Totally get the frustration, those liners are a letdown for anything needing crisp. What @gonzalez.rowan said about reheating is spot on, that's their only real job. I keep one around for warming up biscuits or rolls, stuff you just need hot without turning into a rock. For fries or anything frozen you want crispy, skip the liner completely. The basket by itself lets the hot air move right and actually makes things crunchy. Tossed my other liners out after they ruined a batch of tater tots.

Watched my neighbor go through the same thing last fall. He ordered all his base from a big store for a new parking pad. That stuff turned to mush after a couple hard rains, had huge ruts. He ended up having to order a few more yards from the pit near Penhold to fix it, which held up perfect. Seems like the local material is just packed tighter from the get-go. He said the extra drive for the good gravel was worth every minute.

My backup dive light seemed silly until a silt-out made it my only way to find the anchor line.

Exactly, the quality from flakes is just unbeatable.

Satellite office" is a perfect way to put it, @the_shane. My wifi drops out if I look at my router wrong. Feel your pain.