Re: Can you guys explain something to me?

You!  Yes, YOU, Krusty ([EMAIL PROTECTED])!  Behind the
rec.sport.pro-wrestling sheds!  Stand still, laddie! 

> What's the deal with "buying" dvds? Why do people do this? I seriously
> don't get it. I've had a DVD player for about 5-6 years, since my
> wedding, and I have a grand total of about a dozen DVDs, all given to
> me as christmas/birthday presents. $40 for a season of Friends? on
> DVD? Why? $40 for a season of Simpsons? on DVD?
> 
> Look at that shelf of DVDs, collecting dust, which you may or may not
> watch about 5 more times total, and add it all up, then post the
> dollar amount here in this thread. I wanna chuckle...

I bought my (first) DVD player when I moved to Cary in 2001.  When I 
bought the player, I had just been graced with a $2000 line of credit at 
Best Buy, so I went ahead an dpicked up a few DVD's - the first 4 
southparks, and "The Song Remains The Same."

I've watched them once.  They're sitting in a box someplace now, out in 
what we call the "store building," a brick structure that used to be a 
convenience store which sits on my parent's property out here in the 
boonies.

When I've had money coming in, I will RENT DVDs for me and the kid to 
watch.  Since I got my DVD burner, I also use my conventional player to 
test my burned DVDs (I've actually had a couple of small jobs with the 
digital imaging thing, but nothing to write home about; I think my total 
income on that deal has been like $40).

Other than that, it's just an MP3/CD player that I use when, for whatever 
reason, I can't play them on my PC.

There ARE some DVDs I would LIKE to buy - the director's cut of Natural 
Born Killers; the Flair DVD; director's cuts of the Airplane movies if 
they're ever released; Zeppelin's new DVD.  I've archived a few of my 
wrestling tapes to DVD, but being short on cash and trying to run a 
business, I'm holding back on using much of my blank stock.  And of 
course the aborted RSPW 'Con 95 DVD, but I never even burned that, and 
deleted the project from my PC in disgust and disappointment when tha 
whole soap opera got wound up.  I also downloaded some beavis and 
butthead eps that I burned to VCD (which my DVD player handles).

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