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Offline justthatgood

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Re: What's the furthest distance you've travelled to collect Amiga stuff?
« Reply #14 from previous page: January 19, 2007, 10:52:33 AM »
Well I guess it's more sensible to drive a long distance for some vintage computer hardware, rather then driving for some "action" of other sorts. Though I've known people that have done it for both...
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Re: What's the furthest distance you've travelled to collect Amiga stuff?
« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2007, 03:31:27 PM »
@ Cyberus: thank you very very much for your kind offer!
I will take it into serious consideration, since eBay UK is my primary source of Amiga related stuff

Yeah...its very cool to have relatives spreaded all around the world...but... i usually never have the $$$ to pay a visit!!
( i mean, i spend my hard earned money in Amiga stufff!!!!)



 :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D

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Re: What's the furthest distance you've travelled to collect Amiga stuff?
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2007, 04:44:33 PM »
I once drove about 70 miles round trip to *deliver* a Phoenix expansion box to a guy wanting to buy it from me. We met about halfway between his town and mine at a 7-11 store in some little burg. ;-) I remember it, especially because while we were there some guy drives in in a DeLorean. No Mr. Fusion though.  
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Re: What's the furthest distance you've travelled to collect Amiga stuff?
« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2007, 05:56:47 PM »
well as far as hardware i only bought that mail order but when i bought my a570 cdrom drive i ordered it overnight shipping. well the next day i went to warner robins and we noticed the water was rising fast so we cancelled our plans and went home. my drive didn't come the next day so i contacted the company and asked for the tracking number. lo and behold the cdrom drive was in macon,ga and i had been watching macon flooding on tv all day. :cry: it was several days later i got the drive but it only lived for 6 months then died. :cry:  :cry: commodore was dead by then. :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

at least i got my cd32 before they died :-D
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Re: What's the furthest distance you've travelled to collect Amiga stuff?
« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2007, 11:56:53 PM »
Looks like ChaosLord went the longest distance by a huge margin! Then again, the US is pretty large! Can't drive that far in New Zealand or you fall into the sea!

Where was that bridge in the end?

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Re: The longest bridge on Earth
« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2007, 12:34:12 AM »
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Good grief man, what a story! Where was that bridge?

Interstate 10 (I-10) in Louisiana.  It crosses a giant swamp.  The topography there is quite dreadfull.  Like something from a Horror Movie.

You probably saw the damaged bridge on the news after Hurricane Katrina blasted pieces out of it.

btw: My car's air conditioner worked beautifully the whole entire trip.  But as soon as we got home it broke and never worked again.  :boohoo:
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Re: The longest bridge on Earth
« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2007, 02:01:05 AM »
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btw: My car's air conditioner worked beautifully the whole entire trip.  But as soon as we got home it broke and never worked again.  :boohoo:


Gadzooks! New Orleans in summer without air conditioning is unbearable. I only spent 2 weeks there for navy reserve, and it was bad. Better hope your windows don't break too.  :-D
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Re: The longest bridge on Earth
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2007, 02:42:22 AM »
Wow, these storys make my little 30 mile trek to the flea market look like mail order!
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Re: The longest bridge on Earth
« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2007, 03:06:06 AM »
Good old Internet! That's one long bridge!!!

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Re: The longest bridge on Earth
« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2007, 11:33:46 AM »
200 miles then through the hills and valleys of Wales in a very old car to collect an entire Amiga based S-VHS video production studio.  :-)
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Re: What's the furthest distance you've travelled to collect Amiga stuff?
« Reply #24 on: January 20, 2007, 03:42:58 PM »
I've just got back from Fleet, Hampshire England to collect a Philips  CM11342 14" colour monitor on the train. A round-trip distance of appox 165 miles.

OK, not that far but you never had the hassle of the London Underground to contend with :-o
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