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#79558 - 11/03/2002 11:07 Who else is almost hating not being the "only one"
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
I used to be the only one with an empeg.... now 3 of my friends and my brother in law have one... They all bought one becuase I told them about the sale (they wanted one forever - but weren't biting yet). Now I'm not so unique! Oh well, now I am the local RioCar support guy.... heehee (for "how-to" questions)
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#79559 - 11/03/2002 11:27 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
hybrid8
carpal tunnel

Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
I'm still "THE ONLY ONE" Well, sorta. I bought one for my brother when they dropped in price. So he has one too. But no one else I know has one. And I even offered one of my extras to a few people. Now I won't part with it at the sale price, so if they ask, it's not for sale. So to be very specific, I'm "the only one" with 3 empegs.

Bruno
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#79560 - 11/03/2002 11:28 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: hybrid8]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Haha! Wow! I know what you mean about not letting one go. I still have my Mk2 and there is no way I'm selling it for less than $600 or $700 (with no drive).
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#79561 - 11/03/2002 11:34 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
robricc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
I love(ed) being the only one. But, I had to alert my friends to the deal to keep them from dipping into my stash.
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#79562 - 11/03/2002 11:37 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
BartDG
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
I too have got three Empegs (Mk2a's). One bought at full price, the second at the first price drop and the third at the x-mas price drop.

I won't sell even ONE of them. EVER. God knows I've had some rediculous offers already. But hey : I told everybody of which I knew they were even half interested about the x-mas drop AND I told them they'd have to be fast too. Those that didn't believe me are now nagging me about it, trying to covince me to sell one. Sorry guys, you had your chance. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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#79563 - 11/03/2002 12:25 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: BartDG]
olfajarley
stranger

Registered: 20/02/2002
Posts: 32
Loc: Silverdale WA USA
Well unlike most of the people at this forum I know very little about computers but i saw the rio car on E-bay and after a few minutes of browseing the net I came to sonic blue. A few key strokes and 5days later I was JAMMIN' ....I soon realized how lucky I was to get one ....and no body i know has one......but they do now
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#79564 - 11/03/2002 12:36 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: olfajarley]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Wow! You may be the only member SOLD by e-Bay!
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#79565 - 11/03/2002 12:37 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only [Re: olfajarley]
dodgecowboy
enthusiast

Registered: 31/01/2002
Posts: 214
Loc: Mississippi State University
The same thing basically happened to me, I was looking for a good car MP3 player, because all my friends were getting them and I cant be outdone, I found a sight talking about the Empeg and how badass it was but too expensive, came across Sonic Blues site, saw that they had gone on clearence and had to buy one up. Now I got the best system and they cant do a thing about it
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#79566 - 11/03/2002 16:50 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
I still am the only one, because even though I told all my friends about them when they went on sale, they're all as unemployed as I am.
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#79567 - 11/03/2002 17:04 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" *DELETED* [Re: wfaulk]
Whitey
member

Registered: 09/03/2002
Posts: 178
Loc: Louisiana, USA
Post deleted by Whitey


Edited by Whitey (11/03/2002 17:13)
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#79568 - 11/03/2002 17:08 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: Whitey]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
For those unemployed dotcommers... Must not miss "Laid Off: A Day in the Life" by Odd Todd.

www.oddtodd.com

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#79569 - 11/03/2002 17:14 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: wfaulk]
Whitey
member

Registered: 09/03/2002
Posts: 178
Loc: Louisiana, USA
ah a fellow unemployed.
it's a great life aint it.
not a care in the world ........................................................................................................except for rent
nothing to do all day...........................................................................................................cause your broke ass
all the time to do all those project you've been meaning to finish.............................................that maybe you could if you had some money
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#79570 - 11/03/2002 17:17 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: tfabris]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
That makes me more sad.
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#79571 - 11/03/2002 17:31 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: tfabris]
msaeger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
that was funny ! the voice is great

where do you find this stuff
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#79572 - 11/03/2002 19:14 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: msaeger]
justinlarsen
old hand

Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
ya i kinda regret telling all my friends ect. about the toy they have to buy.. i was so excited that i told everyone to buy one.. now 5 people in town have um.. im liek great me an my big mouth.. dosent make my car as uniquie anymore.. blah oh well they all still have v1.03 and they dont even know about this forum.. or how to do any neat things that only i would notice
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#79573 - 11/03/2002 21:23 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
grgcombs
addict

Registered: 03/07/2001
Posts: 663
Loc: Dallas, TX
I'm almost finished putting one in the wife's jeep. Weird knowing that I'm not the priviledged anymore

g
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#79574 - 13/03/2002 04:19 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: grgcombs]
frog51
pooh-bah

Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Myself and my brother are the only folk I know of who have empegs. We like it that way:) For I am gadget-boy!
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MkIIa, blue lit buttons, memory upgrade, 1Tb in Subaru Forester STi
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#79575 - 13/03/2002 05:24 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
cyberco
member

Registered: 29/01/2002
Posts: 109
Loc: United Kingdom
haha, interesting topic, but everyone has a different motor with a different image, even the sound systems are different, with different music collections and different amps and speakers

what am i going on about .... well even if all my friends got empeg (which they dont) my system would still be unique and special!
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#79576 - 13/03/2002 19:49 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
tanstaafl.
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5549
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
I used to be the only one with an empeg.... Now I'm not so unique!

