i have way more holiday fluff than i'd like, but its all from people i've bought stuff from in the last year.
pre xmas sales, merry xmas wishes, didn't get what you wanted? and im assuming more new years crap coming..
But nothing purely crap.
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pre xmas sales, merry xmas wishes, didn't get what you wanted? and im assuming more new years crap coming..
But nothing purely crap.
and why seemingly your first stop is a social network. go talk to a therapist/shrink/doctor.
guess it depends on how much youtube you consume. personally it was a no brainer.. less than an hour's worth of work a month to pay for it? now i only see ads when i get signed out of youtube.
and you get the youtube music with it.
it costs me about 20 min worth of work once a month to remove ads from my primary media consumption site.. totally worth it, and don't have to mess with 3rd party BS. Completely changes the youtube experience
https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertTolone MOre about the science/art of the mold itself
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFluffinAmazin he makes mostly dice.. but its approachable.
https://www.youtube.com/c/EvanAndKatelyn not the best at it, but entertainable.. they use resin to cast but more to cover and as an art media..
good luck
The plus side, kids watching those and growing up to be developers will skew UI's more towards those futuristic versions... same as the kids that watched star trek helped us get the handheld computers we have now.
If its online and i want to screw someone out of something who's to say im registering with MY information? How do you provide proof of item ownership to something your grandparents gave you when they died? (especially if it was handed down to them in the first place? thinking vintage appliances here, or what about a mint condition babe ruth rookie card? that came with a piece of gum what 60/70 years ago? reciepts weren't even a thing)
I get it with brand new, in box tools.. but again someone would have to manage that and if you got screwed by ebay they'd be liable if they vouched for it.
don't want something to go sour with parents (relationship or just hardships) and that gets used to bail them out. or lack of access used as punishment if she ends up being less than what the parents expected.
Trust fund keeps coming to mind but i don't think those are typically stock based? Can you sign up for an IRA that young and just let some big hedge fund manager pick / manage the portfolio.. Or are you wanting to give say 1 share apple, 1 share facebook and whatever happens happens?
It could be years before you get in front of a judge for something stupid like this. and at that point all of the damages are done.
The Museum of Pinball in Banning, Calif., is set to auction off a collection of arcade games after closing because of financial difficulties.Credit...Lucas Esposito-USA TODAY NETWORK
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Sept. 9, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET Inside an unremarkable warehouse near Palm Springs, Calif., hundreds of pinball machines once beckoned arcade game aficionados from far and wide, their blinking lights and coin slots a throwback to a time long before Xbox.
But then came the coronavirus pandemic, and the game, one that the museum’s owner said was already a losing proposition because of the economic climate and the cost of real estate and insurance, was over. No flippers could keep the ball in play.
Now, the Museum of Pinball in Banning, Calif., one of the largest museums devoted to pinball machines, is about to do something that once might have seemed inconceivable: It will start on Friday to auction off more than 1,700 arcade games.
The auction will be conducted both online and at the museum itself, where in 2015 a Guinness World Record was set for the most people playing pinball simultaneously: 331.
The collection could be worth as much as $7 million, according to the auctioneer handling the sale, which includes some machines more than 60 years old. The holy grail of the sale could be a “Pirates of the Caribbean” collector’s edition pinball machine from 2018, associated with the Disney franchise, which the auction house said could fetch up to $35,000.
The museum’s founder, John Weeks, said in an interview on Wednesday that he had no choice but to part with his extensive collection of about 1,000 electronic arcade games and 700 pinball machines, including those featuring “Star Wars,” “Superman” and “Ghostbusters” themes, that he had personally acquired over the years.
“It’s just sadness,” Mr. Weeks said of the museum’s demise. “People would come from all over the world to go to this place.”
Even before the pandemic, the museum was open only about nine days a year and mainly hosted events, averaging about 9,000 visitors annually, Mr. Weeks said. Most of those visitors paid $80 for an all-day pass or $150 for a weekend pass, which he said allowed visitors to play an unlimited number of games. No coins necessary.
But the museum had been losing money, Mr. Weeks, 58, said, and he decided to lease the 18-acre site to a cannabis farm. Finding a new home for the museum proved to be difficult, and a plan to move the museum to Palm Springs — about 20 minutes from Banning — was derailed because of its cost and expected delays, he said.
“I didn’t have enough money to save it myself,” Mr. Weeks said of the museum.
The auction, which will be held this Friday through Sunday and Sept. 24-26, is being handled by Captain’s Auction Warehouse, based in Anaheim, Calif., which specializes in pinball machines and arcade games.
“Personally I’m sad about it, but I’m optimistic that the equipment will move to good places,” Chris Campbell, the auction company’s owner, said in an interview on Wednesday.
Mr. Campbell said that the auction, the single largest private collection sale that his company has ever handled, has generated all kinds of buzz.
“The interest is insane,” he said. “It’s beyond expectation.”
He said that he expected there to be strong interest in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” pinball game, which was one of very few that were made. When asked if a collector would actually use the pinball machine after spending five figures, he said: “They’re definitely going play it. It’s definitely a show-off piece, too.”
Mr. Weeks said that he bought his first pinball machine as a child growing up in Lakewood, Calif., in Los Angeles County, and that he sold them out of his mom’s garage. When he was 17, he said, he opened his first arcade.
Years later, Mr. Weeks said, he watched as pinball machines began appearing in barcades, bars combined with arcades.
“Back then it was kids’ quarters,” he said, adding, “now these kids have credit cards.”
Also have roku's and chromecasts. Roku was my preferred device for a long time but they started pushing ads so it went in a box in the closet
For the original question.. try to drift towards technology in the fields you're already experienced in?
Not familiar but I'm sure there are software programs for both business admin and the legal fields.. hell seems like there could be lots of crossover where a little programming knowledge but lots of the people skills could be beneficial.
fill with caulk, cover insides with jack plates..
I'd just get one of the many mesh network devices and spread them out though. I use the google ones at home myself, love them.
i've done the powerline networking thing too, worked fine.
collector skins? $70 a year for weather and a calculator?
pass.. sorry. they look nice but i'll stick with the boring apps for this kind of functionality.
its a much smaller complaint but the controller choice was strange too, flipped the analog and digital controls - or at least feels like it compared to switch pro controller or xbox. Guess its more like the playstation setup that i never liked
Wife/kids aren't going to bother you while you're mowing for example, can't hear them while a chainsaw is running...
* Getting spammed with price requests without any real data - tell them what kind of art - Size - placement - time constraints + leave out the silly "meaning" stories behind your choice
Scheduling things months out (for non street level tattoo artists anyway)
Cancelations, sudden openings in schedules because of said cancelations..
Emergency reschedules due to unforseen circumstances... family emergencies, customers showing up drunk or high, customers leaving "fluids" (vomit, urine, feces) all over their workstations...
The experience as a customer was pretty simple for me, but I did my research - knew what to look for / ask before during and after... Knew the aftercare.
gadgets? software? Gaming pcs?
probably china if you're hardware driven. Hong kong before it went to shit.