Mr. Wiggles: Graph paper!! I don't know who half the people in the picture are, but excellent Link and upper two-thirds of Dexter.
Pirate: You made that? Awesome! And welcome back.
donotcare: Wood costs money. The stool I made was free unless you count the time and agony I wasted and went through to make it right.
About scanners: my mom's got a scanner... she never needs it though, I wish she'd get a new printer and let me have hers. I don't have any problems with it (unless the automatic function scans it only in black and white and nothing in between, creating an MS-paint-looking rendition of whatever's been scanned. Manual > auto.