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23-06-20, 07:06 PM | #8281 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
waiting 3 months for a limited copy of Goldfrapp - Supernature on vinyl only to discover its scratched, warped and chipped. contacted CS and they are trying to wriggle out of it.
out of around 20 new LPs' i have had 2 keepers. the rest have been flawed. |
24-06-20, 06:51 PM | #8282 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Spent years fighting scratched vinyl. discovered root cause
wife, kids,family. How very dare they touch my big black CDs
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24-06-20, 07:18 PM | #8283 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
i dont mind old scratched and like you its been played by wife, kids and at parties etc.etc. but i do mind when its supposed to be new. if i'm not getting to scratch it first then nobody is.. lol
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24-06-20, 07:21 PM | #8284 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I remember the day my (then 2 years old) son found my 10" singles vinyl collection and decided to use them as frisbees while I was in the kitchen making him lunch.
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25-06-20, 07:33 AM | #8285 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
According to my parents, when I was a toddler I used to chew their singles and EPs. Mmmmm, lovely vinyl.
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25-06-20, 02:39 PM | #8286 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Scared the life out of a pedestrian when it went off |
25-06-20, 04:02 PM | #8287 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Is the wheel bent too or is that just rubber distortion?
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25-06-20, 04:10 PM | #8288 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
New £5 notes (plastic kind) make good boots to go inside a tyre to get you home if you have a split that might rupture the inner tube. I keep a 2 inch long bit of old tyre in my saddle bag just in case.
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25-06-20, 04:27 PM | #8289 |
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Buckled the bead Dave, luckily when it finally went pop I was 2mi from home so rescue didn't take long
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26-06-20, 08:10 AM | #8290 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I have that but have used a gel-wrapper in a pinch - as long as it is not on the wearing part of the tyre its a pretty good fix.
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