[CTS] Re: XBox 360
- From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:34:29 -0600
Since we're in another off-topic session and I brought up OTR...ever heard
of Fatima cigarettes? The Dragnet (with Jack Webb during the radio sessions
no less) series on radio.macinmind.com (1710 AM out of Antioch IL that I
used to listen to in Chicago live air years ago) still has full blown
commercials - including cigarette ads.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cuffy
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:56 PM
> To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [CTS] Re: XBox 360
>
>
> I had done a tour in North Africa, without air-conditioned quarters,
> before I saw any TV.
>
> =====================
>
> Murray Reid wrote:
>
> > When I was a teenager we didn't have a Television (They weren't on the
> > market yet!!) LOL. Joe can probably say
> > the same thing.!!
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:12 PM
> > Subject: [CTS] Re: XBox 360
> >
> >
> >> I was in my late teens before I even saw a pong game and then it was
> >> a coin
> >> op one at an arcade. I've done my share of dropping money into
> a pinball
> >> machine but it got boring real quick. Video games and PC games don't
> >> thrill
> >> me much either - would rather put on hiking gear and go for a walk in
> >> the
> >> woods.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eric C.
> >>> Vogel
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:08 PM
> >>> To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [CTS] Re: XBox 360
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hey, Mommy and Daddy give them the money. Or with the $200-$600
> >>> week/bi-week/month allowance, hey, you can get what you want. I
> >>> went most my
> >>> life as a kid without one. Was 5 cents up to 25 cents then
> back down to
> >>> nothing.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cuffy
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:39 PM
> >>> To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [CTS] Re: XBox 360
> >>>
> >>> Where in hell are these kids getting $400 to buy these things ?
> >>>
> >>> =================
> >>>
> >>> Russ Blakeman wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >And to think I've had my hands on dozens of them doing
> upgrades of the
> >>> >kiosk machines at area Walmart stores - they don't seem like
> much more
> >>> >than a PC with high end sound and graphics to me though.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>> >>From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> >>[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cuffy
> >>> >>Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:35 PM
> >>> >>To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> >>Subject: [CTS] XBox 360
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123634,tk,dn112205X,00.asp
> >>> >>
> >>> >>People waited 13 1/2 hours to buy one of these at midnight last
> >>> night.
> >>> >>Long lines with lots of kids and then the store only had 48 of them
> >>> >>when the doors opened. Yeah, you got it......... with a capital P.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
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