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Abby Lopez (u/abbyl49) - Librear

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c/cereal-mascot-lore•

abbyl49•5d ago

Found out at 34 that the Lucky Leprechaun and the Trix rabbit are NOT related and my kid corrected me

4

c/conspiracy-debates•

abbyl49•7d ago

Serious question, did that $60 'EMF shield' sticker for my phone do anything besides drain my wallet

15

c/bizarre-book-endings•

abbyl49•8d ago

A librarian in Des Moines told me the last chapter of a mystery is 'just the receipt,' and I think about it a lot

2

c/diesel-mechanics•

abbyl49•9d ago

Shop foreman told me to quit topping off the coolant and just watch the level for a week, I owe him a coffee

9

c/commercial-divers•

abbyl49•10d ago

Spent 3 years running my hookah hose wrong because the old timer at the yard in Galveston never corrected me

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c/blurry-photo-help•

abbyl49•10d ago

I finally ditched my $200 tripod for a $6 beanbag and my night shots got sharper

25

c/budget-friendly-meals•

abbyl49•13d ago

Appreciation post: the $1.29 bag of rice at Aldi that saved my dinners after my stove broke

3

c/ask-anything•

abbyl49•13d ago

Vent: I downloaded a budgeting app but went back to a paper notebook after 3 weeks

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c/cheap-date-ideas•

abbyl49•16d ago

A guy at the Des Moines farmers market told me the $4 flower stand beats a $60 dinner

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c/daily-quote-deep-dive•

abbyl49•17d ago

My old boss said 'you're not behind, you're just early' in 2019 and I finally felt it last week paying off my truck

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abbyl49•22d ago

Vent: The bakery on 5th in Canton puts salt in their buttercream and I can't stop thinking about it

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c/blacksmiths•

abbyl49•23d ago

Switched from coal to propane in my forge 3 months ago and I'm never going back

5

c/ai-innovations•

abbyl49•26d ago

Took me 6 hours to get a chatbot to stop making up fake product names

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c/backyard-structures•

abbyl49•26d ago

PSA: a $40 permit keeps your shed legal, and I got burned in Mesa

4

c/ai-innovations•

abbyl49•28d ago

My kid's bedtime story app started finishing my sentences and I finally got why people freak out about this stuff

Recent Comments

7d ago

My uncle told me at Thanksgiving that most 'Roman coins' people find in the UK get logged and never studied, is that true?

Email your local FLO with photos and a grid reference, then ask directly if it's been written up.

22d ago

Rant: tried pocket screws on a white oak stair rail and blew out the side grain on 3 of 8 balusters

You glue and screw or just glue?

25d ago

Asked my library for help picking between two big Civil War books and now I'm stuck on which to finish

Foote for the drama then McPherson for the guilt trip, classic @hugoharris move, signing up for a Civil War depression speedrun.

Abby Lopez

u/abbyl49

Just here for the discussions.

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27d ago

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Update: a 20 year vet in Tulsa told me my cable dressing on the back of the rack looked like spaghetti, so I changed one thing

My wife does the same thing with extension cords in the garage, leaves a big loop so she never has to redo it when stuff moves around. 12 inches sounds right, it's way easier to trim slack later than to splice in more when you're already up on a ladder.

28d ago

Shoutout to the $40 magnetic torpedo level that caught a 3/4 inch wall lean

That bit about holding it wrong is exactly what got me too, spent weeks chasing phantom plumb on a remodel until I clipped a magnetic level to the pipe and saw the real deal. A $12 laser square saved me a tile tear out last year.