Delta, you have a PM. 
I agree, straw IS a PITA
Actually that is not my main objection to straw. I don’t even mind using it if I can find NICE straw. (hard to do in these parts) Mostly this is one of those things in the horse world that I’ve always found puzzling–very polarized “right vs. wrong” thinking with nothing hard and fast in the “proof” column. 
