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Offline Sundowner

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Brag about your Turkey weekend bargins
« on: November 25, 2007, 09:01:42 AM »
Just one for me. I got a Seagate 500GB external drive for $79 after mail in rebate at Circuit City. (yeah, I know those mail in rebates suck..but still :) )

This thing is great. Already formatted in NTFS. I just plugged in the AC adapter and the USB connector and it was good to go! Already saved a disk image of my C: drive, backed up all the family photos and all my music and videos.

The idea of 500GB of storage just blows me away.
When I started out with PCs a 10 Mb drive was an awesome amount of storage space.

So what great deals were had by the rest of you?

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Sun
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2007, 09:06:34 AM »
I got a very nice weekend away from the crowds, and it didn’t cost me a penny!

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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2007, 09:07:17 AM »
Wow, good deal Sundowner. Just the thought of shopping drains my energy more thoroughly than did watching "The English Patient" with my wife.
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« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2007, 09:20:32 AM »
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I got a very nice weekend away from the crowds, and it didn’t cost me a penny!


What a deal, eskimo!:aok

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« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2007, 09:21:35 AM »
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Wow, good deal Sundowner. Just the thought of shopping drains my energy more thoroughly than did watching "The English Patient" with my wife.


:rofl That IS one droll movie.

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« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2007, 10:58:48 AM »
Hey sun just noticed your avatar and quote in your sig.  What did you think about how they series ended?  I just finished it about a month ago and after having read the first book over twenty years ago, I can't help but feel a little cheated...

I definately won't forget the ending...

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« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2007, 11:15:36 AM »
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Hey sun just noticed your avatar and quote in your sig.  What did you think about how they series ended?  I just finished it about a month ago and after having read the first book over twenty years ago, I can't help but feel a little cheated...

I definately won't forget the ending...


I read 'em all including the last except for the very end of the last book. I just couldn't stomach King making it all about himself.
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« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2007, 11:18:16 AM »
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Hey sun just noticed your avatar and quote in your sig.  What did you think about how they series ended?  I just finished it about a month ago and after having read the first book over twenty years ago, I can't help but feel a little cheated...

I definately won't forget the ending...


Indeed, Sluggish I was let down with the ending as well.

The idea of a continuous loop of events with no real closure seemed anti-climatic to me.

Overall though, I thought it was a great series and I was sad to see it end.

Anytime I see a gritty western now I think of Roland's world and smile.

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Sun

Btw..here's probably the best reader produced video about the Dark Tower series around IMHO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tLyO3vfdro

-SD
« Last Edit: November 25, 2007, 11:23:19 AM by Sundowner »
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