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      • Ryan Scheckel
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    • My Idea for a Store

      • As I wait for the new freshmen to come over for advising, I thought I'd answer another plinky prompt. Today they ask, "If you owned a store, what would you sell?"


        Game Time

        I've had this idea for a store stuck in my head for a long time. My wife, our friends and family, and I really like to play games, but not your traditional card and board games. We play games like Imaginiff!, Loaded Questions, Five Crowns, Quiddler, UnoSpin, Whoonu, etc. Over the years, we've bought and tried (and been given) a lot of different games and I think it would be cool to own a game store.

        More specifically, I've kicked the idea around so much in my mind that I've got a name (GameKnight), a layout (different kinds of games in "towers" at the corners of the store with the customer service/checkout in the middle surrounded by a moat painted on the floor), and a multiple-streams of income approach that includes retail sales, rentals, and room reservations. People could come in and rent a game to try it. We'd have demo versions of all of our games that they could open up and see. Customers could rent one of our game rooms for birthdays and such. The only rule: no video games. We'd carry all sorts of games, including the more advanced role-playing games and customizable collectible card games. It'd be a blast!

        Yeah... I spend too much time in my head. ;-)

      • answered by rscheckel on 06/15/2009
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    • Woo hoo hoo! (my, my) Woo hoo hoo!

      • The last time I "went 'woo hoo!'" was on my way home from work yesterday. The Eagles' song "Already Gone" was on the radio and, while I know it's a break-up song (see previous plinky prompt answer here: http://www.plinky.com/answers/30469), I was "already gone" from work, so it just fit.

        Anyway, the part of the song that I was singing to goes like this:

        But I guess you felt like you had to set things right
        Just remember this, my girl, when you look up in the sky
        You can see the stars and still not see the light (that's right)

        And I'm already gone
        And I'm feelin' strong
        I will sing this vict'ry song, woo hoo hoo (my, my) woo hoo hoo

        Well I know it wasn't you who held me down
        Heaven knows it wasn't you who set me free
        So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
        And we never even know we have the key

        But me, I'm already gone
        And I'm feelin' strong
        I will sing this vict'ry song
        'Cause I'm already gone
        Yes, I'm already gone
        And I'm feelin' strong

        So, there I was, headed home to see my beautiful bride and my baby boy and I really meant it when I sang, "woo hoo hoo!"

      • answered by rscheckel on 06/04/2009
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    • Lacrosse should be more popular

      • What's not to like about lacrosse? It's sort of like hockey mixed with soccer mixed with football mixed with basketball. I only wish …

      • answered by rscheckel on 05/22/2009
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    • I can't travel without an astro-droid

      • Don't judge me... ;-)


        an astro-droid
        Hey, if Artoo was Luke Skywalker's co-pilot in that classic X-Wing, then I can sure use one of those Swiss Army knives of a droid helping me make a trip someplace. Since I've started collecting them, I've taken one everywhere with me; to Honduras, L.A., South Daktoa, etc.


      • answered by rscheckel on 05/12/2009
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