# CD Missing--Doing A Slow Burn **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842 "2007-05-20T20:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/1 "2007-05-20T20:00:38Z")
No, not burning CDs. Burning with _anger_. One CD, from a set of 2 is missing. Never left the house. Listened to it yesterday. Not in the stereo. Not on the shelves. (I **never** leave CDs out of the case or machine!) Checked in several CD cases. No strangers around. Can’t find it. It’s an Import from Japan. I can’t even find the 2 disk edition on Amazon. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/2 "2007-05-20T20:05:16Z")
The last time I had a CD go missing, it turned up in the CD drawer of my computer. I had forgotten that I’d played it through the computer, not the stereo system. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/3 "2007-05-20T20:27:23Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] The last time I had a CD go missing, it turned up in the CD drawer of my computer. I had forgotten that I’d played it through the computer, not the stereo system. [/QUOTE] I never do that, as my sound card is kerplotz. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/4 "2007-05-20T21:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] It’s an Import from Japan. I can’t even find the 2 disk edition on Amazon. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: [/QUOTE] That’s too bad, because the only sure way to find it is to buy a replacement. Once you do that, it’ll turn up. What’s the first thing you listened to _after_ you listened to the missing CD? Did you listen to it in a CD player or a DVD player? Could the missing CD be in a DVD case somehow? ---
**Author:** ![Words\_on\_the\_Interweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Words\_on\_the\_Interweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Words_on_the_Interweb)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/5 "2007-05-20T22:57:27Z")
I’ve double-stacked CD’s before, and spent quite a while once thinking I’d lost one. Then I found it in another CD case, underneath the other CD; I guess I’d switched them in the player, goofed and put the wrong CD in the case, then stacked the other one in on top of it without looking. So - what did you listen to after your missing CD? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/6 "2007-05-20T23:24:14Z")
Have you checked the refrigerator? I had a 5 disk changer that in the process of going bad developed the habit of occasionally picking up a CD, and delivering it to a _mysterious internal space_. I’d put a CD in the tray, close it up, and the display would deny that there was a disk in the machine. Opening up the tray confirmed this: NO DISK. Hitting the thing, and repeatedly opening/closing the tray would _usually_ cause the CD to reappear. I junked the machine when that stopped working, and retrieved the final disk by removing the changer’s case. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/7 "2007-05-20T23:26:57Z")
Huh…I had the _exact_ same thing happen to me today. I opened up a the case on a dual CD, and only one was in there. Well, except it was in a box filled with junk, which was stored in my basement, and the last time I saw this CD it was in the bottom of the spare tire compartment of my wife’s car, and that was like three years ago. Ok, maybe not the _exact_ same thing. Still, I’d like that other disc back. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/8 "2007-05-20T23:28:13Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] That’s too bad, because the only sure way to find it is to buy a replacement. Once you do that, it’ll turn up. What’s the first thing you listened to _after_ you listened to the missing CD? Did you listen to it in a CD player or a DVD player? Could the missing CD be in a DVD case somehow? [/QUOTE] No, I never use a DVD player for that. And I’ve checked about 25% of my CD collection. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/9 "2007-05-20T23:31:39Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] Have you checked the refrigerator? I had a 5 disk changer that in the process of going bad developed the habit of occasionally picking up a CD, and delivering it to a _mysterious internal space_. I’d put a CD in the tray, close it up, and the display would deny that there was a disk in the machine. Opening up the tray confirmed this: NO DISK. Hitting the thing, and repeatedly opening/closing the tray would _usually_ cause the CD to reappear. I junked the machine when that stopped working, and retrieved the final disk by removing the changer’s case. [/QUOTE] No, it ain’t a multichanger–I avoid them, because they jam. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/10 "2007-05-20T23:47:04Z")
Um, not that I’ve ever had this happen or anything…but…is there a waste paper basket/ garbage can near where that stereo is? Have you checked it…? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/11 "2007-05-20T23:49:06Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] Um, not that I’ve ever had this happen or anything…but…is there a waste paper basket/ garbage can near where that stereo is? Have you checked it…? [/QUOTE] Yes, and I checked it. First thing, AAMOF. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/12 "2007-05-21T00:09:07Z")
AAMOF? I’ve occasionally double-stacked discs in a CD player… at least once, it managed to play the one on the bottom. Have you checked to make sure there’s no more than one disc in any tray? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/13 "2007-05-21T11:51:25Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Yes, and I checked it. First thing, AAMOF. [/QUOTE] Hmmm. Sounds like you’re in for some jewel-case bingo. And I second that it’s conceivably possible that two CDs might be cohabiting in one case. (If you’re lucky, they’ll hatch a brood of little Sandisk flash cards… 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/14 "2007-05-21T20:15:13Z")
Well. I guess that’s the last time _I_ get drunk and break into Bosda’s house for a little bit of John Denver. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/15 "2007-05-21T21:58:35Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] AAMOF? I’ve occasionally double-stacked discs in a CD player… at least once, it managed to play the one on the bottom. Have you checked to make sure there’s no more than one disc in any tray? [/QUOTE] No. It is a non-rotating, single disc, bookshelf model. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/16 "2007-05-23T00:35:19Z")
Still no luck. Went through every CD I’ve used in the last 6 months. Nothing. Inspected the player. Nothing. Inspected the jewel case it came in for the 423rd time. Nothing. Moved furniture, & looked behind. Nothing. Checked CD racks & cases for loose CD. Nothing. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/17 "2007-05-23T01:09:13Z")
I’m sorry to say that it’s probably gone to live with my missing earrings and socks. If you find it, will you send the earrings back? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/18 "2007-05-23T18:23:14Z")
[QUOTE=Words on the Interweb] I’ve double-stacked CD’s before, and spent quite a while once thinking I’d lost one. Then I found it in another CD case, underneath the other CD; I guess I’d switched them in the player, goofed and put the wrong CD in the case, then stacked the other one in on top of it without looking. [/QUOTE] I do the same thing, too! What’s the title of the CD, **Bosda**? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/19 "2007-05-23T21:58:58Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] I do the same thing, too! What’s the title of the CD, **Bosda**? [/QUOTE] _Cowboy Bebop:O.S.T. Future Blues/Knonkin’ On Heaven’s Door_ by Yoko Kano & The Seatbelts ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842/20 "2007-05-24T00:41:01Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] _Cowboy Bebop:O.S.T. Future Blues/Knonkin’ On Heaven’s Door_ by Yoko Kano & The Seatbelts [/QUOTE] That truly sucks! It’s an awesome CD. Probably my favourite of the Cowboy Bebop soundtracks. FWIW, I had a similar thing happen to me with a limited edition Duke Ellington double-CD release. I practically tore my place apart looking for it. I’m talking moved furniture, tossed aside couch cushions, and even partial disassembly of my stereo cabinet. I eventually gave up looking and I occasionally would consider purchasing a used copy off GEMM but I never got around to it. One day, about a year later I was moving my CD rack and, low and behold, the missing disc slid out from in-between other jewel cases…from a place I swore I checked a dozen times before. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-missing-doing-a-slow-burn/404842.md?page=2)