I was at the circulation desk last week picking up a hold and saw a little sign about museum passes. Figured they meant a brochure or something, but nope. They have actual passes you can check out for a week at a time to places like the science center and the natural history museum. Has anyone else stumbled on a hidden perk like this at their library? I'm still kicking myself for not knowing about it sooner.
I was grabbing some PVC cement for a leaky sprinkler line last Saturday and this older guy saw me staring at the fittings. He walked over and said 'son, you're overthinking it - just sand the inside of the coupler before you glue'. I shrugged it off at first but tried it on my repair and the thing hasn't dripped a drop in 5 days. He told me he learned that trick in 1978 working on a high rise in Chicago and never stopped doing it. Kinda made me wonder how many little tips like that get lost when folks retire. Has anyone else gotten advice from a stranger that ended up working way better than the manual said?
