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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:00:51 AM

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I received a Marantz ST-500 AM/FM tuner for HS graduation. Folks wanted me to get a class ring or some other stupid thing that would just sit in a drawer.

Still have the Marantz in my rack of components and it still works like a champ 30 years later.

Anyone go practical when someone wanted to buy you something for graduation and you still use it?

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Mclovin5-0 Member Joined: Sep 2008 USA Posts: 8223 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/13/2012 12:02:20 AM Graduated High School in 2004. Parents gave me a Toyota Tacoma. Still driving it an planning on it for at least another 8 years.
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walldj45 Member Team Member Joined: Dec 2010 MI, USA Posts: 2107 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/13/2012 12:02:22 AM Just cash and trinkets that are long gone. And I turn 20 this year. Guess i still have a pen around i still use, a Beretta 92G my parents gave me, and the GSG 1911 i bought with above said cash.
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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:02:56 AM

got a ruger mk III 22/45 target for hs

and a xdm9 for college

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wilNva Member Joined: Aug 2004 USA Posts: 5530 Feedback: 100% (9) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/13/2012 12:03:26 AM People get stuff for HS graduation? All I got was a date to report to MEPS
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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:04:35 AM

It was 30 years ago.

I don't even remember a single thing I got.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:06:22 AM

A set of bath towels that were promoted to car cleaning rags long ago.

Still use 'em.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:06:33 AM

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High School Graduation - I got some decent luggage that I still have and use.

College Graduation - A nice leather briefcase and planner that I carry daily.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:12:41 AM

Yeah, my diploma.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:14:51 AM

Originally Posted By wilNva:
People get stuff for HS graduation? All I got was a date to report to MEPS

They gave me a choice...either school, work, or the military, but either way I had to be gone in a year(paying rent each month too).

Yeah, 20 years later, I'm still in the fricken Army.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:15:53 AM

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:17:49 AM

Yep. Some advice. "Playtime's over. You want something you're gonna have to get it yourself."

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:21:34 AM

Originally Posted By LIhpster:
Yep. Some advice. "Playtime's over. You want something you're gonna have to get it yourself."

Since I always had a summer job from age 13 on I guess I didn't need that advice.

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Stlrain0341 Member Team Member Joined: Jan 2006 OH, USA Posts: 6975 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/13/2012 12:23:52 AM The day of my high school graduation, I was running the IST at Parris Island. I guess I still use some of the things I was given during that time.
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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:28:03 AM

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:30:41 AM

Originally Posted By Stlrain0341:
The day of my high school graduation, I was running the IST at Parris Island.

I guess I still use some of the things I was given during that time.

That's awesome. I've never been in the military so I wouldn't know what that even would be like.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:31:09 AM

Originally Posted By wilNva:
People get stuff for HS graduation? All I got was a date to report to MEPS

Lol yeah pretty much the same. But I did get a SEAL dive watch that I used once. It broke... But I fixed it. Don't wear it though.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:33:07 AM

For graduating high school? I got nothing and expected nothing. It was my job to do. My parents were proud I got the job done and helped support me (free food and rent at home) as I went off to university.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:39:04 AM

Luggage.

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triggerStevan Member Joined: Jan 2012 TX, USA Posts: 64 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/13/2012 12:41:36 AM Graduated not long ago 2007, I got two really nice snap-on tool boxes probably like 5 foot tall and 30 inches wide with the one setting on top of the other. When I got out of high school I wanted to be a mechanic then changed my mind now I'm halfway through an engineering degree. I never use them but they sit in the garage along with 5 grand of tools
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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:41:51 AM

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:44:04 AM

Originally Posted By rob944s2:
You got gifts?

My parents wanted to get me something. They wanted to get a class ring or something like that. I mentioned that if they did get something the tuner would be more useful. It has been.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:47:00 AM

hmm...for my hs graduation, I had already finished a semester prior and hadn't lived at 'home' in a year.

Not too long thereafter, a Marine recruiter called for a buddy I was staying with. I'm the one who ended up joining.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:48:21 AM

Nope, got nothing. My parents were dirt poor.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:53:28 AM

Originally Posted By krpind:
It was 30 years ago.

I don't even remember a single thing I got.

Wife and I couldn't think of anything either. Diploma maybe.

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gunmonkey Swollen Member Team Member Joined: Apr 2001 NV, USA Posts: 4472 Feedback: 100% (31) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/13/2012 12:55:32 AM [Last Edit: 6/13/2012 12:57:38 AM by gunmonkey] Originally Posted By Smashy: Nope, got nothing. My parents were dirt poor. Ditto. Parent. Barely got yearbooks so I could remember who I hated and why. Now with Facebook, I can see how fat, bald and unhappy they are. So, yeah, I have and use that bitter taste in my mouth.
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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:56:55 AM

I cousin got me a shot glass. I put that to use quite a bit in the next four years

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Posted: 6/13/2012 12:59:22 AM

Dad gave me his truck but its long gone now. I still have the same Learherman he bought me though, that was back in 89'.

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kayamana Member Joined: Jun 2006 SD, USA Posts: 11576 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/13/2012 1:03:44 AM [Last Edit: 6/13/2012 1:06:45 AM by kayamana] It wasn't really for graduation, but my 18th birthday. A set of luggage and yes I still use it. Parents must have been telling me something... Apparently I'm not the only one.
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Pitz Member Team Member Joined: Apr 2011 ND, USA Posts: 731 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/13/2012 1:13:44 AM A bath towel. But I found it still unused in my stuff at my parents place last year. My name is embroidered in the towel
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Posted: 6/13/2012 1:17:54 AM

My brother pulled a $1500 diamond ring off his finger and gave it to me for graduation, I still wear it but I need to get it sized. RIP, brother, I sure do miss him.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 1:22:34 AM

What the fuck!!! I didn't get anything but a piece of paper that says I graduated .

I wasn't aware I was supposed to get stuff. Do you think 10 years is too long to collect on that shit?

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Posted: 6/13/2012 7:14:01 AM

Everyone that came to my graduation party gave me money, with a single exception.

My first grade teacher and her husband, who lived in the neighborhood, stopped by, and they gave me a picture frame.

I appreciated the thought, but it was an odd gift for a 17 year old boy. It sat in the box for a few years until I came across it and gave it to my mom. She still uses it. It's a nice frame.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 7:36:01 AM

Yeah I got luggage too! LOL!! Mine served me well for many years, but I finally had to replace it because it was embarrassing to drag that old `70's stuff through the airport. I still have it though...

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hoosier122 Member Joined: Feb 2005 USA Posts: 3464 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 6/13/2012 7:37:48 AM Originally Posted By FivespeedF150: Yeah, my diploma.
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