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|    Clocky to Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch    |
|    Re: Thanks Robert! (Re: "Commodore: a Co    |
|    03 Dec 10 08:49:52    |
      XPost: comp.sys.cbm       From: notgonn@happen.com              Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch wrote:       > On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:30:58 +0100, Clocky wrote:       >       >> Thanks for that, book ordered!       >> With our currency exchange rate that is cheap even with postage.       >       > Same here on both accounts (I'm sitting here in snowy Austria).       >       > Thanks for posting this, Robert!       >              Specifically Pogi for the B&N tip!              > Ah, finally, it's here. I almost gave up on this one.       > Hearing on an internet radio show that Brian Bagnall was in fact still       > interviewing people gave me a bit of hope though.       >       > Too bad that he couldn't get any new information from Jack Tramiel -       > I was looking forward to a special interview section with him (out of       > all people, he was sorely missing in the first edition). Oh ,well...              Beyond his "computers for the masses, not the classes" spiel he doesn't seem       all that willing to contribute and I personally don't really care that much.              > The only thing I have to worry about now:       > What should I do with my first edition that surface-shipped directly       > from Australia (which took ages) more than four years ago and that I       > have been cherishing up until now?       >       > Hmmm...       >              Australia? I'm in Australia and had it shipped from the US (Amazon) because       it was half the price of buying it locally - with shipping included!       What to do with it is something I'm now contemplating also... I could       probably make triple what I paid for it on ebay so maybe it's a collectable       keeper like my PAL C64DTV ;-)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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