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  Nissan 280Z. : George
  • you fucking moron. : George
• Dautsun 280Z. : George
• rx-7 mr2 : Morgin
• I would recommend a used Honda or Integra. Go to www.cars.com and choose your price range and zip code. : mofo
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  One of those spiffy Mazda coupes.. MX-7 or whatever the hell combination of letters and numbers they use. : Juno
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    mx-3 precidia mx-6 mystrie : evil-cow
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      are those pretty reliable? haven't heard any good things about em (like honda). 'course, haven't heard an... : Talavaeniere
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        mx-3 is small, very small a hatchback, but good car, my neighbour has one, and one girl at work has one t... : evil-cow
        • I think I'm picturing the mx-6.. A neighbor (old guy) has it, he loves the thing. : Juno
        • DO NOT GET THE AUTOMATIC WORST TRANSMISSION EVER : alacious
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  Lamborghini Diablo SE : leseid
  • I think he is looking to buy a whole car, not just a tire. : George
• 95-98 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 : phobium
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  Does it have to be 2-door? I just got a '99 VW Jetta and it's fantastic. 4-door though, but manual. Th... : ZeroDegrees
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    hmmmm i'll look into it. good rep? reliable? any probs yet? four door isn't out of the question, but.. : Talavaeniere
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      (93 mr2 turbo. think about it) : Morgin
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        it's on the list. :) so is the jetta and civic. : Talavaeniere
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          I don't know much about 'em, but an Acura Integra <1999 would be in that price range as well. I just rem... : ZeroDegrees
          • like a mustang? haha! : Talavaeniere
        • and the integra. :) : Talavaeniere
    • Ya, Volkswagon and Jettas in particular are damn good, very reliable. Before this '99 one I got I was dr... : ZeroDegrees
  • Second'd Just got (3 weeks ago) a 2000 Silver Jetta. It had to be auto for the wife - but I'm loving t... : DKo5
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  ford mustang GT : SPAZER
  • or if you want lower insurance/better gas milage just get a v6, still good fun cars : SPAZER
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  find an older civic, it'll be cheaper in the long run. Repair cost can be killer and civics tend to run f... : quietb0y
  • killer as in good or killer as in "motherfucker! i ain't got no cash!" : Talavaeniere
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  get a grand prix gtp, men dont drive VWs : disgruntled goat
  • Nein! German > * : MoNsTeR
  • I agree, VWs are bwah. When you drive a VW--you drive with Hitler! : Omaha
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  Eagle Talon TSI, Mitu Eclipse GSX= 2.0 turbo all wheel drive goodness : tunis5000
  • Hmm.... My 2001 9800 mile civic cost me $13,200... nice deal... Anyway... you can find an Eagle Tal... : mystikal

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• that sucks. : Morgin
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  that is going to be hard.. I mean how will your friend proove that there was no pilot in there.. reminds... : Ratalon
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    exactly what im thinking because the box had a sony seal on it, but that was on the side of the box. one ... : evil-cow
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      well that is going to be a hard one to pull off.. perhaps maybe if it was bought on a CC.. hold payment..... : Ratalon
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        and seriously go to the police- file a complaint with your attorney general or whatever they have in cana... : celerity
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          Of course actually going to the store and telling them what has happened would be the first thing to do! : Ratalon
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            ^^^ THIS MAN IS CORRECT! My bad. I was just getting riled up becuase of previous posts to the shack about... : celerity
            • And on his Bday too.. Steve should be shamed : Ratalon
• go after work? : slackor
• ouch =( : Blackdawgg
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  if you bitch enough, they will hook it up. Ask them to investigate the history of the particular item- wa... : celerity
  • or... your friends dad : celerity
• threaten to pull their balls off. that always does it for me. : sheivachman
• why was there a sony seal on a palm pilot box? or are you referring to one of the sony palm devices (clie... : brianshizm

