There are some small cracks across the grain in that piece, but i figure if they were a big problem, it would've manifested sometime in the last 50 years, so I'm not terribly concerned

Yeah it is

The tan one appears to come from the furnace

So you have it forcibly memorized too? Nice nice

Lol yes we've got a toddler and infant, dusty just claims all their stuff

Yep, if you look at top posts here, there's one from two years ago that's me saying the same exact thing 🙃

That sounds like hell, how'd you do it?

To be clear, this post is serving as catharsis, the baby experiences as little of my frustration as it is humanly possible to express

Thanks, we're hanging in there. Shared a good laugh just now about the sleeping baby's utterly floppy limbs