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Dang! I'm at work and have to be away from my desk a lot right now. Hope there's something left when I get the chance!
Anyone score any cool stuff?
Dave
Anyone score any cool stuff?
Dave
Still no BoC, so there's a chance. I haven't seen anything I can't live without.
Jim Ricks
Jim Ricks
I almost pulled the trigger on a Bamboo Sushi rolling set after reading the following "pitch"-but then decided to save my $49.99 and get the female offspring something else for her upcoming b-day. I do love the stories, at least there upfront about feeding you a line of garbage.
No Bamboozlin’
As you probably know, I was captured in 1988 by an elite team of Soviet, Cuban, Vietnamese and Chinese commandos (one each).
They held me in a prison camp in the middle of China and tried to break my spirit with propaganda, which they could not do, so they got frustrated and subjected me to all kinds of torture and drugs and things I prefer not to remember.
Then sometimes they would make me fight a gladiator robot in a big gladiator pit, which I was only able to defeat thanks to a my martial arts skills and willingness to sometimes integrate mathematical paradoxes into my fighting style, which confused the robot and melted down his processors.
One night after a long session of them trying to brainwash me into admitting Katarina Witt was hotter than Dorothy Hamill (which she was, but I would never give them the satisfaction), I decided to break out. I had been tied to the ground like every night to sleep on a bed of sharpened bamboo stalks. Bamboo, as you probably know, grows so fast you can see it with the naked eye, and so these sharpened stalks would penetrate my flesh overnight, which I was only able to survive out of sheer force of will and mental meditation to overcome the pain.
But on this night I was able to uproot one of these stalks and use the sharpened end to cut myself free of my bonds so that I was free like an American eagle soaring in the sky, except that I wasn’t soaring in the sky, I was just kind of sitting there.
Then, when the guard came in to give me my midnight beating, I hid behind the door and smacked him with the stalk, right in the puss! Bam-boo-ya! He was out cold. I took his uniform, which barely fit because of my much more muscular build, and made a run for the river, stopping only briefly to blow up the whole prison camp.
Then there were dogs and guards after me, so when I got to the river, I swam underwater, breathing through my bamboo stalk to avoid detection by sight or scent. And as I drifted many miles to the mouth of the river and freedom, I thought “you know something, bamboo? You and me, we’ve been through a lot, good times and bad, and if we make it out of here, I say we’re partners for life, in everything we do, including chopping up vegetables or making sushi for dinner parties or serving out salad or whatever.”
And that’s why all my kitchen stuff is bamboo.
No Bamboozlin’
As you probably know, I was captured in 1988 by an elite team of Soviet, Cuban, Vietnamese and Chinese commandos (one each).
They held me in a prison camp in the middle of China and tried to break my spirit with propaganda, which they could not do, so they got frustrated and subjected me to all kinds of torture and drugs and things I prefer not to remember.
Then sometimes they would make me fight a gladiator robot in a big gladiator pit, which I was only able to defeat thanks to a my martial arts skills and willingness to sometimes integrate mathematical paradoxes into my fighting style, which confused the robot and melted down his processors.
One night after a long session of them trying to brainwash me into admitting Katarina Witt was hotter than Dorothy Hamill (which she was, but I would never give them the satisfaction), I decided to break out. I had been tied to the ground like every night to sleep on a bed of sharpened bamboo stalks. Bamboo, as you probably know, grows so fast you can see it with the naked eye, and so these sharpened stalks would penetrate my flesh overnight, which I was only able to survive out of sheer force of will and mental meditation to overcome the pain.
But on this night I was able to uproot one of these stalks and use the sharpened end to cut myself free of my bonds so that I was free like an American eagle soaring in the sky, except that I wasn’t soaring in the sky, I was just kind of sitting there.
Then, when the guard came in to give me my midnight beating, I hid behind the door and smacked him with the stalk, right in the puss! Bam-boo-ya! He was out cold. I took his uniform, which barely fit because of my much more muscular build, and made a run for the river, stopping only briefly to blow up the whole prison camp.
Then there were dogs and guards after me, so when I got to the river, I swam underwater, breathing through my bamboo stalk to avoid detection by sight or scent. And as I drifted many miles to the mouth of the river and freedom, I thought “you know something, bamboo? You and me, we’ve been through a lot, good times and bad, and if we make it out of here, I say we’re partners for life, in everything we do, including chopping up vegetables or making sushi for dinner parties or serving out salad or whatever.”
