Your latest purchases, cont.

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Goliath, Oct 20, 2010.

  1. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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    I wanted Robert L. Forward's Dragon's Egg but my book-dealer couldn't find it for me in their network (I even had them call their head-office) :klingon: This has happened quite a few times to me recently: The inability of my dealer is coupled with my finding of the very same book for sale on-line when I get home... :sigh: I really need some plastic to pay with...

    Anyway, I rarely leave the (a!) book store empty handed and found "A Game of Groans" by George R. R. Washington ( :rofl: ).
    Here's something from the back of the cover:


    I just happened to also pick up a tea-brewing machine from a discount store on my way home. And some groceries.
     
  2. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Some groceries, gas for the car and takeout food. Also, a couple of STAR WARS action figures and some pet supplies.
     
  3. bbailey861

    bbailey861 Admiral Admiral

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    Olympic deck stain
     
  4. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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    I have ab-so-lutely NO idea what that might even be!

    You bought a deck stain that wasn't professional? -that was Olympic-sized? or maybe you bought some stain for your Olympic deck? - or perhaps it's all about an Olympic stain and the middle word is just you cursing?

    If I were really interested I could just drag your words into Google and let it all be over with; but sometimes it's the not knowing that makes the whole thing fun :)



    BTW: is it a big deck?
     
  5. doubleohfive

    doubleohfive Fleet Admiral

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    The American Cinematheque is doing a month long screening series of all the James Bond movies. I just got tickets to the Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace screening on June 24th because Martin Campbell, who directed Casino Royale (and GoldenEye) will be there. Not bad for $13.00!
     
  6. Enterprise is Great

    Enterprise is Great Vice Admiral Admiral

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    The lastest Star Trek novel: Typhon Pact Plagues of Night
     
  7. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Mariano Rivera name/number T-shirt
     
  8. Captain Ice

    Captain Ice Cookie Constructor Admiral

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    Photos of me with Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, and Dina Meyer (Commander Donatra from Nemesis)
    Dina Meyer autograph
    Phoenix Comicon tickets
    Frames for all of the above.
     
  9. doubleohfive

    doubleohfive Fleet Admiral

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    I spent $1300.00 to fix my car this week. Yay for paying off your visa just in time to negate said payment! :lol:
     
  10. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    An iPod-compatible car stereo. This thing is wicked cool. You actually put the iPod inside the stereo itself! (Doesn't even play CDs, which is fine since I don't have any. :p )
     
  11. Holdfast

    Holdfast Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Woah; big bill. What happened? :(

    Looking back, I've been pretty frugal for the past month or so. I bought a pair of glasses and got new lenses in my old pair, and also collected some clothes after getting some alterations done. Apart from that, and the usual expenses of life, I can't think of anything major.

    I did manage to snag a potentally very nice porfolio/document case at a great price off eBay thanks to a tip-off from a friend (the seller didn't realise what they had) but it hasn't arrived yet so I'm not counting my chickens on that one just yet.
     
  12. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    A bag of chips and a jar of salsa. Sadly, that's the sum total of my evening plans right there.
     
  13. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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    A tiny lump of some imported shit.
     
  14. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    ^ Wouldn't it be easier to just make your own? :p

    Just bought two movies from iTunes: Moneyball, Airplane II
     
  15. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

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    I do! -there's just nothing left from last year :p
     
  16. Smellincoffee

    Smellincoffee Commodore Commodore

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    A straw trilby hat, a Father's Day present; two CD cases capable of carrying 300 DVDs each (I'm trying to get a handle on my collection); a hand-painted postcard depicting my hometown's main street in the 1910s; The Essential Glenn Miller collection; and two books, Seneca's Dialogues and Essays and Gary Taubes' Why We Get Fat.
     
  17. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Some Sunday morning breakfast. Didn't feel like cooking this morning.
     
  18. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    Breakfast at IHOP, two tickets to MiB 3 and 45 bucks worth of groceries.

    That's my entire day.
     
  19. Kestra

    Kestra Admiral Premium Member

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    My mom was visiting the past few days and kept trying to buy me stuff, and I kept resisting. She gave me some money before she left and when I tried to decline, she said I could always spend it on some summer dresses. I promptly went out and bought a LOTR Lego set instead. :p
     
  20. C. Cole-Chakotay

    C. Cole-Chakotay Commodore Commodore

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    I ordered several books. :D