Leave the turntable running?

We now have the devisive camps of "Leave it spin" and "Stop and start every time" clearly marking the lines in the sand.
The battle commences...
I like the made up arguements of why one should stop it each time.. "The record may get scuffed.."
I have pulled thousands of LPs off with the platter moving and I guarantee, the Lp does NOT get scuffed unless you drop it!(Or you keep your platter/LP interface covered in coarse sand for some reason?)
On the other side, I can see where a ring weight would require stopping the platter to place!
Of the three TTs I own, two I just leave running, per the makers suggestions, the third, a semiauto, shuts ITSELF off every end of LP, so no choice there, It also has auto drop, and takes a few seconds to get going and drop. (Allows one to get seated, before the Lp starts... Dual Golden One TT)

sadly it is not a 'made up argument' that records can get scuffed when being removed from a spinning platter. It might not have happened to you, but happen it does. Common sense would indicate this can happen when you remove soft vinyl from a fast moving and often hard platter.Come to think of it, this might happen mainly when using a platter with no mat, but it does happen...I have the slightly scuffed recordsd to prove it..so do various friends.

Turntables should have a "do not use when drinking" sticker. Trust me.

Why would someone using a ring or screw on clamp even need to comment on this? The person just asked for clarification as to what his dealer was telling him about his Rega and some of you insist on making it a "right/wrong" issue that everyone must follow.

08-16-11: Wolf_garcia
Turntables should have a "do not use when drinking" sticker. Trust me.

That's no fun...gulp. :-)