How bad was the damage? That's a real wake up call. I keep a couple big fire extinguishers right by the door now. One for regular fires and one for grease or electrical. Had a small flare up last year that scared me straight. Makes you actually think through the steps instead of just panicking.

Yeah, it's funny how shows can just click with your real life mood like that. I've noticed it happens a lot with weather, like everyone watches disaster movies during a storm.

Copying van drivers can backfire. They sometimes park in spots meant for commercial vehicles only. I've seen cars get tickets after tailing a van into a restricted area. Why take the chance when you can find a legal space yourself?

Oh man, that reminds me of a buddy who found this old oscilloscope at a surplus place for like twenty bucks. It was covered in grime and looked totally dead. He spent a whole weekend just cleaning it and checking connections, convinced he could get it going. The look on his face when the trace actually lit up on the screen was priceless lol. He uses it all the time now for his little projects. Those stores are total treasure hunts sometimes.

Totally agree, finding old design work is so cool. I dug up my dad's college projects with hand-painted album covers once. The brush strokes and color choices look exactly like modern vinyl revival art, lmao. It's awesome to hold the original pieces and see where ideas began.