John Dow

So, most of boy #2's christmas presents are for the 360, including a wireless
adapter. His old 360 RROD'd last night :-/

So, frantically scrabbling for pennies for a new 360. All of which have
wireless built in.

The whole christmas thing - complete farce.

J

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HarpingOn

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:14:00 +0000, John Dow wrote
(in article <8gcbs8-hjq.ln1@bague.nelefa.org>):

> So, most of boy #2's christmas presents are for the 360, including a wireless
> adapter. His old 360 RROD'd last night :-/
>
> So, frantically scrabbling for pennies for a new 360. All of which have
> wireless built in.
>
> The whole christmas thing - complete farce.
>
> J
>
>

You might be able to find a preowned older 360 before the big day. Our local
Grainger Games had lots in last time I was in there. RROD blows goats though,
it's true.

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Toby Newman

On 2011-12-22, John Dow <jmd@nelefa.org.invalid> wrote:
> So, most of boy #2's christmas presents are for the 360, including a wireless
> adapter. His old 360 RROD'd last night :-/
>
> So, frantically scrabbling for pennies for a new 360. All of which have
> wireless built in.
>
> The whole christmas thing - complete farce.

That is really bad luck. Is it out of warranty?

I got a 2nd hand laptop for my niece last christmas and built it up
with Puppy linux. Went to loads of trouble with puppy-themes and skins
(she loves animals) and the PSU failed on boxing day!

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John Dow

HarpingOn the Monkey was never naughty:
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:14:00 +0000, John Dow wrote
> (in article <8gcbs8-hjq.ln1@bague.nelefa.org>):
>
>> So, most of boy #2's christmas presents are for the 360, including a wireless
>> adapter. His old 360 RROD'd last night :-/
>>
>> So, frantically scrabbling for pennies for a new 360. All of which have
>> wireless built in.
>>
>> The whole christmas thing - complete farce.
>>
>> J
>>
>>
>
> You might be able to find a preowned older 360 before the big day. Our local
> Grainger Games had lots in last time I was in there. RROD blows goats though,
> it's true.

Only trouble there is just risk getting a banned console or dodgy drive -
particularly as a lot of them will be $aLot of years old.

J

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John Dow

Toby Newman the Monkey was never naughty:
> On 2011-12-22, John Dow <jmd@nelefa.org.invalid> wrote:
>> So, most of boy #2's christmas presents are for the 360, including a wireless
>> adapter. His old 360 RROD'd last night :-/
>>
>> So, frantically scrabbling for pennies for a new 360. All of which have
>> wireless built in.
>>
>> The whole christmas thing - complete farce.
>
> That is really bad luck. Is it out of warranty?
>
> I got a 2nd hand laptop for my niece last christmas and built it up
> with Puppy linux. Went to loads of trouble with puppy-themes and skins
> (she loves animals) and the PSU failed on boxing day!

Such is the way of things. It's not the end of the world - just means I have
to raid my emergency fun. Course, cos Matts is getting a big feck off
console, I really need to get Harmony something extra as well. She's been
eyeing up a 3DS with nintendogs & cats, so it'll be an expensive lunchtime
trip I think.

At least I can stick the wireless adaptor on amazon for 30 quid (unless
someone here wants one) and claw a little bit back.

J

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deKay

John Dow <jmd@nelefa.org.invalid> wrote:
> So, most of boy #2's christmas presents are for the 360, including a wireless
> adapter. His old 360 RROD'd last night :-/
>
> So, frantically scrabbling for pennies for a new 360. All of which have
> wireless built in.
>
> The whole christmas thing - complete farce.
>
> J

Buy him a potato and tell him to be grateful?

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gospvg

John Dow <jmd@nelefa.org.invalid> wrote:
> Toby Newman the Monkey was never naughty:

> Such is the way of things. It's not the end of the world - just means I have
> to raid my emergency fun. Course, cos Matts is getting a big feck off
> console, I really need to get Harmony something extra as well. She's been
> eyeing up a 3DS with nintendogs & cats, so it'll be an expensive lunchtime
> trip I think.
>
> At least I can stick the wireless adaptor on amazon for 30 quid (unless
> someone here wants one) and claw a little bit back.
>

If you can wipe the HD if a decent size they are worth a few quid


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John Dow

deKay the Monkey was never naughty:
> John Dow <jmd@nelefa.org.invalid> wrote:
>> So, most of boy #2's christmas presents are for the 360, including a wireless
>> adapter. His old 360 RROD'd last night :-/
>>
>> So, frantically scrabbling for pennies for a new 360. All of which have
>> wireless built in.
>>
>> The whole christmas thing - complete farce.
>>
>> J
>
> Buy him a potato and tell him to be grateful?

An excellent strategy. That's what I'll do.

But...

Is it possible to rent potatoes? I don't think he actually needs to OWN one...

J

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John Dow

gospvg the Monkey was never naughty:
> John Dow <jmd@nelefa.org.invalid> wrote:
>> Toby Newman the Monkey was never naughty:
>
>> Such is the way of things. It's not the end of the world - just means I have
>> to raid my emergency fun. Course, cos Matts is getting a big feck off
>> console, I really need to get Harmony something extra as well. She's been
>> eyeing up a 3DS with nintendogs & cats, so it'll be an expensive lunchtime
>> trip I think.
>>
>> At least I can stick the wireless adaptor on amazon for 30 quid (unless
>> someone here wants one) and claw a little bit back.
>>
>
> If you can wipe the HD if a decent size they are worth a few quid

It's just a 20Gb one (which, I believe, I got from Redsmartie back in the
day). It's an original model xbox - I'm frankly amazed it's lasted as long
as it has.

Just going to get a 4Gb one for now - I can get him an HDD after christmas.

The joys of gamer children!

J

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James Luff

On 22/12/2011 11:09, John Dow wrote:
>> Buy him a potato and tell him to be grateful?
>
> An excellent strategy. That's what I'll do.
>
> But...
>
> Is it possible to rent potatoes? I don't think he actually needs to OWN one...
>

Well I own a potato, I'd be happy to set up some sort of time-share if
you want?

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