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Old 01-27-2013, 09:49 AM   #1
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Rainy Day DVD's.....

It may be 21 degrees out today, but in less then 3 months we'll already have our first camping trip of the season under our belt. I can't wait!

Last season was our first having a trailer. Before that our parents used to take us tent camping, but the last time was probably the early 90's. Times have sure changed. The weather last summer was beautiful. We really didn't have a day where it rained all day and were stuck inside. I know we won't be so lucky next season. lol

So the past few days I have been making copies of all my DVD's to keep in the camper. When all is said and done, I'm looking to have about 100 movies of all types. Some cartoons for the kids, some newly released movies and stuff for my retired parents too.

I bought a dvd binder that stores about 100 discs. I'm going to arrange the movies alphabetically, but I'm also going to create an alphabetized, laminated list in the front of the binder for easy browsing. I am also creating labels for each disc with the movie title, the movie poster and two of our own camping pictures for a personalized touch.

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Old 01-27-2013, 09:59 AM   #2
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That will really come in handy for the kids if you hit a rainy day. I remember carrying a pile of VHS tapes when my children were younger.
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When I was a kid we had to read a book or play a game. Kids have it made.
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When I was a kid we had to read a book or play a game. Kids have it made.
Same here. It's just nice to have a few different options to keep everyone entertained. Like I said though, it's not just for the kids. There's plenty of stuff for the grownups too.
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What NO BOOKS.
I take books every where I go.
My Kindle is well traveled too.
Its amazing how few peole read any more.
Terry Pratchet, Dean Koontz, Hugh Howey, Jasper FFord, (two Fs) Stanton Friedman, Noe Torres, Just to mention a few.
All most movies do is thrill your mind for 90 minutes then nothing.
A good book can thrill your senses and keep you entertained for days.
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What NO BOOKS.
I take books every where I go.
My Kindle is well traveled too.
Its amazing how few peole read any more.
Terry Pratchet, Dean Koontz, Hugh Howey, Jasper FFord, (two Fs) Stanton Friedman, Noe Torres, Just to mention a few.
All most movies do is thrill your mind for 90 minutes then nothing.
A good book can thrill your senses and keep you entertained for days.

I agree with you completely. My mom has her ipad, my sister and I have iphones and my niece has a kindle. We all read books on them, it's great.
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We had a few rainy days last season and we played alot of UNO and Yahtzee, but the kids did retreat to their bunkhouse to watch some old VHS tapes on the combo TV/VCR that's older than they are!
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Yep, we wouldn't camp without some old-fashioned books (the ones with real paper pages) on board. My wife got a new Kindle for Christmas, but still likes the real books as well. No batteries to worry about, and you don't have to put up with advertisements or "offers". Even our daughter still likes to read real books. Guess we're dinosaurs, but we're proud of it.
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Neat idea, seems very time consuming! If its raining we play cribbage or break out the kindle, if all else fails I usually bring along a few blu ray movies or there's always Netflix.
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We do both in our setup when camping off the power grid... Just the two of us and one small dog- kids all gone now... DVDs is the ultimate PLAN B backup plan. We also watch alot of high def TV using the OTA antenna pulling in the local towns over the Natl Broadcast digital TV. That works for us just about everywhere we camp at here on the east side of the US. usually get between 6-36 digital channels. Also good to watch NCIS and Hawaii 5-0 way back in the woods.

Being avid back woods campers from the 60s we certainly appreciate the new modern things these campers on wheels have to offer.

We also still go tent camping on occasions as once you get that in your blood you got to keep doing it haha... Of course even tent camping has gone very modern now.. Battery bank in the back of the truck using inverter powers all of our 120VAC appliances we have with us. Run the generator everyday at 8AM from the back of the truck to keep the batteries re-charged just like at the other off-road camping sites with the POPUP. Our tent beds are those that have the folding frames and air mattress slips into the frame to sleep on. Very comfortable sleeping until the air density changes in the early morning hours and you almost disappear into the mattress haha... Have to reach over and hit the air pump...

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We have the M A S H DVD's in the camper and Big Bang Theory for TV time. Over air TV is all old stuff from when I was a "Little" kid. Still good to watch now and then. When my kids come for a visit we MUST watch Casper.
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cm11559ps! You just gave me an idea! Thanks!

