My buddy took a pottery class and now runs a studio.

Seventy bucks for a new electric hand mixer or fifteen minutes of forearm burn with a wooden spoon. I see this same trade off everywhere now, people reaching for a tool before asking if they actually need it. Half the stuff we buy is solving problems we never really had until someone told us they were problems.

Honestly, this whole wax thing sounds more like a hobby than a necessity. Is a little rust on an anvil face really gonna kill your work that fast?

Ngl I used to be all for keeping old units running as long as possible, thought it was cheaper and cooler to have history still working. But reading your day makes me rethink that completely. Having to rig a bypass on a brake switch on a 60 year old machine just to get people moving sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen. Sometimes sticking with old tech just means you're patching up one failure after another until something big breaks.

Nah I actually gotta disagree with you on this one. His departure was a pretty big deal when it happened and most fans knew he was leaving. The show really struggled after he left and it's pretty clear Michael was the heart of the series. I actually think the whole point of his exit was to wrap up his character's story in a meaningful way rather than dragging it out. The last two seasons feel like a completely different show honestly. If anything it made me appreciate season 7 more knowing it was his last run.