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Yesterday and today were quite interesting.
Like I had said, they were having a grand opening sale at CompUSA and my friend and I were going to go there. Having dealt with Black Friday crowds, we decided to get there at 9:00PM and wait until it opened at 7:00AM. The only mistake with that logic was the fact that we were the only ones there until 4:00AM.
I made out pretty well. The CA security suite (which I currently use right now anyway) was given to everybody who came into the store first, free of charge, along with a free 256mb flash drive for each purchase. The router, however, is something that I just pulled out of a bin. What I mean is, someone told the manager we had waited there since 9:00PM and were the first ones in, so the manager pulled us over to the side, took a picture, and allowed us to choose something out of a bin of random things (I couldn't decide so I just grabbed the router). Last of all is what we went there for in the first place, the 500gb hard drive. All for a grand total of $29.99 plus 7% sales tax.
The strangest part of this whole thing was I ended up being stopped by a cop. I had to go to the bathroom so i ran across the street to the BP, went to the bathroom, then ran back across the street (My friend and others had done this plenty of times). Well as I'm walking through a parking lot a cop turns in, stops right in front of me, and tells me he needs to talk to me. He tells me to give him my ID (thank god I actually carried it on me for once) and proceeds to request information on it through his radio. I have no idea what's going on, but he finally tells me "It's a $48 fine for crossing the road, you know there's a crosswalk. I could give you a ticket but I'm not going to be like that. I'm just going to run your ID, and if it's clean you wont get a ticket." Thank god I have a clean record
. I do have to wonder though, there were other people that he saw cross there, but I just happen to dress like a pothead. Too bad I couldn't help fill his quota 
My mom made me go to school so I'm about to take a good long nap after being awake since 6:30AM Thursday morning.
Like I had said, they were having a grand opening sale at CompUSA and my friend and I were going to go there. Having dealt with Black Friday crowds, we decided to get there at 9:00PM and wait until it opened at 7:00AM. The only mistake with that logic was the fact that we were the only ones there until 4:00AM.
I made out pretty well. The CA security suite (which I currently use right now anyway) was given to everybody who came into the store first, free of charge, along with a free 256mb flash drive for each purchase. The router, however, is something that I just pulled out of a bin. What I mean is, someone told the manager we had waited there since 9:00PM and were the first ones in, so the manager pulled us over to the side, took a picture, and allowed us to choose something out of a bin of random things (I couldn't decide so I just grabbed the router). Last of all is what we went there for in the first place, the 500gb hard drive. All for a grand total of $29.99 plus 7% sales tax.
The strangest part of this whole thing was I ended up being stopped by a cop. I had to go to the bathroom so i ran across the street to the BP, went to the bathroom, then ran back across the street (My friend and others had done this plenty of times). Well as I'm walking through a parking lot a cop turns in, stops right in front of me, and tells me he needs to talk to me. He tells me to give him my ID (thank god I actually carried it on me for once) and proceeds to request information on it through his radio. I have no idea what's going on, but he finally tells me "It's a $48 fine for crossing the road, you know there's a crosswalk. I could give you a ticket but I'm not going to be like that. I'm just going to run your ID, and if it's clean you wont get a ticket." Thank god I have a clean record
. I do have to wonder though, there were other people that he saw cross there, but I just happen to dress like a pothead. Too bad I couldn't help fill his quota My mom made me go to school so I'm about to take a good long nap after being awake since 6:30AM Thursday morning.
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I may have slightly bought a colour laser printer...
...and it may be slightly not Mac compatible. And by slightly, I mean that photos don't come out brilliantly colour wise. But it's OK, I bought it for printing stuff like web pages really, which it excels in. Although a full set of replacement toners costs more than the printer its self
Well that's something to be excited about. I bet you think about it every time you print a page.
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Oh, and this today...
Which, surprisingly considering the reviews, actually works. And rather well too. And, because the idiots in PCWorld incorrectly priced it on the shelf, it was £20 less than it should have been.
It's insane! You wouldn't think it was possible for a £99 printer to come with £215 of toner, would you? Shows how much the rest is worth, I suppose
I actually noticed it was down to 98% for the black toner earlier. That frightened the hell out of me. And it's got a status page that really makes you feel guilty, except I have no idea why... It's like "oooh, 1994 pages remaining. Wow, I'd better cut back!"
