Man, this shrink ray thing is everywhere now, snacks, soap, even paper towels got hit. They just quietly drop the count and hope nobody checks the fine print, then act like it's no big deal when you call it out. Half the stuff I buy feels like it's 20 percent less than it was two years ago but somehow costs more.

My first shop cabinet was held together with drywall screws and hope, and I'm pretty sure the shelf bowed just from me looking at it wrong. I went the pocket screw route on the next one like that was gonna fix everything, and nope, still got the sag around year two (my wife calls it my "character" cabinet). Biscuits never even crossed my mind for shop stuff, mostly because I figured glue and screws were good enough for a box that holds paint cans. But hearing a 12 year old cabinet is still dead flat makes me feel like a guy who's been doing it wrong on purpose. Guess I'm digging the biscuit joiner out of the bottom drawer this weekend.