Yeah, it's like @benclark's mechanic, that shift changes the whole feel of the work.

That leak cost my neighbor over three hundred bucks to fix.

Wait, you only saw three groups in eight days? That's insane. Honestly sounds like a dream.

New diet of polymer goo" is right. I had the same junk turn to tar in a Canon AE-1. Left it in my car on a warm day, not even that hot, and the stuff just flowed out like black syrup. Total mess to clean up. Went back to the old foam right then.

Monument to single-use purchases? That's just being prepared. I bought a pipe threader eight years ago and it saved my butt last winter when a fitting blew. A library tool would have been rusted shut or missing parts. Owning it means it's there when you need it, not when their hours say you can have it.