Tweezers are your best tool with belts. Sony sucks for this though, their stuff is so overly difficult to work on

Relatable. Maybe not the cult part, though I did grow up with only my extended family on one very rural property and in relative isolation from any peers that weren't family. So I had to learn how to socialize later in life. But a therapist called me well adjusted, so I've got that going for me.

Nope. The plates are steel. It had waffle iron plates with old Teflon on them but I don't use those

I've been here a good while and have noticed the same. Back in the old app we many used to use it wasn't uncommon to have a thread of comments scores deep at the conversation went on. Here, not so much.

I mean, have you read Maxine? She's hilarious

It's not too bad and well worth the effort to keep these old devices alive

Unless you're watching via streaming service (or in Hawaii, apparently) then it's Fiend Without A Face

Honestly, I can't abide this. Unless the whole thing is totally wrecked, pretty much any vintage CRT could be brought back with just a few components replaced.