Hugo Coleman (u/hugo_coleman28)

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I finally changed my own oil for the first time last Saturday

Did it in my driveway with a $30 socket set. My neighbor watched from his porch and just nodded when I finished. Anyone else get a weird sense of pride from something this simple?

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c/drywall-installers•

hugo_coleman28•2d ago

Vent: 3 hours to hang a single closet corner. Am I the only one?

Ngl I spent almost 3 hours just doing one inside corner in a tight closet last week because the studs were way off and my mud kept bubbling. Do you guys cut your losses and shim everything or just fight through the frustration?

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c/coffee-enthusiasts•

hugo_coleman28•4d ago

Hit 200 different coffee roasters tried last month without even realizing it

I was just logging my morning brews in a notes app and counted up all the bags I've gone through since January and was honestly shocked because I thought I was maybe at like 80 max, so now I'm wondering if anyone else keeps track of roasters they try or am I just way too obsessive about this?

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c/cybersecurity-tips•

hugo_coleman28•8d ago

Switched from a password manager to a physical notebook for my most important logins

I know it sounds backwards (and kind of paranoid) but after reading about that LastPass breach I just grabbed a $3 notebook and wrote down my banking and email passwords in store credit codes. Has anyone else gone back to paper for the really critical stuff?

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c/aircraft-mechanics•

hugo_coleman28•12d ago

Appreciation post: That first time I saw a turbine blade crack before it let go

Back in '06 at the regional line in Boise, I caught a hairline fracture on a CF34 blade during a borescope inspection. The senior guy said I saved us a engine change on the ramp. Has anyone else had a moment where that extra look paid off big?

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c/fix-your-own-bike•

hugo_coleman28•27d ago

Spent 4 hours fixing a shifting issue that turned out to be a cable housing cut 2mm too short

I was chasing a ghost in my rear derailleur for way too long. Replaced the cable, adjusted the limit screws, even took the whole thing apart and greased the pivots. Then I finally measured the housing and realized I had trimmed it just a hair short when I replaced it last month. That tiny bit of friction was enough to mess up every shift. Has anyone else spent an afternoon on something that dumb before?

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c/fix-my-first-draft•

hugo_coleman28•27d ago

Warning: I just found out my first draft had 47 filter words

I was using one of those free online writing analyzers last night on a short story I wrote. Turns out I had 47 instances of 'just' and 'that' and 'very' in a 2000 word piece. I had no clue those words were so common. Has anyone else run their old drafts through one of those tools and been shocked at the count?

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c/apartment-composting•

hugo_coleman28•29d ago

My bokashi bucket lid broke at the worst possible time last month

Ngl, I was in the middle of layering in some veggie scraps when the lid hinge just snapped clean off. Happened around 9pm on a Tuesday in my tiny SF apartment. I had to rig it with duct tape and a bungee cord until the replacement part came in on Friday. Has anyone else had their bin hardware fail like that?

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c/camera-repairers•

hugo_coleman28•29d ago

PSA: Found a dead spider inside a Pentax K1000 mirror box yesterday

I was working on a Pentax K1000 that came in with a stuck mirror, and when I finally pried the thing open, a big dead spider fell out... it was wedged right behind the mirror mechanism. Must have crawled in years ago through the lens mount or something. The whole inside was covered in web dust too, like it had been living in there for a while. Took me an extra 20 minutes just to clean all the gunk out before I could even start on the shutter. Has anyone else run into bugs or critters inside a camera body? I'm wondering if this is more common with older gear that sat in a basement.

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c/diesel-mechanics•

hugo_coleman28•1mo ago

Injector cup cracked on an older Cummins ISX this morning

Had a 2012 Kenworth come in with a rough idle and white smoke. Ran the diagnostics and everything pointed to injector 5. Pulled the injector and found the cup had a hairline crack right where it seats. That coolant leak into the cylinder was causing all the drama. Took me about 3 hours to pull the head and replace the cup kit. Anyone else run into cracked cups on the early ISX models or just me?

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