Make me feel better

You could switch over to an all-satellite radio system, never having to mess with that fussy vinyl (or make any significant musical decisions) ever again! (joke)

Add my name to the clumsy club historical rolls. This is actually a very good argument for not regretting having to play in the "merely" $250-ballpark...Just think how stupid you'd feel right about now if you had been running one of those multi-$K cart's (which so many audiophiles apparently seem to be able to purchase straight-faced without wondering what about their construction could possibly justify the orders-of-magnitude price increase over a base model...True, they might sound great, but any cartridge sounds the same with its cantilever under the sofa... :-)

I have twice come home to a cantilever that was sitting on the LP. I'm not sure who did it although once I'm pretty sure it was the babysitter. The other time I can't find anyone to blame. For that reason David99 I am blaming you! It's all your fault, because I don't want to be responsible for it!
There, after breaking my cantilever and being scolded about it, do you feel better about breaking your own???

Well David:

You have certainly improved since the time that you used a powered up Aleph 3 for a foot stool and ended up branding a portion of your body.

Now you can consider yourself an older/wiser much more delicate/refined "klutz".

Feel better?

I broke a cantilever off my Clearaudion cartridge with zero hours on it when I flicked the tonearm into the side of a record while unlatching the tonearm lock on my new Rega p3. I still have to be careful with that thing, it just doesn't suit my fat fingered approach. The vendor sent me a new cartridge for only $160, taking pity on the inept.