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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellefire" data-source="post: 3024210" data-attributes="member: 28129">FlipmatThose look pretty good. Due to fellow gamer recommendations, I think I'll give them a shot (going to order 2 and see how well they work together). I also like to reward people being inventive and entreupenuerial (sp?/is that a word?).Home ideas for making mat - really good ideas - mostly for the states though. I'm glad you posted them, for people who want to try making their own and have access to those supplies/stores. I can't emphasize enough how much we take things for granted. There are things that are laminated here, and that use vinyl, however they are all industrial type, very specific to what they are used for. For a private person to waltz in with a custom idea would have about a 1% chance of success I'd guess. Hard to explain the cultural differences, but there is an entirely different mentality here. Also, some products we take for granted in the states are not sold in Poland (or sometimes Europe). For example, a friend begged me to bring her some 3-holed paper from the states. You can buy a hole punch here and make your own, but they don't sell pre-holed paper here, anywhere. They got Mt. Dew 3 or 4 years ago. They got Reese's like a year ago with WalMart in Berlin (disclaimer - might have been earlier, was the first I found it). And, as far as I know, U.S. Military bases are still the only place in Europe to find Ranch Dressing.And lastly - I am, how do I put this, NOT artistic. Well, I wrote poetry, and stories for Ceramic DM, and act. But in the visual art drawing-painting-trying to make a straight line type sense, I can't draw a straight line with a ruler. All that being said, I am going to order some flipmats, and will report on them, BUT please write about other do-it-yourself ideas you have. They will help other people, and I might just set aside a week and a few hundred dollars trying to make my own with straight lines next time I make it to the states.Thanks again for all the input!Aaron</blockquote>

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