I didn't get it from there, though. He already has an iPad and iPod. Right side is with cover off. I have one of these for the DVD player, RCA inputs, and it's awesome. His mother will love me.
Dave (imported) wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:04 pm
It was "1975 tomy the tuneville" and the Brits and Russians are selling it on ebay (Not that I would buy it ever again) ...
It had batteries. My brother said the batteries lasted a long time before they wore out...
and he never had money to replace them
Ah Tuneville sorry that makes more sense! Tomy is (was?) a toy manufacturer over here
"Disks went missing" was an excuse I heard. The thing gives me hysterics the way it trundles round whistling obliviously but some friends have "no noisy toy" policies, the killjoys! And it's certainly pretty noisy!
~Tiamat~ (imported) wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:23 pm
Ah Tuneville sorry that makes more sense! Tomy is (was?) a toy manufacturer over here
"Disks went missing" was an excuse I heard. The thing gives me hysterics the way it trundles round whistling obliviously but some friends have "no noisy toy" policies, the killjoys! And it's certainly pretty noisy!
It was so noisy that I (me, myself) regretted buying it but just the thought that it was going away to my brother's house was so delicious, I never told anyone what I felt. . . . .
I forgot to mention My nexus 7 just arrived in mail late of yesterday. Xmas gift from a furry friend well who spent too much on his PC rig and for kicks bought a tablet and wasn't fond of the nexus so gave it to me. (an apple fanboy noneless but hey i ain't complaining)
Im rather surprised, it's first time ive ever gotten something for free. he is a nice guy.
I already have a tablet so I'm wrapping thing one for my dad giggles.
Can't wait to see the look on his face P
As for family members. I don't know my niece who's a year younger than me i'll probably buy her a decent anime tv series set. Hellsing Ova series uncut.
As for my mom; I'll give her a lump of coal, yeah tha'tll do. I'll def take pride with that "nods"
I remember when I was about 5 years old that we had Christmas at my grandparents cabin adjacent to a small lake in the Sierras. I got a sled from the grandparents and promptly took it outside, trudged up the hill adjacent to and above the cabin, got in, managed to maneuver through the many trees in the forest at something resembling the speed of light, blew right past the cabin, across the road in front of it, used the snow bank on the side of the road as a jump, and landed about 20 yards down the hill on the other side where a 3 foot wide tree stopped my progress.
I'm sure the grandson will have a lot of fun with that thing.
When we were kids, the house next door had the best hills. It was the old barnyard, so there was a fence along the road to stop us. Eventually, those old fence posts (native timber) gave out and the guy took the fence out. Then the snowplows would come by, back when our county HAD them, and make a great wall where the fence was. Thing was, with a good push, you could use the wall as a ramp to fly out over the road and crash into the woods on the other side of the road. The higher the wall, the more of a ramp effect. We used to terrorize passing motorists by trying to time it to fly OVER the cars and into the woods. It's a wonder none of us were killed. Then again, we survived all that dangerous playground equipment back in the 60's-70's, too. In 6 years of elementary school, there was ONE broken arm from falling off the top of a slide.
YES! The sled is put together in under 2 hours! I should run an ad in the local paper doing it for a fee now!
I'm amazed that anyone older than about 30 has survived to tell these stories. You'd think with all the safety devices we have now that the human race was ready to go extinct from the amount of children being maimed or killed by having fun.
My niece's girl is 10 years old and since she goes to stay with her cousin who's 17 and plays hockey and (of course) is adored as older boy. He plays Word of War and Call of Duty and she's seen that. She tried hockey and didn't like falling on the ice.
So she wants "Call of Duty" for Christmas. Her mother says if I buy it, she'll kill me.
The kid will kill me if I buy her a dollie. Or a pink dress...
So I bought her wooden kits to assemble -- a catapult and ballista, a dozen 8x10 canvas boards, both oil and acrylic paints and brushes, and some other art supplies. All that is better than a FPS game for a kid.
I still got a week to do more damage. Their house isn't big enough for a sled and my brother (grandpa) already owns a toboggan and a dozen horses/ponies.
there's better games than fps. does she do MMORPG's online?
that or a good old nintendo 3DS with a R4 modchip cartridge including all yer classic emulators + "ripped games"(borderline unethical P for some here)
Some 3ds titles are just awesome. And you cant go wrong with mario, sonic, brain age, and tetris.
Then again on the downside the current 3ds has a terrible battery life and the 3d can give some people migraines. (Ive learned a lesson about handhelds. always wait for the hardware to get better. wait 2 yrs at least after it's launch date)
NB = example first DS had poor lighting, the ds lite had hinges that broke way too easily and eventually the ds XL was perfect balance of reliability and ergonomics.You know the Wii U came out as of recent?
