I have around 7 lying around. I use some for coasters on my computer desk :D

They send them to us in the mail constantly. My fiancé's grandma keeps giving them to us when she gets them, even though we don't use AOL and she knows that :confused: They have hundreds of them at Blockbuster and sometimes we grab a handful to put in the microwave :D

why in the microwave..?

lol, all my relos who dont know how to use a computer give them to me... but i'm on cable :confused:

I have just received one in the mail the other day!
1 months free plus your 4th month free!

:spam: by post! I've been receiving them since I bought a mobile phone where they also sold AOL CDs. I've never asked to be on their postal list :mad:

Originally posted by tn3
I have just received one in the mail the other day!
1 months free plus your 4th month free!

:spam: by post! I've been receiving them since I bought a mobile phone where they also sold AOL CDs. I've never asked to be on their postal list :mad:

Same, I received it on Monday.

I threw out a whole box (literally a large box) of AOL CDs when I moved house a few months ago. There was a time where I was receiving up to 10 a week with various magazines, etc. I subscribed to. Now I've got about 20 or so lying around.

I also have some AOL CDs from before they launched in Australia - "Confidential software. Not to be redistributed". I signed up to be a beta tester, but I never bothered with it.

They do make good frisbees (as long as they dont hit concrete - they tend to smash into a million pieces)... I've thrown a few around :D

--Shaun.

You've never put a CD in the microwave?! Try it, it's good fun :D

I have a couple of hundred of the damn things.

You've never put a CD in the microwave?! Try it, it's good fun
i am real curious now

Originally posted by voxtreme-matt
You've never put a CD in the microwave?! Try it, it's good fun :D

I have a couple of hundred of the damn things.

You're getting me curious... they don't explode or anything do they? :D

It's quite funny with lightbulbs in the microwave - they tend to light up briefly... although if they're in there too long they blow up sending shards of glass everywhere.

I haven't done it myself - just seen it on TV :)

--Shaun.

Put a CD in for no more than 15 seconds, you'll see the whole thing spark up in a very impressive manner, and when you take it out the shiny layer will have cracked, but the surface will be smooth to touch.

It doesn't damage your microwave, but if you leave the CD in too long the label can catch fire.

Try it!

Originally posted by ubergeek22
Put a CD in for no more than 15 seconds, you'll see the whole thing spark up in a very impressive manner, and when you take it out the shiny layer will have cracked, but the surface will be smooth to touch.

It doesn't damage your microwave, but if you leave the CD in too long the label can catch fire.

Try it!

Dude, sounds like you got to much free time on your ands :D

WOW! The way it sparks up is impressive. Looks very cool. I was afraid to touch it due to my fright of electricity (been seriously electrocuted at least 4 times) Not the best odor in the world when you open the microwave. :unhappy:

Originally posted by fractiousws
WOW! The way it sparks up is impressive. Looks very cool. I was afraid to touch it due to my fright of electricity (been seriously electrocuted at least 4 times) Not the best odor in the world when you open the microwave. :unhappy:

And who has too much time on their hands? :D

I might try it later :)

I've never been electrocuted... I've potentially come close but the safety switch has kicked in cutting off the power each time.

I did get a nasty jolt once when working on the PABX. I slipped when plugging in a new extension and touched the part that provides ring voltage to the phones - the jolt went right up through my arm and was quite painful (but didn't do any damage).

--Shaun.

20 cds when i last checked :eek:

Zero...they go in the trash immediately, though now I'm tempted to do the microwave thing...hehehe :D

My old boss used to have a bunch of them - probably 50-60 of them.

A friend of mine collected over 200 of them, ground them into little pieces, glued the pieces together and made a tower case out of them. If any light reflects off it whatsoever, blindness can and most certainly will occur. Gotta love it.

I don't use it at all. :uzi: AOL

I threw out about 10 on monday(along with about 80 windows 98 cds)

I use some for coasters on my computer desk

I do the same thing. You can also let your kids make mobiles out of them, throw them, eat them, make solar furnaces, etc.

AOL trial CD's are included in a monthly magazine subscription of mine. I just throw them out each time they come my way...

me & a freind made a small coffee table from our cds.

Wait. . . . . Don't anybody move.

Well, speaking of moving; I just moved a couple weeks ago.
I'm going to find the AOL boxes and be back.




**Looking for CDs to count. Be back in a few days.

we all ought to send the cds back to aol in an envelope with out a stamp. the postal charges would probably bankrupt aol :D

Few months back I went to Sears and actually picked up a couple AOL CDs (Just for the heck of it). I have over 30 (Canadian and US versions) LOL. I'll keep them "SEALED" for the next 50 years and one day it may be worth something in eBay hahahahahhahahahahahahaha. Hey maybe in the next few years there could be technology where you can erase the DYE and write over them like CDRW (Who knows). LOL.

Or simply mail them to Columbia House using their postage paid envelopes.

I'll have to look around the office ... hmmm maybe make one of those hanging mobile decorations .. pretty cool when the sun hits them.

The latest came AOL CD came in a nifty metal tin ... now there's a "collector" item. Will have to put it with all my Apple ][e Beagle Bros. software!

