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|    Woozy Song to Paul    |
|    Re: Why one needs a dVD drive in his lap    |
|    02 Feb 24 17:21:28    |
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: suzyw0ng@outlook.com   
      
   Paul wrote:   
   >   
   > The computer store I got those at, used to have three cubic meters   
   > of media on display at one time. Today, they have three cake   
   > boxes under the counter, and if you buy a box, that's   
   > "a third of the store stock". Your choices are "Verbatim"   
   > or "Verbatim". Or perhaps "Verbatim".   
   >   
   > And the Dynex jewel boxes, are now "Verbatim" brand. Small world.   
   > I was lucky to get jewel boxes.   
   >   
   > The staff even had trouble finding those in the store. Normally,   
   > their computer has a grid ref inside the store, for where the   
   > items are located. But not for that stuff. It was actually underneath   
   > the cash register location. I guess they didn't have a place to   
   > put it. One clerk seemed to think it was hidden in the back somewhere   
   > ("in the cage"), but eventually one of the other store staff figured   
   > it out.   
   >   
      
   Yeah shits me that every shop in town sells Verbatim only. The 10-CD   
   stacker in my 1990s limo won't read them. So have to buy printable   
   discs on eBay that claim to be Kodak or some known brand, and hope they   
   work.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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