Posts from Stumpy in thread „DVD Extras“

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Originally posted by SXViper@Mar 14 2004, 01:56 PM
I guess I look at them as a investment, if you take care of them they will hold a pretty good price if you ever need to dump them.

That's very true - I've never known anyone to lose money on their guns. I have a couple of Colt SAAs (MIB) for which I paid less than $300. apiece and they're now listed in the Blue Book for about $1500. apiece.

When I was stationed in Germany the last time I belonged to the Rod and Gun Club on post and we could buy guns through them at a very good price so I loaded up. When I left there to come back to the States, the MPs and customs people Frankfurt who inspected luggage asked me, "Hey, Sarge, you thinkin' about startin' a war?" I had five or six hard cases filled with both handguns and rifles. :lol:

Since then, I've sold or traded some of them but still have more than enough firepower in the house to protect my family if need be.

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Originally posted by SXViper@Mar 14 2004, 01:23 AM
I am wanting to buy a new gun

Man, I don't know how you afford it nowadays. I've been a gun "nut" all my life but they've become so expensive I can't afford to buy them anymore. I've got several guns for which I paid 60 or 70 dollars apiece back in the Sixties. The same guns today are selling for hundreds of dollars. Totally ridiculous. I blame it all on the clowns in Washington who've passed all those laws.

As I said in another thread, I began assembling a collection of my all-time favorite movies when VCRs and tapes first became popular (and available) back in the early Eighties. Eventually, the size of my collection grew to more than 400 titles. both commercially recorded and recorded off the air. (I'm a lifelong film "buff".)

After several years, I discovered that over time, the tapes deteriorated, especially if they hadn't been watched for awhile (the tape surfaces would begin to stick together, which would prevent them moving smoothly through the VCR.) So when DVDs came along in the late Nineties, with their promise of "lifetime" durability, I naturally decided to replace my VHS collection with discs. And that's my prime reason for doing so, not because of any extras. I also like the better picture and sound quality on the discs.

I used to be a regular participant in the IMDB's "Video" board, which discussed the relative merits of DVDs versus tapes, etc. I swear, there were many people on that board who apparently bought DVDs solely for the "extras", instead of for the movie itself. That is most definitely not my attitude. I buy DVDs only for the movie.

The Western genre is my favorite, so my collection is heavily tilted toward that theme. But I like almost all kinds of movies, so my collection consists of what I personally consider "classics". Many of my favorite movies are not yet available on disc (and may never be available) but I hope before I die to replace all my tapes with DVDs. Currently, I probably have 15 or 20 thousand dollars invested in both tapes and discs. My wife often gets upset my with my hobby (she calls it an obsession :lol: ) because of the expense.