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Thursday, July 10th, 2003 05:14 pm
I made a mistake. I put Pimsleur German Tape 9 (lessons 17 and 18) in the tape deck in my car.

It won't play.
It won't eject the tape.
I can't even pry the tape loose.

So I did another thing that seemed smart at the time, but wasn't. I began disassembling the tape player. There were eight tiny screws and I had the perfect size Phillips screwdriver.

I stripped the heads of two of the screws.

*sigh*

Maybe I should just skip to lesson nineteen?
Friday, July 11th, 2003 11:47 am (UTC)
Yeah. I wish this unit hadn't been part of a much nicer system, or I'd unhesitatingly break it into bits to get at the tape. Pimsleur series tapes are expensive. Unfortunately, so was this car stereo. :(

Burning to CD would have been smart, if I had anticipated this problem. Of course, if I'd anticipated this problem, I simply could have avoided sticking the tape in the car unit. I'd have listened to it at home, where I've listened to the previous sixteen lessons without trouble.

*sigh* oh well!

(re: iPod: drool.)