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From: elag <elag@cloud9.net>
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Subject: Re: 14 July 1789
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 21:11:54 -0400
Organization: Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose
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Paul Heslop wrote:
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> elag wrote:
> >
> > Paul Heslop wrote:
> > >
> > > elag wrote:
> > >
> > > > > You've probably heard of our national lottery and its poor performance
> > > > > re sales,
> > > >
> > > > No, Merkin news is myopic in terms of the world... a story usually has
> > > > to be BIG! in order to be worth jamming in between the sport and
> > > > entertainment "news".
> > > >
> > > It has raised controversy over here as it's run by a profit making
> > > company, where Richard Branson offered to run it for cost, which he has
> > > tried to do twice and failed.
> >
> > Oh, that guy... I wonder why it's so difficult... could P.T. Barnum have
> > been wrong?... nah...
>
> :O) Richard seems to think with his feet, or his beard.
We have one of his Virgin Megastores facing Union Square. It's
interesting in a spectacularly vugar way. It features a flashy hole
surrounded by concentric rings which occasionally belches smoke. Near
that is a digital "counter" which really counts nothing in particular;
the numbers in the middle tic by faster than those at either end. The
effect is something like: "Hey! Look over here! You can SHOP in here!"
Perhaps It's Branson's grand scale self portrait.
> >
> > ....
> >
> > > > > And then there's the none chewing factor. The one sickening thing about
> > > > > vhs is its habit of self destructing.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, it's ugly... the library toon tapes I love so much have very dodgy
> > > > tracking problems. Once, I had to manually force the source tape into a
> > > > better position so I could dub it onto another tape... well, beggars
> > > > can't be choosy.
> > > >
> > > I have a six head triple speed nicam video with a one minute rewind and
> > > sometimes it can take half an hour to rewind a tape! It is a
> > > temperamental beast.
> >
> > That's an awful lot of firepower... maybe it's just a touch of
> > arthritis... few raps with a hammer might cure it.
>
> It sounds heavy but nowadays VHS can be dirt cheap. It's made by sharp
> really don't build stuff like they used to.
Someday soon people may be building temporary housing out of stacked VHS
tapes and furniture out of VCRs. I wonder if the Sheddi types might be interested.
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