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Thrifted this bad boy today. Sony TFN-7070W. Far as I can tell it’s early 70s, and it looks close to brand new. Battery terminals are rusted as poo poo but I’m working on that, otherwise it’s coming in clear as a bell!
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Ultimate Mango posted:Make a thread so some of us and live vicariously. I wish I knew how to get high quality DCI recordings. Have never managed to sign up and watch the web streams. r/dcileaks my friend EDIT: the stream service is garbage since they farmed it out to a third party production company Bottom Liner has a new favorite as of 01:32 on May 31, 2018 |
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TraderStav posted:drat, I've gone by that place a thousand times and live 5 minutes from there. I may have to finally go and check it out. It looks like they sell chicken feed and old tractor wheels. Yeah, I used to go down Pontiac trail to dixboro to get to class, so I passed by it a ton too and never stopped cause that was always at 7am and they weren’t open yet. My girlfriend finally got me to go because she really wanted to try it but couldn’t get her family to because her mom is convinced it’s a mob front, for extra legitness 
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Conference season is upon me! So I bought a fruity dress for one of them and there was NO WAY I was going to pass up this skirt, given that I teach Classical history:  Said skirt was four sizes too big for me (it's a 1980s bubble skirt I found at my fave second hand shop in London), but altering it was a pretty easy tailoring job so paying someone else to do it for an extortionate fee really grated. Subsequently, the pain of paying someone to do a job I could have done at age 10 was incentive to buy this bad boy:  so that I can service and get up and running this gizmo:  No, no, not the cat, but rather my pre-War Singer 221  
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May 31, 2018 12:39
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I bought plastic bicycle parts.  
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Jun 1, 2018 12:56
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Dope area code bro. I also approve of transformers.
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Yay for Japanese Tom of Finland.
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The Sexual Shiite posted:I bought plastic bicycle parts. His gun is a tiny version of himself.
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Ms Boods posted:No, no, not the cat, but rather my pre-War Singer 221 The art that went into old things... even lampposts seemed to have art on them. 
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Dick Trauma posted:The art that went into old things... even lampposts seemed to have art on them. The pre-war modules are amazing, a lot of Egyptian motifs; this one is from 1938 or 39 (I can look up the serial number later). I have a 127K from 1904, which is my fave machine ever (I wish it was out of storage  ), and it is amazingly decorated with the Egyptian motifs.Later 221s have much plainer sides because of the war and that, so one with the scrollwork like mine is sought after. I got super lucky acquiring this one back about 20, 25 years ago -- Featherweights got super popular amongst quilters in the US right about then, and started to go for crazy prices. My mom mentioned to someone at work that I was looking for one, and the someone said, 'Oh...I have my mother's; it's been sat on the top shelf of my closet for years.' Immaculate condition, at the time, just needed the old cloth cords replaced. My mother's colleague gave it to me.  They are fabulous little guys; weighs just under 12 lbs cos it's made from aluminum (or aluminium, as they'd say here). ETA - me again, hello. Finally had a decent enough day to photograph some of the other fruits of April/May shopping (as well as look over what repairs and alterations need to be done to make some of these items streetlegal  Fruity dress  Vintage lounging jacket, maybe 1950s -- it's super soft and snuggly  There's a vintage shop I go to when I'm back in the US that sells new stuff, as well; this is a new piece.  If you can't make out the fabric, it's Marie Antoinettes and cakes :bigtran:  Different vintage shop: Early '60s day dress, hand made judging from the ragged state of the seams, awful zipper, and no tags, so it needs some TLC. nce it's smartened up, I can wear it with a crinoline underneath should I want to irritate fellow conference colleagues.  late 1940s? Probably 1950s jacket that I spied and what looks great with the daisy dress, It also needs some work done on it, mostly securing buttons and poppers/snaps. O  Another pop art dress; this is the one that got me off my duff and refurbishing my sewing machine, cos £16 for a hem - you can gently caress that sky high.  Finally, from the same vintage shop as the Marie Antoinette dress, this is a late 1930s party dress. It didn't fit on my mannequin (which is my size, but with a much bigger and unyielding bust). I like it. It looks like something Erin Walton would wear.  Apologies for girling up the place, but I've been photographing loads of stuff the past few days for eBay auctions and that, too. I also didn't realise how much yellow has appeared in my current closet -- time to start looking for yellow shoes 
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Found at a little used bookstore for 5 bucks each:
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Nice! I'm digging these dresses, they're sharp! For content, bought one of those skookum roto-molded Yeti cooler knockoffs so I could have cold beer all weekend at a music festival coming up: 
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OSU_Matthew posted:Nice! I'm digging these dresses, they're sharp! Cheers! I super love hunting around in vintage and charity shops for clothes (hence an eBay clearout every summer), and once the sewing machine is up and running, I'm doomed to  (especially with my sewing! I've got my eye on a vintage zigzag stitcher at the moment, and am rebuilding my sewing textbook library, tailoring and stuff in particular).
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Jun 3, 2018 08:49
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Got some art by Scott C, of the feature film Hot Fuzz:
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Gutted the Joycons that came with my Switch and put them in these Atomic Purple shells that are on Amazon so I can be a 90s boy again. It was not easy to do.
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Tim Whatley posted:Gutted the Joycons that came with my Switch and put them in these Atomic Purple shells that are on Amazon so I can be a 90s boy again. It was not easy to do. Those look great!
