Did you find the borescope actually let you clock that pump right on the first try after years of guessing by touch? I'm curious if having that visual confirmation cut down on the cussing or if it just made you mad seeing how close you were to lining it up blind all those years lol. Might finally make me pull the trigger on one for those back-of-engine jobs where I'm doing everything by braille.

Wondering if the cardboard is pulling off a tiny burr that the strop is just burnishing down instead of actually removing. Have you gone straight to the cardboard without the strop to see if it still holds up?

Been there. My nephew told my sister her cooking looked like something a cat threw up. Right in front of the guests at Thanksgiving dinner. Just standing there with that deadpan kid face. You can't even get mad, you just have to laugh or you'll cry.

Man it really is everywhere now... I was at a coffee shop back home last week and saw the same thing play out with people wearing those puffy vests and drinking oat milk lattes like it was a uniform. Makes you wonder if we're all just following some invisible script without realizing it. I've noticed the same pattern in regular offices too, everyone buys the same standing desk and wears the same sneakers to be "different." It's like we're all trying to stand out by fitting into these little tribes instead of actually being ourselves. Gets me thinking how much of what we do is just copying what we see without even noticing it.

Penetrating oil and a breaker bar finally got mine loose lol