Sarah Nelson (u/sarah_nelson)

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Hot take: That 9 episode series on the streaming platform was supposed to be a 5 season arc

I spent 18 hours over two nights binging what I thought was a complete story only to hit episode 9 and realize the creators got cancelled mid production, and now I'm stuck with a cliffhanger that will never be resolved.

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c/diy-builders•

sarah_nelson•18d ago

Tried cheap plywood for a shed build and it actually held up fine

I built a 8x10 garden shed last summer using the cheapest 7/16 OSB from Home Depot instead of the CDX people swear by. Three seasons later and it's still standing without any sagging or rot where I put house wrap over it. Did I just get lucky or is the premium stuff overrated for small projects? Anyone else cut corners on a budget build and have it work out?

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c/estheticians•

sarah_nelson•21d ago

I panicked when a client's lash lift went sideways on me last Tuesday

At my station in Portland, I was doing a lash lift and accidentally left the solution on too long. One eye came out perfect, the other was a crimped mess. Has anyone else had a lash lift go wrong and found a quick fix to save the look?

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c/appliance-repairers•

sarah_nelson•24d ago

Finally caved and bought a thermal camera for $200 after a customer swore by it

I thought it was just a gimmick for fancy inspectors, but I found a fridge leak in 5 minutes that would've taken me all afternoon with soap bubbles. Has anyone else had one of these things pay for itself fast?

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c/career-advice•

sarah_nelson•24d ago

My try at shadowing someone for a day backfired badly

I set up a day last month to follow a senior project manager around at my company in Austin thinking I'd pick up some good tips. Instead I spent 8 hours watching him argue with three different contractors about bathroom tile spacing and never once saw him do any actual planning or scheduling. Has anyone else tried job shadowing and found it showed them what they did NOT want to do instead?

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c/butchers•

sarah_nelson•29d ago

Switched to a boning knife with a curve instead of straight and it changed my rib prep

For years I used a standard straight blade boning knife for trimming spare ribs, and I was always fighting to get that membrane off clean without gouging the meat. About 6 months ago, a guy at the Eugene meat shop I work at handed me a 6 inch curved boning knife from Victorinox, and I figured why not try it. The curve lets me ride along the bone way easier, and I cut my trim time on a rack of ribs from like 8 minutes down to 4. Has anyone else had better luck with a specific knife shape for ribs or pork butts?

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c/aircraft-mechanics•

sarah_nelson•29d ago

Fuel nozzle jammed on a 737 at O'Hare and I almost missed the departure window

It was last Tuesday, around 2 AM, and I was doing a routine fuel nozzle check on a 737-800. One of the nozzles wouldn't budge, like it was welded on. Sprayed some PB Blaster on it and let it sit for 10 minutes, but still no luck. Ended up having to use a cheater bar and a heat gun to get that thing loose. Took me 45 minutes total, and the gate agent was calling every 5 minutes asking for an update. Has anyone else dealt with a stubborn fuel nozzle like that, or was this just a one-off bad part?

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c/archaeology-discoveries•

sarah_nelson•1mo ago

That dig leader told me to stop brushing so much. He was right.

I was on a site near Flagstaff last summer, working on a Puebloan trash midden. I spent like 2 hours carefully brushing away every grain of dirt from a pot sherd. The lead archaeologist, Dr. Mendez, told me to "stop overcleaning" and just bag it with the surrounding soil for lab analysis. I argued it would ruin the context. Turns out he was right. The lab found pollen and microfauna in the soil sample that told way more than the sherd itself did. Has anyone else been told to work faster on a dig only to realize the fast way was better?

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c/farriers•

sarah_nelson•1mo ago

Twenty years back I could set a shoe in 15 minutes flat

I was looking at some old photos from 2004 the other day and realized how much slower I move now. Back then I could shape and nail a pair of fronts in under 20 minutes, no sweat. These days I'm taking closer to 35 minutes because my knees ache and I check fit three times before I even pull the rasp out. Guess it's not just the horse that wears down over time. Anyone else notice their pace changing as the years stack up?

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c/air-fryer-recipes•

sarah_nelson•1mo ago

I accidentally made 12 batches of roasted chickpeas in one day

I went through a whole 4-pound bag of chickpeas trying to get that perfect crunch at 375 degrees, and now my kitchen smells like a Mediterranean restaurant. Has anyone else found the magic number for air fryer time on chickpeas or am I overthinking this?

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