Those kids should be thankful for their 30 year old text books that they have to leave in class because their aren ' t enough of them . Because hey , kids in Africa have it way worse . <| sep |> Nty if you want to offer crates for my stuff that ' s fine also <| sep |> I got my first card AA card upgraded to World Elite during the summer , then apply again for the regular nonWE through a prequal offer in Sept and got approved . The system seems to think they are separate cards . But third card is basically a gamble now with the new rules . Need to decide whether it ' s worth risking the hard pull . <| sep |> Cassette sound quality can be quite good actually , and they don ' t degrade quickly . It ' s just that cheap tapes sound shit and most people didn ' t know about noise reduction . This of course is unlike VHS which sucks from the start and gets worse because not only does it have a magnetic head contacting the tape , that head spins around while doing it , accelerating wear .