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1d ago

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Rant: I spent $200 on meal prep containers and kinda regret it

Ugh that's rough, I'd be pissed too.

1d ago

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Found a stat about old camera shutter springs that changed how I order parts

Real talk though, that number is basically marketing fluff dressed up as engineering. I've pulled shutters from beat to hell K1000s with frame counters over 200k and the springs were still snappy, then found "low mileage" bodies where everything was sluggish because some amateur oiled the curtain tracks. The alloy mattered less than whether some goober in 1985 decided to spray WD-40 inside. If you're actually basing part orders on a decades old cycle count instead of just feeling the tension and looking for bounce back, you're overthinking it.

2d ago

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Visited a small farm in Vermont and saw their lacto-fermented hot sauce setup - they use old pickle jars with airlocks drilled into the lids

Oh man, this is way too real. My kitchen cabinet looks like a museum exhibit of every pickle brand known to man. Got a stack of Classico sauce jars too because they're perfect for storing loose screws and my leftover paint stir sticks. Honestly feels wrong to toss them, like you're disrespecting the pickles that got you through that one sad Tuesday. My wife keeps asking why we need seventeen jars, and I just tell her it's insurance.

2d ago

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Took me 5 years to realize I was chilling my beef before grinding it wrong

And yeah @nelson.cameron that first time trying it is wild because you realize how much you were fighting the fat the whole time. I do the same thing now with a sheet tray and it's basically free improvement with zero extra effort. The crust difference alone sold me on it for good.

17d ago

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My basement waterproofing job turned into a 4-day flood disaster

Did you have a sump pump running during all this?