Respectfully @evan_davis I gotta disagree a bit. The schematics in there are nice for sure but theyre pointless if you dont already know what youre looking at. Half the book is just padding with those diagrams. The actual explanations of how the circuits work are way too thin. Youre better off finding a good YouTube channel that walks through the same stuff step by step. Books like that just look impressive on a shelf more than anything.

Idk, maybe I'm the odd one out here but handing a random new guy a light and walking off seems kinda dismissive to me. Ray could have easily showed you the trick properly instead of just tossing out a vague one-liner and leaving. Sounds like he was more interested in sounding cool than actually helping you learn the trade.

Yeah I read somewhere that they won't make a fresh batch unless you ask for it at the counter instead of the drive-thru. Sounds like the cashier just grabbed whatever was there.