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Old Jun 9, 2017 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by good2go
You realize that was a 6 year old post you replied to, right?
Yup, couldn't find a kung fu movie thread. His old post was the most relevant in the ramble thread.
Old Jun 10, 2017 | 04:33 PM
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I happened to be searching through some old posts, and came across this from 2010:

Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Dear world:

All I want is to find a copy of Brian Bagnall's "On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall of Commodore" for a reasonable price.
When you find it, see if they have a copy of Peter Brock's book on Cobra Daytona Coupes for less than a $1000 (I'm serious).


EDIT:

Do you realize it's about to be reprinted in hardcover under a slightly different title?

Commodore: A company on the edge Commodore: A company on the edge




I feel that a follow-up is justified:


Shortly after posting that, I managed to obtain a copy of the original via Inter-Library Loan, from a library in Berkeley, CA. (Yes, ILL still exists.) I spent the better part of a week's worth of evenings sitting on the sofa, watching Battlestar Galactica, with my flatbed scanner in my lap, my old laptop to my right and a rum & coke to my left, scanning the entire thing into .TGA files, which I then hand-cropped and compiled into a PDF. I printed a copy of the PDF (thank you, duplex printer at work) and took it to Kinkos to have it spiral-bound as a gift to the person who had recommended it to me, who had also been unable to find a copy for himself.


I have decided to make that PDF publicly available, because **** Variant Press right in the goat-hole. Here's the link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vhsqefevso...odore.pdf?dl=0



I did, in fact, purchase a hard-bound of the second edition for $21 shortly after its release. And it's a good thing, because a new copy, today, sells for $2,799.99 (plus $3.99 shipping.)

Yup. Two thousand, seven hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, for a book published seven years ago. That's nearly a whole months' rent for my previous apartment on the upper-east side.

I ain't shitting you:





This book is consistently proving to be even weirder than the history of Commodore itself.
Old Jun 11, 2017 | 10:28 AM
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Team shirts came in.

Lol

Old Jun 11, 2017 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Erat
Team shirts came in.

Lol

Cool shirts & team name.
Old Jun 11, 2017 | 04:39 PM
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Like a trip down memory lane.

https://ubidestates.hibid.com/catalo...=catalog&q=143




Acoustic coupler



Trash-80 stuff
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 09:14 AM
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I'm no longer certain that Richard Hammond is mortal.
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
I'm no longer certain that Richard Hammond is mortal.
Can we at least agree that we would never ride shotgun with him?
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 09:21 AM
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I went and got engaged last week.
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 09:30 AM
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It was a 2.5 hour drive to work this morning from my girl's house. Ugh.
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by shuiend
I went and got engaged last week.
While everyone else seems to be ignoring you, congrats! Is there an MKTurbo for the future misses? Pink maybe like that woman sales org. Plastidipped 6ULs...

Old Jun 12, 2017 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by bahurd
While everyone else seems to be ignoring you, congrats! Is there an MKTurbo for the future misses? Pink maybe like that woman sales org. Plastidipped 6ULs...

Thanks. Probably no miata for her any time soon. She has a crappy old Kia that she is going to keep driving until it is dead. Then will get my Mazda2 most likely and i'll goto a ND.
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 11:27 AM
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Lars, don't you have like 7 miatas? I'm sure she'll be able to drive at least one occasionally.
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 11:44 AM
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Congrats!



lol
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by shuiend
I went and got engaged last week.
Also congrats. I'll likely be asking mine by the end of the year or sometime next. But we can't get married for awhile. She's finishing up her degree so my income would preclude her from additional financial assistance.
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 12:52 PM
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Congrats larzzzzz
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by shuiend
I went and got engaged last week.
Congrats!
Old Jun 12, 2017 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by shuiend
Thanks. Probably no miata for her any time soon. She has a crappy old Kia that she is going to keep driving until it is dead. Then will get my Mazda2 most likely and i'll goto a ND.
Hahaha he thinks he'll get the new car and she'll get the hand-me-down hahaha; I kind of remember this logic from before I was married.
Edit: And Congrats! Even though she gets the new car and I get the old car, married life is dandy.
Old Jun 13, 2017 | 10:18 AM
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Congrats! You could get her a cat!
Old Jun 13, 2017 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by shuiend
I went and got engaged last week.
Congratulations!
Old Jun 13, 2017 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by leboeuf
Hahaha he thinks he'll get the new car and she'll get the hand-me-down hahaha; I kind of remember this logic from before I was married.
Edit: And Congrats! Even though she gets the new car and I get the old car, married life is dandy.
Brainy's wife drives a late 90s Prelude and he's mobbing a 2012 C class.



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