Last month I did the Stratton Mountain loop again after not being on it since 2014. The trails were all rerouted in two sections because of erosion and blowdowns from some big storms around 2018. I kept hitting spots where the old path was just overgrown or washed out, and the new trail markers led me on a totally different route up the southern slope. Ended up adding almost 2 miles to my day because I kept second-guessing myself off the old mental map. Has anyone else had a familiar trail shift that much in a decade?
I was installing a new fence at the Oak Ridge dog park last month and on the third day the gate hinge snapped clean off. It was a cheap stamped steel hinge from a big box store. The park manager told me they had the same hinge break on two other gates in the past year. Now I only use heavy duty welded hinges on any gate that gets constant use like that. Has anyone else run into gates failing faster than the rest of the fence panels?
I had a bunch of old road maps from the 1970s that kept curling up, so I tried clipping them to a corkboard for two months. The weight and airflow flattened them out completely. Anyone else use weird household stuff for preservation?
I sat down with my coffee, ready to watch the robins in the oak out back, and when I lifted my binos the left lens just fell right out onto the grass. Has anyone else had a pair just give up like that out of nowhere?
Did it last weekend cause I was impatient and thought the liquid deglosser would work just as good. Paint started peeling off in like 3 days around the handles. Anyone else tried to skip sanding and paid for it?
I was sending out newsletters for a local bakery in Austin and my open rates were stuck at like 12%. A client straight up said "your subject lines look like those emails my grandpa forwards about free iPads". That hit different. So I stopped using all caps and exclamation points and started writing subject lines like a normal person talking to a friend. Now my open rates are around 28% after three months. Anyone else get called out for sounding robotic? What fixed it for you?
I always did my wings at 375 for 12 minutes because that's what the first recipe I found said. My sister finally tried one last Tuesday and said they were rubbery and the skin wasn't crispy. I bumped it to 400 for 18 minutes with a shake halfway through and the difference was night and day. Now I'm wondering what else I've been cooking wrong - anyone have a go-to temp for frozen mozzarella sticks?
I picked up one of those $30 butane stoves from a discount store to compare against my Coleman two burner I've had for 5 years. The cheap one couldn't boil a pot of water in under 15 minutes on a breezy day near Lake Tahoe. That Coleman took maybe 6 minutes and didn't flicker out every time the wind picked up. Has anyone else found that the budget stoves just aren't worth the hassle for real camping trips?
I kept getting these cloudy spots and uneven edges on my coasters no matter what I did. Turns out I was mixing my ArtResin for way too long and introducing tons of micro bubbles. After reading a tip from a guy on Reddit to mix slow for exactly 3 minutes and let it sit for 5 before pouring, my last batch came out crystal clear. Has anyone else found that the brand of epoxy makes a bigger difference than you'd think?
I always used the cheap foam earplugs from the break room, but after three years my hearing test showed a slight dip in my left ear. My foreman convinced me to try the 3M Peltor helmet that has the earmuffs built in, and it's made a huge difference. Anyone else switched to a better setup for hearing protection?