Playing devil's advocate here, that "beginner's luck" stuff is mostly just a nice story we tell ourselves to feel better about losing. Really, your kid probably just got lucky once or twice, not some hidden genius strategy. Board games like Azul have real depth and the best players are consistent winners, not shiny tile collectors who happen to score big. If luck was all that mattered, tournaments wouldn't exist and nobody would study strategies. People love to pretend randomness is a sign of talent, but it's mostly just randomness doing its thing. So yeah, respect the win, but don't let it convince you to throw out your whole game plan for next time.

Stick with steel for big flatwork like that, it lets you put more pressure down early and closes the surface tighter without the mag dragging. Just watch your timing on the first pass because steel can grab and tear if the concrete is still too wet. Once you get the feel for it, you won't go back to magnesium on floors over 5,000 feet.

You threw a chunk of rock right through the hull plate" is pretty wild... what kind of rock was it, like a big sandstone chunk or something harder? I'm guessing your Ellicott's screen deck didn't catch it, or was the cutter set too aggressive for the material? That welding blanket patch sounds sketchy, how long did it hold up before you could get it welded proper?

Used to think reversing was a waste of time but tried it last month and it saved me a ton of downtime. Definitely changed how I handle those clogs now.

@evan_dixon67 actually the filters don't log stuff by default, the library IT person has to turn that on manually.