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5h ago

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I was wrong about needing a $50k food truck to start up

Ditch the wire racks and weld up something that can hold a full fryer. You will not believe how fast a cheap shelf buckles when it's got a 50lb pot of oil on it. And yeah, leave space for the three compartment sink. The health department will make you use it anyway, might as well plan for it now instead of scrambling later.

20h ago

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Three months of daily weather tracking finally paid off

My sister actually got me into tracking my sleep a few years back and I thought it was such a waste of time. I told her she was overthinking everything. Then I started a little mood tracker in my journal last fall just to prove a point and I ended up finding out that my worst days always came two days after a bad night of sleep. It was like clockwork. I rearranged my whole work schedule around it and it helped way more than I expected. So yeah, I was totally wrong about the whole thing.

1d ago

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That $80 injector puller that snapped on the second job

You mentioned welding a nut onto the broken piece to back it out, but that only works if the snap is sticking out enough to weld onto. Most of the time when those cheap extractors snap, they break flush or even below the surface, so there's nothing left to grab. You'd be better off drilling it out with a left-handed drill bit first.

1d ago

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Warning: Payment processor glitch cost me a full week of income

Gotta disagree here. You took on a $2,300 client without any backup plan or cash buffer? That's on you, not Square. Freelancing 101 is having at least 3 months of expenses saved.

17d ago

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TIL grocery store discount racks are goldmines if you hit them at the right time

Hit up my local Kroger around 7:30 PM on Wednesdays and the meat section is practically giving stuff away. The bakery stuff gets marked down earlier in the afternoon here, maybe around 4 PM. Produce discounts usually happen right before they close for the day, so check the store's closing time and show up an hour before. You gotta be consistent with the timing though, cause if you miss their markdown schedule by even 30 minutes it's all picked over. What day does your Piggly Wiggly usually restock their shelves?