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Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.

If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?

And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
material possessions.

--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
Mostly Harmless
 
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Smeghead wrote:
> Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.
>
> If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
> expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
> Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
> What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?
>
> And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
> material possessions.
>

Easy:

1) Orange County Chopper custom-made to my specs/desires/whims!
2) Casa de Me!
3) Hot babe (and a Full bank account! with which to keep her doin' me.)

heh
 
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"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:r2s1t01546v8maat31mfkrhhiotv4hjeii@4ax.com...
> Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.
>
> If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
> expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
> Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
> What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?
>
> And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
> material possessions.
>

I would hit the card for cash to its credit limit and call it even. :^)

Quixote
 
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A chauffeur for life. I hate to drive.

A house stuffed with electronic automated gadgets (ie. stuff like
intelligent wiring, Japanese smart toilet, LCD tinting windows, etc.).

A crewed small business jet. So I never have to go through another security
line.

I guess what I'd really buy is time and space, so I can enjoy all the toys
I have already.
 
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"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:r2s1t01546v8maat31mfkrhhiotv4hjeii@4ax.com...
> Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.
>
> If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
> expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
> Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
> What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?
>
> And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
> material possessions.
>
> --
> --==< S m e g h e a d >==--
> Mostly Harmless

1) That really big lego set.
2) A really big piano
3) A really big atomic bomb
 
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Smeghead wrote:
> Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.
>
> If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
> expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
> Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
> What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?
>
> And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
> material possessions.

I'd buy Microsoft, AOL/Time-Warner, and a financial consultant.

Then I'd liquidate them all (first two business, last one pleasure).

Of course, more in keeping with the spirit of Christmas, top of the list
would be a furnished mansion near Delft, the Netherlands. Second would
be a furnished mansion somewhere in the tropics or subtropics, maybe the
Mediterranean. *Then* I'd max out the card in a cash withdrawal and call
it even.

--
Frank
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:17:25 -0600, "Quixote"
<quixote@-munged-writeme.com> wrote:

>
>"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:r2s1t01546v8maat31mfkrhhiotv4hjeii@4ax.com...
>> Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.
>>
>> If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
>> expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
>> Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
>> What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?
>>
>> And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
>> material possessions.
>>
>
>I would hit the card for cash to its credit limit and call it even. :^)

I should have expected such an ouside-the-box answer from the likes of
you! :)


--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
Mostly Harmless
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 02:33:59 -0600, ScratchMonkey
<ScratchMonkey.blacklist@sewingwitch.com> wrote:

>A chauffeur for life. I hate to drive.

Same here. Especially after driving an hour both ways commute for my
last job. Ugh. That's 10 hours a week in a CAR!

>A house stuffed with electronic automated gadgets (ie. stuff like
>intelligent wiring, Japanese smart toilet, LCD tinting windows, etc.).

Sure, we'll role that into the one purchase rule, why not?

>A crewed small business jet. So I never have to go through another security
>line.

A crude business jet? Why not a sleek and elegant one?

>I guess what I'd really buy is time and space, so I can enjoy all the toys
>I have already.

Your Tardis is standing by, Doctor Scratch.


--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
Mostly Harmless
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:57:18 +0100, Frank van Schie
<frankNOSPAM@email.it> wrote:

>Smeghead wrote:
>> Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.
>>
>> If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
>> expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
>> Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
>> What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?
>>
>> And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
>> material possessions.
>
>I'd buy Microsoft, AOL/Time-Warner, and a financial consultant.

Cha-ching! Mo-money!

>Then I'd liquidate them all (first two business, last one pleasure).

Double ching and gratuitous satisfaction.

>Of course, more in keeping with the spirit of Christmas, top of the list
>would be a furnished mansion near Delft, the Netherlands. Second would
>be a furnished mansion somewhere in the tropics or subtropics, maybe the
>Mediterranean. *Then* I'd max out the card in a cash withdrawal and call
>it even.

Leave it to Frank to think in-the-box and outside-of-the-box as well.
:-/


--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
Mostly Harmless
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:49:29 +0000 (UTC), "Adrian Ng"
<spam.ng@btopenworld.com> wrote:

>
>"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:r2s1t01546v8maat31mfkrhhiotv4hjeii@4ax.com...
>> Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.
>>
>> If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
>> expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
>> Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
>> What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?
>>
>> And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
>> material possessions.
>>
>> --
>> --==< S m e g h e a d >==--
>> Mostly Harmless
>
>1) That really big lego set.

The one with the exploding blocks?! Brilliant!

>2) A really big piano

The one that take the Rockettes to play? Magnificent!

>3) A really big atomic bomb

To protect your exploding lego mansion and piano?


--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
Mostly Harmless
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:06:27 -0600, Smeghead wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 02:33:59 -0600, ScratchMonkey
><ScratchMonkey.blacklist@sewingwitch.com> wrote:
>
>>A chauffeur for life. I hate to drive.
>
> Same here. Especially after driving an hour both ways commute for my
> last job. Ugh. That's 10 hours a week in a CAR!
>
>>A house stuffed with electronic automated gadgets (ie. stuff like
>>intelligent wiring, Japanese smart toilet, LCD tinting windows, etc.).
>
> Sure, we'll role that into the one purchase rule, why not?
>
>>A crewed small business jet. So I never have to go through another security
>>line.
>
> A crude business jet? Why not a sleek and elegant one?
>
>>I guess what I'd really buy is time and space, so I can enjoy all the toys
>>I have already.
>
> Your Tardis is standing by, Doctor Scratch.

He might also find a calculator handy. 😉

--
"A riot is unt ugly thing, unt it's about time we had one!"
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1
 
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Mr K <duffstuff@hotmail.com> wrote in news:cqsc7t$4lm$2@inews.gazeta.pl:

> He might also find a calculator handy. 😉

I was thinking maybe one of those Fisher-Price crib sets with the balls
that slide on a rod.
 
