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Clay N. Ferno's avatar

I sniffed this post and it’s just as fresh as when it came out of the dryer in 2017! Nintendo doc was great—readers should rent it! I forgot Captain Marvel was in The Gambler! I guess there’s time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done!

Re: Nintendo - this is sort of how I collect my Joes! Listen to our Larry Hama #legendofgijoe episode!

Re: Rental time. A) The 24 or 48 hour timeout is still a Dursin Buggaboo! Let’s hypothetically call rentals $1…and you get interrupted …. you have to rent again for $1…. Would you think of that as a “late fee” on yourself (not the service gouging you). Listen to our Last Blockbuster episode!

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Dursin's avatar

All salient points, Clayford J. I think the idea of the movie disappearing and having to pay for it again was more annoying because it was for a movie that I didn't necessarily want to see, but was just so I could add another notch on the ol' movie belt. And I believe most were $3.99, so that's a slightly bigger late fee. And I'm cheap!

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Clay N. Ferno's avatar

I do most of my rentals from the $.99 collection on the Digital Whatever service! Twas Purely a hypothetical for you. A brain game! A Melon Twister! A Thought Sex-Periment as it were! if you need a new belt, may I suggest you listen to our Analog Shopping episode!

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