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> > > > How do you buy a soda from the vending machine? It won't let me try to buy one because the first time I tried to, this weird man came out from behind it. I'm playing the game all the way through for the third time and I'm at GSPI right now. I know getting the soda won't help you finish the game, but my curiosity has gotten the best of me, and I would like an answer. Thanx in advance for any answers.
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> > > I finished the game right before my "Bingo!" post. Also right before aol 9.0 crashed my hard drive. I got the soda from the vending machine with the dollar. Maybe the dollar has other uses depending on how the game is going. The vending machine gave me a quarter in change, which I used at the mail office to make a second phone call that turned out to be useless. I looked behind the vending machine over and over again (I do things like this in real life too) but never saw anything, and nobody came out from behind it.
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> > What did to use to buy the bacon sandwich? If you used the first quarter to call your brother, the dollar to buy the soda, and the second quarter to call your parents with (which ended up being useless), how did you buy the bacon sandwich? I'm asking this because I know the bacon sandwich guy won't take your credit card.
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> > I also have a couple questions for anyone who can answer them. If you use the first quarter to call your brother and you know that calling your parents will be useless, is there anything else you can use the second quarter for besides trying to buy a soda? This is what I tried to use the second quarter for and that's when the strange man came out from behind the vending machine. Also, is it possible to take the nerds for a ride in your car?
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> Kendra buys a soda with her credit card, presumably drinking it right away, even though it doesn't mention it in the text. You can't use dollars or quarters there (at least, you're not given the option to try that in this game).
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> The dollar bill can only be used for the 75-cent sandwich purchase. The two quarters in the game can only be used for making phone calls. The game allows you to call Kenneth twice, if you want, but it won't let you call the parents more than once (ostensibly because Kendra doesn't want to have to sit through another round of questioning by her mother, but in terms of game design because this would lock you out of being able to call Kenneth and access GSIP).
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> The nerds are willing to go on the drive, but if you try it, you'll find that Kendra doesn't allow them to come along.

Vera and Silas will go for a drive, which is how I got the bacon sandwich. Silas put the Ouija on the gas station guy. I called Kenneth two times. I bought a soda from the vending machine. I used my credit card for one of these purchases, the dollar for the other. I used the quarter I got in change to make the second phone call. I was sure I was going to find something for Stefansen to drink. I was also sure I was going to get the keys from the janitor so I could access the other two rooms in the basement library. I thought that when my financial aid info came in the mail, that I would need to change my course load with the registrar and that this was important. I guess wearing other peoples gym clothes makes me a bit tetched. I need to play it again. My memory is such that it will feel like the first time......feel like the very first time...da de dum.
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