On 10 Jan, 21:46, Tsunami  wrote:
> While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:51:39 퍍, Justin Palmer
>
>
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>  wrote:
> >Tsugumi wrote:
> >> "Peter Boulter"  wrote in message
> >>news:memo.20080106080400.2788C@starhunter.compulink.co.uk...
> >>> Tsugumi(Tsug...@Tsugumi.karoo.co.uk) added
>
> >>>> Blimey! What they'd make of me paying £28 for Bubblegum Crisis #8
> >>>> doesn't bear thinking about...
> >>> Come to think of it, what we paid for our anime back then doesn't bear> >>> thinking
> >>> about by us!  ^_^
>
> >> Agreed!
> >> We used to buy NTSC vids despite not having a NTSC player. Luckily there was
> >> a shop around the corner that would convert the tapes to PAL for £12 per
> >> hour.
> >> That actually seemed to make sense at the time as well...
>
> >    Going to Shin nen kai - '98? was it? Anyone remember the quiet guy from
> >Devon trying to hide in his own skin? - and seeing NSTC tapes of
> >Escaflowne (I think) set me down the path of acquiring one of those
> >players for my own, a road that had led to me having to learn more about
> >various international TV, input, and codec types than I ever wanted to
> >know... ^_^
>
> Ahh, Shinnnnnn 98, one of the later cons. :)
> I remember (but only just young whippersnapper you!) going to AD1!!!!
> Myself and a friend of mine planned the entire day out, running from
> room to room to catch the start of the next item in the programme, so
> that we didn't miss anything. Ah those were the days! :)

Blimey! Shinnenkai isn't a con name I've heard in a decade! It takes
me back to Minami Con 2 and Recontanimated back in the darkages with
anime like Vilgust on 4th generation NTSC tapes. Those were indeed the
days where getting some fansubbed anime (no matter how shoddy the
translation nor quality) from some random fansubber brought so much
excitement :D

While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:05:27 -0000, "Tsugumi"
 wrote:

>
>"Tsunami"  wrote in message 
>news:7p1to3pii0alm0651kc8l9hhp8vp6vt3ou@4ax.com...
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>> Late-commer, I was into Marine boy! :)
>> --
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>Same here ^_^
>
Mmmmm, oxy-gum :)
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Tsunami
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