So I've been building boards for about 4 years now and for the first 2 years I would just put some lube on the switch stems and call it done. Then I watched a build stream where this dude spent like 20 minutes on a single switch cleaning off factory lube and applying thin layers. Tried it on a set of Gateron Yellows I had laying around and holy cow the difference is night and day. Now I take the time to clean everything first with isopropyl, let it dry, then apply a thin even coat to the stem sides and bottom housing rails. Takes me about 3 hours for a full 60 percent board instead of 45 minutes but the switches stay smooth for months. Has anyone else tried skipping the cleaning step and regretted it later?
I spent a whole shift tracking down a slow drip from the fuel manifold, swapped seals and everything, only to find a clamp that was barely a quarter turn loose. Is it better to methodically check the simple stuff first or just dive into the hard work right away?
Booked a local company off Nextdoor last fall to clean up after the big oak in my backyard dropped everything. Guy showed up with a leaf blower for 20 minutes, hit the front walkway, and left. I checked the side yard and back patio the next morning and there were still piles everywhere. Called to complain and they said I'd need to pay for a second visit. Anyone else had a landscaper here in Westlake blow you off like that?
I spent 20 minutes frantically trying to re-pitch a soaked tent with a broken pole while my friend just laughed and stayed dry under a tarp, has anyone else had a gear failure ruin an entire night like that?
I was sick for a whole week last March and binged two shows one dubbed one subbed. The dub let me knit while watching but the sub felt way more emotional and real. Which side do you land on when you're stuck on the couch for days?
I used to manually type every clause from a 50 page lease into a spreadsheet. A senior broker I work with saw me doing it last month and said I was wasting hours. He showed me this free PDF reader that extracts text in 10 seconds flat. Now I just copy and paste the key terms like rent bumps and CAM caps straight over. It cut my lease review time from 45 minutes down to about 15 per document. Has anyone else found a faster way to handle lease abstracts?
I always thought just putting milkweed anywhere in my yard was fine for monarchs, but a master gardener in a Facebook group explained the specific sun and wind conditions they actually need. Now I'm digging up my whole patch and relocating it after learning that shady spots can mess up their whole migration cycle.
For years I thought co-op board games were just for people who hate competition. But my group got stuck with a borrowed copy of Pandemic during a snowstorm last January and we were stuck inside for 3 days. That game where we all lost to the diseases on the second night actually got us more fired up than any competitive game has in months. Has anyone else had their opinion flipped on a whole genre just because of the right group?
I was reading this whodunit where the reveal felt too obvious by page 200. So I tried editing the last 3 pages to have a different character be the killer, one who had a small motive mentioned earlier. It changed the whole feel of the book and made the clues make more sense. Has anyone else tried rewriting a book's ending to improve it?
I used to log into the old edmontonchat.com forum all the time back in 2018, but I checked it last week and it's full of redirects and pop-up ads. The change happened about six months ago when the domain expired and got bought by some sketchy company. Now I only use the verified Reddit community or the Discord server for actual local talk. Has anyone else had their browser flagged after visiting the old site?