Here's something I never see mentioned: what about the water pressure trade-offs with a home-run manifold? Sure, you get dedicated lines, but all that extra pipe volume means longer waits for hot water to reach distant fixtures. In a retrofit, you're not just swapping pipes, you're redesigning the entire hydraulic profile of the house. That can lead to complaints about lukewarm water at faucets far from the water heater, unless you add a recirc line or something. It's not just about leak points, it's about re-engineering the system's performance from the ground up. And if you don't account for that during installation, you've solved the leak problem but created a whole new annoyance for the homeowner.

People get hung up on brain glitches like deja vu, but it's just faulty wiring. Remember that time you swore you left your keys on the counter but they were in your pocket? Same basic mechanism. Cutting out news noise might make you notice it more, but that doesn't mean it's profound. It's like fixating on a typo in a novel instead of the plot. Attributing it to the Matrix is giving a simple hiccup too much credit.

An LED 'Do Not Disturb' light changed my WFH life. It flashes when I'm in meetings so no one mistakes quiet for availability. Your neighbor sounds like he needs the blinding version.