Totally get what you're saying. I had the same moment with salt, honestly. Bought the fancy sea salt flakes for way too much money, used it in a stew, and realized it made zero difference once everything cooked down. You're right, it's only on the simple stuff where you can actually taste it. Feels good to know I'm not just imagining things.

Log books and crimpers, man. Elliot_allen65 sounds like he's running a Fortune 500 company out of his garage. I get the idea, but for a weekend side job that paid for the wrenches in two days, is all that paperwork really needed? Feels like overkill when you could just remember you made your money back and be done with it. Do you actually go back and look at those logs, or is it just busy work?