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If I had a million dollars
I would buy you a monkey
(Haven't you always wanted a monkey)

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I spent a lot of time entertaining myself as a kid (I'm sure this has nothing to do with my overuse of the internet today). My sister was 5 years older and from age 8 on I didn't live in a kid-friendly neighborhood*, so I didn't get to play with neighborhood kids outdoors. I was never crazy about Barbies, but they were good to play with on my own. My absolute A Number 1 favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I also got extras of those as hand-me-downs. Other than that, most of my time was spent reading or (this is the most pathetic part) playing board games with myself. I loved games of all kinds but typically couldn't get mom or sister to play with me. Dad would happily play, but he was not home during crucial game-playing hours. He was also The Most Competitive Person Ever, but that didn't bother me.

*Prior to age 8, I had amazing great fun playing with the neighborhood kids at all hours of the day and night. Tag, red rover, hide and seek, riding bikes, neighborhood "band", etc. Those were the days.

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Adder, you should focus on this post. It explains a lot.

TM

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Jesus, stop playing the naif and accept that most of the time, human beings act like human beings.

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I can't link to the image, but you can find the watch here on the company's website.

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I loved Lego too. Loved it. And Meccano.

Barbies were banned in our house and I destroyed all my other doll-like things (cut off their limbs and head, performed major surgery), so Legos were a good bet.

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Are you talking about the one on Western? That place is a hole.

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http://blog.media-freaks.com/wp-cont...re-games-2.jpg

I got the green one one year. Holy crap did I love that thing. It was awesome until I stretched it so hard the green stuff inside came out. I still played with it for years after.

And one year my mother and grandmother bought me He-Man, Skeletor and Battle Cat. Fucking fantastic since neither my mother or grandmother could afford such extravagant gifts.

TM

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Totally off the mark, but whatever... My MIL buys my son everything imaginable. We've a house full of crap and he breaks most of it soon after getting it. But this one toy she got is fucking awesome. It's a Mercedes SLR remote control car she got at some going out of business sale, and I swear - the thing must go 150 mph, scale speed. I got a headful of gin on last Friday and played with the thing until my wife finally demanded I shut it off. You can get it ripping down an expanse of tile and then throw it into a fishtail spin on a dime and the damn thing moves so fast if it hits you, it hurts. Thing's powerful enough to push the living room doors open if they're just a bit ajar.

I'd have lost my mind if I had something like this as a kid. I actually won't let my son play with it unless I'm around because I don't want him to break it. All of this is, of course, a long way of suggesting, if you still like trains, go see what they have at the toy store now. For $100 you can probably pick up a bullet train set that'll go around your house faster than a 911.

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I had to google to figure out who this was.

How much Oprah do you watch?

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I think I've told this story, but I woke up one Christmas morning to find a coveted Tyco slot car track already set up near the tree. After a close inspection, I asked "why are the pads already halfway worn down?" My parents responded that Santa must have tested it after setting it up.

Of course, in reality, my dad and uncles drank gallons of beer and raced the cars until 3 AM Christmas Eve.

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Irl, I judge everyone based on such shallowness. Its how I roll. Because. I. Am. That. Good.:cool:

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That reminds me, I have to get another bag of those really big Legos. Building Lego skyscrapers is another thing I must have somehow missed as a kid. Turn on some tunes, get a little baked and start constructing the Sears Tower. Ahhh, the suburbs...

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I was lucky, but didn't have any toys.

We had lots of open space, expansive nearby forests, a dozen neighborhood kids, and every one of those dozen had a couple balls of some sort, whether big round basketballs or small hard baseballs.

We also had lots of farm animals to keep us entertained.

But very few "toys" in the sense of stuff from Toys R Us (I don't even know where one was anywhere in the country).

But Hank would have loved it.

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Agreed. Money is only good if you can enjoy and I get very little pleasure out of reviewing weighty bank or investment account statements.

If I hadn't had my name bamboosled onto several birth certificates I'd be drinking pre-1990 first growths 247/365, iykwim. As it is very little less fine than pre-2000 fifth growths pass my lips, and that's mainly because I have a soft spot for Lynch-Bages.

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You know, the office holiday party is coming up. Have you set up any ground work with the paralegal?

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Are you sure about the placement of the last sentence?

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Cite please?

