From: eliddell@no.patience.for.spam   
      
   On Sun, 12 Sep 2021 19:59:00 +0200, A. Tina Hall wrote:   
      
   > On 12.09.21, E. Liddell   wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 08 Sep 2021 21:30:00 +0200, A. Tina Hall wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Oh, how can you have too much fun with a 3D printer? :))   
   >   
   >> By doing things that require leaving it on all the time?   
   >> (Well, okay, the truth is that I've just been spending too much time   
   >> with it that I should be spending on other things instead.)   
   >   
   > Hehe, does sound like fun though!   
      
   It's an interesting toy, although right now 3D printers   
   in general still require too much hand-holding to be really   
   user-friendly.  And I'm learning things about the differences   
   between specific types of plastic that I'm not sure I ever   
   really wanted to know. ;P   
      
   >>> What item of furniture did you build? Anything you could imagine being   
   >>> inhabited by a folk of gnomes? (To try to stay somewhat on topic. :P )   
   >   
   >> It's an entertainment center (basically a glorified shelving unit).  I   
   >> needed one that would fit into a specific space and accommodate three   
   >> game systems,   
   >> a blu-ray player, a DVD player, and a VCR.   
   >   
   > Oooh, a VCR! Couldn't find one when I went to buy one some years ago   
   > (mine stopped working some time before that). These days I have a hdd   
   > connected to the TV to 'tape' things.   
      
   I have a bunch of old pre-recorded commercial VHS tapes   
   (still) that would cost hundreds of dollars to replace   
   with disc media.  If the VCR I have hooked up now stops   
   working, there's another on the shelf below it.  If they   
   both die, I'll start checking pawn shops, charity shops,   
   and garage sales.   
      
   > What game systems are those? Consoles? (I don't know anything about   
   > them, I'm just playing games on the PC, Steam games mostly these days.)   
      
   Older consoles, the newest one being a Playstation 2.   
   I've resisted getting anything newer because a lot of   
   3D games make me motion-sick.  PC games are problematic,   
   since my primary computer runs a less-popular Linux   
   distro and I don't find Steam's required client program   
   *or* their DRM acceptable, which limits me to buying from   
   GOG and itch.io.   
      
   >> I doubt there's enough empty space in it for gnome occupancy.  Or for   
   >> the conga rats to practice their line dancing, either. ;)   
   >   
   > Hehe, but gnomes have inter-space-dimensional-warping abilities, they   
   > can squeeze even into space that isn't there! ;P   
   >   
   > Though I guess the rats do have to line up somewhere on the top maybe.   
   > :)   
      
   My cats would just *love* the conga rats.  To pieces. ;)   
      
   E. Liddell   
      
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