Did you check the glue spread or was the sheet just a dud from the start?

Yeah, @jesse_young27 is right about that tongue test. It's funny how the simplest trick can make you feel like you've been overcomplicating stuff forever. I notice that with a lot of things, not just rocks.

My old boss in Chicago made us do a quarterly "font amnesty" where we had to delete one overused typeface from our system. It was brutal but it worked. I remember finally ditching Myriad Pro and it felt like losing a security blanket.

Wish I knew about that earlier. I ended up with a fold-out chair and a TV box as a table for months.

That point about trees bouncing back is spot on. I've seen elms heal up just fine after spur work. As long as you avoid deep cuts and watch your technique, the damage is minimal. People worry too much without seeing how tough these trees really are.