Woot Off day

[Chili]

Damn - only 6lbs. Hopefully I get a remote control dinosaur though. One can only dream.

[spiral97]

No fear!  6lbs. is still a substantial amount of crap.. I should know.. my dog seems to deposit turds of an equivalent weight that I joyously must find and pick up periodically.

[StillAWarrior]

Your order for 3 Random Crap on 01/31/2007 has been recently shipped via FEDEX.

Of couse you'll post pictures of your crap, right?

As was clear earlier in the thread, I never heard of woot before this thread was started.  Interesting and funny site.  I particularly liked the description of the car alarm system a few days ago.

[Chili]

I will post as soon as I get back from DC.

[WashDCWarrior]

Just recieved a great email from Woot:

Woot <no-reply@woot.com>  to me
show details  8:46 am (5 minutes ago) 

Chili,

Your order for 3 Random Crap on 01/31/2007 has been recently shipped via FEDEX.

So are you going to let us know what was in your BOCs?  It feels like Christmas.

[spiral97]

yeah!! *ahem* SOMEONE is SLACKING!!!! *ahem*

[Chili]

Just came today....

and it contained....

1 - lovely cardboard box
1 - Samsonite PB60 camera bag
1 - working (I hope) Virgin Pulse CD player
1 - Cross Ion gell pen & keychain
1 - copy Hardly Working book
1 - box 100 recycled floppy disks
1 - toy whistle with Smile lanyard

[spiral97]

but are you satisfied?

[Chili]

for the most part. i would liked to have gotten a wii. but what can you expect for $8. i am giving the disks to my buddy in exchange for putting two old vhs tapes i had onto dvd and i will try and sell the cd player. the book seems cool too. so yes, i am happy.

[mu_hilltopper]

That "whistle" .. how loud is it?  .. It reminds me of a product called a "sport horn" ..

http://www.garrettspecialties.com/sport-horn-p-623.html

I have one .. it is SUPER loud, like a fog horn.  I'm surprised some enterprising MU students don't buy a dozen and hand them out to the gold rush, freak out the opposing team during FT attempts.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

for the most part. i would liked to have gotten a wii. but what can you expect for $8. i am giving the disks to my buddy in exchange for putting two old vhs tapes i had onto dvd and i will try and sell the cd player. the book seems cool too. so yes, i am happy.

Very nice display, Chili.

[spiral97]

an A for presentation!

but seriously.. not a bad spread for what was it, $8?

[StillAWarrior]

"Personal CD with Digital FM Tuner and Wired Remote."

Ummm...what the hell is the point of a "wired" remote?  On a portable CD player?

[rocky_warrior]

Ummm...what the hell is the point of a "wired" remote?  On a portable CD player?

Just guessing, but say you throw the cd player in your backpack, then you just have the remote and headphones coming out.  But really, who uses CD players in the day of MP3s anyway...

I have one .. it is SUPER loud, like a fog horn.  I'm surprised some enterprising MU students don't buy a dozen and hand them out to the gold rush, freak out the opposing team during FT attempts.

I though teams could get technical fouls for fans blowing whistles and the like?  Maybe this is something I've been mistaken on for several years.  Of course, if it sounds like a foghorn then maybe it wouldn't apply.

[Chili]

"Personal CD with Digital FM Tuner and Wired Remote."

Ummm...what the hell is the point of a "wired" remote?  On a portable CD player?

No idea what a wired remote is but hoping to get $10 on craigslist.