How many months do you let something ride before you stop checking your inbox for it? I've got a similar rule where anything past 6 months I just mark as dead and move on, but I'm always wondering if that's cutting it too early.

My teeth must be way worse than I thought.

So basically some old dude at a chamber in Galveston saved you four minutes of bottom time by telling you your hose looked like spaghetti? Tbh I had almost the exact same thing happen to me years back, except nobody pulled me aside nice about it, they just yelled at me over the comms. Your figure eight deal off the surface works, but the real trick is not letting it spool up when you turn, because that's where the drag adds up fast. Old timers love handing out advice like it's gospel, and half the time it's just stuff their old boss told them. But Ngl, when it comes to hose staging, those guys have usually earned the right to run their mouth.