Spent $2,400 on a 'viral' TikTok ad package that got me 12 sales. Was it worth it?

Just counted 47 different fence post caps in my garage and it hit me

I was cleaning up after a job in Tempe and started sorting all the spare parts. When I got to the post caps, I actually stopped to count them. Forty-seven. Not just a few styles, but a whole mess of them - ball tops, flat tops, solar, even a few of those fancy pyramid ones. I've been doing this for twelve years, and I guess I just never threw any away from old jobs or leftover packs. It matters because it shows how much this trade is about the tiny details a homeowner never thinks about. They just see a fence. We're the ones who know that the right cap can stop water rot, or that a solar cap on a gate post is a nice touch. But honestly, having this many is just clutter. How do you guys handle leftover small parts? Do you keep a small stock or just toss them?

I thought my neighbor's drone was an alien probe for a whole year

Every Tuesday night, this bright green light would hover over the field behind my house in Boise. I took notes, told my buddy it was a scout. Then last month, I saw old Mr. Henderson flying his new DJI Mini 3 from his porch. He waved. I felt like a total fool. Anyone else mistake something totally normal for something out of this world?

Had to choose between cedar and pressure-treated for a big backyard job in Omaha last month. Went with cedar, cost me about $800 more but the client is over the moon.