Old Stuff / New Stuff

Slave to the Buffet · 07-29-2010, 08:24 AM

I have been collecting antiques and collectables for years. Ok maybe too many. They just don't make things like they use to anymore.

EnderD_503 · 07-30-2010, 07:26 AM

It really depends on your definition of old.

Like others, I prefer new technology, especially computer games. Graphics have just gotten so much better, though there are still games like the first Neverwinter Nights that I'll always love better than any new game. Which wasn't that bad graphics-wise anyways, at least not compared to Baldur's Gate or compared to older games that had pixels the size of my head.

New music largely sucks (though there is some good new stuff coming out as well, just seems to be fewer and further between), and I prefer metal from the 80's and early 90's (and no I'm not talking about that abomination called glam metal, lol). Same goes for old school punk, and I'm also a big fan of classical music up to about the 1940's. Newer classical music post-WWII just isn't all that interesting, and these days often seems to revolve around who can be more "eclectic" than the next guy...which actually seems to be a mentality plaguing every genre these days. Newsflash, it ain't "progressive music" if everyone and their dog is doing the same damned thing.

Overall, I'm in love with medieval history and always have been, and with anything pre-1900 to a lesser degree, so, like I said, it depends on what you consider "old."

As far as ideas, philosophy etc. it's a combination of both old and new.

Gemme · 07-30-2010, 10:53 AM

Both!

I have one of those VCRs that have both the DVD and VHS players on it and people look at me funny when I differentiate between the two (as in "Grab the Auntie Mame VHS tape to watch") but I still love those tapes (as witnessed by my housemate when I tried to sell more than a hundred of them at my yard sale). People that came obviously preferred new items because they left all of my VHS tapes and took every last one of the DVDs I had for sale.

My computer is 4 1/2 years old and a desktop; antiquated by today's standards. It functions so I keep it. I can't justify the cost of getting something else when it works just fine. I do like 'new to me' stuff but am just as happy with something I got at a thrift store as a regular retail store.

Frankly, I just enjoy shoppping, whether for new, new to me, or old stuff. I do love the new smell of things but prefer the old prices.

Dean Thoreau · 08-01-2010, 06:12 PM

was reading through these posts....and i must say in most things i prefer old or at least well aged..

Wine is much better old....people are much better when they have a few extra years on them... relationships are better after the first 3 years of insanity have passed....aged cheese...potato salad always tastes better the next day....pizza the next morning much better,,,and why buy 1200 thread cotton sheets for 400 dollars when u can buy used 300 count for 5 dollars at goodwill and they feel just as soft?

I prefer shopping at the goodwill to shopping at the mall, nicer people and the shirts already have that nice soft comfy feel...why spend 200 dollars at abercrombies for a new pair of jeans that already look worn..when i can buy em at the goodwill for 5 dollars?

I love auctions...and have bought magnificent oriental rugs and turkish rugs with not s spot on them for 25 dollars,,so why buy them for 2400 or more; So I can say I bought them at Saks? or Paulsons? or have my neighbors ooh and ahhh when the delivery truck pulls up? No thanks I will take the 2300 i saved and furnish every room in a 10 room house with antiques and high quality used stuff......or use it to purchase that 1970 mgb that only has 41000 miles on it at the auction tomorrow

My daughter is moving into her own apartment...two weeks ago..i looked on craigslist and in one day, 120 miles of driving and 4 stops....we had a sofa, loveseat, chair, end tables, lamps, and all of it matched and looked and smelled brand new....and all of it was for free.......so we spent a day driving from location to location...loading the truck... and 20 dollars on gas....for her living room furniture (the sofa, loveseat and chair were at 3 different places) If the truck had been bigger we could have gotten her a free tv stand as well. But we bot that at the auction (solid mahogany 1940's liquor cabinet) for 7 dollars,,,so for 27 dollars she furnished her living room and can now afford that giant 55 inch flatscreen hdtv......so I can come over and watch the closer

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07-30-2010, 10:53 AM	#3
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08-01-2010, 06:12 PM	#4
Dean Thoreau Member How Do You Identify?: Ftm - Male- exfemale Preferred Pronoun?: He’s Him Relationship Status: Has a gf Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Philadelphia pa Posts: 889 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 251 Thanked 762 Times in 219 Posts Rep Power: 4529750	old.....cept for.............. was reading through these posts....and i must say in most things i prefer old or at least well aged.. Wine is much better old....people are much better when they have a few extra years on them... relationships are better after the first 3 years of insanity have passed....aged cheese...potato salad always tastes better the next day....pizza the next morning much better,,,and why buy 1200 thread cotton sheets for 400 dollars when u can buy used 300 count for 5 dollars at goodwill and they feel just as soft? I prefer shopping at the goodwill to shopping at the mall, nicer people and the shirts already have that nice soft comfy feel...why spend 200 dollars at abercrombies for a new pair of jeans that already look worn..when i can buy em at the goodwill for 5 dollars? I love auctions...and have bought magnificent oriental rugs and turkish rugs with not s spot on them for 25 dollars,,so why buy them for 2400 or more; So I can say I bought them at Saks? or Paulsons? or have my neighbors ooh and ahhh when the delivery truck pulls up? No thanks I will take the 2300 i saved and furnish every room in a 10 room house with antiques and high quality used stuff......or use it to purchase that 1970 mgb that only has 41000 miles on it at the auction tomorrow My daughter is moving into her own apartment...two weeks ago..i looked on craigslist and in one day, 120 miles of driving and 4 stops....we had a sofa, loveseat, chair, end tables, lamps, and all of it matched and looked and smelled brand new....and all of it was for free.......so we spent a day driving from location to location...loading the truck... and 20 dollars on gas....for her living room furniture (the sofa, loveseat and chair were at 3 different places) If the truck had been bigger we could have gotten her a free tv stand as well. But we bot that at the auction (solid mahogany 1940's liquor cabinet) for 7 dollars,,,so for 27 dollars she furnished her living room and can now afford that giant 55 inch flatscreen hdtv......so I can come over and watch the closer __________________ Dean Thoreau

07-29-2010, 08:24 AM	#1
Slave to the Buffet Junior Member How Do You Identify?: - Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: - Posts: 4 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 0	I have been collecting antiques and collectables for years. Ok maybe too many. They just don't make things like they use to anymore.

07-30-2010, 07:26 AM	#2
EnderD_503 Member How Do You Identify?: Queer, trans guy, butch Preferred Pronoun?: Male pronouns Relationship Status: Relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 1,329 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,090 Thanked 3,878 Times in 1,022 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	It really depends on your definition of old. Like others, I prefer new technology, especially computer games. Graphics have just gotten so much better, though there are still games like the first Neverwinter Nights that I'll always love better than any new game. Which wasn't that bad graphics-wise anyways, at least not compared to Baldur's Gate or compared to older games that had pixels the size of my head. New music largely sucks (though there is some good new stuff coming out as well, just seems to be fewer and further between), and I prefer metal from the 80's and early 90's (and no I'm not talking about that abomination called glam metal, lol). Same goes for old school punk, and I'm also a big fan of classical music up to about the 1940's. Newer classical music post-WWII just isn't all that interesting, and these days often seems to revolve around who can be more "eclectic" than the next guy...which actually seems to be a mentality plaguing every genre these days. Newsflash, it ain't "progressive music" if everyone and their dog is doing the same damned thing. Overall, I'm in love with medieval history and always have been, and with anything pre-1900 to a lesser degree, so, like I said, it depends on what you consider "old." As far as ideas, philosophy etc. it's a combination of both old and new.