From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!ihldt!dbg Newsgroups: net.audio Title: dust covers and such ...ah the good old days Article-I.D.: ihldt.1576 Posted: Wed Apr 27 22:01:53 1983 Received: Thu Apr 28 05:14:25 1983 In college I had the same problem with a friends cat. I've still got a few old favorite tapes with occaisional skips -- and I still smile to this day thinking about the cat having just jumped onto the dust cover. That cat lives -- on my tapes. Regarding the magic tonearm experiment: no fair using zerostats or de-static'ed dust cloths oiled with lemon pledge. ihldt!dbg p.s. I don't think I'd smile if it had been my dog violating the dust cover.