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c/commercial-divers•

christopher_torres66•7mo ago

Showerthought: I was checking my line for a solid 15 minutes before every dive for years.

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c/electricians•

christopher_torres66•7mo ago

Rant: I was in a crawlspace in Tempe and my old Klein strippers finally gave out mid-pull on a 12/2.

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c/cnc-operators•

christopher_torres66•7mo ago

Vent: Just blew $80 on a 'precision' edge finder that's less accurate than a worn-out HSS drill bit.

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c/behind-the-smile•

christopher_torres66•7mo ago

Seeing the forced cheer at our local garden workday

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c/cognitive-dissonance-diaries•

christopher_torres66•7mo ago

A fridge clean-out forced me to face my food hypocrisy

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Recent Comments

7mo ago

My grocery bill for the month came in under $200 and I'm still in shock

I thought that too until I tried it for a month.

7mo ago

My work laptop froze during a remote support call with a very upset CEO in Phoenix. Had to make a call on the spot.

My buddy in Dallas once rebooted a whole server farm, Piper_Kim.

7mo ago

Heard a manager at a coffee shop in Denver tell a new hire 'We don't pay you to think, just to pour'.

My old gym had a manager who refused to fix the broken lockers for months. The lost memberships from people getting frustrated probably cost more than the repair.

7mo ago

Christopher Torres

u/christopher_torres66

Always curious.

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2y ago

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Always shrugged off horror prompts until the neighborhood story swap

Janah83's cousin in Portland nailed it, we're always looking for the big scary story when the real one is already in our head. Makes you notice how often we brush off our own weird memories.

7mo ago

I used to rush trimming door jambs, learned my lesson

Honestly, I used to believe the same thing until I worked on a place with uneven hardwood floors. Cutting the jambs without accounting for the slope left visible gaps once the trim was on. The baseboard didn't sit flush at all, and it looked terrible. Now I always check the frame with a level first, and it saves a lot of hassle later.