Last month at a cookout in my buddy's backyard in Austin, this guy Dave started going on about how Breaking Bad is the greatest show ever made. I told him I couldn't get past season 2 and he looked at me like I kicked his dog. He actually said "you must have no taste then" and walked away to grab another beer. I stood there thinking about how everyone seems to worship that show but I found most of the characters insufferable and the pacing was a slog. Like yeah the acting was good but I just didn't care about a chemistry teacher making meth for two seasons straight. Dave came back five minutes later and tried to convince me to watch it again saying I missed the point. I told him I gave it 14 episodes and that should be enough to know if something clicks. Has anyone else had a friend get genuinely offended because you didn't like their favorite show?
A batch of those cheap compression fittings from my supplier started splitting on me yesterday on a new build in Maplewood, had to re-terminate 12 lines by hand. Anyone else run into bad batches of fittings lately or is this just me?
I spent 20 minutes measuring and marking plywood sheets for a shed roof last week and kept messing up the lines. Guy at the lumber yard said to just pop a chalk line and cut along it. Grabbed a 100 foot reel for 8 bucks and it lined up perfect on the first try. Anyone else switched to chalk for big panels or is this just one of those things everyone knows but me?
I picked up a no name single burner forge off Craigslist for 60 bucks a few months back. Figured it would be junk but I needed something to try heat treating small blades. Spent a weekend messing with the air gap and gas pressure after watching a guy on YouTube from Georgia who runs a one man shop. Finally got a clean even orange glow in there and managed to harden a 1084 knife blank on my third try. I was dead wrong thinking you had to drop 400 on a fancy model to get results. Has anyone else made a cheap setup work better than expected with just a little tweaking?
My buddy kept pushing me to play it for like a year and I always dodged it. Looked like a weird euro game with a giant board and too many pieces. Then we had a cabin trip last month with nothing but rain and that was the only game he brought. First play I was confused and honestly kinda bored. But by the third game I started seeing how the faction powers and combat timing actually work together. By game six I was already planning my next moves while other people were taking their turns. Has anyone else had a game they wrote off completely that ended up becoming a favorite after being forced to actually play it?
I was at my local shop in Austin last weekend, and this older dude saw me flipping through a longbox. He said "you're not looking for keys, you're looking for stories you haven't read yet." It hit different because I realized I've been treating my collection like a stock portfolio instead of something I actually enjoy. He showed me a stack of random issues from the 80s he just reads over and over. Has anyone else had a conversation that shifted why you buy comics?
Spent all afternoon setting up that green beam thing only to realize the bubble level on a scrap 2x4 was more reliable for hanging cabinets in my 1920s kitchen with wonky walls has anyone else ditched high tech gadgets for the simple stuff?
I always pushed wired sensors. Thought wireless was too unreliable. Then I did a job on a 1920s brick townhouse in Philly last Tuesday. Ran into three different hidden steel beams trying to fish wire, gave up after 2 hours, and used Honeywell wireless sensors instead. They paired in 10 minutes flat. Customer was happy. No signal issues either. Made me rethink my whole stubborn approach.
Last month I finally got around to repainting my porch steps near Seattle after the old paint peeled off in giant flakes. I used a cheap roller from the hardware store and some outdoor floor paint, and it looks way better than the brush strokes I did 3 years ago. Anyone tried that anti-slip additive stuff or is it a waste of money?
I always hated that sharp sourdough taste, figured I just wasn't a fan. But after baking that 500th loaf with a 12 hour cold ferment, the flavor finally clicked for me. Has anyone else had a number like that change their mind on something?