Re: throw away society/now Disney movies

Kitty: I am one of those people who collect Disney movies...tho' having
kids is just the excuse I use...when I was growing up we lived right
across the street from a movie theater that showed nothing but Disney
movies but we didn't have any money so we could never go...it was
torture!! I didn't see my first Disney movie until I was in nursing
school and Pinnochio was re-released into the theaters and I've been
hooked ever since. My kids tease me that the only reason I had them was
so I had a legitimate excuse for buying as many Disney movies as I do! I
suppose one of these days I'm going to have to break down and buy a DVD
player and copies of all those movies on DVD so I can have them for many
years to come.



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Tue 11/18, Kitty < kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:
From: Kitty [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:04:44 -0500
Subject: Re: [CHAT] throw away society

Aren't you glad you didn't choose Beta? ;+)<br>I don't buy movies. I do
rent on occasion, but my main use for a vcr is to<br>tape shows I won't
be home to watch for later. When I buy movies for gifts,<br>the psople
that want them have DVD players, so it's not a problem. I
have<br>friends that collected every Disney movie tape so they'd have
them when they<br>eventually had grandchildren. But tape doesn't last
forever. Industry<br>standard under regular storage is 15 yrs. You'd
then need to copy them to<br>keep for another 15. Or, now I suppose they
could copy them to DVD.<br><br>Kitty<br><br>----- Original Message -----
<br>From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net><br>To:
<gardenchat@HORT.NET><br>Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:33
AM<br>Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society<br><br><br>> Have you tried
to find VHS lately? My daughter and I went to Best Buy in<br>> May to
find a favorite movie as a gift for my husband. There were shelves<br>>
and shelves of DVDs but only one small section for VHS...same for
Sam's,<br>> where I used to find all sorts of things. VHS is begining to
be phased<br>> out...like records.<br>><br>> Bonnie Zone 6+
ETN<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> > [Original Message]<br>> > From: Melody
<mhobertm@excite.com><br>> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > Date:
11/17/2003 1:07:43 AM<br>> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society<br>>
><br>> > Kitty: As far as I know, it's just VHS...but I don't have a DVD
player<br>> > so I don't even look at them. Good luck finding it...we
bought it a few<br>> > years back and kid's videos sometimes don't stay
in production very<br>> > long. I can look around the kid's consignment
stores and see if I can<br>> > find you a copy if you don't have much
luck.<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 Thu 11/13, < kmrsy@comcast.net >
wrote:<br>> > From: [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]<br>> > To:
gardenchat@hort.net<br>> > Date: Thu, 13 Nov

2003 14:51:59 +0000<br>> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society<br>>
><br>> > Melody! Is this available on vhs or dvd? I would just love to
see<br>> > it.<br>Kitty<br>> There's a wonderful little children's movie
called<br>> > "The Brave Little<br>> Toaster Goes to Space" about this
very<br>> > thing...how manufacturers<br>> intentionally began to build
appliances<br>> > that wouldn't last in order to<br>> improve their
profit margin but the<br>> > appliances somehow got wise to this<br>>
plan and moved to Mars, where<br>> > they have spent the last 50
years<br>> organizing a take over of the<br>> > planet Earth as revenge
for this little<br>> bit of nastiness...scenes<br>> > of militant
washers, dryers, stoves,<br>> refrigerators, etc. all<br>> > marching in
army-like precision across the<br>> reddened earth of Mars.<br>> > Would
serve some of those "discontinued" parts<br>> manufacturers right,<br>>
> wouldn't it?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>> <br>>
"The<br>> > most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
<br>><br>> > --Albert Einstein<br>> <br>> --- On Wed 11/12, Lynda Young
<<br>> > lyoung@grindertaber.com > wrote:<br>> From: Lynda Young
[mailto:<br>> > lyoung@grindertaber.com]<br>> To:
gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Wed, 12<br>> > Nov 2003 14:54:58
-0600<br>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society<br>><br>> > <br>> Ha!
You go, girl! I get so annoyed with stories that "parts<br>> > have<br>>
been<br>discontinued" I could scream - that's almost worse<br>> >
than<br>> appliances I am<br>convinced have been built to
self-destruct<br>> > once the<br>> warranty period has<br>passed. What
happened to American<br>> > Built, Yankee<br>> Ingenuity - built
to<br>last longer, be more<br>> > efficient and work harder?<br>> I know
we can do better<br>than this,<br>> > for goodness<br>>
sake.<br><br>Lynda<br>Zone 7 - West<br>> > TN<br><br>-----Original<br>>
Message-----<br>From:<br>> > owner-gardenchat@hort.net<br>>
[o*@hort.net]<br>> > On<br>Behalf Of<br>>
kmrsy@comca

st
.net<br>Sent: Wednesday, November 12,<br>> > 2003 2:26 PM<br>To:<br>>
gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: [CHAT] throw<br>> > away<br>>
society<br><br><br>This situation I'm about to describe has<br>> > much
to do<br>> with some of the<br>other things we've been complaining<br>>
> abou<br>> ><br>> > t<br>> recently.<br><br>I have mentioned that I'm
getting my kitchen<br>> > updated a<br>> bit. While I'm at<br>it I
thought I would replace the<br>> > electronic<br>> touch-pad clock
assembly on<br>my gas stove. The<br>> > down-arrow contacts are<br>>
'bad', so when I touch 'bake',<br>the temp<br>> > starts at 350 degrees
and I<br>> can't decrease the temp.<br>> > I've<br>checked everywhere
and no one will<br>> repair the unit, so I<br>> > ordered a new<br>clock
assembly. Sears has<br>> discontinued it.<br>> > What!!??! It's only 12
years<br>old! "Well, ma'm, 10<br>> yrs is the<br>> > life expectancy of
a stove." What!!??!<br>This stove cost<br>> over<br>> > $1000, and I
fully expected to get a minimum of 20<br>years, and<br>><br>> > more
like 40 years out of it. And as I mentioned before, I<br>don't<br>> >
cook<br>> much, so I should get more years out of a stove than
a<br>><br>> > family<br>might.<br><br><br>So then I tried
Repairclinic.com and<br>> > they<br>> say "the mfg has changed
the<br>part # to...." I check<br>> > sears.com and<br>> they indicate
they have it but<br>Sears by phone also<br>> > said they had the<br>>
original #, billed me for it, but<br>couldn't<br>> > send it because it
was<br>> discontinued. From checking back<br>> > and<br>forth I now know
that GE built<br>> this Kenmore range, and it's<br>> > the GE #<br>that
is supposedly available at<br>> RepairClinic.com. So I<br>> > tried GE
directly<br>with their part#<br>> <br>> . "Sorry ma'm, that<br>> >
part's been discontinued."<br><br><br>Can anyone<br>> tell me why
these<br>> > places carry parts only during the warranty<br>period,<br>>
when, if the<br>> > appliance is reasonably well-built, it will<br>>
easily<br>outlive that<br>> > period? The

time for things to go wrong is 10 yrs<br>> out.<br>THAT's<br>> > when
you want repair parts! But they discontinue them in<br>><br>> >
the<br>expectation that you'll have to scrap it and by a new<br>><br>> >
one.<br><br><br>Well, nothin-doin! No more 200 degree cheesecake<br>> >
here.<br>> If it can't be<br>made at 350+, I ain't cookin' it. And
I'm<br>> > not buying<br>> another new<br>><br>>
><br>><br>stove.<br><br><br>Kitty<br><br>---------------------------------------------<br>>
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