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    Weekly RoundUp 3-7-2006

    My walmart had an instant discount of ~$2 on the two dvd set so it came out to ~$20. It was next to impossible to find in all the single dvd and "packed with sceen it" dvd. I also did not see a SE edition of jarhead at my walmart, but I did find a two pack of jarhead and SE/CE Spy Game for...
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    Weekly RoundUp 3-7-2006

    Jarhead(blind buy), harry potter, and it may finally be time to pick up E.T.
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    Reverse Mortgages- Anyone Here Have In-Depth Knowledge?

    I have heard of cases where it was good for some people and not good for others. It really depends on the individual situation. My best advise would be to talk to a few financial advisors in your area.
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    "Babylon 5" - Will there be a price drop?

    Those are some impressive numbers for that seller. I guess the day change has reduced his negave feedbacks from 512 to 497. A pretty big number. Of course the seller also has 18,857 positives in that same 30 day period. So that comes out to 2.6% negative feedback rating. That's pretty amazing...
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    Weekly RoundUp 2-28-2006

    Definatly Lady and the Tramp, my wife wants 24 season 1, and it looks like it may be a good time to check out sopranos. I also will look at Scent of a Woman, Dances With Wolves, Platoon: Special Edition, Mission Impossible, War of the Worlds: Collector's Edition, A Beautiful Mind, Monster's...
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    "Babylon 5" - Will there be a price drop?

    Once again, I don't think I saw anyone using ebay as a source of national DVD pricing, why do you keep claiming this is in the discussion? None of the "ships from..." auctions I have looked at had an ebayer with 200+ negative feedbacks in their profile. Were these sellers for anime? I have...
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    "Babylon 5" - Will there be a price drop?

    I can't believe you seriously think we are talking about ebay as a barometer for judging anything retail. It is the same thing as going to garage sales and finding a good deal on something you want. Exactly where are you getting your stats? I can't really comment on the 75% dvds sold since I...
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    "Babylon 5" - Will there be a price drop?

    I never said it was junk... just descriptions I have seen. One man's junk is anothers cheaply bough treasure. Joey, I know what you mean about wanting new/unopened. Unfortunatly, I have had problems with those disks more than used ones, usually from being loose in the packaging and ending all...
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    "Babylon 5" - Will there be a price drop?

    You probably already do this, but keep an eye on ebay. I bought season 1 and 2 new for ~$50 each(new), season 3 for $19 used, and I just got season 4 and 5 for $20 each used. All are original R1 DVD sets from people who were just clearing out collections or their "junk".
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    Real Estate - Who put on the skids?

    I am in Northern VA just outside of DC. Things have slowed down here a bit as well. Of cousrse, every year for the past 5 years things have slowed down at this time. From what I have been able to gather, it pretty much falls in line with the following things: 1. People do not want to move...
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    Can I trust Gmail?

    Once you download your email from google, can't you just "delete" then go into the trash link and "permanetly delete" everything? I don't know if that permanetly removes the information from their servers and backup data. either way, i would definatly use a "real" email address for...
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    Can I trust Gmail?

    Google is the account I use to sign up for all internet accounts that do not involve money. I have a different account for ebay/paypal and regular financial accounts. I still get spam in my other account(I have the spam blocker on through that site) but google seems to filter out every spam I...
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    The Ongoing Wal-Mart $4.88/$5.50/$5.88 Bargain Bin Thread

    No Glory at the one I was at yesterday. This one did have a small section of kids videos that I found after someone else dug to the bottom. I was able to pick up some blues clues, a bob the builder, and a bear in the big blue house for $5.50 each.
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    Commercials that just irritate you....

    Teeth grinding in the nightguard radio commercial. Bose is all over the one station I like.... too bad I found out a lot more information after I bought and installed my surround sound. Commercials that are about 4 times louder than the show I was watching. Commercials at the movie theatre...
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    "The Wild" didn't I see this movie when it was called "Madagascar"??

