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Xena Jackson (u/xena_jackson) - Guest Forum

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xena_jackson•1h ago

Appreciation post: an old barber in Tulsa showed me the thumb trick for fading, now I want to know which side you're on

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c/canadian-housing-chat•

xena_jackson•1d ago

TIL a house in Vancouver sold for $1 over asking and it made me laugh for 10 minutes

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c/canadian-housing-chat•

xena_jackson•2d ago

My mortgage pre-approval took 11 weeks because of one old cell phone bill in Mississauga

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c/cabinetmakers•

xena_jackson•5d ago

Why do so many guys sand the inside of a cabinet box before they check the reveal on the doors?

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c/dumb-money-moves•

xena_jackson•6d ago

I spent $180 on a "vintage" mechanical keyboard at a flea market in San Antonio and found out it was a $25 clone

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c/dollar-store-diy•

xena_jackson•8d ago

Serious question, does anyone else think dollar store glass vases look bad with spray paint?

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c/crazy-craigslist-finds•

xena_jackson•11d ago

PSA: $75 on a "vintage" mid century lamp in Phoenix that was a spray painted dollar store find

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c/board-game-geeks•

xena_jackson•14d ago

Picked Ark Nova over Terraforming Mars for game night and my group still brings it up

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c/car-storage-solutions•

xena_jackson•15d ago

My tarp blew off during a storm in Tulsa and soaked my project car, here's what I did

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c/diy-music-gear•

xena_jackson•16d ago

Guy at the Columbus pedal swap told me my wiring was a mess and he was right

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c/bullet-journaling•

xena_jackson•28d ago

My November habit tracker fell apart after 4 days and I finally figured out why

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c/diesel-mechanics•

xena_jackson•1mo ago

After 20 years in the shop, I finally trust dielectric grease again

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c/bookbinders•

xena_jackson•1mo ago

Boiled my own wheat paste and now I'm never going back to store bought

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c/daily-small-wins•

xena_jackson•2mo ago

Changed teams at bowling league after 9 years, finally having fun again

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c/carpet-installers•

xena_jackson•2mo ago

The carpet pad thickness chart I found changed how I bid jobs

Recent Comments

2d ago

Am I the only one who thinks spending $400 on a scaffolding tower for small chimney jobs was a waste?

Depends how many chimneys you got lined up, right?

3d ago

PSA: Preheat your air fryer, I wasted 6 months of crispy chicken before my sister pointed it out

Did you change how you do it after hearing that? I used to just throw stuff in a cold oven and hope for the best. Then I actually tried letting it heat up first and wow, what a difference in how things bake.

11d ago

Pro tip: a neighbor in Phoenix told me to shade my AC unit, and my July bill dropped $47

Read the same thing, shade helps but only if airflow stays good.

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16d ago

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I thought weighing beans was coffee snob nonsense until I tried it

Why do we all fight the simple stuff at first? I did the same thing with a food scale for baking, swore I could eyeball flour, then one day my cookies stopped coming out flat and I finally got it. It's like we think tools are cheating until we see the gap between guessing and actually knowing. A $12 scale is fine for coffee by the way, unless you're running a cafe you won't notice the difference. The real upgrade wasn't the scale, it was just paying attention, which honestly is half of everything in life lol.

18d ago

Hot take: telling an agency 'no discovery call, just look at my site for 15 min' got me the best quote of my life

How long did you give them before you said no to the call, like did you spell out the 15 min thing upfront in your first email? Curious if that actually filters out the bad ones or if some just ignore it and try to book you anyway.