oh gosh this audiobook counting debate reminds me of when I tried to track my steps with one of those cheap pedometers from the drugstore and it would count every time I sneezed or picked up a glass of water. i ended up with like 15,000 steps and I had literally just been sitting on the couch watching a whole season of some show. so I get what you're saying about half listened audiobooks feeling kind of fake when you look at the number. but honestly I think it still counts as reading because you're still getting the story even if you zoned out for a minute while burning your toast. the way I figure it, if you remember enough to talk about the book later then you read it enough.

My cousin runs a crew on the Atchafalaya and he says when things get that smooth he starts checking the logbooks for the last time someone greased a fitting wrong. He swears the river's got a sense of humor and it's just setting you up for a blowout on a Sunday night.

The $150/hr vs $12 thing is wild but honestly I had a similar thing happen with my landscaping crew. We hired a company to handle the sprinkler system and turns out they subcontracted it to a guy who showed up in a beat up truck from Craigslist. Charged us premium for "eco friendly irrigation" and the guy was just adjusting a timer. Did you keep the Fiverr profile info to compare?

Most people just scroll past anyway.

My basil plant lasted exactly 11 days. I swear it heard me call it low-maintenance and just gave up.