Did any of you guys end up with a pile of unused gear though? I bought a tripod and a ring light and they've been sitting in my closet for two years now.

Is it bad that I believed that penguin story for a solid week?

Worth over a grand" usually means they saw a wild eBay listing, not what it actually sold for.

I get what you're saying about the nod of acknowledgment, but is it really that deep? It's just a nod - people do that at bus stops and coffee shops too.

Holy crap, steel window frames from the 1920s still grounded to something? That's wild. I wouldn't have even thought to check for that kind of floating ground.