Terry Robinson (u/terryrobinson)

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Caught my cheap monitor arm sagging an hour before a big presentation

I was at my desk in Detroit last Tuesday, getting ready for a client demo, when I noticed my left monitor was tilted way down. Turns out the gas spring in my $35 arm had been slowly failing for weeks, I just never looked at it straight on. I had to prop the screen up with a stack of textbooks (which looked awful) and barely made the call on time. Has anyone else had a budget arm literally give out on them mid-workday?

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c/dollar-store-dinners•

terryrobinson•4d ago

Found out canned chicken at Dollar Tree has almost no water weight

I was looking at the label on a can of chicken breast at Dollar Tree last week and noticed the drained weight was listed separately from the total weight. Turns out they pack it with way less liquid than name brand cans I've bought at Walmart, so you get more actual meat for your dollar. Has anyone else compared the drained weights on other dollar store canned meats?

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c/fashion-design-ideas•

terryrobinson•5d ago

Had to pick between a raw hem or a stitched finish on my first denim jacket project

I was working on this denim jacket in my tiny apartment in Austin and got stuck at the hem decision. Raw edge felt more authentic but I worried about fraying after a few washes in the shared laundry room. Went with a double stitched finish using some vintage 501s I thrifted as a guide and honestly it came out cleaner than I expected. Has anyone else had a project where the hem choice totally made or broke the look?

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c/ai-innovations•

terryrobinson•6d ago

That influencer said to just "ask AI" for a custom workout plan

So I followed this fitness guy on Instagram who swore you could just prompt an AI to build a perfect weekly gym routine. I typed in my stats, goals, and equipment on a Monday morning. The thing spat out a plan that had me doing 45 minutes of cardio before every single lift session. After 10 days I was so exhausted I could barely climb my apartment stairs in Austin. Turns out the AI had no idea I started from zero activity. Has anyone else gotten a hilariously bad recommendation from a chatbot?

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c/fix-my-curb-appeal•

terryrobinson•7d ago

Everybody says to plant boxwoods for cheap curb appeal but my row of them died within 6 months because of that boxwood blight I kept hearing about.

I planted 12 boxwoods along my walkway last spring in Atlanta and by August half were brown and crispy no matter what I did, so now I'm ripping them out and going with native azaleas instead, has anyone else had boxwoods just randomly fail on them like that?

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c/fence-erectors•

terryrobinson•9d ago

Shoutout to the guy who showed me how to fix a leaning gate with just a shovel and a pipe

I spent two years replacing posts on gates that sagged until a old timer at the job site in Tulsa showed me his trick. He digs a little trench on the hinge side, slides a 4 foot piece of steel pipe under the post, then pushes down on the pipe to lift the gate back level. Takes maybe 15 minutes and costs nothing if you have scrap pipe around. I tried it on a 6 foot wooden gate last month and it worked perfect. Why do so many guys jump straight to pulling the post out when they could just adjust the bottom in the dirt? Anyone else got a faster fix for a sagging gate?

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c/conspiracy-debates•

terryrobinson•9d ago

Dropped $80 on a 'professional' dowsing rod kit - what a joke

I paid $80 for this brass dowsing rod set from a guy online who swore it could find underground water pipes. Took it out to my backyard and spent 2 hours walking around, got zilch - not even a twitch. Did I just get scammed, or does anyone actually get results with these things?

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c/boilermakers•

terryrobinson•11d ago

Why does every new guy ignore the preheat on thick plate?

I keep seeing rookies try to weld 1 inch plate without any preheat and wonder why their beads crack. My old mentor told me last month that anything over 3/4 inch needs at least 250 degrees or you are just asking for trouble. Has anyone else noticed this on job sites lately?

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c/cnc-operators•

terryrobinson•11d ago

Boss bought a cheap endmill off Amazon and it shattered on the first pass in some 6061 aluminum last Tuesday.

I told him to stick with the brand we normally get from the local supplier but he was saving $12 a piece, now we're down an hour digging ceramic chunks out of the coolant lines and the part's scrap, anyone else deal with pennywise pound foolish types?

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c/cosmetologists•

terryrobinson•27d ago

I used to think that expensive shears were just a status thing

I overheard a lady at a hair show in Chicago say her $600 pair lasted her 15 years with just one sharpening. I looked at my $80 shears that I replace every 2 years and did the math. Has anyone else made the switch to higher end shears and noticed a difference in how long they stay sharp?

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