11||0|672|0|yes 0|0|0|||||Nostalgia...|Firefly||16:55:47|01/06/2003|...is discovering a bunch of dusty old Betamax tapes in the corner of the garage that apparently contains nearly all the cartoons that you watched when you were in your childhood %28assuming%2C of course%2C you were born in the early 1980s%29. Frustration is realizing that your Betamax VCR player has been broken for the better part of eight years and that the parts you need to fix it haven%27t been produced for the better part of five.%0D%0A%0D%0ASeriously%2C what am I supposed to do with...let%27s see...twenty-one Betamax tapes%3F%21%0D%0A%0D%0A--Firefly%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Damn Akiomobiles. They%27re worse than SUVs.%22 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Wedge||17:26:15|01/06/2003|%3ESeriously%2C what am I supposed to do with...let%27s see...twenty-one %0D%0A%3EBetamax tapes%3F%21 %0D%0A%0D%0ADo a little searching in your area and you probably will find someone who will transfer them for you. You want to look for the kind of place that%27ll put old home movies to video and stuff like that. If they can%27t do it odds are they know someone who can.%0D%0A%0D%0AOf course%2C you might have a problem if they were purchased content%2C but if it%27s just stuff you taped off of the tv decades ago%2C you shouldn%27t have a problem.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fwedge%2Fstuff%2Fnall.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0AJ. Random Pixel Pusher%0D%0ADigital Domain%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DRCW %231138%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 7|2|1|||1||RE%3A Nostalgia...|beautifulvoice||02:10:06|01/09/2003|%3ESeriously%2C what am I supposed to do with...let%27s see...twenty-one %0D%0A%3EBetamax tapes%3F%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AIf you think you%27ll watch them on a regular basis%2C and possibly even acquire new ones%2C getting a BetaMax machine off eBay would probably be your best bet. Or%2C if you%27ve got money to burn%2C call up Sony. From what I hear%2C you can still get NEW BetaMax machines if you call them directly %28for now%2C since they stopped production at the end of last year.%29 Betamax %2C last I heard%2C was still relatively popular in small tv production %28though not as much as it%27s cousin U-Matic%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A The Beautiful Voice Admin%0D%0A-%5Blink%3Akozue.tk %7CLady Kozue%27s Media Archive%5D%0D%0A-%5Blink%3Ageocities.com%2Fthebeautifulvoice%7CThe Beautiful Voice%5D 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Laudre||03:20:41|01/07/2003|%3ESeriously%2C what am I supposed to do with...let%27s see...twenty-one %0D%0A%3EBetamax tapes%3F%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AIf it weren%27t for the content%2C I%27d say %22target practice.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI suspect they%27d unspool rather picturesquely with the proper application of%2C say%2C .38 Special.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean -- %0D%0A%5Bb%5DRabid Crack Weasel %2342%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%22All tribal myths are true%2C for a given value of %27true%27.%22 -- Terry Pratchett %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.drelau.com%2F%7CDrelau Productions%5D %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%2F%7CThe Broken Link%5D %0D%0A 6|2|2|||1||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Pangaro||01:33:05|01/09/2003|%3E%3ESeriously%2C what am I supposed to do with...let%27s see...twenty-one %0D%0A%3E%3EBetamax tapes%3F%21 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIf it weren%27t for the content%2C I%27d say %22target practice.%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI suspect they%27d unspool rather picturesquely with the proper %0D%0A%3Eapplication of%2C say%2C .38 Special. %0D%0A%0D%0AI would use .40 S%26W%2C it%27s THE caliber for disposing of old tapes.%0D%0A%0D%0APangaro%2C %5BI%5Dwho knows what he%27s talking about here...%5B%2FI%5D%0D%0ARelaxed Marijuana Weasel %2322%0D%0APaying attention to the wrong part of the speech since 1986 9|3|6|||||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Star Ranger4||17:58:47|01/09/2003|%3E%3E%3ESeriously%2C what am I supposed to do with...let%27s see...twenty-one %0D%0A%3E%3E%3EBetamax tapes%3F%21 %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EIf it weren%27t for the content%2C I%27d say %22target practice.%22 %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI suspect they%27d unspool rather picturesquely with the proper %0D%0A%3E%3Eapplication of%2C say%2C .38 Special. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI would use .40 S%26W%2C it%27s THE caliber for disposing of old tapes. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0ANaa... 12 gauge 00 buck. Instant confetti... Just %22PULL%21%21%21%21%21%22%0D%0A 10|4|9|||1||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Laudre||00:43:51|01/10/2003|%3E%3E%3EI suspect they%27d unspool rather picturesquely with the proper %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Eapplication of%2C say%2C .38 Special. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EI would use .40 S%26W%2C it%27s THE caliber for disposing of old tapes. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3ENaa... 12 gauge 00 buck. Instant confetti... Just %22PULL%21%21%21%21%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0ABoth also good. I just mentioned .38 Special because it%27s the caliber of the revolver sitting next to my keyboard.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean -- %0D%0A%5Bb%5DRabid Crack Weasel %2342%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%22All tribal myths are true%2C for a given value of %27true%27.%22 -- Terry Pratchett %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.drelau.com%2F%7CDrelau Productions%5D %0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%2F%7CThe Broken Link%5D %0D%0A 11|5|10|||1||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Wedge||01:07:35|01/10/2003|%3EBoth also good. I just mentioned .38 Special because it%27s the caliber %0D%0A%3Eof the revolver sitting next to my keyboard. %0D%0A%0D%0AYou must go through a lot of mice.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fhomepage.mac.com%2Fwedge%2Fstuff%2Fnall.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0AJ. Random Pixel Pusher%0D%0ADigital Domain%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DRCW %231138%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A %3A%29 %5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 3|1|0|||1||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Fanatic||16:37:22|01/07/2003|%3ESeriously%2C what am I supposed to do with...let%27s see...twenty-one %0D%0A%3EBetamax tapes%3F%21 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0AI don%27t know but I know I saw a plot like this on %5Bi%5DCowboy Bebop%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0AMaybe scrouge the net for a place that converts beta to VHS%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0APattrick%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Jihad-free is the way for me.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A 4|1|0|||1||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Tengokujin||21:21:54|01/08/2003|%3A%3Ashrug%3A%3A eBay%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--------------------------------------------------%0D%0ALook to your left. Look down. See your left arm. 5|2|4|||1||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Matrix Dragon||23:40:06|01/08/2003|%3E%3A%3Ashrug%3A%3A eBay%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C you can usually find a few Beta Players on eBay cheap. It%27s worth looking anyway.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter%0D%0A%5Ba href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livejournal.com%2Fusers%2Fmatrix_dragon%2F%22%5DMy LiveJournal%5B%2Fa%5D%0D%0A%22Now all we need is Faye and Edward helping you look.%22 8|1|0|||||RE%3A Nostalgia...|Firefly||17:18:04|01/09/2003|I%27d like to extend my thanks to everyone who gave suggestions%2C even though I ended up following just the advice from Wedge %28more thanks to you%29. The hunt and transfer ended up very successful. Now%2C what to do with the Beta tapes...%2Aspeculatively eyes Laudre%27s suggestion%2A%0D%0A%0D%0A--Firefly%0D%0A%28Who suspects that in 10 years he%27ll end up asking the same thing about his VHS library%29