I own the only two empegs in Interior Alaska. The closest empeg "competitor" to me is nearly 400 miles away! (Hi, Liufeng and alaskan7...)

So nyaaahh nyaaahh nyaaahh!

tanstaafl.
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#79577 - 13/03/2002 19:55 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: tanstaafl.]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Define ``interior Alaska'' for me. Provide examples.
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#79578 - 13/03/2002 20:12 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: wfaulk]
tanstaafl.
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5549
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
Define ``interior Alaska'' for me. Provide examples.

Anything other than exterior Alaska, of course.



tanstaafl.
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#79579 - 13/03/2002 20:15 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: tanstaafl.]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
So you're saying that all other empegs in Alaska are out-of-doors?
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#79580 - 13/03/2002 20:24 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only [Re: wfaulk]
jimhogan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Define ``interior Alaska'' for me. Provide examples.

I Googled the state gov web site and it says:

a) More than 6 hours dog mush or b) 1.25 hours or greater flight time in a DeHavilland Beaver from salt water summer tide line.

Hope that helps,

Jim
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#79581 - 13/03/2002 20:26 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Reggie
member

Registered: 24/06/1999
Posts: 118
Loc: Chile
Not a problem for me, as I still am the only empeg owner in Latin America , AFAIK.
But, isolation brings other problems, for example I'm not sure about doing anything like modding the empeg, like that translucent-illuminated buttons mod I'm so excited about, because the only idea of breaking something and the subsequent nightmarish experience of sending it to USA or worse, England, to try to repair it seems quite unlikely.
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#79582 - 13/03/2002 20:33 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: Reggie]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
Repairs would be send to England, and those who have done it have been impressed by the turn-around time. Please read this.
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#79583 - 13/03/2002 23:37 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only one" [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
zaskar
new poster

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 29
Loc: Toronto, Ontario
I am the only one in my group of friends and it's great. So it's not installed yet but will be by the weekend, hopefully if my Clarion deck did not get stoped at the boarder

Derek


Edited by zaskar (13/03/2002 23:51)

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#79584 - 14/03/2002 09:16 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only [Re: jimhogan]
jimhogan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
...More than 6 hours dog mush...

Geez, I can't get arrested in this town!

For the record, the dog sled/bush plane criteria was a complete fabrication...kind of reminds me of my most successful fib...but a complete fabrication. The problem, I suppose, with trying to exercise a meager sense of humor based in part on petty deceits is that pretty soon folks realize that you're full of sh*t!

Jim
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#79585 - 14/03/2002 09:45 Re: Tae-Kwan-Leap [Re: tanstaafl.]
jason
stranger

Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 28
In another thread in For Sale, tfabris wrote:
How do you feel about a boot to the head?

And now, here, he also writes:
So nyaaahh nyaaahh nyaaahh!

I can't resist the Tae-Kwan-Leap reference...

http://beagleweb.com/fun-boottothehead.html

This is a good comedic mp3 to put in your empeg...

-j

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#79586 - 14/03/2002 10:49 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only [Re: jimhogan]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
For the record, the dog sled/bush plane criteria was a complete fabrication

Oh, I knew that. I thought it was hilarious, and laughed out loud when I read it.

Sometimes the best jokes on this BBS get met with no replies. Dunno why. Actually, I don't know why I didn't reply to your dogsled post myself. I guess it's that it was so perfect that I didn't have anything better to add. I just laughed and went on to the next thread.
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#79587 - 14/03/2002 11:22 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only [Re: tfabris]
jimhogan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Sometimes the best jokes on this BBS get met with no replies.

Humor is unpredictable and a matter of taste, and I try not to expect a response especially if I deadpanned something. I started to feel guilty, though, that someone might actually believe me!

I still have an ex-boss who, thanks to me, believes that those little wall anchors were invented by a Frenchman named Jacques Molay (and he probably pontificates on that subject at parties -- that kind of guy). I can live with that. The two women I overheard in a bar planning a kayak trip to AK who I convinced that grizzles could be repelled by filing a bit of their kayak with a flat file (something about polyester , esters, vapors...)? Well, I could live with the notion of them going to the next Mountaineers meeting and announcing "Hey, we heard about this great new way to repel bears....", but then I had this vision of the two of them in mid-stream furiously filing away.... After about 20 minutes... I had to tell them.

I just have a fatal attraction to information vacuums.

Jim
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#79588 - 14/03/2002 14:46 Re: Who else is almost hating not being the "only [Re: jimhogan]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Ya' suckered me.

For those of you that might actually be interested: http://www.alaska.com/akcom/regions/


Edited by wfaulk (14/03/2002 14:49)
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