The walk-in poolish thing got me too, mostly because I spent two years babysitting jars on the counter like they were pets. My starter schedule was basically a shrine to room temp and you're telling me a cold shelf did better work than me. The weird one for me was scoring right after the fridge instead of letting loaves warm up, way better oven spring, and I still don't get why it works.

Six months?! I'd have quit crane work entirely.

Same here, a random chat about warehouse jobs got me my first forklift cert.