Notice how the best fixes are almost always the simplest ones that just kinda sit there doing their job quietly. Zip ties are like the duct tape of the mechanical world, I swear. You can use them for anything from holding a bumper on to organizing cables to apparently saving your sanity on a Powerstroke. It's like once you realize most of these stupid modern clips and fasteners are designed by someone who never actually had to work on the thing, you start looking for the cheap plastic hack that beats their "engineered" solution every time.

Margin rates are cheap but TWS makes Schwab look like a children's coloring book.

That graphite trick saved my lock too, worked perfectly for months now.

Wait until you notice the same pattern playing out everywhere. People ignore every warning until they get burned, then act surprised. The city puts out freeze alerts, my friend ignores his check engine light for months, neighbors keep parking on the street during snow routes. Nobody learns from other people's mistakes, only their own. You'd think after a few close calls we'd all start paying attention, but nope, human nature is stubborn as hell.

Popped a weld on my first brake drum forge back in '08. Was out in the shed around midnight, tired, running some 6013 rod way too cold. Got a nice little fire going, threw in a railroad spike, and then a loud ping sound. Crack ran right along the weld seam and the whole thing just kind of sighed and settled crooked. I just sat there staring at it for a good five minutes. Ended up taking the whole mess to a guy who had a stick welder that could actually push enough amps. He welded it up hot and it held for years after. Pretty sure I was just using a crappy little Harbor Freight buzz box that couldn't even burn a rod right.