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Post by default on Aug 12, 2010 0:37:03 GMT -5
Distribution may be different in other parts of the world, but I snagged an Ultraman DVD set for a fiver at one of my local Target stores. It's dubbed, but for five bucks it's great enjoyable cheese. It also has one of the creepiest ident screens I've ever seen before the show. There's a sweet little store that opened nearby called Five Below which is a "hip" dollar store where everything is $5 or less. They carry it in the $5 DVDs along with The New Adventures of He-Man, the first season of The Sarah Silverman Program and a few other TV seasons. I don't think the publishing rights are that high for it, as I had two VHS tapes of it years ago that I picked up at one of those "tool sales" at my town's local armory. I think they were like $1 each and that was probably '95 to '97-ish... back before VHS tapes really dropped to that price at least for still sealed.
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Post by default on Aug 12, 2010 0:30:29 GMT -5
Having watched the first two seasons on DVD, I seriously am amazed that the show ever got the chance to grow. I really don't think it can be attributed to being a matter of cultural perspective/time either. The show was just outrageously bad, in my opinion. Of course, it became a cultural milestone once they got away from being an animated version of The Family Circus. But until then? Man, it was like bad Dennis the Menace. I'll agree with that for the most part. However, I still think Bart the General was just a great, great episode. It definitely could've been animated better, but at least it wasn't atrocious as the pilot.
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Post by default on Aug 11, 2010 19:03:48 GMT -5
...because they don't pay child support?
Oh wait, probably not that.
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Post by default on Aug 11, 2010 2:16:18 GMT -5
My friend has her umbrella. True story.
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Post by default on Aug 11, 2010 2:08:34 GMT -5
I didn't know Ken Patera had a daughter!
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Post by default on Aug 11, 2010 0:48:24 GMT -5
Call bars.
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Post by default on Aug 11, 2010 0:35:37 GMT -5
Ok, Gib Fest rocks. Although, I keep setting up games on Normal and getting pretty lousy teams. At one point on Parish we got to the finale. I try to figure out which way my team is going and one dude is ahead of me and two behind me as we reach the ramp to go up or stay down. Usually I go up, but honestly... there was no need to switch weapons so it was pretty useless. Rochelle finally pops in, gets charged. As soon as I shoot her free (she's downed), I start knocking off a small horde and notice both other teammates are downed a short way back. So I pop adrenaline, pick everyone's asses up and get to the Tank. I molotov him and start running. I stop to look back and see my teammates flailing around some and shooting him off. So I just crouch and start taking out everything running forward. Finally, they catch up. WHO THE HELL STOPS TO FIGHT THAT TANK? I've done it like once... in a Versus where we were so ridiculously far ahead we wanted to give them a chance to finish us off so we could actually finish out the game with an infected run instead of rage quitting.
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Post by default on Aug 10, 2010 17:12:54 GMT -5
It's a nostalgia thing, but when you're 6 or 7 years old, they do leave a slight imprint. Also, behold the horror that is Russia's VID-TV... Yeah, that one I'll agree with. This is another one I usually hear. I only vaguely remember it from VHS. My sister was born in '77 and said it bugged her.
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Post by default on Aug 10, 2010 15:10:38 GMT -5
YES! YES! A million times YES! Thirded, I guess. Also; I love Sega. ( : The Dreamcast was arguably one of the big mistakes Sega made with that console. Outside of the cool idea of the VMU, the rest of the controller itself was just AWFUL. I've used tons of controllers and outside of some minor thumb issues I've had one issue with constant playing leading to pain. The Dreamcasts trigger buttons. Playing hours of Crazy Taxi 2 lead to serious (luckily temporarily) pain in the final knuckle of my right trigger finger. Now granted, I'm left handed so my right hand isn't quite as built up as my left and I don't quite have adult-sized hands (they are bigger than kids and I do have piano fingers) but none of that has ever been a serious issue before. Bottom line, the whole thing was just clunky and awkward to hold, imo with some awful place trigger buttons. I will admit, however, that all the buttons, triggers, pad and stick had great quality. But it was still the equivalent of placing a finely tuned Swiss watch inside a brick and fastening it on your wrist.
