Topic: LIFE WITHOUT AOL (Read 36999 times)

bk · « **on:** December 22, 2008, 12:25:34 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were written and posted without AOL, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're still trying to get on the Internet via AOL.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2008, 12:27:51 AM »

And the word of the day is: SIDEREAL!

bk · « **Reply #2 on:** December 22, 2008, 12:31:54 AM »

And now - Dino at the piano.

bk · « **Reply #3 on:** December 22, 2008, 12:44:32 AM »

Will we never get to page two?

bk · « **Reply #4 on:** December 22, 2008, 01:13:39 AM »

With our new board, I can see what the GUESTS are up to - and see what old threads they're looking at - so I go to those old topics and read and I have to say this here site is a veritable time capsule of this decade.

singdaw · « **Reply #5 on:** December 22, 2008, 01:53:13 AM »

CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Craig Brockman and papa DR ArnoldMBrockman!!!!!!

singdaw · « **Reply #6 on:** December 22, 2008, 01:53:39 AM »

DR Ann's cookies look scrumptious!!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #7 on:** December 22, 2008, 04:07:29 AM »

VHS - R.I.P

LATIMES

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VHS era is winding down
The last big supplier of the tapes is ditching the format, ending the long fade-out of a product that ushered in the home theater.
By Geoff Boucher
December 22, 2008

Pop culture is finally hitting the eject button on the VHS tape, the once ubiquitous home video format that will finish this month as a creaky ghost of Christmas past.

After three decades of steady if unspectacular service, the spinning wheels of the home entertainment stalwart are slowing to a halt at retail outlets. On a crisp Friday morning in October, the final truckload of VHS tapes rolled out of a Palm Harbor, Fla., warehouse run by Ryan J. Kugler, the last major supplier of the tapes.

"It's dead, this is it, this is the last Christmas, without a doubt," said Kugler, 34, a Burbank businessman. "I was the last one buying VHS and the last one selling it, and I'm done. Anything left in warehouse we'll just give away or throw away."
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With some things, though, even Kugler the great salvager can't find a buyer no matter how low he goes. He took a loss on 50,000 copies of "Yo-Yo Man," a Smothers Brothers instructional video for the stringed toy. ("I'm not sure what I was thinking on that one," Kugler said.) And then there is that stash of VHS tapes that couldn't even earn a spot on the last shipment out of his warehouse: a few thousand copies of "The Man With the Screaming Brain," a 2005 horror movie about a mad scientist, a Bulgarian tycoon, a cab driver and some cranial misadventures. ("That one," Kugler said, "will be buried with us.")

The majority of his firm's business today is with big box retailers including Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Sears, where the company sets up displays of its discounted DVDs, such as "Superman Returns" and "Proof of Life," which are often priced at $10 or less. Plenty of customers see that price as an invitation to build up their DVD collections.

But Kugler, with a sly smile, offered a warning to consumers thinking of putting up shelving to handle their burgeoning libraries.

"The DVD will be obsolete in three or four years, no doubt about it. Everything will be Blu-ray," Kugler said, anticipating the next resident at his pop culture retirement home. "The days of the DVD are numbered. And that is good news for me."

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #8 on:** December 22, 2008, 04:09:18 AM »

SCARIER THAN SNAKES OR SPIDERS

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DERBRUCER · « **Reply #9 on:** December 22, 2008, 04:11:55 AM »

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DERBRUCER · « **Reply #10 on:** December 22, 2008, 04:13:52 AM »

For your morning coffee:

LARNIN' THE BEAGLE TO HOWL

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DERBRUCER · « **Reply #11 on:** December 22, 2008, 04:18:48 AM »

OZ GOES TO THE DARKSIDE

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

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LAWYERS TO SERVE NOTICES ON FACEBOOK
Noel Towell

Canberra lawyers have won the right to serve legally binding court documents by posting them on defendants' Facebook sites.
In a ruling that could make legal and internet history, a Supreme Court judge ruled last week lawyers could use the social networking site to serve court notices.

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ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #12 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:19:21 AM »

Quote from: bk on December 22, 2008, 12:27:51 AM

And the word of the day is: SIDEREAL!

And The Song Of The Day Is: LOST IN THE STARS

Jrand73 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:30:41 AM »

Congratulations to CRAIG BROCKMAN and his lovely Heather and the DR ARNOLD BROCKMAN.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:31:03 AM »

I only saw one movie in the theater this year....MAMMA MIA!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:31:17 AM »

Oh no wait....two....MILK.....both of which I enjoyed.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:31:45 AM »

It is very cold, but I was drive about in the vehicle to to some things. If I don't make it back, I will be a human popsicle.

singdaw · « **Reply #17 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:35:20 AM »

A mansicle!!!!

singdaw · « **Reply #18 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:43:39 AM »

"Does the beaded seam put it too far over the top?"

_{photo: Hairspray}

FJL · « **Reply #19 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:45:23 AM »

Jrand - If you saw only one movie in the theater this year - make it...

oh, you already did that

FJL · « **Reply #20 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:45:55 AM »

What the frell does that mean?

FJL · « **Reply #21 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:46:09 AM »

Can I make it to 13000 on page 1, I wonder

FJL · « **Reply #22 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:46:20 AM »

Maybe if I act quickly

FJL · « **Reply #23 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:46:53 AM »

13000 - it's like my bar mitzvah, only 1000 times better!

Jennifer · « **Reply #24 on:** December 22, 2008, 05:54:25 AM »

Tonight on tv (and internet) the finale of THE HILLS!

And PRISON BREAK is new too.

singdaw · « **Reply #25 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:04:20 AM »

CONGRATULATIONS, DR FJL!

You are my HHW God!!!

Jennifer · « **Reply #26 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:04:26 AM »

DR George wrote this last night in response to my question about the tv stations going digital:

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Jennifer, essentially if you have cable, satellite or Dish TV, then it won't affect you at all. It will only affect you if you get your TV only from an antenna

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Okay i thought it had to do with what kind of tv you had, not if you simply had cable.

I don't have an antenna. But the tv in my bedroom is older. And i do have digital service. But there are some channels that i don't get on digital that i watch through my VCR on cable. But i have no cable box. That is what was confusing me.

Jennifer · « **Reply #27 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:08:05 AM »

I agree that sometimes traffic laws do not always make sense.

Here we have no fault. But once my mom was driving (it was a 3 way stop). She stopped and was turning left. Another car was going straight. But came to the stop sign and went right through it. My mom had stopped and was there before the other car.

Well guess what, my mom was deemed at fault because the person going straight has the right of way. Well no sane person would assume that that person would fail to stop at their stop sign and plow into my mom's car.

That's illogical. So the same theory could apply to BK's case. Like DR cillaliz said, it's possible that the person turning left (BK) is always responsible even if the other person does something so stupid.

However i agree that something should be done. People who drive unsafely should not be rewarded. And i think it's a good thing to make these people think about it even if ultimately they probably won't lose in court.

Jennifer · « **Reply #28 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:08:28 AM »

I have a lot of presents to wrap. I told my mom i would wrap all her presents.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #29 on:** December 22, 2008, 06:09:21 AM »

Crap! Somedays my unfamiliarity with a PCdrives me mad.

Good morning, all! I am officially sick so keep them vibes coming! Last night I went to bed around 6:30, with chills, runny nose, horrible sinus pains, and general discomfort. I slept fitfully, got up around 8, showered, ate, and now I doubt I'll wander far from Randy's sofa or my bed.

I hate this!

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