Man, @finleymiller's bubble idea makes my skin crawl. I once knew a bookstore that just wasn't there the next day.

Read that in a travel blog once.

Twenty minutes on the track before checking the rope... that's rough. I would have been kicking myself for forgetting the basics. Your old foreman knew what he was talking about.

Yeah I always went straight for the heat gun too lol. But @jamesrivera is right, the hairdryer trick is way safer for the foam. I tried it last time and had way fewer close calls.

Man... that empty space must really get to you. I get that sick feeling when you trade a quiet principle for a loud paycheck. Seeing a healthy tree come down for a deck is just a gut punch. That guilt's a rough teacher, but it shows you still care about the work. Maybe next time that feeling kicks in earlier, before the chainsaws do.