Totally! It's funny how trying the thing you were avoiding sometimes works out best. I almost didn't book that way either, but it ended up being the highlight of the whole trip.

Wow, a real life hack from a mysterious lake person. Next they'll tell us to put bread in a toaster to make it warm.

Not just for boilers, @robertanderson uses pre-heat for welds.

Tricky cable runs? Oh man, I'm the worst at those. Last time I tried, I ended up with more knots than a sailor's rope.

In my experience, canned tuna and crackers were my budget savers back then. Your mileage may vary, but it still reminds me of that first shoebox apartment.