Guess you invented a new kind of hockey puck.

Had a similar thing happen at the gas station last month. The pumps went dead, and the attendant just shrugged like there was nothing to do. Ngl, it made me miss the old manual pumps where you could at least try to figure it out. Now I keep a jerry can in the trunk just in case.

Totally feel that, my last few loaves of banana bread were dense bricks until I switched to weighing the flour. Scooping with a cup packed it down way too much. A cheap digital scale changed everything for me. What kind of things do you bake?

Start by grabbing a cheap typewriter from a thrift store. Fixing stuck keys or broken ribbons shows you how they work in a hands-on way. That hands-on fix is what turns a curious click into a full hobby.

Yeah but @stellat87, distilled water is kinda overkill unless you have specific issues with your tap water. Most cars do just fine with the regular stuff.