I tethered my kid's Fire tablet to my phone for three months straight when we stayed with my mom last summer. It chewed through data like crazy but got him through his homework and YouTube binges just fine. Most carriers let you add a cheap hotspot plan for like fifteen bucks if your regular data runs low.

nobody writes down the obvious stuff until someone messes it up" - yeah that's the truth, learned that the hard way on a boiler last spring

One bad review doesn’t mean you need to completely overhaull your whole routine.

Those old home videos hit different for everyone. My uncle used to film everything on a camcorder from 1992 to 1997, then just stopped. We watched one where my grandma was making jello salad in her kitchen and my grandpa was trying to fix a toaster. They're both gone now and that toaster is probably in a landfill somewhere. It's like watching ghosts having a good time while you're sitting there knowing how it all ends.

Nah man I gotta disagree a little bit. I've been using poly rods for close to a year now and yeah the first few jobs had some sticky creosote but nothing like what you're describing. I think it depends on the type of chimney you're cleaning. If it's a really old one with years of wet wood burning the stuff is almost like asphalt and nothing really glides through that easy. But on seasonal buildup where it's more flaky than sticky the poly rods actually snap through way nicer than wire for me. What kind of brush head you using? I found the square wire ones catch more gunk than the round plastic ones.