My Life Has Been a Tapestry [Carol King]

I am trying to chip away at the multitude of 'things' that occupy my space with me. From gathering clothes that I can pass along...to throwing out or giving away stuff that doesn't fit into a 'recycling frame of mind', little by little I am making progress. Today was the day to accept the fact that VCR Tapes are in reality soon to be the dinosaurs of the entertainment industry. I have many, many recorded movies[some from HBO] that span 30 years. Often there were 2 or 3 movies on a tape [Lady and the Tramp, The Flight of the Navigator, Die Hard], cartoon specials [ It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Garfield, Disney specials], sitcoms [Wonder Years, Alf, Perfect Strangers], evening TV programming[LA Law, X Files, Cheers] beginning from time before my son was a little kid, all the way through to now especially since the emergence of DVD and DVR capabilities! It was like my life passing in front of me in the form of the TV and Movies that played a part in life. The examples I listed are merely a sampling of the many titles that I taped for my son [in the 18 years before he left for college], for Flo when she would travel to NY to visit us[her Soaps], and... for me to watch when I wouldn't fall asleep after a long day at work.

The 40 or so [homemade] tapes really needed to go. I kept the ones that were a professional store bought tape of some of my favorites like...Tootsie, The Wizard of Oz, A Few Good Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....etc. and no...that last one was not for me!!!

Well, I did it, and they have gone to the great beyond of 'the dinosaur dumpster'.

Where the 8 track tapes reside...Anyone remember them?