Turned out the deadman brake on the auxiliary hoist needed a half turn of adjustment, but I spent the first 12 hours checking everything else, has anyone else wasted that kind of time on such a simple fix?
I watched the full 8 minute video from the guy who left his dog in the hot car last summer. Everyone in the comments is saying he seems sincere because he cried, but I noticed he looked at his phone 3 times during the take. Also he used the same 2 catchphrases from his last movie interview. I'm in the minority here but to me it felt like a rehearsed stage performance, not a real admission of guilt. Has anyone else noticed celebs recycling the same lines across different scandals?
Was going back through my logbook and counted up 506 repairs since I started keeping records back in 2018. How many of you guys track your personal numbers or just let the foreman keep the count?
I was prepping some character designs for a freelance gig and noticed the linework looked weirdly smooth. Turned out I'd gotten so used to fixing my rough sketches with an AI tool that I forgot how to just draw a clean contour myself. Anyone else realize they were leaning too hard on AI cleanup?
The swamp cooler needs monthly cleaning but it keeps my Tucson house comfortable when it's 110 out, has anyone else found the maintenance tradeoff worth it long term?
I spent three years using a 4-pound Osprey on the PCT and thought anyone going frameless was crazy. Borrowed a friend's Zpacks Nero for a 30-mile weekend in the Sierras last month and my shoulders didn't hurt once. Has anyone else found a specific frameless pack that works for carrying more than 15 pounds?
He did every cut in under 45 minutes without switching tools once, and now I'm questioning my whole kit setup - has anyone else gone minimalist like that and regretted it or found it works better?
Friend of mine who works at that station in Ohio told me they staged the whole thing for views. Anyone else feel kinda cheated when you find out a blooper was faked?
I used to always set up the wet saw for bathroom tile jobs. Dragging it out of the van, filling the water tray, cleaning the sludge afterward. It took me like 20 minutes just to get set up. Then about 6 months ago I tried a cheap snap cutter on a small backsplash in a house near Austin. I cut 80 tiles in 10 minutes with zero dust and no cleanup. Now I only break out the wet saw for porcelain or big format stuff. Anyone else made the switch and found it way faster for basic ceramic tile?
Was working on a Cessna 172 last Tuesday and used my $15 Harbor Freight multimeter to check a voltage drop on a nav light circuit. The thing read 11.8 volts where it should have been 13.2. I swapped it out for a Fluke 117 a coworker loaned me and it showed the exact reading I expected. Turns out those cheap meters drift badly once they get a little age on them. Looked up the specs online and saw the accuracy tolerance is like 3% on cheap ones versus 0.1% on the better brands. That difference could mean signing off a bad relay as good. Has anyone else had a cheap meter lead them down the wrong path?
