Jump right into convincing them by showing them what happens when you leave it on. I've got a friend who used to trim his brisket down to bare meat, and after 10 hours the flat looked like shoe leather. I finally made him do a side by side with one fat cap on and one trimmed. The trimmed one dried out way faster and had a tough bark. Now he leaves at least a quarter inch on there and his briskets come out way more tender. Just tell people to trim the hard fat but leave that soft cap alone, it's the difference between a dry flat and one that pulls apart.

Read an article the other day about how our brains basically rewrite memories on the fly when we get new info (like turning a coworker from "grumpy" to "going through a tough divorce" in hindsight). @oliviabutler nailed it with that coworker example, it's wild how a tiny detail can flip the whole story we told ourselves about someone. Makes you wonder how many other things we've got totally backwards just because we're missing one piece of the puzzle.

Man, that's rough... I've seen caps blow before but not while someone was soldering. Scary stuff. Hope Mike didn't get hit with any shrapnel or burn his fingers too bad. Makes you want to double check every component before you even plug in the iron.

Dang, $120 for six bins? I feel you on wanting to protect them but that's some serious cash, @robin896. I'm over here in Portland and humidity is no joke, I had a long box get that musty smell and it about broke my heart. I went with the cheap cardboard route on a pallet myself, and I've had zero mold issues so far (knock on wood). But I keep a dehumidifier running in the room 24/7, which probably costs just as much in the long run.

$4,200 is a brutal lesson but cheap compared to losing more later.