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"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:r2s1t01546v8maat31mfkrhhiotv4hjeii@4ax.com...
> Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.
>
> If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
> expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
> Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
> What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?
>
> And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
> material possessions.
>
> --
> --==< S m e g h e a d >==--
> Mostly Harmless

A really big house with lots of land for our horses and a garden big enough
to play football with the kids too. By the sea with its own sandy beach and
maybe with a river running through the back garden deep enough to canoe and
swim in.

A really big sailing boat (55ft would do) moored in front of said house.

A Maplin store with contents. www.maplin.co.uk to keep me occupied. Also
counts as one purchase, but I get lots of cool stuff.

Schrodinger
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:46:55 -0600, ScratchMonkey wrote:

> I was thinking maybe one of those Fisher-Price crib sets with the balls
> that slide on a rod.

Do you not get one of those with WinXP?

--
"A riot is unt ugly thing, unt it's about time we had one!"
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1
 
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Mr K <duffstuff@hotmail.com> wrote in news:cqsh75$qas$1@inews.gazeta.pl:

>> I was thinking maybe one of those Fisher-Price crib sets with the balls
>> that slide on a rod.
>
> Do you not get one of those with WinXP?

You would think so, given it's rounded edges to keep noobs from putting
their eye out on the corners of the windows.

Do you suppose Longhorn will come out with a picture of the Gerber baby on
the box?
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:36:23 -0600, ScratchMonkey wrote:

> You would think so, given it's rounded edges to keep noobs from putting
> their eye out on the corners of the windows.

lol

> Do you suppose Longhorn will come out with a picture of the Gerber baby on
> the box?

"Gerber baby"?

--
"A riot is unt ugly thing, unt it's about time we had one!"
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1
 
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"Mr K" <duffstuff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:cqsnuq$ns3$1@inews.gazeta.pl...
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:36:23 -0600, ScratchMonkey wrote:
>
> > You would think so, given it's rounded edges to keep noobs from putting
> > their eye out on the corners of the windows.
>
> lol
>
> > Do you suppose Longhorn will come out with a picture of the Gerber baby
on
> > the box?
>
> "Gerber baby"?
>

What part of baby don't you understand? :^)

Quixote
 
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ScratchMonkey wrote:

> Mr K <duffstuff@hotmail.com> wrote in news:cqsc7t$4lm$2@inews.gazeta.pl:
>
>
>>He might also find a calculator handy. 😉
>
>
> I was thinking maybe one of those Fisher-Price crib sets with the balls
> that slide on a rod.

You mean an 'abacus'? Kids today. Their vocabulary is so... so... uhm, yeah.
--
Frank
 
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Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM@email.it> wrote in
news:XeidnWvhkMIyREzcRVnyvw@casema.nl:

>> I was thinking maybe one of those Fisher-Price crib sets with the
>> balls that slide on a rod.
>
> You mean an 'abacus'? Kids today. Their vocabulary is so... so... uhm,
> yeah.

Nah, an abacus doesn't include all those other toys that make fun noises!
😉
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:00:51 -0600, Quixote wrote:

> What part of baby don't you understand? :^)
>
> Quixote

Ah, I thought it was some logo or trademark or something:
http://www.gerber.com/content/usa/images/nav/logo.gif

If that's the one, then I'm thankful that I've finally got some experience
in Linux. :)

--
"A riot is unt ugly thing, unt it's about time we had one!"
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:41:34 GMT, Hellmark wrote:

> Thats the one

Nnnngh. Micro$oft Foghorn has some nasty shocks for all then.

--
"A riot is unt ugly thing, unt it's about time we had one!"
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:10:16 +0100, Frank van Schie
<frankNOSPAM@email.it> wrote:

>ScratchMonkey wrote:
>
>> Mr K <duffstuff@hotmail.com> wrote in news:cqsc7t$4lm$2@inews.gazeta.pl:
>>
>>
>>>He might also find a calculator handy. 😉
>>
>>
>> I was thinking maybe one of those Fisher-Price crib sets with the balls
>> that slide on a rod.
>
>You mean an 'abacus'? Kids today. Their vocabulary is so... so... uhm, yeah.

Abba was a very wholesome band. No cussing in Dancing Queen!

--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
Mostly Harmless
 
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 20:00:15 GMT, "Schrodinger" <no@way.com> wrote:

>"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:r2s1t01546v8maat31mfkrhhiotv4hjeii@4ax.com...
>> Okay, here's your chance, don't hold back.
>>
>> If you had a magic Credit Card without a limit and without being
>> expected to pay it back... or let's say, more realistically, Trump or
>> Gates said "Here's my card, go nuts, but limit it to three things."
>> What 3 (and only three) things would you treat yourself to?
>>
>> And it has to be for you, none of this selfless sappy stuff. Three
>> material possessions.
>>
>> --
>> --==< S m e g h e a d >==--
>> Mostly Harmless
>
>A really big house with lots of land for our horses and a garden big enough
>to play football with the kids too. By the sea with its own sandy beach and
>maybe with a river running through the back garden deep enough to canoe and
>swim in.
>
>A really big sailing boat (55ft would do) moored in front of said house.
>
>A Maplin store with contents. www.maplin.co.uk to keep me occupied. Also
>counts as one purchase, but I get lots of cool stuff.
>
>Schrodinger
>

How about a country of your own? Schrodinlandia? Primary export:
Thoroughbred equine specimens. And leisure yachts. And electronics.

--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
Mostly Harmless
 
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"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'd buy Sierra and Vivendi liquidate Sierra and rename it Dynamix.
> Just to piss people off.
>


May as well just buy a time machine.
 
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