[akiselev]

> Eventually, I took a biro to the tape, sorry dad, and scribbled across it, which seemed to break it. Finally we were free.

How did he react? This sounds like the beginning to a Netflix true crime miniseries

[Popeyes]

That cassette tape had been played and played and played so he thought it had worn down.

We ended up getting an Amiga and he completed it on that at a more measured pace and once he was done he was done.