http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318

...just old, bald anime fans. ^_^

	This is the sort of thing that makes me realise just how long I've been 
interested in my hobby; I remember reading about this book in Anime UK 
magazine and regarding it as a treasure which my sweaty Western hands 
would never, ever touch. And now I could walk virtually into Amazon and 
buy a copy.

    Kids today, don't know they're born with their anime named after 
household cleaning products and their bishonen Gundam pretenders 
muttergrumblemutter...

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

In article <fllks3$meb$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
   Justin Palmer  wrote:
> http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318

> ...just old, bald anime fans. ^_^

Heh! Jealous! 

>     Kids today, don't know they're born with their anime named after 
> household cleaning products and their bishonen Gundam pretenders 
> muttergrumblemutter...

Eh, I remember getting out of the hole in't ground at 3am, half an hour
after I went to bed... ^_^

-- 
 //\  // Chika <miyuki><at><crashnet><org><uk>
//  \//  "Word to the wise guy; be nice or be dog food!"

... Memory is a thing we forget with.

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:54:30 +0000, Justin Palmer
 mangled uncounted electrons thus:

>http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318
>
>...just old, bald anime fans. ^_^
>
>	This is the sort of thing that makes me realise just how long I've been 
>interested in my hobby; I remember reading about this book in Anime UK 
>magazine and regarding it as a treasure which my sweaty Western hands 
>would never, ever touch. And now I could walk virtually into Amazon and 
>buy a copy.

<grin> I have this book in my stack of 'still to read' titles,
having acquired it from my trusty mail-order manga supplier**. I
also have the first Shakugan no Shana novel in the same pile...

>    Kids today, don't know they're born with their anime named after 
>household cleaning products and their bishonen Gundam pretenders 
>muttergrumblemutter...

<grins some more> And you're *how* old, exactly?

Martin D. Pay
Whose birth predates the launch of Sputnik 1...

**ACE Comics, Colchester (and other locations now as Martin
'Biff' Averre expands his empire) - www.acecomics.co.uk
(shameless plug! If you visit and buy, tell them I sent you!!)

Martin D. Pay wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:54:30 +0000, Justin Palmer
>  mangled uncounted electrons thus:
> 
>> http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318
>>
>> ...just old, bald anime fans. ^_^

(snip)

> <grins some more> And you're *how* old, exactly?
>
	Not nearly as old as Captain Kirk was in Wrath of Khan, but when I talk 
to a couple of friends of mine and I have to explain  what was so 
important about Mysterious Cities of Gold, I certainly know what he must 
have felt like... ^_^

> Martin D. Pay
> Whose birth predates the launch of Sputnik 1...
> 
	!

> **ACE Comics, Colchester (and other locations now as Martin
> 'Biff' Averre expands his empire) - www.acecomics.co.uk
> (shameless plug! If you visit and buy, tell them I sent you!!)

	Will that work in Exeter, too? ^_^

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

Chika wrote:
> In article <fllks3$meb$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
>    Justin Palmer  wrote:
>> http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318
> 
>> ...just old, bald anime fans. ^_^
> 
> Heh! Jealous! 
> 
	No, just feeling my not-that-old-but-feeling-strange age. ^_^
	
>>     Kids today, don't know they're born with their anime named after 
>> household cleaning products and their bishonen Gundam pretenders 
>> muttergrumblemutter...
> 
> Eh, I remember getting out of the hole in't ground at 3am, half an hour
> after I went to bed... ^_^
> 
	Some people on another forum are grumbling about paying 25 dollars for 
a complete set of episodes. Some of us sorta-old-timers are responding 
with many scary tales of single volumes of Bubblegum Crisis purchased 
for many, many amount of currency from strange, far off lands... ^_^ [1]

	[1] Bangor.

