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Alex Pelan
23-06-2004, 08:49
All right,as you might expect, theres a story to go along with this. My mom works at a venture capital firm, and the partners there are essentially rich obscure old men. Monday was the annual beach party at one of the partners beach house,which is a dull time, to say the least. Somewhere along the line,the subject turned to robotics, and then one of the partners' wives said something about Dean Kamen,after which the conversation got a whole lot more interesting. Afterwards, she mentioned that her husband had put in a $1200 deposit on a Segway, but had never gotten it because he did not want to take the class on operating it. (My reaction : :eek: )Then, he said that I could use his deposit towards one. Unfortunately, I have no money, and no job, so I won't be getting a Segway except if a small miracle happens (ie find buried treasure/the holy grail and sell it on ebay) :D

Dorienne
23-06-2004, 10:24
All right,as you might expect, theres a story to go along with this. My mom works at a venture capital firm, and the partners there are essentially rich obscure old men. Monday was the annual beach party at one of the partners beach house,which is a dull time, to say the least. Somewhere along the line,the subject turned to robotics, and then one of the partners' wives said something about Dean Kamen,after which the conversation got a whole lot more interesting. Afterwards, she mentioned that her husband had put in a $1200 deposit on a Segway, but had never gotten it because he did not want to take the class on operating it. (My reaction : :eek: )Then, he said that I could use his deposit towards one. Unfortunately, I have no money, and no job, so I won't be getting a Segway except if a small miracle happens (ie find buried treasure/the holy grail and sell it on ebay) :D
Well, do you have a job? You could always get a good job that pays well and eventually get the amount for the rest of the payments.
Or, do chores for money. That always seems to get a good jumpstart. :)
--d0ri

Ashley Weed
23-06-2004, 12:23
All right,as you might expect, theres a story to go along with this. My mom works at a venture capital firm, and the partners there are essentially rich obscure old men. Monday was the annual beach party at one of the partners beach house,which is a dull time, to say the least. Somewhere along the line,the subject turned to robotics, and then one of the partners' wives said something about Dean Kamen,after which the conversation got a whole lot more interesting. Afterwards, she mentioned that her husband had put in a $1200 deposit on a Segway, but had never gotten it because he did not want to take the class on operating it. (My reaction : :eek: )Then, he said that I could use his deposit towards one. Unfortunately, I have no money, and no job, so I won't be getting a Segway except if a small miracle happens (ie find buried treasure/the holy grail and sell it on ebay) :D


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