Can you fix a broken record? Some troubleshooting tips (including that time I fixed a skipping record with a small toothpick... and a great deal of patience)
Great tips! I always found it funny that the phrase "broken record" meant "repeating" record. Not "skipping" or "jumping," though it's possible the most common usage -- describing a person who keeps saying the same thing over and over -- could include jumping or skipping from topic to topic.
This has nothing to do with what you wrote, but back in the day, I had a cheap turntable and records would skip pretty regularly. When I eventually bought the CD of the same albums, or, heard the song on the radio, I would think something was wrong with the song because IT DIDN'T skip. I still hear songs expecting skips at certain spots, decades later.
Thank you, Steve! It is indeed funny we say “broken record” when we mean someone who won’t stop saying the same thing. I think “skipping” or even “jumping” might be too technical for the “general public”.
So funny you got so used to some of your skipping records. I imagine some of those skips must have become “part of the song”, so to speak 😆 Very funny indeed. Thanks for sharing!
Great tips! I always found it funny that the phrase "broken record" meant "repeating" record. Not "skipping" or "jumping," though it's possible the most common usage -- describing a person who keeps saying the same thing over and over -- could include jumping or skipping from topic to topic.
This has nothing to do with what you wrote, but back in the day, I had a cheap turntable and records would skip pretty regularly. When I eventually bought the CD of the same albums, or, heard the song on the radio, I would think something was wrong with the song because IT DIDN'T skip. I still hear songs expecting skips at certain spots, decades later.
Thank you, Steve! It is indeed funny we say “broken record” when we mean someone who won’t stop saying the same thing. I think “skipping” or even “jumping” might be too technical for the “general public”.
So funny you got so used to some of your skipping records. I imagine some of those skips must have become “part of the song”, so to speak 😆 Very funny indeed. Thanks for sharing!