Does my character sheet count if I just use it to name my cats instead?

Gently open that lid and let me save you some heartache with that pressure cooker idea. It's not exactly 20 minutes unless you're doing something like chicken breast or small chunks of meat. A big pot roast or chuck roast still needs like 60 to 90 minutes in a pressure cooker to get tender. And if you're doing beans or something with a lot of liquid, you still need to let it naturally release for 10-15 minutes or you'll get a mushy mess. Slow cookers are more forgiving for the whole "set it and forget it" thing, so maybe just spoon some of the liquid out and use a cornstarch slurry at the end instead of taking the lid off. That's what I do when I'm too tired to babysit dinner.

Pfft, three cents is three cents too many, @troy_adams, details like that show a lack of respect for your money.

Wait, has nobody mentioned how this could've been a safety thing too? I mean, cutting with the finished side up means your hands are way closer to the blade if you're holding the board steady. Flipping it face down puts your hands further from the spinning blade. Also, the blade's rotation actually pulls the board down against the fence when you cut face down, so it's less likely to kick back at you. I've seen dudes get their fingers banged up from not respecting that. Plus, if you're cutting real cheap baseboard that's got a thin veneer, the tearout isn't just cosmetic - it can actually peel the whole laminate layer off and ruin the piece. So really your dad might've been wrong for a decade but at least you figured it out before you did a whole house and had to redo it.

Fair points @kai807 but speed saves lives too when currents shift fast.