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Facilitypro

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(04/28/08 4:07 PM)

Slow Daddy

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I'm surprised it took me 8 months to realize this, but I live about an hour away from Alamogordo NM, the location of the "ET Burial Grounds" landfill.

Although it might be cool to take a road trip out there this summer, what would I do? Even assuming I found the place, I could take a picture and post it. I'm not sure that would be worth the trouble.

85% of video games are above the median in quality.

Flying Omelette

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(04/28/08 6:18 PM)

Frickin' Fred Durst on Stilts

Dig it up.

Think of what you're saying,
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out
And get it straight or say good night.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

Captain Ladd Spencer

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(04/28/08 6:35 PM)

Behold the many
uses of my amazing
BIONIC ARM!

Meet me there and we could both dig it up.

Cesium

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(04/28/08 7:43 PM)

Unfortunately, according to Wikipedia, the cartridges were covered in cement, and the landfill doesn't allow scavenging. There honestly isn't much to do there.

Crawl and 1OOO

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(04/28/08 8:35 PM)

The Fuzzy Physicist
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Bring a backhoe.

Facilitypro

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(04/28/08 8:43 PM)

Slow Daddy

OK, Codie and I are going at night, and I've rented a jackhammer. She's bringing the ski masks.

85% of video games are above the median in quality.

GasMaskMan

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(04/28/08 10:27 PM)

Unfortunately, not only where the cartridges buried under cement, but they where (according to snopes,) crushed with a steamroller beforehand. ( http://snopes.com/business/market/atari.asp ) So, on the bright side, you could hope to at least bring back some crushed IC chip fragments and bits of plastic.

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