Takes a big person to admit a customer was right about their own craft.

Engine seized mid-service" - that "rebuilt" generator got you good. I'd look for a contractor-grade Honda or Yamaha inverter setup on Facebook Marketplace, just make sure you hear it run cold before you hand over cash.

Ah yes, nothing says "we definitely went to the moon" like losing the original footage and hoping nobody would notice. Real smooth move, NASA. And the whole "the flag was waving in a vacuum" thing always gets me, like did nobody on the production team take a basic physics class before filming this thing? Also love how the live broadcast worked perfectly with zero delay but my Zoom call this morning sounded like I was underwater. Maybe it's just me but the "we had 1960s technology that could do things we can't even do today" argument feels like a convenient excuse everyone just kind of accepts without thinking.

Man I read somewhere that a lot of people make that same mistake with these. Sucks when you think you got the right one and it's not.

...and honestly the gimmicky stuff is sometimes the BEST find there. I picked up a slap chop looking thing that turned out to be a PERFECT avocado masher for like a dollar. Never would have paid full price but it works way better than a fork ever did.