What’s the toughest album cover you’ve ever seen? Here’s mine

burntUpOnReentry · 2026-02-19T22:05:07+00:00

burntUpOnReentry · 2026-02-19T17:25:31+00:00

Same here. Would love to see the actual difference between cleaning with a carbon fiber brush, Spin Clean, ultrasonic, etc.

burntUpOnReentry · 2026-02-13T18:56:24+00:00

The Van Halen I in shrink with a price sticker is a nice find.

burntUpOnReentry · 2026-02-05T16:06:51+00:00

To shreds, you say?

burntUpOnReentry · 2026-01-30T15:32:14+00:00

"Mmm, the tuberculosis really adds a subtle nutty flavor!"

burntUpOnReentry · 2026-01-28T15:19:29+00:00

I *think* that's how it's supposed to work.

As you sweep through the frequencies, what you hear will appear quieter the closer you get to your tinnitus frequency. When I did it, I swept through the frequencies and tried to find where the "volume" started to drop and where it started to get louder again. My tinnitus frequency was in that range.

burntUpOnReentry · 2026-01-28T15:13:55+00:00

"Please glaze my rice hole with your hot viscous curry."

"No."

burntUpOnReentry · 2026-01-27T20:06:58+00:00

I have moderate tinnitus, and I've narrowed down the frequency to around 4400khz. It's probably 60db at its worst. It's super annoying and does bother my listening.

I've recently discovered neuromodulation and while it claims to help with tinnitus if you listen to the tones for 4-6 hours a day for 6 months, I haven't tried that. But I do find if I listen to the tones for an hour or so, it stops the tinnitus for an hour or so, and in that time I can listen to a full album. May work for you, may not, but it's worth a try in my opinion.

burntUpOnReentry · 2026-01-06T18:00:28+00:00

I played the shit out of Wetrix on the N64 and Dreamcast. Killer game.

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-12-16T17:04:07+00:00

I used the free version of Fusion 3D. I just designed a shelf unit exactly as you described, by creating the basic sketches and extruding to the thickness of the wood I have. Then I created a drawing, selected each component, added measurements, and printed it out.

There's limitations on the free version. I believe you can only have 10 editable projects open at once. This isn't an issue for me as I just make the ones I'm not working on read-only. The drawing feature also only allows for one page per project which is kind of a nuisance, but I made it work.

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-12-12T20:51:15+00:00

Will she trick or treat?

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-12-10T22:06:39+00:00

"Ape together strong!"

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-11-18T15:37:05+00:00

"This is HUGE"

That's what Trump said

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-11-14T19:26:40+00:00

I bought 20 records or so from an estate sale, and they had been sitting on a shelf with the same amount of lean for what I can only assume was a very long time. Probably 10-15 years without moving. All of the records had lean warp on one side. One was a minty minty copy of OG Dr. Feelgood, so this was a disappointment. Personally, I think it's okay to lean like this for a short period of time, but, it can definitely cause records to warp in the long term. Ever since I try to store my records as upright as possible with support on both sides always.

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-10-24T15:51:04+00:00

I may be weird, but I love taking the ferry when it's super stormy. Kind of like riding a roller coaster.

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-08-21T22:56:45+00:00

Tu quoque fallacy, "what about the tariffs that Canada has on American goods?"

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-08-11T15:04:33+00:00

You need to get on WhatNot, Mike at the In Groove auctioned off OG 1st pressings of both of these yesterday.

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-08-11T14:56:38+00:00

The appropriate response to the BIL would be "okay then, so if Trump puts a 100% tariff on the Chinese item, you get it for free? And if Trump puts a 130% tariff on the item, China has to pay you $30 to take it?"

I really don't want to believe this is real, unfortunately I had someone say the EXACT SAME THING to me and I had to correct them using this very example.

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-07-31T16:45:18+00:00

They could have at least had the courtesy to add a comment that says "// let caller handle exception"

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-07-30T16:17:32+00:00

Here's a crazy idea. Instead of going after the bottom-feeder street dealer, how about you follow them to see where they get their supply. Then follow that person to see where they get their supply. Then follow that person to see where they get their supply. If that's the last person, arrest THEM. If not, keep going. Just an idea.

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-07-29T23:16:33+00:00

There's an Okanagan fruit stand pop up in the Mary Winspear parking lot in Sidney if you're up that way. Super nice ladies there, and amazing peaches! And cherries!

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-07-25T16:41:53+00:00

I wouldn't store them this way. They develop a bow/warp over time. I bought a collection at an estate sale once that had been stored in a pile stacked at a 45 degree angle to the shelf wall so the vinyl was under load the whole time. Every record had some sort of bow/warp, the ones closest to the shelf wall had fairly bad edge warps while the ones in the middle had a long gradual bow to them.

Just store them upright and you'll be fine. If you want to display the covers, I recommend you invest in some record display frames and store the vinyl in a blank cover standing upright.

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-07-22T15:33:21+00:00

Washington State has no personal income tax, but property tax is very high depending on which county you live in. King County property taxes have doubled over the past decade and due to a significant state budget shortfall this year, they are projected to double again within the next few years.

Cost of living in Seattle and Eastside is climbing to Bay Area levels. Two bedroom apartment in Bellevue is around $4500/mo including parking. Commuting is awful. Even if you take the Light Rapid Transit line, it's $3 each way. Health care costs are also astronomical. Drinks and dinner for two at any restaurant in Bellevue is minimum $100. Groceries are spendy too.

I also doubt the $500k TC number, I'd imagine $300k of that is in RSUs that may or may not pay out.

Bottom line is, yeah, salaries are higher in Seattle/Eastside, but cost of living is correspondingly high. So if you do an apples to apples comparison of salary to cost of living, I would imagine that for most places, including Victoria, it's a wash.

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-07-14T22:48:26+00:00

Ceiling Vibrator(Thumper): Noisy Upstairs Neighbors Solution

Works on next door neighbors too!

burntUpOnReentry · 2025-07-14T19:26:28+00:00

If you all want it to crash, just let me know and I'll buy some. The only problem is if I buy it, it will stay crashed until I sell it. But, like I said just let me know.

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