Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
    
 | | 06/25/2006 1:11 PM |
| If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.
With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1,000.00.
With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214.00.
Based on the above, current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle. | |
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bigbadjon
Sergeant
546 Posts
| | 06/25/2006 1:43 PM |
| | I drink a thousands worth of Pepsi a year, do I qualify? | |
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yack
Commander
3162 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 06/25/2006 9:37 PM |
| Thanks for rubbing the Nortel bit in....[:I]
I worked for them for 8 years and finally left in January.
Don't want too talk about the money I lost![:0]
But its true good ol'beer never lets you down![:p] and lets not talk about how money I spend on that a year. Its a secret for me and my liver only. | |
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Dragon Snack
Warrior
285 Posts
| | 06/27/2006 3:02 PM |
| | But good beer comes in bottles... | |
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Zozo
Warrior
218 Posts
| | 06/27/2006 6:02 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Dragon Snack
But good beer comes in bottles...
Yep, but then again if your retirement plan revolves around recycling beer cans, you probably can't afford the good stuff. | |
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IanB
Commander
3112 Posts
| | 06/27/2006 8:00 PM |
| | When we were shopping for a new PBX a few years back, Nortel was one of the four options we were looking at. They did a really, really bad job with followup, and the quote came in insanely expensive. It really seemed like they didn't care or not if they got our contract. I wasn't too surprised to see them go down, if that was their normal way of dealing with prospective customers. | |
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Wraithborne
Commander
3531 Posts
West Virginia
| | 04/09/2008 10:00 PM |
| | *Rise from your grave* | |
The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!
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Wraithborne
Commander
3531 Posts
West Virginia
| | 04/09/2008 10:01 PM |
| | w00t!!!!!!! I now have a retirement plan that fits my budget. | |
The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!
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Thenameless
Warlord
8993 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 04/10/2008 1:06 AM |
| Posted By yack on 06/25/2006 9:37 PM
Thanks for rubbing the Nortel bit in....[:I]
I worked for them for 8 years and finally left in January.
Don't want too talk about the money I lost![:0]
I'd wager that you were also rich at one time if you were a stock-holder too. | |
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Wolfgang
Commander
2945 Posts
Milton, Ontario Canada
| | 04/10/2008 2:16 AM |
| | man thats sad... sad that no one thougfht of this before | |
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Thenameless
Warlord
8993 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 04/10/2008 2:27 AM |
| | Heavy drinking and investing. Not sure how well these two go hand in hand. | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11197 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/10/2008 4:39 AM |
| | If I were to give it all up and head off to a desert island somewhere, I'd want two things. Inexhaustable beer supply and the internet. | |
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7146 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 04/10/2008 11:22 AM |
| Yeah, this is why you shoudl diversify.
You could recycle bottles as well. You never know when the bottom will fall out of the aluminum market. 
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Pedro
Commander
3922 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 04/10/2008 2:14 PM |
| | It's a little off-topic, but is Coca ccola sold in glass bottles in the USA or in PET bottles? And if so, if you can compare plastic/glass, is it more expensive? Or hard to get? Thanks. | |
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vanrulzz
Underboss
2465 Posts
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| | 04/10/2008 2:55 PM |
| | dang wraithborne's doing 06 resurrection now! is this just to annoy me? | | | |
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Master of the
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7146 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 04/10/2008 3:03 PM |
| It's in plastic.
I believe Plastic is more profitable to recycle, becasue it's more efficient (and given oil prices going up, saves more.)
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Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
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Wraithborne
Commander
3531 Posts
West Virginia
| | 04/10/2008 3:41 PM |
| Posted By vanrulzz on 04/10/2008 2:55 PM
dang wraithborne's doing 06 resurrection now! is this just to annoy me?
Indeed, though it is definitely relevant....If I had the can from every beer I'd ever drank, I wonder how much $$ I'd have? | |
The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
8993 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 04/10/2008 10:55 PM |
| Posted By Pedro on 04/10/2008 2:14 PM
It's a little off-topic, but is Coca ccola sold in glass bottles in the USA or in PET bottles? And if so, if you can compare plastic/glass, is it more expensive? Or hard to get? Thanks.
In Canada, you can still get your Coca Cola in all three forms of packaging. Aluminum cans, PET bottles, and the classic Coke shaped glass bottles. The latter are both harder to get, and more expensive though. | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11197 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/11/2008 6:28 AM |
| | You can still get Coke in glass bottles in the U.S. | |
Ghendar - Bringin' the snark!
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Cthulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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Master of the
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7146 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 04/11/2008 9:12 AM |
| Posted By Ghendar on 04/11/2008 6:28 AM
You can still get Coke in glass bottles in the U.S.
