There's really not much to see. Just a bunch of CDs. I don't even have most of them in the original jewel cases now. Most of them are in slimlines so you can't even see the titles of them as they sit on the racks.

I remember you saying that you put them in slimline cases. I almost thought about doing that myself, but I can't seem to bring myself to fold the tray card in half (gulp).

What do you do with the 12-page booklets? It seems like the really thick ones would not even fit in a slimline case

Slimlines are of teh debil.

Staybrite said:

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I remember you saying that you put them in slimline cases. I almost thought about doing that myself, but I can't seem to bring myself to fold the tray card in half (gulp). What do you do with the 12-page booklets? It seems like the really thick ones would not even fit in a slimline case

To address your first paragraph........


I thought about it for a long time before I finally broke down and actually did it. It was becoming a *space* issue. If I only had a house or apartment all to myself i'd not have done it. However, I have to share my house with several other peeps (Wife and 2 youngest kids now. Earlier it was 3 and even 4 kids). In order to use the available space to its most efficient utilization I did it and 1/2'ed the space my CDs were taking up. The fold in the rear tray card?? No biggie IMO. Have to do it. Besides......if i'm comfortable with it......it does not matter. It's not like anyone else is ever going to either buy or even really see them. It's not. Once an album gets into the vault it never gets out. I listen to a CD when I first get it and I might give it up to a month.......if it does not give me enjoyment.......it's gone.


To address your second paragraph.......


With thick inserts it's also no real biggie. I end up sticking the larger inserts into the 'insert holders' in the front of the slimline. I only stick as many pages of the booklets as there is room for into the 'insert holders'. The slimline then does not close all the way, but it's no biggie. The slimline jewel case is going to get stuck in with the 'mass' of the other CDs on the rack anyway. The CDs on either end hold the CD 'innards' in place and the slimline closed. I suppose the ratio is about 1 to 30 or something like that. It just does not happen that often to where it bothers me.


So......again, I get back to the issue of 'space'. I do what I have to. No biggie.

I went one better. Stick the CDs and inserts into Tyvek sleeves. Takes even less space than slimlines.

You guys make me sad.

1200 square feet? Wow! You live in a mansion compared to me! We live in a two bedroom 760 square foot house. Of course, we have the building out back that is two story and just about the same amount of square feet as the house. That is where the ultra top-secret facility known as "The Batcave" (my studio) is located.