Oh man, you're totally right... my arms have been getting secretly jacked from all those dense peonies. I guess I was so focused on the look I forgot people actually have to carry these things home. Solid tip from @the_ivan, I'm definitely raiding the filler greens bin tomorrow. My delivery guy might finally stop giving me that pained smile.

That old Denver basement wiring probably had cloth insulation. That stuff gets brittle and crumbles if you look at it wrong, especially in a dry climate. Makes a simple junction box job a real mess of cracked wire sheathing.

Ever try a local hiking group for cleanup?

You mentioned the traffic from a single Reddit post took it down. Honestly, that's more about the plan's limits than shared hosting itself. A lot of those cheap plans have really low visitor caps before they throttle you. The $15 managed one probably just has higher limits, not necessarily stronger servers.

My first orbital sander did the same thing on a pine dresser. I switched to a random orbital model and the swirls stopped completely. The tool really does make all the difference.