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:12:16 +0000, Justin Palmer
 mangled uncounted electrons thus:

>Martin D. Pay wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:54:30 +0000, Justin Palmer
>>  mangled uncounted electrons thus:
>> 
>>> http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318
>>>
>>> ...just old, bald anime fans. ^_^
>
>(snip)
>
>> <grins some more> And you're *how* old, exactly?
>>
>	Not nearly as old as Captain Kirk was in Wrath of Khan, but when I talk 
>to a couple of friends of mine and I have to explain  what was so 
>important about Mysterious Cities of Gold, I certainly know what he must 
>have felt like... ^_^

OK, I'll give you that one...

>> Martin D. Pay
>> Whose birth predates the launch of Sputnik 1...
>> 
>	!

What is this '  !  '  ?  I'm old...ish, but not *that* old,
dagnabbit!!!

>> **ACE Comics, Colchester (and other locations now as Martin
>> 'Biff' Averre expands his empire) - www.acecomics.co.uk
>> (shameless plug! If you visit and buy, tell them I sent you!!)
>
>	Will that work in Exeter, too? ^_^

Ah, yes, the latest branch, IIRC. T have to concede, the staff
there won't have a clue who I am - you'd need to deal with the
main shop or especially the mail order operation for that to
work...

Martin D. Pay
Just don't confuse me with my brother (also an ACE mail-order
customer but not a participant or even lurker in newsgroups -
which is a shame as he's much wittier than I am...)

Martin D. Pay wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:12:16 +0000, Justin Palmer
>  mangled uncounted electrons thus:
> 
>> Martin D. Pay wrote:
>>> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:54:30 +0000, Justin Palmer
>>>  mangled uncounted electrons thus:
>>>
>>>> http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318
>>>>
>>>> ...just old, bald anime fans. ^_^
>> (snip)
>>
>>> <grins some more> And you're *how* old, exactly?
>>>
>> 	Not nearly as old as Captain Kirk was in Wrath of Khan, but when I talk 
>> to a couple of friends of mine and I have to explain  what was so 
>> important about Mysterious Cities of Gold, I certainly know what he must 
>> have felt like... ^_^
> 
> OK, I'll give you that one...
> 
	I need warp speed in five minutes or we'll all dead!

>>> Martin D. Pay
>>> Whose birth predates the launch of Sputnik 1...
>>>
>> 	!
> 
> What is this '  !  '  ?  I'm old...ish, but not *that* old,
> dagnabbit!!!
> 
	Okay, I'll assume you weren't actually in the pub [1] with Arthur C. 
Clarke when the first V2 landed on London then... ^_^

>>> **ACE Comics, Colchester (and other locations now as Martin
>>> 'Biff' Averre expands his empire) - www.acecomics.co.uk
>>> (shameless plug! If you visit and buy, tell them I sent you!!)
>> 	Will that work in Exeter, too? ^_^
> 
> Ah, yes, the latest branch, IIRC. T have to concede, the staff
> there won't have a clue who I am - you'd need to deal with the
> main shop or especially the mail order operation for that to
> work...
> 
	It would be an interesting conversation, though, wouldn't it? ^_^

	I have to confess that I've been creeping into comics lately and 
visited this shop - still known to me as "Krackers" - for the first time 
in ages recently. Sadly, no longer are the Gundam kits...

> Martin D. Pay
> Just don't confuse me with my brother (also an ACE mail-order
> customer but not a participant or even lurker in newsgroups -
> which is a shame as he's much wittier than I am...) 

	I know that problem... ^_^

	[1] It wasn't the White Hart, but lets see how old umaa-ers really are 
by seeing how many can tell me which anime series *did* feature a pub of 
that name... ^_^

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

In article <flohes$9jg$2$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>,
   Justin Palmer  wrote:
> 	Some people on another forum are grumbling about paying 25 dollars for 
> a complete set of episodes. Some of us sorta-old-timers are responding 
> with many scary tales of single volumes of Bubblegum Crisis purchased 
> for many, many amount of currency from strange, far off lands... ^_^ [1]

> 	[1] Bangor.

I miss that shop! OK, I only visited it twice, but it was one of those
trips I really enjoyed doing (good journey, great place, and anime too!)
But yes, I recall the terrible cost. I still have the financial scars (and
the tapes!)

