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I can’t believe I wrote that title but it appears to be true, nevertheless. What I have found is that for those who own a Wii (you lucky dogs…well, I don’t believe in luck but..) getting fit is a whole lot easier. See, I am looking for Christmas presents and I ran across this thing. No one in our family has a Wii so it won’t work for us but I thought I would pass this along to someone who might just have one and want to get fit. It’s called a Wii Fit. Go figure. So, do your research here because this item is apparently in great demand. If you are going to get one for Christmas as a present, I would strongly suggest getting it now and before the supplies run out.

Now, what is it? I can best describe it as a platform that you stand on to play the games. I cannot tell you that the thing will make your breakfast for you but it sure does a whole lot of other things. You get to do aerobics, sports, muscle stretches and balance games. Uh, that one would be a problem for me but hey, I don’t have a Wii so no problem there. Now this is a list of the balance games available with this board: Soccer, Ski Slalom, Ski Jump, Table Tilt, Tightrope Walk, Balance Bubble, Penguin Slide, Snowboard Slalom and Lotus Focus. And the Wii Fit has the ability to keep track of your fitness progress. Not bad at all! I’d like to point out that for those who live in areas that see a lot of cold and snow or ice, this combined with the Nintendo Wii would make one heck of a good exercise program in the winter time.

The product description says this is great for the whole family. Looks to me like it would be a great way to have some quality family time together. I took a look at reviews on this product from some buyers. The over all ratings are good. One complaint I guess you would call it is that they stated that it is not really a game but a way to do your exercise. The thing does ask objectives and it would be unlikely that your child under the age of 11 or 12 would care about that part. However, it is still a fun way to lose weight plus the kids would still like the skiing and soccer, I am sure. Looks like fun to me.

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I had to ask that question. Our old VCR served us well until one night there was a huge lightning show outside. Normally, I like to watch those since they are usually so spectacular and sometimes pretty. All of a sudden, pop…crack….and it was gone. Just like that. Our television set, DVD player and VCR are all supposedly protected by a power strip. That night, everything was fine except for the VCR. It was dead. And since we were running everything through the VCR, it was all dead. The fear was that we had lost all three to the storm. No. Only the VCR.

Prior to this, I had already had a couple of VCRs repaired. The tape drives, if that’s what you call the thing that drives the tape through the VCR, are the first things to go in those since that is about all that it has. It has to be cleaned and so on. Yet, when those are done, they are most certainly done. Now, what I want to know is…what happened to the VCRs for sale in this country? Have they all disappeared off the shelves never to be seen again? I do realize this dates me a bit but the fact is, we have an enormous number of vhs tapes that we will want to watch and with no VCR, it would be like having obsolete items that we could no longer use. Now, I am talking about over 300 movies on vhs tape. Useless if we do not get another VCR.

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