Can we talk about the 4 hours I wasted trying to unclog a cutter head with a bent wrench?

After fighting a sand clog on the lower Mississippi for 2 days I finally walked over to the shop and found the 6 foot pry bar that solved it in 3 minutes... has anyone else spent way too long on the wrong tool before?

Last week I nearly threw out my favorite putty knife before a painter buddy stopped me

I was scraping old caulk off a window frame and my putty knife just wouldn't grab right anymore. The edge felt dull and rounded after 5 years of abuse. My friend walked by and said just hit it with a file for 30 seconds, so I tried it on a whim. Now it cuts through old silicone like butter again. Has anyone else saved old tools with a quick sharpening instead of replacing them?

Finally figured out why my space bar always rattled after 6 months of builds

I was lubing the stabilizer wires but completely forgetting to put dielectric grease on the plastic housing contact points, and a guy at the Austin meetup last Saturday pointed it out when he heard my board clacking.

I never check for bugs before fixing appliances. A family of ants fixed a circuit board for me once.