Re: throw away society/DVD

I've noticed that too. I don't have a DVD player but it looks like I'll be
needing to get one. You can hardly find VHS selections at all. I like to buy
movies because I watch them when there is nothing on or I want to see a
particular story again. Anyway-guess I'd better get ready to do the DVD
thing!

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
To: <gardenchat@HORT.NET>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] 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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