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Cleaning up, 16 June 2015
Jun. 16th, 2015 04:49 pmAfter sitting in the church office from 10am-2pm, I was ready to do some more tidying up. I went through the rest of the material in the wardrobe in the spare room, and found some things I can give to the church Good-As-New sale, some clothing I can still wear and some that HWMBO can wear. I came across most of the Harry Potter books, probably belonging to a former flatmate of some sort, and an entire bag of US-format VHS tapes of the original Outer Limits series, complete except for the first show.
We no longer bother with VHS tapes, as we have a DVD player, a Sky+ box (like TiVo), and a Blu-Ray player in my computer. If I could ship them to someone in the United States who wanted them, I would, but they are hella heavy.
If I left them outside the building they might disappear. However, hardly anyone here in the UK could actually play them.
What I will probably do is disassemble the cassettes, discard the tape inside, and recycle the housings and the boxes.
I loved these tapes. When I lived in the Bronx I subscribed to the Columbia Video Club Outer Limits series, where I got one tape a month. I enjoyed the original series in 1963, and I enjoyed seeing them again in the 1980's.
Now I have the complete set on DVD, in the correct area format for the UK. They take up a lot less space than the tapes and I can play them on my computer or the TV. HWMBO scolded me for buying them, but I can say that they are a great asset and I'm really happy I bought them.
One of the sad things about tidying up is that one often has to discard or donate items that meant a lot, once upon a time. I haven't really started on the books, but I will have to buckle down and do that, shortly.
Wish me luck. We are now returning control of your television set to you.
We no longer bother with VHS tapes, as we have a DVD player, a Sky+ box (like TiVo), and a Blu-Ray player in my computer. If I could ship them to someone in the United States who wanted them, I would, but they are hella heavy.
If I left them outside the building they might disappear. However, hardly anyone here in the UK could actually play them.
What I will probably do is disassemble the cassettes, discard the tape inside, and recycle the housings and the boxes.
I loved these tapes. When I lived in the Bronx I subscribed to the Columbia Video Club Outer Limits series, where I got one tape a month. I enjoyed the original series in 1963, and I enjoyed seeing them again in the 1980's.
Now I have the complete set on DVD, in the correct area format for the UK. They take up a lot less space than the tapes and I can play them on my computer or the TV. HWMBO scolded me for buying them, but I can say that they are a great asset and I'm really happy I bought them.
One of the sad things about tidying up is that one often has to discard or donate items that meant a lot, once upon a time. I haven't really started on the books, but I will have to buckle down and do that, shortly.
Wish me luck. We are now returning control of your television set to you.
