That "a fan should have it" line is the real magic of those places.

lol yeah @blair626, "run you" is right. I dropped way more than I thought I would on mine too. Felt that sting for sure.

Shane's right about checking twice, but man those tide charts are like reading a foreign language. Sprinting with a full pack while getting slapped by waves sounds like a bad fitness challenge. You basically did an extreme sport by accident. Hope your boots dried out fast.

My buddy's car got a huge scratch in a parking lot last year. He just drove off and fixed it himself. The other driver was a single mom with a beat-up minivan. If he had reported it, her insurance would have gone way up and she might have lost her license. That's not justice, that's just ruining someone's life over a mistake. Keeping quiet and handling it yourself can be the kinder thing to do.

Wait, your old boss in Phoenix was still pushing a 6-inch for a final coat on big ceilings? That's wild. A 6-inch blade on a big, flat surface is just asking for trouble. You'd have to be a robot to not leave lines. The 10-inch lets you spread the mud out so thin and even. It's a totally different game.