    I have not seen it yet, is Madagascar a good movie? If so then I can't complain about another one that is similar. My kids are too young, or is that too wild, to take to the movies( 3.5 and 1.5 years) right now. If/when they are older I won't complain about being ablt to take them to a...
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    Current Upscaling over Component DVD Player choices?

    I just connected my NeuNeo HVD2085 dvd player to my Infocus 5000 this weekend. I connected it with both hdmi and component to see the difference. The NeuNeo claims it will upscale to 1080P/1080i via component. It also claims HDCP is not required for playing copyright DVD title in high...
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    How many have a 4805 ceiling hung apx 14' from screen?

    I picked up my mount from http://mountdirect.com/ for $45. Their store is near my work so I was able to see what I was getting instead of having to trust ebay descriptions of thier and other sellers mounts. I really like the mount, nice and sturdy with an easy setup. I just sent back my 4805...
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    need silver coax for diy cable

    a quick google search found this page http://www.crownelectronics.com/coaxcables.html where SPC is your silver plated copper conductors.
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    An . . . Interesting Phone Call

    "IF" they are legitmate, they probably take all of your high interest credit card and other debts and consilidate them into a much lower fixed/variable rate loan. Included in this lower rate is a percentage rate that they absorb. Say you have 10K in cc bills at 12%-19% interest. If you have a...
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    You grew up in the 80's early 90's if............

    Parachute pants... where are the parachute pants?
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    Infocus 4805 vs. Sp5000 I need help

    We got our 5000 in mid last week. I took pictures, but I can't find the camera cord yet :frowning: But it looks like you ended up getting the 5000 anways. How do you like it? The only differences I see between the two are less screen door effect with the 5000 than with the 4805(probably due...
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    superbowl, and i don't care!

    A man who likes football is someone who has no life of their own. Sorry if this truth hurts you, but there it is. ..... Anyone can make thier own truths, doesn't mean their right. There is a huge difference between football and the crap that the NFL puts out.
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    Need Help re: HT Wiring Rough-In

    When will you be doing the rough in? You can search these forums and find a lot of information on this subject. Last Thursday the DIY channel had 2.5 hours of home theatre programming on. The show on Building Walls, Floating a Floor, etc. will be on again March 8. It was a nice overall picture...
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    Best DVD's for my new HT?

    Get one of your wifes favorite films, especially if you can find it with DTS. "Accidentally" forget to hook up the digital output of the DVD player to your tuner. Then about 5 minutes into the movie make the connection and restart. That just about floored my wife... except that mine was not...
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    superbowl, and i don't care!

    My wife was sanding the home theater area while I watched the kids(she likes doing the "finished" sanding) and I just finished roughing up my DVD shelf case and making some shelves. Super Bowl??? I have more important things to do, like finish my home theatre.
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    Enron - I still don't feel sorry for these folks...

    From the second paragraph of the article you linked to (the bolds were added by me): Allowable 401(k) plan contributions are subject to limits imposed by Uncle Sammy and by the plan itself. By law, you may contribute the lesser of $10,500 or 25% of your compensation to your 401(k) account...
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    Enron - I still don't feel sorry for these folks...

    I did :) And if you had included the next paragraph, things would be a lot more clear The percentage of pay your employer contributes to the plan on your behalf reduces the maximum percentage you may contribute by an identical amount. In this instance, if the employer kicks in 5% of your pay...
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    "The Dark Crystal" getting a sequel

    I would be interested in the movie if it did not have any CG animation or if the CG is a very, very small part of the movie. I have a feeling that I would end up yellng at the screen though... similar to the horrible cgi of skywalker riding the cow-thingy in the field (episode II).
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    Enron - I still don't feel sorry for these folks...

    I figured that the higher price was so they did not have to give out so many shares, just a very uneducated guess. I can easily admit that I am smart, but definatly do not know jack about the proper ways to invest. My mentality is along the lines of why would I pay a mechanic to rebuild an...
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    Enron - I still don't feel sorry for these folks...

    If this were the case I would guess that a lot of companies would stop their matching contributions. I am not a corporate finance person, nor do I play one on TV, but it has to be cheaper for corporations to make their 401k matching stocks more economical for them than straight purchases of...
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