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[Frostbite Bailey]

lemoncurry, on Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:06 PM, said:

Wow, this thread has gotten new legs!

All I want to say is that several people here need to look up the definition of "ironic."

Enlighten me???????????

[mbd30]

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Edited by mbd30, Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:33 PM.

[Omegamatrix]

lemoncurry, on Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:06 PM, said:

All I want to say is that several people here need to look up the definition of "ironic."

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Will that work? Seems like it would melt...

[lemoncurry]

Frostbite Bailey, on Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:59 PM, said:

lemoncurry, on Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:06 PM, said:

Wow, this thread has gotten new legs!

All I want to say is that several people here need to look up the definition of "ironic."

Enlighten me???????????

Basically, it means more than "coincidental."

http://wiki.answers....amples_of_irony

[Frostbite Bailey]

lemoncurry, on Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:39 PM, said:

Frostbite Bailey, on Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:59 PM, said:

lemoncurry, on Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:06 PM, said:

Wow, this thread has gotten new legs!

All I want to say is that several people here need to look up the definition of "ironic."

Enlighten me???????????

Basically, it means more than "coincidental."

http://wiki.answers....amples_of_irony

Thanks for the English lesson; it can be used in many contexts..isn't that ironic

[lemoncurry]

Frostbite Bailey, on Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:37 PM, said:

Thanks for the English lesson; it can be used in many contexts..isn't that ironic

Yeah, yeah, sure, Alanis!

[mbd30]

Wikipedia: "In Japanese, atari is the nominalized form of ataru (verb), meaning "to hit the target" or "to receive something fortuitously". The word 'atari' is used in Japanese when a prediction comes true or when someone wins a lottery."

So finding an "Air Raid" box is very atari.

[Mitch]

Pic with new owner.
http://community.web...054035810EmJAdK

Mitch

[Cebus Capucinis]

You lucky dogs at the south California meet got to see it in person! I'm so jealous!

[Mayhem]

We will be expecting to see it in the CGE museum of course

[CPUWIZ]

Mayhem, on Sat May 1, 2010 5:19 PM, said:

We will be expecting to see it in the CGE museum of course

You'll be able to see a better looking one at CGE, that's for sure.

[Cebus Capucinis]

CPUWIZ, on Sat May 1, 2010 5:36 PM, said:

Mayhem, on Sat May 1, 2010 5:19 PM, said:

We will be expecting to see it in the CGE museum of course

You'll be able to see a better looking one at CGE, that's for sure.

Will we see one lit on fire too?

[Tanman]

Mitch, on Sat May 1, 2010 1:22 PM, said:

Pic with new owner.
http://community.web...054035810EmJAdK

Mitch

hehe.. Cool to see! That wooden box underneath it is one of the 3 boxes I shipped it in..

Tanman

[Wonder007]

Tanman, on Sat May 1, 2010 5:40 PM, said:

Mitch, on Sat May 1, 2010 1:22 PM, said:

Pic with new owner.
http://community.web...054035810EmJAdK

Mitch

hehe.. Cool to see! That wooden box underneath it is one of the 3 boxes I shipped it in..

Tanman

Yes it is.....I am using the box to transport the game for now; that was a nice touch Tanner!!

[Cebus Capucinis]

WHAT? FREE WOODEN BOX INCLUDED? Man, if you would have put that in your auction description I would have bid $40,000!

[A.J. Franzman]

That reminds me of an interesting story from a local museum here in Southern California. In the late 1960s or early 1970s, The Air Museum - Planes of Fame had a visit from the prince of Siam (now Thailand). Apparently the prince was very impressed, as the museum staff were very surprised some time later to receive a large wooden crate delivered by truck, containing a disassembled Supermarine Spitfire WWII fighter aircraft, a relic of the Siamese Air Force, as a gift from the king of Siam. At that time, old airplanes didn't have anywhere near the collector value that they now have, and several people thought that the crate (made of solid teak!) was worth more than the airplane. Today that plane is restored to flying condition and worth several million dollars. The crate became a backyard deck for a member of the museum's board of directors.

Edited by A.J. Franzman, Sat May 1, 2010 9:26 PM.

[Tanman]

Wonder007, on Sat May 1, 2010 5:48 PM, said:

Tanman, on Sat May 1, 2010 5:40 PM, said:

Mitch, on Sat May 1, 2010 1:22 PM, said:

Pic with new owner.
http://community.web...054035810EmJAdK

Mitch

hehe.. Cool to see! That wooden box underneath it is one of the 3 boxes I shipped it in..

Tanman

Yes it is.....I am using the box to transport the game for now; that was a nice touch Tanner!!

The wooden box was the last line of defense. Whatever horror was to befall the the item, it was up to the fortified inner core to with stand the onslaught... HAHAHA!!

[fiddlepaddle]

homerwannabee, on Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:06 AM, said:

Rom Hunter, on Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:52 AM, said:

And Tanner's cart has men-a-plaque.

You know if a comic cover is switched out with another cover, or the inside of the comic is switched out with better pages it is looked down upon in the comic community. Yeah, it does look better, but there is some history that is lost by doing so.

To make an analogy it is like a women getting breast implants. Yeah, they definitely look awesome, but there is a tinge of sadness that they are not the original boobs. And yes, I do realize this is a crazy analogy!

I'd probably just keep the original boobs in a box in the closet, expecting to sell them to someone else down the road.

[DickNixonArisen]

That's pretty cool about the plane. I read and very much enjoyed John McPhee's "Coming into the country" which was about the pine barrens in new jersey - anyway, he saw an entire dam made of teak there, since to the builders one wood was as good as another.



Edit: misspelled "Damn"

Edited by DickNixonArisen, Sun May 2, 2010 2:51 AM.

[hhwolfman]

Jesus even someone in Phoenix is trying to get into the act. Not me. LOL Can't even get the color of the box right.

http://phoenix.craig...1721080479.html

[Albert]

hhwolfman, on Sun May 2, 2010 9:26 PM, said:

Jesus even someone in Phoenix is trying to get into the act. Not me. LOL Can't even get the color of the box right.

http://phoenix.craig...1721080479.html

We should all write this person.

..Al

[hhwolfman]

Albert, on Sun May 2, 2010 9:35 PM, said:

hhwolfman, on Sun May 2, 2010 9:26 PM, said:

Jesus even someone in Phoenix is trying to get into the act. Not me. LOL Can't even get the color of the box right.

http://phoenix.craig...1721080479.html

We should all write this person.

..Al

Yes with pictures of Jose's box.

[CPUWIZ]

hhwolfman, on Sun May 2, 2010 9:44 PM, said:

Albert, on Sun May 2, 2010 9:35 PM, said:

hhwolfman, on Sun May 2, 2010 9:26 PM, said:

Jesus even someone in Phoenix is trying to get into the act. Not me. LOL Can't even get the color of the box right.

http://phoenix.craig...1721080479.html

We should all write this person.

..Al

Yes with pictures of Jose's box.

Or this...

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[Albert]

LOL, someone has to send him (or her) that.

..Al

[Wonder007]

I wanted to let everybody know that I ended keeping the cart that came with the box. In addition, after carefully inspecting both carts that I have/had, the difference in condition between both of them was not as different as I originally thought; this made my decision a lot easier.