Still mad about that $60 'deluxe' game expansion

Tbh I dropped $60 on that King of New York Power Up expansion last month thinking it would add some real fun to the game. Instead it just adds a bunch of clunky rules that slow everything down and one card is clearly broken. My group tried it twice and now nobody wants to play it anymore. Has anyone else had an expansion totally flop like this?

Hung a shelf crooked 3 times before I got it right

I tried using a laser level for the first time on my garage wall and realized my stud finder was just lying to me the whole time. After the third attempt and a bunch of spackle, I finally got that shelf straight by marking it with a chalk line instead. Anyone else have a basic tool that just refuses to cooperate?

My book club's group chat blew up after I suggested we skip the discussion questions

Last Tuesday night at our meeting in the back of Brew & Bindery, I casually said we should just talk about what we liked and hated instead of using the official guide. Three members got visibly upset, and one woman said I was 'undermining the whole purpose of a book club.' I honestly thought it would make things more natural, but now two people are threatening to leave the group. Has anyone else tried ditching the structure and had it backfire this hard?

Tossed my frozen chicken wings in baking powder before air frying and now I can't go back to plain seasoning

Picked a corded drill over a cordless for my workbench setup... kinda regret it

I had to choose between a DeWalt 20V brushless drill for $150 or a corded Milwaukee hole shooter for $80. I went corded because I figured I'd never use it far from an outlet in my little 10x12 shed. First week was fine, but yesterday I needed to drill some shelf brackets out on the patio and had to run two extension cords just to reach. The corded one has way more torque for mixing paint though, so it's a tradeoff I'm still figuring out. Has anyone else gone corded for the garage and found yourself wishing for battery power halfway through a project?

The obsession with "passion" in career advice is hurting people

I keep seeing this trend online where everyone says you have to love your job or you're doing it wrong. But I've been in the workforce for about 12 years now, worked in three different fields from retail to IT support to construction management. And honestly? Not a single one of those jobs felt like a "passion." They were just things I was decent at that paid the bills. My cousin just quit a stable accounting job in Phoenix because some career coach told him he needed to "follow his bliss." Now he's working part time at a coffee shop and stressing about rent. I get that hating your work sucks, but acting like every job needs to be your calling seems like a setup for disappointment. Has anyone else noticed how much this "do what you love" advice ignores stuff like student loans or just needing health insurance?

Can we talk about the dangers of backfeeding a generator without a transfer switch?

I had a guy nearly backfeed the entire neighborhood last week when he hooked his portable generator into a dryer outlet. The lineman who spotted it explained that even with the main breaker off, the neutral can still energize the transformer and hurt someone working on the lines. Has anyone actually seen this go wrong or am I being overly cautious?

I finally saw why my neighbor's cable kept going out every time it rained

I was helping him look at his line last week and saw the drop was buried only about two inches deep across his yard. The ground wire was just wrapped around the messenger, not properly bonded. Every time the soil got wet, it would short. I fixed it with a proper ground block and a six-inch trench. How do you guys handle shallow buried drops when you find them?

My compost bin started leaking in my kitchen last Tuesday

I was using a basic plastic container with holes and it dripped brown liquid onto the floor. I had to quickly move it to the bathtub and add way more shredded paper to soak it up. Has anyone else had a leak, and what container do you use now?

Got caught in a sudden downpour on a job in Seattle last week.

We were laying a garden wall and the rain washed out a whole section of fresh mortar. Had to tear it down and start over the next day. What's your go-to plan when the weather turns bad on a project?