So that guy in Tulsa basically saved you from a slow motion disaster, huh? Two months is nothing, give it a year and your whole house would've been doing the wave every time you walked past. Penny nails and shoe molding go together about as well as a screen door on a submarine. I switched over to 15 gauge finish nails a while back and haven't looked back, they hold way better and don't give up the ghost after one humid summer. Guess the cheap route just means you get to do the job twice, and the second time with more swearing.

My short self would finally feel tall there, lucky you.

A CITY on the 8 wheat hex and longest road? That is the worst possible time for a cat to go full Godzilla on your table. And it was a gift from your brother, that part really stings. Honestly once cardboard gets wet and dries cupped like that, it never sits right again, the tiles lift and the roads slide around all game. The soda smell is gonna stick too, that stuff soaks into the wood pieces. I'd say rebuy, but maybe keep the old set for spare parts.