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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: New York : Here i come !
« on: July 29, 2006, 11:01 PM »
I've got family at University Plaza on the edge of the Village... I used to go up every summer but lately it's been more sporadic.

I love it there...  I was there two months ago and before that I went up in February of last year to see the Gates in Central Park.... for me I usually just go to the museums when I'm looking for something to do in the city.  The Met, Natural History, Moma, Whitney, Guggenheim, Jewish, Intrepid are among the best there if you're looking for that sort of thing.


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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Gas Prices
« on: July 28, 2006, 01:13 PM »
Gasoline costs roughly 40% more than it did a year ago.

A barrel of oil costs roughly 20% more than it did a year ago.


Yet Exxon is making $1,318 per second in PROFIT, $79,000 per minute.

BP is making $55,000 per minute.




Hmmm.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Anyone know anything about meteorites?
« on: July 28, 2006, 01:04 AM »
Thanks for the advice.  I'm thinking that I'm going to drop about $50 or $60 when I finally pull the trigger on this... it seems like for $1 to $3 you can get little space pebbles, but $50 or $60 gets you something between golf ball size and tennis ball size.

I've noticed that lots of these sellers are meteorite dealers and many of them offer certificates... I don't know if that's proof or anything, so I'm going to pony up an extra few dollars and eventually buy from one with lots of feedback.  There seem to be a few that have 1500+ feedback ratings and I'm thinking they're probably pretty safe bets.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Do You Tip?
« on: July 28, 2006, 01:01 AM »
I've always tipped for haircuts too - when I'm actually going to a barber or salon.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Do You Tip?
« on: July 27, 2006, 10:36 PM »
I figured that these two friends who were telling me that you always tip everyone (unless they really really were horrible) were only feeling this way because they both worked in restaurants.

The same way that I always take my shopping cart to the return because when I was 17 I worked at a grocery store and had to bring carts in...

But it's a little odd that one of the guys who was telling me this was the one who I picked up a technique from that is about what you do Deanpaul, I circle the printed total, and then draw a line down through the tip line.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Do You Tip?
« on: July 27, 2006, 05:00 PM »
I was actually going to start a thread like this but hadn't gotten around to it yet...

I am a tipper, who isn't.  But I never tiped for take-out... if I pick the pizza up myself, buffets stuff like that.

But two of my friends who I was out with a few weeks ago gave me absolute hell for not tipping the take-out people...

I was never doing it to stiff anyone, just because I hadn't gotten service so I didn't think you were supposed to tip?  My girlfriend and other people I know thought that was perfectly normal and reasonable, but these guys made me feel like a real ******* for not tipping all these people.

They said that if there is a tip line on the credit card reciept, you're supposed to tip.

B.S. or not?




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The Vintage Collection / Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« on: July 26, 2006, 10:59 PM »
I got a sneak-peek...

They're going to ask who will win the Superbowl in 2009.


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Collections / Re: Finally took pictures of my collection...
« on: July 26, 2006, 10:24 PM »
Thanks guys, the compliments are nice to hear.  This whole sharing pictures thing is giving me second thoughts about how much stuff I buy though.   :)

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Great 2006 Collector's Challenge
« on: July 26, 2006, 12:59 AM »
I'm already around 1250.00 and I have a stack of receipts on my desk that I'm afraid to tally up.   :-[

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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: Marvel Comic and EU 2-Packs
« on: July 25, 2006, 12:50 PM »
If Hasbro really wants to do EU, they should pick a story (NJO would probably be the best for sales) and make a series, 20 figures or more... on nice packaging... make Vong warriors, Jedi Knights, Luke, Leia, and Han.... they could even do Chewbacca ...etc...

It could be awesome.

Instead, they pick a few figures from all over the place that they can get onto shelves with little or no effort (repaints) and the product looks lame.


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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: Marvel Comic and EU 2-Packs
« on: July 25, 2006, 11:18 AM »
You're right.  You just saved me another 12 dollars.

I'm saving money left and right next year!

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Help needed please!
« on: July 25, 2006, 10:47 AM »
I use amazon.com for that type of thing - just look the CD up and it will have a track listing.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Anyone know anything about meteorites?
« on: July 25, 2006, 10:46 AM »
Thanks for the links Dale.  I saw that one seller's stuff but it isn't (for the most part) quite what I'm looking for.

I'll look through those links today.


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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: Marvel Comic and EU 2-Packs
« on: July 24, 2006, 10:46 PM »
I'm going to buy one of the Han Stormtroopers and paint (maybe use a sharpie?) the red stuff black.

Then I'm not going to buy any of the rest.

I'm officially no longer a completist - and it's liberating.  Thank you Hasbro, for making so much stuff that I really really don't feel like shelling out money for lately.

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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: Comic-Con 06
« on: July 24, 2006, 02:15 PM »
Quote from: ruiner on July 24, 2006, 08:20 AM
Rob, if you're going to change your collecting habits with Hasbro, stop by the 12" Sideshow threads...spend that saved money on a 12" Jabba and friends!

I'm thinking about it... that Jabba is AMAZING.  I'll have to peek over there and see what (if any) details are available at this point.  I have lots of other things I want to do with my money as well though.


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