Sorry to hear about your friend Roth.
I've been pretty happy with my oldish Lost Vape Halcyon DNA200 bottomfeed mod and sturdy 3 year old Reo Grand mech bottomfeeder for a while now. I like the regulated nature of the DNA200 but the Lipo battery isn't easily swappable, so charging while traveling is a bit of a nuisance.
I sprung for a Lost Vape Drone DNA167 bottom feeder a few days ago. Dual 18650's instead of a Lipo, way easier to charge and carry spares than waiting for the onboard charger with the Lipo mod. It looks to be styled after the Wismec Reuleaux triple 18650 mod's but with a bottle in place of one battery. Huge heavy mods, but reviewed as comfortable shape so it feels smaller.
We started job rotation at work this week. Instead of staying on my gravy train with biscuit wheels job all day I'm stuck rotating to all the crappy jobs the 22 year olds get stuck with. Boy am I sore. What I wouldn't give to have the recovery ability of the youth again.
I'm not sure if I mentioned it here, but within the last 3 years GM announced and built a new Paint shop, started building a new Body shop, and recently announced a new shop for my department, Trim. The old Flint Assembly building is going to contain just the Final, Engine, and Chassis lines with the Paint, Body, and Trim buildings being connected by tunnels/conveyors to move the trucks around. They're saying this will keep us running for at least another 18-20 years, so hopefully it'll take me to retirement without having to worry about the plant closing doors and having to move and do my final years somewhere else.