Girl that salmon was gone AND the pan was smoked, I once ruined a whole crockpot with a romantic stew.

Saw a piece last week about how dispatchers track every pothole complaint like it's a treasure map. Turns out that Route 9 bump has been on their radar for months, just waiting for the budget to catch up. Makes you wonder what other invisible stuff keeps the wheels turning.

Mine smelled like pickles for two weeks and I still ate off that counter.

PVA and leather is a bad combo for the same reason you don't put superglue on a wedding dress - it soaks in and never lets go. Had a customer try to fix a tear in their car seat with it once, ended up with a stiff patch that cracked like old bacon.

@kais67 nailed it with the tip follow the seam trick. That whole idea of working with something instead of against it applies to so much, like untangling cables or even getting stuck zippers to budge. Old timers just have a way of seeing the path of least resistance.