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From:
Matt Haines
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Date:
Wed, 15 May 1996 19:51:21 -0800
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Re: (idm) I WANT MY BLOODY JEWEL BOXES!!!!!!
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quoted 14 lines the only problem is . . .>> the only problem is . . . >> >> THE CASES ARE CARDBOARD!!!!!!!! >> >> Is it blasphemy or is it sacrilege? >> >It is neither. The only thing that I can construe it as is someone >putting a little thought into things and doing it sensibly. Why the >obsession with plastic? I chunky recycled cardboard does the job. > >I wonder what the half-life of a jewel box is? >It's bad enough having all the components of the actual CD to contend with. >Support Cardboard... >
I can tell you that jewel boxes last a lot shorter than the CDs they contain. Damn cheap plastic, the hinges always break. But cardboard?! I'm sorry, but I treasure my CDs too much to store them in cardboard. I'm all for conservation, and if it were shoes or food or anything else that doesn't need to be stored once it's gotten home, I'd say cardboard and the less the better. But not for my CDs. They're flimsy enough as it is. BTW, the few cardboard boxes I have do NOT fit in my CD tower. I've got to jam them in sideways. Thankfully few record companies do this annoying habit. Conservation is way cool, but blind conservation at the expense of practicality is just silly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Haines haines@quick.net . . . . control-X:to:abort:transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . atheist man