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4h ago

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Hey watch out for rebar chairs that look flimsy - just had a slab drop on me

Oh man, that reminds me of the time I tried to set up one of those chairs on a gravel driveway for a barbecue. I thought I was being careful, but I guess I didn't notice a little rock sticking up under the leg. I sat down and heard this loud crack and the whole thing just buckled sideways. I didn't even move that much, just sat down normally. My buddy said I probably leaned wrong, but I've sat in chairs my whole life, you know?

14d ago

in

I went with wire mesh instead of fiberglass for my last big retaining wall job

Didn't John from Allstate talk about that on his YouTube channel?

14d ago

in

I was dead wrong about adding color hardener to driveway mixes

Honestly I get where you were coming from, I thought the same thing for ages too lol. It's so easy to assume something like that is just a gimmick or gonna look awful in a year. But sounds like that Butterfield stuff and your curing method really proved you wrong, which is pretty cool.

14d ago

in

Vent: A customer asked me to match a 20 year old laminate countertop last Tuesday

Flipped through three binders of discontinued patterns last month for a woman who wanted a 1990s country blue tile for her backsplash. She had this little piece of tile in a ziploc bag like it was a family heirloom or something. I felt terrible but I had to tell her they stopped making that style around the time NSYNC broke up. She got all teary and I just stood there holding her sad baggie of tile like an idiot. Why do people think we keep warehouses full of stuff from 25 years ago?

15d ago

in

Found a bookmark for a 'how to fold a fitted sheet' video from 2012

Bet @lily511 I still have a 2010 video on tying shoelaces saved like it's a secret treasure.