Nice! That old steel is just tougher. I've got an old bench grinder that's on its third set of bearings, but it'll outlive me for sure.

Wait, your shelf swelled overnight? That's wild. @martinez.diana is right about the wood looking confused, it's like it has a mood. I just run a dehumidifier in the shop now, no other choice.

Remember watching a local town hall meeting where two neighbors argued over a "no loud music" sign. One guy said loud music was any sound past 8 PM, the other said it was only if you could hear it from the street. It got me thinking about your question. They were basically fighting over who got to decide what "loud" meant, just like we do with "hate speech." It always seems to come down to who has the power in the room at that moment, right?

Yeah @max489, it totally haunted me too at first. I used to feel guilty about blank pages, but then I just started using that spread for random notes and brain dumps instead of a proper weekly log. Once I filled a corner with a dumb grocery list, the pressure was off and I could actually use it.