SUNDAY EVENINGS WITH UNCLE DEATHBOY

[deathboy]

My life is rarely simple.

It's Sunday. So I need to do the washing. Of course I do. NORMAL SCOTT. Very normal.
Of course, then I realise that the last time I recorded the sound of my washing machine (WARNING WARNING), I only used my mobile phone and the recording quality wasn't really high enough to justify the fact that I used it as the basis of an

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[andrewducker]

Seems like a reasonable way to spend an afternoon.

There's a game to be played here - how many steps it takes to get from "My socks are dirty" to "Of course I had to buy a new soldering gun."

[pir]

Ah, yak shaving. The fun never ends.

[morbid_curious]

This is that whole "suffering for your art" thing I keep hearing about, yes? :-)

[my_window_seat]

You do these things because you know we live to read about them.

YOU KNOW YOU DID IT JUST ADMIT IT

[deathboy]

It's more that writing it up makes me feel as though I've got SOMETHING out of it.

I am so ingrained with the yak-shaving procedure in all elements of life that I can't, apparently, spot when I should just say FUCK IIIIIIT and walk away.

On the flip side, I guess I get things done.

Sorta.

[krfsm]

You DID get something out of it, didn't you? Your field mic is working again, you have clean laundry, AND you got a good rant out on t'internet. Clear win!

(Also, I'm curious about what a remixed washing machine sounds like.)

[kest]

I seem to recall that in a pinch a bit of foil works for these sorts of applications