My kitchen redo last spring had me doing the same thing. I found that berries and grapes keep SO much fresher in the fridge. No more fruit flies or quick rotting on the counter. Bananas still ripen fine if I leave them out a day, then fridge them. The counter space is now FREE for my coffee maker. Once you switch, you really won't miss the bowl.

Man, I wish I was that smart. My version of that is usually just staring at the broken part while muttering swear words, then trying to glue it back together with the wrong kind of epoxy. By the time I remember to take a picture, it's covered in my fingerprints and dust and looks like I ran it over with my car. Solid move with the timestamp, that's genius level stuff right there.

At the local community college, their auto program shut down last year due to low interest. It's SCARY how fast these skills are disappearing. We're setting ourselves up for a real mess if the power goes out.

Actually, cut the guy some slack. He was just excited to use his new oven and picked the wrong wood. First time builders always miss a step or two. The smoke thing is a temporary mess, not a real problem.

Switched to online PDFs myself and saved both my knuckles and my sanity.