That's a perfect example of how looks can fool you! So many things in life seem solid until you give them a real test. Like when you buy a used car and the paint is shiny but the engine is shot. We get tricked by surfaces all the time. Your awl method is like a reality check for stuff that hides its flaws. It makes me want to probe deeper in other areas too, not just wood!

Nearly reversed the wires on my home server once, same panic when the LEDs didn't light.

Real notebooks have coffee stains, not filters.

Last Thursday I promised my cousin a beach walk at 3 PM sharp, then got stuck on a client call until 4:30. My bad. She found me still in my pajamas, a total zombie staring at my laptop. Now I just block time in my calendar as "family jail" so I can't book over it. It's silly, but my calendar is the boss of me.