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    From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to The Millionaire on Tue Feb 16 00:45:00 2021
    Hello The Millionaire!

    ** On Thursday 10.09.20 - 16:10, The Millionaire wrote to All:

    Does anyone remember these when CDs were still popular then?

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

    Briefly. I don't remember them as being the standard for very
    long - maybe 3 years max?

    But today, it seems strange that the longbox (cardboard) was
    considered wasteful and its replacement (shrinkwrapped longbox
    size plastic) was more desirable.

    I purchased the majority of my CDs from the mail-in clubs, and
    those CDs arrived in the just the standard CD cases.


    --- OpenXP 5.0.48
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to Ogg on Tue Feb 16 19:12:00 2021
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbox

    Briefly. I don't remember them as being the standard for very
    long - maybe 3 years max?

    I don't recall them lasting here long... I vaguely recall noticing them when they arrived, but just amongst regular CD covers and then they were gone again.

    "The satirical band Spinal Tap's 1992 studio album Break Like the Wind was sold in an "extra-long box" (an 18 inches (46 cm) longbox)."

    Spec


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
    --- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
    * Origin: Scrawled in haste at The Lower Planes (21:3/101)
  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to The Millionaire on Mon Feb 15 16:45:00 2021
    Hello The Millionaire!

    ** On Thursday 10.09.20 - 16:10, The Millionaire wrote to All:

    Does anyone remember these when CDs were still popular then?

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

    Briefly. I don't remember them as being the standard for very
    long - maybe 3 years max?

    But today, it seems strange that the longbox (cardboard) was
    considered wasteful and its replacement (shrinkwrapped longbox
    size plastic) was more desirable.

    I purchased the majority of my CDs from the mail-in clubs, and
    those CDs arrived in the just the standard CD cases.


    --- OpenXP 5.0.48
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to Ogg on Tue Feb 16 11:12:00 2021
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbox

    Briefly. I don't remember them as being the standard for very
    long - maybe 3 years max?

    I don't recall them lasting here long... I vaguely recall noticing them when they arrived, but just amongst regular CD covers and then they were gone again.

    "The satirical band Spinal Tap's 1992 studio album Break Like the Wind was sold in an "extra-long box" (an 18 inches (46 cm) longbox)."

    Spec


    *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
    --- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
    * Origin: Scrawled in haste at The Lower Planes (21:3/101)