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post #1 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:42pm
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As I mentioned in another thread, I have recently weened myself off of downloading things and generally tinkering/hacking technology. As part of that process, I burnt all of my pirated stuff (dvd's burn, but they smell like death), and I sold off all of my hacked devices, including:

- my several times re-purposed PSP
- my DS SuperCard hardware
- several external USB hard drives (between all of them, I had ten TB of storage... yes terabytes)
- two Pentium 4 2.0 GHz dual-core computers each with 1GB ram and shitty video cards (which I had daisy-chained together to receive torrent files and whatnot - I remote accessed both from other PCs in the house)

The proceeds of selling all of this stuff? Exactly $774.00 CDN (there was a few pennies on that too but I am assuming Paypal will figure out a way to eat those). I would like to have advice on how to spend this money. No idea will be rejected outright. Go!
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post #2 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:44pm
Drugs.
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post #3 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:45pm
Two chicks at once.
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post #4 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:46pm
http://shop.cafepress.com/chud

I'll take a shirt.
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post #5 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:46pm
Hookers. Preferably disposable ones.
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post #6 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:46pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Two chicks at once.
Currently the winner. Despite imminent divorce afterwards, totally worth it!
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post #7 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:47pm
Funding my acquisitive lifestyle.
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post #8 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:48pm
Buying proper versions of the stuff you pirated?
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post #9 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:49pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post
Buying proper versions of the stuff you pirated?
Not enough money
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post #10 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:51pm
30 copies of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on DVD?
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post #11 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:52pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Two chicks at once.
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Originally Posted by Ludwig View Post
Currently the winner. Despite imminent divorce afterwards, totally worth it!
Buy your wife a 3 hour spa package somewhere. While she's away getting pampered and thinking about just how great you are...
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post #12 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:52pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
30 copies of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on DVD?
That's a grand total of about $150.00 at Walmart. And yes, their bin does have more than 30 in it. I would love to do this one year and give everyone I know a copy for Christmas. Some of my relatives would actually think this was a good present, but it is a well known fact that I descend from somewhat less-than-noble stock...
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post #13 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:53pm
Considering his previous involvements He will end filming the prostitutes activities, adding more terabytes to his collection...but I will third this suggestion.
Ludwing, BTW which thread do you mean?
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post #14 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:53pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Buy your wife a 3 hour spa package somewhere. While she's away getting pampered and thinking about just how great you are...
You are the smartest person I know.
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post #15 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:53pm
CHUD PayPal

The last time you sold all of your DVDs I ended buying a bunch of them. Still own them too!
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post #16 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:53pm
A big bag of weed and a nice bottle of scotch.
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post #17 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
CHUD PayPal

The last time you sold all of your DVDs I ended buying a bunch of them. Still own them too!
God I forgot about the whole 1 year laid off sell-off-o-rama. THANKS FOR REMINDING ME OF MY BITTER FAILURES!!! jk
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post #18 of 62
7/22/09 at 5:55pm
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Originally Posted by Ludwig View Post
I would love to do this one year and give everyone I know a copy for Christmas.
Something tells me you didn't get the joke.
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post #19 of 62
7/22/09 at 6:01pm
Commit to purchasing the very next item posted in the "The Fact That This Exists..." thread, sight unseen.
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post #20 of 62
7/22/09 at 6:09pm
Right now I would buy the LG BD390 player.
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post #21 of 62
7/22/09 at 6:11pm
Samsung just released a BD Player Home Theater set up for $800. Probably not worth it though, since Canada wouldn't get the Netflix support.
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post #22 of 62
7/22/09 at 6:27pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Something tells me you didn't get the joke.
Yep. Although I actually did what he's talking about a few years ago. Except with Death Race 2000, because that's how awesome I am.
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post #23 of 62
7/22/09 at 7:09pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Two chicks at once.
I hope Ludwig looks like this guy



Then it'll be ten times as awesome.


If not, then just buy a shitload of dvds from DD's 25% off sale.
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post #24 of 62
7/22/09 at 7:19pm
A bookshelf and books.
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post #25 of 62
7/22/09 at 7:31pm
Rob's freedom.
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post #26 of 62
7/22/09 at 8:13pm
Integrity...
Failing 'that'...buy 773 more of them!
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post #27 of 62
7/22/09 at 10:18pm
Buy some Canada medical overstock, take several trips across the border. Resell the drugs to the elderly and impoverished. Pocket the cash. Split half your profit on the aforementioned endeavor.


