Honestly, my friend had a video scan show all clear on his chimney last winter. A veteran sweep just tapped the bricks and heard a weak spot the camera missed. Tbh, that kind of listening still matters when tech can't tell the whole story.

Totally get where @coleman.laura is coming from. I had a beat-up Avengers #57 I found for five bucks. Could have sold it to fund a bunch of modern books, but that hunt and the story of finding it? That's the good part. Selling it would just feel like trading that memory for a stack of nothing special.

Come on, is writing really that scary? Ryan makes it sound like defusing a bomb. You're just putting words on a screen, it's not that serious.

Reminds me of hitting a perfect set shot back in high school ball. Everything from the footing to the release just felt automatic for once. That kind of clean execution sticks with you.