And that’s why all my kitchen stuff is bamboo.
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Looking at the past woots at mywoot.net, there were about 10 things I would have bought in a second. That home weather station looked good. 2nd gen ipod touch, memory, etc. A lot of good stuff this time around.
Blast it!
Blast it!
Like a certain pink bunny, this one is still going and no BoC yet. Jim
Were there any in the last woot off? I have yet to have seen any crap.
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There was in the last one, so I doubt the BoC will make an appearance this time around.
I just bought a refurb HP computer. 2.6 GHz dual core, 6 GB RAM (!!!). 640 GB hard disk. Free upgrade to Windows 7, though it ships with Vista. Now, I never pulled the trigger on Vista for my other computers, since it has such a lousy rep. I sure hope 7 is better.
Anyway, for $350 plus $5 shipping, I couldn't pass it up.
OBTW, this is for the wife. Her computer was getting pretty tired. Merry Christmas, dear.
-Bob
Anyway, for $350 plus $5 shipping, I couldn't pass it up.
OBTW, this is for the wife. Her computer was getting pretty tired. Merry Christmas, dear.
-Bob
ricoba
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I almost bit on that one too, for my daughter, but didn't bite, though it seemed like a darn good deal.
Enjoy it!
Kathy Q
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Never have gotten a BoC yet but have scored the screaming monkeys a few times!
Kathy Q
Kathy Q
Kathy Q
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The BoC just came up and boohoo, wahwah, sobsob, I still didn't get one! Server kept timing out or crashing. Oh well...
Kathy Q
I got to the Random Crap bag for $3...hit the I want one button and got...
504 Gateway Timeout
(grrrrrrr)
After several attempts, they were sold out.
504 Gateway Timeout
(grrrrrrr)
After several attempts, they were sold out.
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Gee, I bought the same thing. And got the same Timeout error. I think there are some folks just camping out with a mouse finger on the "I Want One" trigger.
Not like I'D ever do that... :hysterical:
Dave
Not like I'D ever do that... :hysterical:
Dave
Oh NO!!! Ratz!, I go away from the 'puter for an hour and miss ANOTHER BoC! To Quote KathyQ.... Oh Well! It just saves another $8...... Jim
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what the wuck is a woot anyway?
www.woot.com generally sells 1 item a day until it's gone, starting at midnite Central. Occasionally they clean out their warehouse one item at a time until sold out- this is called a 'woot-off'. Imbeded in a woot-off is the sale of a grab-bag, known as a 'Bag of Crap'. A BoC can be anything from a couple of t-shirts that don't fit to a big-screen TV. All shipping is $5 extra. The copy is somewhat irreverent. The t-shirts are tight for their size, the wine is good and shipped from the winery.
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Woot-Off is all done.
Anybody get anything cool? I was THIS CLOSE to getting a BoC, but their servers crashed - again. <sigh>
Dave
Anybody get anything cool? I was THIS CLOSE to getting a BoC, but their servers crashed - again. <sigh>
Dave
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Not a thing this time around. The only thing I would have bought was the Zune. I'll stick around until after the screaming monkey flips. Sometimes they have bacon salt after the monkey.
Good Woot-of this time. 45.5 hours so far. I didn't pull the trigger on this woot-off, but I'd sprung for the BBQ temp probe and weather station earlier.
Jim Ricks
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I missed the weather station -- what do you think of it? A digital probe thermometer is necessary kit in any serious kitchen, though.
I think it's OK. Nice to see what's going on outside. I see them fairly often on one place or another. Check www.todaysDoD.com it tracks some 360 woot-like sales sites so you don't have to search them all.
I'll use the temp probe mostly in the wood pellet smoker. Of course if there's something tasty in the oven it will go there too....
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Scored the 10 inch queen memory foam matress for our guest bed room. Now I will have a better dog house if needed.
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I saw that one. Let me know about that "ventilation system" it mentioned. It piqued my interest. I had a memory foam 4 inch topper for my bed but had to stop using it. The foam made me sweat like a stuck pig. It was comfortable to lay on, but impossible to sleep on for long. So now it's on the guest room bed, so visiting guests don't stay too long.
Dave