Rinse and repeat.
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post #28 of 62
7/22/09 at 10:33pm
Good scotch and blow.
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post #29 of 62
7/22/09 at 10:38pm
Oppo's new blu-ray player
http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-83/

and the rest on Blu-ray porn
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post #30 of 62
7/22/09 at 10:42pm
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post
Good scotch and blow.
don't forget the obligitory hooker
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post #31 of 62
7/22/09 at 11:02pm
http://gatheringofthevibes.com/2008/tickets

You still have time to buy Gathering of the Vibes tickets for you and 7 of your closest friends with enough money leftover to score some "swag" at the vibes.... or if you include airfare... just you.
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post #32 of 62
7/22/09 at 11:23pm
3 whores at once. Have them do weird shit and post it online
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post #33 of 62
7/22/09 at 11:33pm
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Originally Posted by Dave Jarvie View Post
don't forget the obligitory hooker
He's a taken man, and I wasn't being flippant.
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post #34 of 62
7/22/09 at 11:34pm
You can pay my t- mobil cell bill! I thought I cancelled my account, little did I know I was wrong...... Say hello to debt collectors!
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post #35 of 62
7/22/09 at 11:41pm
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Originally Posted by MoonBaseNick View Post
You can pay my t- mobil cell bill! I thought I cancelled my account, little did I know I was wrong...... Say hello to debt collectors!
Don't pay it! You're debt is keeping somoene employed! If you pay off debt then there will be no debt collectors, it's a zero sum game!
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post #36 of 62
7/22/09 at 11:51pm
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Originally Posted by Snaieke View Post
Don't pay it! You're debt is keeping somoene employed! If you pay off debt then there will be no debt collectors, it's a zero sum game!
Well, I orginally thought that if I kept on spending money I did not have that'll I'll be getting myself out of debt.... But hey, I'm glad I'm keeping someone employed!!

I wonder if they are hiring.
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post #37 of 62
7/23/09 at 12:41am
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Originally Posted by A-Pathetic View Post
Commit to purchasing the very next item posted in the "The Fact That This Exists..." thread, sight unseen.
OMG. That sounds a lot like playing Press Your Luck, only the whammies either kill you or give you blow jobs, and every fifth square you can randomly land on is filled with woe. Also, this is the new winner.
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post #38 of 62
7/23/09 at 12:42am
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Originally Posted by Anderson View Post
Buy some Canada medical overstock, take several trips across the border. Resell the drugs to the elderly and impoverished. Pocket the cash. Split half your profit on the aforementioned endeavor.


Rinse and repeat.
I used to work at www.canadadrugs.com, I sort of did the whole drug reselling thing for a living. Not nearly as glamourous as one might think. Not that I am against kooky schemes to make money.
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post #39 of 62
7/23/09 at 2:08am
Buy Detroit. All of it.
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post #40 of 62
7/23/09 at 3:32am
whats he going to do with the other 700 dollars?
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post #41 of 62
7/23/09 at 3:51am
High class Manitoba call girls, obviously.
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post #42 of 62
7/23/09 at 4:58am
Spend like $100 on something that would make you happy, then save the rest.

Or yes, hookers. Two of them.
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post #43 of 62
7/23/09 at 10:51am
In all honesty, you should probably put that money towards a debt that you have. Pay off a credit card, make an additional principal payment on the house, put it in your IRA.

Or...Two Chicks At Once.
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post #44 of 62
7/23/09 at 10:52am
How much Elsinore would that buy?
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post #45 of 62
7/23/09 at 9:53pm
Being sensible... put it into an RRSP. Or pay off any debts you have?
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post #46 of 62
7/24/09 at 10:00am
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Originally Posted by Brendan View Post
Being sensible... put it into an RRSP. Or pay off any debts you have?
Boooooo.
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post #47 of 62
7/27/09 at 8:50am
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
In all honesty, you should probably put that money towards a debt that you have. Pay off a credit card, make an additional principal payment on the house, put it in your IRA.

Or...Two Chicks At Once.

I read this as give it to the IRA. Mind you $700 would by Sean Bean a better boat hook.
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post #48 of 62
7/27/09 at 1:35pm
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My original intention was to blow it all on myself in the stupidest way possible to achieve maximum fun. But my 9-year-old daughter, who has taken a shine to comics in the last year (after watching the new Wolverine & The X-Men t.v. series and watching the first two X-Men movies with me), thought it would be fun to go to the comic store and check stuff out. Previous to this, she had purchased the book versions of Kiki's Delivery Service and Howl's Moving Castle with her own money as she is a huge fan of all things Miyazaki. (they are basically attempts to make a comic book out of animation stills used in the movie. There are 4 paperback volumes for each film, and if you are a fan of the art the reproduction quality is flawless)

I ended up buying her Essential X-Men Vol 1 and also a manga called My Cat Loki . She is wending her way through the X-Men book right now and I am having to answer questions about the various line-ups and history. Which is fucking awesome! I will have her reading Marvel Universe books soon :P

So I am now down to $744.00. Adjust your requests accordingly.

NOTE: for all of those making actual practical suggestions, I really appreciate your voices of reason, but this money was never meant to be earmarked for anything, and in the interests of filling up the huge void left by the destruction of all of my old pirate life (yarrrr), I want to go fun and not practical for a change.
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post #49 of 62
7/27/09 at 1:44pm
You will reap the benefits for a long, long time if you spend some of that money on your wife. Buying her a pampering spa package will help maintain the illusion that you still love her; that should get you a couple of months worth of happiness right there.
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post #50 of 62
7/27/09 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
You will reap the benefits for a long, long time if you spend some of that money on your wife. Buying her a pampering spa package will help maintain the illusion that you still love her; that should get you a couple of months worth of happiness right there.
Hmmm. Yeah maybe it would be better to min/max this thing out, get some stuff for me, do some nice things for others to keep them off my backs. I like the cut of your jib Mr. Booth. Do you have a newsletter that I could subscribe to perchance?
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