Question about using old car parts in a jacket design

I was at a junkyard in Phoenix last month looking for some old seatbelt webbing to use as straps. This guy in a greasy jumpsuit saw me pulling at a Chevy's belts and said, 'You know, the airbag fabric in the steering wheel is a lot stronger and has a cool texture.' I spent the next hour carefully cutting one out, which felt totally weird. Has anyone else tried using safety gear materials in their work, or is that just asking for trouble?

Spent $35 on a cheap torque wrench from Harbor Freight and it stripped my lug nuts

Tried to rotate my tires last weekend and the thing clicked way before it hit spec. Now I'm out another $60 for new studs. Anyone have a solid budget brand that actually works?

My prompt notebook hit 200 pages and I didn't even notice

I was cleaning my desk yesterday and found the old composition book I started three years ago for stray ideas. Flipped through it and counted exactly 200 pages of half sentences, weird names, and 'what if' questions. The thing is, I never meant to fill it, I just wrote down stuff that popped into my head while doing other things. It's basically a map of every time I got distracted. Anyone else have a physical book that just grew on its own?

Can we talk about how many people still use 'password123'?

My cousin's kid told me his school login was that exact phrase, which made me check my own old accounts. Anyone have a good, simple method for making people actually change their default passwords?

Got some tough feedback on my resume last week that actually helped

I showed my resume to a friend who hires for a warehouse manager job. He said it was just a list of tasks, like 'operated pressure washer' and 'maintained equipment'. He told me to rewrite every bullet to start with a result, like 'cut cleaning time by 30% on big jobs'. I spent a whole night changing it. Now I'm getting more calls back. Has anyone else had to totally redo their resume like that?

Serious question, I had to pick between believing the official story on the 2001 anthrax attacks or digging into the conspiracy theories. I chose to dig, and it changed how I see everything.

When my spotter's radio quit mid-lift, we went old school and it was comedy gold

We were setting steel beams on a windy site... my spotter's radio battery gave out, so he started using hand signals like back in the day. I followed along, and we got the beam placed perfect without a word. Some guys say radios are a must, but I feel knowing signals by heart is key. That day proved it, even if it was a bit silly scrambling without tech.