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    That's a nice view where you live. Do you have to move for your new job?

     

    Thanks... no i just moved here about 6 months ago... for my last job.. after i worked for them for 4 months, they had huge company cuts and my job was one that went... so now I found a new job here in Jacksonville... It's a bit of a drive.. but coming home to my "oasis" will be worth it.. I live right on the creek in an orange grove... it's awsome.. I'll post more photos in the upcoming days...

     

    I have more fruit then anyone can use.. so if anyone's ever in the neighborhhood stop by and load up your car... :thumbsup:

    SI

     

    That is awesome. I was looking for an oasis myself and was planning on hunting this month...but thanks to the Merger I think I will hold off awhile. It's all good though, just means the down payment will be all the sweeter.

    Hmmm next time make sure you are in the picture!

    Thanks.

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    Its like that no matter where you go.

    You look around and see folks that are just collecting pay checks.

    How they get away with it for years and years is beyond me.

    For sure it's discouraging because someone has to pick up their slack.

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    Sorry but Companies throw out trash, they throw out defective product they don't throw out perfectly good products and then open warehouses 6 months later to store products or order a second run of the very same title.

     

    In some industries, it's very common for companies to throw out lots of unsold product and then later produce essentially the same thing. When a typical paperback publisher supplies books to a bookstore, they want to receive within a reasonable time cash for the books that sold, or the covers of books that didn't. They don't want the unsold books for anything; all they want is proof that they were unsold and destroyed. On the other hand, the fact that a book didn't sell out everywhere doesn't mean the publisher won't print more. It's just cheaper for a publisher to print a new copy of a book than it is to recover, inspect, and sell an unsold copy.

     

    I don't know what the various costs of cartridge production and packaging were during E.T.'s heyday, but if Atari wanted to make any change whatsoever to the box or its contents, it may have not have been worth the expense to open up the old boxes, remove the contents, and repackage them.

     

    Yeah but we're not talking about a few pallets of books. Can you imagine getting rid of a MILLION of anything? This would not be like going out back and throwing away some books. So you would have me believe after paying 21 million for the licence to make this game, and the fact they were already losing cash hand over fist they would spend more money to destroy a sea of perfectly good merchandise losing more money and then 6 months later produce more? If it cost even $2 to produce an Atari cart (I have no idea that sounds low) They just lost $2 million on the product alone, not to mention the expense of transporting, crushing, digging, and pouring concrete on this great mass of carts.

     

    Compare E.T.s initial production run of 5-6 million carts to PAC-MANs 14 million. E.T'.s are one of the more common carts. Everyone has one, everyone back then had one, I find it hard to believe everyone took them back. Gimmi a break. The story that almost all the people who bought E.T.s took them back should automatically be discredited because all you have to do is look around. ETs are everywhere. I probably have 10 copies myself. Pretty damn amazing considering they were all returned back in the day.

     

    Thats the urban legend. ET has been painted as the worst game ever, the game that took down Atari, the game that was so bad consumers rejected it and Atari was forced to bury them. I say it's BS. ET is actually a damn good game. I think it's more likely they made up the story to get a huge tax write off. They called up a pal that worked for a local paper and gave him a scoop to print so they would have some "proof". (That and probably a few bumps of cocaine) The person ran the story others picked up on it after the fact and the rest is history. They got their write off and didn't spend a dime. (well maybe a few bucks to the reporter to make it worth his while) Like you honestly think big corporations don't pull fast ones?

     

    One of the people that work for Atari back then I corresponded with said he heard that they were buried, but in a secret location, that the initial site given was to throw off the media! LOL More like someone did investigate back in the day, found out it was BS, brought forth the info and it came out that oh no..it wasn't Alamogordo landfill...it was another. Too funny

     

    I dunno, maybe it is true, maybe they did bury them. It amazes me all these people in the area and that worked for Atari only ever heard of the story...just like the rest of us. It amazes me a media reporter was onsite when it happened but failed to get any conclusive shots of the act. I mean I know a million carts would me hard to photograph... but come on, the dude was a professional!! :)

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    Several media outlets of the 15th century got together to create this massive conspiracy for no logical reason.

     

    I was under the impression only one media outlet was uncovered, that stated they had actually been onsite during the event All the other media outlets since were just following suit after the fact. Kinda like urban legends are, even today, spread through local papers.

     

    Completely BS storys that somehow make it in papers all over the country. You cant deny it, happens every year. In spite of the fact the story was written before the carts arrived, during the arrival and many many many times after the carts were supposedly crushed. No one thought to snap a decent pic of MILLIONS of boxed carts. LOL Can you imagine a sea of carts getting crushed but no-one thought to get a pic or video?

     

    I recall a news station around that same time in VA reporting on a local video store that was renting duped tapes. They confiscated 100's of video tapes and crushed them with a bulldozer. Of course there was nice video so clear you could read the titles on the tape. Meh... Atari? They weren't big news in the 80's why bother capturing any evidence of this story. Either we have one shitty news reporter or I dunno,You explain that. Not to mention the fact the original author, who is still around, wont respond to requests for informatiom. Several Atari worker during that time have, they ALL say the same thing. Yep heard about it. Thats it.

