I learned that lesson the hard way too. My only backup for years was saving things to a second folder on the same computer. Now I’ve got a drawer full of old drives and a cloud account, but all my best photos from a trip are still gone except for the blurry ones I texted to people.

At your friend's wedding, that question about hammers and anvils was probably just harmless chat! I get feeling nostalgic, but come on, is it really that big a deal if people don't know every job? Most trades have evolved, and movies always exaggerate things anyway. If someone asks, you can just explain it and move on. These small changes aren't worth getting too worked up over!

How is your city council taking the push for slower growing natives? Mine just approved a bunch of those fast-growing eucalyptus trees for a new park, which feels like a huge miss. In my experience, those quick-fix trees drop leaves that smother anything trying to grow under them, and the roots can wreck sidewalks. My own black thumb killed a "unkillable" cactus from over-care, so maybe I'm just cursed. But watching a native oak slowly fill out and actually see birds using it feels way better than a silent, fast-growing wall of green. The wait is worth it.