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Ron Dough
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« Reply #15 on: 12:31:42, 23-07-2007 »
Quote from: George Garnett on 12:18:26, 23-07-2007
Just supposing we do get as far as getting the damn thing out using finger-nail, blade, end of ballpoint pen, scissors, teeth, Swiss Army knife, silver toothpick, kitchen knife, scalpel, winkle picker, box cutter and circular saw, any tips on how to remove and replace the liner notes without getting them snagged, torn and crumpled up on those horrid little stubby things that clamp them in place? 

Remove them by inserting a nail lightly under the centre of the booklet at the exit, and lifting it clear of the retaining pips on the rim of the case: the booklet should slide out very easily without any damage.
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« Reply #16 on: 12:32:28, 23-07-2007 »
Quote from: George Garnett on 12:18:26, 23-07-2007
Just supposing we do get as far as getting the damn thing out using finger-nail, blade, end of ballpoint pen, scissors, teeth, Swiss Army knife, silver toothpick, kitchen knife, scalpel, winkle picker, box cutter and circular saw, any tips on how to remove and replace the liner notes without getting them snagged, torn and crumpled up on those horrid little stubby things that clamp them in place? 
When the bookets are unusually thick I've been known to break off the tabs further from the opening. Sometimes you find 6 tabs: 4 big, 2 small; sometimes there are just the 4 main ones but a couple of times when the booklet has a lot of text I've seen just the 2 big ones near the opening (so the ones on the right if you're looking at the disc from the front (and right side up Wink), on the left if you're looking at the back of the booklet in an opened CD case. You can convert a 4- (or 6-) tab box into a 2-tab box by breaking off the ones closer to the spine of the box with a key or a screwdriver; it doesn't hurt the box much if you do it briskly.

You then don't remove/replace the booklet by sliding it across the whole setup, but by sliding the thin end under the two remaining tabs. It's almost always the thicker spine end of the booklet that gets damaged by being dragged through the channel and this way it's not being dragged through anything.

Otherwise, if you don't want to do that and the booklet is already frayed, a bit of sticky tape on the corners usually doesn't look too awful and stops the situation deteriorating further.

I never developed the industrial-strength fingernail, even when I was 'in the business'...
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« Reply #17 on: 12:48:34, 23-07-2007 »
Quote from: tonybob on 12:24:02, 23-07-2007
when i was 'in the business', i developed an extremely hard right thumb nail that could open anything.
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« Reply #19 on: 16:22:52, 23-07-2007 »
What about taking cd inlay-booklets out from their covers without tearing them?  I'm generally ok with this, but it takes an awful lot of work, and sometimes I just wonder "Is there a special way to deal with this?".  There's something lovely about multi(>2)-cd cases where they can just put the booklet in the case without worrying about it falling out.
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« Reply #20 on: 16:24:51, 23-07-2007 »
Quote from: increpatio on 16:22:52, 23-07-2007
What about taking cd inlay-booklets out from their covers without tearing them?
Er, #16 details my procedure. Or have I misunderstood?
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« Reply #21 on: 16:26:44, 23-07-2007 »
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Quote from: increpatio on 16:22:52, 23-07-2007
What about taking cd inlay-booklets out from their covers without tearing them?
Er, #16 details my procedure. Or have I misunderstood?

oops; overlooked that!

edit: ooops; I overlooked several posts on that topic it seems. I clearly have been terribly inattentive.
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« Reply #22 on: 17:09:51, 23-07-2007 »
Excellent advice, Ron and Ollie. Thank you both.

I'm such a naturally law-abiding sort of chap that it would never ever have entered my head that I might actually break off any of those little stub things (aka tabs or pips: I think I like 'pips' best). But they are my pips, aren't they? And I can do what I like with them, can't I? I AM A MAN!!! TO EXIST IS TO RECREATE THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MY WILL!!!! It is a bit un-English though.

I'm a bit worried about this "it doesn't damage the box much if you do it briskly" bit. I may have to brush up on my decisive and brisk skills. I'll report back. 
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« Reply #23 on: 17:21:15, 23-07-2007 »
Quote from: George Garnett on 17:09:51, 23-07-2007
(aka tabs or pips: I think I like 'pips' best). But they are my pips, aren't they? And I can do what I like with them, can't I? I AM A MAN!!! TO EXIST IS TO RECREATE THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MY WILL!!!! It is a bit un-English though.

I'm a bit worried about this "it doesn't damage the box much if you do it briskly" bit. I may have to brush up on that decisive and brisk skills. I'll report back. 
Ah, I was thinking by 'pips' Ron meant the little, er, pips on the inside far right of the front cover (when viewing a closed and upright CD from the outside, assuming one is also upright) which impede the booklet from sliding out. So that one then has to somehow work a fingernail between the front cover of the booklet and the inside front cover of the case while avoiding the unwanted attentions of the fielder at silly point and the streaker coming from just behind deep backward square somehow finessing a cover drive low and to the left of the right-handed fielder or to the right of the left-handed fielder but which one is he again at the same time keeping plenty of force behind it to beat the man on the boundary or perhaps in this weather it might be more realistic not to play it quite so strong because it'll never get through the wet grass anyway so best chance is to scramble through for a single before he can get it back to the bowler you never know best to keep them on their toes who knows we might be up for a couple of overthrows if he chances his arm...
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« Reply #24 on: 17:28:58, 23-07-2007 »
All of the above problems can be solved by only buying CDs which come in nice, soft, cardboard boxes (such as the new KAIROS ones).
However, this does limit one's CD collection somewhat.

Back to the drawing board.
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« Reply #25 on: 17:32:23, 23-07-2007 »
Come now, Mr Garnett: of course you're a man, though I'm secretly worried at your inability to differentiate between a 'tab' and a 'pip'. Heavens, man, before you were a man (and maybe after) did you never construct an Airfix or Revell plastic kit? Basic terminology, dear boy - I mean man - basic terminology.
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« Reply #26 on: 18:00:27, 23-07-2007 »
Ollie, I think I'm glad I started this thread. Just so long as you make it back from the wet grass in one piece.
What an inventive and resourceful lot you all are, and I already knew you to be! I'll be crushing my pips like a good 'un this evening.  Tongue
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« Reply #27 on: 18:51:07, 23-07-2007 »
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I'll be crushing my pips like a good 'un this evening.  Tongue

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« Reply #28 on: 21:37:22, 23-07-2007 »
I just found on a CD website a device called "CD stripper" which is used for opening CDs.
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« Reply #29 on: 21:47:28, 23-07-2007 »
Quote from: increpatio on 16:22:52, 23-07-2007
What about taking cd inlay-booklets out from their covers without tearing them?  I'm generally ok with this, but it takes an awful lot of work, and sometimes I just wonder "Is there a special way to deal with this?".  There's something lovely about multi(>2)-cd cases where they can just put the booklet in the case without worrying about it falling out.

Pay no attention to destructive advice, increpatio, just slide the booklet hard up against the left hand stops, then hook a left hand finger nail (even a short one should do) under the stapled edge of the booklet, lift it free of the hinge area and pull it out in the general direction of the CD holder.

Oh, and a similar method works well with SACD cases. Again, just hook a left hand finger nail under the booklet's 'spine'. and pull towards the other edge in order to free it from its clips.
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