I used to be in the cold butter camp too, but after a few batches of torn dough I started letting it warm up just a little and it made a huge difference.

Man, metal shavings and random debris are the worst kind of gremlins, I swear. @hayes.joel you're dead on about foil being a common culprit, I've pulled a scrap of a gum wrapper out of a relay panel before that was causing all sorts of chaos. It's always the tiny stuff that makes you feel like you're losing your mind.

Thrown out because of a 3 day delay" - honestly, that deadline exists for a reason and every lawyer knows it. If your disability lawyer missed it by three whole days, that's on them for not having their act together, not on the system being unfair. Maybe you need to find a lawyer who actually knows how to file on time so you don't waste another 8 months of your life.

Woah, hold on, 450? That's like... literally the highest setting on most irons. I mean, idk about you but that sounds like you're basically cooking your hair. My sister used to do that and her hair would literally sizzle if she held it too long in one spot. It's wild to me that people think that's normal when your aunt's 68 and has gorgeous silver hair from just cold water and air drying. Maybe it's just me but I feel like we've all been brainwashed by the beauty industry into thinking we need all this heat and product.

Wait so you're telling me those little clicky tools can be off by a quarter percent? That's wild lol I've been using a Park Tool one for years and thought it was the gold standard. I always just eyeballed it with a ruler after anyway cause mine felt loose at different spots on the chain. Honestly makes me wonder how many chains I've tossed too early or too late just trusting that thing.