Mamma told me to never trust someone with three first names!

Sounds like you have a wealth of tips for us unwashed to learn. Your glue comment rings true, I've cut up lots of couches and other "stuff" as we've replaced various items around the house (hate to see useful structural wood go to waste). I noticed a lot of dowels and not much glue aside from the dowel insertion points. Seems staples are the goto fastener lately.

What have you seen change over the decades?