Oh wow, six years of cutting coupons by hand is some serious dedication! I heard on a podcast that most people who still clip paper coupons are actually losing money because they miss the digital ones that only show up in the app. My sister used to do the same thing until she found out Kroger loads deals straight to your card and you just scan at checkout. The app even stacks paper coupons with digital ones sometimes, so she still brings a few but lets the phone do the heavy lifting. It's kinda wild how much easier it got for her once she switched.

Bull float by feel" hit me hard because my feel usually tells me to go grab a beer and let the young guys handle it.

Man, that dry ice shuffle sounds like a nightmare and I bet the seafood guy saved your whole weekend. The real gap in most backup plans is that nobody lines up a second spot ahead of time, they just trust the alarm to buy them hours they don't actually have. Did your buddy's locker have room for all 900 pounds, or did you have to leave part of the order behind?