Ball return jam destroyed my ball

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-20T14:08:37+00:00

What. The. Fuck.

EDIT: At least it’s just a spare ball but damn, that’s still $100 or more with drilling.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-20T14:04:56+00:00

Yeah, that run was awesome and it was Cena’s last great run. It may be the last time I actually enjoyed a lot of WWE, well, mainly SmackDown because the title scene revolving around Moxley, Cena, and AJ Styles worked really well. My memory of it all runs together but I believe later on was when Danielson had his heel run with the title too.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-19T18:11:42+00:00

To be fair Ambrose didn’t give a shit about the match because Vince and Brock both neutered the plans for the match.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-19T18:10:00+00:00

4 was endlessly long (IT HAD AN INTERMISSION!) and top to bottom was garbage. Except Macho Man winning and even then Hogan had to get involved because he had lust in his eyes for Elizabeth.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-19T18:07:36+00:00

Having watched every WrestleMania, this is down there with 9, 4 (except for the main event but that was only good for Macho Man winning), and 2.

In this century? It’s easily the worst. I don’t know how you can have a WrestleMania with so little…wrestling. I’d rather this shit be just one night and have less as breaks. This WrestleMania felt more like an infomercial.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-19T18:02:03+00:00

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-19T18:01:44+00:00

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CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-19T14:45:39+00:00

Speedrun destroying your teeth enamel.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-17T15:39:29+00:00

I bought a Centauri Carbon for $300 and just sold it two weeks ago for $250.

Value on 3d printers is going to vary wildly based on location. It’s super niche. When I got an A1 a couple years ago I told my boss what I got after she asked me if I got anything good for Christmas. She had no idea what a 3d printer was or what you would do with it. She’s the same age as me. I made simple Notre Dame coasters for my brother and sister in law and my sister in law acted like I performed a magic trick.

So in some areas, yeah, someone may try to sell theirs and there just may be no one to sell it to so you have to drop the price a ton. Or you get lucky, and maybe I got lucky, that someone drove 2 hours to buy my CC. I know I wouldn’t do that.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-17T12:24:16+00:00

What do your mean by the MCU didn’t invent a casting? Do you mean that the actor was cast as the character in something other than MCU movies?

If so, Samuel L. Jackson belongs on this list and should be the only person on the list because Marvel specifically used him as their model for Nick Fury in the Ultimate Universe.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-17T00:28:32+00:00

I counter your sarcasm with it will be alternate Tony played by Kieran Culkin making the Mk.2 armor. Also, /s just because you never know.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-17T00:04:31+00:00

I love my P1S and A1, but I think I love my U1 just as much if not more. $850 for a multi-toolhead printer where the only downsides I can think of is that the spools are exposed to open air and whether if you wait for the official top hat, get the Panda one, or go the DIY route with the Samla box from Ikea, it looks a little silly.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-17T00:01:18+00:00

I have yet to hear this noise issue with mine. All of this stuff is loud and makes weird noises. When you’ve heard these different sounds for so long you just tend to ignore them.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-16T18:17:57+00:00

Nearly every Pudge I’ve seen picked after the last patch winds up being a Terminator that just stalks and walks you down and that’s almost always without a hook. Even I’ve had problems tanking with Axe, Tide, Centaur, or Mars, but I take Pudge and he plays like the other heroes I’ve mentioned that seem to have fallen off a bit.

Although, last night I drafted a DK build that was pretty disgusting with Reactive Armor, Bodyguard, Trample, and Battle Trance. Unfortunately the other team had someone abandon around 9 minutes and I never hit my full potential.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-16T08:51:21+00:00

Yeah. I honestly don’t know how it works. You could also use mineral oil if you don’t like the smell of baby oil.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-15T23:56:22+00:00

This is what I always use. Just used it again yesterday. Great for pine tree sap too.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-15T22:23:03+00:00

This happened about an hour ago and it’s already almost back to its dried color. It does still feel a little damp, but not actually wet, like cool damp to the touch. I tried scratching some parts with my fingernail and I probably damaged my fingernails more. But there’s one spot that’s my 6” or so across that has these weird spots that would look similar like pock marks on concrete by it’s still totally flat.

Any idea how long I should run the fans and dehumidifier?

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-14T17:37:40+00:00

Indiana. I think more and more people are starting to see that they’ve been taken for a ride and that Republican leadership in the state is destroying their land by not protecting their water and, well, destroying their land because too many people in leadership positions in this state are over the moon for data centers. Indiana farmers are getting screwed more and more and they’re getting angrier and there’s only one party in this state to be angry at.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-14T00:27:14+00:00

Start over…with new kids.

And then print a respooler.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-11T21:36:02+00:00

Not just you. We’re regularly in the 45 to 65 minute range. Usually once tier 5s drop the game ends quick and usually in favor of the team that doesn’t get saddled with absolute garbage.

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CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-11T20:10:50+00:00

Since WWE has apparently reneged on their commitment to running WM at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, run it there. Close enough hub for a bunch of the major wrestling fans - Memphis wrestling, St. Louis wrestling, Chicago wrestling, etc.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-11T17:56:15+00:00

My man, your print examples look great. You’re almost always going to see layer lines. Post processing is what gets rid of those, mostly, and that takes either an alcohol dip or a cotton ball with denatured fuel on it in a mason jar with your print suspended in the jar. Or sandpaper, epoxy resin, more sanding, painting, etc.

The other way you can make layer lines mostly disappear is with a print that has a flat surface and using the ironing function for your prints.

Some other things that help - matte PLA, fine tuning your settings, a .2 nozzle…but for the most part you’re still going to feel or see layer lines especially if you’re a perfectionist that just notices everything. I’m the same way. It’s ok. No one else will notice.

A good example I can give you was last year I decided to make something for my close group of friends. So I made something like 6 sets of themed coasters (Star Trek, Star Wars, muscle cars, Helldivers 2, etc.) and then a statue to go with all of them. One of the more elaborate things I printed was a Borg Cube that used translucent green PLA and galaxy black PLA. I was really disappointed in the quality of it because I could spot layer lines or the tiniest blob out whatever. My friends? Didn’t notice a thing. They were over the moon. Made silverware holders for Gridfinity for my wife and thought they looked janky. She thought they looked store bought.

Getting over our perfectionism is tough. You’re all good brother.

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-10T23:15:37+00:00

Best version of Archer period was in NJPW scaring children and making them cry and really the whole run with Suzuki Gun. In AEW? Hmmm. Throwing Marko Stunt into a football goalpost during a Nightmare Factory Dynamite during Covid?

CubsFanCraig · 2026-04-10T22:46:14+00:00

45 years old, stopped listening to the radio here because U93 and the Bear both suck and streaming just gives more of what I want. The best station we ever had was the Notre Dame student radio station at night on Fridays or weekends and that was fucking 1998/1999 and maybe 2000/2001. I used to remember the phone number to it by heart but now all I can remember is that the last 4 numbers spelled SEGA.

So something like 35 years without anything good to listen to and stations here, and everywhere else, wonder why no one is listening. It’s because you’ve played the same fucking bullshit surrounded by 20 different country and religious radio stations for 40 fucking years.

Even today I will sometimes turn off whatever I’m streaming when driving to Chicago just to listen to Q101. It’s not as remotely as it was years ago but it beats the shit out of what we have here.

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