more than a year
i bought it 2nd hand off shaneuscheers ofr the links shaneus having a gander now
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more than a year
i bought it 2nd hand off shaneuscheers ofr the links shaneus having a gander now
No problemo! I can't vouch for the repair joint, but a mate only a few months ago transplanted his HDD from his old 360 into his new one with one of those caddies, it was like new. You'd probably have to get a screwdriver from that site as well.more than a year
cheers ofr the links shaneus having a gander now
You might be able to find an empty one on eBay if you didn't want to wait the (usually) 2 weeks delivery time from DX, but if you can wait, it'll definitely work.
Thank you all
Also, today was a wet, miserable, gray/black day to drive to Newcastle
The weather was dreadful, huh. I was so eager to hang around outside this Christmas! Though, I was equally satisfied with a huge lunch/dinner and napping through the afternoon.
Also, congratulations man!
So, what did everyone get for Christmas? Here's my loot:
Beale Piano, model UP130TS
Orange laced top
Radiohead shirt
Black, round sunglasses
Coco Mademoiselle Chanel perfume
The Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares
Batman: The Black Mirror
Persona 4: Golden
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (shh)
Massive Attack's Mezzanine vinyl
Mogwai's The Hawk Is Howling vinyl
and some money and gift vouchers and other miscellaneous accessories
Loot today was pretty good:
Formula One book
New punching bag
New gloves
Diary (yeah, I laughed, but then I saw it had every professional sporting event in Australia next year listed)
Spud gun (pure awesome)
3 model planes
JB voucher
Beer
Almost makes up for being at work all afternoon and tonight.
Formula One book
New punching bag
New gloves
Diary (yeah, I laughed, but then I saw it had every professional sporting event in Australia next year listed)
Spud gun (pure awesome)
3 model planes
JB voucher
Beer
Almost makes up for being at work all afternoon and tonight.
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
We visited little Henry in baby jail the hospital this morning. Yesterday, we left him naked under an array of blue UV LEDs (he has jaundice) and hooked up to a respirator (he had some trouble breathing and they put it back on him).
This morning, we visit the nursery to find his crib transformed, the UV array missing and Henry in a little red Christmas-themed onesie and matching booties which were quite literally the first clothes I have ever seen him wear (premies are usually naked bar a nappy in the humidicribs). At the foot of his crib, the nurses had left a stocking full of goodies (baby stuff) and on the dresser, a "Christmas card to Mum and Dad from Henry". To prove he'd done it and not one of the nurses, the card had two little blue footprints on it from his feet.
It was quite touching.
I read to him a story out of a book of fairy tales we got him for Christmas and, when Mrs Squirrel was making commentary on the quality of my voice-work and characterisation (poor), he opened his little eyes and looked at her. To top it all off and a nurse came and took off his respirator.
This was even better than the Christmas I got a Super Nintendo and Super Mario World!
God (or deity / anthropomorphised positive ideal of your choice) bless us, every one!
This morning, we visit the nursery to find his crib transformed, the UV array missing and Henry in a little red Christmas-themed onesie and matching booties which were quite literally the first clothes I have ever seen him wear (premies are usually naked bar a nappy in the humidicribs). At the foot of his crib, the nurses had left a stocking full of goodies (baby stuff) and on the dresser, a "Christmas card to Mum and Dad from Henry". To prove he'd done it and not one of the nurses, the card had two little blue footprints on it from his feet.
It was quite touching.
I read to him a story out of a book of fairy tales we got him for Christmas and, when Mrs Squirrel was making commentary on the quality of my voice-work and characterisation (poor), he opened his little eyes and looked at her. To top it all off and a nurse came and took off his respirator.
This was even better than the Christmas I got a Super Nintendo and Super Mario World!
God (or deity / anthropomorphised positive ideal of your choice) bless us, every one!
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
Yeah. He has surprisingly good handwriting for someone who's just a week old.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Live-action Asterix at the Olympic Games and Yatterman start on SBSTwo in about twenty minutes. Don't know if either of them are any good, but if you need something to watch tonight.
BananaArnie
Member
idk my parents bought a SNES off the kids down the road when "the new one came out" for $50 and it had smw and the smb all stars thing and a a few other must have mario first party things
that was a pretty great christmas man
nah i joke
sounds like you had a pretty great christmas. congrats
to fogz too
Ruthless_Barbarian
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COD4: Modern Warfare. I assume you've played the earlier ones. If not get COD2.