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Jun 4, 2018 16:46
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Tim Whatley posted:Gutted the Joycons that came with my Switch and put them in these Atomic Purple shells that are on Amazon so I can be a 90s boy again. It was not easy to do. A E S T H E T I C S
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Jun 4, 2018 16:53
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Not watermelon red
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If that was something actually made by Nintendo I would feel a little bad about selling my switch. I don’t miss it though.
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1redflag posted:Not watermelon red They sell that color!
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Tim Whatley posted:Gutted the Joycons that came with my Switch and put them in these Atomic Purple shells that are on Amazon so I can be a 90s boy again. It was not easy to do.  How is that not the default color???
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Tim Whatley posted:They sell that color! Hmmm, I don't know if that makes it better or worse, tbh.
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I've actually got 2 oranges, 2 reds, and 1 each of blue and green that I'll be posting on samart later today (shells only, no guts). Here's what the orange and red look like: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3853499&pagenumber=1&perpage=40
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Tim Whatley posted:Gutted the Joycons that came with my Switch and put them in these Atomic Purple shells that are on Amazon so I can be a 90s boy again. It was not easy to do.
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Can confirm it's a colossal pain in the rear end. Estimated time for it was 45 minutes, but it took me like two hours cause I really didn't want to break those tiny ribbon cables. Having custom shell colors is super rad though.
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Yeah took me two hours. I could probably do it in 30 minutes though now that I know. Nintendo uses triwing screws FYI so make sure you have a driver to do that if you want. Amazon sells those too. Obviously also good small electronics tweezers.
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Tim Whatley posted:Yeah took me two hours. I could probably do it in 30 minutes though now that I know. Nintendo uses triwing screws FYI so make sure you have a driver to do that if you want. Amazon sells those too. Obviously also good small electronics tweezers. drat, I remember my first gen Gameboy had triwing screws. After I broke the LCD I wanted to take it apart and had never seen that type of screw before. I got it open with a baseball bat...
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Just bought three new suits for work. Black two piece Calvin Klein, navy two piece Nautica, and a gray three piece Joseph Abboud. I'd post pictures but they're still being tailored. Maybe when I get them back but  .
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Tim Whatley posted:Gutted the Joycons that came with my Switch and put them in these Atomic Purple shells that are on Amazon so I can be a 90s boy again. It was not easy to do. Hot drat! Are these or these these the same?
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JEEVES420 posted:drat, I remember my first gen Gameboy had triwing screws. After I broke the LCD I wanted to take it apart and had never seen that type of screw before. I got it open with a baseball bat... Nintendo has always been into security through obscurity. Before the internet and being able to order any tool you could imagine, the trick people used was to melt the end of a plastic pen and jam it over the screw to form a makeshift triwing bit.
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Tim Whatley posted:Gutted the Joycons that came with my Switch and put them in these Atomic Purple shells that are on Amazon so I can be a 90s boy again. It was not easy to do. This is slick. Replacing the latches on the joy cons was an ordeal, i can't imaging changing out the whole shell, ugh.
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Cosmic Web posted:Hot drat! Bought mine here https://www.amazon.com/BASSTOP-Repl...=basstop+joycon They all come with colored buttons but I kept the OG buttons. Would've probably gone color if I got the white ones. They also sell variants with a proper D Pad but I'm fine with the buttons. They also also sell the shell for the Switch proper, which believe it or not, is the easiest part of the three pieces to swap out. The Joycons each contain roughly 5 ribbons, with the right Joycon having 2 more due to the infrared and what I think is some sort of antenna. If you break one, it's all over, so just be warned on that. Another tip is do this on a clear piece of white paper or non-carpeted area. Lots of small screws can get lost and you'll be hosed. (I put them in the top compartment of my small electronics tool kit). More importantly, each shoulder button (R and L) have two springs that are like a centimeter long. They're a pain in the rear end to put the shoulder button back on and are springs so they'll shoot out. Make sure you're in an area you'll easily be able to find the springs. Edit: Here's a very helpful tutorial that I just skimmed through. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3TeP1G5lO0 If you're not familiar with small electronics I'd recommend it. He also shows how to replace the shell for the console which again, is quite easy compared to the Joycons. Tim Whatley has a new favorite as of 21:16 on Jun 4, 2018 |
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Coffee And Pie posted:If that was something actually made by Nintendo I would feel a little bad about selling my switch. Yeah I haven’t touched mine in months. I was excited for smash and Dark Souls, now souls is delayed so I got it on PS4. If smash isn’t good and they wait another year to release Super Nintendo games on my 2018 Nintendo console it’s going on eBay.
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Rolo posted:my 2018 Nintendo console it’s going on eBay. There's nothing you like so far?
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Yeah, I was debating picking one up. Why do you not love it?
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Tim Whatley posted:Edit: Here's a very helpful tutorial that I just skimmed through. I tried to watch this, but the guy looks like a nerdy Bas Rutten and I just can't get past his voice not being right.
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Snowmankilla posted:Yeah, I was debating picking one up. Why do you not love it? It’s really popular and awesome hardware. I liked Zelda and Mario a ton. Other than that it’s good for a few indies and expensive ports from years ago. I haven’t liked a game since Celeste. I also don’t like tennis, Pokémon or anime so it sort of ruins a lot of it. I think I’m just growing out of gaming so the limited library (it is) doesn’t help. E: and their online matchmaking with friends is practically nonexistent. They handicap people that like to play games socially because Nintendo. Rolo has a new favorite as of 02:55 on Jun 5, 2018 |
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A  boardgame to take to Gencon and play with goons
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Bottom Liner posted:A Oh man, I'm gonna have to try and join in on this one.
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