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lemonadesoda · Dec 22, 2012, 08:13 PM

manofthem, I love your NONE FACEBOOK giveaways! You are a top dollar geeza!

Let me tell you what my most memorable gift was. It was Christmas and I was 6½, and really wanted a bike. I hadn't got one, and as you can imagine, my first bike was a big event. But what did I get? A terrible homemade toy crane! WHAT! It was the sort of thing that any 3 year old boy would love. But I was 6½! And mortified! And sad. How could my dad do that to me? Was he scrooge personified? Was this serious? Was it a joke? Was I being punished? Oh the shame... not only was a toy crane totally uninteresting... what would my friends think!

Anyway, my mum saved a little every week, and by my 7th birthday she had saved enough to buy a second hand bike. I was delighted!

Times were tough in 70s Britain. Power cuts, miners strikes, rail strikes, water shortages. Homemade toy cranes. No bikes.

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Metro 2033 is my preferred choice. If that's gone already, then Shogun.

System Name:	ICE-QUAD // ICE-CRUNCH
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Memory:	2GB DDR // 8GB FB-DIMM
Video Card:	HD3850-AGP // FireGL 3400
CRT/LCD Model:	2 x Samsung 204Ts = 3200x1200
Sound Card:	Audigy 2
Software:	Windows Server 2003 R2 as a Workstation

Dec 22, 2012, 08:13 PM	#29
lemonadesoda Eligible for custom title Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,337 (2.17/day) Thanks: 749 Thanked 960 Times in 710 Posts System Specs	manofthem, I love your NONE FACEBOOK giveaways! You are a top dollar geeza! Let me tell you what my most memorable gift was. It was Christmas and I was 6½, and really wanted a bike. I hadn't got one, and as you can imagine, my first bike was a big event. But what did I get? A terrible homemade toy crane! WHAT! It was the sort of thing that any 3 year old boy would love. But I was 6½! And mortified! And sad. How could my dad do that to me? Was he scrooge personified? Was this serious? Was it a joke? Was I being punished? Oh the shame... not only was a toy crane totally uninteresting... what would my friends think! Anyway, my mum saved a little every week, and by my 7th birthday she had saved enough to buy a second hand bike. I was delighted! Times were tough in 70s Britain. Power cuts, miners strikes, rail strikes, water shortages. Homemade toy cranes. No bikes. ++++++ Metro 2033 is my preferred choice. If that's gone already, then Shogun.