Lovely news VKS. When can you take him home?
Aw, that's fucking awesome
I spent most of today mucking around with my 2 and 4-year-old nephews. They're fucking awesome
Which book, DM? I love that I've finally found a book (that music one) that I want to read, and an F1 one would probably be next on the list
Edit: This Asterix movie actually looks like it's quite funny! But sadly, I was hoping for something I can have in the background and it's in French
Thaaank-ya, DJ. But it looks like the Australian prices aren't as inflated as I thought they were. COD4:MW is still $10US (plus whatever generosity tip I usually add) so it's still not worth it. I thought a 5 year old game would be cheaper :/ Thanks anyway!
Best Christmas story I've heard!
I spent the first Christmas with my mum and brother in 16 years. We decided to forget tradition and go out for Yum Cha, which was fantastic. It feels like I have a family again.
THAT is fucking awesome, too. Christmas is about family more than anything IMO, so it's great you have that back (and for the first time, VKS has one of his own
).PS. This Asterix movie is quite funny. One of the characters is named "Painintheas".
Ruthless_Barbarian
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COD games and cheap? Does not compute.
Blops1 and MW3 are still $50 plus in most stores. MW2 around $40. (consoles).
I have a copy of COD4 on PS3 lying around if you want it.
Blops1 and MW3 are still $50 plus in most stores. MW2 around $40. (consoles).
I have a copy of COD4 on PS3 lying around if you want it.
Thanks but no thanks... I was more hoping for something I could run at a mega resolution @ 60fps on my PC
Box of Bunnies
Banned
That's awesome, dude.
Liked the Lovesix name but wasn't really feeling the movie overall so I've put the JC Superstar Arena Tour on again.
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
Doctor's say that average time is when he would have been full term, so eight weeks from now.
Yeah :-|
Like I said, we can really only hold him once per day, and when we do, he's hooked up to sensors and a bunch of wires, but it's always awesome when it happens. At his level of development, they encourage people to do it because it calms them down and helps them mature.
Mrs Squirrel is doing as well as can be expected from a woman who just had a caesarian. She'll just be slow at things for a while until she recovers.
Also, Henry is just the English form of Enrique, and his middle name is Lucas, which is extremely Spanish.
Johnny Dazzle
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And this:
(fucking stoked, can't wait to read it)
I'm seeing David Byrne with St. Vincent next year, can't wait!
It's at home and I'm at work, but it looked like more of a coffee table book, novelty circular shape, great images, low on text. If you haven't read Murray Walkers book yet I highly recommend it.Which book, DM? I love that I've finally found a book (that music one) that I want to read, and an F1 one would probably be next on the list
That is awesome.
That is going to be a horribly long wait. Worth it though!
reptilescorpio
Member
NEED TO STAY STANDING LONG ENOUGH TO COVER FOOD SO CAT DOESN'T EAT IT
Planet_JASE
Member
@Fogz @VKS @Danoss
They are some very awesome Christmas stories. They're the sort of stories that make Christmas actually feel like Christmas.
@everyone else
Thank you for sharing your tales (and bounty) from today. I hope everyone was merry, much rejoicing was had and that you all appreciated the time spend with friends and family. These are the people that form our world and it's important to take advantage of our time together, whether it be those that have only recently joined the family, those that we're trying to start a new life with, or those with which we are trying to reconnect.
Stay safe and awesome for the rest of the holiday season, AusGAF.
They are some very awesome Christmas stories. They're the sort of stories that make Christmas actually feel like Christmas.
@everyone else
Thank you for sharing your tales (and bounty) from today. I hope everyone was merry, much rejoicing was had and that you all appreciated the time spend with friends and family. These are the people that form our world and it's important to take advantage of our time together, whether it be those that have only recently joined the family, those that we're trying to start a new life with, or those with which we are trying to reconnect.
Stay safe and awesome for the rest of the holiday season, AusGAF.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Wow, 8 weeks. Can't imagine how hard they will be for both of you.
Christmas just got awesome for two lucky people.
Who wants a copy of either JSR or Crazy Taxi for PC (via Steam code)?
I have no idea how to decide this, I guess just PM me and whoever gets it, gets it. I'll probably tell you that first person who messages me gets it, but whether that's true or I just tell the person I want to get it that they were the first... you can work that out
Who wants a copy of either JSR or Crazy Taxi for PC (via Steam code)?
