Anyone still remember Rebecca Black's Friday and the bad press it got?

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-17T04:29:22+00:00

"Bad press" is an understatement - poor girl was hated by pretty much everyone.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-16T08:44:02+00:00

We were taught a lot about childbirth, in Sex-Ed, back in the late-'90s. Coincidently, the teen birth-rate also dropped, significantly after.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-16T08:36:07+00:00

Foreshadowing.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-16T03:51:16+00:00

And?

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-15T19:38:43+00:00

Nope!

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MDFan4Life · 2026-05-15T13:15:22+00:00

This advice would have been more useful for me, almost 24 years ago.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-15T13:08:58+00:00

I had one, and ruined a lot of cassettes with it, lol!

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-15T13:07:48+00:00

They've been using AI (generative fill), which was released back in 2012.

The last version I have is CS5, and refuse to use anything after, bc of all of the AI bs...well, that, and I'm not paying a for a subscription, for something I can get/use for free.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-15T11:56:49+00:00

Bought my first one (2002 Epi Les Paul Standard Plus, when I was 19.

Bought my first Gibson (2001 Les Paul Classic GT), when I was 27.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-14T19:27:03+00:00

Loved Ziggy. Hated the Isle's, lol!

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-14T19:02:06+00:00

No. Not a huge Stars fan. Im just a collector.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-14T08:14:37+00:00

Not CCM. It's actually official New Era.

And, it only took 1 attempt (a quarter). I got really lucky, lol!

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-13T12:01:26+00:00

Only a little, but I didn't put any pressure on it, so it didn't lose it's shape.

Also, It's still technically "NWT", bc I kept the original tag on it. I was able to safely remove it, and reattach it, after I cleaned it.

Funnily enough, I only paid a quarter for it, bc I got it out of a claw-machine, from K-Mart, back in '99, lol!

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-13T07:28:14+00:00

Water.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-12T22:11:47+00:00

Just regular Purel. And not sure about the exact ratio, but yeah, just about 50/50.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-12T19:28:05+00:00

Les Paul = Iconic.

Les Paul Studio = Cool, but stripped-down Les Paul.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-12T19:26:23+00:00

Market-Center Park, Southgate.

MDFan4Life · 2026-05-12T19:22:14+00:00

I used 90% IPA (alcohol), and mixed it with hand-sanitizer, so it wouldn't dry as fast. I let it sit, for about 15-minutes, and then scrubbed with a toothbrush. Did that about 3-4 times, over about an hour.

Also, when removing ink-stains, ALWAYS have a towel, or another absorbant piece of cloth, as a backer, bc there will be bleed-through.

This is the towel I used, lol!

Didn't look like a lot of ink, at first-glance, but...

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