I can't believe my mom brought this piece of trash into the house

Pretender

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When she got home, she told me that she had gone to some store to do minor shopping for household stuff, and she picked up something for my computer since they were giving them out for free......I look at it, and it's

AN AOL DISC.


It came in a nice tin though, kinda like one of those Altoids tins, but much longer and wider, and not as deep. I guess it'd be handy for putting change or other cds into.


Aaargh, has anyone found any useful things to do with AOL discs?
 

konichiwa

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It's a good frisbee. If you have a bookcase, throw it and see how long it takes you to get it in between two books.
 

Zedfu

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pretender,

i understand the true agony and pain that the aol disk brings upon us all. the evil must be destroyed......burnt!...........

:)
 

RSI

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Thankfully AOL stopped sending me those cursed CDs! I only need so many coasters, on top of what I already have! And playing frisbee does get boring!

How can AOL be so successful... I don't understand, is the general populatino THAT stupid (or should I say ignorant)? Not to bash any people who have AOL or anything... :p We all go through that phase at one point or another. ;) I remember when I had AOL.. I think I was 11 or 12 years old. :D

Seemed great then, until I started to learn more about the internet and computers in general. Then I realized how much better it could be! With a simple, quick, effective dialup connection without the hassle of all that AOL software.

Dialup sucks either way though... Too bad broadband isn't available here. :(

-RSI
 

cxim

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Why does AOL do well ???

ask the folks in Palm Beach.... can't punch a hole in a card ??... use AOL...
 

Deeko

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I hate AOL, but it's got ease of use going for it. And most people are too stupid to use AIM, and AOL puts it there for them :)
 

Ornery

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Hey, you guys are messing up my one joy in life! :)

But seriously, your mom brought that particular disc home, so don't blame AOL this time. The holders do come in handy for bulk CD-Rs, so that's cool.

But, the next time you see one of those discs, remember this. AOL wasn't squat only a very few years ago. Those freebie discs, a marketing coupe, have put AOL where they are today. Remember Compuserve? They are now second banana to AOL because of those cursed discs. I would never let anyone install the damn things, but I hold them in high regard because of that marketing success.
 

Deeko

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<< Remember Compuserve? They are now second banana to AOL because of those cursed discs >>


lol remember them? Now they ARE AOL. Ever seen Compuserve 2000? It is just a LITTLE bit reminiscent of AOL 5.0......
 

yakko

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I collect AOL discs. I try to get the different packages. I also collect other free computer related discs that I would never install on my pc.
 

cxim

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they are actually good for coasters here in Florida...

cold drinks sweat a lot... AOL saves the furniture...
 

wviperw

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They need a website like aolburns.com where they come up with a fresh and new way to rid yourself of those horrid AOL disks. Then visitors get to watch the streaming video. It would attract Millions... :)

Up this week AOL 4.0 and a match...
 

badpony

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Funny that you would ask that question. I just read 101 uses for AOL disks a few minutes ago. Here they are. I think some of these are for the floppy variety...

