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A New Foil
|     | 7 | 12.28% | |
An Epee
|    | 14 | 24.56% | |
Half A Dozen Body Cords
|    | 0 | 0% | |
A Slick New Video Card
|    | 5 | 8.77% | |
A Laser Mouse
|    | 2 | 3.51% | |
Pants (not fencing)
|    | 1 | 1.75% | |
Video Games
| | 2 | 3.51% | |
Hookers And Blow
| | 26 | 45.61% | 
01-11-2006, 10:32 PM
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#41 | | Moderator
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| It's my knightly duty to sample as much peril as I possibly can.
Also, I see no option for "sabre and mask", which is the obvious answer. | 
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01-11-2006, 10:58 PM
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#42 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Ahem. You should invest the money, in a good no-load index mutual fund ( I suggest Vanguard ). That way, eventually, you WILL be able to afford sabre gear.  | |
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01-12-2006, 12:36 AM
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#43 | | Just Joined
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| You could always do the responsible thing and invest, so you can buy more epees a few years down the line when you're having those peanut butter and jelly months... | |
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01-12-2006, 05:10 AM
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#44 | | Senior Member
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| i voted video games. why? because its the closest thing to an xbox 360.
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01-12-2006, 05:52 AM
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#45 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Aqua_volans i voted video games. why? because its the closest thing to an xbox 360. | I've played it at work. I remain unimpressed. 
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01-12-2006, 10:57 AM
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#46 | | Senior Member
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| Sod it, go and piss it up the wall 
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01-12-2006, 12:39 PM
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#47 | | Fencing Expert
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| The last option is what any sensible fencer will choose. There is something about fencing and vice that is very disturbing, yet cool at the same time...
__________________ - Epee is the Louis Vuitton bag of fencing: only the best can get it, and the rest of the masses must content themselves with cheap knockoffs (sabre, foil)
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01-13-2006, 09:20 AM
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#48 | | Senior Member
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| unimpressed? explain. i am dying to own one. its 599 SGD. i see the xbox 360 and i can't bear to look at my xbox
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01-13-2006, 12:17 PM
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#49 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Aqua_volans unimpressed? explain. i am dying to own one. its 599 SGD. i see the xbox 360 and i can't bear to look at my xbox | Perhaps it's just the release titles they have out now, but I just haven't seen or experienced anything on the 360 that make it seem worth buying. There's just nothing new. If someone can point out to me something that'd make it a worthwhile purchase, then I'll advocate it. Right now it just seems like more of the same.
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01-13-2006, 11:14 PM
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#50 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by swordwench Here's my theory:
Since none of your options was "buy a new sabre", all the sabreurs chose "hookers and blow." Why am I not surprised? |
my logic as well
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01-14-2006, 12:40 AM
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#51 | | Senior Member
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| Buy a '59 reissue Les Paul, a Marshall stack, a Roger Mayer Octavia Wah pedal, and ten years worth of guitar lessons. Revolutionize Rock n' Roll, become famous, get signed to Epic records, and give them my band's demo tape.
Thank you.
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01-14-2006, 12:41 AM
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#52 | | Senior Member
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| I'd buy a new foil (or actually a lamae considering I am lacking thereof) but thats cuz its the only thing I fence at the moment!
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01-14-2006, 12:54 AM
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#53 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by riptide Buy a '59 reissue Les Paul, a Marshall stack, a Roger Mayer Octavia Wah pedal, and ten years worth of guitar lessons. Revolutionize Rock n' Roll, become famous, get signed to Epic records, and give them my band's demo tape.
Thank you. | Will do! Well everything but the handing over your demo tape- I just fail to see how that would help me.
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01-23-2006, 07:15 PM
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#54 | | Senior Member
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| Too lazy to make a new thread for this, so here's my dilemna: I have enough cash for either a new PS2, that epee I've been wanting, or a lame. Should I blow it, if so what should I buy, or should I save it? (My next paycheck is going to be rather thin thanks to the cut in my hours. Though I should be able to get by anyways)
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Woman was created for our destruction, and it is from her we inherit all our miseries. - Aramis, from The Three Musketeers
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01-23-2006, 08:06 PM
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#55 | | Senior Member
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| Lame!
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01-24-2006, 02:31 AM
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#56 | | Senior Member
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| Dude, I never condone narcotics usage except in this one case. This is the quintessential peak of the life of a college age male. If you spend the money on hookers and blow you may have a chance to live the scene in Harold & Kumar where Dougie Houser drives by snorting coke of a strippers derriere. At that point the question of why you were snorting coke goes so down the list of questions it'll never get asked. And you'll live forever in collegiate infamy.
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01-24-2006, 05:07 AM
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#57 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by JackOfHearts I have enough cash for either a new PS2, that epee I've been wanting, or a lame. | Get thee an épée, boy! 
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01-24-2006, 11:58 AM
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#58 | | Friend of Fencing
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| Upon returning from Houston, I discovered that my primary computer was frozen, locked, and at its last breath to say the final good bye before it refused to reboot.
While troubleshooting one component after the other, I had entertained the possibility that I might have to revamp the motherboard. Let's just say that my computing lifestyle doesn't promote hardware longevity.... Then I came across this: Nerdvana
That's Dual AMD Socket 940 Opteron, 8 memory slots supporting 4Gig RAM each for a total of 32Gig RAM, 8MB BIOS, 4 SATA-II, 2 IDE controllers (with dedicated cooling system for each), plus the usual goodies.
These are wonderous times to be a geek....
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01-25-2006, 04:33 AM
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#59 | | Senior Member
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| get a cessna 172 private plane and apply for private pilot's license.
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