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• atmospheric drum and bass vol. 1-4 : b00tsauce
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  Led Zeppelin I has some killer bass lines and the drumming rocks ;) : Juno
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    I think youre still stuck in the 70's : b00tsauce
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      It was a joke, I know what drum 'n' bass is but zeppeling is WAY better : Juno
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        wow, I totally didn't get the joke. You mean there are albums with just drums and bass now? Why not add... : Kashmir
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          They aren't even using real drums and bass, it's electronic boogee. : Juno
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            that shit has sucked the soul out of modern music : Kashmir
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              and Juno has sucked the goodness out of Zeppelin :) : b00tsauce
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                Don't make me list Zeppelin's Tolkien refrences! : Sarcastro
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                  There are a hundred bajillion bands with tolkien references.. Many have no good in them. : Vantage
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                    evil is only good twisted into something WICKED : zorak
                    • this thread made me want to rip my hair out. : Vis Inack
            • well it seems like it all just disappeared---it's all rock'n roll...and i like it... : jrgn
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  ed rush & optical - Virus : mr.sleepy
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    i second this suggestion. also look around on kazaa for the Dara, dieselboy, and ak1200 tag team set.. mo... : supaslasha
    • acknowledged : zorak
• brown paper bag, baby... : Cosmicfool
• Aphex Twin? : elementZen
• thats a stupid question : darkling
• John B - Visions and Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms : nomaad
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  no one's suggested Dieselboy - System Upgrade... surprising : ZedAgent
  • project human is good. : fatbeaner
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  Dieselboy - 97 Octane : fatbeaner
  • ya i agree with you on that.. at least out of what i've heard : zorak
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    oh god, I can't stand that cd, it sounds like half asses techno. Shitty techno. : gmd
    • but you probably don't like drum n bass do you? : zorak
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  how about you just download rebirth like the rest of the so called 'DJ's' and just start jammin on the 80... : -=kodiak=-
  • rebirth? uhhhh .. yeah : brianshizm
• Squarepusher - everything he's done : ctlaltl33t
• Electro/DNB/Trancy crossover: John B - Brainstorm Seperate tunes (check soulseek): Concord Dawn - Mor... : Xspringe

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• heheh i hadn't seen that. funnay! : sikander
• : aggressor
• one mo bumpy : aggressor

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• do it, no one will find out : PUPSTAHS
• It could be worse: http://villagevoice.com/issues/0252/savage.php : tedv

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• Well... I guess it's the thought that counts... : Juno
• Merry Christmas to you too JUNO : pun][sher
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  Merry Christmas & many thanks (sHugamom here, using sTeve's computer). : Steve Gibson
  • You can login with your own username and password you know... : Toraz Chryx
• same to you man... : Wolfanoz
• Merry Christmas Juno! : thekidd
• hey, merry christmas to you too ! : mattsull85

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  CANON EOS-1D : Toraz Chryx
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    HAHAHAH YOU HAVE MISTAKEN ME FOR SOMEONE WHO IS WEARING MONEY HATS : quake 3 announcer
    • NIKON COOLPIX 4500 you only near money earmuffs to afford one of those : Toraz Chryx
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    yeah... hah..... i thought about getting that too until I saw the $4000+ price. : Malk
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      It's a beautiful piece of kit tho' :) 'check dis off my CP 4500 (if you haven't seen it already) http:... : Toraz Chryx
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        thats so cool, howd you do that?! : jojomcbobo
        • macro photography, rusty wheelbarrow with ice in it.. bubbles in the ice = \m/ : Toraz Chryx

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• me = lose : ansuble
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  I matched .... only one number. :( 5. The lonely number 5. : laidback
  • next saturday i will lose win! : ansuble

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• He looks so sad. And alot like my last dog : Blackdawgg
• cute puppy! all labs are puppys to me : epit
• that is a great Desktop Image... the dog that is heheh : Galadriel07
• You have a very clean floor! Lovely picture by the way, the dog is cute beyond cuteness! : mofo
• your doggy looks pretty cute : roushimsx
• Your dog looks neutered man : hadokennn
• Your mom kicks ass! That soldier rocks! : punchdog

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  when I wake up tomorrow I'll wake up saying, "The line is drawn here!" : Adrenaline
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    No borg in the upcoming release. they'll probably be in the one after though : Toraz Chryx
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      Resistance is futile! Ok, enough First Contact quotes. : Adrenaline
      • "an excellent idea sir" :p : Vorlon010

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• Second'd. I'm still at work. : Era5er
• i hear that!!!!!!! : Cpt. Baseballbat
• this christmas rocked. : roushimsx
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  this xmas was just like the previous ones. Boring, sitting on my ass either re-watching old movies or rep... : X-GOUKI
  • Yup... sounds like my holidays. : Edges
• It's all the christmas hype! : davatar
• I agree. I can't wait for New Year's Eve, where I will hopefully go to San Francisco with friends to watc... : mofo

