Foam pads on plywood can still leave swirls if you're not using a vac, Miles.

Why did he make you redo them if drywall was going to cover it anyway?

What finally sold me was trying those reusable silicone bags for wet stuff like marinating chicken, and now I'm hooked. Did you switch to containers or whole different system?

Man, that's a rough one. 40 hours of watching a machine throw a tantrum and you getting nothing but a headache and a lighter wallet. At least now you know the cost of "maybe it'll work if I just tweak this one thing" ten times in a row.

Honestly, that RAID 5 fail story is brutal, I felt that one in my gut. Triple checking labels is a lesson I had to learn the hard way too after a similar screw up.