Shoutout to the guy who told me to stop sorting my coins by year

I used to organize my coin collection by year minted because I thought that was the right way. Last month I was at a coin shop in Denver and the owner watched me sorting and just goes "why are you doing it that way? nobody buys by year unless it's a key date." He told me to sort by condition and country instead. Tried it with my Lincoln cents and suddenly I could actually see what I had. Has anyone else been sorting wrong for years?

Finally gave that moisture meter a real try after 5 years of guessing

I always figured I could tell if a concrete slab was dry enough just by feel, but last month I got burned on a basement job in Cincinnati when the carpet started bubbling after 3 weeks. Broke down and bought a decent pinless meter, and now I'm checking every single job before I even unroll the pad. Has anyone else found an installation problem that actually convinced them to change their whole prep routine?

Got scammed $150 on a fake vintage watch at a flea market in Austin

Paid cash for what turned out to be a cheap Chinese movement in a beat up case. Anyone else learn the hard way to always bring a loupe when shopping for old watches?

Hot take: those cheap socket sets from Harbor Freight are actually fine for home use

I bought a $20 set 4 years ago expecting to replace it in 6 months, but I've abused those sockets with a breaker bar and only snapped one. Has anyone else found a budget tool that just refuses to die?

Binged a whole series in 2 days and the finale ruined it

I got super into this crime drama on Netflix last weekend and watched all 10 episodes in like 48 hours. The ending was so bad with a nonsensical twist that just felt lazy, I actually threw my remote at the couch. Has anyone else had a show completely tank after a solid run and what do you do when that happens?

Wasted $85 on a 'pro' plant watering app that just guessed when to water

I got suckered by an ad for a smart plant app that claimed to use your phone camera to measure soil moisture and tell you exactly when to water. Paid $85 for a year subscription because I have like 30 houseplants and killed two ferns last winter from overwatering. Turns out the app just takes a photo and then randomly tells you something generic like 'needs water in 2-3 days' with zero actual data behind it. After three weeks my peace lily was drooping so bad I thought it was dead, and the app still said 'all good!' I went back to just sticking my finger in the dirt like a normal person and now everything is fine. Has anyone else found a plant tracking system that actually works or is it all just junk?

Our lead gen form crashed right after a big email blast went out

We sent a campaign to 50,000 contacts on Tuesday and the form just stopped accepting submissions for about two hours, which our devs said was due to a spike in traffic we didn't plan for.

Watching people skip the metal prep before filler is driving me nuts

I saw a guy at a local shop just slap body filler over some light surface rust on a quarter panel. That bond is gonna fail in like six months, guaranteed. How do you even get through an apprenticeship without learning that basic step?

Rant: My neighbor's sump pump flood last spring made me buy a backup

I live on the west side near Kamm's Corners and we had that huge rainstorm in April. The guy two houses down had his main sump pump fail and his basement got six inches of water in under an hour. He told me the cleanup bill was over $8,000. I went out the next week and bought a battery backup pump system from Home Depot. It cost about $400 but it gives me real peace of mind now. Has anyone else added a backup pump after seeing a neighbor deal with a flood?

Found a free way to check if my email was in a data breach that actually worked