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  depends on what your shooting with, if your shooting in widescreen on an ntsc camera then do the widescre... : Adrenaline
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    first question here... what is premiere? adobe premiere? any way to get a free copy (or at least less tha... : edgewise
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      yeah Adobe Premiere, getting a student edition is only like $200. 6.5 is real nice it has built in Mpeg ... : Adrenaline
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        hmmm... how about something simpler.. I don't want a bunch of neat effects or anything, just the ability ... : edgewise
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          Avid DV Xpress I think is like $49, there probably are some free programs, Windows Movie Maker even could... : Adrenaline
          • you're right. Windows Movie Maker can do this... although it's not readily found in the stock version tha... : edgewise
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    Er...how do I know what I'm shooting in? I am n00b :( : pun][sher
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      Is your camera set to widescreen mode? By default it probably isn't. : Adrenaline
      • What would be the default? : pun][sher

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  Live ownz, just got MechAssault today, rocks! : adsriordan
  • Yeah, I have MA and Live and it's great fun too. : Valiant
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  XBox, hands down. Getting a PS2 pretty much only for gta3 and gta:vc is a waste of money imo; gta3 is alr... : Valiant
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    Yeah granted it will be out for PC, but from playing gta3 on the pc vs. gta3 or vc on ps2, ps2 is a MUCH ... : bounty83
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      Have you played gta3 on PC? I dont really understand how people complain about how it performed. I have a... : Blackdawgg
      • I've ran GTA3 on both my desktop 1.6 GHZ P4 with older pc100 ram, radeon 8500 64mb then again tried it on... : bounty83
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  xbox is 50$ cheaper than ps2 for boxing day sales at futureshop and best buy plus you get 2 games e... : -=kodiak=-
  • Good point, just noticed it was on sale at Future Shop too considering I have a ridiculous amount of gift... : bounty83
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  I would go for a PS2 ~ simply for the fighting games like VF4, MK Alliance, Tekken 4 and Soul Calibur II,... : galvatron
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    mkda and sc 2 are all multi platform.... tekken 4... uggggg... and rumor still has it that the new VF... : -=kodiak=-
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      "tekken 4... uggggg..." i love the Shack's argument techniques ;) : Juno
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        ive always had that distain for tekken... and it still holds to this day the first time i ever played it... : -=kodiak=-
        • lol... yeah it was kinda freaky the first time I saw it in arcade, then again so was DDR. : bounty83
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      oh yea, forgot to mention xbox live versions of snk vs capcom 2 and marvel vs capcom 2 : -=kodiak=-
      • Methinks Xbox live will be kick ass for Halo 2. : bounty83
    • hey, don't be sorry, your arguments are well made. Myself, I am a PC Gamer, but I like the selection for ... : galvatron
  • Woops, shoulda mentioned I hate fighting games (the MK style ones at least) :P That new MK game sure d... : bounty83
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  well gta3 is coming for pc. : tension
  • Ya, u mean VC? I guess I could try it, see if it's optimized any better for PC this time around. : bounty83
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  I have all 3 systems and I think the PS2 is the best long term investment. Mechassault + Live is fun but ... : jidar
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    Why best long term? : bounty83
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      I'm thinking software library wise, PS2 library dwarfs all others and this isn't going to change. The XBo... : jidar
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        Hmmm I'll have to disagree there. I've played several FPS titles on the Xbox already (including Halo of c... : bounty83
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          sure sure, but I'd fuck you 3 ways to sunday with a mouse. : jidar
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            Think "long term" though, who would last longer, you with your arm suspended holding the mouse or me on m... : bounty83
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              I don't know about him, but my arm isn't suspended when I use a mouse ? : Toraz Chryx
              • Well... neither is mine with armrest on chair, but relatively suspended I mean. Not rested. : bounty83
            • true, after 24 hours and I got tired and quit I guess you could spend the next 24 hours spawn killing me ... : jidar
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    Considering that Nintendo will problably not be racing to get out a new console along with MS and Sony, t... : tension
    • NINTENTO = NOT AN OPTION. : bounty83

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• No, nothing missing... Book 1 Chapter 12: The black horses were filled with madness, and leaping fo... : verbatim

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  this man tells all sorts of lies, but this isn't one of them! : thekidd
  • HH is... what exactly? : Q-ball

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  Damn...I really hope she gets better. I lost friends and family to cancer already, I know what you must f... : leseid
  • Shes only 21, though. Its just not fair. and my cam, is this http://www.aiptek.com/products/pencam... : George
• ATTN GHEY MENZ : barbs

