Celestial navigation stuff. Books, including Nautical Almanac and some "layman" items, sextant, watch synched to radio time signal; all cool stuff!
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#72The Little Schemer! You've got a lot of fun ahead of you :)
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
The entire skin. Quite thick - not really wearable.
It actually might not be illegal. I was on safari last year and I was told you could buy a license to hunt leopards, just they are very expensive. You can also hunt lions and other big game.
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#742 Books, a grease gun and shop light (I'm teaching myself car repair) A case for my new droid phone and lots of candy.
The shop light was a good choice. I'm a little confused about the grease gun. I've worked on cars since I was really young, and honestly cannot remember pulling one out, except on farm equipment.
I'd recommend a set of wrenches, sockets, socket adapters (get EVERY combo you can here), and 2 really good socket wrenches. Don't skimp on the socket wrenches. Money well spent. Also, a hammer, (rubber mallet, and metallic kind). Last but not least, some sort of ginormous pry bar and a 2-3' section of 1/4" steel pipe, that fits snugly around your socket wrench. Trust me, you will understand why very soon.
Get those items, which shouldn't break the bank, and you are ready to tackle damn near everything, aside from a crankshaft replacement.
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#75Magic Mouse, an AeroPress and some cigars
How's the mouse?
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#76Repair manual and performance handbook for my 1993 Mazda MX-5.
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#77A Panasonic DMC-LX3 camera was my big present.
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#78Rejection from a grad school and a call from a collecting agency!
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#79A necklace, a lamp, a dress, the 'inventor's almanac' book 'They Made America,' and several socks, the limiting factor for startups.
Socks are indeed an important business asset. We've always said that when our startup is actually profitable enough to have a proper office, it will include a dry-erase floor and a large supply of corporate socks... you know, for all the planning meetings and UI sketches and what not.
That is a brilliant idea. I've wanted some dry-erase wallpaper http://www.walltalkers.com/ since I worked in an office that had it, but the dry-erase floor is now on my list.
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#80I want a Winnebago.