Walked into a Rexel supply house in Calgary last Friday to price out a 200A panel swap. The same roll of 4/0 I paid $2.80 a foot for 6 months ago is now $4.15 a foot. Guy at the counter said they just had another price hike from the mill. I see everyone on here pushing copper for everything but at these rates aluminum with proper anti-ox paste makes way more sense for feeders. Am I the only one who thinks we're getting gouged on wire right now?
So this guy Dave from accounting saw me setting up my weekly spread at lunch last Tuesday. He literally leaned over and said "you know they make digital planners for people who cant keep things neat." I just stared at my page with ink splotches and a crooked habit tracker and told him it works fine for me. He kept going on about how Ryder Carroll intended it to be minimalist or whatever. Has anyone else had some random person critique your journal like they're the bullet journal police?
I was reading through some old industry stats from the American Fence Association last night and found out that 8 foot post spacing is the standard for residential chain link because 70% of tear outs happen when guys push it to 10 feet. But then I talked to a crew in Austin that swears by 10 foot spacing for commercial jobs and says they never have issues. Which side do you lean on and why? Has anyone here had a gate sag from stretching the spacing too far?
Last Wednesday I was hanging a 12-foot ceiling board in a basement remodel and my old metal lift just buckled halfway up. The locking pin sheared clean off and the board crashed down, took out a bucket of mud and bent the frame pretty bad. Anybody else got a favorite jack that's held up through the years, or should I just grab one of those newer aluminum ones?
I spent $600 on that epoxy flake coating from Home Depot last October and it looked great until my lab mix started laying on it. After 3 months the fur worked into the surface and the coating started peeling up in patches near where he sleeps. Has anyone else had pets mess up their garage finish or did I just pick the wrong product?
Tbh I kept watching Teasing Master Takagi-san even though everyone online says it is repetitive and nothing happens. I hit episode 200 last night counting the OVAs. Most people tap out after season 1 but I like the slow burn. It is relaxing after a long day of pouring concrete. Why do so many folks need big dramatic arcs in everything? Has anyone else stuck with a show way longer than the internet says you should?
I was working on a laptop board with some corroded solder joints near the power jack. Started with the cheap rosin flux I always use, but it kept burning and leaving a mess. Switched to a gel no-clean flux from MG Chemicals, and it flowed way smoother with less cleanup. That one swap cut my rework time from maybe an hour and a half down to 45 minutes. Has anyone else noticed a big difference between flux brands on delicate jobs?
I was reading a forestry guide from the state of Ohio last week and found out white oaks can hit 600 years easy, but red oaks usually max out around 200. Has anyone else worked with trees that old and seen the difference in the wood grain?
He said it's got wood pulp and anti-caking dust that messes up melt consistency. I ignored him for six months until my mac and cheese came out grainy during a busy Friday service. Anybody else been burned by the bagged stuff?
I laughed when my sister told me she saved $80 a week just by cooking Sunday afternoons. Then I tried it with a $30 batch of chili and rice that lasted me five days. Anyone else find a money saving trick they were dead wrong about?