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BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« on: February 07, 2006, 12:50:54 pm »
We've all heard about the guy that turned his flat into something from Star Trek Voyager (here's just one of the threads about it). Well, he's back in the news.

Trek geeks with dreams of home-modding beware:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1714106.html
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2006, 01:25:33 pm »
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A Star Trek fan has gone bankrupt after spending
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2006, 01:31:59 pm »
Quote from: quarterback on February 07, 2006, 01:25:33 pm
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2006, 01:33:38 pm »
http://www.24thcid.com/ for more details....
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2006, 01:40:20 pm »
Uh oh.  I better not post any pictures of my kids rooms.  No financial or marital disaster here though.
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2006, 01:58:14 pm »
I think that would be super cool for a hotel themed room....but not to live in 24/7.

It's simply not practical....but he did an amazing job.  :P
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Seriously. Will it fit in my basement or what?

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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2006, 02:00:28 pm »
Quote from: ChadTower on February 07, 2006, 01:31:59 pm
Quote from: quarterback on February 07, 2006, 01:25:33 pm
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A Star Trek fan has gone bankrupt after spending £12,000 turning his home into the Starship Voyager.

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He took out two huge loans and ran up debts of over £100,000

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He took out two huge loans and ran up debts of over £100,000 on 14 credit cards marketing his idea

It only cost him £12,000 to convert his house and then he spent £88,000+ "marketing his idea"?   I'd call that ridiculous, but I guess that's how a lot of small businesses start... and then fail.

Quote from: Stewie on February 07, 2006, 01:33:38 pm
http://www.24thcid.com/ for more details....

Thanks. I'll check it out
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2006, 08:07:00 pm »
Looks like one of those "fun place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there" places.
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2006, 08:29:21 pm »
I'm ashamed to admit seeing it, but I'm pretty sure he was in Trekkies 2
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2006, 01:55:55 pm »
First, I don't understand how a person can do that to an apartment. Or is that just a word they use for "condo" over there?

Second, when I first heard of this guy his place was for sale and getting crazy bids. Wha happen??

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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2006, 02:07:57 pm »

Yes, the terms are interchangeable in a lot of ways.  In many places the only difference at all is ownership status.  Physically a condo conversion and an apartment are the same.
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2006, 01:38:04 pm »
Wait, a trekkie with a wife? Something doesn't add up here.
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2006, 01:39:25 pm »

Fat chicks need lovin' too.
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2006, 01:52:17 pm »
Quote from: ChadTower on February 09, 2006, 01:39:25 pm

Fat chicks need lovin' too.
I went to a convention last May. I saw things I never wanted to see. One woman had her stomach fat hanging from unner her shirt. I got pretty much the whole cast of TNG to sign a picture, but I'm not sure if $140 I paid  is enough to cover the physcological damage.
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2006, 03:27:41 pm »
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Wait, a trekkie with a wife? Something doesn't add up here.
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2006, 11:20:07 pm »
Quote from: More Cowbell on February 09, 2006, 01:38:04 pm
Wait, a trekkie with a wife? Something doesn't add up here.

Nope, no paradox there:

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Tony, who split from his wife Georgina after he replaced their fridge with a "warp coil"...
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Re: BYO Star Trek House = marital & financial disaster
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2006, 11:58:58 am »

That sounds like a fair trade to me.
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