Jumped right into that trap myself a few months ago. I read this tip online about holding fabric up to the light to see how loosely it's woven, and I still ignored it when I grabbed a slippery polyester from the thrift store for a dress pattern that needed stable cotton. That thing ended up so floppy it looked like a nightgown on me until I hacked six inches off the hem and added elastic at the waist. Seems like bedsheets are extra tricky too since they're almost always been washed a hundred times already.

Whoa, wait. The metal pole in full afternoon sun? That part made me wince. I tried something similar a few years back, put a feeder on a bare shepherd's hook in the middle of my backyard and the nectar literally turned cloudy and gross within like 24 hours, it was so bad. Your buddy switching it to under a rhododendron is exactly what I had to do too, stuck mine under a big lilac bush and suddenly the hummingbirds were fighting over it. The heat really does mess with the sugar faster than anything else, I think.

See that's the thing @lucas_grant83, it's just how people consume media now. Everything is background noise while we're scrolling or working. Kids shows are long so they can run on repeat without parents losing their minds, that's not exactly a hot take.

@avery_foster31 yeah the "15 minute job" lie is real. Next time pop the whole air intake tube off first, it's usually just two clamps and saves you fighting that hidden bolt. Also keep a can of PB Blaster on hand instead of WD-40 for rusted stuff, it works way better.

Right but are we even thinking about how modern adhesives handle long term humidity shifts compared to old school thread?