You can get bins strong enough for oversized people to sit on, we had them. They’re expensive though. Those bins in the comic are pretty big if you look at how high two of them stack and how long they are as compared to people’s legs, so they could be industrial versions.
Ruth is significantly less than half of that. 😛
Abdiel
You lucky, lucky bastard. All the ones I could ever find for sane amounts of money would maybe stand a couple other bins on them, if they were full so the lid couldn’t flex at all. At that, they had to be not full of insanely heavy shiat like books. Bah. Development in technology is a good thing, but from time to time it creates a, “Dammit, why couldn’t I have that stuff back in the day?? “/ ” reaction.
I just never found any that weren’t either too lightweight to handle heavy stacking, or too heavy material-wise – they added a lot to the overall weight. Apparently, I stopped looking way too soon. I think the problem may not be so much that I’m cheap as I’m easily discouraged. Shoulda kept looking it seems. So umm – you… not so easily discouraged bastard!
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8 thoughts on “Compromise?”
Zero
I’ve become very endeared to Ruth’s perch on the bins at every con she works.
EcchiKitty
Part of me wants to know where they get such durable bins. A different part acknowledges that Ruth is a heck of a lot lighter than I am.
KORfan
You can get bins strong enough for oversized people to sit on, we had them. They’re expensive though. Those bins in the comic are pretty big if you look at how high two of them stack and how long they are as compared to people’s legs, so they could be industrial versions.
Trae Dorn
I have bins that can support my weight.
I weigh 300lbs.
Ruth is significantly less than half of that. 😛
Abdiel
You lucky, lucky bastard. All the ones I could ever find for sane amounts of money would maybe stand a couple other bins on them, if they were full so the lid couldn’t flex at all. At that, they had to be not full of insanely heavy shiat like books. Bah. Development in technology is a good thing, but from time to time it creates a, “Dammit, why couldn’t I have that stuff back in the day?? “/ ” reaction.
Trae Dorn
I’ve had some of these bins for decades…
Are you sure you’re not just cheap? 😛
mitamaking
Man I hope this is not all foreshadowing.
Abdiel
I just never found any that weren’t either too lightweight to handle heavy stacking, or too heavy material-wise – they added a lot to the overall weight. Apparently, I stopped looking way too soon. I think the problem may not be so much that I’m cheap as I’m easily discouraged. Shoulda kept looking it seems. So umm – you… not so easily discouraged bastard!
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