JS-Kit/Echo comments for article at http://smallestminority.blogspot.com/2008/07/ibmeraphim.html (15 comments)

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jsid-1215569737-594053  Robert at Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:15:37 +0000

Nice to have a rifle made by the same guys who brought us so much of modern computing.

jsid-1215609453-594063  Kevin Baker at Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:17:33 +0000

My dad worked for Big Blue for 33 years. I thought it would be neat to have a REAL "Business Machine."

jsid-1215650019-594088  DirtCrashr at Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:33:39 +0000

I got a POSTAL Meter, cause the Postman always rings twice - that's a double-tap, right?

jsid-1215657366-594089  teqjack at Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:36:06 +0000

The first time I saw the IBM name on one of these I did a double-take: HUH?

And yeah, being in IT, I would have loved to show it off in the computer room.

jsid-1215664527-594091  Steck at Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:35:27 +0000

Let's have a race to see who gets the service grade IBM first - I got an email notification Tuesday AM that they'd received my order Monday.

jsid-1215694749-594094  homebru at Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:09 +0000

Too late I realized that I needed to get one of the IBM carbines.

It would have been poetic justice since IBM fired me. (I didn't want to move to another city. If you know anything about IBM, you understand.)

jsid-1215716868-594126  Kevin Baker at Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:07:48 +0000

Let's have a race to see who gets the service grade IBM first - I got an email notification Tuesday AM that they'd received my order Monday.

I got my email today!

jsid-1215796901-594161  Firehand at Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:21:41 +0000

Hot damn! We'll be waiting for pictures.

jsid-1215924751-594193  Drew458 at Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:52:31 +0000

I live in New Jersey, so I'm not allowed to have one.

jsid-1215925459-594194  Kevin Baker at Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:04:19 +0000

Hell, you can't even have an air pistol in New Jersey, apparently.

Why the hell live there, then?

jsid-1216078649-594250  Steck at Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:37:29 +0000

Holy cow, Kevin, I just got an email saying the IBM will be *in my hands* tomorrow morning!

jsid-1216081156-594251  Kevin Baker at Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:19:16 +0000

Hmmm... I've gotten nothing but the acknowledgment yet.

Envy, envy, envy...

jsid-1216249812-594308  Steck at Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:10:12 +0000

Got the new (to me, anyway) IBM this morning... great condition and (strangely) with an adjustable sight with windage in the back. I've heard that's a useful aftermarket feature, the only downside is that it covers up where it says it's an IBM. (Serial number makes it an IBM for sure, though.) IBM did *not* put that on.

Also, the expected FAT Italian cartouche isn't on there anywhere.

jsid-1216269746-594317  Kevin Baker at Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:42:26 +0000

Congratulations. I checked the status of my order at ODCMP.com and it doesn't show up yet.

Damn, I hope I'm not order #1008.

jsid-1216269774-594318  Kevin Baker at Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:42:54 +0000

Oh, and your post is useless without pics!

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