Wait, did you measure the salt ratio by weight or just sprinkle it on? I found out the hard way that eyeballing it with pork is a total gamble because the surface area is so different from beef.

Yeah so a buddy of mine actually went to that show with me and ended up grabbing a G10 knife from one of the smaller makers there. He was planning on buying a titanium framelock but got talked into trying the G10 by the guy at the booth. He still uses it as his daily carry a year later and he's a mechanic so it gets beat up pretty good. Said the texture actually gives him more grip when his hands are greasy than the smooth metal scales ever did.

Oh man, I don't know, 3% over 5 years really isn't that wild when you think about it. Most people's wifi routers drop connection way more than that without anyone losing sleep. I'd bet a lot of those failures are just dead batteries that get swapped out anyway, not the sensors actually breaking.

You ever notice how that whole "trust but verify" thing applies to way more than just grills? @jesse_west hit the nail on the head with that magnet trick failing, and it got me thinking. It's like buying anything used, whether it's a car with fresh paint hiding bondo or a house with a quick coat of paint over water stains. People get real creative with covering up problems just long enough to make a sale, and you really gotta poke around and check underneath. That screwdriver method is solid advice for all sorts of stuff, not just fireboxes. I've seen so many people get burned by trusting a clean surface when the real damage is lurking just below.

Oh man, this hits hard! A friend of mine found her mom's old recipe box after she passed and she was sobbing because there was this one card for "Sunday Meatloaf" with a handwritten note in the margins saying "John's favorite." She never made it, not once, because she thought it looked boring and she had all these fancy Pinterest recipes saved. She told me she felt like she let her mom down somehow, like she was saving it for some perfect Sunday that never came. She finally made it last month for her dad's birthday and said it was the most comforting thing she'd ever eaten, but also kind of sad because she'd wasted all those years... So I guess guilt comes with those forgotten recipe cards for sure.