Also, on rationales for these things, they are better than having to buy real hamsters or any other such third tier pet (guinea pigs, rabbits, rats, moles, snakes, turtles, et al)

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They're stratospherically expensive, but since you dig that style face, you might enjoy checking out this maker's women's collection. They make similar styles: http://www.franckmullerusa.com/collection

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Yep. Worst shop around, but sometimes the lego (and play-mo-beel) sales draw me in.

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Me. Did you see Oprah yesterday? First they start drinking your champagne and then they rip your face off. So, no on the monkey thing.

merde! stp!! stp!!!

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My best friend was the most spoiled kid in the world. At one point we got into radio controlled cars. They cost over $100 for the car kit (even more for the nicer cars). And then you had to buy the controller, battery, paint, etc. Very expensive toys. At Christmas, he got fucking three of them. I saved up for weeks working my part time job and bought this one:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_1F2Zfk4sirM/Rj...0/Fox%2003.JPG

Even though I had to wait to buy all the rest of the stuff it went with, it was worth every dime. You have to build them, which is a lot of fun by itself. You could switch out the tires for off-road or on-road racing. And I eventually bought a black engine so it would go superfast. And if you think your little car goes fast, buy one of these. I was devastated when someone broke into our apartment and stole it. I would actually buy one now just for the fun of putting it together again. Then I could be the loser who plays with radio controlled cars.

My friend had The Bruiser, which, although huge, looks like a lot more fun than it was.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/gallery/d...003_resize.jpg

Don't really care about trains. They were just so cool when I was a kid.

TM

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Bedat is only about 12 years old. Still Swiss made, though. Owned by Gucci, which, IMO, is a bad sign. How much is this thing? Probably too much for a quartz watch.

I also think the design is too "out there" for an expensive watch, and that you'll eventually get sick of it, or it will go out of style (if it's indeed in style). It looks like a fashion watch to me. I'm sure you can get something very similar that isn't Swiss for a tenth of the price.

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None. I just googled the lady whose face was ripped off by a monkey.

TM

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merde! stp!!

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Willis.

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what, about $7k (or more, if you're paying rack rate b/c you like the jeweler)?

I don't love bedat, generally, and think that expensive quartz watches are sort of ... odd, but that *is* a v. attractive piece. Definitely more bracelet than watch, imo.

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Not with black diamonds you can't.

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I HAD THE FOX TOO! I actually raced it in a competition. Did you successfully assemble yours? I did not.

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Racist.

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Well, she should get black diamonds on a more classic-looking watch then.

IMVHO.

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I now know what I must buy the child for Xmas. That's a whole other level of car.

They have helicopters now, too. But I fear one of those wouldn't last more than a day.

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Serves them right. Asti Spumanti... Like he wouldn't know the difference.

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Never ever do this. They will always negotiate, even with my favorite, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms.

http://www.thewatchquote.com/mesIMG/imgStd/23124.jpg

I had to post it again. It's so pretty.

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Also it was on the Today Show this morning, and was the lead "news" item on the Today Show for about two weeks after it happened.

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I watched two guys try to fly one in a park in brooklyn. Other than scaring the crap out of some squirrels, they didn't have much success.

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Automatics are overrated. My quartz is still accrate at 10 years old. The automatic's been running fast at seven.

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My father and his friend Gary got really into RC airplanes and helicopters a couple of years ago.

Until Gary flew one into the bridge of my father's nose.

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GET OUT! I did successfully assemble mine. It was very frustrating, but fun at the same time. I had an older neighbor friend who helped me with the really difficult parts. Finishing with extra pieces isn't the most encouraging thing. And after racing it a few times, I realized the hobby guy's recommendation to buy thread-lock was a good one, since I had to buy extra screws for the ones I lost while racing.

I didn't compete with mine, even though Central Park had a track and people (mostly adult, creepy types) raced there. There were maybe five of us in the neighborhood who had cars and we just raced each other. I wanted a Hot Shot so fucking bad (all wheel drive and four wheel steering!), but couldn't afford it. My other friend bought one and I was pissed. But one of the happiest days of my teen life was when we drag raced and my Fox beat his Hot Shot.

http://209.196.57.91/Media/News/Tami...ch_hotshot.jpg

Which kind of controller did you have? I had the one with the two sticks. I never liked the one with the wheel and the trigger for the accelerator.

TM

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Quartz will always tell better time. It's the engineering in the autos and the fact that they don't require a battery, and, with proper servicing, can last forever, that makes them cool.