Hey kids, I was going to send this message to the tape tree members only, but then I realized it would benefit us all to hear this. I have received many, many tapes in the past week or so, and all of them have the little plastic tabs on top intact. This is a very bad thing, because if I was to accidentally press play and record at the same time (since they are neighbors, it wouldn't be hard), I would erase your tape! And not because I wanted to! This is even scarier when you think of all the tapes (tape tree and private trade) that people spent their precious time on, only to be (GASP!) erased over, even if only for a split second. Or, and this is even sadder, if you get a Tigermilk in the mail, which was hard enough for you to get in the first place, and you accidentally tape over your pride and joy. Oh no is right. (This will never happen if you get one from me, because I pop those suckers out as soon as the tape's done.) So my message is: POP YOUR TABS!!!!!!! The next tape you get in the mail that someone else has lovingly made, pop the tabs. And the next tape you send out to someone else, pop the tabs. Besides, if you really want to tape over it, all you have to do is fix a bit of tape over the tab hole and - VOILA! - you have a recordable tape again. Pardon me if this is all old news to all of you, but it needed to be said. Thank you, and good day. Love, Miss Erin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+