Which, surprisingly considering the reviews, actually works. And rather well too. And, because the idiots in PCWorld incorrectly priced it on the shelf, it was £20 less than it should have been.
It's insane! You wouldn't think it was possible for a £99 printer to come with £215 of toner, would you? Shows how much the rest is worth, I suppose
Well that's something to be excited about. I bet you think about it every time you print a page.
I actually noticed it was down to 98% for the black toner earlier. That frightened the hell out of me. And it's got a status page that really makes you feel guilty, except I have no idea why... It's like "oooh, 1994 pages remaining. Wow, I'd better cut back!"
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I bought one of these bad boys due to "old reliable" (my 5 year old nokia) finally giving up the ghost. Also managed to haggle me a 15% discount which is nothing too shabby.
Also bought me a recipt which is not worth a pic but has words like "GTA IV" and "preorder" and others written on it
Also bought me a recipt which is not worth a pic but has words like "GTA IV" and "preorder" and others written on it
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For $20....
All thanks to PRICE MATCHINGGG
All thanks to PRICE MATCHINGGG
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$20? in Canada or in US? Where exactly?
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Just had time to go to the shopping mall and bought this:
Wangan Midnight Ep.1-6
Wangan Midnight Ep.7-12
(both with Chinese, Malay and English subtitles!)
I'm really happy with my purchace today I really got fed up waiting for the raw version to be fansubbed and uploaded to torrents (waited way too long already) and this really helps get me back to watching WM.......
Wangan Midnight Ep.1-6
Wangan Midnight Ep.7-12
(both with Chinese, Malay and English subtitles!)
I'm really happy with my purchace today
I really got fed up waiting for the raw version to be fansubbed and uploaded to torrents (waited way too long already) and this really helps get me back to watching WM.......
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Well, I've had 2 (when I went onto contract they gave me one for free) and the first one (which I gave to one of my friends) has been going strong since January 2007.
That said, the joysticks on Sony Ericssons are prone to losing sensitivity after a few months of hard use. Mine is starting to go, and the one on my first phone now requires brute force to operate. Although she has used it so much that the numbers are actually wearing off the keypad... If it does go wrong, I'm pretty sure it's a cheap fix anyway. Other than that, they've both been brilliant
. Very robust, generally.
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Just had time to go to the shopping mall and bought this:
Wangan Midnight Ep.1-6
Wangan Midnight Ep.7-12
(both with Chinese, Malay and English subtitles!)
I'm really happy with my purchace today
Can I borrow them when you're done?
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For $20....
All thanks to PRICE MATCHINGGG
Rumble sucks and is overrated anyway...
Collection almost complete!
Seriously... why would anyone COLLECT Magnum P.I.?
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Fansubs are so slow these days, even the chinese version. I am still waiting for EP13-14, which have been 2 months alreadyJust had time to go to the shopping mall and bought this:
Wangan Midnight Ep.1-6
Wangan Midnight Ep.7-12...
peeweegary
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This is SPARTAAAAAA!!!!
C'mon, it was unavoidable.
C'mon, it was unavoidable.
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Well then, how long can you wait before I finish?Can I borrow them when you're done?
I can't blame the fansubs really. I mean Wm isn't as popular as all the other animes out there (Naruto, Bleach, etc.) and having only one person to do a fansub ain't that easy (plus the fact that he had other important things to do other than subbing) so you can say that they are certainly going to be slow.Fansubs are so slow these days, even the chinese version. I am still waiting for EP13-14, which have been 2 months already
Oh yeah, I forgot how much I bought it for. 1 DVD was about RM15 and I bought 2, so it was RM30 (which is around 9.5 US$) and it is a bargain really. If you notice as well, each DVD has 6 episodes in it, and well, Episode 17 & 18 is coming out in a while, so I think the next DVD set is coming out in a month or two.... Yeah.....
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I know that's cool, you obviously didn't see my post earlier, but I had gotten a used DS2 controller for $25 and everyone thought that was cheap. Then you had to wreck it...
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