💯

And the difference between building something physical where you can see the process from a chunk of wood to something useful and/or beautiful, and something on a screen that can't actually be touched or felt is huge!

My dad was a middle school shop teacher for years - he changed a lot of kids lives and then the program was shut down and the equipment sold.

I'm sure you'll have the chance to really impact some kids.

I'm so glad to hear that there are still schools that have wood shops like that! Sounds like a terrific opportunity for you, hoping it works out!

hmmm... I'm well past middle age, but I may have just found my true calling - whiskey bar bookstore.

I saw Mark's reply before Ben's OP and had to immediately click through to find out what the heck inspired this. And then I thought, yeah - that nails it.

Going to Graceland...

It was a treat to just wander through their inventory!

Very, very cool - may have borrow this idea!

Woops... This is day 10.

Wow, you guys have some intense session meetings! We went out for drinks after ours to celebrate one of our REs stepping down after 16 years.

Yes, 💯, absolutely.