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Congrats!

Wow..the only thing our Goodwill gets are old [email protected] tvs, used beds, and 90's era PC accessories. Nice score!

Very nice score!

It's big day's already been. Can't say he was too happy about it.

Brining turkey, there's something I haven't heard of before. o.o;

It's a bit of a hassle, but makes for a moist, flavorful turkey. Salt=flavor.

I'll probably buy the Colony 7 homebrew if released in a TB version.

Awesome tool to have on hand at any given moment though! Lots and lots of uses you'll find for it if you haven't already.

Google is getting so bad now that I have to put just about every word quotes or it will give me stuff I'm not searching for.

You can try doing a Verbatim search (under "search tools" -> click "all results", and change to "verbatim") but even then that's a crapshoot

Uggh. I have the same problem - and I have to look for schematics professionally, not just for the hobby.

Yeah, I'm at $20 on this. I won't starve if I lose $20.

This is his first shot at Kickstarter and I don't think he's going to make his funding. Brilliant inventor, but new to the KS thing.

I've only seen a couple of gila monsters in the wild.

Have you been bitten by a Bullet Ant before. Heard it stings just like a real bullet.

Based on that description, I'll stick to scorpions.

In other words, I know nothing.

LOL

The funny thing is that it's popular in Germany back in the 90's.

No, it's a promise

My estate planning went really well. I'm going to have a big fence, a hedge up front. Maybe some topiaries...

Bryan, I don't quite have that much of an estate.

My retro video game collection and Roy Clark pinball machine make up the biggest part of it.

How about oatmeal with no sugar or syrup on top? I'm old.

Gee, I was thinking how nice it would be if they made an all-marshmallow cereal.

@Bydo Doesn't that taste like cardboard? When I have oatmeal I put brown sugar and cinnamon in it.

That's ePay for 'ya! And sure… backed by the power of ScamPal, I'm sure there's chimps getting duped every which way but loose on those "square trade" deals. blech

I have purchased SquareTrade warranties through Costco and been satisfied with the value. Of course, those weren't obvious scams.

I never have watched football. My wife was watching the Puppy Bowl and it was beyond stupid to me. Maybe I'll invite you to a Nothing Bowl party at my house next year.

You should copyright "Nothing Bowl" before someone snaps that up. Probably NCAA football. They have a bowl named after everything else.

With a nod to the Spanish speaking crowd, I'm leaning toward "Nada Bowl". It still says nothing. And, I like the "Not A Bowl Game" pun it makes available.

Thanks for the birthday wishes all.

Happy Birthday!

Congrats on riding the earth around the sun one more time....

I think it's weird that you think it's weird that I admit I think it's weird.

How weird is that?

I am bothered when people put goofy locations on their profile, e.g. "Here."

Perhaps they've just grown restless, longing for some solitary company

They know that they must do what's right. Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Seeerengeti.

And the Trogdor comes in the niiiiiiight

Really? I think it's time to dig mine out and sell it then.

Uh, yeah it is. A loose Studio II wouldn't be worth that much working. Hell, I paid $50 for mine with a half-dozen CIB games only a couple years ago.

Oh, great. Thanks for blowing the deal. I was going to offer to sell my working one with three CIB games to Keatah for $80.

Yeah, but I like to power up and push start.

Probably a good share of the reason I don't do any "modern gaming". Don't like boot screens, don't like cut scenes. Destined to live in a 2600 world, I guess.

There's much to be said for the simplicity of the 2600 gaming experience.

I'm definitely in the "pick up, play, put down, walk away" demographic.

"Die you Commie Mutants. Die!"

Two of the very best homebrews !

Break time = Atari for me!

Yeah, depends on my mood. The gaming TV is next to the pinball machine about 5 feet behind me while I'm working.

Nice, isn't it?

What branch of the service is he in anyway? Do we really need a cereal division?

Sometimes I just want to jump in the box and hang out with him!!

You and the Captain, make it happen!

That's not to say that I'd rather play a virtual machine by any means.

Ah, first world problems..

Seems fitting, since that's where I spend most of my time.

I was pretty close to the TV and still found that a slight movement triggered L,R,U,D actions. I suppose the dimensions were driven by common screen sizes at the time.

You forgot.. THE POWER GLOVE!!! Hahahahahaha!!! (Freddy)

I didn't know that reference. But, it's fitting given that the thing is a bit of a nightmare.