yeah @brooke_murray that filtering thing is interesting but what about the clients who are totally legit and just need a few days? like i have a long term client who pays every 14 days without fail but they wont do net30 or net15. they just send a check every other friday so "due on receipt" would actually mess that up for me. how do you handle those account? do you just make exceptions or stick to the rule? i feel like being too rigid might cost you some good money lol

Ngl, I think you've passed the hobby line and are now running a small botanical garden out of your living room. Honestly, hoarding is when you don't water them and they turn into dead sticks, but 200 varieties just sounds like you're a plant dealer without the price tags. Tbh, your friend is probably just jealous you can name more plants than they can. I mean, unless you've got stacks of dead plants in the corner, you're good. Keep going, you might hit 300 by next year and then what, open a greenhouse?

Wait, 10% failure rate on early terminations? That's wild, I would've guessed way lower than that. Like I knew we all mess up sometimes but a whole tenth of them being bad sounds rough, man.

I stripped a 30 inch wide solid cherry panel three years ago and it bowed so bad I had to cut it in half and rejoint it. @brooke448 I get that Bob Flexner knows his stuff, but stable doesn't mean perfect. Plywood is way more predictable long term for wide pieces because the cross grain layers fight movement. Solid wood can twist, cup, or bow even when it's quarter sawn and acclimated. I'd rather glue up a plywood panel and veneer it than gamble on a solid slab for something like a table top. Maybe Bob was talking about specific conditions or smaller widths idk.

Two regular clients from one trial pass? That's wild. I was just happy to have a decent conversation without someone pitching me their crypto thing.