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| Rando:
--- Quote from: scofthe7seas on May 10, 2011, 07:24:49 pm ---I have a hard time stopping on something until it is finished. (unless I get burnt out, 80 hours on a painting last year, and I'm just starting to feel like painting again) I usually work long past being hungry or exhausted, which very often leads to disaster (I've burnt/cut/electrified myself, broken important pieces etc). You'd think I'd learn to take a break or just drop it when I need to eat or sleep, but I just have a hard time doing so. .. --- End quote --- I usually stop after I make a second dumb mistake. When laying floor after midnight I knew I was done when I would a cut on the wrong side of the board or mirrored a cut I should have made the other way. Or when doing anything that mistakenly causes sparks. ::) |
| Vigo:
My 6 reasons why my cabinet sits unfinished. It was playable, but the PC fried. I am also lacking CP artwork (It's just bare MDF), my joysticks are not flush mounted, and there are a ton of other issues on the minor end that I don't see getting resolved anytime soon. * Money - I'm pretty broke these days, and need a new car/house/appliances etc....my money doesn't go to my projects :dunno * Wife and Kid - Wife because she would kill me if I spend more time and money on my project, Kid because I can't work on my project and take care of a kid at the same time. I guess babies and power tools don't mix. * Work - My job makes me work well over the standard 40 hours/ week, and objectively, I am very underpaid for what I do. The company has been bankrupt since 2008, and nobody except the execs and corporate asskissers seem to be getting raises. These things I know because I work in HR/payroll. Any available time at home is spend looking for a job, which seems to be a fool's errand right now. My current plan of attack is to slack at work in hopes they will fire me so I can spend more time job hunting. ;D * Lack of a social life - Sadly, because of work and the kid, I have no social time...Nobody wants to visit casa de la crying bebé these days, why work on an arcade machine that nobody will play? I am at that weird point in my life where half of my friends have kids, the other half are not there yet. So my friends either want to go out drinking, or have.......baby outings.....yeesh... :( * I am always looking for something new to do - Simply put, I like to dabble. I have now successfully built a few machines....but I had a habit of giving them away as presents. My half-baked machine probably will not get it's needed work for a long time, since I am far more interested in doing something new. My Mame machine was never about playing games, it was about building the machine. Now it is a "Been there. Done that" experience. * My house is not cabinet friendly - My cabinet sits lonely and forgotten in the foyer of my house. I had full intentions of building a recreation room in my house, but it is way down there on my project list. Also, I don't have a good workshop or garage with my house. I have a damp basement that I could not get a cabinet in/out of. |
| Donkbaca:
--- Quote ---I am always looking for something new to do - Simply put, I like to dabble. I have now successfully built a few machines....but I had a habit of giving them away as presents. --- End quote --- Well, you know, if you ever decide to give away that SNES machine, keep me in mind. Sounds like you need some balance Vigo. A guys poker night or something. |
| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Vigo on May 11, 2011, 12:43:02 pm ---I am always looking for something new to do - Simply put, I like to dabble. I have now successfully built a few machines....but I had a habit of giving them away as presents. My half-baked machine probably will not get it's needed work for a long time, since I am far more interested in doing something new. My Mame machine was never about playing games, it was about building the machine. Now it is a "Been there. Done that" experience. --- End quote --- Amen, brother. I'm currently planning two new machines, both of which are nothing like the other. This hobby sure is addictive! |
| Vigo:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on May 11, 2011, 12:53:14 pm --- --- Quote ---I am always looking for something new to do - Simply put, I like to dabble. I have now successfully built a few machines....but I had a habit of giving them away as presents. --- End quote --- Well, you know, if you ever decide to give away that SNES machine, keep me in mind. Sounds like you need some balance Vigo. A guys poker night or something. --- End quote --- :lol Will do, Donk....I'm not quite ready to give it up though... And, yes...I really need something to balance out my life right now. My angle of attack is looking for a better job first and foremost. Poker nights would do me some good though. --- Quote from: yotsuya on May 11, 2011, 01:05:53 pm --- --- Quote from: Vigo on May 11, 2011, 12:43:02 pm ---I am always looking for something new to do - Simply put, I like to dabble. I have now successfully built a few machines....but I had a habit of giving them away as presents. My half-baked machine probably will not get it's needed work for a long time, since I am far more interested in doing something new. My Mame machine was never about playing games, it was about building the machine. Now it is a "Been there. Done that" experience. --- End quote --- Amen, brother. I'm currently planning two new machines, both of which are nothing like the other. This hobby sure is addictive! --- End quote --- Yes, thankfully there are enough avenues within in this hobby to really get into something new every time. I am just so impressed because the minute I think I have seen it all, I see something like crazy cool like a DK the size of a beer bottle. :dizzy: |
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