-- 
 //\  // Chika <miyuki><at><crashnet><org><uk>
//  \//  "Word to the wise guy; be nice or be dog food!"

... <Ctrl><Alt><Del> to read the next message

Chika wrote:
> In article <flohes$9jg$2$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>,
>    Justin Palmer  wrote:
>> 	Some people on another forum are grumbling about paying 25 dollars for 
>> a complete set of episodes. Some of us sorta-old-timers are responding 
>> with many scary tales of single volumes of Bubblegum Crisis purchased 
>> for many, many amount of currency from strange, far off lands... ^_^ [1]
> 
>> 	[1] Bangor.
> 
> I miss that shop! OK, I only visited it twice, but it was one of those
> trips I really enjoyed doing (good journey, great place, and anime too!)
> But yes, I recall the terrible cost. I still have the financial scars (and
> the tapes!)
> 
	There was an actual, physical, shop front? Good grief. I'd generally 
assumed - before having to become familiar with obscure railway stations 
- that it was an imaginary address (like Brentford, whose actual 
existence was also a revelation, especially if you've ever read any 
Robert Rankin... ).

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

In article <flotns$ous$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
 wrote:
> Chika wrote:
> > In article <flohes$9jg$2$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
> >     wrote:
> >> 	Some people on another forum are grumbling about paying 25 dollars
> >> for a complete set of episodes. Some of us sorta-old-timers are
> >> responding with many scary tales of single volumes of Bubblegum
> >> Crisis purchased for many, many amount of currency from strange, far
> >> off lands... ^_^ [1]
> > 
> >> 	[1] Bangor.
> > 
> > I miss that shop! OK, I only visited it twice, but it was one of those
> > trips I really enjoyed doing (good journey, great place, and anime
> > too!) But yes, I recall the terrible cost. I still have the financial
> > scars (and the tapes!)
> > 
> 	There was an actual, physical, shop front? Good grief. I'd generally
> assumed - before having to become familiar with obscure railway stations
> - that it was an imaginary address (like Brentford, whose actual
> existence was also a revelation, especially if you've ever read any
> Robert Rankin... ).

Yep, the shop actually existed! It was in the High Street. Not a
particularly large place but it had a fair amount of kit including
posters, videos (including imports) and cels amongst other things.
Apparently most of the remaining stock went to the Sheffield Space Centre
after the big bust-up between Anime Projects and ADV, the shop being one
of the first things to go.

-- 
 //\  // Chika <miyuki><at><crashnet><org><uk>
//  \//  "Word to the wise guy; be nice or be dog food!"

... Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.

"Justin Palmer"  wrote in message 
news:flohes$9jg$2$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
> Chika wrote:
>> In article <fllks3$meb$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
>>    Justin Palmer  wrote:
>>> http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318

> Some people on another forum are grumbling about paying 25 dollars for a 
> complete set of episodes. Some of us sorta-old-timers are responding with 
> many scary tales of single volumes of Bubblegum Crisis purchased for many, 
> many amount of currency from strange, far off lands... ^_^ [1]
>
> [1] Bangor.
>

Blimey! What they'd make of me paying £28 for Bubblegum Crisis #8 doesn't 
bear thinking about...

Tsugumi

On 2008-01-05 18:14:36 +0000, Justin Palmer  said:

> Chika wrote:
>> In article <fllks3$meb$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
>>    Justin Palmer  wrote:
>>> http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318
>> 
>>> ...just old, bald anime fans. ^_^
>> 
>> Heh! Jealous!
> 	No, just feeling my not-that-old-but-feeling-strange age. ^_^
> 	
>>>     Kids today, don't know they're born with their anime named after 
>>> household cleaning products and their bishonen Gundam pretenders 
>>> muttergrumblemutter...
>> 
>> Eh, I remember getting out of the hole in't ground at 3am, half an hour
>> after I went to bed... ^_^
>> 
> 	Some people on another forum are grumbling about paying 25 dollars for 
> a complete set of episodes. Some of us sorta-old-timers are responding 
> with many scary tales of single volumes of Bubblegum Crisis purchased 
> for many, many amount of currency from strange, far off lands... ^_^ [1]
> 
> 	[1] Bangor.

