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Title: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on October 18, 2012, 12:03:01 PM: So instead of spending my weekend in Chicago for the Octurborfest like I originally planned, I'm in Savannah for a job interview. Had the interview this morning and I feel pretty good about it. I should know next week so I might be moving from Wichita, KS to Savannah. I pretty much live in wichita most of my life since my family immigrated from Cambodia in 1983. It would be sad because I would be leaving my family behind but at the same, I'm excited about my new surrounding and the endless opportunities here. Anyway, we're spending the next few days scoping out the area. I see that they have a retro gaming shop called PlanetFun in downtown. I'm gonna check it out tomorrow. Would be good to know if there are any turbobs around me if I move to Savannah.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: roflmao on October 18, 2012, 01:31:18 PM: I live in Fayetteville, NC, about a 4 hour dive north of you. I was hoping to plan some sort of regional get together for this Fall (much like Octurbofest), but life has been going way too fast lately. I can't believe Fall is already upon us! Anyway, welcome to this neck of the woods. At some point in the (hopefully) near future we'll have a gettogether in this area.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: PunkicCyborg on October 18, 2012, 03:13:35 PM: Wish i could go to turbofest but im in florida, still waiting for the southeast turbo post!
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: geise on October 19, 2012, 01:21:10 AM: I used to live in Savannah, GA. I went to Savannah College of Art and Design there. It's been built up quite a bit since I've been there. I don't remember there ever being a retro game shop in the downtown area. That's nice there's one now. Downtown Savannah has some cool spots. I personally wouldn't hang around there at night. Crime can be pretty bad in the downtown area even where it's nice. That usually goes for anywhere though. Tybie Island is also a nice beach area. Great place to go on the weekend and is really close to Savannah. I'm now in Wilmington, NC another nice historic city. I hope you land the job. Let us know how that game shop is. I'm curious.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: majors on October 19, 2012, 03:43:17 AM: Memorial Day wknd in Raleigh has Animazement and the game room is Turbo friendly!
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Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: NightWolve on October 19, 2012, 03:47:29 AM: Well, good luck landing the job and with the move if so! =)
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on October 19, 2012, 07:45:41 AM: Thanks guys. I should know next week if I get the job or not. I checked on a few apartments already.

ROFLMAO, I'm certainly be down for a meet when I do live here.

Geise, planetfun is on 23 e broughton st. Pretty cool shop, lots toys, comic books and video games from the 80's and 90's. Kind of expensive. There was one lonely turbo items and its Wonderers from Ys. Price was $35. I asked him what's the lowest he would do on it. He said its been sitting here out for awhile and check if the prices went down. He checked and he said its actually going up, I saw he was checking eBay LOL. He said he's staying at $35 so I passed on it. Will post some picture later.

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Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: MotherGunner on October 19, 2012, 08:31:49 AM: I used to hang out in Hinesville A LOT. Would go into Savannah for some parties at Wet Willy's!
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on October 19, 2012, 12:10:19 PM: Added some pictures:)
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on January 03, 2013, 05:18:56 AM: So the moving company is currently in the process of packing and loading our stuff. We should be in savannah in a week.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: Jibbajaba on January 03, 2013, 06:33:16 AM: Glad to see that you got the job. I thought you might have jinxed yourself with this thread.

Chris
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on January 03, 2013, 05:08:12 PM: Thanks Chris. The last several weeks have been busy for me. Can't wait to finally get situated in our new apartment and start really putting some obey playtime in. Luckly I have my modded turbo express to quickly satify my turbo addiction:)
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: Tatsujin on January 03, 2013, 05:18:50 PM: Bravo :)
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: esteban on January 03, 2013, 05:21:23 PM: Quote from: turbokon on January 03, 2013, 05:08:12 PM
Thanks Chris. The last several weeks have been busy for me. Can't wait to finally get situated in our new apartment and start really putting some obey playtime in. Luckly I have my modded turbo express to quickly satify my turbo addiction:)

I'm sure you'll be more responsible, but...I still have boxes that I haven't opened from my move 6 years ago. I HOPE MY AVE3 PAD + FORGOTTEN WORLDS is in there...

Good luck with move!
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: MrFlutterPie on January 04, 2013, 09:54:48 AM: Congratz on the new job opportunity and good luck with your move :)
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: bob on January 04, 2013, 10:12:26 AM: Damn it! Its going to cost more to ship stuff to you for fixin.

LOL. Glad you got the job. Its tough out there. Sounds promising if you made such a big move.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on January 05, 2013, 03:27:45 AM: Quote from: esteban on January 03, 2013, 05:21:23 PM
Quote from: turbokon on January 03, 2013, 05:08:12 PM
Thanks Chris. The last several weeks have been busy for me. Can't wait to finally get situated in our new apartment and start really putting some obey playtime in. Luckly I have my modded turbo express to quickly satify my turbo addiction:)

I'm sure you'll be more responsible, but...I still have boxes that I haven't opened from my move 6 years ago. I HOPE MY AVE3 PAD + FORGOTTEN WORLDS is in there...

Good luck with move!

Thanks guys.

Estaban, you send me that box will yah, I could use forgotten world in my collection:)
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: TheClash603 on January 05, 2013, 03:41:13 AM: Congrats on the new job!!

Now I need my gf to get on board with moving for a job opportunity.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on January 09, 2013, 05:12:16 AM: Just wanted to let you guys know that we made it ok to our apartment in Pooler, GA. Now the unpacking begins. I can't have an office unlike in our old place so I won't have the same gaming setup. I will only be able to have a few systems out in the living room, the rest are going to have to stay in the box.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: bob on January 09, 2013, 07:09:14 AM: Quote from: turbokon on January 09, 2013, 05:12:16 AM
Just wanted to let you guys know that we made it ok to our apartment in Pooler, GA. Now the unpacking begins. I can't have an office unlike in our old place so I won't have the same gaming setup. I will only be able to have a few systems out in the living room, the rest are going to have to stay in the box.

I'm happy to help you out. Send everything to me for safe storage. I have only had 3 floods in my basement over the last year. But only one was caused by septic.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on January 09, 2013, 07:21:51 AM: Thanks for the offer galam, I'll keep it in mind;)
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: bob on January 09, 2013, 07:48:06 AM: Awesome, you have double my post count. Not sure how/why I noticed this.

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Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on January 10, 2013, 03:04:55 AM: Haha, I better keep it that way then:)
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: HercTNT on January 10, 2013, 07:48:05 AM: Congrats on making it safe and on the job! sorry i'm late to the party but i was alseep at the switch :)
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: turbokon on January 10, 2013, 08:26:00 AM: Thanks Herc! We're still in the process of unpacking every thing. Will start on your gamegear once I get all situated.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: HercTNT on January 10, 2013, 01:38:31 PM: Family comes first :) i'm far from worried about it. you get to it when you do. Don't care if it takes another month.
Title: Re: Any body here in Savannah, Georgia or near by??
Post by: esteban on January 11, 2013, 04:44:58 PM: Glad you are starting to get "settled in" down Georgia, turbokon. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)