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oh, man. so i FINALLY got the jacques brel 3 dvd box set that i wanted forever. i waited for a long time to order it on amazon.com for some reason. so long, in fact, that when i DID try to order it, it had been discontinued by the manufacturer! and all the copies on ebay were super expensive. then i saw that there were copies on amazon for pretty cheap from various sellers. so i bought one of those, and it finally came yesterday. AND IT WON'T PLAY IN MY DVD PLAYER! i re-looked on the product information page and there it is: "all regions". on the back of the dvd though it looks like it says pal only (it is in french so id on't know). i know it definitely won't play in my dvd player.
so either there are two different versions or amazon is wrong. i don't know. i know there are reviews from people in america on amazon, so either they have a multi-region dvd player or there is, in fact, a version for region 1. either way i am so bummed. i don't even care so much about the money (well, i do a little) as i do the fact that i have been wanting to own and watch this for so, so long and i still can't. blegh. i emailed the seller already and hopefully i will be able to return it but that puts me back to square one again. i wish they hadn't discontinued it. it seems like there would be enough people interested in mssr brel to keep making it.
i may even look into a multi-region dvd player if they're not too much or maybe trying to burn it onto a regular dvd or something? i don't know.
[edit- apparently there are "web sites" on the "internet" where you can look up how to change your dvd player into a multiregional dvd player using "codes." now i simply have to get my dvd player and a computer with the internet in the same room as each other and i'm home free]
in other news, i may have found my new local neighborhood bar for my new place. it's called "the summer place." the drinks are a touch more than whiskey thieves and also not as strong, but you can smoke inside (yet it's not smoky at all, nor does it smell smoky), they have a fireplace, and an awesome jukebox. i went there last night with steve and ashley. it was super fun. oh yeah, free pretzels, too. i guess snacks at bars aren't that unusual (i'd say they're probably more common than not, almost, these days), but they were good pretzels. i still like whiskey thieves and the edinburgh castle more, but it was a nice, close bar. there is still one even closer that i haven't tried yet.
oh yeah, and remember the fantasy playoff thing i was telling you about earlier? well, our team is in second place out of 23 teams!as long as we get at least 4th place, we will get some money. i am hoping we get 1st place, personally. we did lose peyton manning this weekend, but at least he had one good game. and we still have all our other players (except jason elam, our kicker). not too bad.
so either there are two different versions or amazon is wrong. i don't know. i know there are reviews from people in america on amazon, so either they have a multi-region dvd player or there is, in fact, a version for region 1. either way i am so bummed. i don't even care so much about the money (well, i do a little) as i do the fact that i have been wanting to own and watch this for so, so long and i still can't. blegh. i emailed the seller already and hopefully i will be able to return it but that puts me back to square one again. i wish they hadn't discontinued it. it seems like there would be enough people interested in mssr brel to keep making it.
i may even look into a multi-region dvd player if they're not too much or maybe trying to burn it onto a regular dvd or something? i don't know.
[edit- apparently there are "web sites" on the "internet" where you can look up how to change your dvd player into a multiregional dvd player using "codes." now i simply have to get my dvd player and a computer with the internet in the same room as each other and i'm home free]
in other news, i may have found my new local neighborhood bar for my new place. it's called "the summer place." the drinks are a touch more than whiskey thieves and also not as strong, but you can smoke inside (yet it's not smoky at all, nor does it smell smoky), they have a fireplace, and an awesome jukebox. i went there last night with steve and ashley. it was super fun. oh yeah, free pretzels, too. i guess snacks at bars aren't that unusual (i'd say they're probably more common than not, almost, these days), but they were good pretzels. i still like whiskey thieves and the edinburgh castle more, but it was a nice, close bar. there is still one even closer that i haven't tried yet.
oh yeah, and remember the fantasy playoff thing i was telling you about earlier? well, our team is in second place out of 23 teams!as long as we get at least 4th place, we will get some money. i am hoping we get 1st place, personally. we did lose peyton manning this weekend, but at least he had one good game. and we still have all our other players (except jason elam, our kicker). not too bad.