Posted by Donald Link on 09/04/05 01:32

Yeh, my 35 year old daughter.


On 3 Sep 2005 10:02:09 -0700, electrictroy@gmail.com wrote:

>Black Locust wrote:
>> Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arebrianlamb.net> wrote:
>> > Rentals are certainly abused... why? No idea... it amazes me the way
>> > folks seem to enjoy running discs over carpet.
>>
>> It's the old "if they don't own it, they don't care" syndrome.
>
>I've known people who do own dvds, but still abuse them. For example,
>instead of putting the dvd back in its case, they just put it upside on
>a table. Then they drop books/newspapers on top of it.
>
>Stupid.
>
>
>.
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>> > Me. I only have rented games... (same treatment... maybe worse)...
>> > but to call the playback of rental DVD "worse picture" that VHS is
>> > silly.
>>
>> Yeah, that was an asinine thing to say. Is he trying to imply DVDs wear
>> out?
>
>.
>
>The picture deteriorates if the disc is heavily scratched. Same with
>CDs. I borrowed a friend's CD that literally sounded like a
>static-filled record!
>
>troy

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