Spent half a shift on a simple load swing that should have taken minutes

I was setting a steel beam on a site in Denver last week, and the wind picked up just as I started my swing. I tried to fight it with small joystick moves, but the load kept drifting. My spotter and I had to stop, wait for a full lull, and then inch it over. What should have been a 5 minute pick turned into a 45 minute headache. How do you guys handle a sudden gust when you're already committed to a move?

Realized I've been using the wrong kind of caulk for my bathroom tiles in Austin

I was redoing the grout in my shower last week and kept having issues with the new silicone peeling away after a few days. My neighbor, who's a retired contractor, came over for a beer and pointed out I was using an acrylic latex caulk, not a 100% silicone one meant for wet areas. He said the humidity here in Austin just breaks down the wrong type. Has anyone else made this mistake and found a good brand of silicone caulk that holds up?

Okay, I need to say this about air fryer chicken wings

Everyone says you need to pat them totally dry and use cornstarch for crispy skin, but I just hit 50 wings made my way (just a little oil and seasoning, straight from the package) and they were perfect. My friend in Chicago tried my method and said hers were soggy, but I think her air fryer basket was too crowded. Has anyone else skipped the extra drying step and still gotten good results?

Update: My cash-out refi at 6.5% versus my neighbor's HELOC at 8.2%

We both needed funds for a kitchen reno, but my fixed rate and lower payment clearly won. Anyone else find a refi beats a HELOC for big projects?

I used to do a full clean from the bottom up, but after a job in Boulder last fall I switched to top-down for most brick chimneys. Anyone else change their main method?

Finally tried a bone folder instead of my old plastic burnisher

The bone one gave me way cleaner creases on my endpapers, no more of those faint white stress lines. Anyone have a favorite brand they've stuck with for years?

Just found a whole box of old video game stuff for $20 at the swap meet

I was digging through a bin at the local swap meet on Sunday, you know the kind with just a pile of random cords and junk. I almost passed it by, but then I saw a Sega Genesis poking out. I asked the guy how much for the whole box, and he just said twenty bucks. Got it home and sorted it out, found the console, two controllers, and like fifteen games, including a copy of Sonic 2. The console is a bit dirty but it works fine after I cleaned it up. I always heard people talk about finding gold in those junk piles, but I never really believed it until now. It's got me wondering, what's the best way to test old game consoles you find before you buy them, especially when they don't have a power cord handy?

PSA: That 'simple' stair repair in a 1920s bungalow took me 8 hours, not 2.

The original tack strips were set in plaster and the risers were all out of square by a full inch, so every piece had to be scribed and hand-cut. Has anyone else run into a hidden nightmare like that on what looked like a quick fix?

My plumber buddy in Cincinnati said 'a good taper makes my job look easy' and it's stuck with me.

He told me that after seeing my clean work around a tricky shower valve, he didn't have to fight the trim plate at all, which made me realize our prep work is half the battle for the next trade.