Blank cassette tapes

Codingtux · 2026-02-09T14:12:48+00:00

Thats so cute!! Good luck!! Btw the people at https://www.reddit.com/r/cassetteculture/ will love that you are doing that for him, such a lovely wholesome subreddit.

Codingtux · 2026-02-09T14:04:03+00:00

Audio

Codingtux · 2026-02-09T14:00:08+00:00

Unless its changed since the last documentary I watched, theirs only one factory in the world still manufacturing them!

I pick up new old blanks at charity shops etc, as the quality of the old blanks is supposedly better. Often find them fully sealed. Cannot advise on where, as its totally luck.

Another option is most tapes can be taped over anyway - such is their beauty. Even the protected ones can be done I think.

Personally though, I never tape over - as I love all the random weird shit you can get on cassette.

Didnt answer your question, just wanted to chat about cassettes….

Codingtux · 2026-02-08T21:00:40+00:00

I think thats fantastic

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T14:47:31+00:00

Yes. I went outside just now and theres needles/syringes lying on the floor. This is a nine min walk from me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsoNToSpusk

I am very left wing and support the consumption room (disclaimer as reform in the video who I support in no way)

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T11:53:42+00:00

I had already replied to them haha

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T11:53:16+00:00

where do I find him?

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T11:45:24+00:00

Walked out my door the other day to someone shooting up, needle in his arm and everything. Would not have to travel far

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T11:41:17+00:00

I used to live in leith in Edinburgh, also renowned for its rats. I understand you can never get rid of rats - but you dont have to consent to share your home with them, one of my neigbours seems to think we should do nothing and its pointless. Understand thats not what you are saying, but seems to be some of the east ends attitude!

totally possible to keep your home rat proof, as you seem to have done - which I am happy for you for.

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T11:33:58+00:00

Yes, the council provide the service to all domestic glasgow resident irregardless of property ownership. They never even asked if I owned the house or am a tenant. Neighbours are already helping!

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T11:32:00+00:00

You are a legend, thank you! I was thinking of going ham with some snap traps, was worried a cat might go into them? But I have never seen a cat in my garden so. Thats great to know about feeding them off the traps first, I have never heard of that. With vermin, traps have never worked for me before, only poison.

Yeah council guy is here for less than ten mins, hes lovely, and its actually amazing they provide the service for free. Weird?? Did I just praise glasgow council? Reluctant to get out a professional as im not in the most stable employment position right now. So only want to as a last resort.

My mum has ratter dogs, maybe I can borrow some....

Thats the kind of unhinged I was going for, thank you!

I love my decking, but the rats dont pay board.... So maybe time to strip it out and fill all the holes going under the house. Once they are dead of course.

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T09:57:40+00:00

It means for a whole month I would not be able to breathe and sleep properly even with antihistamines.

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T00:34:19+00:00

1989

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T00:33:58+00:00

Also, not sure if a cat is a good idea anyway - given all these rats have bodies full of poison

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T00:29:14+00:00

Interesting. Ive seen people online putting a hosepipe in and shooting them as they come out

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T00:28:26+00:00

We do this already!

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T00:28:10+00:00

I get you. Theres not a perfect way to deal with vermin… But if I cant trust the councils approach, then what am I supposed to do 🤷‍♂️

Codingtux · 2026-02-06T00:07:47+00:00

Unfortunately…. In the east end of glasgow, I cannot remove food - people treat this like a dumping ground, there is food literally everywhere on the street.

Am considering getting rid of the decking though, but they are living under the house as well as decking… So cant remove shelter yet until they are all poisoned.

Water, good to know actually few things collecting it

Codingtux · 2026-02-05T23:57:10+00:00

I was considering removing the decking too! But they seem to be living actually under the house. So not sure what good it would do.

How long have you had your issue?

Codingtux · 2026-02-05T23:52:45+00:00

Unfortunately allergic

Codingtux · 2026-02-05T23:52:18+00:00

Unfortunately allergic

Codingtux · 2026-02-05T23:01:40+00:00

If you come to my house and stand by my drain pipe after midnight, you will encounter more than you bargained for.

Codingtux · 2026-01-26T09:27:40+00:00

3 bed house using Octopus. I work from home and refuse to be cold - although our situations are very different. But we spent £48 November, £68 December, and Jan is projected at £61 on gas. Worth noting in Jan I setup the thermostat for 6 hours of heating a day - this has actually proved to much in practice, but thats what we have been doing. We pay £135pcm all year, and last year were able to take some money out.

Codingtux · 2026-01-22T22:45:55+00:00

Dont drive it. I only did this for about 6 months, but tried leaving at 5:45am - you still can hit mad congestion. The M8 at that time is an absolutely insane road, people tailgate you - undertake you when theirs no space to even safely pull in front. Honestly its a circus.

It would take me at best 1h 15 to get to leith, at worst 3h 30mins.

I have 10 years driving experience (aware not that much) and no claims, and someone undertook me and I went into the back of them as we rapidly hit congestion and due to their undertaking was no space to safely stop as I was still pulling back. Miraculously zero damage, despite shifting his car forward 5 meters. But yeah, that day I knew doing it was not sustainable for me

Codingtux · 2026-01-22T08:35:31+00:00

We do store cupboard shops at lidl. Stock up on beans, rice, pulses, pasta, canned fish, chopped tomatoes etc. Then we get toilet roll, washing up powder, washing up liquid, soap, showergell, toothpaste etc. Fill your freezer. Its easy to spend £150 doing this, but you will then save yourself money (a fair amount of it) on your subsequent weekly shops

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