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    A fairy tale.....

    (Some of this may only make sense to Dave, due to some recent PMs….)

    Once upon a time….there was a red haired boy named Dave. Now Dave sometimes felt like a stepchild in a really big family. But Dave was a VERY good boy. He always did what was asked of him, and was always there for others. Dave had some wonderful toys, but was missing out on one toy the other children in the family had. They kidded him about it constantly, but Dave was so good natured, it didn’t bother him.

    Well, one of the boys, who happens to like SIG firearms, looked at how good Dave was through all this and decided to do something about it. He summoned the big Toy Elf, dressed in his pink tutu, and asked, “What can we do?”

    The big Elf discussed it and they decided to do something about it. They gathered the other boys and girls together. Now, all the other children really loved Dave. So, they planned a surprise. Some of the children took parts of their toys and put them in a box. Other children bought spare parts from the manufacturer to put in the box.

    The big Toy Elf looked in the box, and thought, hey, maybe there are enough parts to put a toy together!! And lo and behold, there was!

    Well, they had a really hard time keeping the secret of the toy. Dave grew very suspicious since the children were all talking quietly around him. The children knew they had to get the new toy delivered quick….

    So they called up Luke Skywalker and he said, “Give me the parts, I’ll speed them over to Dave in my little brown speeder.”

    Now when Dave got the box and opened it, he saw a depends laying there. He was told to put it on in a note. He did, because he is a good boy. When he saw what was in the box, he was glad he was such a good boy, because he needed it!

    So now Dave has the same toy everyone else has and everyone lived happily ever after…


    Ya know, sometimes Fairy Tales can come true....




    (Later EDIT - For those who don't know what this thread is about, some of your teammates put together the parts for a full blown quad core machine for Dave. He got it a couple of hours ago. The subject of fairy tales, and of Dave getting a quad, came up in some earlier conversations with him. And now you know, the rest of the story.... )
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    This should just about sum it up........... .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kwp
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    WOOT he finally got it??

    ROFL!!!!! About time... :T
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    I hear that he was about to cry when he saw that toy
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    Quote Originally Posted by NaeKuh View Post
    WOOT he finally got it??

    ROFL!!!!! About time... :T
    Yup, he got it. He'll be likely checking in when he gets it clocked up in a couple of minutes....
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    yeah, thanks to sig and others for coordinating, and letting me know about it.

    If anyone he definitely deserves a quad.

    I only wonder what smiley he has to post for this.

    You know it has to be something very grand.
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    Oh well... A good cause for emptying my PP account again
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    That's was a good one Bob.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David_L6 View Post
    That's was a good one Bob.
    its all true tho.

    LOL....

    Im still amazed on how the hell we managed to not let dave find out until the ball was dropped tho.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NaeKuh View Post
    its all true tho.

    LOL....

    Im still amazed on how the hell we managed to not let dave find out until the ball was dropped tho.
    It was hard!!

    We had to actually lie to Dave since he saw some of our PM traffic. Not the content, just who we were sending to....We told him we were talking about processors, etc...

    Thanks to SIG and particularly to Eric (NJkid) for putting this together. You guys rock...

    As I said to Dave in a PM, I consider it a great honor to be a small part of this team.....

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    My thanks to you all. Now can you send me some more depends..
    I"pissed" through the one that was in the box.
    What can I say guys?
    Just my thanks and that doesn't seem to be the right words.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
    My thanks to you all. Now can you send me some more depends..
    I"pissed" through the one that was in the box.
    What can I say guys?
    Just my thanks and that doesn't seem to be the right words.
    Just think of it this way: you shouldn't thank us, but we're thanking you
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    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
    My thanks to you all. Now can you send me some more depends..
    I"pissed" through the one that was in the box.
    What can I say guys?
    Just my thanks and that doesn't seem to be the right words.


    Thats "ODD">>> Eric told me he sent two of them
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martijn View Post
    Just think of it this way: you shouldn't thank us, but we're thanking you
    No need to ever thank me my friend. I do this from love.
    Now unfortunately I have to go out and deliver a case I promised today and a few errands..be back about 8:30PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
    No need to ever thank me my friend. I do this from love.
    So did we!
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    I am taking the Fifth Amendment or at least blaming it on alcohol.

    What were we talking about?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SiGfever View Post
    I am taking the Fifth Amendment or at least blaming it on alcohol.

    What were we talking about?
    Me too......I only write fairy tales........

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    Haha very nice guys, I had a suspicion someone, somewhere would get him a quad.

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    damn guys, that's awesome!

    Although I haven't been here long, Dave definitely does seem to be the one that deserves a quad!
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    now what team does this for their members ???? we deserve something like the nobel prize we are just a great team... gotta love it

    and i love fairy tales
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    Quote Originally Posted by SiGfever View Post
    I am taking the Fifth Amendment or at least blaming it on alcohol.

    What were we talking about?
    yea, YOU I'm gonna have a LONGGGG talk with!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
    yea, YOU I'm gonna have a LONGGGG talk with!
    Sorry SiG....I hope you still have one good ear left when Dave is done.....

    I'm profoundly deaf in both ears due to service, so I managed to survive several long talks with Dave.....

    Good luck to you. Deny everything. We don't know what happened. Name, rank, and serial only.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by 123bob View Post
    Sorry SiG....I hope you still have one good ear left when Dave is done.....

    I'm profoundly deaf in both ears due to service, so I managed to survive several long talks with Dave.....

    Good luck to you. Deny everything. We don't know what happened. Name, rank, and serial only.....
    Talked to serlv and SS tonight..
    Both receiving ear transplants now..
    Prognosis is good!
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