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5d ago

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Switched from flagged emails to a single notebook for tracking

One of my coworkers went through this exact thing with her wedding planning. She had some fancy project management app, the kind with all the bells and whistles and a monthly subscription fee, and she was still constantly losing track of vendor emails and deposit dates. Then her mom gave her a plain spiral notebook and a pack of colored pens for her birthday. She just started writing down everything in it, contacts, timelines, budgets, all on paper. She told me last week she's never been more organized and she actually feels less stressed now, which is wild because she was about to lose her mind before. Sometimes the simplest solution is the one that actually works.

5d ago

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Rant: That day a bird nest almost cost me a chimney liner

Bet that nest was full of old creosote chunks too. Now you have a fun new fire hazard to worry about.

6d ago

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Heard a shop foreman say 'you either fix it once or fix it five times' and got me thinking about torque specs

Wait, are those torque-to-yield bolts single use only or can you reuse them if you hit the spec dead on?

6d ago

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Found a weird moss takeover at the local arboretum last weekend

Honestly, that's awesome and it happens more than you'd think. Tbh I found a whole section of my local park's brick wall that's just been completely taken over by moss, like a fuzzy green blanket or something. Ngl it's kind of magical how it just shows up and decides a spot is its new home.

6d ago

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Vent: When my miter saw kicked back and I almost lost a finger

Gloves near spinning blades is a bad idea.