1. Mini cutting board.
2. Attach it to a ruler and presto! - you've got a fly swatter.
3. Construct a life size replica of Stonehenge.
4. At a restaurant, shove one under a wobbling table leg.
5. Money clip (use metal door and discard the plastic case...the &quot;rich nerd&quot; look is IN this year).
6. Eye patch (for one-eyed software pirates).
7. Christmas ornaments (the more the merrier).
8. Give them to young children to use as building blocks.
9. Glue them to the bottom of the space shuttle and use them as re-entry burn tiles.
10. Dentures (melt &amp; form them into new teeth for grandma).
11. Room dividers for hamsters.
12. Drink coasters.
13. Use multiple disks to create an ideal door stopper.
14. Ice scraper.
15. Bathroom tile.
16. Bookmark.
17. Mini frisbee.
18. Air hockey puck.
19. Dog chew toy.
20. Dart board.
21. Pooper scooper.
22. Grill scraper.
23. Use them for karate board-breaking demonstrations (save a tree).
24. Wrist slicer - after receiving first AOL bill (use metal door).
25. Conversation piece for coffee table.
26. Destroy them - smash, burn, or run over to relieve stress.
27. Light switch cover.
28. Chinese throwing stars (tape 2 together).
29. Clay pigeons for target practice.
30. Greeting card (bind two together at one end).
31. Halloween treat (give them away all night long).
32. Bullet proof vest (arrange together in triple thickness).
33. Firewood.
34. Bird house.
35. Paper weights.
36. Pen holders (make a box without a top).
37. Post it-notes holder.
38. Refrigerator magnet (glue a magnet to the back).
39. A very sturdy base for putting the motorcycle sidestand on when parking on soft surfaces.
40. Keep 'em in the trunk for extra traction in the snow.
41. Solar Eclipse Glasses (open door and look through disk at the sun/moon -actually works).
42. Placing one in each back pocket helps children who get paddled by the coach. This spreads the force to a wider area.
43. Make an AOL disk &amp; pasta casserole.
44. Incense burners (put stick in hole of disk hub and light the incense.
45. Bug Shield (glue a bunch to the front of your car's hood).
46. Put them on car windshields at the mall (along with this list).
47. Melt the plastic of the disks into a giant sculpture.
48. Hand them out as party favors.
49. Hidden/spare key holder (crack open 1 side, insert key and then place near door. Completely safe...who would want an AOL disk?)
50. Vertical blinds.
51. Be an AOL diskette surgeon and disect a diskette.
52. Bench press weights (I can press 120).
53. Grind 'em up and refertilize the front lawn.
54. The new &quot;Domino's stuffed-crust pizza&quot; filling.
55. Tell the kids to leave warm milk &amp; AOL disks for Santa.
56. Brake shoes.
57. House insulation.
58. Recycle them for the scrap metal.
59. Kitchen tile for Bill Gates' new mansion in Seatle (walk all over the competition)
60. Hockey Puck.
61. Add water and special plant life to make a Chia-Disk.
62. Noise maker for your bike spokes (why damage your valuable baseball cards).
63. Put one on a leash and drag it along as you walk...makes the perfect pet.
64. Poker chips.
65. Baseball practice (throw them up in the air and hit them with the bat).
66. Keychain (Put a key ring through one of the writeprotect holes and you've got a snappy executive bathroom keychain for the office).
67. Mail to 10 friends-start an AOL chain-letter (add a disk with each link).
68. Earmuffs (glue some fur on one side, then attach a U-shaped piece of bent coathanger to both disks).
69. Grind them up to make fake snow.
70. Earrings (put loop into write-protect hole).
71. Dental floss (use actual disk).
72. Use them for zipper pulls (instead of ski lift tickets).
73. When your collection of disks reaches 52, use them for a deck of cards.
74. Use them to fill potholes.
75. Hood ornament.
76. Snow blower replacement blades.
77. Put them in your shirt pocket to make you look smart.
78. Make two stacks of 10 and use them as heels for platform shoes.
79. Rubic's cube case (make into box).
80. Shipping material (keeps your photos from being bent in the mail).
81. Protect your table from burns caused by hot pots and pans.
82. Snack trays (great for holding hors d'oeuvres at parties).
83. Give them as stocking stuffers to all those people who piss you off.
84. Fly paper (use actual disk and put string through middle, hang 2&quot; apart and apply honey to disks).
85. Pocket protector (gee Gilbert I really like your new pocket protector -thanks Lewis).
86. They make a *dandy* addition to a #$*+&amp;% neighbor's back yard. Better yet, get them to actually install it on their computer.
87. Use them as elbow and knee pads.
88. Wax scraper for snowboards.
89. Use them to decorate your aquarium and create Computer City under water.
90. Tape a few together and use them as a mouse pad.
91. Collect a large mass and detonate a supernova.
92. A wind clacker (similar to a wind chime).
93. Soap dish (remove metal to prevent rusting).
94. Row markers for your vegetable garden. (carrots, beans, peas....)
95. Makes the perfect dance floor for your ant colony.
96. Bread roller (use actual disks and put rod through center-use about 100).
97. Hot glue gun resting/protecting pad.
98. Baby mobile.
99. Fence (may need a few thousand).
100. Toe tags for mortuaries. Great for identifying dead computer nerds.
101. Wonderbra inserts for that Madonna-techno look

Mike S.

 

jonnyjack

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before they use to give them out in those little cardboard cutout things...now they come in DVD cases...those DVD cases are so much better than jewel cases...thank AOL for the free DVD cases...haha

AOL is always there when i need free internet too...you could go several months w/o paying anything...well except the agony of having it installed on your computer :D
 

Marty

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I was bored and needed something to decorate my dorm with, so I called up AOL and told them I was a Computer store, and ordered 1000 CDs. When they finally arrived, I lost the will to do anything with them, so half have been given out, and the other half are under my bed. Just thought I'd share while we're on the subject of AOL disks. ;)

Marty