That works backwards, too. We used to have mounds of donated clothes left at the end of jumble sales - a nuisance to dispose of. We found that if we announced that they were free to take away - and even offered bin-bags, people would load up, then feel embarrased and give us a fiver. More than we'd have sold them for in the first place. Weird.
Ah yes, reverse psychology. When our son was 6, he asked "Dad - what's reverse psychology?" I explained, and after a long pause he said "You've done that to me. It won't work again." Of course - it did - though less so now he's 17.
Pretty - but who is going to have to crawl over the gravel to clean the spatter off the back of the glass? The other thing I'd dislike is the hard square edges. Imagine slipping and hitting your head on the edge? My favourite bath is in a friend's house in South Wales. Just like a normal bath, only long enough for me to lie full length - and I'm over 6'. We had seven kids in it, once.
What's so special about BluRay? In a poorly lit room, most people's eyes are so dilated that they can't focus well enough to tell the difference between DVD and BluRay. That and the silly price premium. Why that hasn't died, I can't imagine - it's as if the producers don't really want you to buy them.
Anyway...back on topic... There's also Disney's habit of refusing to sell you something you want to watch...to "keep it fresh for new generations". Yeah- so keep somehting off the shelves for ten years. That means if you just miss it when your child is six, they're about to learn to drive by the time you can buy it again.
Aritificial Scarcity works fine for physical objects, provided it doesn't turn people off. For media, however, it's just daft. Disney's Vault makes it impossible to get some films - so people just pirate them. Fantasia 2000, for example - we saw it at the flicks and wanted to buy a copy but just couldn't - and by the time we coujld the kids had grown out of wanting to see it again.
Years ago (late 70s or early 80s) I remember seeing a David Essex poster on the tube. One side had been ripped off leaving AVID SEX Still giggling after all these years.
I can't help thinking they're really not all that adventurous. Where, for example, are the hysterectomy cards...? Glad to hear of your hysterectomy, You've lately looked a nervous wreck to me. Hope that now your plumbing's missing, you'll be up for more than kissing.
Or maybe vasectomy cards? So, you're going to have the snip. Let's hope the surgeon doesn't slip. Still, after a week of $%^*s, you'll be firing nowt but blanks.
We used to have mounds of donated clothes left at the end of jumble sales - a nuisance to dispose of. We found that if we announced that they were free to take away - and even offered bin-bags, people would load up, then feel embarrased and give us a fiver. More than we'd have sold them for in the first place.
Weird.
I explained, and after a long pause he said "You've done that to me. It won't work again."
Of course - it did - though less so now he's 17.
The other thing I'd dislike is the hard square edges. Imagine slipping and hitting your head on the edge?
My favourite bath is in a friend's house in South Wales. Just like a normal bath, only long enough for me to lie full length - and I'm over 6'. We had seven kids in it, once.
That and the silly price premium. Why that hasn't died, I can't imagine - it's as if the producers don't really want you to buy them.
Anyway...back on topic...
There's also Disney's habit of refusing to sell you something you want to watch...to "keep it fresh for new generations". Yeah- so keep somehting off the shelves for ten years. That means if you just miss it when your child is six, they're about to learn to drive by the time you can buy it again.
Never mind - a few moments with a Famous Web Search Engine provide plenty of alternatives.
For media, however, it's just daft. Disney's Vault makes it impossible to get some films - so people just pirate them. Fantasia 2000, for example - we saw it at the flicks and wanted to buy a copy but just couldn't - and by the time we coujld the kids had grown out of wanting to see it again.
http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/
before, but just in case you haven't...much of it is decidedly regrettable.
AVID
SEX
Still giggling after all these years.
Where, for example, are the hysterectomy cards...?
Glad to hear of your hysterectomy,
You've lately looked a nervous wreck to me.
Hope that now your plumbing's missing,
you'll be up for more than kissing.
Or maybe vasectomy cards?
So, you're going to have the snip.
Let's hope the surgeon doesn't slip.
Still, after a week of $%^*s,
you'll be firing nowt but blanks.