My favorite printer might be out of service.
When I left Pennsylvania for the the Puget Sound area in 2006I left behind a beast of a color HP Laserjet 5, and I kind of regretted it immmediately. In 2013 I purchased an inexpensive and relatively lightweight color laser printer, a Xerox Phaser 6500N.) It's seen many years of varied use, from board game tokens to gift tags to comic shop signs to tabletop roleplay maps to some banal fucking paperwork. It survived being dragged to more than one convention to make wall signs. It didn't complain much about third-party toner and I found its color registration issues endearing.
I really noticed when I didn't have it available for a weeks because it had to be temnporarily moved. I finally got to hook it back up today, and I was really glad because I wanted to print a thing.
It'll print its internal test pages, but the USB connection isn't working and the printer makes a brand new buzzing sound while it's on.
It's the most reliable printer I've ever owned. (The LaserJet had some issues.) I really hope I can figure out what's wrong with it quickly so it can maintain that title!
O VHS, the One True Format, we invoke thee. in the names Trinitron, Magnevox, Panasonic, we bind thee. in the names Hollywood, Blockbuster, Local Mom-And-Pop Shops, we venerate thy memory and thy passing.
we ask your blessing this night as we unearth a rarity of your unnumerable brood and bring it once more into the land of Living Media.
praise the read heads, the tape, the spools, the gears, thine is the freeze frame and the rental period lasting three days.
Be Kindus. Rewindus.
"I am Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto and the noble lady Jessica.
"This is Cringer, my fearless friend.
"Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I synthesized the Water of Life and proclaimed HE WHO CAN DESTROY A THING CONTROLS A THING. Cringer became the mighty BattlePug and I became the Kwisatz Haderach, the Lisan al-Gaib, the most powerful man in the universe."
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So I must once again ask, is there anyone in the Seattle metro area who would like to pay very little money for my very expensive couch? Who is able to provide their own transport for it, of course. Even if that means, like, renting a U-Haul or paying someone to move it for them.
It's a fancy expensive couch and I don't want a lot for it. Heck, I'd be happy to give it away to someone who can't afford it.
Any other nerdles about? (24 square emoji)
I get a lot of 4-guess games, but my super-secret opening guesses have paid off! (Lemme know if you want me to share those.)
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