My young collector friend opened probably a hundred small geodes using my screw-type rock splitter, some call it a trimmer. It got worked hard enough that the bolts came loose from the plank it was mounted on. Sigh. Hope I saved a sturdy 2X10 somewhere around here, but I'm not sure.

Heard not a peep from the car rental company about the minor fender bender in May, after giving the insurance company all the information and jumping through portal hoops, heard no further. Now I suddenly have a pay-us-in-10-days email for several thousand, week before Christmas. I'm sure I can get my elusive claims processor on the phone tomorrow, not.