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1. Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 08:17:43 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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   • Denis Warburton

   @artandtechnic have you ever made it to Urban Ore in Berkeley , CA? They've got an amazing VHS section, it's something like 5 full height shelving units packed 2 deep with VHS tapes.

   • Denis Warburton (artandtechnic@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 08:17:44 JST Denis Warburton

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     It took me about 90 minutes to make my way through the densely packed shelf of VHS tapes. The picture is from when I was finished with it, so it’s “more organized.”

     This was a deeply unpleasant experience as the place is cramped, and difficult to move around in (in a dangerous kinda way). It was also hot, smelled of sewage from the toilet, and had flies indoors.

     Ended up bringing only 12 tapes back with me; while I’d meant get 13, I’d only realized I’d forgotten one when I saw it in this pic.

   • Denis Warburton (artandtechnic@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 08:17:45 JST Denis Warburton

     Got on one of the toll highways this afternoon to make my way back to the thrift store I’d discovered last weekend… and found myself immediately stuck in traffic. After noticing that there only seemed to be traffic in a single direction - southbound - it hit me: this is Urban Weekend (a.k.a. Urban Beach Week).

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Beach_Week

     The wikipedia seemingly hasn’t been updated since 2013, so it omits that weekend’s overwhelmingly violent, criminal history.

     Thankfully, I wasn’t going that far.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 09:03:18 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

     • Denis Warburton

     @artandtechnic If you're in the area, you might also want to check Captain Video in San Mateo. Lots of VHS there, including some beta.