Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship

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Florian

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From: Adelaide/Australia

Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship

dont mind this very offtopic post even for the offtopic section , i am just very proud of my achivement of putting this damn thing togheder lol...its such a grown up...man thing to do :-)

lol...Its acctualy a Digital Antenna that looked kind of cool on Ebay ....i like it cause you can use a remote control to rotate....but to be honest i just liked the fact that it looked so complicated

...not realizing i was going to have to build the whole f***ing thing myself !!

but did it ...dont know how...the instructions are pathetic...

well...it spins , lets hope i can get good tv reception now...

ive spent the last few weeks on ebay, upgrading my house gadgets

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 14 2010 18:36:00

Pgh_flamenco

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From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

I've never seen a TV antenna as extreme as this. Looks like a weapon from a 1950's sci-fi movie. So did you get better reception with it?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 14 2010 20:00:10

Florian

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From: Adelaide/Australia

RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Pgh_flamenco)

lol...i dont know yet, i have to install it somewhere high and outside on my house...that means a trip to the hardware store..cause i need another pole and a few screws

i can get some chanels atm ( with the antenna indors), looks very clear...but not all of them

lets hope this dosent turn out to be more trouble than it was worth

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 14 2010 20:07:12

Ron.M

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From: Scotland

RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

quote:

Looks like a weapon from a 1950's sci-fi movie.

LOL!

Just don't try to take it through airport security or you're a dead man.

quote:

lets hope this dosent turn out to be more trouble than it was worth

When you mount it on a pole outside, just make sure you put plenty grease round the moving parts and make sure all the electrical connections are well sealed against moisture.
It's weather/rain/rust that usually kills these things off within a year or so unless you maintain them.

Happy viewing!

cheers,

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 1:29:24

kozz

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From: Eindhoven NL

RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

WOW....the Mothership Connection comes down again...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 3:14:03

KMMI77

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From: The land down under

RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

That's cool man!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 4:00:13

Doitsujin

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

LOL!

Women buy good looking shoes but dont need em..(not 100) and men buy good looking "house gadgets".

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 14:22:54

kovachian

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

Is that for picking up TV stations, or gamma rays from distant galaxies?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 17:54:08

Florian

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From: Adelaide/Australia

RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to kovachian)

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Women buy good looking shoes but dont need em..(not 100) and men buy good looking "house gadgets".

I am just happy to finally be in the man category...

..until now i was buying good looking shoes...

thanks Ron for the advice and everyone for the replies...i almost fainted when i saw it compleatly unasembled in the box

ps.. exciting times i also got a Media Centre/ Recorder...i can hook it up and have all my movies on it and most importantly record from tv..

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 18:20:09

Grisha

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

Switch it off already, Flo!

You are killing my cell phone reception.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 18:34:30

Florian

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From: Adelaide/Australia

RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Grisha)

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Switch it off already, Flo! You are killing my cell phone reception.

I am trying !!! to find !!! Bin Ladin

(greate reward..id never have to work again)....and to see if theres other living civilizations in the univerese

just to help you out....after your reception cut out...your girlfriend said..." Dont worry... its very common..it happens to many men"

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 18:57:54

Florian

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

damn...i just changed the joke but u saw the old one

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 19:12:23

at_leo_87

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

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I am trying !!! to find !!! Bin Ladin (greate reward..id never have to work again)....and to see if theres other living civilizations in the univerese

LOL.

great work, flo. it looks like a serious home security device. you should probably stop expecting mail. if i was a mailman, i would not go anywhere near your house in fear of being vaporized.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 15 2010 22:37:29

Gummy

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

Man, you are going to be making adjustments and everyone will be diving for cover!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 16 2010 7:02:29

kozz

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

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I am trying !!! to find !!! Bin Ladin (greate reward..id never have to work again)....and to see if theres other living civilizations in the univerese

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 16 2010 8:37:00

Arash

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

that thing is more like an aircraft defence system

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 16 2010 8:40:58

Florian

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Arash)

you are a genius with photos

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that thing is more like an aircraft defence system

hehe those anti aircraft systems look funny...its like watching that R2 robot from Star wars ...getting lost and trying to find his crew in a hurry

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Man, you are going to be making adjustments and everyone will be diving for cover!

lol i know...everyone including me...its funny ...in the video i turned the button to spin it for the first time ...and if u listen carefull u can hear me make a sound of joy or disbelif when it spins lol

Leo (i began replying from the last message up).... I ran out of funny replies

...but dont fell left out ! il tell you a joke tomarow !

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 16 2010 11:49:54

at_leo_87

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RE: Check it OUT ! i built a spaceship (in reply to Florian)

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Leo (i began replying from the last message up).... I ran out of funny replies ...but dont fell left out ! il tell you a joke tomarow !

ok,

but i hope the joke will include some of the following...
-school bus
-grannies
-stabbing or death duels
-hairy shoulders
-cowboys

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