Read a story once about a tech finding a whole french fry fossilized inside a game console. How do people not notice these things falling into their gear? An anchovy takes the cake though, was the smell just part of the ambiance for them? Bet that keyboard felt a bit crunchy.

Watching that kind of stuff is a real eye-opener. My old man built a shed with nothing but drywall screws when I was a kid. The whole roof line was wavy within a year, and the door frame racked so bad you had to lift the door to close it. He learned the hard way that shear strength matters. Seeing a pro use the right bolts and hardware just makes everything click.

Honestly used to think the click was all that mattered. Would just yank it and move on. Watched a guy at the track do the pause thing on lug nuts and it clicked for me too. Tbh you can actually feel the difference when you let it settle, like everything seats properly. Changed how I do everything from bike parts to lawnmower blades now.

My old bookbinding teacher swore by linen thread, but I've had so many vintage books come apart at the seams. The linen just gets brittle. I repaired a set of encyclopedias with a strong polyester thread about eight years ago. Those books get pulled off the shelf all the time and the bindings are still tight. It's hard to argue with results.

Tell me about it, @angelamason, that place has saved my butt more than once.