JohnMcL7

I'd liked Lego when I was younger but could never afford the sets I wanted but the much later on as an adult, my brother reignited a love for Lego when he gave me this little robot minifigure:
 

 
 
He chose this minifigure as it represents me, the little robot that fixes computers.  Since then it's become a bit out of hand and now at a bit of stalemate as I don't like dismantling the sets but no space to build new ones.
 
What surprises me is how many other adults love Lego as I thought it was almost something to hide, at Christmas in the office I decided to take in a few Lego decorations which my boss adored and so the next year wanted more so ended up with a display like this:
 

 
 
My favourite Lego build is probably the Chiron which is just an incredible piece of engineering, I took it into work to show someone who was thinking of buying it but still keep it on my desk as I like it seeing it all the time.  It frequently draws a lot of attention when people come by, I'd never tried a timelapse of a build before so there are issues with it but still gives a good idea of the complexity of the vehicle:
 
 
Although I've not really had anything to do with Ninjago I bought the Ninjago city block as I though the design was fantastic:
 

https://imgur.com/a/91XMF
 
After vowing not to buy any more Lego they released the Stranger Things set which I had to buy as it's so clever:
 

 

 
https://imgur.com/gallery/RlEZElr

I'd liked Lego when I was younger but could never afford the sets I wanted but the much later on as an adult, my brother reignited a love for Lego when he gave me this little robot minifigure:
 

 
 
He chose this minifigure as it represents me, the little robot that fixes computers.  Since then it's become a bit out of hand and now at a bit of stalemate as I don't like dismantling the sets but no space to build new ones.
 
What surprises me is how many other adults love Lego as I thought it was almost something to hide, at Christmas in the office I decided to take in a few Lego decorations which my boss adored and so the next year wanted more so ended up with a display like this:
 

 
 
My favourite Lego build is probably the Chiron which is just an incredible piece of engineering, I took it into work to show someone who was thinking of buying it but still keep it on my desk as I like it seeing it all the time.  It frequently draws a lot of attention when people come by, I'd never tried a timelapse of a build before so there are issues with it but still gives a good idea of the complexity of the vehicle:
 
 
Although I've not really had anything to do with Ninjago I bought the Ninjago city block as I though the design was fantastic:
 

https://imgur.com/a/91XMF
 
After vowing not to buy any more Lego they released the Stranger Things set which I had to buy as it's so clever:
 

 

 
https://imgur.com/gallery/RlEZElr

you really need to find a hobby

No offense, but I don't think a lot of people really care enough to do that.
 
(and I'm pretty sure that most of these guys know exactly what they are doing and are just trying to scam people who don't know much about tech)

I went for a Fractal Design R6 in the end which just fits in the area I wanted, takes an ATX board, has an optical drive bay, has six 3.5in bays and two 2.5in bays.  It also has two USB2, two USB3 and a USB-C port on the front which is handy and having now built the PC I'm very impressed with the case.

I wasn't that fussed originally about the Star Wars films but quickly became engrossed with Star Wars after reading the Thrawn trilogy long before there were any plans for the prequel trilogy and the TIE Fighter PC game which filled in the gaps in the films and as a prequel to the Thrawn trilogy showing his rise to the top position.
 
I think the point about the lack of technology development in Star Wars is a good one and it's something that was handled well outside the films with the old dreadnought-class heavy cruisers in use in the latter days of the old republic (some of which are seen in the rebellion fleets stripped down to lower their crew requirements), the newer Katana-fleet dreadnoughts intended to standardise the old republic fleet (and all of course lost) then the Victory-class Star Destroyers, Interdictor cruisers the mighty Imperator class Star Destroyers eventually matched up to the big Mon Cal Star Cruisers as well as the evolution of the fighters from the TIE Fighters to the Interceptors, Advanced TIE Fighters, the TIE Defenders as well as the gunboats and missile boats.  It also fitted in well with the original films as one of the reasons the rebels could survive and take on the Imperials was the Imperials were fighting a brutal and costly civil war.
 
