Guy I work with on a refinery job near Baton Rouge could barely run a bead last spring, now his passes look like they came off a machine. Turns out he started recording his torch angle and rod speed on his phone and watched it back every night. Anybody else find a weird trick that clicked way later than you expected?
I crossed 100 different recipes on Monday using my Cosori 5.8 quart. I started counting back in March and I swear the chicken thighs come out better every time. Has anyone else hit a surprising number like this and noticed their cooking got easier or faster?
Honestly, I used to spend 10 minutes walking around a scene taking readings off a Sekonic before even touching my Mamiya. Now I just eyeball it with the digital back's histogram and adjust in post; way faster but I kinda miss the ritual.
A client came in last month with a box dye disaster. My coworker told me to just do a heavy bleach bath and tone it. I went against my own instinct and followed her advice. BIG mistake. It lifted unevenly, turned orange in spots. 4 hours and an extra $250 of product later I had to do a full color melt to fix it. Should I have pushed back harder or just avoid taking advice from that person again?
My sister (30) told me last week that every time I mention our dad I make him sound like a saint. She said 'he wasn't the perfect dad you remember, he just died when you were 9 and you never had to deal with him as an adult.' Ouch. But she was right. I've been holding up this idealized version for 20 years and it made me feel guilty anytime I had normal frustrations with people. Now I'm trying to figure out what parts of my memory are real and what parts I made up. Has anyone else had a sibling wreck a core memory like that?
I spent two years refusing to buy from Northwest Brick Supply because I figured all their stuff was overpriced fancy junk. Then I had to rush a job near the Port of Tacoma last month and the usual spot was out of the old red blend I needed. Drove over there out of desperation and found they actually stock a local reclaimed line for 15% less than my regular guy. The color match was dead on and the bricks had zero chips in the whole pallet. Has anyone else had their mind changed by a supplier they swore they'd never use?
I had to choose between a sales role that paid $85k plus commission but had me working 50+ hours a week, and a receptionist gig at a small dental office in Portland for $38k flat. I went with the lower paying one because I craved a normal sleep schedule and weekends off. After 6 months, I'm way less stressed and I actually have time to cook dinner and see friends. Has anyone else made a similar trade off and felt like it was worth it?
I was one of those 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' types with QuickBooks Desktop. Had been using it since 2016 at my tax prep side gig. But then my laptop died on a Tuesday and I realized I had zero cloud backups. Spent 3 days rebuilding stuff. My cousin who runs a bakery in Ferndale kept telling me to try Xero. Finally switched and the bank feeds alone save me like 2 hours a week. Has anyone else made the jump and found little things you miss from the old software?
I planted a small pollinator patch in my yard in Denver three years ago, but it took until this summer to actually see a real bee or butterfly on it. What finally convinced me was seeing a single monarch land there after a neighbor cut down all their milkweed. How do you keep going when you don't see any results for so long?