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5h ago

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Someone told me my star trails were just messy and they were right

Honestly, @umar49 is right, less is more.

17h ago

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I actually trust the 'natural flavors' label now after a weird week

Your lemonade find is lucky. Most times "natural flavors" hides stuff like castoreum from beaver glands or seaweed extract. They can legally call that natural. My orange soda said natural flavors but the ingredient list had five different chemical extracts. The label is a catch-all for cheap flavor science, not simple stuff.

18h ago

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Showerthought: My old paper maps feel like a different world now

Last season I watched a guy's GPS die at 9,000 feet with a storm rolling in. He had no paper backup and spent two cold hours trying to remember a creek crossing. Diana_kim66 gets it, that map isn't just paper. It's your plan B when tech fails. Folding it means you've thought past the easy part. My old USGS quad for the Sawtooths has saved my butt twice from wrong turns my phone told me to take.

1d ago

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I spent $80 on a set of stubby flex head ratchets and they saved my knuckles on a heater core job.

My last heater core job cost me a pint of blood, easy.

2d ago

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My knee kicker snapped in half on a Friday afternoon job

Maple Avenue has those old plaster walls that eat up all the sound, so that crack must have been insane to set the dog off. I had a handle snap once and it felt like getting punched in the thigh. Roberts is the way to go, their stuff is built for when you really have to put your weight into it. The local supplier on 5th Street usually has them in stock, but you might want to call first after a Friday like yours.