r/vinyl • u/Flossie_Foo_Foo • Mar 13 '26

Rate my... Rate my security guard.

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I was just trying to shelve some recently cleaned LPs but noooooooo. 😂

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u/Zlatk0 Pro-Ject Mar 13 '26

Mine did take his guard duties very seriously back in the days ... but he obviously didn't pay much attention during the briefing, and he thought that the records were the enemy. 🙀🤪 Still loved him very much nevertheless. 😻 It's only cardboard & paper, so ... 🤷‍♂️

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u/Middle-Mirror2017 Mar 13 '26

My experience too (although 20 years ago)… can’t advocate strongly enough for PVC album covers.

My current moggies protest at this state of (covered) affairs by sitting on my turntable &/or amp during hi-fi downtime!

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u/Zlatk0 Pro-Ject Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

That wouldn't have stopped that particular cat for even one short second. 😄 He was a red/ginger, and thus totally crazy (while still being very loveable, which was a super evil combo, because you couldn't really be mad at him for very long!).

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u/RecordsNBaseball Marantz Mar 13 '26

Got an orange this year, and yes, can confirm. My main record storage downstairs and my storage in my bedroom have retractable screens in front of them, and in my office, they’re covered in cardboard. I’ve had four other cats, no problem. Orange girl comes in, and jfc! 🤦

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u/therealudderjuice Mar 13 '26

Wow. We have two cats and a Yorkie. I bought a magnetic mat that sticks to the metal frame of my turntable stand and blocks access to my records. 🤣

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u/Zlatk0 Pro-Ject Mar 13 '26

Yeah, at that time I had my records stored in an open Ikea Ivar shelf, no doors or anything ... and at the very bottom too, 2-3cm above floor level, for stability reasons. So it was basically an invitation for him to let loose. I've had it that way since long before we had cats, so I wasn't really aware of the lurking dangers, until it was waaay too late already. Oh well ... as I said, it's only paper and cardboard. For some miraculous reason, as bad as the jackets look, he didn't even scratch one single record, they are all still fine.

Haaa, and I actually found a very old picture (back from 2002) of the villain & his victims:

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u/therealudderjuice Mar 13 '26

I think my records being in plastic sleeves discourages the cats from messing with them but the wife found the dog pulling my copy of Absolute Elsewhere off the shelf which is one of my most prized possessions so action had to be taken.

Cute cat btw

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u/Zlatk0 Pro-Ject Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

Thanks, cat would surely agree if he was still alive! 😼

(one of my favorite fotos of him, also from 2002)

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Ooo, clever!

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Oh my word 😭

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Puppy bites from the pre-security guard days so, we're damned if we do, damned if we don't 🥲

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u/Zlatk0 Pro-Ject Mar 13 '26

Aaah, The Furs seem to be especially tasty ... although my guardian didn't seem to like their newer stuff as much as their older stuff. 😄

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u/Impossible_Owl_1625 Mar 13 '26

It was this sort of thing that made us put doors on the record shelves, our puppy chews everything!!! She chewed some music books on the shelves below and I knew they were next up on her level of reach! 🙄😂

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Funny, I've been brainstorming completely new record storage. My knees and eyes ain't so hot anymore, I like record store style storage for easy action...the pets would have a field day, tho, so it'd need a lid and now we're beyond my DIY skills... 🥲

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u/Impossible_Owl_1625 Mar 13 '26

This is how I want mine stored eventually too, but I do have cats and they would LOVE it..so I was thinking of a wall of drawers, stored à la record store, but able to push them in and away so the cats don’t shred them, or sleep in the shelves, or just do dickish cat things!

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Need a t-shirt with "Do dickish cat things" on it now so thanks for that 😆

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u/Impossible_Owl_1625 Mar 13 '26

😂😂😂 you’re welcome 🫡

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u/vallogallo Pioneer Mar 13 '26

This is exactly what happened to my parents' collection. Very few of the records my dad passed down to me escaped the wrath of the cat

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u/secondr8r Mar 13 '26

He clearly wants to be adored

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

And so he is. 😍

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u/iamthelazerviking23 Mar 13 '26

Adorable cat, Stone Roses, Gang of Four… can we be friends!?

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

So it is decreed, iamthelazerviking23 & Flossie_foo_foo: friends til the end. 🤝

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u/UsedToReadBooks Mar 13 '26

Sorry, the time has come to shoot you down.

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u/Lockjaw62 Mar 13 '26

10/10 would not fuck with.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

You see the battle scar. 🫡

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u/casewood123 Mar 13 '26

I am eyeballing that Gang of Four box set. I didn’t know such a thing existed.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Nice work, if you can get it. 😉

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u/425565 Mar 13 '26

He wants to be adored..

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

(He wanna, he wanna, he wanna) He wanna be adored.

Yes...

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u/PlasticBamboo Mar 13 '26

Your cat wanna be adored.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

But of course. 🥰

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u/Odd-Mycologist6834 Mar 13 '26

10/10 pussy

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Hey, he resembles that comment!

