about 5 hours reading, and now rather than having two or three more taking up space in my backpack I can just hit home and have 60 more books ready for me to read them.
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aika
Title: Narcissist
Joined: Apr 25 2008
Location: On the table.
Posts: 2041
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I gotttt:
Supernatural season 2 (!!  !)
Tomb Raider: Underworld for the PS3 (unffff)
A couple stuffed animals, including this panda pillow I've been wanting
Jasmine-scented bath stuff
New bras, panties, slippers, bathrobe, and socks
Black Labrador 2011 calendar
Jewelry (some earrings, a couple bracelets)
Keychains and little knick-knacks for my room (including a pooping mouse what  )
aaaaand $100, with which to buy ME2 for the PS3 next month, along with some other goodies
All in all, a pretty decent Christmas. Not a whole lot of stuff I was really excited about, but then again I didn't really want anything I was super excited about... except for ME2 and a few other games that don't come out til next year, so there's not a lot my mom could work with there.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
Posts: 10376
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Inb4 someone requests picture proof of the new bras & panties! 
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Douche McCallister
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Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
Posts: 5672
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I'm more interested in the socks she got.
I had an "old man's" christmas, I got a Power Drill a Tool Chest with an ass load of rachets screw drivers socket wrenches hammers etc. Slammin Salmon on BluRay, some PS3 games, some clothes and a Breathalyzer to make sure I'm not drunk when I go to drive.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
Posts: 5042
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Dr. Jeebus
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Title: SLF Harbinger of Death
Joined: Sep 03 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 5228
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Spanish Meatloaf
Title: Denim Clad Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 522
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| Atma wrote: |
Too lazy to look up how to spell it but...
That Dangerous Hunts 2011 game for PS3
PSP-V1000 for Custom Firmware Purposes
The new Wii Donkey Kong
A USB SNES Controller
Origami Post-It Notes
Bengal Snuggie
Bengal Glasses
Bengal Clock
Bengal Neon Sign
Pajamas
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... Atma may possibly be a Cincinnati fan.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
Posts: 10376
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| Dr. Jeebus wrote: |
| Was the breathalyzer a gift from the heart, or by court order? |
Yeah lol what the hell? 
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Douche McCallister
Moderator
Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
Posts: 5672
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It was a gag gift because of my DUI. Its basically a "Drunk" or "Not Drunk" reading. If it wasn't from my grandma I would have been mad.
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
Posts: 2515
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I got:
Ipod Touch
New Hat
Batman Arkham Asylum
Various chocolate
£50 in itunes vouchers which i have already used £25 of.
Approx £150 which i've used £130 to buy two guitar pedals (Boss DS-2 and Electroharmonix Nano Small Stone for those interested)
Various Books
A Snoopy cup for my tea
I'm awaiting my secret santa gift too, so i dunno what it's gonna be.
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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
Posts: 3475
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$30 FYE card
$30 Best Buy card
Donkey Kong Country Returns
COD: Bond
160 GB iPod & accessories
Motorhead T-shirt
Rush T-shirt
new watch
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There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant. |
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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 2450
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| Spanish Meatloaf wrote: |
| ... Atma may possibly be a Cincinnati fan. |
Hah, what would ever make you think that?
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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 5000
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I was a big Cincy fan today, and they delivered. Knocked the Chargers out so my Chiefs clinched the AFC West. Now they can have a week to rest up.
Thank you, Bengals!
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Spanish Meatloaf
Title: Denim Clad Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 522
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| Alowishus wrote: |
I got:
£50 in itunes vouchers which i have already used £25 of.
Approx £150 which i've used £130 to buy two guitar pedals |
sweeeeeet. I know a European person 
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kenthegod
Title: Midnight Scientist
Joined: Dec 07 2006
Posts: 518
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Some films (Scott Pilgrim, The Man from Earth, Reservoir Dogs, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
Scott Pilgrim complete set
Kick ass shirts
Red Dead Redemption and COD Black Ops
Skull and Crossbones Snuggy
Mixtape from a friend
and a bunch of chocolate. like a plethora.
