Hah! I’m safe on that one! I’ve read The Hobbit (in German) and I’ve read LotR (in English)

Do I remember anything? Barely. But I did flocking read them! Plus some of the other works via the means of audiobooks

I’m scared to ask, but who hasn’t read Lord of the Rings? (watching the movies does not count)

Count me in the never read HHGTTG camp, movies and tv series only. It’s been on my to-read list for years but haven’t found the time

I Managed to get a whole hour of painting done yesterday! First time this year. The cold weather needs to feck off so I can go to my shed and not freeze!

The recent movie was terrible. Every version is slightly different. BBC TV, BBC Radio, Vinyl, Book.

Although Douglas Adams wrote five books in the ‘Hitch Hikers Trilogy’, the first two are his best work (Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and Restaurant At The End Of The Universe) and they were covered in the BBC TV series.

If you are saying you should spend more to support your local store – I would wholeheartedly agree.

This and most of the time buying locally (and I use this term loosely to include brick and mortar stores with online shops) isn’t that much more expensive than Temu (if you take the time to look around different shops) plus usually the quality is w…[Read more]

@sundancer I wasn’t offend at all – forget about it!  I actually found it entertaining – see, you do not need bad dad jokes at all!

But back to your point, so you are saying that buying base-materials from Temu is not a bad thing.  So is saving money a bad thing for people in the EU, UK and USA if they buy from Temu? If you are saying you s…[Read more]

No offence meant. Scratch “inhabitants” and set “hobbyists”. 🙂

@sundancer ‘simply because you are one of “four” inhabitants on a small island‘ – that is a low blow.  🙂 There are half a million people on my island, but the hobby scene is small and not popular enough to have large retail outlets with all the hobby supplies one would necessarily want. I get your point though.

Make that two.

I only know the BBC TV series and the newer movie adaption. So technically I never read them. XD

Well if you have to order in/import your hobby supplies either way simply because you are one of “four” inhabitants on a small island then you are what I would call “an edge case”. So as long as you actively avoid buying re-cast (or “illegal goods”) and Temu is the cheapest option for you: you do you.  We all need to make due with the funds we…[Read more]

Never read the HHGTTG? We have a heretic in our midst!

@sundancer I agree with your position on recasting and that you should not buy miniatures from these sites, because you cannot confirm if they are authorized to 3D print models from someone else’s intellectual property (resins are obviously recasts).  Etsy for example is more reliable with authorized printers. Having said that, I do not like to…[Read more]

Thanks @sundancer – I’ve never read that series, although I always carry a white towel in my backpack …

@sundancer TOO RIGHT.