LB, Was there much of a difference between the stems on this and the last cut? What about the main base stem?
With that post you, my friend, have hit on some absolute key points around which the post I deleted was I based on.
Josey's picture and that description of yours is good evidence that I might be onto what the problem is, and pushes that bit further towards it being nothing at all to do with a virus etc.
I'm going to repost it. Have a read and see what you think. Bear in mind it was written before you or Josey posted, but I deleted it because I thought people would just brush it off out of hand.
The whole post of yours is relevant, but this bit in particular
See how that lines up with what I'm talking about in my post.
And I'm curious... what stands out as different about lifebreather's & joesy's pics from other pics already posted... that makes you so sure you have this thing nailed down?
example - these pics that clearly show THE DUDD PHENOMENOM
what don't you see here, that you see in LB & Grizz's?
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They probably are or they can't.