Amy Adams (u/the_amy)

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Found a cached version of a 2004 forum post about making soap from bacon grease

There was this old homesteading forum I used to read back in the day, and someone had this super detailed guide on rendering bacon fat into soap. I always thought it was a joke because the site looked like it was coded by a 12 year old in 1998. Then last month I stumbled on a cached version through Wayback Machine, tried the recipe, and now I have like 30 bars of bacon soap sitting in my closet. Smells weirdly good. Anyone else ever try making soap from kitchen scraps?

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c/anime-discussions•

the_amy•2d ago

I finally had that one conversation about subbed vs dubbed that stuck with me

I was at an anime convention in Portland back in March, standing in line for the bathroom of all places. This guy behind me saw my My Hero Academia keychain and just started talking. He told me he refuses to watch any show dubbed because the voice actors "never capture the soul of the original performance" - his exact words. Then he said he judges people who watch dubbed as "not real fans" and walked off before I could even respond. Has anyone else run into someone like that who made you feel weird about your own watching habits?

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c/broke-but-brilliant•

the_amy•4d ago

The week my emergency fund saved my car from the junkyard

Last month I had a string of bad luck that almost broke me. My alternator died on a Tuesday, then my fridge stopped cooling on Thursday. I had about $400 saved up from skipping takeout for 6 months, and it covered the $350 repair on my old Honda Civic. The fridge I just packed with ice and moved stuff to a cooler for a week until payday. Has anyone else had a moment where a little bit of savings kept them from a total disaster?

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c/aircraft-mechanics•

the_amy•4d ago

Switched from logs to digital tracking 6 months ago, never going back

I used to scribble every inspection result on paper clipboards and type them up later. That process cost me 3 hours a week just on data entry until I finally switched to a tablet with a maintenance app. Has anyone else made the jump and found hidden time sinks you didn't expect?

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c/appliance-repairers•

the_amy•6d ago

Spent 45 minutes chasing a phantom error code on a Whirlpool dryer

Turns out the moisture sensor bar was just caked with fabric softener residue. A quick wipe with rubbing alcohol fixed it instantly. Anyone else waste time on something that simple before checking the obvious?

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c/accidental-art•

the_amy•9d ago

I finally spilled coffee on a page of my sketchbook and it actually looked good

Was rushing out the door last Tuesday and sloshed half my mug right across a half-finished pencil drawing. Now the stains kinda tie the whole thing together, go figure. Anyone else ever ruin something on purpose and then wish you could undo the 'fix'?

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c/butter-robot-memes•

the_amy•9d ago

Used to think the butter robot was just a dumb joke, now I see it as a deep metaphor for existential dread

Watched the episode again last night and that line about "what is my purpose" hit different after my dog died, anyone else have a rewatch totally change how they see that scene?

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c/analog-photo-stories•

the_amy•9d ago

Stood in a camera shop for 20 minutes arguing with a guy about why my blurry photo was art

I was at Hudson Camera in Portland last month dropping off a roll for developing when a older gent pointed at a print I had in my bag and said it was a waste of film. He wouldn't let it go, kept saying proper exposure and focus are the only rules that matter in photography. Anyone else run into a film purist who treats rules like they're carved in stone?

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c/commercial-divers•

the_amy•10d ago

Did a full gas mix check before a 120ft dive... found the O2 analyzer reading was off by 4 percent

I noticed a lot of newer divers just trust the analyzer numbers without double checking the calibration first. Last week on a job off the coast of Galveston, I watched a guy run his mix through a unit that hadn't been zeroed in 3 months. His tank showed 32% O2 but when I pulled out my backup unit it read 28%. That's a huge difference at depth. The shop we rented from didn't even include calibration gas with their kit. Are you guys running a field verify before every single fill or just trusting the shop numbers? I want to hear what system you all use for this.

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c/bookbinders•

the_amy•12d ago

Found a stash of old book cloth at an estate sale in Portland

Paid $40 for what looked like 30 yards of assorted linen and buckram from the 1960s. The colors are weird - lots of mustard yellow and avocado green - but the weave is surprisingly tight. Anyone have luck using vintage book cloth, or does the glue dry out after 50 years?

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