The loudest sound I've heard outside of work was that thing letting go around 2:45 in the morning. Spent the next hour trying to figure out if I could lift it manually, which I cannot. Anybody know a decent garage door guy in the north part of town that won't charge an arm and a leg?
I live over by the old rail yard on Elm Street, and this guy Joe has been brewing weird buckets of rotting leaves and eggshells since March. I figured it was just some hipster nonsense (I mean, who has time for that?). Then last week he dropped off a dozen Cherokee Purple tomatoes that tasted better than anything I've had from the farmer's market. Has anyone else had their skepticism backfire like that where the proof was literally in the produce?
My water bill kept creeping up every month and I couldn't figure out why. After 3 tries checking for leaks with food coloring, I finally found the toilet was silently running in the guest bathroom. Replaced the flapper for $8 at Home Depot and next month my bill dropped by $40. Anyone else ever get burned by a tiny rubber part like that?
It started when I posted a mildly spicy take about using oat milk in a coffee enthusiast group. The mods there banned me within 10 minutes. So I went to a local gardening group to vent, and someone reported me for 'off topic drama' and I got booted again. Then I tried a dog grooming group I've been in for years, and a rival shop owner screen-shotted my old posts and got me banned for 'unprofessional conduct.' All this happened between Tuesday morning and Wednesday afternoon. Has anyone else ever been on a crazy banning spree like that where you couldn't catch a break?
I was driving back from Moline last Tuesday and my odometer rolled over to exactly 77,777 miles. It's a 2003 F-150 I bought used, and seeing that number made me realize how many trips and repairs that truck has survived. Has anyone else had a random milestone like that make you stop and think about what you've put a vehicle through?
I started walking laps around the park during lunch last month and hit that 10,000 mark every day without really trying. Never expected a simple step count to fix a problem I'd had for years. Anyone else have a weird milestone that solved something unexpected?
I was losing about 10 minutes per hour hunting for dropped screws while building a small deck in my backyard last weekend. Grabbed one of those magnetic screw dishes at the hardware store for 7 bucks and it held every single screw in place, even when I bumped the tray. Has anyone else found a cheap tool that saved way more time than you expected?
I built a wooden shed on gravel in my backyard in Austin last June, and after one heavy thunderstorm the whole thing tilted so bad the door wouldn't close, and I had to jack it up with car jacks and pour concrete pads underneath to fix it.
I found this beat-up merino wool sweater at a Goodwill in Phoenix for $12 three years ago. My buddy pointed out the label was from a defunct Scottish mill, and it still looks better than the one I bought new last spring that pilled up after 2 washes. Anyone else notice older stuff just holds up better?
I dropped $600 on a bean-to-cup machine from a local shop in Portland six months ago and it broke after three uses, so now I'm back to my $20 French press, has anyone else had a pricey appliance fail way faster than the cheap version?
I woke up to an inch of water on my linoleum floor around 7 AM. The hose behind the machine just split open after 4 years of use, no warning at all. I spent the next 3 hours shop-vaccing and moving the fridge to dry everything out. Called a repair guy who said the rubber had dry rot from being near the dryer vent. Anyone else have a major appliance fail in a stupid way like this?
Moved into a house in Portland last fall. Yard was dry dirt and dead grass. Then winter hit and we got 47 inches of rain by February. Now there's moss everywhere, ferns popping up, and a mushroom I've never seen before. The change was wild. Has anyone else had their whole property transform just from weather?
The thing started smoking at 3am and woke me up with that burnt plastic smell, has anyone else had a filter or fan unit just give out like that or did I get the one dud from the batch?
Last Monday through Thursday at work was brutal. I made like $40 total across three shifts and was ready to quit. Then Friday this couple comes in, they're celebrating their anniversary, and they just kept ordering rounds for the whole place. By midnight I had a stack of $20s from their table alone. Has anyone else had a random shift that totally saved your week out of nowhere?
Ngl I used to think making recycling easier would mean more people did it. But I found a report from the EPA's 2021 data that showed recycling rates in cities that switched to single-stream actually went down by like 12 percent on average. Portland Oregon reported a 15 percent drop in recyclable recovery after they made the switch back in 2019. Has anyone else seen that trend play out in their town?
Had a Golden Retriever come in last week with nasty matting behind the ears, and I went at it with my usual dematting rake like always. But the owner actually watched me this time and said 'you know you're supposed to work from the outside in, right?' I felt like an idiot because I've been ripping through mats from the base all this time, making it way harder on me and the dogs. Has anyone else had a client teach you something basic you should've known way sooner?