Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness: If You Do Know What This Feels Like

Friday, February 4, 2011

If You Do Know What This Feels Like - Then You Are My People

13 comments:

TS Hendrik said...: I actually want to start a video store. I have a feeling that VHS is going to come back like records have. There's just too many titles not available through other means.; February 4, 2011 at 8:24 AM
Kal said...: I know I am not getting rid of my VHS mixed tapes or my BETA ones. I have three VHS and two BETA machines.; February 4, 2011 at 8:35 AM
Debra She Who Seeks said...: I have a combo VHS/DVD player. But someday, my VHS tapes will all be obsolete and unplayable, I know.; February 4, 2011 at 8:39 AM
Ricky said...: VHS is now retro cool !

I still use mine almost every day.; February 4, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Belle said...: Like Blue Ray, DVDs were pushed on us to make more money for people who have tons of money.; February 4, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Dr. Monkey Von Monkerstein said...: I remember when VCR's were called VTR's.; February 4, 2011 at 10:29 AM
DrGoat said...: I still have my first VCR player, bought in the early 80s. It's the first RCA unit- 4 head- top loader, weighs about 15 or 20 lbs.
It still works (I have taken good care of it). It cost me a thousand dollars, no lie. I think there are 4 others, one we use to tape stuff and the other 3 for I don't know what. The first VHS movie I ever bought was Alien.....It cost about 60 bucks back in 84 I think.; February 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Kal said...: My dad brought one from work when they upgraded to more advanced VCRs. We would take movies off of pay television all the time. I remember how expensive the machines and tapes were at the beginning. You only could rent. I actually paid almost 100 dollars for 'Star Wars' and 'Empire Strikes Back'.; February 4, 2011 at 10:36 AM
DrGoat said...: I actually had rented that RCA Vcr at first, but I was such a movie buff that the idea I could see movies like The Thing (original version) any time I wanted to was too much for me. I bought it the next week (it was brand new). I had to borrow the money from the bank. The first of only two times in my life I ever got a loan from someone other than my parents. Yeah, stuff is expensive when it first comes out.; February 4, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Kal said...: We all know that now it is often best to wait. How crazy it must make cell phone users. I have the same feeling about a BLUERAY player. I am quite happy with the tech I have available to me now. Funny how computers have only really grown in memory power. Well I do have a cordless mouse.; February 4, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Anonymous said...: I have a VHS/DVD player which I use, because of the videos I have from when I was little and all the ones I get from the op-shop.; February 4, 2011 at 12:17 PM
Kal said...: I remember a time BEFORE VHS tapes and you grew up with them. Must seem like a cute gadget from another age, Rouise.; February 4, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Nathan said...: We still have VCRs where I live.; February 11, 2011 at 3:40 PM

Calvin's Canadian Cave Of Cool Manifesto

I forever stand vigilant to protect this planet from the myriad of forces that are always against us. Be it the octopus, zombies, aliens or the robots my team of human agents, and our feline allies, circle the globe in a never ending struggle for human freedom.

I learn all I can on every subject that interests me. I especially enjoy ancient history because in the past there are valuable lessons to be found. Also, if I ever get my time machine to work properly, it would be good to know a bit about possible destinations and what to expect when I get there.

I greatly appreciate beautiful design. Be it manufactured or found naturally I am fascinated by the process of invention. I am attracted to the unique, the strange, the haunted. I like to share what I find on this blog.

And not let us forget the 'Cephalopod Menace' who, if allowed to, would wrap their tentacles around all that is good and pure in this life and crush it until it remained no more. They are creatures of pure spite. Hate is all they know. Death is all they do. They are our most ruthless and determined enemy.

So we fight. Selena has the celebrity contacts, the cat is ruthless and without pity, Roosevelt's ghost has the experience and I do the wetwork.

Fighting for the future of the planet doesn't have to be a chore, however. We can take the time to appreciate all that is cool in this world even as we cut the octopus into bite sized chunks.

This is the reason there has always been and must forever be, a Cave of Cool. Be sure to wipe your feet before you enter.