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April 8, 2009 5:30 AM

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It seems like today is the day to announce that your game is coming out on June 9. Activison's all about Prototype getting out then, as is MTV with Rock Band PSP.

Me, I'm just happy that big-name releases are starting to be a bit more spread out across the calendar year. Used to be a time when darn near nothin' came out in the summer, only to see your wallet and your will broken by the ridiculous fall onslaught.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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Deathlove

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April 8, 2009 7:09 AM

Good morning, Shacknews! I'm having a new furnace installed today!

*lights six thousand dollars on fire*
- ju$tmon3y
  
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  April 8, 2009 7:09 AM
  
  ouch.
- [deleted] 1302982648
  
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  April 8, 2009 7:10 AM
  
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  - Ride-My-Rocket
    
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    April 8, 2009 7:13 AM
    
    That's one of the wonderful things about tiggers.
- zerog83
  
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  April 8, 2009 7:10 AM
  
  for hot water or for heat?
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    April 8, 2009 7:11 AM
    
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      April 8, 2009 7:13 AM
      
      parts + installation?
      - Deathlove
        
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        April 8, 2009 7:13 AM
        
        When our hot water heater exploded a few years ago (at 2am, natch), it cost $1500 installed (at 4am).
        
        zerog83
        
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        April 8, 2009 7:15 AM
        
        depends on the hot water heater. a high GPM tankless heater can easily cost 6k
        
        Phil
        
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        April 8, 2009 7:18 AM
        
        Water heaters are only about $300 dollars. That was some serious labor/overtime rates. Or was it a tankless?
        
        Deathlove
        
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        April 8, 2009 7:19 AM
        
        No, just a tank. Maybe I'm thinking of something else (or not; it was early and there was a lot of water everywhere and I was pretty tired/pissy).
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        Deathlove
        
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        April 8, 2009 7:49 AM
        
        I'm seriously considering getting solar panels installed on our roof. It just seems right.
        
        *inhales own farts*
        
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        elocanth
        
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        April 8, 2009 8:07 AM
        
        I'd hold off on it for at least a few more years. There have been some significant advances in solar cell production recently, but I doubt the new tech has made it down to the residential level yet. Nanosolar (http://www.nanosolar.com) is one of the frontrunners here, but they're just getting ramped up.
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  - Deathlove
    
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    April 8, 2009 7:12 AM
    
    that is adorable.
    
    I did replace the headlight bulbs on my car today! I AM A MAN!
  - walker270
    
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    April 8, 2009 8:42 AM
    
    Furnaces are probably one of the last things I'd do myself. Fuck up and it's a gas or CO leak.
- dirge23
  
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  April 8, 2009 7:11 AM
  
  Cash-burning stoves are the least efficient. Consider natural gas.
  - dearjamie
    
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    April 8, 2009 7:13 AM
    
    http://carolynbaker.net/site/images/worthless%20currency.jpg
  - Deathlove
    
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    April 8, 2009 7:13 AM
    
    No they're pretty insistent, they keep smoking cigars lit with my hopes and dreams
- trOmblyj
  
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  April 8, 2009 7:13 AM
  
  I'm siding my house this spring. $12k.
  - Deathlove
    
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    April 8, 2009 7:18 AM
    
    Yeah, we did that a few years ago, too, with new windows. Fuckin' A, houses are expensive.
- Rigg5
  
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  April 8, 2009 7:14 AM
  
  I should have made a Space Heater thread.
- peter
  
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  April 8, 2009 7:14 AM
  
  If it is forced air make sure they wrap ALL the joints with duct tape tightly and then cover it with insulation. It is annoying as fuck to see the insulation puff up because some lazy shit didn't wrap a place where two pipes connected.
  - Patch-e
    
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    April 8, 2009 7:28 AM
    
    woah wait a sec, you mean people actually use duct tape on... ducts?!?!
- RogerDandy
  
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  April 8, 2009 7:23 AM
  
  That's sounds like a lot of money for a furnace is it special?
  - Deathlove
    
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    April 8, 2009 7:39 AM
    
    It's this one: http://www.lennox.com/products/overview.asp?model=G61V
    
    It's something like $5200 list, and we're getting a new humidifier for another $350-something. But, $250 MIR, and $1500 tax credit (since it's 95% efficient). Fun!
    - RogerDandy
      
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      April 8, 2009 8:05 AM
      
      ahh alright HE that says it all.
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      - edgewise
        
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        April 8, 2009 8:16 AM
        
        I need to start a list of shackers with important jobs so I can hit them up later for info.
        
        Contractor: Lightzout.
        
        hamachi
        
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        April 8, 2009 8:24 AM
        
        no shit. this kind of useful knowledge is hard to come by.
      - Deathlove
        
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        April 8, 2009 9:27 AM
        
        I wish I knew a guy like you whom I could bribe with beer to look at shit after it's done. I'm woefully dumb when it comes to this sort of thing, unless it's on the level of "hey that probably shouldn't be on fire".
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- mojorisen1117
  
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  April 8, 2009 7:26 AM
  
  My first quote for grading, top soil and seeding my yard is $12K - stupid me for buying a house without a damn lawn.
  - FormerHPB
    
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    April 8, 2009 7:36 AM
    
    you'll probably end up with a better yard than the builder left me. just enough topsoil tocover the sand. I have to water my yard like crazy to keep it green.
  - scorpiusman
    
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    April 8, 2009 7:40 AM
    
    wow, I would of done it myself just to save 12,000 dollars!
    - mojorisen1117
      
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      April 8, 2009 8:03 AM
      
      hehe, if only i could do what the professionals do with my garden rake and shovel!
      
      Ive seen info that the cost to fully landscape should be about 10% of the cost of a home. I just want a nice lawn for now, water fountains and coi ponds will have to wait.
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  - Deathlove
    
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    April 8, 2009 8:54 AM
    
    oh hellz yes
    - walker270
      
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      April 8, 2009 8:56 AM
      
      How much of a premium did you pay for the 95% model?
      - Deathlove
        
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        April 8, 2009 9:13 AM
        
        After the rebate ($250) and the tax break ($1500), it's the same price as the middle-of-the-road 80%er we were looking at. Figure since by the time we sell the house, 80% will be a Terrible Thing, might as well look forward a bit.
        
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        Deathlove
        
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        April 8, 2009 9:28 AM
        
        Yep. :3
- Chod
  
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  April 8, 2009 8:10 AM
  
  You just cost me six thousand dollars.
  - Phil
    
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    April 8, 2009 8:59 AM
    
    SIX. THOUSAND. DOLLARS.
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- sucko
  
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  April 8, 2009 8:34 AM
  
  That's so wierd. I just had a furnce installed a week or so ago.
  
  7k.
  - walker270
    
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    April 8, 2009 8:36 AM
    
    That is so weird! The blower on my furnace just broke about a week ago!
    
    I bought a $15 space heater.
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      - walker270
        
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        April 8, 2009 9:42 AM
        
        For what size house?
- Rice-Rocketeer
  
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  April 8, 2009 8:36 AM
  
  What's up with furnaces crapping out? My parents had to get a new one, too!
- slax0r
  
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  April 8, 2009 9:28 AM
  
  I figure a man's furnace is his own business.