Appreciation post: that one day last spring where every shoe fit perfect on the first try

I had a Friday back in April where three horses in a row had feet so close to ideal I barely had to touch the hoof knife. No recut heels, no reset clips, no trimming twice. The last one was a 15-year-old mare on a farm out near Grangeville and her owner even said "you must be having a good day." Anyone else ever get a weirdly perfect streak like that, or is it just me?

Found out that 1 in 10 birth mothers don't get to hold their baby after delivery

I was reading a study from the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute last night and that statistic really hit me hard, has anyone else come across numbers like that that just stop you in your tracks?

Vent: My dad swore by using tar paper behind shower tile - turns out he was right

I went with redguard on my bathroom reno last spring because everyone online said tar paper was outdated. After 8 months I got mold spots near the bottom row of tile. Anyone else have bad luck skipping the old school防水 methods?

Hit the jackpot at a library sale by checking the bottom shelf

I found a 1967 field guide to mushrooms with hand-drawn illustrations for 50 cents at a library sale in Toledo. It was shoved behind a row of old textbooks on the lowest shelf nobody looks at. Has anyone else had luck digging through the stuff other people ignore?

Old timer told me to stop greasing the door tracks every month and I thought he was nuts at first

He showed me how the excess grease was actually attracting more dirt and causing binding on a 10-year-old Otis in a St. Louis office building, so now I only hit the bearing points with a dry lube once per quarter - anyone else had a senior guy change your whole maintenance routine?

Heard a young guy call a swing valve a 'vibe control' and it got me thinking

Was at a yard sale last weekend and some kid was selling an old dredge part. He called the swing valve a 'vibe control' and said it helped 'regulate the flow energy'. Made me laugh at first. But it got me thinking about how we used to just learn from old timers without all the fancy names. My first job in 2008 I didnt even know what a swing valve was, I just turned the wheel when the foreman yelled. Has anyone else noticed the language shift on job sites over the last 15 years?

Rolled my clothes for 10 years, finally tried packing cubes last month.

Just got burned booking a coliving in Medellin, check the background first

I paid $600 upfront for a month at a place in El Poblado last week based on the photos alone, turned up and the wifi was a joke and the hot water gave out every other day. The owner kept pushing coworking memberships and tours instead of fixing the basics. Has anyone else dealt with coliving spots that look great online but fall apart once you arrive?

Question about those carbon offset subscriptions for flights

I signed up for a $15/month carbon offset subscription through my airline last January after a trip to Denver, but I'm starting to wonder if the money actually goes to real projects or just marketing fluff. A buddy in the forestry department at the university nearby told me some offset programs don't hold up under scrutiny, and now I'm second guessing if I should just keep driving instead. Has anyone here looked into the actual impact of these programs or found one that's legit?

Why does everyone wrap their brisket in foil instead of butcher paper?

I watched 3 guys at a comp in Kansas City last weekend all foil up their briskets right after the stall, and I swear they all ended up with steamed bark that peeled right off. Am I missing something, or is butcher paper just the way to go for a good crust?