     

    There are stories that all the kids in town were carrying around ET carts and the pawn shops were saturated with them. But Not one person, even people that could walk to the land-fill had anythign to add except...Yeah I heard this. LOL Maybe I'm wrong. Honestly I believe in gravity. You can easily prove it exists. The people that believe this myth's only defense is why would a big buisiness have a reason to lie to us. HAHAHHAHAHAHA! Its funny to me.

     

    Oh..These people also say, big companies do this all the time. It's no big deal. Sorry but Companies throw out trash, they throw out defective product they don't throw out perfectly good products and then open warehouses 6 months later to store products or order a second run of the very same title. There is zero shred of evidence also that the initial 5 million ET carts didnt sell. Everyone I know and you know has copies. This is a very common title for a cart that everyone returned. I mean to tell you, if the media knew about Millions...no 100's, not thousands...but millions of carts getting buried, there would be proof.

     

    But whatever, you might be right. It happened, but no-one can prove it.

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    I dont think there's anything wrong with beer in moderation.

    I dont dink beer near as much as I used to.

    Probably because I rarely dink anything alone.

    I wont just buy a 6 pack and sit down and drink it.

    If I drink a beer it around friends playing pool or darts or just BSing

    I wouldn't dis-own beer altogether, maybe just make a promise to yourself not to drink it alone.

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    Whoa! AtariChick! Wow. Long time no see.

     

    Kepone, this is a great blog entry. You should indeed be proud and let past experience make you a stronger person going forward. Bottom line, no matter how ba it get's, with determination and hard work iyou can turn it all around until the bad times are just a distant memory.

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    Actually this is quite common

     

    Just out of curiosity, are you basing this on numerical stats or just because you have done it?

     

    I work for a very large company and out of the people I know who work here. There is only 1 that I know that is currently juggling their full-time job and steady school of any kind.

     

    In the past (Ive been here almost 7 years) you can add a few more ( I could count them on one hand) and about 5 years ago I did know of a fairly small group getting their bachelors degree that would meet regularly.

     

    Unheard of... no, but without stats I wouldn't call it common. Would be interesting to see just how many people do juggle a full-time career and schooling.

     

    Personally when I read Kepone is doing this I think to myself, DAMN there's dedication, persistence and self-discipline. Might be because the older I get the lazier I get. :)

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    Hmmmm I don't get it.

    You wanted to go out on a date, and you did.... The Batman flick.

    What do you mean you wussed out?

    You went...regardless if you told the guy ahead of time that you just wanted a movie partner, if the hormones take over none of that would matter. It's still a date. If things "clicked" you would have been changing your tune. Obviously they didnt. But so what? A dates a date.

     

    I've only seen one pic of you I think, The one in the sweater (Feel free to add a new pic or 3 to the members gallery :) ). You're a fine enough looking bird. I think you're going about it kinda wrong.

     

    A date is light and fluffy. It is just "hanging out" and seeing what happens. You know, playing some pool and tossing back some beers. Maybe bowling? You obviously like the outdoors, how about a hike up a mountain (I wouldn't suggest doing this in the summer at least not if it's 90 out) There's no checklist. Just go. I've been on plenty a date that didn't "go anywhere" other than just hanging out. If you tell the guy...Look I want to go out and do something.... but I want you to know ahead of time, I want to be going out as more than friends....what would you expect them to say? They'd be like...ummm No that's OK. Too uncomfortable of a situation going in, who wants that? (Most) Guys have a fear of commitment as it is. No sense feeding it before you've even gotten past the first date.

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    So when will they let you get the stuff? Or are they planning on cleaning out the house soon? Maybe they just want you to help them clean and they know you like classic video games so they tell you..."Oh yeah, there's some classic gaming systems buried in here somewhere." DOH!!!

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    My mother emailed me saying that I might see a "surprise" in my parking lot so quite an eloquent way to say that the car's been fixed or something. Unless they've exchanged it for another one. Hmm.

     

     

    Turns out it's NOT fixed yet. Hmm. Blah. :)

     

    So what was the suprise?

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    Personally if you can swing a bank giving you a loan I'd suggest that.

    Have you tried to see if anyone would finance you, and what you qualify for?

    I suggest going out to a car lot and finding out what your options are....If any.

    They will sell you a car if it's possible. Even though you cannot drive your current car, it's possible you could still use it as a trade-in. Sometimes lots will run specials on trade-ins drivable or not as long as you can get the car there.

     

    Good luck Kepone

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    Its very easy (and common as well) for folks to change their eating habits and lose a bunch of weight, only to turn around and gain it right back.

    I think at some point people are like, OK cool, look at me, I feel great, I look good, I can relax a bit ...and then *poof* a couple months of laxing and they are right back where they were.

     

    I guess the trick is to relax once and a while but stick to what you know works for the majority of the month.

     

    Basically just ask yourself, and I happier now, or was I happier a year ago. Let the answer be your guide to whether or not you decide you should relax too much.

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