How do you even find the time to soak them with a packed schedule? I get the canned bean argument for busy weeks, but once you make a big batch on your day off and freeze portions, it's a total game changer. You're right about controlling the salt too, my energy is way more steady without all that sodium.

Maybe they thought you were scoping the place out or something. People are jumpy about cameras now, which is kinda fair if you think about it.

Some folks would rather have a place to burn stuff than keep living trees around. It's like choosing a charcoal grill over a shade provider on a hot day. Guess we all have our priorities backwards sometimes.

Passing the keyboard" reminds me of me and my brother trying to play the same song on guitar. One would figure out a riff and then hand it over to learn the next part. It was a mess of wrong notes but way more fun than just sending tabs.