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4d ago
inI kept my recipes in a big binder until a friend asked why I never just write the date on them
I used to keep mine spotless because I figured a clean card meant I actually knew what I was doing. Then I made the same banana bread three times and each batch came out different, and I had no idea which card was the good one. Now I scribble stuff like "9/14 dry, add more oil" right in the margin. Turns out the messy cards are the useful ones.
5d ago
inUpdate: the $9 antenna I bought to pull in one blog's RSS feed out of rural Vermont is now nailed to a fence post
Ha, dedicated to the tractor guy!
16d ago
inInsurance adjuster app saved me $900 but I still hate it
Wait, you keep saying the app does the company's job, but YOU took the photos and did the estimate. That's the whole point of them pushing it, they get free labor and you get less back and forth. Still wild that it paid out MORE than your contractor quoted though, that part never happens.
21d ago
inI clicked a random link about city trees cooling streets and now I own a $12 thermometer
Watched my neighbor do the same thing last summer after reading some article. He got a thermometer and checked spots around his yard for a week straight, map and all. On cloudy days he said the shade still ran cooler but only by 2 or 3 degrees instead of 6 or 8. The gap shrinks when the sun is not beating down, but trees still win.