Compared running RG6 with a $20 crimper vs a $80 compression tool last week

I had to finish 12 drops in a new apartment building near downtown and my cheapo crimper kept giving me loose fittings. The compression tool made perfect ends in half the time, no signal loss at all. Has anyone else noticed a big jump in quality switching to compression fittings for residential work?

Swapped to a half-round scimitar after using straight boning knives for 10 years

I been breaking down primals with a straight 6-inch boner since I started at the shop in Portland, but last week I grabbed a 8 inch half-round scimitar on a whim. It cut through those chuck rolls like butter, no more fighting against the curve of the blade to get the fat caps off clean. Anyone else made the switch and never looked back?

A regular told me my tomato sauce was too sharp and I switched to San Marzanos from store brand cans

He said it tasted like acid and I fought him on it for a week before trying his suggestion, now my Sunday gravy comes out smoother and I sell twice as much on pasta nights, anyone else had a customer call them out on basics like that?

Friend called my packing 'a crime scene' after our Europe trip

She said I looked like I was moving out, not traveling. Now I roll everything and use packing cubes. Cut down from a stuffed 40L to a half-full 28L for a 10 day trip to Lisbon last month. Anyone else get roasted by their travel buddy?

Old school climbing spikes vs modern gaffs, I finally switched

After 15 years using the same hickory-handled spikes my grandfather gave me, I rented a pair of those aluminum adjustable gaffs for a job in Austin last month. They felt weird at first but I didn't slip once on a wet live oak that would have made me fall twice with the old ones. Has anyone else made the swap and felt like they lost some kind of connection to the tree?

That coffee shop in Portland had a pour over station with 8 different single origins

Went to this place called Heart Roasters last weekend and they had like 8 different single origins on rotation for pour overs. Anyone know how they manage to keep that many beans fresh without wasting a ton of product?

My mistake in identifying a Roman coin last month

I was at a small antiques show in Bath, England and bought what I thought was a simple bronze Roman coin for 15 pounds. Turns out after I got it home and looked closer under a magnifying glass, it was actually a silver-washed denarius from the reign of Trajan, probably worth closer to 150 pounds. Has anyone else had a pleasant surprise like this where a wrong identification worked out in your favor?

Spent 4 hours trying to fix a sticky spacebar on my first build

I built my first custom keyboard last month and got everything working except the spacebar. It kept sticking down after I pressed it. I figured it was a simple fix, maybe the stabilizer wire was bent or the lube was wrong. I took the whole thing apart three times, re-lubed the stabs, and even swapped the switches. After four hours of messing with it, I found out the problem was the keycap itself. It had a tiny piece of extra plastic on the bottom that was catching on the switch housing. I just filed it down with a nail file and it worked perfect right after. Has anyone else dealt with keycap molding issues that took forever to figure out?

Just realized caulk isn't always the answer

I spent three hours last week trying to fill a 1/4 inch gap on a crown molding job in a old house here in Austin with caulk because I was too stubborn to cut a new piece. After it cracked and looked terrible, my buddy came over and showed me how a simple backer rod and a bit of wood filler fixed it in ten minutes. Has anyone else wasted way too much time on a fix that was never gonna work?

Found out the average new house has over 8,000 square feet of drywall from a builder's blog, blew my mind