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I finally understood why my grandpa saved every single piece of twine and string he ever touched

He was a farmer in Kansas who told me it cost him 80 cents a mile to haul hay in 1972 and that one loose knot could cost him a whole afternoon's work, so now I untie every package string and roll it into a ball just like he did.

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the_lee•1mo ago

Shoutout to manual transmission drivers - can we talk about how long it actually takes to learn?

I hear people say learning stick shift takes like an afternoon. Bull. I bought a 2005 Civic last month and it took me 4 full weekends before I stopped stalling at green lights. My grandpa learned in the 60s and said they just threw him in a field truck for a day. Is the skill itself fading or just the patience to teach it properly?

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sage_green•1mo ago

Wasted $400 on a fancy spiralizer I barely touched

I fell for one of those infomercial spiralizers last year, the big metal one that promises to turn every veggie into noodles. Used it exactly twice, once for zucchini and once for carrots, and both times cleanup took longer than the actual cooking. The thing is huge, takes up half my cabinet, and after the second use I just went back to using my regular vegetable peeler. My mom came over and laughed, said she used to cut vegetables into strips with a knife in the 80s for way less hassle. I thought I was saving time with a gadget but really I just threw money at a problem that didn't exist. Has anyone else bought some kitchen tool that seemed genius but ended up being a complete waste of counter space?

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