Purge time! Due South goes, well, south...
Feb. 1st, 2015 10:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Well, I've finally bitten the bullet and am doing some decluttering, which is long overdue and it seems like in next year or two, we'll probably sell the house as the taxes are too high, the house too large. I know WHAT house I want, but it was in magazine, and I'd have to build it, and well, I sorta don't have a half million to do it ;)
So today, Due South goes bye-bye into the trash. Just the VHS tapes, as I have entire series on DVD now. Stargate already went, except one box of redundant Stargate Atlantis VHS, which I need to let go of, since I have the series on DVD. What I should do is when I see a good sale on Blu-Ray on SGA, get that. Of course, would help to have Blu-Ray player, and a TV that does not double as a boat anchor. Oh yes, and that gets me ranting... the major networks (CBS, etc.) are now saying, well, "screw you" to anyone without a modern rectangular tv. I get a nose off to the side, I can't even read the text on the news now as it's just half the word. Gah!! At least the local affiliates haven't gone that far... yet, but it's just a matter of time. What I want is the 60" 4K TV my brother up north has - it's GORGEOUS.

Alas, have found boxes of Due South related movies on VHS - stuff I taped off tv, movies with Paul Gross, David Marciano, Callum Keith Rennie, etc. Averse to chucking those just yet as I'm sure some are not on DVD and would prefer to see if anyone would buy them for nominal fee plus shipping. That's the trouble when you have space to store boxes, and VHS tapes were cheap, and the combination means... too many VHS tapes!!!
So today, Due South goes bye-bye into the trash. Just the VHS tapes, as I have entire series on DVD now. Stargate already went, except one box of redundant Stargate Atlantis VHS, which I need to let go of, since I have the series on DVD. What I should do is when I see a good sale on Blu-Ray on SGA, get that. Of course, would help to have Blu-Ray player, and a TV that does not double as a boat anchor. Oh yes, and that gets me ranting... the major networks (CBS, etc.) are now saying, well, "screw you" to anyone without a modern rectangular tv. I get a nose off to the side, I can't even read the text on the news now as it's just half the word. Gah!! At least the local affiliates haven't gone that far... yet, but it's just a matter of time. What I want is the 60" 4K TV my brother up north has - it's GORGEOUS.

Alas, have found boxes of Due South related movies on VHS - stuff I taped off tv, movies with Paul Gross, David Marciano, Callum Keith Rennie, etc. Averse to chucking those just yet as I'm sure some are not on DVD and would prefer to see if anyone would buy them for nominal fee plus shipping. That's the trouble when you have space to store boxes, and VHS tapes were cheap, and the combination means... too many VHS tapes!!!
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Date: 2015-02-01 04:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-01 05:25 pm (UTC)My goal is to hopefully, today, get rid of several boxes and if I'm lucky, fill the entire recycling and/or garbage bins. Videotapes are the hardest especially when I didn't mark what's on them *Headdesk*
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Date: 2015-02-01 05:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-01 05:05 pm (UTC)Best of luck with your endeavours! \o/
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Date: 2015-02-01 05:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-01 05:34 pm (UTC)Got a BluRay player while I was at it as well. This is the current version of it. If you get one, I highly recommend getting one with a wifi connection. If you want to do Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu, etc, you can do it via your player.
I had to clean out the old VHS stuff during the moving of furniture and equipment, and I literally just started tossing it all in a trash bag with barely a glance. I had to, or it wouldn't have left the house. I swear following UFYH on Tumblr has given me the inspiration and the guts to do stuff like this. It's still hard, but it's easier than it once was, when I was well on my way to becoming a hoarder like my grandmother.
Good luck!
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Date: 2015-02-01 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-01 08:51 pm (UTC)They have a web site, as well as a Tumblr (there's also apps for your smartphone). Both give practical tips on cleaning, mostly relying on cheap and natural stuff when possible. But the bit that finally helped me was the concept behind a 20/10.
Whenever I had a big cleaning project, I'd go into overdrive until it was done or I was, and I'd pay for it later. Now that my back is borked, I really have to be careful how much I do. The 20/10 concept is 20 minutes of work, followed by a 10 minute break. I don't always stick to 20 minutes depending on what type of job it is (stuff that stresses my back goes down to 10 minutes), but thanks to my DVR, I can watch a segment of TV show, and when it's time for a commercial break, I hit pause and go clean something, then come back and watch the next bit. Makes the time pass a lot faster.
It's been especially helpful to me as someone with chronic pain who was getting overwhelmed by the need to clean. If I take it down from "I've got to clean the entire room!!!" to "I need to clean my bedside table" then it's actually easier to keep the whole room clean a bit at a time.
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Date: 2015-02-01 10:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-02 03:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-01 05:54 pm (UTC)Kinda weird when I have an affection for things so damn old that it wouldn't matter if the bluray happened or not, the quality would still be iffy at best.
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Date: 2015-02-01 06:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-01 06:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-01 08:00 pm (UTC)I absolutely loved Due South but I didn't even know it was on DVD, so I'm away to Amazon :D
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Date: 2015-02-01 09:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-02 04:05 am (UTC)(also, I've totally been getting everything in BluRay even though I don't have a layer or HDTV yet lol)