Did you at least save the old o-rings for a laugh later? I mean, six months of that drip-drip-drip driving you crazy, and it turns out it was just a tiny piece of rubber facing the wrong way. That is the kind of thing that makes you want to throw a wrench across the room, but then you have to laugh at yourself. I've done similar stuff with a toilet flapper that I put in backwards three times before my wife pointed it out to me. Sometimes the simplest fix is the one that makes you feel the dumbest, isn't it?

Twenty people watching that lecture? I would have started taking a bow, personally, since he clearly wanted an audience for his little performance. Nothing kills the fun of finding old junk faster than someone acting like you cracked the Rosetta Stone with a bottle cap.

Is it just me or is that really messing with how people feel about these places now, @alicem29? I've definitely noticed that same shift with my local bakery lately, they used to be so excited to chat but now it's all just grab and go... It feels like something genuine is getting lost in the process somewhere.

That "sounded like a lawnmower" bit got me. My buddy Dave used canned air on his Wahl clippers for years and then complained they kept snagging in his hair. I finally convinced him to just take the blade off and brush out the gunk with an old toothbrush, then oil it. He called me a week later surprised his clippers ran smooth again, said he felt dumb for wasting money on those cans.

Can't believe you started with 150 shows and actually whittled it down.