That's nuts to me. We paid around $1.2k for our 55" about 10 years ago. 77" also feels way too big for our space, but it would be nice to jump up from 1080 and have more contrast/dynamic range, etc. I recently bought a laptop with a 3k OLED display and it's beautiful. An OLED TV seens like it would be amazing.

Was the hot end pre-assembled or did you assemble it? I suspect you have a mechanical issue, but it might just be e-steps.

Suggestions:

Pull the nozzle off, measure say 110 mm of filament upstream of your extruder motor, make a line or attach a piece of tape, extruder 100mm, and see how close to 100mm you are. No nozzle means you can do this cold so you've eliminated 2 variables: a nozzle clog and temp. More detailed instructions

Once you get that sorted, do a PID tune and run the 100mm extrusion test again with your nozzle attached at say 230. Different number? My money would be on a partial nozzle clog.

Finally, temp tower. Not being able to extrude below 220 seems very weird. How fast are you trying to print?

If M doesn't want to wear a sports bra because that brings back traumatic memories don't force it on her. The way your post reads, it sounds like it was your idea to try it again - not her's. Your wording makes it sound lik she wasn't interested in doing it, but you tried talking her into it anyway. It shouldn't be surprising that it didn't end well.

Is M seeing a therapist? That's probably the best place to start if she's not doing that already. Don't suggest she go because dhe's not wearing a sports bra anymore. Honestly, who cares about that. She needs to go to help work through her trauma. She might never dress provocativly again, but she should at least feel comfortable in her own head.

I feel old, but also haven't bought a TV in ages so I don't really know the market. 55" used to be very large unless you wanted to shell out serious $$

Same here, but last I checked a week ago it didn't have any buds yet :(

What zone are you? IIRC if you're 5 or below they'll overwinter and come back for a few years. Presumably you'll get more buds in year 2+.

Sadly we're zone 6, so any buds that come up are getting chopped. This was a fun one year thing, but the yield doesn't make sense up here - at least while we're packing beds with a bunch of other stuff.

We grow butternut squash. They don't get big like the grocery store, but they have a ton of flavor.

One of my favorites was a butternut squash based pasta sauce with a few minor tweaks like bacon instead of prosciutto. The rosemary, other herbs, garlic, ricotta, parm, and bacon were just so good on pasta 🤤 tons of flavor!

Tom Bombadil is probably the biggest omission - both the character and all tge activities that take place around their house. I remembered that sticking out to me when I watched the films for the first time, but at that point I last read the trilogy at least five years prior.

Ah, sorry. That does sound a bit hot for PLA. I still suggest a temp tower. If you're having bed adhesion issues, have you cleaned your bed with dish soap lately? Be sure to use only paper towel to clean/dry it - not a sponge or towel. If that's impractical, I've found Windex to work better than IPA.

For PETG that's not that hot. On my i3 clone I was usually 70 bed and 230-235 nozzle. I would try a temp tower and do what looks best. Based on what you've said so far, temp does seem like a possible culprit.

This did it, thanks!

No worries! It's something I finally noticed in other people's photos recently and now I'm trying to duplicate it in my own. I don't want to tell you how long I've been dabbling in photography before coming to this realization.

A lot of my camera gear is second hand too. It's a great way to save some serious $$. As an added bonus, some of my "used" gear was very lightly used by their previous owner.