You ever seen a guy snap a derailleur hanger clean off just by snugging it up with a multi-tool? My buddy did that on a gravel ride, thought he was being careful. He had one of those cheap clickers that he never got calibrated, so it was clicking way too late. The bolt gave out before the wrench did. Now he just uses the beam style like yours, slower but you can feel exactly when it's tight. I'd take a dumb needle gauge over a lying clicker any day.

The bell jar thing works because it traps the water the roses are already losing. I tried it last summer with old pickle jars and it kept my stock alive an extra two days. That's better than any fancy gadget I've seen.

Stop chasing and the game changes. Same thing happened to me after I got burned out and stopped cold emailing. That desperation smell is real, clients can sense it through the screen. When I finally just updated my site and went quiet, two old contacts hit me up out of nowhere. Money likes calm energy, I swear. The silence you got is the best part, it means you finally look established instead of hungry.