Wal-mart has them, but in the ethnic food section, oddly enough.
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Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
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Pedro
Commander
3922 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 04/11/2008 11:46 AM |
| | I'm not an expert in this, but I thought plastic is made out of oil, so it should be more expensive... | |
2007 & 2008 Czech Republic Champion
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Master of the
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7146 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 04/11/2008 12:03 PM |
| Posted By Pedro on 04/11/2008 11:46 AM
I'm not an expert in this, but I thought plastic is made out of oil, so it should be more expensive...
Yes, but it's easier to craft, and much thinner.
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Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11197 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/11/2008 12:10 PM |
| Posted By Teflon Jeff on 04/11/2008 9:12 AM Posted By Ghendar on 04/11/2008 6:28 AM
You can still get Coke in glass bottles in the U.S. Wal-mart has them, but in the ethnic food section, oddly enough.
yeah, that makes sense.
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Ghendar - Bringin' the snark!
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Cthulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
8993 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 04/12/2008 7:25 PM |
| Posted By Teflon Jeff on 04/11/2008 12:03 PM Posted By Pedro on 04/11/2008 11:46 AM
I'm not an expert in this, but I thought plastic is made out of oil, so it should be more expensive... Yes, but it's easier to craft, and much thinner.
And they don't break.
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Pedro
Commander
3922 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 04/13/2008 4:17 AM |
| | But the "feel" you get by drinking is very different... | |
2007 & 2008 Czech Republic Champion
2008 Czech Republic's Player of the Year
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Next Icon Called Shot: Baldur's Gate pack - Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc (and BOO!), Imoen, Xan, Sarevok...
Against the Giants Called Shot: Phoenix (/no luck)
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7146 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 04/13/2008 12:55 PM |
| | I expect that as oil prices go up, they'll continue to find cheap ways to make plastic, usually by reducing the amount of oil necessary. | |
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Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
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Pedro
Commander
3922 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 04/13/2008 3:51 PM |
| | Or maybe by more stressing the recycling aspect. The glass bottles have an advantage in that they are easily reusable. | |
2007 & 2008 Czech Republic Champion
2008 Czech Republic's Player of the Year
2.0 Champion of Necromancers! (preferably not Evil:-))
Next Icon Called Shot: Baldur's Gate pack - Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc (and BOO!), Imoen, Xan, Sarevok...
Against the Giants Called Shot: Phoenix (/no luck)
Demonweb Called Shot: Yagnoloth (I like demons!)
Feywild Called Shot:
Starter 2009 Called Shot: | |
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
8993 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 04/13/2008 7:11 PM |
| Posted By Pedro on 04/13/2008 4:17 AM
But the "feel" you get by drinking is very different...
Yes. For me, glass beats aluminum or plastic any day. The other two have an unpleasant taste or smell to them, glass nothing. | |
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Wraithborne
Commander
3531 Posts
West Virginia
| | 04/13/2008 7:41 PM |
| Posted By Thenameless on 04/13/2008 7:11 PM Posted By Pedro on 04/13/2008 4:17 AM
But the "feel" you get by drinking is very different... Yes. For me, glass beats aluminum or plastic any day. The other two have an unpleasant taste or smell to them, glass nothing.
I miss the old returnable bottles. | |
The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11197 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/14/2008 4:58 AM |
| | The only beer I prefer in cans is Heinekin. Just tastes better to me in cans. | |
Ghendar - Bringin' the snark!
Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Cthulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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Wraithborne
Commander
3531 Posts
West Virginia
| | 04/14/2008 8:41 AM |
| I drank a Heinekin once.....blech...not to my liking at all.
It was all I could do to choke it down. | |
The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7146 Posts
Idaho. Yes, we have Gamers in Idaho.
| | 04/14/2008 8:57 AM |
| Posted By Thenameless on 04/13/2008 7:11 PM Posted By Pedro on 04/13/2008 4:17 AM
But the "feel" you get by drinking is very different... Yes. For me, glass beats aluminum or plastic any day. The other two have an unpleasant taste or smell to them, glass nothing.
I'll agree with you on aluminum. I hate drinking from it (and incidentally, there is a correlation between alzheimers and aluminum.)
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Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Against The Giants Called Shot: Huge Green Dragon
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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Pedro
Commander
3922 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 04/14/2008 1:08 PM |
| Posted By Teflon Jeff on 04/14/2008 8:57 AM Posted By Thenameless on 04/13/2008 7:11 PM Posted By Pedro on 04/13/2008 4:17 AM
But the "feel" you get by drinking is very different... Yes. For me, glass beats aluminum or plastic any day. The other two have an unpleasant taste or smell to them, glass nothing. I'll agree with you on aluminum. I hate drinking from it (and incidentally, there is a correlation between alzheimers and aluminum.)