In my memoirs (to be released on a website near you sometime this year) 
I point out that my first legitimate copy of "Nausicaa of the Valley of 
Wind" (VHS, JLO) cost me £60. And yes, nowadays I gripe if an entire 
season/series costs that much.
-- 
Harry Payne
"What's the terminal velocity of an unladen Haibane?"

Chika wrote:
> In article <flotns$ous$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
>  wrote:
>> Chika wrote:
>>> In article <flohes$9jg$2$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
>>>     wrote:

(snip)

>>>> 	[1] Bangor.
>>> I miss that shop! OK, I only visited it twice, but it was one of those
>>> trips I really enjoyed doing (good journey, great place, and anime
>>> too!) But yes, I recall the terrible cost. I still have the financial
>>> scars (and the tapes!)
>>>
>> 	There was an actual, physical, shop front? Good grief. I'd generally
>> assumed - before having to become familiar with obscure railway stations
>> - that it was an imaginary address (like Brentford, whose actual
>> existence was also a revelation, especially if you've ever read any
>> Robert Rankin... ).
> 
> Yep, the shop actually existed! It was in the High Street. Not a
> particularly large place but it had a fair amount of kit including
> posters, videos (including imports) and cels amongst other things.
> Apparently most of the remaining stock went to the Sheffield Space Centre
> after the big bust-up between Anime Projects and ADV, the shop being one
> of the first things to go.
> 
	Wow. Another legend bites the dust. You'll be telling me there really 
isn't a great Gundam in the sky next... ^_^

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

In article <flreqi$lds$1$830fa17d@news.demon.co.uk>,
   Justin Palmer  wrote:
> 	Wow. Another legend bites the dust. You'll be telling me there really 
> isn't a great Gundam in the sky next... ^_^

If you really want me to, I will! ;p

-- 
 //\  // Chika <miyuki><at><crashnet><org><uk>
//  \//  "Word to the wise guy; be nice or be dog food!"

... Is this yours?  Your dog left it on my lawn ...

Chika wrote:
> In article <flreqi$lds$1$830fa17d@news.demon.co.uk>,
>    Justin Palmer  wrote:
>> 	Wow. Another legend bites the dust. You'll be telling me there really 
>> isn't a great Gundam in the sky next... ^_^
> 
> If you really want me to, I will! ;p
> 
	Only if you want to be crushed by the Wrath of Tomino... ^_^

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

In message <flohes$9jg$2$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>
       Justin Palmer  wrote:

> Chika wrote:
> > In article <fllks3$meb$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
> >    Justin Palmer  wrote:
> >> http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=3318
> > 
> >> ...just old, bald anime fans. ^_^
> > 
> > Heh! Jealous! 
> > 
> 	No, just feeling my not-that-old-but-feeling-strange age. ^_^
> 	
> > >     Kids today, don't know they're born with their anime named
> > > after  household cleaning products and their bishonen Gundam
> > > pretenders  muttergrumblemutter...
> > 
> > Eh, I remember getting out of the hole in't ground at 3am, half an
> > hour after I went to bed... ^_^
> > 
> 	Some people on another forum are grumbling about paying 25
> dollars for  a complete set of episodes. Some of us sorta-old-timers
> are responding  with many scary tales of single volumes of Bubblegum
> Crisis purchased  for many, many amount of currency from strange, far
> off lands... ^_^ [1]

One particular series (El Hazard) cost me almost £1000 to watch.

In fairness, I should perhaps point out that about £800 of this was
buying the Laser Disc player, that being the only format the series was
available in at the time. Nevertheless, it's only a slight exageration
to say that El Haz cost me that much to watch, as it was the desire to
watch it that twisted my arm into nuying the LD layer.

-- 
Nick Roberts           tigger @ orpheusinternet.co.uk           

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which
can be adequately explained by stupidity.