I have no idea how to decide this, I guess just PM me and whoever gets it, gets it. I'll probably tell you that first person who messages me gets it, but whether that's true or I just tell the person I want to get it that they were the first... you can work that out
Christmas just got awesome for two lucky people.
Who wants a copy of either JSR or Crazy Taxi for PC (via Steam code)?
I have no idea how to decide this, I guess just PM me and whoever gets it, gets it. I'll probably tell you that first person who messages me gets it, but whether that's true or I just tell the person I want to get it that they were the first... you can work that out
Shameless message sent!
My christmas involved seeing my mother and father in the same room for the first time since... my birthday? So, six months. Not that long for some people but when you're new to the whole "the people who gave birth to you hate eachother" thing it's kinda weird.
Which I touched upon earlier today.
Then we went over to my mother's side of the family for turkey, chicken and some other bird. Unfortunately I forgot my asthma puffer and find I can't drink without it, so I had to say no to all alcohol. But I bought along Zombies!!! and had a really great game with my dad, uncle, cousin and another cousin's girlfriend (who was driving and also couldn't drink).
She ended up winning, which was nice, because from her reaction she seemed like the only one who would have taken real enjoyment from winning (after losing terribly at Cards Against Humanity yesterday).
Unfortunately, my day was also filled with the weirdest string of wreckless bad luck I've ever encountered. Nearly ever single thing I touched either broke, fell on the ground, made a huge mess, burned, or caused at least someone (mostly me) to break out a profanity or two. This also involves the asthma puffer being lost for the day, me forgetting to make ice for my iced coffee that I made specifically for me and my mother, to forgetting to put my board game in my bag properly and spilling all the pieces everywhere inside of it, to taking control of one of my cousin's $20 remote control helicopters and impressively smashing it into the light bulb above us. The light was fine, the present was not.
But I got some ferrero rochers in the family lucky dip (which I shared with broken helicopter man) which has made most of my problems from them disappear.
And yet your fuckin story managed to warm my coal black, cynical grinch heart.
So now I need to see a doctor because I don't know if hearts are supposed to do that.
Which I touched upon earlier today.
Then we went over to my mother's side of the family for turkey, chicken and some other bird. Unfortunately I forgot my asthma puffer and find I can't drink without it, so I had to say no to all alcohol. But I bought along Zombies!!! and had a really great game with my dad, uncle, cousin and another cousin's girlfriend (who was driving and also couldn't drink).
She ended up winning, which was nice, because from her reaction she seemed like the only one who would have taken real enjoyment from winning (after losing terribly at Cards Against Humanity yesterday).
Unfortunately, my day was also filled with the weirdest string of wreckless bad luck I've ever encountered. Nearly ever single thing I touched either broke, fell on the ground, made a huge mess, burned, or caused at least someone (mostly me) to break out a profanity or two. This also involves the asthma puffer being lost for the day, me forgetting to make ice for my iced coffee that I made specifically for me and my mother, to forgetting to put my board game in my bag properly and spilling all the pieces everywhere inside of it, to taking control of one of my cousin's $20 remote control helicopters and impressively smashing it into the light bulb above us. The light was fine, the present was not.
But I got some ferrero rochers in the family lucky dip (which I shared with broken helicopter man) which has made most of my problems from them disappear.
And yet your fuckin story managed to warm my coal black, cynical grinch heart.
So now I need to see a doctor because I don't know if hearts are supposed to do that.
Planet_JASE
Member
I don't want games off a stinky stupid-faced jerk with butt rot but do want to say that, despite being a stinky stupid-faced jerk with butt rot, that is a pretty cool thing to do.Christmas just got awesome for two lucky people.
Who wants a copy of either JSR or Crazy Taxi for PC (via Steam code)?
I have no idea how to decide this, I guess just PM me and whoever gets it, gets it. I'll probably tell you that first person who messages me gets it, but whether that's true or I just tell the person I want to get it that they were the first... you can work that out
PS-Careful, everyone, this is a scam that Shaneus pulls every year to try and get friends on Steam. Once he's got you on his friends list he hackz0rs your computer, steals all of your money and purchased iTunes movies, downloads your family and friends for his own depraved sexual perversions and then drugs you and steals your organs to sell on the black market. He then uses the money from this to buy copious amounts of drugs that he'll consume while having his wicked way with your pets.
But, if you've never played JSR or Crazy Taxi and don't have much of an affinity for your personal information, family, friends, any amassed wealth, bodily organs and the purity of any pets your own, it may be totally worth it.
