RE: throw away society

Have you tried to find VHS lately?  My daughter and I went to Best Buy in
May to find a favorite movie as a gift for my husband.  There were shelves
and shelves of DVDs but only one small section for VHS...same for Sam's,
where I used to find all sorts of things.  VHS is begining to be phased
out...like records.

Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN




> [Original Message]
> From: Melody <mhobertm@excite.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 11/17/2003 1:07:43 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society
>
> Kitty: As far as I know, it's just VHS...but I don't have a DVD player
> so I don't even look at them. Good luck finding it...we bought it a few
> years back and kid's videos sometimes don't stay in production very
> long. I can look around the kid's consignment stores and see if I can
> find you a copy if you don't have much luck.
>
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
> --Albert Einstein
>
>  --- On Thu 11/13,  < kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:
> From:  [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:51:59 +0000
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society
>
> Melody! Is this available on vhs or dvd? I would just love to see
> it.<br>Kitty<br>> There's a wonderful little children's movie called
> "The Brave Little<br>> Toaster Goes to Space" about this very
> thing...how manufacturers<br>> intentionally began to build appliances
> that wouldn't last in order to<br>> improve their profit margin but the
> appliances somehow got wise to this<br>> plan and moved to Mars, where
> they have spent the last 50 years<br>> organizing a take over of the
> planet Earth as revenge for this little<br>> bit of nastiness...scenes
> of militant washers, dryers, stoves,<br>> refrigerators, etc. all
> marching in army-like precision across the<br>> reddened earth of Mars.
> Would serve some of those "discontinued" parts<br>> manufacturers right,
> wouldn't it?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>> <br>> "The
> most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." <br>>
> --Albert Einstein<br>> <br>> --- On Wed 11/12, Lynda Young <
> lyoung@grindertaber.com > wrote:<br>> From: Lynda Young [mailto:
> lyoung@grindertaber.com]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Wed, 12
> Nov 2003 14:54:58 -0600<br>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society<br>>
> <br>> Ha! You go, girl! I get so annoyed with stories that "parts
> have<br>> been<br>discontinued" I could scream - that's almost worse
> than<br>> appliances I am<br>convinced have been built to self-destruct
> once the<br>> warranty period has<br>passed. What happened to American
> Built, Yankee<br>> Ingenuity - built to<br>last longer, be more
> efficient and work harder?<br>> I know we can do better<br>than this,
> for goodness<br>> sake.<br><br>Lynda<br>Zone 7 - West
> TN<br><br>-----Original<br>> Message-----<br>From:
> owner-gardenchat@hort.net<br>> [o*@hort.net]
> On<br>Behalf Of<br>> kmrsy@comcast.net<br>Sent: Wednesday, November 12,
> 2003 2:26 PM<br>To:<br>> gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: [CHAT] throw
> away<br>> society<br><br><br>This situation I'm about to describe has
> much to do<br>> with some of the<br>other things we've been complaining
> abou
>
> t<br>> recently.<br><br>I have mentioned that I'm getting my kitchen
> updated a<br>> bit. While I'm at<br>it I thought I would replace the
> electronic<br>> touch-pad clock assembly on<br>my gas stove. The
> down-arrow contacts are<br>> 'bad', so when I touch 'bake',<br>the temp
> starts at 350 degrees and I<br>> can't decrease the temp.
> I've<br>checked everywhere and no one will<br>> repair the unit, so I
> ordered a new<br>clock assembly. Sears has<br>> discontinued it.
> What!!??! It's only 12 years<br>old! "Well, ma'm, 10<br>> yrs is the
> life expectancy of a stove." What!!??!<br>This stove cost<br>> over
> $1000, and I fully expected to get a minimum of 20<br>years, and<br>>
> more like 40 years out of it. And as I mentioned before, I<br>don't
> cook<br>> much, so I should get more years out of a stove than a<br>>
> family<br>might.<br><br><br>So then I tried Repairclinic.com and
> they<br>> say "the mfg has changed the<br>part # to...." I check
> sears.com and<br>> they indicate they have it but<br>Sears by phone also
> said they had the<br>> original #, billed me for it, but<br>couldn't
> send it because it was<br>> discontinued. From checking back
> and<br>forth I now know that GE built<br>> this Kenmore range, and it's
> the GE #<br>that is supposedly available at<br>> RepairClinic.com. So I
> tried GE directly<br>with their part#<br>> <br>> . "Sorry ma'm, that
> part's been discontinued."<br><br><br>Can anyone<br>> tell me why these
> places carry parts only during the warranty<br>period,<br>> when, if the
> appliance is reasonably well-built, it will<br>> easily<br>outlive that
> period? The time for things to go wrong is 10 yrs<br>> out.<br>THAT's
> when you want repair parts! But they discontinue them in<br>>
> the<br>expectation that you'll have to scrap it and by a new<br>>
> one.<br><br><br>Well, nothin-doin! No more 200 degree cheesecake
> here.<br>> If it can't be<br>made at 350+, I ain't cookin' it. And I'm
> not buying<br>> another new<br>>
>
stove.<br><br><br>Kitty<br><br>---------------------------------------------
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