actually I didnt , chipped an edge and it had to be recut and repolished. now is only a 57K emerald...
the kid is fine, hates my guts for some reason.
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The "What I've Dropped" Thread.
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actually I didnt , chipped an edge and it had to be recut and repolished. now is only a 57K emerald...
the kid is fine, hates my guts for some reason.
My wedding ring. In the sea. On a rough day
I've dropped mine too. Well, actually, it fell off in the sands of Kuwait playing football. I have since replaced it with a slightly smaller one.
My Grandpa dropped his top of the line 17inch macbook pro a few weeks ago... He got a new one and the broken one is mine now.
It fell 4 feet onto cement, everything still works except the latch, and the bezel is all bent out of shape. I keep it closed in a stand and hooked it up to an external monitor. Worked out pretty well for me i guess.
It fell 4 feet onto cement, everything still works except the latch, and the bezel is all bent out of shape. I keep it closed in a stand and hooked it up to an external monitor. Worked out pretty well for me i guess.
I dropped my 5th gen iPod (favorite ever), it was in a case but of course it happened to land on one of the two corners that the case didn't cover. My little sister dropped the powerbook I gave her on to concrete and dented/scratched up the corners a bit. My roommate drops his phone at least a dozen times a day and complains loudly when he has to get a new one from Verizon. Idiot.
Put a disclaimer-"may be too intense for those heartbroken by the partial destruction of 
products"
products"
Put a disclaimer-"may be too intense for those heartbroken by the partial destruction of
Hehe, have done ^_^
I dropped my iBook G4 way back when and had to replace the bottom case. My wife has dropped both of her iPhones (1st gen and 3G)
I've dropped my old school 3G iPod more times than I can count...and it still runs fine despite being 5 years old. I dropped my iBook G4 and 12" PB a few times each, though always while they were in soft cases and never with any damage.
Being a waiter in the summer also means I've dropped PLENTY of glassware, sometimes spectacularly (rack of 25 white wine glasses anyone?). I'm not particularly clumsy....it's just a question of proportions: if you drop 0.5% of all glasses you ever carry and you only carry 5 glasses per day where I carry 200, I break way more than you.
Being a waiter in the summer also means I've dropped PLENTY of glassware, sometimes spectacularly (rack of 25 white wine glasses anyone?). I'm not particularly clumsy....it's just a question of proportions: if you drop 0.5% of all glasses you ever carry and you only carry 5 glasses per day where I carry 200, I break way more than you.
Yeah, I know.
I just LOVE ( nearly as much as
) that picture. At first, I didn't even notice that it was broken ^_^
this thread makes me super sad.
Ive been lucky thus far...but now that ive posted this i will drop something.
Ive been lucky thus far...but now that ive posted this i will drop something.
My friends $200 bong he just bought I felt much worse when he said "meh its just glass no biggie". I did buy him the exact replacement the next day with a little sumthin to put in it
I felt much worse when he said "meh its just glass no biggie". I did buy him the exact replacement the next day with a little sumthin to put in it
My friends $200 bong he just bought
Obviously tobacco right?
I had my iPod touch under my hat on the counter. my brother swiped the hat off of the counter, sending the ipod flying 5-6ft off the ground. Case got destroyed, but the ipod is ok.
3 months ago, rushing from one office to another across London, ran down the escalator at Bank tube station. No worries, macbook safely inside its sleeve in my backpack. Or so I thought.
Side zip was open.
Macbook and sleeve fell out, sleeve was unzipped, macbook fell out of sleeve, bounced all the way down the escalator, and slid across floor at bottom, a fall of about 20m, and my papers flew everywhere. Oops. How embarrassing.
Some of the commuters and businessmen I'd just run past like a prat stopped and kindly helped to gather up my papers.
Damage - a couple of scratches in the plastic of one corner and that was all. :0 But the HD packed up TWO months later - maybe related? I'm typing this on the same macbook now with a new 500GB HD.
Other drops - iphone onto tarmac many times, often face down. No scratches on glass. Then 3 weeks ago, one drop onto a marble floor from a tiny 12 inches up. Result: two new scratches on the glass
Side zip was open.
Macbook and sleeve fell out, sleeve was unzipped, macbook fell out of sleeve, bounced all the way down the escalator, and slid across floor at bottom, a fall of about 20m, and my papers flew everywhere. Oops. How embarrassing.
Some of the commuters and businessmen I'd just run past like a prat stopped and kindly helped to gather up my papers.
Damage - a couple of scratches in the plastic of one corner and that was all. :0 But the HD packed up TWO months later - maybe related? I'm typing this on the same macbook now with a new 500GB HD.
Other drops - iphone onto tarmac many times, often face down. No scratches on glass. Then 3 weeks ago, one drop onto a marble floor from a tiny 12 inches up. Result: two new scratches on the glass