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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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I'd suggest spending a whole day queueing in the street to pay 500 quid for a gadget is probably a good way of getting away from your girlfriend permanently.... Jon
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm
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Location: /dev/tty0
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The atmosphere? Why go to a football game when you can watch it a few hours later on one of the many catch-up channels?
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am
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Location: Nottingham
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Huh? Standing in line for an iPad = live sporting event  _________________Twitter Blogflickr
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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17. You fell for the Apple marketing boll*cks yet again  _________________Jim
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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I hate shopping and one of the reasons is queues. Hence if a queue looks too long, I will (and have) simply leave my basket and bugger off.
(Or more likely, I'll have spotted how busy it is as soon as I walk in and hence walk straight back out).
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Amnesia10
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No point queueing now. They have sold out completely in the UK, within 24 hours. http://macdailynews.com/2011/03/28/appl ... worldwide/_________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am
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So, for those that really wanted to queue, a friend off the British Mac forum has posted a video from the Norwich Store. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oY4b50ajTcNow aren't you sorry you missed it? _________________A Mac user 
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I'd queue for the latest nVidia product if one of their PR girls did that  _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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ProfessorF
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You've got to admit, nobody does a high street launch quite like Apple... It's impressive. *Edit - I wonder if anyone in that queue was just looking for a spot of support for their iPhone. 
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bobbdobbs
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_________________Finally joined Flickr
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Amnesia10
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A bad day to book an appointment at the Genius bar. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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timark_uk
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I doubt Apple Stores were taking bookings for Genius Bar on a product launch day.
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ProfessorF
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Why? On one level, yes, it's a shame that people are worked up to such a degree by what is merely a new gadget. And of course, wise old coves like ourselves would never fall for such chicanery. On the other hand, it's nice that people are being excited by something. I could quite happily live in a world where people don't bother to queue for things (and they were camping in tents for tickets to Daniel O'Donnell in Plymouth), but I'm glad that I don't. Whilst I'm not about to go and queue like that for something (unless the tsunami's hit us, and it's bread and water time), I'm glad that people do. I also can't imagine, say, Burger King launching a new burger to quite the same response.
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Amnesia10
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A bad day for anything non iPad related. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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