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let's have a toast to the douchebags |
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
Posts: 7287
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Since my birthday's a week before Christmas, I'm posting for both
* $25 Best Buy gift card (yay)
* $25 Applebees gift card (free food is fine, but god help you if you ask me "pink or no pink" with my beef)
* $20 "Ultimate Game Card" (basically $20 toward stuff like Runescape, an asston of facebook stuff like Zynga runs etc. I have no use for this and a friend is willing to swap it for a 2,000 Nintendo points card)
* A black, hand-knit cap (useful since I decided to get myself a crew cut in December).
* City of Heroes: Going Rogue Complete Collection and a two month time card (I'm paid up until March 21st)
* Mega Man E-Tank coffee mug off thinkgeek.com
* A White Christmas. We got around 8 inches of snow. The last time Georgia had a Christmas snow was in 1882 (only .3 inches at that).
* And 5 pending presents.
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"Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time, and you'll have the time of your life!" |
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aeonic
Title: Sporadic Poster
Joined: Nov 19 2009
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Posts: 2747
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Promethean: The Created hardcover (I've seen a softcover one before, weirdly enough)
90$ in dimes (after going to CoinStar yesterday)
A three hundred dollar car payment covered by my grandma-in-law
Some pajama pants that're really soft
Far, far better than a kick in the ass
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Who likes role-playing games? Me. Way too goddamn much. |
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Mr. Satire
Joined: Jun 08 2010
Location: Termina Field
Posts: 1541
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| lordsathien wrote: |
| A White Christmas. We got around 8 inches of snow. The last time Georgia had a Christmas snow was in 1882 (only .3 inches at that) |
And I got a summer Christmas, which is boring! 
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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 2450
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| lordsathien wrote: |
| * A White Christmas. We got around 8 inches of snow. The last time Georgia had a Christmas snow was in 1882 (only .3 inches at that). |
It snowed here in Jacksonville, FL yesterday. Obviously not enought to stick, but it was falling. Been in FL for 24 years and its the first time I've seen it snow here.
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
Posts: 4844
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I got:
* socks
* Slash's album on vinyl
* Sweet Child O' Mine single on 45
* New Vegas
* Left 4 Dead
* Left 4 Dead 2
* Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
* Halo: Reach
* Sweet Thing's debut album
* How I Met Your Mother Season 5
* Grey's Anatomy Season 6
* bandana, candy, toothbrush, and other random shit from my sister
* A stack of KISS comic books (Psycho Circus and the 2002 series)
* Howard the Duck #13 featuring KISS
* The Incredible Hulk #182 (second appearance of Wolverine)
* Christmas money, which I used to buy Santana's newest album and Chilliwack's greatest hits
Oh and I got chest pains that put me in the hospital. Besides coming out looking like the 40 Year Old Virgin (fucking ECG), the doc ruled out any life threatening heart, blood, or lung issues. Most likely an extreme chest cold/flu/virus.
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TheThunderThief
Joined: Jun 07 2009
Location: Ditka's Moustache
Posts: 415
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*A bitchin' pair of kicks, Adidas Superstar II's in reverse (black shoe w/ white stripes)
*A pair of Levi 501's
*Ken Burns Box sets (Jazz, The War, and Lewis and Clark) These are my favorites of all the stuff I got
*A book (One Hundred Years of Solitude)
*A box of DR guitar strings 5 packs 11-50 gauge / 5 packs 10-52 gauge & a pack of dunlop tortex picks 1.14mm
*Vltor Emod stock (AR 15)
*Three boxes of 2 3/4in #1 Buckshot
*A huge honkin'Bottle of CLP Break-Free
*Schmutz bag (bag full of little stuff ie candy, key covers, travel size toothpaste etc)
EDIT: I too, got socks.
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Drew Linky
Wizard
Joined: Jun 12 2009
Posts: 4209
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How come everyone gets socks? I have never once in my life gotten socks for Christmas.
I did get towels one year, but that's besides the point.
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https://discord.gg/homestuck is where you can find me literally 99% of the time. Stop on by if you feel like it, we're a nice crowd. |
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
Posts: 4226
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I got to spend time with my family.
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Mr. Satire
Joined: Jun 08 2010
Location: Termina Field
Posts: 1541
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| Drew Linky wrote: |
How come everyone gets socks? I have never once in my life gotten socks for Christmas.
I did get towels one year, but that's besides the point. |
Neither have I.
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