It's like with minis a little.
plastic is warm.
Glass, on the other hand, is cool (=cold). And when you take it out of the fridge cold...hmmmmm...
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2007 & 2008 Czech Republic Champion
2008 Czech Republic's Player of the Year
2.0 Champion of Necromancers! (preferably not Evil:-))
Next Icon Called Shot: Baldur's Gate pack - Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc (and BOO!), Imoen, Xan, Sarevok...
Against the Giants Called Shot: Phoenix (/no luck)
Demonweb Called Shot: Yagnoloth (I like demons!)
Feywild Called Shot:
Starter 2009 Called Shot: | |
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Wolfgang
Commander
2945 Posts
Milton, Ontario Canada
| | 04/14/2008 4:20 PM |
| mmmmm beer and it has to be from glass
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Proud member since March 26 2005
Champion of the SIVAK DRACONIAN
Joke champion of the epic sage!
Demonweb called shot - Sivak Draconian
Feywild called shot - Sivak Draconian
Number of sets with Sivak Draconian as my called shot - 9
Completed trades: (78)
Bad traders(2) DJchuckles, sardal
Trade References
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Wolfgang
Commander
2945 Posts
Milton, Ontario Canada
| | 04/14/2008 4:21 PM |
| | cans are a little to redneck for me | |
Proud member since March 26 2005
Champion of the SIVAK DRACONIAN
Joke champion of the epic sage!
Demonweb called shot - Sivak Draconian
Feywild called shot - Sivak Draconian
Number of sets with Sivak Draconian as my called shot - 9
Completed trades: (78)
Bad traders(2) DJchuckles, sardal
Trade References
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
8993 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 04/15/2008 12:11 AM |
| Posted By Wraithborne on 04/14/2008 8:41 AM
I drank a Heinekin once.....blech...not to my liking at all.
It was all I could do to choke it down.
Choking is not good in your industry. | |
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
8993 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 04/15/2008 12:13 AM |
| Posted By Teflon Jeff on 04/14/2008 8:57 AM Posted By Thenameless on 04/13/2008 7:11 PM Posted By Pedro on 04/13/2008 4:17 AM
But the "feel" you get by drinking is very different... Yes. For me, glass beats aluminum or plastic any day. The other two have an unpleasant taste or smell to them, glass nothing. I'll agree with you on aluminum. I hate drinking from it (and incidentally, there is a correlation between alzheimers and aluminum.)
That sounds believable. It seems like we have a lot more people coming down with alzheimers these days, and aluminum cans only came into vogue about 25 years ago.
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Pedro
Commander
3922 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 04/15/2008 5:26 AM |
| Posted By Thenameless on 04/15/2008 12:11 AM Posted By Wraithborne on 04/14/2008 8:41 AM
I drank a Heinekin once.....blech...not to my liking at all.
It was all I could do to choke it down. Choking is not good in your industry.
You need to swallow it properly. | |
2007 & 2008 Czech Republic Champion
2008 Czech Republic's Player of the Year
2.0 Champion of Necromancers! (preferably not Evil:-))
Next Icon Called Shot: Baldur's Gate pack - Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc (and BOO!), Imoen, Xan, Sarevok...
Against the Giants Called Shot: Phoenix (/no luck)
Demonweb Called Shot: Yagnoloth (I like demons!)
Feywild Called Shot:
Starter 2009 Called Shot: | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11197 Posts
The Dark and Forbidding Lands of The Necromancer.
| | 04/15/2008 8:39 AM |
| Posted By Teflon Jeff on 04/14/2008 8:57 AM Posted By Thenameless on 04/13/2008 7:11 PM Posted By Pedro on 04/13/2008 4:17 AM
But the "feel" you get by drinking is very different... Yes. For me, glass beats aluminum or plastic any day. The other two have an unpleasant taste or smell to them, glass nothing. I'll agree with you on aluminum. I hate drinking from it (and incidentally, there is a correlation between alzheimers and aluminum.)
Let's not panic just yet
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=99
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Champion of the Spider Eater with rider.
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
How many times in life do you get to eat your own Cthulhu? - Posted By Pedro on 03/31/2008 2:29 | |
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Wraithborne
Commander
3531 Posts
West Virginia
| | 04/15/2008 5:25 PM |
| Posted By Thenameless on 04/15/2008 12:11 AM Posted By Wraithborne on 04/14/2008 8:41 AM
I drank a Heinekin once.....blech...not to my liking at all.
It was all I could do to choke it down. Choking is not good in your industry.
Actually, there are several series of movies dedicated to it.
Don't think I can go into much more detail than that here though. | |
The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!
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