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Post by jman723 on Jan 13, 2021 13:12:53 GMT -8
Yeah my local store was called Video Visions which was A few blocks away from my home. It was also directly next to my favorite pizza place/Italian restaurant. So it was perfect on Friday/Saturdays
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Jan 13, 2021 18:50:47 GMT -8
I remember way back in 2000 when VHS was still around and the dominant home video format, there were two local video rental places near us and one was in the grocery store. The grocery store one was huge and had all sorts of cool movies along with video games. I'd rent from there constantly.
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Post by jman723 on Jan 14, 2021 5:49:11 GMT -8
That sounds cool. The days before the red box is supermarkets 😂.
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Jan 14, 2021 8:40:11 GMT -8
I've never rented from a red box, though we have quite a few near me.
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Post by jman723 on Jan 15, 2021 3:55:39 GMT -8
I only rented there a few times on vacation
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Jan 15, 2021 11:43:56 GMT -8
The library near me also still rents out DVDs, but I rarely do so anymore as so much of the time they're so badly scratched to the point of not being playable.
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Post by jman723 on Jan 16, 2021 5:26:10 GMT -8
It’s funny you mention the library because I just found some old library cards from my youth. I remember for school projects ha omg yo go there all the time. Nowadays you do everything from your phone or iPad or whatever. At the time I hated it now I appreciate it 😂
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Jan 16, 2021 8:36:52 GMT -8
I'm glad libraries are still around at least, in this digital age you'd think there wouldn't be any around, anymore.
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Post by jman723 on Jan 17, 2021 4:53:31 GMT -8
Me too. Kind of the last remnant of the 90’s era.
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Jan 17, 2021 11:35:42 GMT -8
I still enjoy the feeling of walking into a library and finding a good book to borrow to spend a few days reading. Especially a rare, out of print book not easily found in stores.
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Post by jman723 on Jan 19, 2021 12:51:46 GMT -8
Yeah when I was a kid I wasn’t a big reader but as I’ve gotten older I read a lot more. Plus I miss when everyone used books rather than iPads or this other stuff
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Jan 19, 2021 16:44:13 GMT -8
A used book in a way has it's own character and personality. Like it's travelled a long road before finding it's way into your hands, if that makes sense.
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Post by jman723 on Jan 20, 2021 16:24:53 GMT -8
Yeah I agree. Anyways days like today make me miss the 90’s even more. Such a dark day but at least we have memories of how things used to be
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Jan 20, 2021 17:02:27 GMT -8
I miss a lot of the fads of the 90s as well which take me back. The days of collecting things like Pogs and trading cards, the latter of which I've developed an interest in lately.
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Post by jman723 on Jan 21, 2021 15:16:52 GMT -8
Yeah. I mentioned some months back that I had my home movies digitized and it’s been great looking back and remembering things. For example one of my birthdays was at an arcade Which obviously is ancient now but back then was great fun.
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