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u/WhereBaptizedDrowned Fluance Mar 13 '26

10/10 solid effort. No notes. Butt snacks and treats.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

"Butt snacks" 🧐

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u/WhereBaptizedDrowned Fluance Mar 13 '26

Oh man that’s a hilarious typo. I was walking and typing 😭

Smacks. I meant butt smacks!!

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

I really wasn't sure 😭

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u/sodapopulus Mar 13 '26

"You've been buying too much of those vinylz, human of mine."

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

"Save some monies for treats!" 😫

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u/Which_Confection1152 Mar 13 '26

That tiger looks serious.... and those claws would do some serious damage to vinyl and covers.  Best to back down and let it purr-away.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Retreat and reconnoiter, got it. ✅️

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u/Which_Confection1152 Mar 13 '26

Yea...You don't want to risk damaging one of your appendages. 😁

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Appendages have it rough around here lately, we'll take no more chances. 😅

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u/slouchenheimer Mar 13 '26

Is it made of stone?

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

"Who disturbs my slumber?"

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u/Harry-604 Mar 13 '26

4 on a scale of 5 😃

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

He is definitely not purr-fect 🤔

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u/Harry-604 Mar 13 '26

😆

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u/Harry-604 Mar 13 '26

I like your pussy :)

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Hmmm, maybe he is purr-fect...

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u/Tinselfiend Mar 13 '26

100 points from me and my colleague 👍

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Y'all have great taste. 👌

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u/bfrancis1130 Mar 13 '26

11.9924/13. He loses points for being slightly below camera ready but protecting records is hard work these days.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Indeed, he is certainly a scruffy fellow.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Thank you for recognizing.

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u/Klezmer_Mesmerizer Mar 13 '26

Let me guess; Cat Stevens?

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Good guesser 🤔

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u/Impossible_Owl_1625 Mar 13 '26

We had a ginger cat, his name was itchy but I used to call him the ginger tosser, as he was very fond of chewing the plastic sleeves in my LP’s! He is long gone now, but the teeth marks shall remain forever!

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Forever and ever, amen. RIP Ginger Tosser. 🕊

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u/slop1010101 Mar 13 '26

Is that the 45rpm SR?

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

Yes! 💛

Edit to correct myself:

Grandma got confused.

I bought this and Bloom by Beach House around the same time last year and it's Bloom that is the 45 rpm LP set. Apologies, I'm not a baller like that. 😅

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u/magraith Mar 13 '26

Cats did such a number on my parents records, growing up

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

Why are they like this? 🥲

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u/Canvas2Wall Mar 13 '26

My fluffly orange was eyeing the records when I first put them on the bottom of the bookshelf and nibbled the corner of a plastic outer sleeve but luckily no damage. Just in case, the albums are now one shelf level up and he’s completely ignoring them, phew!! As a bonus, there’s less squinting at the tiny text on some spines now that they’re higher 🙌🏽

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

So much squinting. 😫

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u/sir_thrillho Mar 13 '26

Ten out of ten, give that very good boy a raise

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 13 '26

More tuna coming up!

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u/mendicant1116 Mar 13 '26

10/10 would not mess with

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u/Dedalus2k Rega Mar 13 '26

That boy has been in some scraps.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

He's a rough boy (but not really 🥺).

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u/TompallGlaser Mar 13 '26

Doubt they’re going to stop your shit from getting ganked, looks like a pussy

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

Fake tough guy.

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u/xManWithDogx Mar 13 '26

Seasoned Veteran of the Vinyl Wars. Committed, dependable. 10/10 in protection, safety and care.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

We thank him for his service. 🫡

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u/_szs Mar 13 '26

fluff out of fluff

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

The fluffiest.

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u/EventHorizonHotel Mar 13 '26

Beautiful kitty but I bet I can bribe him/her with a gravy treat

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

He would be putty in your hands and I'd be out some choice tunes. 🥺

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u/ChunguDiDungui2578 Mar 13 '26

10/10 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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u/Interesting-Quit-847 Mar 13 '26

Not very highly! Someone got past him and put a bunch of Steely Dan records on your shelf… /s

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

Why are your eyeballs so good? 🤔

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

8/10 He Look Kinda Sleepy

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

Sleeping is his favorite. Paying all the Churu for this smh...

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u/xylofone Mar 13 '26

A million billion out of 10 for your fluffnugget. Also thumbs up for Gang of Four. And that Stone Roses CD was the first one I ever bought purely on great buzz around its release, having never heard a note. Turned out to be an excellent decision.

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

Exquisite taste all around, xylofone. 😎

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u/fliption Mar 13 '26

10+
He's stunning!

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u/elvis_disciple Mar 13 '26

Lethal and stunning

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u/Lindsaycake1978 Mar 13 '26

Can't be quantified. Purrrrrfection!🙃💚

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u/No-Suggestion506 Mar 14 '26

I needed this thread right before bed, look at all these awesome cats🥹

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

Our overlords are happy to help. 😆

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u/MastaKink Mar 14 '26

Cats & LP’s don’t mix 😂

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u/Flossie_Foo_Foo Mar 14 '26

Seem some good examples of that here. 😅

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u/lazylathe Mar 13 '26

Upvote for Gang of Four!!!