That backup code thing is rough... I had a similar scare when my phone died with the authenticator app on it. Took forever to get back into my old gaming account.

Ah yes, the classic "sounds perfect on paper" trap, where perfect on paper usually means "flawed in real life." I bet that $1,500 bought you a nice dashboard showing nobody logged in, though.

My old roommate and I had a strict schedule for watching our show, every Tuesday at 8. We missed two episodes because his laundry always ran late. Now I just watch when I feel like it, usually with a bag of those weird pickle flavored chips.

Oh man, that's a classic. I swear half the "bad battery" calls I get on those old systems end up being the transformer. Had the exact same thing on an Ademco last month, voltage at the board was way low. The transformer was so old it was just humming warm and not doing its job. Swapped it out and the panel started charging like it should. Those old power supplies really do just give up the ghost after forty years.

Wait, you ran a dredge in Alaska? That's a whole different world of cold...