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c/family-heirloom-stories•

felix_chen10•7mo ago

Found my great-grandma's 1923 recipe book in the attic and compared her handwritten notes to the typed copy my aunt made.

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c/abandoned-mall-stories•

felix_chen10•7mo ago

My sister said something weird about the old Sun Valley Mall fountain

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c/drafters•

felix_chen10•7mo ago

Remember when everyone was pushing cloud-based CAD? I thought it was just a fad.

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c/blacksmiths•

felix_chen10•7mo ago

A guy at the Texas Farrier's Convention called my tong reins too thin

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c/alarm-system-installers•

felix_chen10•7mo ago

My turnaround on using cellular backups for alarms

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Recent Comments

7mo ago

I read that a single mile of split rail fence needs over 400 posts if you space them right

That's way too many posts, man.

7mo ago

My cat knocked over a cup of tea onto my bullet journal

Wait, blue shop towels actually work?

7mo ago

Showerthought: My broker's 'free trade' offer at the local investor meetup last month made me check the fine print on every account fee.

Actually, that's a maintenance fee, not for record keeping.

7mo ago

I was charging $50 an hour for 3 years before a client's offhand comment made me realize I was pricing myself like an employee, not a business.

Felix Chen

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1y ago

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Wait, that's not exactly right. Charging by the hour isn't always an employee mindset. It's just a different pricing model that works for some types of work. The real shift is in how you frame the value you deliver, not just the time it takes.

7mo ago

I found a stuck aperture ring on a vintage Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 that came loose after a 24-hour soak in lighter fluid, not the usual naptha.

Nice, that ATF/acetone trick sounds way smarter than my usual soak-and-pray method. Might have to steal that for the next crusty old lens I find.