I was planning a taco night for 8 people last Thursday, bought everything from the regular store and spent $64 before I even got the meat. Realized I had like $12 left for the rest of the week after that. Now I only shop at the discount grocery down on 3rd Street where they sell ground beef for $3 a pound and I plan meals around what's on the clearance rack first. Anyone else found a specific store that cuts your grocery bill in half?
I manage a few properties out in the West Valley and there's one plaza on Bell Road that was full back in early 2022. Now there's four big vacancies and the anchor grocery store pulled out last March. Online orders and the new development 3 miles north just sucked the life out of it. Anyone else seeing this kind of drop in their older centers?
The P-Tap saved me from swapping dead batteries in a wet crawlspace after my last three jobs chewed through a 12 pack of AAs in two days.
I got tired of buying $7 lattes just to use the wifi, so I headed to the downtown public library. Turns out the connection was way faster and I found a quiet corner with actual power outlets. Saved me about $30 over three days and I got way more work done. Has anyone else tested out library spaces for remote work? How do they compare to regular coworking spots?
I was at a Starbucks in Austin last week and a guy at the next table was on a call saying something about how most people lock their phones with the same pattern their thumb naturally falls on. I tested it on my own phone and realized I leave a smudge trail right where I swipe. Now I clean my screen before locking and swap the pattern direction every few weeks. Has anyone else noticed their lock pattern smudges giving away the code?
I used to set a timer for exactly 45 minutes of bulk fermentation for my sourdough, no matter what. Then last winter my kitchen was like 62 degrees and the dough came out dense and sad. Now I go by the poke test and visual cues, it takes way longer but my crumb is way better. When did you guys stop relying on the clock and start trusting your hands? Has anyone else had a cold kitchen wreck their schedule like that?
He put one on his F-150 three months ago and his MPG actually dropped by 2. After he cleaned it twice, same result. Any of you run into this with aftermarket intakes?
Was going over my logbook for a routine check and noticed the odometer rolled past 500k somewhere between Cheyenne and Laramie. Didn't even catch it at the time because I was too busy dealing with a frozen fuel filter. That engine has outlasted two trucks I've owned and still starts on the first crank in single digit weather. Anyone else lose track of mileage milestones until way after they happen?
I was talking to a customer who used to teach horror lit at a community college, and she said the ending of King's The Dark Half is a total cheat. She pointed out how the sparrows just show up out of nowhere to resolve everything, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. It's like King wrote himself into a corner and said 'birds fix it.' Has anyone else felt like a famous author just gave up on wrapping things up?
He told me his 2002 F-150 has run plain dino juice for 220,000 miles with zero engine issues, so am I just throwing money away on premium 5W-30 every 5,000 miles for no real gain?