Ha @jade517, that's exactly what happened to my friend's local cafe.

Wait, did your phone fall straight into the soup or just bounce off the bowl? That's wild it still works. My buddy Kevin once dropped his phone in a bucket of driveway sealant, like the black sticky tar stuff, and it was a total goner. He fished it out but the buttons were all gunked up and it never turned on again.

Oh totally, that's such a smart move @morgan.rose! I've been burned by those booking site fees too, feels so good to find a direct deal and get a free drink out of it.

Did you have any trouble with the gravel getting kicked all over the place? My neighbor in Surprise went with gravel for his backyard and he told me a funny story about how his dog managed to track half of it into the house during the first week. He spent every evening for a month sweeping it all back into the pad. Eventually he gave up and just put down some cheap pavers on top of it. He said it was the best decision he made for that yard.

The part about 45 minutes being a stretch is EXACTLY what I was thinking. But tell me this - have you actually timed it yourself with a stopwatch or are you just guessing based on your own experience? Because I feel like people throw out numbers based on one random try and call it a fact. What's YOUR actual time when you do whatever it is you're talking about?