Eight months and it's STILL dry leaves and sad apple cores? That's not a compost bin, that's a decorative coffin for your food scraps. Spinning drums are great for turning things, but if nobody's ever cracked that thing open to add greens or a splash of water, it's just a fancy salad spinner with no dressing. My neighbor has one of those glass front tumblers and she treats it like a museum piece, never touches it. Meanwhile my busted old bin with a cracked lid is steaming like a sauna in July. Give me ugly and working any day over something that looks nice but just sits there judging everyone.

That plastic collar on my 24-70 gave out the same way last fall at a marathon finish line. No drop, just a quiet crack while I turned it. Luckily I had a second body loaded and switched fast, but it made me late on a few key shots. I've seen cheap rings fail more than the glass lately. It's just the weak link on older lenses, plain and simple.