SB> I don't care HOW "vintage" or "valuable" the item is -- to me it is
 SB> utterly worthless if you can't enjoy it in the manner it was created.
 SB> This applies to films, books, comic books, recordings, and so on.
 SB> Otherwise, it is all just bits of plastic, paper, and cardboard --
 SB> falsely manipulated into a false value. I much prefer the value of
 SB> enjoying a great Disney film or reading a wonderful book or listening
 SB> to an incredible recording. FEH on never opening and enjoying these
 SB> items -- and FEH on people who gouge others who want to enjoy the
 SB> contents of something the gougers have manipulated into "rarity" & an
 SB> expensive sticker price... 
 Hear!  Hear!  I don't believe I need to add anything to that.  You said
 it well.
 Of course, I can understand my brother not wanting to take the shrink-wrap
 off the last album that Lynard Skynard did before the accident that 
 claimed some of the members' lives.  But, he didn't do it out of greed.
 He did it out of mourning and in tribute.
 Carin
... "What do you want me to do?  Dress in drag and do the hula?" - Timon
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