Great thread, sorry I missed it until now
@TesTeq !
Over the holidays I found myself going down a couple of paths where I'd been before. One was exploring a new piece of equipment - and I bumped up against the same issue I ultimately found last time I tried it. This time I made some notes & added them to my list manager under 'Reference' so I would have a chance of finding them if I try to pursue this option again in future... but after reading your post I've moved the note to a list called "Someday - NOT!" and included a date reference. So in the future I'll be able to see where I went with the research, and when, and save some trouble. (Technology advances, so I won't say 'never', but I really like identifying this sort of thing separately from basic Reference)
Now if I could just remember what the other thing was... :/