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   Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch to Clocky   
   Re: Thanks Robert! (Re: "Commodore: a Co   
   03 Dec 10 17:14:03   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.cbm   
   From: team8martinland@hotmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:49:52 +0100, Clocky wrote:   
      
   > Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch wrote:   
      
   >> 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   
      
   Ah, I see *waves in the general direction down under*, but when I wanted   
   to order it (maybe I was wayyy too early) it was _only_ available that   
   way. No other option whatsoever.   
      
      
   > 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 ;-)   
      
   Hmmm, sure, it will be worth hundreds of ebay $$$...   
   ...you just have to find the right buyer (not so right in his mind ;-D)!   
   LOL!   
      
   Actually I think I'll keep the old one as a pedestal for the new one, that   
   way it will command more attention on my retro/commodore-trolley. ;-D   
      
   Bye,   
   ML   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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