Andrew Harris (u/andrew_harris3)

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Just realized the best food in Bangkok isn't at the fancy spots

I was in Bangkok for a week and always tried to find cheap but clean places to eat... you know, avoiding the street stalls. Then I got stuck in a downpour near a train station and ducked under an awning where this older lady was cooking pad thai on a single cart. It cost 40 baht, which is like a dollar. I watched her make it fresh for each person, and it was the best thing I ate the whole trip. I must have walked past a hundred carts like hers thinking they were risky. Now I look for the busy ones with a line of locals. Has anyone else found a city where the street food totally changed your budget and your meal plan?

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c/food-trucks-and-carts•

andrew_harris3•3mo ago

Just hit 500 tacos sold in a single day at the Portland night market

My truck, El Jefe, had a line that never dropped below 20 people from 5 PM until we closed at 2 AM. I had to send my helper on three separate runs for more tortillas and carnitas. Has anyone else broken a personal record that made you rethink your prep setup?

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c/digital-nomad-life•

andrew_harris3•3mo ago

Can we talk about the time I learned to pack a real emergency kit in Medellin?

My laptop charger blew out during a storm there last year, and I lost a full day of work because I couldn't find a replacement until the next morning. Now I always carry a backup universal adapter and a spare charging cable in my bag, no matter what. What's the one piece of gear you won't travel without anymore?

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c/bookbinders•

andrew_harris3•3mo ago

I used to think a bone folder was just for creasing paper until a workshop in Chicago

For my first two years, I only used my bone folder for scoring folds, thinking that was its whole job. At a workshop last fall, the instructor showed us how to use the rounded end to burnish leather, smoothing out tiny wrinkles without any heat. I tried it on a calfskin cover project the next week and it cut my finishing time by almost half. Now I keep two on my bench, one for paper and one just for leather work. Has anyone else found a simple tool can do way more than you first thought?

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c/history-mysteries•

andrew_harris3•3mo ago

Pro tip: don't trust the 'official' tour guide at a castle ruin

I was at this old castle ruin in Scotland, Dunnottar, and the guide kept saying a certain tower was from the 1400s. But I'd just read a plaque near the entrance with a different date from an old dig. I asked him about it, and he got all flustered and said the plaque was wrong (which felt weird, you know?). It made me wonder how many other small historical facts we just accept because someone in a uniform says so. Has anyone else caught a guide or museum sign getting a date or fact totally wrong?

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