PPS-Seriously, pretty cool of you, Shaneus
shanshan310
Member
Though Christmas was looking to be rather awful it turned out pretty good. Spent the morning with my mum and brother, then in the evening had dinner with all my high school friends and there families. There was cider, swimming and karaoke. I finally got Norwegian wood which I've been meaning to read forever. No idea how my mum found it in Japanese, but I'm very happy. Now off to the hobbit tomorrow morning!
Money is crazy tight for us right now so either I get it fixed at a decent price or... no TV for a while =[
maaaan fuuuuck
2/3 friends just bailed on hobbit + ralph for thursday, because they realised "the day after boxing day" wasn't a make believe date but was actually based on a real date where they had to live in instead of go and see some fuckin movies.
Now I'm tempted so say fuck it and go watch hobbit 3d without them and just not say anything and then be incredibly fidgety during hobbit 2d a week from now.
just put all your fuckin thinkgeek toys into a pile and turn them all on at once.
2/3 friends just bailed on hobbit + ralph for thursday, because they realised "the day after boxing day" wasn't a make believe date but was actually based on a real date where they had to live in instead of go and see some fuckin movies.
Now I'm tempted so say fuck it and go watch hobbit 3d without them and just not say anything and then be incredibly fidgety during hobbit 2d a week from now.
just put all your fuckin thinkgeek toys into a pile and turn them all on at once.
Cheers broseph! But they were Steam *codes* so they wouldn't have won me any friends over anyway. Besides, I've maxed out the maximum friend list on Steam anyway at 255 friends or 65535 friends or whatever.I don't want games off a stinky stupid-faced jerk with butt rot but do want to say that, despite being a stinky stupid-faced jerk with butt rot, that is a pretty cool thing to do.
PS-Careful, everyone, this is a scam that Shaneus pulls every year to try and get friends on Steam. Once he's got you on his friends list he hackz0rs your computer, steals all of your money and purchased iTunes movies, downloads your family and friends for his own depraved sexual perversions and then drugs you and steals your organs to sell on the black market. He then uses the money from this to buy copious amounts of drugs that he'll consume while having his wicked way with your pets.
But, if you've never played JSR or Crazy Taxi and don't have much of an affinity for your personal information, family, friends, any amassed wealth, bodily organs and the purity of any pets your own, it may be totally worth it.
PPS-Seriously, pretty cool of you, Shaneus
Surprised only two people messaged me, though! And somewhat fantastically, each for different games
They were hangovers from the Dreamcast pack on Amazon... I had no use for them anyway. Merry Christmas!
I wish I was blonde so I could pretend to be from Norway and use that as a pickup line.
Seriously best story.
Great story. I was a prem too. We kick arse.
Planet_JASE
Member
reptilescorpio
Member
Pup is playing today! Yes!
Also Kritz tell your friends to get fucked if they are pulling out of tomorrow. They can go see it in 2D themselves.
Also Kritz tell your friends to get fucked if they are pulling out of tomorrow. They can go see it in 2D themselves.
codswallop
Member
Some great Christmas stories yesterday.
Does anyone want one of (all Steam except the last one):
Metro 2033
Bastion
Hitman: Blood Money
Torchlight
RoboBlitz
Kung Fu Strike (XBLA)
Does anyone want one of (all Steam except the last one):
Metro 2033
Bastion
Hitman: Blood Money
Torchlight
RoboBlitz
Kung Fu Strike (XBLA)
reptilescorpio
Member
It has been delisted already from XBLA so that's a collectors item now!
Planet_JASE
Member
I'd take Kung Fu Strike but I'd feel bad about doing so. It's no longer available on XBLA for unknown reasons.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Is Bastion any good?
Planet_JASE
Member
Depends.
The art style, music and narrative make up somewhat for the fairly boring and repetitive combat. It's worth it if you can get it for cheap. Or free, in this situation.
Visually and aurally I though it was very strong.
The art style, music and narrative make up somewhat for the fairly boring and repetitive combat. It's worth it if you can get it for cheap. Or free, in this situation.
Visually and aurally I though it was very strong.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
In that case I'll take it!
codswallop
Member
Well I have a key for Kung Fu Strike which I won along with Mark of the Ninja. Didn't really want Kung Fu Strike. If it works it works. Does anyone actually want it?
Key sent to ThoseDeafMutes!
Key sent to ThoseDeafMutes!
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