Wait, 200 degrees? That's actually still pretty hot, I thought most people said 195-205 was the sweet spot. I just got a thermometer last week and my tap water is 185 at the hottest, so now I'm worried my coffee is way under-extracted or something. Maybe I need to start boiling it and letting it cool down a little so it hits that 200 mark.

My buddy down at the shop tried making a belt pouch last month and used 8 ounce leather for the fold-over flap. Wouldn't budge at all. He ended up soaking it in warm water and leaving it clamped for two days just to get a crease in there. Thinner leather would have saved him that whole fight. I think he regrets not testing a scrap piece first like you did.

Wrote her tapping her nails on the counter, realized she was impatient not angry.

ISO 68 is standard but 32-weight buys you time in cold climates.

The "replies within an hour instead of three days" part really jumped out at me. There's a trick nobody talks about where you can keep the meaning without the weak word. Instead of "I think we should do X" just say "we should do X" and let your logic stand on its own. It forces you to actually commit to your ideas instead of hiding behind a hedge. Also noticed that when I stopped saying "sorry to bother you" in messages people started treating me like a colleague instead of a favor asker.