In message , Nick Roberts
 writes

>One particular series (El Hazard) cost me almost £1000 to watch.
>
>In fairness, I should perhaps point out that about £800 of this was
>buying the Laser Disc player,

 <pose=ON>When I was wandering around Akihabara in August</pose> I found
brand-new copies of the first couple of El Hazard LDs being sold off for
80 yen each (or in real money, about 30p).
-- 
 To reply, my gmail address is nojay1              Robert Sneddon

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:56:22 GMT, Nick Roberts
 mangled uncounted electrons thus:

<snip>

>One particular series (El Hazard) cost me almost £1000 to watch.
>
>In fairness, I should perhaps point out that about £800 of this was
>buying the Laser Disc player, that being the only format the series was
>available in at the time. Nevertheless, it's only a slight exageration
>to say that El Haz cost me that much to watch, as it was the desire to
>watch it that twisted my arm into nuying the LD layer.

<grin> I had a similar experience... I bought Animeigo's BGC LDs
before I owned a player (and then used their presence in the
house as the lever with my wife to buy a player).

Hmm, two experiences - I recall as I'm writing this that I bought
a bunch of DVDs in the US in February 1999, then had to buy a
player (a £400 Pioneer, 'chipped' for multi-region playback) when
I came back from the holiday. (I'd been expecting to buy LDs as I
had in November 1997, but they'd almost completely disappeared in
the intervening period...

Martin D. Pay
Not doing it again; waiting for one of the high definition
formats to 'win out' before buying a player...  ^_-

Nick Roberts wrote:
> In message <flohes$9jg$2$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>
>        Justin Palmer  wrote:
(snip)
... ^_^
>>>
>> 	Some people on another forum are grumbling about paying 25
>> dollars for  a complete set of episodes. Some of us sorta-old-timers
>> are responding  with many scary tales of single volumes of Bubblegum
>> Crisis purchased  for many, many amount of currency from strange, far
>> off lands... ^_^ [1]
> 
> One particular series (El Hazard) cost me almost £1000 to watch.
> 
> In fairness, I should perhaps point out that about £800 of this was
> buying the Laser Disc player, that being the only format the series was
> available in at the time. Nevertheless, it's only a slight exageration
> to say that El Haz cost me that much to watch, as it was the desire to
> watch it that twisted my arm into nuying the LD layer.
> 
	Heh, yes, I remember standing in a shop in Tottenham Court Road handing 
over a soon-to-be-depleted credit card for a combined LD/DVD player, 
because you know, this DVD thing might go the way of Betamax... ^_^

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

Robert Sneddon wrote:
> In message , Nick Roberts
>  writes
> 
>> One particular series (El Hazard) cost me almost £1000 to watch.
>>
>> In fairness, I should perhaps point out that about £800 of this was
>> buying the Laser Disc player,
> 
>  <pose=ON>When I was wandering around Akihabara in August</pose> I found
> brand-new copies of the first couple of El Hazard LDs being sold off for
> 80 yen each (or in real money, about 30p).

	Its almost worth it for the boxes - gawd, they're *gorgeous*. ^_^

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

In article ,
   Nick Roberts  wrote, in part:
> Nevertheless, it's only a slight exageration to say that El Haz cost
> me that much to watch, as it was the desire to watch it that twisted
> my arm into nuying the LD layer.

That's got me wondering whether I might like to try nuying the Angelic
Layer -- but first I'd have to know what "nuying" is...

-- 
John "Minmei" Ward : 
Web pages on my favourite TV animated (and other) shows
including Nadesico, Pokemon and WITCH:
www.john-ward.org.uk/personal/john/television/

In message 
       John M Ward  wrote:

> In article ,
>    Nick Roberts  wrote, in part:
> > Nevertheless, it's only a slight exageration to say that El Haz cost
> > me that much to watch, as it was the desire to watch it that twisted
> > my arm into nuying the LD layer.
> 
> That's got me wondering whether I might like to try nuying the Angelic
> Layer -- but first I'd have to know what "nuying" is...
> 

Typos are the lurse of my cife.

