Notes never worked for me either.

Why do family always do this at events? I totally get it, my cousin asked me to check his engine noise during my dad's retirement dinner. I was in a dress and heels, not my work clothes. He even had a video ready on his phone to show me. Now I dread holidays because someone always has a "quick question" about their car. It really never ends.

Are you clamping your signatures down before you start sewing them?

Grayy72's gravel trick might work short-term (I get the appeal, really), but clay shifts a lot over seasons. Deep posts anchor below the frost line, which stops heaving better than wide holes. That extra digging sucks, but it prevents leaning fences years later. I've seen too many gravel-set posts wobble after a few hard winters. Sticking to the depth rule is a pain, but it's the right call for clay.

Mortar's just keeping up with our need for instant gratification.