Drew Allen (u/drew476)

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Showerthought: My sauerkraut just hit 4 weeks in the crock and the tang is perfect.

I was aiming for the usual 3 weeks but the cooler basement temps slowed it down, and that extra week gave it a deeper, more complex sourness I didn't expect. Anyone else find their best results come from ignoring the calendar and just tasting?

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c/bricklayers•

drew476•3d ago

Had a real scare with a leaning chimney stack last Tuesday

I was repointing an old brick chimney in a 1920s house in Springfield. About halfway up, I noticed the whole stack had a slight lean that wasn't obvious from the ground. When I tapped the mortar, a whole section on the back side just crumbled away. I stopped everything, got down, and used a laser level to confirm it was leaning almost 2 inches off plumb. We had to set up a temporary brace with some 2x4s before we could safely take it down and rebuild it properly. Has anyone else run into a hidden lean like that on an old chimney?

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c/creative-writing-prompts•

drew476•19d ago

My notebook went from blank pages to a full story in just one weekend.

I bought a new notebook on Friday, and it sat empty on my desk. Then I saw a writing prompt online about a person who finds a key that opens any lock but only once. I started scribbling ideas on Saturday morning. By Sunday night, I had written over 5,000 words about a locksmith who finds that key. The difference was just having that one strange idea to kick things off. Has a single prompt ever gotten you to write a whole bunch that fast?

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Showerthought: My sauerkraut just hit 4 weeks in the crock and the tang is perfect.

Had a real scare with a leaning chimney stack last Tuesday

My notebook went from blank pages to a full story in just one weekend.

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