I had a vice growing up. An expensive one. Whenever I walked into a store, I made sure to pass through the electronics department to check on the inventory. If it was an electronics store, I’d stock up. It reached a point that my parents had to ask, “Just how many do you need?”
Of what, you ask?
VHS tapes.
For those unfamiliar with the ways of late 1900s analog video recording, video home system cassettes recorded TV shows through a VCR, or video cassette recorder. Recording was tricky for some. If people weren’t available to hit the record button, they had to set the timer manually.