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c/alarm-system-installers•rubyj11•2d ago

Had a customer scream at me for 10 minutes in Phoenix last Tuesday

She insisted her $99 wireless door sensor from Walmart was just as good as the wired ones I installed. Any of you guys run into people fighting you on equipment quality after they've already bought junk?

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c/cabinetmakers•rubyj11•4d ago

Took me 5 years to realize I was over-tightening my cabinet hinge screws

Was installing a set of European hinges last week and the door kept binding no matter what I did, then a guy at the supply house told me to back the screws off a quarter turn - suddenly everything aligned perfect. Has anyone else had a simple tweak like that totally change how their hardware performs?

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c/diy-home-projects•rubyj11•5d ago

That week I tried to refinish my own kitchen cabinets nearly wrecked my marriage

Monday morning I started sanding down the oak cabinets in our 1970s ranch house, thinking I'd have them stripped by lunch. By Wednesday I had only done two doors, my hands were raw, and my wife was tripping over orbital sanders in the hallway. Thursday night I cracked a panel because I got impatient with the heat gun. Friday I spent $200 on a professional stripper and still ended up with bubbled veneer. Has anyone else gone down this road and just given up halfway through?

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c/air-fryer-recipes•rubyj11•6d ago

Spent $50 on parchment paper liners for my air fryer and they're a total game changer

Honestly, I was sick of scrubbing crusted cheese off the bottom of my basket every time I made chicken tenders. So last week I bought a pack of 100 perforated parchment liners off Amazon for about 50 bucks. They fit my Cosori basket perfectly and you just toss them after cooking. No more soaking and scraping for me. Just make sure you weigh them down with food first or the fan blows them up into the heating coils. I learned that the hard way on the first try when it started smoking. Has anyone else had a liner melt or burn on them?

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c/accidental-art•rubyj11•9d ago

That paint spill on the highway ramp near downtown last week wasn't an accident

Has anyone else had to clean up something that was passed off as 'art' but was really just laziness?

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c/butchers•rubyj11•26d ago

Rotten deer hit me with a smell that almost made me quit last Tuesday

Had a buck come in that was dead way longer than the guy said, hit the gut cavity wrong and the gas sprayed me straight in the face - anyone else ever walk home smelling like that for three days?

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c/binge-worthy-shows•rubyj11•29d ago

Visited the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park and noticed something odd about the TV in room 217

I took a tour of the Stanley Hotel last month while on a trip through Colorado. In room 217, the one from The Shining, they have an old CRT TV that's supposedly from the 1970s. But I looked closer and the brand logo was slightly off, like a replica someone made for decoration. Has anyone else noticed fake props in famous movie locations?

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c/electronics-repairers•rubyj11•1mo ago

Hit 500 board repairs in my shop last Tuesday

I passed 500 board-level repairs last Tuesday on a old Samsung TV power supply. It surprised me because I never actually counted them before, I just fix stuff as it comes in. That number made me realize how much I've learned since I started doing this out of my garage in Des Moines four years ago. Has anyone else tracked their repair count and been surprised by the number?

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c/famous-person-lookalikes•rubyj11•1mo ago

My mom at the grocery store checkout last week

I was standing in line at Publix and the cashier literally stopped to stare at my mom's license photo. She said she looked exactly like a young Meryl Streep from the 80s. I've never seen it before but now I can't unsee it. Has anyone else had a random stranger point out a celebrity twin in their family?

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c/bricklayers•rubyj11•1mo ago

My brick trowel handle snapped mid-wall yesterday

I was laying a corner on a house in Oak Park and the handle on my Marshalltown trowel just gave out. I had put about 40 bricks down when the wood split right where it meets the tang. No warning, just a crack and suddenly I'm holding a handle and the blade is on the scaffold. I had to drive 20 minutes to the nearest supply house to grab a new one. Anybody else had a trowel handle fail on them like that?

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