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jstark47 · #21 Unread post by **jstark47** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:06 pm

Shorts wrote:With tha said, anyone remember when the Nintendo costs "too much" at $150 and your mom wouldn't buy it for you - had to wait until christmas???? I swear we were the last kids in the world to have a Nintendo.

mmmmm...... I was born in 1956... what's a "Nintendo" ?

NorthernPete · Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:32 pm

Its like PONG......but better....kinda.....but not really....

#23 Unread post by **Wrider** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:49 pm

jstark47 wrote:mmmmm...... I was born in 1956... what's a "Nintendo" ?

In your time... it's the same kind of mindless activity as burning ants with a magnifying glass... Not really fun, not really accomplishing anything, just something to occupy the time...
Wrider

CNF2002 · #24 Unread post by **CNF2002** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:37 am

Social Distortion wrote:lots of folks are camping out in the suburbs of Chicago for the PS3...and folks....its cold out here....i mean so cold that i put my ice cube trays outside to make ice cubes!

On the other hand....hmmm.......maybe i should ride my MC, wear my leathers andlook mean and ask those people to hand over thier money ( be like a bully) since afterall, they have atleast $500 on them- though be it credit on some of them....j/k
Imagin that- people waiting for Ps3 being held up in the middle of the night for thier game money....

Someone get Social Distortion's address...we have a prime suspect!

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tec ... 42343.html

Nov. 17, 2006, 10:09AM
People in line for Playstation 3 robbed in Connecticut

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PUTNAM, Conn. — Two armed thugs tried to rob a line of people waiting for the new Playstation 3 game system to go on sale early today and shot a man who refused to give up his money, authorities said.

In other states, customers pushed and shoved their way to the shelves to get at the limited supply, and in Kentucky, four people were grazed by BBs fired from a passing vehicle as they waited for a Best Buy store to open.

The two gunman in Putnam confronted 15 to 20 people standing outside a Wal-Mart store shortly after 3 a.m. and demanded money, said State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance.

"One of the patrons resisted. That patron was shot," Vance said.

He said the two gunmen fled after shooting a 21-year-old Massachusetts man in the chest and shoulder. The victim was taken to University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. There was no immediate word on his condition.

Vance said police were searching for the suspects, both believed to be in their teens. He said one was wearing a ski mask and brandishing a handgun, and the other had what appeared to be a shotgun.

Aside from the police tape, things had returned to normal by midmorning at the Wal-Mart store in rural Putnam, a town of about 9,000 residents near the Massachusetts and Rhode Island borders.

Short supplies of the PS3 and strong demand led to lines of buyers, some waiting for days, outside stores across the country.

In Palmdale, Calif., authorities shut down a Super Wal-Mart after some shoppers got rowdy late Wednesday. In West Bend, Wis., a 19-year-old man was injured when he ran into a pole racing with 50 others for one of 10 spots outside a Wal-Mart.

In Lexington, Ky., someone fired BB pellets from a passing vehicle at people waiting outside a Best Buy store, according to WKYT, whose own reporter said she was among four people grazed while she interviewed buyers in line.

A Best Buy in Boston, aware it had only 140 of the consoles, got smart about the big sale — its employees gave out tickets to the first 140 people in line so everyone could go home until the store opened.

jonnythan · Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:05 am

I spent 48 hours at Wal Mart in the cold, wind, and rain.

I got a PS3.

Now I'm selling it for big bucks.

Cool huh?

CNF2002 · #26 Unread post by **CNF2002** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:09 am

jonnythan wrote:I spent 48 hours at Wal Mart in the cold, wind, and rain.

I got a PS3.

Now I'm selling it for big bucks.

Cool huh?

They made you wait outside?? What a cruel company!

jonnythan · Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:17 am

CNF2002 wrote:
jonnythan wrote:I spent 48 hours at Wal Mart in the cold, wind, and rain.

I got a PS3.

Now I'm selling it for big bucks.

Cool huh?
They made you wait outside?? What a cruel company!

Unlike every other store in the area, they didn't let us put up tents or canopies or tarps of any sort, despite the 2 inches of rain we got Thursday.

Oh well. I'm not complaining

NorthernPete · Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:21 am

I saw a video of some guy running to gte a spot in line for the PS3 and running face first into a pole...I laughed..he got hurt...we all win...

JC Viper · Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:22 pm

I'm just waiting to get my Wii and play with myself...

Or I can go to a friends house to play with his Wii...

Or I can invite my girlfriend over and we can both play with my Wii...

Hell, the whole family can come over and play with my Wii, even my little sister...

Now if Nintendo only left the name "Revolution" instead of "Wii...."

Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:33 pm

JCViper528 wrote:I'm just waiting to get my Wii and play with myself...

Or I can go to a friends house to play with his Wii...

Or I can invite my girlfriend over and we can both play with my Wii...

Long day already.

I started reading this and going...hmmm, this is starting to sound kinky...

JCViper528 wrote:Hell, the whole family can come over and play with my Wii, even my little sister...

Then I got here and thought: JC!

something's outta whack here...

Just kidding. (Ya, ya, I know what the Wii is...)