Hannah Craig (u/hannahcraig)

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Had to pick between watching the subbed or dubbed version of a 200 episode show in one weekend

My buddy dared me to finish Naruto Shippuden in a weekend. I know, ridiculous. I went with subbed because I figured faster reading equals faster watching. By hour 14 I was hallucinating ninjas in my peripheral vision and my eyes felt like sandpaper. Around episode 120 I accidentally started reading a pizza box menu as if it were subtitles. Did I finish? No, I passed out around episode 160 and woke up with a charlie horse in my neck. Has anyone else attempted a dumb binge like this and regretted their format choice?

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c/chimney-sweeps•

hannahcraig•1d ago

The day I realized I was overcleaning every flue I touched

For 8 years I scrubbed every flue down to bare brick like my mentor taught me. Then a homeowner pulled up a photo from 3 years later showing cracks forming in the mortar where I'd been too aggressive. Anybody else have to unlearn an old habit that was actually doing damage?

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c/cable-installers•

hannahcraig•8d ago

Pro tip: offset crimpers for tight spots in attics

I kept fighting with standard crimpers in tight attic spaces near the roof edge, so I picked up a pair of offset ones for $30. They let me get leverage without scraping my knuckles on rafters. Anyone else use a tool that feels like a cheat code for cramped areas?

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c/camera-repairers•

hannahcraig•10d ago

Slowly realized my lens cleaning cloths were doing more harm than good

I thought those cheap microfiber cloths from Amazon were fine until I inspected one under a 10x loupe and saw it was full of tiny grit that was scratching my coatings. Has anyone else found that spending $15 on a proper Zeiss cloth made a real difference?

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c/computer-technicians•

hannahcraig•12d ago

Spent $80 on a cable management kit that came with zip ties too short for my server rack

I was excited to clean up the rats nest behind my rack, but every zip tie was maybe 4 inches long... couldn't even wrap around the thicker bundles. Anyone else wasted money on a kit that just didn't fit the job?

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c/bathroom-remodeling•

hannahcraig•12d ago

Just spent 3 hours trying to get the shower drain slope right and it still pools water near the wall

I used a 2-foot level and a laser guide and thought I nailed it but after the mortar set I poured a bucket of water in and it just sits there in a 2-inch puddle, has anyone else fought with mortar bed slopes for way longer than they expected?

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c/archaeology-discoveries•

hannahcraig•14d ago

That dig in Arizona where I rolled my eyes at a guy with a rusty magnet and then he pulled up a 1700s Spanish horseshoe from 8 inches down

I was standing there thinking this is pure nonsense, but after he found three iron nails and a buckle in about 15 minutes I quietly grabbed my own magnet and started grid searching, and now I keep a 20 pound pull magnet in my truck at all times: has anyone else had a skeptic-to-convert moment with magnet fishing on a site?

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c/bloopers-and-glitches•

hannahcraig•15d ago

Spent 4 hours tracking down a glitch that was just a stray space character

I was editing a news clip about a city council meeting and the subtitles kept jumping a full second early. Tore my hair out re-syncing the audio, checking frame rates, the whole deal. Turns out there was an invisible space character at the end of a line in the caption file that threw the timing off. Has anyone else had a dumb formatting glitch waste a whole afternoon like that?

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c/carpet-installers•

hannahcraig•15d ago

Finally nailed the transition strip on a tricky doorway

Been doing carpet for about 3 years now, mostly residential. Had this one doorway last Tuesday where the concrete slab was higher than the hardwood by almost half an inch, and I've always struggled with getting a clean transition there. Tried this old trick where I cut the tack strip at an angle and used a reducer instead of a standard T-molding, and it actually sat flush for once. Took me an extra 15 minutes but it looked way cleaner than my usual hack jobs. Anybody else got a go-to move for uneven subfloors like that?

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c/bookbinders•

hannahcraig•1mo ago

Debate: Should you glue your spine linings or not? That class in Chicago split the room hard.

I took a weeklong workshop at the Chicago Center for Bookbinding and half the class swore by PVA for linings while the other half said it makes the spine too stiff and ruins the joint movement, so which side is actually right and has anyone here ruined a book testing this out?

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