$133 vs $267 for the same box in Dayton is a wild gap, so your point about the buyout number makes sense. Here's the sarcastic part though: the board acts like a 36 month paper is a death sentence, but a lot of those month to month deals are quietly priced to punish you for the freedom. Get the 10% buyout in writing and the scary long term turns into a pretty boring math problem. The real joke is how many people sign the short deal without ever asking what the buyout runs. You did the one thing that actually matters here.

A friend lost a big hotel contract because one late delivery in summer heat, so reliability really is everything here.

Used to be team short grass all day because my grandpa swore by it and his yard always looked sharp. Then two summers ago my St. Louis lawn went brown in patches no matter how much I watered, and the extension guy told me tall blades shade the dirt and keep roots cool so they go deeper. Now I cut at 3.5 to 4 inches in July and the lawn handles the heat way better.