Holy crap, he actually managed to short something out AND still keep going? That's insane. I would've been freaking out if I saw sparks or smoke coming off my fridge. Must've been a real pain drying everything out though, all those little nooks and crannies in the control board are impossible to get completely dry without taking it apart.

Oh trust me @willow_garcia, I've been that guy who sprayed cooking oil on his chain because I was out of lube and hungry at the same time. Learned that lesson the hard way when my pants got all greasy and I attracted every stray dog in a three mile radius. But also found out the hard way that a dusty chain just wears down your cassette faster, not that I need an excuse to upgrade parts every season anyway.

Honestly @jana_ellis95 gets it. I've been that cyclist dodging car doors and I've been that driver cussing at a bike, so I guess I'm just evenly bad at both.

Did you actually try using titanium brushes on creosote yourself or just going off what you heard?

Brought this up with my buddy Dave last week. He was laid up for three months after falling off a ladder and kept talking about "getting his SSI check" coming. I had to sit him down and explain for the tenth time that's not what he was getting, it was SDI from all those years of California payroll deductions. He got real quiet and finally admitted he had no idea there was even a difference. Then he asked me if he could still get SSI too, and I had to break it to him that his savings from flipping houses disqualified him right away.