Smacking it worked for me once too.

lol @rileyb61 you're not wrong. I had an old Cherokee that had this weird vibration at idle that everyone just wrote off as "they all do that." Finally found a cracked engine mount bolt hidden behind a bracket. Now every time I hear something off I'm like "what else is about to fall apart." Makes you trust the machine but also question everything at the same time.

Oh totally, @patriciah51, that food cache trick is genius if you've got the car space and don't mind the extra hike back to fetch it. But honestly, even with a lighter pack, those extra four days better come with a private chef and a spa tent at the lakes, or you're just paying in blisters for views you could've seen from a postcard.

Redgard is overkill for plywood that's not even in a shower pan.

Wait, so you're saying that even after two years the savings are basically invisible? I guess I always assumed those plugs paid for themselves faster, but maybe I was just buying into the hype.