My Birthday!! Gimme Presents! >:)
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My Birthday!! Gimme Presents! >:)
I. Can. Not. Believe. That. I. Forgot to post this here yesterday. So yesterday was my birthday. I was supposed to go with my mom somewhere to pick out a cell phone, but she didn't get home 'til like 6 and I had to go to a school dance at 7. So supposedly I get a phone today. So far I have gotten some stuff from the claw machine at Friendly's, and a USB Rocket Launcher.
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No presentz 4 chu :3
It wasnt my bday, but I got a 32inch Dynex 720p TV for $350 yesturday. Pretty darn cheap and the thing is beautiful. The colors are better than the sony bravia, that I saw in store for $300 more.
It wasnt my bday, but I got a 32inch Dynex 720p TV for $350 yesturday. Pretty darn cheap and the thing is beautiful. The colors are better than the sony bravia, that I saw in store for $300 more.

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Rekarp wrote:Cause I am Abe F#!@ing Lincoln.mako321 wrote:What makes you head ninja, anyways?
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Yippie! Happy Birthday! I got a cell phone for mine as well.
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Got my phone yesterday!
LG Rumor 2, pretty cool right? Only problem is, it's prepaid... And my mom's only gonna give me 20 bucks for three months. So it's really not meant to used as a form of communication, which is stupid, because that's the only reason I wanted a phone in the first place. But whatever, there seems to be multiple ways to earn free minutes/texts on the Virgin Mobile website...

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I don't mean to lecture, but don't complain that your phone that you got as a gift is prepaid/whatever.smitty wrote:Got my phone yesterday!LG Rumor 2, pretty cool right? Only problem is, it's prepaid... And my mom's only gonna give me 20 bucks for three months. So it's really not meant to used as a form of communication, which is stupid, because that's the only reason I wanted a phone in the first place. But whatever, there seems to be multiple ways to earn free minutes/texts on the Virgin Mobile website...


As for your phone "not meant to used as a form of communication" because your mom will only give you $20 every three months: that is 200 minutes on Virgin Mobile, which is a two minute conversation every day for three months, which is more than you'd think. Also, nobody said you can't buy more top-up cards yourself. I am far more anti-texting than most people of our generation, and it still is the biggest ripoff you will ever pay for (it literally costs the carriers nothing), but it can be a good cheap form of communication (Also, it amazes me how much people will solely text instead of talk). On Virgin Mobile, you can get 1000 texts a month for "$15" (actually about $17 including fees and other such garbage), or unlimited for "$20"/month. Now depending on your mindset, that may either seem expensive or really cheap. The whole idea of a monthly fee of any sort bugs me, but the average cell phone bill in the US is something like $55/month (

Your last point, about getting free minutes/texts from Virgin Mobile.... don't count on it.

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While that all may have sounded like a big rant, just take it as advice from one guy with a Pikachu avatar to another.
Oh, and happy birthday!

Rekarp wrote:Cause I am Abe F#!@ing Lincoln.mako321 wrote:What makes you head ninja, anyways?
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Heh, your Pikachu avatar is, in my opinion, about a decillion times better than whatever you had before. I realize while I could talk to people 2 minutes a day, kids my age tend to text more, I guess because they can have multiple conversations at the same time. The free minutes/texts seems stupid and tedious... You get one dollar for every 100 "points". I'm not sure exactly how many of these "points" you get at a time, but you get it from creating ringtones from previously recorded sound effects and beats, or by making a picture, which you can actually upload a picture that you made in a decent editing software, instead of some flash-based crap on their site like the ringtone maker. I do look at the phone as a plus, but I think if I actually started talking to people on it, I would use up my money too fast. And of course, I can buy my own top-ups, but like you said, I have no source of money. As I haven't had a birthday party yet, I will be coming in to some money soon, but I'm going to use that to buy me a netbook. My laptop works fine, but it's big and battery life is little over an hour, or about 35 minutes if I'm sshing into the desktop for the use of it's music and speakers. I'm really thinking about getting some kind of job so I can buy a texting plan... And did you say 10 cents a minute on the texting plans!? For me it's 20 cents. So I think I should get a job that I would know and enjoy, so I wouldn't quit after a day because I don't need it. So I think fixing people's computers might work, since I know my way around a computer, (quite literally, their insides are fun to exchange) but I guess I'd have to do some research about viruses and bugs and such, as I use Linux and have, as far as I know, never encountered a virus when I used Windows. And, since I am only fourteen, my mom doesn't think that people who don't know me will trust me with their computers, so my older brother should drive to the client's house and pick up the computer and I'll do the actual fixing. (I think she was kidding, but it's actually a good idea.) Thoughts?
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Specs on laptop? My brother was thinking of selling his netbook to get something bigger/more powerful and he might be interested in trading if you want.smitty wrote:As I haven't had a birthday party yet, I will be coming in to some money soon, but I'm going to use that to buy me a netbook. My laptop works fine, but it's big and battery life is little over an hour, or about 35 minutes if I'm sshing into the desktop for the use of it's music and speakers.
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Actually, the Netbook would probably be more powerful. It's a 10 year old Gateway, 700MHz. Still interested? Probably not.
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Nope, not really.
At least that means you'll be gaining speed and battery life by getting a netbook.
Cell phones are expensive. I've gotten by by just using my friends' cell phones when I'm out and about, and my home phone the rest of the time. I text using gmail. That texting plan ketchup was talking about sounds like it would be the perfect fit for most people. Texting seems to be the main way most people use their phones, but having the option to talk for cheap would be good.

At least that means you'll be gaining speed and battery life by getting a netbook.
Cell phones are expensive. I've gotten by by just using my friends' cell phones when I'm out and about, and my home phone the rest of the time. I text using gmail. That texting plan ketchup was talking about sounds like it would be the perfect fit for most people. Texting seems to be the main way most people use their phones, but having the option to talk for cheap would be good.
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Yeah, that texting plan (called texter's delight, I knew about it already) sounds great, but I don't gots no money.
So, anybody have any advice, tips, or ideas about my job idea (^^^a few posts up^^^)?
And about the computer, most things won't be much faster, but things that do run slow should have a significant speed difference.

And about the computer, most things won't be much faster, but things that do run slow should have a significant speed difference.
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Ask around about places that hire 14-15 year olds. I was able to snag a job at my local Dairy Queen at 14 dipping Dilly Bars.smitty wrote:Yeah, that texting plan (called texter's delight, I knew about it already) sounds great, but I don't gots no money.So, anybody have any advice, tips, or ideas about my job idea (^^^a few posts up^^^)?
And about the computer, most things won't be much faster, but things that do run slow should have a significant speed difference.





Regarding the netbook, netbooks are awesome. I have an Acer Aspire One D250 that I picked up on Black Friday for $168. It's quite a bit faster than my previous laptop (which had an 800mhz P3), and has stupidly good battery life (around six hours). You will be pleased with a netbook. They beat the crap out of mini-laptops from 2002 (I had a lifebook b2610, well still have it


Rekarp wrote:Cause I am Abe F#!@ing Lincoln.mako321 wrote:What makes you head ninja, anyways?