After that though I lost interest in Star Wars as I thought the prequel films were too awful and dislike the focus on jedi then the new films have just completely killed any interest in Star Wars although I am a little curious if they are bringing the Katana fleet storyline into it as there's a shot in the recent trailer showing a fleet of what looks like derelict Star Destroyers.  I have tried the new Thrawn books but haven't liked them at all, there's no explanation of the new timeline so it's hard to know what has and hasn't happened and I don't like the new Thrawn who is now the good guy and his completely perfect in every way, never making a mistake unlike his original self which while a tactical genius he did make mistakes from time to time which made him more real.
 
For a long time I had no interest in Star Trek as it was fairly randomly shown on TV here and would frequently be swapped for a Gaelic children's program.  When First Contact came out I thought that looked good and after that made an effort to see some of the TNG episodes, around that time Voyager's Scorpion episode was shown which got me into Voyager particularly when the excellent Year of Hell two parter was shown shortly after.  I'd never been able to follow DS9 on TV but when I had a daily 90 minute commute on the train it was a great opportunity to watch all of DS9 back to back which meant I could appreciate what a fantastic show it was.
 
I have tried to watch Discovery but given up on it, I do like the idea of having long continuous storylines especially now with streaming making it easier to watch such series and it allowed DS9 to have better character development and longer, more complex storylines.  However Discovery makes such a mess of all of it which often very basic stories, many of the characters are annoying and shallow with little development and overall it just doesn't feel at all like Star Trek.  It's also strange to make almost exactly all the same mistakes as Enterprise did by hamstringing itself with being a sequel and choosing to be bizarrely inconsistent about respecting some of the Trek lore and other times deliberately ignoring it.  I thought some of the elements were good with a prototype ship being pushed into service with a warmaster of a Captain but none of that potential was realised.  
 
Orville on the other hand has been a real surprise which initially amused me by it's silliness but in time has really shown up Discovery with more serious storylines and real consequences to actions rather than the quick and easy fixes Discovery always seemed to have.

I'd liked Lego when I was younger but could never afford the sets I wanted but the much later on as an adult, my brother reignited a love for Lego when he gave me this little robot minifigure:
 

 
 
He chose this minifigure as it represents me, the little robot that fixes computers.  Since then it's become a bit out of hand and now at a bit of stalemate as I don't like dismantling the sets but no space to build new ones.
 
What surprises me is how many other adults love Lego as I thought it was almost something to hide, at Christmas in the office I decided to take in a few Lego decorations which my boss adored and so the next year wanted more so ended up with a display like this:
 

 
 
My favourite Lego build is probably the Chiron which is just an incredible piece of engineering, I took it into work to show someone who was thinking of buying it but still keep it on my desk as I like it seeing it all the time.  It frequently draws a lot of attention when people come by, I'd never tried a timelapse of a build before so there are issues with it but still gives a good idea of the complexity of the vehicle:
 
 
Although I've not really had anything to do with Ninjago I bought the Ninjago city block as I though the design was fantastic:
 

https://imgur.com/a/91XMF
 
After vowing not to buy any more Lego they released the Stranger Things set which I had to buy as it's so clever:
 

 

 
https://imgur.com/gallery/RlEZElr

I'd liked Lego when I was younger but could never afford the sets I wanted but the much later on as an adult, my brother reignited a love for Lego when he gave me this little robot minifigure:
 

 
 
He chose this minifigure as it represents me, the little robot that fixes computers.  Since then it's become a bit out of hand and now at a bit of stalemate as I don't like dismantling the sets but no space to build new ones.
 
What surprises me is how many other adults love Lego as I thought it was almost something to hide, at Christmas in the office I decided to take in a few Lego decorations which my boss adored and so the next year wanted more so ended up with a display like this:
 

 
 
My favourite Lego build is probably the Chiron which is just an incredible piece of engineering, I took it into work to show someone who was thinking of buying it but still keep it on my desk as I like it seeing it all the time.  It frequently draws a lot of attention when people come by, I'd never tried a timelapse of a build before so there are issues with it but still gives a good idea of the complexity of the vehicle:
 
 
Although I've not really had anything to do with Ninjago I bought the Ninjago city block as I though the design was fantastic:
 

https://imgur.com/a/91XMF
 
After vowing not to buy any more Lego they released the Stranger Things set which I had to buy as it's so clever:
 

 

 
https://imgur.com/gallery/RlEZElr

I'd liked Lego when I was younger but could never afford the sets I wanted but the much later on as an adult, my brother reignited a love for Lego when he gave me this little robot minifigure:
 

 
 
He chose this minifigure as it represents me, the little robot that fixes computers.  Since then it's become a bit out of hand and now at a bit of stalemate as I don't like dismantling the sets but no space to build new ones.
 