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Post by default on Aug 10, 2010 5:32:09 GMT -5
Yeah, Bockwinkel was definitely the standout in the AWA on ESPN stuff, imo. And it was especially amazing considering he was in his 50's when he dropped the title to Curt Hennig. Overall, he was the total package. From the way he talked, to the way he carried and dressed himself to the way he wrestled. Nothing he did seemed lacking or forced.
Also, I read a rumor that he had been a gigolo of sorts in Los Angeles for a while during his wrestling career.
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Post by default on Aug 10, 2010 0:11:47 GMT -5
The SNES is tops in my book with the 360 controller closely behind it.
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Post by default on Aug 9, 2010 5:46:20 GMT -5
For all kinds of rape, I'd suspect. And for possession of child pornography... and for bestiality pornography... and for death threats... and conspiracy... and... training to be a UFC fighter.
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Post by default on Aug 9, 2010 5:31:00 GMT -5
To be fair with the puzzle, they're pretty amped up from running and likely being scared by the guard so they're not exactly thinking straight.
Oh, and I wish there was a clip of the kid who kicked the guard in the nuts. It wasn't anything over the top, but I remember my bro and I catching it as a kid and just laughing like crazy and talk at school of it... then around New Years one year it was on GaS, my sister and I were watching it and that episode was on again. ...AND IT WAS STILL FUNNY.
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Post by default on Aug 9, 2010 5:22:37 GMT -5
I've left forks in quite a few times and nothing ever happened. In fact, one day my family and I were talking about it and we figured at the very least a dozen were left in our old Montgomery Ward microwave that we used daily for 20 plus years.
One time, though, I tried to microwave a jello pack as a kid (I wanted to try to make one of those homemade lava lamps after seeing them on TV but didn't have the right stuff.) Anyway, there was a bit of foil on the edges and the jello caught fire in the middle.
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Post by default on Aug 8, 2010 23:13:03 GMT -5
Those cloth bags are such a chore, on the rare occasion when I have to run a register and some doofus hands those things to me to put their stuff in, I just wanna spin kick the hell out of them. There just isnt enough space in them to put a good amount of stuff in, so you end having to use like 10 of them. Its so frustrating. Yeah. I used to use them when I'd walk to the store as if it was two bags or so they were handy for carrying back especially canned or anything heavy. But I've been behind a few people who used ten to twenty of them and the line gets insane. So if you've done enough shopping to fill up two handbaskets or less, then cool. But if you have stuff hanging out of your cart (like we usually do in my house), it's going to be a hassle. It also doesn't help at the grocery in my new town, that they don't have the plastic bags at the end of the register for when cashiers have baggers to help. It's annoying to me, as I'd rather just stand there and bag the stuff myself. When I do bring the home bags, I usually have to tell the cashier just to set the stuff on the other side of the conveyor so I can bag it up. Oh, and when using the cart... I do still insist on taking every bag from the cashiers to place it back in the cart, though. I might as well make use of all the hours I've spent playing Tetris. Also... why do they insist on bagging gallon jugs of lemonade? It's just an accident waiting to happen.
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Post by default on Aug 8, 2010 23:02:47 GMT -5
It's slik, obviously. Chris Pine had his scenes removed from Star Trek for outdashing him.
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Post by default on Aug 8, 2010 20:26:49 GMT -5
I once got a sheet that was over two feet for an order that came out to .34 cents. Granted, I used about ten coupons or so. It hung on the fridge for the longest time until my dad took it to work to show it off.
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Post by default on Aug 8, 2010 14:27:36 GMT -5
I somehow doubt he's in... Good Humor.
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Post by default on Aug 7, 2010 0:59:31 GMT -5
...AND NOW HE NEED OPERATION? Oh, and sorry to here Alex. Just make sure they don't try this... Warning: Language
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Post by default on Aug 6, 2010 22:34:40 GMT -5
Regular Amazon rule states you need a $25.00 purchase for Free Super Saver Shipping. However, I'm an exception, because I have Amazon Prime: For $80/year (broken up 4 way in my family), or free if you have a VALID COLLEGE EMAIL ADDRESS, you can have free regular shipping, free 2-day, or $3.99 OVERNIGHT shipping/item. I know my family orders from Amazon so much, we save $80 in shipping in about 3 months! Yeah, I should've been a little more clear on that. Also, sometimes the super saver shipping gets weird. When I snagged Fallout 3 (regular) for $17.99 off their Lightning Deals, I got free shipping as it was regularly priced over $25.
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