I use them in the garden. Suspend them with a string, they turn in the breeze and annoy the birds.

I don't have any now; generally throw them out right away, though it looks like I'm missing out on some microwave entertainment. :)

the microwave thing sounds entertaining, but I get enough grief from the wife about the kids doing what I do... so I will have to pass on that, at least until they go out of town. :D

Originally posted by 24Host Tech3
the microwave thing sounds entertaining, but I get enough grief from the wife about the kids doing what I do... so I will have to pass on that, at least until they go out of town. :D

*makes whipping sound* :D j/k

Why would you keep them?

I would say I have about 3 at home not including the other 10 or so I threw out over the month.. The latest trick they have came up with it a nifty metal tin case that is perfect for smokes or any other smokable(sp?) substance you might need it for especally if you are hiking or something and dont want them to get crushed. The funniest part is we are a 3 person company and about 3 weeks ago they sent us 12 CD's???? I remember seeing some site somewhere that they had a huge pile of AOL cd's that everyone sent in and they were going to see how big they could get it.. I will look for the url...

I never got those cases with mine.

I have one.

And I hang on to that bad boy, you never know when you'll be stuck in a Hotel and your normal pre-paid ISP craps out on you.

[STORY]

I use SlingShot when I travel and their whole network went down. :bawling: It was a Sunday afternoon so Office-Max and Staples were both closed so purchasing pre-paid from another company wasn't easy as I wasn't used to the town and had no idea where anything was except Staples, Office-Max and Wal-Mart (all next to each other). It wasn't logical for me to dial my local ISP @ like 25 per minute for 5+ hours per day.

So remembering the days of when I used to always get those damn AOL cds in the mail I aimlessly go off in search of one.

So I now keep a un-used one with me when I travel, never know when you might need one. :)

- Matt

They make good frisbees!

AOL is the new Postmail spammer ;X - Please no class action lawsuits please.

I have so many of those AOL cd's laying its rediculous. Its even worse that I used to have AOL back in like 1994. So they have been sending them since the 3.0 Days. I have every version of aol 3.0, 3.0 32 bit, 4.0 16 bit, 4.0 32 bit, 5.0, 6.0 7.0. And also have most of them in the 'Gold' & 'Platinum' editions. I will never use aol again, unless they pay me to use it.

I think I'll sell mine on ebay, anyone want to join? - Hehe.

Well there's a few uses for them:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=aol+cd+uses

Greg Moore

Since we've got no use for them in Singapore, we take them out into the backyard and enjoy a game of frisbee :D

At that point in time when AOL was going crazy with the giveaway, practically all our computer magazines had them. My dad would drop them into the trash, but we little ones will take them out and let loose ;)

I have 3, I normally throw them straight in the trash. I also have 4 from AOL's sister provider, CompuServe :D

First they had "AOL Gold Edition" then "AOL Platinum Edition" and the latest one I have is "AOL Titanium Edition". What will be next? :stickout

They also have big piles off AOL CD's in Asda here in the UK, Asda is owned by Wal-Mart for you US Folk :)

I have filled 4 100 cd cakes and a 5th that almost full....of AOL compuserve....ect ect cds!! In like 50 years when they are antique I will cash in !!!!! HE HE HE :laugh: :buck: :pimp: :emlaugh: :idea:

Way too many. I use to get one like every week, now I get one every other month.

I will have to try the microwave...I just let my kids play frisby with them :)

To bad they werent cd-rw. They could then be of some use :)

Why do they send them in DVD cases? :confused:

Never thought about that.

Have you ever blown them up with m-80s even tho there ilegal now I have some stock piled =D and making a huge ass pile of them and sticking an m-80 in is just about on of the coolest things to blow up.. all kinds of shiny **** goes all over =D anyways.. I know why aol is going under.. They spent all there capitol on the friggen cds...

lol, no haven't tried that yet, but I do have a nice bond fire every couple of months :D

Originally posted by GsAlliance
Have you ever blown them up with m-80s even tho there ilegal now I have some stock piled =D and making a huge ass pile of them and sticking an m-80 in is just about on of the coolest things to blow up.. all kinds of shiny **** goes all over =D anyways.. I know why aol is going under.. They spent all there capitol on the friggen cds...
Nows thats getting me curious :)
I like to play frisbie with em.

Originally posted by GsAlliance
Have you ever blown them up with m-80s even tho there ilegal now I have some stock piled =D and making a huge ass pile of them and sticking an m-80 in is just about on of the coolest things to blow up.. all kinds of shiny **** goes all over =D anyways.. I know why aol is going under.. They spent all there capitol on the friggen cds...

Going the fireworks route......

Tape a bottle rocket to the outter edge of the CD.
Goto a large parking lot light and take cover...

Now you can prove that AOL is dangerous to it's users :D...

I'll see if I can get the flying spinning AOL coaster on death of video for all to see... :D...

Someone should invent a cd gun. Free ammo in the mail.
:D

I bet I could go into kids room and count at least 15-20 of them...

I let them use them as toys...keeps em entertained and its about all their good for (the cd's) :stickout ;)