What surprises me is how many other adults love Lego as I thought it was almost something to hide, at Christmas in the office I decided to take in a few Lego decorations which my boss adored and so the next year wanted more so ended up with a display like this:
 

 
 
My favourite Lego build is probably the Chiron which is just an incredible piece of engineering, I took it into work to show someone who was thinking of buying it but still keep it on my desk as I like it seeing it all the time.  It frequently draws a lot of attention when people come by, I'd never tried a timelapse of a build before so there are issues with it but still gives a good idea of the complexity of the vehicle:
 
 
Although I've not really had anything to do with Ninjago I bought the Ninjago city block as I though the design was fantastic:
 

https://imgur.com/a/91XMF
 
After vowing not to buy any more Lego they released the Stranger Things set which I had to buy as it's so clever:
 

 

 
https://imgur.com/gallery/RlEZElr

"as needed" would be my answer. It is easy to swap GPU or add ram. If the platform needs replacing, then it will be almost all new as I like to keep the "old" system operationa during the transition period. I could carry over the GPU unless it was also too out of date and needed upgrading.

I'd liked Lego when I was younger but could never afford the sets I wanted but the much later on as an adult, my brother reignited a love for Lego when he gave me this little robot minifigure:
 

 
 
He chose this minifigure as it represents me, the little robot that fixes computers.  Since then it's become a bit out of hand and now at a bit of stalemate as I don't like dismantling the sets but no space to build new ones.
 
What surprises me is how many other adults love Lego as I thought it was almost something to hide, at Christmas in the office I decided to take in a few Lego decorations which my boss adored and so the next year wanted more so ended up with a display like this:
 

 
 
My favourite Lego build is probably the Chiron which is just an incredible piece of engineering, I took it into work to show someone who was thinking of buying it but still keep it on my desk as I like it seeing it all the time.  It frequently draws a lot of attention when people come by, I'd never tried a timelapse of a build before so there are issues with it but still gives a good idea of the complexity of the vehicle:
 
 
Although I've not really had anything to do with Ninjago I bought the Ninjago city block as I though the design was fantastic:
 

https://imgur.com/a/91XMF
 
After vowing not to buy any more Lego they released the Stranger Things set which I had to buy as it's so clever:
 

 

 
https://imgur.com/gallery/RlEZElr

I'd liked Lego when I was younger but could never afford the sets I wanted but the much later on as an adult, my brother reignited a love for Lego when he gave me this little robot minifigure:
 

 
 
He chose this minifigure as it represents me, the little robot that fixes computers.  Since then it's become a bit out of hand and now at a bit of stalemate as I don't like dismantling the sets but no space to build new ones.
 
What surprises me is how many other adults love Lego as I thought it was almost something to hide, at Christmas in the office I decided to take in a few Lego decorations which my boss adored and so the next year wanted more so ended up with a display like this:
 

 
 
My favourite Lego build is probably the Chiron which is just an incredible piece of engineering, I took it into work to show someone who was thinking of buying it but still keep it on my desk as I like it seeing it all the time.  It frequently draws a lot of attention when people come by, I'd never tried a timelapse of a build before so there are issues with it but still gives a good idea of the complexity of the vehicle:
 
 
Although I've not really had anything to do with Ninjago I bought the Ninjago city block as I though the design was fantastic:
 

https://imgur.com/a/91XMF
 
After vowing not to buy any more Lego they released the Stranger Things set which I had to buy as it's so clever:
 

 

 
https://imgur.com/gallery/RlEZElr

A bit different but I made a center piece spinny card holder thing for Killer Bunnies (quest):



I also made a custom B Class RV that's all self contained (The P1 is a set, but the trailer is not):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/S7gqyyvdg3r216Xz8