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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:31 pm 
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I heard this on the radio this morning. What a moron. His wife left him after he replaced the refrigator with a some kind of coil. From the BBC.

A Leicestershire Star Trek fan who got into debt making his home look like the Starship Enterprise has gone bankrupt.

Tony Alleyne, 52, spent nine years and £30,000 transforming his flat and used another £100,000 to launch a company which offered similar makeovers.

But the schemes were funded by loans and credit cards and he has filed for bankruptcy with debts of £166,000.

The former DJ hopes to get out of the red by selling the exclusive residence for up to £800,000.

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He said: "I did not set out with the intention of selling it, I enjoy science fiction interiors.

"I set up a business, it did not work and I tried to finance it with credit cards, which was daft really."

Mr Alleyne, who is separated from his wife, said he recently filed for bankruptcy at Coventry County Court.

"I was advised that was the only way to go," he said.

When Mr Alleyne failed to sell the original version of his Starship Enterprise home for £700,000, 18 months ago, he gutted it.

He is now refitting the flat as the spaceship from the later Star Trek series, Voyager, using income support payments.

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oh my garbage.

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wow, I beat he got beat up alot as a kid

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paranoidandroid Wrote:
wow, I beat he got beat up alot last week.

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The radio said he maxed out 14 credit cards.

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oldbullee Wrote:
The radio said he maxed out 14 credit cards.


:nono:

edit: space credit cards?

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How does one replace a refrigerator with a coil? And don't people like this always live with their parents?


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How does one replace a refrigerator with a coil? And don't people like this always live with their parents?


I think he will be soon.

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 Post subject: Re: Taking Your Geekiness Too Far
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oldbullee Wrote:
The former DJ hopes to get out of the red by selling the exclusive residence for up to £800,000.


I need £800,000.


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he's about to be living with his parents...

And shame on the credit card companies for giving him 14 of them.


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How about them headlights?

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This wall lamp was made with a rasterbated picture and two tap lights. I love it!

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Alright, I'm a geek. But there's always someone worse.

That Wonder Woman lamp is awesome, though. I might have to do the same thing with a certain Porcupine Tree album cover (Lightbulb Sun, for those playing at home).

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timmyjoe42 Wrote:
And shame on the credit card companies for giving him 14 of them.


No, shame on HIM for running them up.

Believe me, I've complained that CC companies shouldnt give out cards on college campus's with $1000 so that eighteen year old dumbasses can run them up and spend their 20's repairing their credit. But the card companies dont actually use the card-----personal responsibility comes into play at some point.

Because "I" was that dumbass.....[/after school special] :lol:

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How does one replace a refrigerator with a coil?
I'm really hoping 'coil' is British for something else.

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When Mr Alleyne failed to sell the original version of his Starship Enterprise home for £700,000, 18 months ago, he gutted it.

He is now refitting the flat as the spaceship from the later Star Trek series, Voyager, using income support payments.



What's the old saying about the definition of insanity being making the same mistakes over & over, but expecting different results each time? :?


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