My crew still ribs me about the time I almost replaced a whole water heater for a ten-cent washer.

Oh man, that's the worst feeling. I've learned the hard way that if you see a crack, it's never just the grain (your gut is always right). My rule now is to stop everything and stick the piece in the finishing room for at least a few days, sometimes a full week, to let it do whatever it's gonna do. That waiting period is brutal when you're on a deadline, but fixing it later is way worse.

Ugh, those passes always seem designed for a tourist who doesn't exist, right?