Honestly I think people worry way too much about this. I've been using public WiFi for years and never had a single problem. The banks and websites all use encryption now anyway so even if someone's sniffing packets they'd just see a bunch of scrambled junk.

Actually cherry tomatoes are determinate plants that ripen all at once unlike the bigger slicing types.

Well that's an interesting point about solvent trapping, I hadn't really thought about that with the cheaper clears. But let me ask you this - have you actually tried the two heavy coat method yourself, or are you just going by what you've seen go wrong for other guys? Because my experience has been the opposite, the old timer at my shop showed me that trick ten years ago and I've never had a micro blister issue on any of my jobs. The key is you gotta give it enough flash time, not just ten minutes but really wait until it starts to get a little tacky. I wonder if the guys having trouble are just rushing the flash and then blaming the method. Your point about waterborne systems changing things is fair though, I haven't messed with those much myself.

I read a post online that said 60% of players actually prefer having games prepped before they arrive, especially for heavier games with tons of bits. Samjohnson brings up that social contract thing, but I remember playing a 4 hour game of Eclipse and we spent the first 45 minutes just punching out pieces. That killed way more of the fun than just diving into the game would have. I can see both sides though, depends on the group and the game weight.

Yeah @cooper.phoenix gets it. Takes me longer than that to even figure out which end of the remote is up.