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  is that TV a Tau? : jerkinisnice
  • I'm pretty sure Taus have silver exteriors. : Stormrider
  • no.. its about a 7yr old TV i think : Shadowdane
• www.waogo.com/images/protector.jpg : Pink0r
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  Here you go: Theater: http://homepage.mac.com/thresher/PhotoAlbum9.html Computers: http://homepage.m... : Thresher
  • LOL XBOX LOOKS TINY : Blackdawgg
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    That's a Salamander ArcheType 5.0 rack, right? You need to buy another one... : Stormrider
    • Yeah, it would probably be a good idea. : Thresher
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    Hey, what furniture is that where your HT components are in?. : Pink0r
    • Oh, nevermind. : Pink0r
• Slightly outdated pic. I now have a Gamecube as well. http://webpages.charter.net/aariens/htsetup.jpg : Stormrider
• Out of date pic from back in April, I'll have to borrow a digital camera from my school but here it is: ... : Adrenaline

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  control panel admin tools then computer management then services.... then STOP and DISABLE the 'messenger... : Malk
  • sweet. thank you sir! : BobBarker
• Make sure you at least use the XP Firewall if not something better like a hardware firewall or Tiny Perso... : bamfsog
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  http://www.lavasoftusa.com/downloads.html Clean a new system! GG alexia! : Ratalon
  • http://security.kolla.de > http://www.lavasoftusa.com Spybot Search & Destroy does a better, more comp... : celerity

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• OBEY THE COW GOD! : celerity

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• You need a bike more! Digicams will only get better, so waiting is good-- Bike technology isn't advancing... : celerity

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• Eh, he just shows up when he is outta weed. freaking scavenger. : George
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  if you mean jesus sanchez, the guy that runs the taco stand on the corner with the $1 tacos, then yeah. : hirez
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    I like the tacos de carne asada. : MeenMunky
    • Si bueno! me gusta tacos de carnitas tambien : hirez
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  wasn't he a long haired hippie? :p : davatar
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    http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/12/25/face.jesus/index.html : SPAZER
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      He looks.....confused..... : George
      • he's a midget! : jerkinisnice
• no, jesus is a hippie! : jerkinisnice
• We all down with Jesus. Holla! (did I say taht right holla?) : Ratalon
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  now, but i did go down on him : MONGOLOID
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    JESUS IS COMING! : George
    • IN MY MOUTH : MONGOLOID
    • omg lol : celerity

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  did you bang her? : -=kodiak=-
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    The shack comes through again. : awoihjaweohr
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      Like clockwork. : z1armedman
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        I knew this would come but 1: Suprised it came from kodi and 2: Suprised it was first : rosewood
        • first time for everything huh? =P : -=kodiak=-
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  sounds like a siezure or somehing.. 'say dumb shit' .. like, bad jokes dumb shit? or 'i cant think str... : skold
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    Yea, there is a chance that she could be having infarks Saying just dumb random things cause she was ... : rosewood
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      she should get some diagnosis and see about treatment then. it seems kinda shitty that her family i... : skold
      • its hard to say Im not used to family interaction that involves yelling and they seem to be all about ... : rosewood
• The other sister went so far as to say she was acting stupid which she took as she is stupid so I had to ... : rosewood
• eating disorders are serious man. hope u can help her. : junkstyle
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  Heh, I think I have horrible bedside manner... I hate dealing with other peoples' problems and having to ... : Nullzero
  • I can handle others easier and myself harder : rosewood
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  You need a young priest and an old priest : drucifer
  • Ive seen this movie... : rosewood
• that sounds kinda seizure-ish doctors appointment? : sparhawk
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  she collapses and doesn't want to eat but you guys don't go to the ER? Wtf?! : jerkinisnice
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    She has had this problem before and going to the ER when we have a nurse already there and the ER is goin... : rosewood
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      so this happens so often that it's no big deal anymore? : jerkinisnice
      • Shes on migraine (heh spelled it right) drugs, she gets these every so often. Its not like sneezing or a... : rosewood
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  Migraines can do that... When I get one, I go blind for about 10 mins. Yes, all black. : Edges
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    Yeah, I get bad migraines too. That's why I take pills everyday. In the hopes that I just might live on... : Omaha
    • <Clunk!> : edgewise
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  I also talked to her about her eating disorder that she does not want to admit to. Such a simple stat... : edgewise
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    girlfriend's sister dont need to worry too much about the rescuing part : Ratalon
    • rofl. ok, screw the bitch. :p : edgewise
  • If she's bullemic should could be throwing her electrolytes out of whack as well. : Fred Garvin
• Like I posted a while ago about the friend we have that has many problems including an eating disorder, f... : Fred Garvin
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  You should be relieved, that sounds like a relatively tame migraine. Definitely have her see a doctor. : Omaha
  • erk.. and I thought I had it bad having orange swirly things overlayed over whatever I was looking at.. : Toraz Chryx
  • Jesus, how do you people not just like a drill a hole in your skull when that shit happens?!?! I've ne... : Juno
  • Ouch I havent had a migraine in about 1.5 years but when I did everything would go cloudy, i'd be numb ex : Blackdawgg
• ug. while i read your post was remembering a similar experience with a former girlfriend. needless to sa... : sim0n