We have quite a few 'family movies' vcr tapes we hope to one day put on dvd. We have transfered some already. I just spoke with Ray and the next time we head out for a couple of weeks we can bring a few more tapes to transfer as well as watch. When we camp again with the older grandkids, we can bring a couple of those dvd's with their mom from when she was a kid. They actually enjoy watching when she was a kid

(We tried a trial run of Netflix this last month when we camped for two weeks, but we were far enough in a hole that my hotspot didn't have what it needed to stream the movies.)
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^^^ Be careful using a hotspot for Netflix as it can burn through your data pretty quickly ^^^
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^^^ Be careful using a hotspot for Netflix as it can burn through your data pretty quickly ^^^
Unless you have unlimited ; )
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We used to do the burned DVDs too. Now I use an iPod Classic (120GB) and put my movies on that. I have an iPod to HDMI adapter to connect to the tv. The kids have their shows on their iPad Touch and iPad so they can watch them on those or they can connect to the tv too. And the Kindles come along too. But like others have said, it's nice to have a good Plan-B on those rainy days.
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I read every weekend. Real books, not digital downloads. We never camped with hook ups when the kids were little, so no movies. I still have a "game" cupboard in the camper. I should remove most of the games, but I still enjoy playing them.
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Unless you have unlimited ; )
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Apparently you have not tried watching TV using an antenna. I watch the ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, etc. There are plenty of "new" programs on over the air television.
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OK folks, I'm finally nearing completion of my project! It's been a very time consuming project but it's been fun and I know it will be worthwhile on those rainy days. In fact, our first trip is this weekend and wouldn't you know it, rain in the forecast. lol

Anyway, here's the final movie list of just over 200 movies. It's a pretty solid list.


2001: A Space Odyssey
Addams Family
Adventures of Tintin
Airplane
Alien
All the President's Men
American Beauty
An American Tail
Austin Powers 2
Avatar
Bad Boys
Batman
Bee Movie
Beethoven
Beetlejuice
Bells of St. Mary's
Big
Big Lebowski
Billy Madison
Blazing Saddles
Blue Streak
Bourne Identity
Braveheart
Bronx Tale
Caddyshack
Captain America
City Slickers
Cliffhanger
Clockwork Orange
Coming To America
Con Air
Cool Hand Luke
Coverfield
Crocodile Dundee
Dark Knight Rises
Das Boot
Days of Thunder
Deep Blue Sea
Deer Hunter
Despicable Me
Deuce Bigalow
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Die Hard
Dirty Dancing
Don't Say a Word
Dr. Strangelove
Dracula
Dumb & Dumber
E.T.
Election
Ernest Goes To Camp
Face Off
Fantastic 4
Ferris Bueller
Field of Dreams
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Forrest Gump
Free Willy
French Connection
Full Monty
Ghostbusters
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Gladiator
Godfather
Godzilla Vs. Monsters
Godzilla Vs. Mothra
Golden Child
Goldfinger
Gone With the Wind
Good, Bad & the Ugly
Goodfellas
Goonies
Graduate
Grease
Great Outdoors
Gremlins
Grumpy Old Men
Hangover
Harry & The Hendersons
Harry Potter
High Noon
High School Musical
Home Alone
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Hong Kong Phooey 1
Hong Kong Phooey 2
Hoodwinked
Hook
How To Train Your Dragon
Hunger Games
Hunt For Red October
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
In & Out
Independence Day
Iron Giant
Iron Man
Jumanji
Karate Kid
Kill Bill 1
King Kong
Land Before Time
Les Miserables
Lethal Weapon 4
Life of Pi
Long, Long Trailer
Look Who's Talking
Lonney Tunes 1
Looney Tunes 2
Lorax
Lord of the Rings
Love Story
Madagascar
Mary Poppins
Matrix
Meatballs
Meet the Parents
Memento
Men in Black
Mighty Ducks
Miracle
Mirror Mirror
Monkees (TV Show)
Monsters, Inc.
Monty Python & Holy Grail
Mr Magorium
Mrs. Doubtfire
Multiplicity
Mummy
My Blue Heaven
Naken Gun
Napolean Dynamite
National Treasure
Never Ending Story
Night at the Museum
Nightmare on Elm Street
North by Northwest
Ocean's 11
One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest
Outsiders
Parent Trap
Patriot
Pearl Harbor 1
Pearl Harbor 2
Peter Pan
Pirates of the Carribean
Planet of the Apes
Police Academy
Predator
Princess Bride
Pulp Fiction
Quiet Man
Raging Bull
Rtaiders of the Lost Ark
Rambo: First Blood
Red Dawn
Reservoir Dogs
Robin Hood (Costner)
Robin Hood (Crowe)
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Sandlot
Say Anything
Scarface
Shawshank Redemption
Sherlock Holmes
Shining
Silence of the Lambs
Sin City
Six Days, Seven Nights
Slap Shot
Small Soldiers
Sonic
Sound of Music
Speed
Spider-Man
Spy Kids
Stand by Me
Star Wars
Sting
Superman
Taken
Talladega Nights
Terminator
Terminator 2
There's Something About Mary
Titanic 1
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To Kill A Mockingbord
Tom & Jerry 1
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Top Gun
Toy Stoary
TransformersTreasure of the Sierra Madre
Trouble With the Curve
Twilight
Voltron
Wall-E
Wedding Crashers
Weekend at Bernie's
West Side Story
Willy Wonka
Wizard of Oz
Wreck It Ralph
X-Men
Yogi Bear
Zero Dark Thirty
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