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I just got my refund check from college mailed, so I'm buying all this when my check comes, which should be tommorow

iMac 20" (2GB Ram, 320GB HD, 9400M)
Dell Vostro A90 (1GB, 16GB SSD, Ubuntu 8.04)
IKEA Galant Desk (Left Combo, A-Leg, Birch)
2GB (1x2GB) DDR2 667MHZ SO-Dimm
4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1066MHz SO-Dimm
Western Digital My Book Studio Edition 750GB
Phone Bill from Verizon

In total $2001.99 minus tax from Ikea, still waiting on them.

 

How do you get a refund from college? I'll sign up again!

 

Braid on Steam, it's 66% off for those who don't know. 5 USD.

 

lol, when your student loan is more than your tuition. I got about $16,000 in student loans for like my first year + 6 months, and I so far have 1 check of just under 2k coming to me. Probably getting more, since my tuition isnt all that much

 

sansa fuze mp3 player, textbooks, new clothes, tuition, and lots of other stuff. i've spent way too much money in the last couple days.

 

a door spring compressor


$20 and I'm only going to use it once

 

for what?

 

There's a spring in the door so it stays open. I had to replace the hinges and bushing in my door and the only way to get the pin out is to take the spring out so $20 just to take a spring out



and there isn't any other way to do it

 

ahh gotcha

 

hopefully I can sell it so it isn't so much of a loss on my part

 

We used to make front coil spring compressors out of a couple pieces scrap alum bar with a couple long pieces of allthread rod and some nuts. Tighten the nuts to compress, remove the spring, fiddle about, put the spring back and and just chop the allthread rod with a bolt cutter. $3 or $4 for some stuff and throw it away.

Tools are expensive. Specialty tools moreso.

 

I don't have the tools to make other tools other wise I would have made one

 

And the price of the dental work even more than that. I hate coil spring compressors. I heard the horror stories and didn't even like looking at them, not even when they weren't in use, would stand well back and look the other way if someone was using them, then cringe if I also heard the sound of an impact gun. I'm glad I never had to use them.

 

What if you end up needing one again?

 

Never EVER sell tools. You can be certain that the day after you sell it, you will need it again

 

Then I guess I'll buy a new one

The guy at the tool store said this is the first time he's sold one and he has been working there for 5 years

as soon as the spring was out I unloaded it with the spring held tightly to the bench. I could have left it loaded while I worked but I thought I might as well unload it and be safe, rather than sorry

 

A case of beer and a couple of bottles of booze, it was a weekend AND a house warming party.. Sheesh.

Also a laptop, 2*2 GB C2D, 4 GB memory, 1440x900 screen... 120 GB hard drive if I remember correctly. Should get it tomorrow, can't wait. Overall it will be faster than my housemate's desktop Just lacking on the graphics...

 

A copy of FFX, FarCry, Hitman 2, and Empire Total War.

The FFX was $5 and FarCry and Hitman 2 $3.

E:TW was $6.

 

Logitech Illuminated Keyboard and Sennheiser PC156 Headset.

 

Beer.

Football season is finally here!