80 tiles in 10 minutes does sound wild but I was the same way until I borrowed a buddy's snap cutter for a backsplash and never looked back. I used to think they were just for pros or something but now I grab it for every basic tile job.

Wait, do you really notice that much wobble on the long drops? I always thought a little flex was better than snapping clean off.

Heard almost the exact same thing from an engineer at a bar in Austin a few years back. Drew out the free fall speed of the towers on a coaster napkin and showed me how the math doesn't add up for a controlled demolition. Said steel frames hitting debris can't accelerate like that without extra help. Still sits with me when I see footage.

Stuck with the hand method for years until my back started giving me grief on long runs. Mortar gun saved my sanity on a big wall project out in Stow, got the job done quick and my joints held up fine over the winter.

Right there with you, I was gluing my endpapers on upside down for five years.