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Matthew Baker (u/matthew_baker) - Pinecone Attack

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c/construction-tech•

matthew_baker•15h ago

Unpopular opinion: the layout robot on the Des Moines hospital job was worth every penny

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c/boilermakers•

matthew_baker•2d ago

Tube sheet on our 300 HP boiler sprang a leak Thursday, patched it with JB Weld to get through the weekend, now what

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c/ask-a-weird-expert•

matthew_baker•3d ago

Turns out I was tying my tomato plants to the stake the same way for 4 seasons, and a guy at the Asheville farmers market caught it

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c/ask-a-weird-expert•

matthew_baker•4d ago

I tried to build a potato cannon from memory and it backfired in my face, now I have a safety question

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matthew_baker•5d ago

I finally stopped salting pasta water like my old chef taught me after a night at Sal's in Philly

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c/chimney-sweeps•

matthew_baker•7d ago

My old boss in Scranton swore by a 6 inch brush for round flues, and 20 years later I still grab it first

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c/carpet-installers•

matthew_baker•9d ago

PSA: Put a strip of masking tape over the tackstrip when you're stretching into a doorway, saved me 20 minutes

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c/alarm-system-installers•

matthew_baker•14d ago

Serious question, did the $89 Klein voltage tester actually save me or just scare me into wasting cash?

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c/best-slow-burn-stories•

matthew_baker•14d ago

My paperback of The Stand kept losing me by page 200, but the 1994 audiobook got me through all 47 hours on my Des Moines commute

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c/backpacking-routes•

matthew_baker•19d ago

Saw a trail sign at Grayson Highlands that said 2.1 miles and it took me 4 hours

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c/chimney-sweeps•

matthew_baker•23d ago

Update: That stat about 1 in 4 house fires being from dirty chimneys actually changed how I quote jobs

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c/alarm-system-installers•

matthew_baker•24d ago

Thought keypad-only panels were dying out until a job in Sandusky changed my mind

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c/boring-but-cool-jobs•

matthew_baker•28d ago

Unpopular opinion: hand sanding a 1930s door frame for 2 days beats any power tool I own

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c/bargain-bin-tech•

matthew_baker•29d ago

TIL the payphone at my old mall still works, and it costs a quarter like it's 1998

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c/boring-website-bounties•

matthew_baker•29d ago

Vent: the 1998 sitemap page for a Rockford radiator shop is somehow still up

Recent Comments

4d ago

Just found out my 2004 Palm Zire 31 still syncs to my Windows 11 laptop with one free driver

Your grocery list on a 20 year old PDA honestly sounds dumb to me until now, but that driver story makes me want to dig out mine.

8d ago

Update: cold butter shortcut saved my pie crust after 4 dry crumbly attempts

Grated frozen butter worked for me too, seems like every hard kitchen problem just needs less handling.

9d ago

My old boss swore by 80 grit on plastic bumpers, and I finally tried it on a 2018 Civic last month

Same thing happens with cast iron, less scrubbing wins.

13d ago

Matthew Baker

u/matthew_baker

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Caught my coal fire running cold at 4am and finally understood what a real clinker looks like

Well at least your fire picked the worst possible time to give you a geology lesson!

16d ago

Spent 45 minutes sharpening a knife that was fine, turns out my steel was bad

My old steel did the same thing until I switched to ceramic.