(And, J99 - you simply have to see this storyline. Not only is Grayson amazing as Hoffman, but it's really very well done.)

Probably my 3rd fav timeline of the bunch for DS. Really great stuff. Such a cool way to re-invent the show.


...the lamp would turn itself on just by clapping your hands once. (Twice for off.)

...brown jacket...

...soap operas...

...Harlequin novels...

...my medication...

...my sweaters with the large cursive 'L' on them...

That is a travesty if they have edited some episodes... What about the message that comes up on some DVD volumes saying that the episodes containing technical problems have NOT been edited. I guess I'll have to rely on the blooper compilation from now on. My life is forever changed now. I have been living a lie.

...look more plaid than usual.

...look like a walking graham cracker. Those were her favorite!!

On that note I will also say that videotapes were MUCH better back in the early 80's. Much more oxide and thicker tape. I have stuff I taped 28 years ago that still plays like it did then but blank tapes from the 90's were crap. Then you'd spend an extra 5 bucks on those Gold Maxell tapes that were at least passable. Price goes up and quality goes down. Its the way of things! Unfortunately.

...TOP-LOADER VCR's ruled!! and they weighed like 40 pounds because of all the metal in the workings and outer casing! Had a Magnavox one that lasted about 9 years. Now that's what I call hardware!!!

If the Collins Cannery did close, I wonder what business the Collinses would get into next? Or perhaps they would have already diversified and gotten into other things...

I picture Quentin as some sort of Richard Branson guy, who by now has widely diversified the Collins fortune...

That is sad news though. American owned businesses are becoming a thing of the past. They just cannot compete with the cheaper foreign products which are almost always of lesser quality. I still have an old Curtis Mathis 20" TV that works like a champ!

Here in Houston we are waiting for the hammer to fall as to the fate of NASA jobs.  With the shuttle retiring it will put alot of jobs out the window. What the heck is someone supposed to do with an aerospace engineering degree if he can't work for the space program? It won't affect me personally, but I have a few longtime friends who work there and they are not sure what the future will hold.