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• hahaha. : jerkinisnice
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  My younger brother fainted when my Dad bought him a full drum set when he was 9 :\ : drucifer
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    haha right on.. he still play? : proclone1
    • yes. (He's 29 and married now) :D : drucifer
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    Hehe, my parents wrapped the bass drum pedal up and put it under the tree when I was like 11.... I unwrap... : Juno
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      hah, my parents just had a little bass drum tree ornament, I almost started swearing at my mom thinking i... : proclone1
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        Hehe, that rocks. : Juno
        • haha fun sounds like a good way of presenting it : junkstyle
  • When I was a kid, my brother got a full drum set, too (he was about 10). He snuck downstairs in the middl... : xianghua
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  i rememeber one day, out of the blue...wasn't christmas or any special occasion...i came home and walked ... : davi00a1
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    ohh man, i remember when i got my nintendo, i almost died! =X : lance22
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      I got our kids a Dreamcast the say it came out (9/9/99) which was also the first day of school for them t... : xianghua
      • no fair you had been playing all day ;) you are a good mom tho : celerity
      • :*) you are the best mom ever!!! : davi00a1
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      same here. I made a small post about it yesterday. : jerkinisnice
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        I couldn't find it in your comment search :( pse share : celerity
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          http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=6304834 I did say small, didn't I? :) : jerkinisnice
          • ahhh.. NES-- DAMN <4 LETTER KEYWORDS :( comment search needs to open its index up to 3 letter words.. too... : celerity
    • Sooooo seconded. : leseid
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    Yeah my parents did that to me and my brothers too! We had an Atari 5200 and we came home and he brought ... : celerity
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      hehe, When I was a kid, I lived in Canada... Mario Bros. 3 came out like a couple months later thatn in t... : Juno
      • holy shit I bet you were : celerity
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  you got them a Dell? Is that the modern equivalent of a lump of coal? ;) : Toraz Chryx
  • yea id yell 'WHAT THE FUCK' too i felt kinda the same way when my parents got me that ibm.. it was nea... : skold
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    It is a 2.4ghz, 256mb, GForce4 MX, 17" monitor and XP Pro. $702 shipped Good deal, and the FOURTH ... : xianghua
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      the fights over who gets to use it begin.... 3....2....1.... <FIGHT!!!> : edgewise
      • Nah, no fights. Two machines downstairs for them (one each). One in our room (a desktop) and one laptop f... : xianghua
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      Heh- do your kids use teh shack? : celerity
      • No, just Sucko and I. They have their own hangout (some ROM/Hacker type thing with kids their age) : xianghua
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    Damnit toraz!!!! : barbs
    • KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! : Toraz Chryx
• I told my mom in secret that I was going to steal on of my brother's Play Station 2s (yes he has more the... : Ratalon

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  so how many people know what hes talking about? : jidar
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    Myth? Maybe : smax
    • Yes. I found my soundtrack to the first game while digging up a pile of trash today, its such a shame tha... : awoihjaweohr
  • not a clue : fluke
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    How many people don't? Wow, seems like alot of people missed on on a really great game. :/ I love it bt... : ZeroDegrees
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      I actually remember feeling keyed up every single MP game. Not even quake did that. It's really too bad t... : awoihjaweohr
      • there are alternatives to bungie.net now. Can't remember. Try myth.bungie.org and look for it there. : Karnov
      • Ya, just damn, damn good. Some king of the hill battles with 5 other guys, everybody launching their mas... : ZeroDegrees
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  Such an amazing game. 1 and 2 were.. wow : alacious
  • and three sucked donkey balls. =( : Karnov
• /me *wipes away tear* : nyranger66

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  damn that, it's the Envision 17" SXGA LCD Flat Panel TV/Monitor $599.99 I'm interested in. : accused
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    Why not just get an IIyama CRT? : Adrenaline
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      top of the list could well be space constraints or heat output? : Toraz Chryx
      • hey my room is nice and warm whether or not it's cold outside! : Adrenaline
  • i sell Envisions where i work (staples) and theyre decent looking monitors we have a 17" LCD from them... : MONGOLOID