-- 
Nick Roberts           tigger @ orpheusinternet.co.uk           

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which
can be adequately explained by stupidity.

In message 
       Robert Sneddon  wrote:

> In message , Nick Roberts
>  writes
> 
> >One particular series (El Hazard) cost me almost £1000 to watch.
> >
> >In fairness, I should perhaps point out that about £800 of this was
> >buying the Laser Disc player,
> 
>  <pose=ON>When I was wandering around Akihabara in August</pose> I
> found brand-new copies of the first couple of El Hazard LDs being
> sold off for 80 yen each (or in real money, about 30p).

Justin - does the COM take contracts?

-- 
Nick Roberts           tigger @ orpheusinternet.co.uk           

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which
can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Nick Roberts wrote:
> In message 
>        Robert Sneddon  wrote:
> 
>> In message , Nick Roberts
>>  writes
>>
>>> One particular series (El Hazard) cost me almost £1000 to watch.
>>>
>>> In fairness, I should perhaps point out that about £800 of this was
>>> buying the Laser Disc player,
>>  <pose=ON>When I was wandering around Akihabara in August</pose> I
>> found brand-new copies of the first couple of El Hazard LDs being
>> sold off for 80 yen each (or in real money, about 30p).
> 
> Justin - does the COM take contracts?
> 
	Provided you're not too fussy about actual target specificity, we 
accept all major credit cards, although briefcases full of gold bars or 
former asteroid fortresses are also acceptable.

-- 
*"Magic Girl supposed wear cute     *justin@briareos.demon.co.uk*
* thing! Not... "                   *                           *
* "You wanna look cute or kick ass?"*                           *
  - Yuki and Largo, Megatokyo.       *       All outta gum.      *

On 2008-01-07 19:32:46 +0000, Robert Sneddon  said:

> In message , Nick Roberts
>  writes
> 
>> One particular series (El Hazard) cost me almost £1000 to watch.
>> 
>> In fairness, I should perhaps point out that about £800 of this was
>> buying the Laser Disc player,
> 
>  <pose=ON>When I was wandering around Akihabara in August</pose> I found
> brand-new copies of the first couple of El Hazard LDs being sold off for
> 80 yen each (or in real money, about 30p).

And they have a very grateful home. I took one to the YATA group and 
several of them didn't know what a laserdisc was (but thought a retro 
night with my LD player would be rather cool).
-- 
Harry Payne
"What's the terminal velocity of an unladen Haibane?"

On 2008-01-05 22:11:00 +0000, starhunter@cix.co.uk (Peter Boulter) said:

> Martin D. Pay(martin@starship-excalibur.co.uk) added
> 
> <snip>
>>>> Martin D. Pay
>>>> Whose birth predates the launch of Sputnik 1...
>>>> 
>>> 	!
>> 
>> What is this '  !  '  ?  I'm old...ish, but not *that* old,
>> dagnabbit!!!
> 
> That's it, you tell im.
> I was born before the launch of Sputnik 1 as well, us old(ish)ies have got to
> stick together. ^_^

I was born after Sputnik but before Yuri Gagarin went up. Nice to know 
I'm not the oldest around here...
-- 
Harry Payne
"What's the terminal velocity of an unladen Haibane?"

Harry wrote:
> On 2008-01-07 19:32:46 +0000, Robert Sneddon  
> said:
> 
>> In message , Nick Roberts
>>  writes
>>
>>> One particular series (El Hazard) cost me almost £1000 to watch.
>>>
>>> In fairness, I should perhaps point out that about £800 of this was
>>> buying the Laser Disc player,
>>
>>  <pose=ON>When I was wandering around Akihabara in August</pose> I found
>> brand-new copies of the first couple of El Hazard LDs being sold off for
>> 80 yen each (or in real money, about 30p).
> 
> And they have a very grateful home. I took one to the YATA group and 
> several of them didn't know what a laserdisc was (but thought a retro 
> night with my LD player would be rather cool).

	I can envision having similar conversations about videotapes shortly... ^_^

-- 
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